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Mariano Rivera was born November 29, 1969 in Panama City, Panama. He is a retired baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in the MLB for the New York Yankees from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo"and "Sandman", Rivera spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). Rivera won five American League Rolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards, and he finished in the top three in voting for the AL Cy Young Award four times.
On September 22, 2013, a day that Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg declared "Mariano Rivera Day", the Yankees held a 50-minute pre-game tribute to Rivera at Yankee Stadium. In a ceremony attended by former teammates, Yankees staff, and members of Jackie Robinson's family, Rivera's uniform number 42 was retired by the team, making him the first active Yankee to receive that honor.
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Judge: Pam Keith, Roy David Walker can't replace April Freeman
Why are Bill Nelson's leftover campaign bucks going to his friend instead of charity?
Pam Keith, Roy David Walker
Judge: Pam Keith, Roy David Walker can’t replace April Freeman
Jacob Ogles
A federal judge denied Pam Keith and Roy David Walker the chance to run for Congress in Florida’s 17th Congressional district, where Democratic leaders must pick a replacement for the late April Freeman.
Now party leaders will hold an emergency meeting to choose who faces Republican candidate Greg Steube in the Nov. 6 general election.
Keith and Walker on Friday filed a complaint in federal court asking that a judge determine the candidates, who lost separate party primaries earlier this year, be eligible as federal nominees despite a state law preventing candidates who have already run in a calendar year from seeking a separate office.
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich ruled against the plaintiffs, saying they failed to put forth a reasonable argument to delay normal election proceedings.
“Indeed, recognizing the time-sensitive nature of this matter and in anticipation of these arguments, the Court conducted extensive research, on an expedited basis, to ensure that it could properly address this matter,” the judge wrote.
“But, although the Court was prepared for Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs were not prepared for the Court.”
Keith this year sought the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 18th Congressional District in August and lost to Lauren Baer. Walker, formerly a candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, lost the Democratic nomination to Nikki Fried.
Keith said on social media she understood the judge’s ruling and wished the ultimate replacement nominee “nothing but the best.”
For those who want to know, we didn’t win. The judge found that there wasn’t enough development of our case, which I suppose is true. Tough to do with no Counsel and literally 1 day to get a document together. Our fight was a good one, and our point is still valid.
— Pam Keith (@PamKeithFL) October 1, 2018
Keith and Walker were among six individuals who applied to be replacement nominees for April Freeman, who won the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 17th District but died unexpectedly on Sept. 23.
State law calls for the Florida Democratic Party to consult with county Democratic chairs in the nine counties that make up the 17th District on a replacement nominee. A name must be submitted to the Florida Division of Elections by noon tomorrow.
County chairs will hold a conference call with four eligible candidates, including:
— Eileen Game of Avon Park, who ran for state House in District 42 in 2012;
— Allen Ellison of Sebring, chairman of the Center for Economic & Policy Development;
— Greg Pilkington of Indian Lakes Estates, who previously ran in Florida’s 15th Congressional District but withdrew before the primary;
— and Christopher Cause of Davenport.
The call will begin at 9 p.m., and participants hope to make a decision this evening.
The ultimate nominee must pay a $10,400 candidate filing fee for the race.
Freeman’s name will still appear on the ballot, but once party leaders select a new candidate, election officials will inform district voters through a notice with their mail-in ballots or posted at polling places that votes for Freeman will count toward the replacement nominee.
In this article:Allen Ellison, April Freeman, Christopher Cause, Eileen Game, Florida's 17th Congressional District, Greg Pilkington, Greg Steube, Pam Keith, Roy David Walker
Written By Jacob Ogles
Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg. His work has appeared nationally in The Advocate, Wired and other publications. Events like SRQ’s Where The Votes Are workshops made Ogles one of Southwest Florida’s most respected political analysts, and outlets like WWSB ABC 7 and WSRQ Sarasota have featured his insights. He can be reached at jacobogles@hotmail.com.
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HomeForeign PolicyTrump Paints North Korean Potential As ‘Great Economic Power’
Trump Paints North Korean Potential As ‘Great Economic Power’
February 27, 2019 Focus Washington Foreign Policy
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to press the theme of North Korea’s economic potential, saying that successful denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could help turn the country “into a great economic power,” CNBC reported.
Trump, who will meet with Kim on Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi, has pointed to Vietnam’s success in transforming its economy as a model for North Korea, saying the South-East Asian country “is thriving like few places on earth.”
“North Korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize,” Trump added in a Twitter posting early Wednesday.
Trump said that North Korea’s economic potential is “like almost none other in history.”
Vietnam, a single-party state and former U.S. foe that has enjoyed strong economic growth in recent years, offers a vision of what North Korea could become if international sanctions were lifted and it could trade more freely, analysts say.
However, Trump first needs to convince Kim – whom the President described earlier Wednesday on Twitter as “my friend” – to give up his nuclear weapons programme. In a meeting with Vietnam’s prime minister, Trump expressed optimism about his talks with Kim, saying that the North Korean leader “wants to do something great also.”
The President and Kim, who met for the first time last June in Singapore, were scheduled to have a brief one-on-one meeting Wednesday evening at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi before joining a “social dinner” with their aides, according to the office of the White House press secretary.
Trump will be joined at the dinner by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
Kim will bring his top negotiator Kim Yong Chol and a third as-yet-unknown associate, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday.
Trump and Kim are expected to have a second day of meetings on Thursday. The North Korean leader has kept a low profile in Vietnam. Aside from a brief visit to his country’s embassy a day earlier, Kim by midday on Wednesday had not left his luxury hotel in Hanoi since arriving after a three-day overland journey from Pyongyang.
Reporters and onlookers gathered at the edges of the security perimeter surrounding Melia Hanoi Hotel, where Kim is staying, hoping to catch a glimpse of the North Korean motorcade, but there were no signs that he had gone anywhere.
Trump spent the first part of Wednesday meeting with Vietnam’s President and Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
In his meeting with Trong, the two leaders signed an agreement for Vietnam to buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX planes worth billions of dollars.
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The Defense panel wants the Navy to maintain 12 instead of 11 aircraft carriers and acquire the vessels at a more rapid pace, committee aides said Tuesday. The Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces calls for […]
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Uber founder Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders. His resignation comes following a review of practices at the company and scandals including complaints of sexual harassment. Last week he said […]
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The EPSCoR program is directed at those jurisdictions that have not in the past participated equably in competitive aerospace and aerospace-related research activities. Twenty-four states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam currently participate.Fivefederal agencies conduct EPSCoR programs, including NASA.
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The goal of EPSCoR is to provide seed funding that will enable jurisdictions to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.
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Rift, Vive, and Virtual Reality
Discussion in 'VR and AR' started by idsn6, May 8, 2013.
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I'd expect this generation of hardware to last as long as Oculus and HTC can manage to stretch things out. It seems to me like little of the necessary groundwork is in place to see a near-quadrupling of pixel throughput - whether it be GPU power, display panels, MIPI bridge chips, or a market of users itching to drop another grand on a new generation. Perhaps something in the realm of 1.5k per eye, but with some flavor of HDR? Even then we're probably talking no sooner than mid-2018.
#1561 hughJ, Jan 23, 2017
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hughJ said: ↑
Yup. Not expecting any major advances until mid/end-2018. The market just isn't there to rush things out. And seeing how PSVR isn't setting things on fire (as many in the industry expected given the console's lack of power/price and dodgy tracking) don't expect a hard push from Microsoft with Scorpio. they will instead focus on their Windows 10 Creators update stuff and entry level AR/VR/MR OEMS HMDs..
#1562 Ike Turner, Jan 23, 2017
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When foveated rendering becomes viable 4K will be no issue, my ex-colleague founded FOVE which started shipping its first version some weeks ago. But even without it I think high-end headsets should have a clear edge against the likes of PSVR and Win10 VR headsets, and just showing a 2D movie in VR won't require much performance if AA is disabled. I use the BigScreen app to watch 2D movies. Somehow I didn't notice shortcomings in the Rift when I tried it in event showfloors, but after I obtained it its low-res and godrays annoy me a lot, with a bit more pushing it would become the forerunner of VR but I'm afraid many people might be disillusioned by the IQ. I agree 2018 will be the turning point for VR, still I wish VR enthusiasts are able to peek into the bright future of VR to maintain enthusiasm.
#1563 one, Jan 23, 2017
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FOV requirement they have for "immersive VR" killed pixel density so there aren't even suitable display panels for "high-end VR" in that ~600 dollar price bracket - high pixel density microdisplays are ~200 usd/ panel. Color sequential would offer triple pixel density without extra subpixel related screendoor, so that's a win-win, but there are no color sequential panels with amplitude modulated grayscale afaik, and binary grayscale is not optimal in a near eye display. "IGZO-MEMS" would be something like that, but it's MIA and probably binary grayscale.
#1564 xz321zx, Jan 23, 2017
A lot of things have to fall into place for foveated rendering to truly work (ie. deliver huge optimization benefits in a 99.999...% reliable way), and it will probably require a rethinking of the current VR compositing and predictive pose pipeline. I can't see us getting foveated rendering by 2018. I think we're much more likely to see buffer optimizations like checkerboarding and aggressive fixed zone tiered resolutions (multi-res shading) in order to cheat our way to 2k per eye. By 2018 we're still going to have a lot of rx480s, 1060s, and 1070s floating around - whatever next-gen HMD we get will have to be suited for that hardware.
In terms of movie/video viewing specifically, I think we'll probably get something out of the mobile sector that'll push to 4K before the tethered high-end gaming HMDs do. Probably a GearVR + Galaxy S8/Note8. 4K@60Hz and a focus on rudimentary content and traditional media is a lot more reasonable there. Oculus's compositor already allows for rendering different layers at different resolutions, so you could have your 3D theater rendered at 1080p-ish fidelity, while the theater screen is maxed out. Granted that all still assumes that mandated HDCP can be relaxed, which is a roadblock right now.
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Confirming what I've been saying about Microsoft not pushing VR to the forefront with Scorpio:
https://forum.beyond3d.com/posts/1962973/
That's the right choice I think. The next serious push on the VR platform should really be shelved until the hardware and software is worthy of a "2.0"-like launch. Consumers are already being pushed to their limit by being presented with these iterative half-step consoles while being prodded to buy a new HDR+4K TV.
The media-related tech industry as a whole seems to be primed to fall flat on its face in the coming year or two. We have 4K+HDR televisions vying for consumer dollars, but lack the content, devices, and network infrastructure to adequately support them. We have the same with VR, albeit more complicated, plus the HMDs are even less ready for mass market than 4K televisions are. Those things are not likely to get resolved in the coming year or two. In addition to all that we've still got a looming technological winter due to silicon fabrication's uncertain(certain?) future. edit: It reads to me like some sort of mashup of Silicon Valley and Game of Thrones.
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I think VR needs to take the approach that Microsoft is taking with HoloLens. Slowly seed it into the development community. Let them figure out what to do with it. Then if and when the time is right, introduce it to the consumer at large. And in the meantime work on refining the hardware experience and work on reducing the cost to manufacture.
Unfortunately, VR went with a relatively huge media and hype push, trying to drive as much interest as possible before there was enough compelling content to keep people interested long term while they worked on refining the hardware and making it affordable. Yes, Microsoft do market HoloLens at certain events, but not nearly like the hype train that existed for VR prior to the Rift, Vive, and PSVR launches.
It could be argued that VR couldn't take the slow and conservative approach that Microsoft is taking with HoloLens. After all VR has been in and out of the public eye for well over a decade now, albeit its current incarnation is far more accomplished and solid than previous forays into the public market. And VR (the current incarnation) isn't or at least wasn't originally being backed by a company that could afford to take a long term approach to it.
VR is tantalizingly close, but not nearly close enough to be appealing to anything but a very small niche market or to a larger audience that views it as a curiosity that is interesting but not compelling (like a roller coaster, it's fun, but most people wouldn't want to ride one every day).
Who knows, maybe with the Creator's update coming to Windows, and cheap headsets, it'll spur more experimentation and maybe something compelling will come out of that. I doubt it, but you never know.
#1568 Silent_Buddha, Jan 27, 2017
I think the complicating factor with VR (and specifically Oculus) is the evolution it's gone through in the past 4-5 years, and they chose to stick with the commitments and overall business plan that were made during that 2013-2014 period. They had partnerships built on the understanding that there'd be some kind of commercial product launch sooner rather than later, and probably a good deal of internal pressure for that launch to be a finely polished jewel for Facebook. Personally I'd rather Oculus have continued the "devkit" iteration scheme (or some other moniker that similarly relaxes consumer expectations) so that they could continue more open lines of communication regarding the evolution of the SDK, retain faster turnaround times on updates, and not feel nearly so squeamish about admitting to engineering limitations, be hesitant to speak about upcoming advancements, or give a rough vision for the platform's future.
And all that said, we're still talking about a company that opted to use a proprietary cable connector for their HDMI+USB tether and somehow still do not offer a replacement part for sale even 9+ months after launch. It's weird how in some ways the company feels state of the art, and in others it feels like it's being run by children.
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Here's a nice Mixed Reality Proof of Concept showing collaboration between and HTC VIVE and a HoloLens:
http://drewgottlieb.net/2017/01/31/mixing-reality-with-vr.html
First, you can just forget about the VR headset! Just put it down, don the HoloLens, grab the controllers, and get to making art – floating in the middle of your actual living room, not from some mysterious black void.
Yup the HoloLens user can use the Vive controllers to du exactly the same action as the Vive user etc..
Source Code is here: https://github.com/dag10/HoloViveObserver
#1570 Ike Turner, Feb 3, 2017
pjbliverpool B3D Scallywag
Has anyone played the "Don't knock twice" demo on Oculus store? I guess until we get Resident Evil 7 VR mode that's the best we'll get, but my god it was scary enough! I literally screamed out loud at the top of my voice at one point. This was at 2am when the wife and baby were asleep. Must have thought I was being murdered!
#1571 pjbliverpool, Feb 5, 2017
The way it's meant to be played:
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/robinson-the-journey-is-now-available-for-the-oculus-rift/
ToTTenTranz
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It was meant to be played like this?
I downloaded the game, run the game, it tell me: 'user is not entitled,application will be terminated' and give me a black screen.....
0% positive reviews in Steam so far. Looks like the DRM is killing it.
I would've bought this for PSVR if the price was reasonable, given the reportedly short experience. Asking for 40-60€ for the game isn't reasonable IMO.
Even if/when they get this game up and running on the PC, I doubt it'll fare any better at its current price.
#1573 ToTTenTranz, Feb 10, 2017
ToTTenTranz said: ↑
So you're making that judgement from 2 reviews in Steam that could quite easily be by Vive users that the game doesn't even support. Meanwhile, on Oculus store it's rated 4/5 stars and not a single one of the 30 reviews mentions any start up problems... Go figure.
Personally I won't get it until it supports Touch, but the price is fairly reasonable here at £29.99.
#1574 pjbliverpool, Feb 10, 2017
They're selling a VR game on Steam without Vive support??
No wonder VR in the PC is a total mess...
manux
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#1576 manux, Feb 11, 2017
Since when was "VR in the PC a total mess"?
If you have a Rift, you get all your games through the Oculus store and everything is 100% compatible. Where's the mess there? And Steam is quite clear that the game requires an Oculus Rift to play.
Sales are a mess. For Oculus specifically popularity is a mess.
PC should try to be an unified platform as much as possible. There are no radeon-only games, no logitech mice-only games, no Intel-only games, no 4K-monitor only games, etc. for a reason.
In this particular case we have Steam selling a VR game that only works with a VR headset which is not the headset sold and marketed by Steam.
It's a mess.
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You do realize steam is fairly open in its nature on purpose? The requirements for games in steam are clearly presented. If you try to buy something you don't have hardware for you will get a popup saying that hey, you need x&z to use this title, are you sure you want to proceed buying? There is no way to accidentally buy a game you don't have hardware for, at least not anymore than trying to load xbox game on ps4 from disc and complaining that game doesn't work even though the disc fits.
Oculus store is not open. That is a big negative to me and a reason why I don't buy anything from oculus store that I can get now or possibly later from steam.
manux said: ↑
You do realize steam is fairly open in its nature on purpose?
I'm not blaming this on Valve, I'm blaming it on Crytek.
Regardless, having to keep a tabs on either you have the correct VR headset or not is quite bothersome. One should assume a brand new $800 VR headset purchased on Steam should be compatible with all VR games available on Steam.
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(04-19-2017, 02:55 PM)Vultural Wrote: Miskatonic University - 2014 - 6/10
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Lovecraft aficionados have already spied the title.
Atmospheric HPL short, touching the Kadath, Cthulhu, and Nyarlathotep settings.
Set in the 1920s, a young scholar arrives at MU, hoping to get access into famed library.
The Dean vigorously refuses, yet there are unsettling activities across the campus.
Excellent use of Maine locations, period fashions, and the eldritch library.
A couple of erotic angles in this, implied and overt, definitely not Lovecraftian.
Covers a fair degree of territory and maintains disoriented mood throughout.
Only complaint - very small - is that at thirty-four minutes, it is about thirty minutes too short.
I agree there's a lot to like here, with some strong directing, acting, and (perhaps most notably) sound design moments - but there's also a lot that, unfortunately, doesn't work, even allowing for the evident nothing budget. Apparently shot in 2014, (zero-cost) color grading appears non-existent; it looks like a student short from the early 2000s, and unwelcome suggestions of modernity creep into the script and line deliveries. A noble effort, to be sure, but not one I can recommend to non-HPL fans. B-
The following HPL-centric video essay, however, I can and do commend to everyone:
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There is only one adjustable setting in the game – the size of the bet per line. It can be from 0.01 to 1 credit and is adjusted with the Line Bet button. The value selected by the player is automatically multiplied by 8. The reels start spinning after you press the button with a circular arrow in the lower right corner of the screen. To the left, there is the Autoplay key, which activates the game in the automatic mode.
In the right upper part of the interface, there is a control element in the form of a gear. After clicking on it, a dialog box with the following elements appears:
The Option key opens the service settings, the Help key opens a detailed description of the game rules, and the Paytable key opens the payout table.
Symbols and Coefficients
The symbol of a blond TV host has the largest coefficients. The combinations of 3 such symbols bring the winnings with a multiplier of 250. The red-haired girl icon gives the payouts with the coefficients of 2, 20, and 150. 3 gold bars symbols multiply the linear bet by 100. The pack of dollars symbol has a multiplier of 70, the watches icon – 50, and the necklace icon – 40. Also, there are icons with card denominations. They have the following coefficients:
A – 25
K – 6
Q – 4
Prize Features of Everybody’s Jackpot Slot
The game logo is a scatter. This icon gives the prize payouts even when it does not appear on paylines. In this case, not the linear but the total bet is multiplied. The combinations of scatter symbols bring the following payouts:
2 – the total bet is multiplied by 1
4 – the total bet is multiplied by 10
7 – the total bet is multiplied by 100
If at least 3 scatters appear anywhere on the reels during one spin, players receive 12 free spins. During free spins, a wild symbol is used. The Wild inscription is a wild symbol that replaces all the icons except for the scatter.
How to Win Everybody’s Jackpot Slot
The theoretical percentage of refund to the player is 94.01%. When playing for money, the progressive jackpot feature is available. You can access the accumulative prize pool during any spinning of the reels. The jackpot is played randomly.
The game logo 1, 3, 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200
TV host 250
TV hostess 2, 20, 150
Gold bars 100
Dollars 70
Watches 50
Necklace 40
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Fremont wouldn’t be the fun quirky thriving community it is without the help of all our community, business and government friends and partners. And where would we be without art! It floats our boat!
B F Day Elementary School–An elementary school located in Fremont, part of the Seattle Public Schools school district. It was originally designed by John Parkinson during 1891 and 1892.
Friends of Troll’s Knoll–A community of neighbors dedicated to transforming the Troll Knoll into an active space where all visitors will feel safe taking their families and pets to enjoy the outdoors.
Fremocentrist–Has a wealth of information about the WHY behind the WHAT of Fremont. Explore the stories here, going back two decades.
Fremont Arts Council–Engages community to cultivate the spirit of celebration where everyone is an artist. Owner of the Fremont Solstice Parade.
Fremont First Friday Art Walk–Brings together a number of Fremont’s arts-supporting shops, galleries, and restaurants each month for 3 hours of celebrating creativity in its many forms.
Fremont Neighborhood Council–A chartered organization representing the residents of Fremont.
North Precinct Advisory Council–A community organization devoted to promoting partnership between residents, schools, businesses, and the Seattle Police Department to effectively address public safety issues.
North Seattle Industrial Association–The premier business organization for north Seattle maritime, manufacturing and industrial support businesses and its property owners.
Business Partners & Affiliates
Constant Contact – 25% discount
Seattle Metro Chamber – membership partnership (some restrictions apply)
Ballard, Green Lake, Queen Anne, South Lake Union, Wallingford Chambers and GSBA – 50% discount reciprocal membership partnership (some restrictions apply)
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Need to report a problem to the City? Download the Find It Fix It service request app on your phone (iPhone and Android.) With Find It, Fix It, reporting an issue is as easy as snapping a photo with your smartphone, adding detailed information, and hitting submit.
Public Safety–In an Emergency, Call 911! These links are for non-emergency communications:
Seattle Police Department–Detective units, parking enforcement, and specialty units such as K9, Forensics, Harbor Patrol and SWAT.
Seattle Fire Department–More than 1,000 firefighters serve in 5 battalions, staffing 33 fire stations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Homelessness Resources–Doing more, in coordination with King County partners, to prevent people from falling into homelessness, build thousands of new affordable housing units, deploy new bridge housing and shelter units, and picking up trash and waste.
Mayor’s Office–The Mayor directs and controls all City offices and departments except where that authority is granted to another office by the City Charter.
Business & Community Support–Connecting Businesses, Communities & People
Seattle Office of Economic Development–Promotes economic mobility and shared prosperity by providing resources to entrepreneurs, innovators, and workers.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods–Provides resources and opportunities for community members to build strong communities and improve their quality of life.
Seattle Parks and Recreation–Provides welcoming and safe opportunities to play, learn, contemplate and build community, and promotes responsible stewardship of the land.
Utilities & Transportation
Seattle City Light–Lighting up lives in the city since 1910.
Seattle Public Utilities–Protects the area’s quality of life by providing safe drinking water, being recycling leaders, and protecting local waterways and the Sound from polluted storm and waste water.
Seattle Department of Transportation–Handles everything from filling potholes to paving streets, tweaking traffic signals and helping buses and freight deliveries run on time, creating enjoyable public spaces and building out a network of bike lanes and sidewalks to serve all ages and abilities.
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Battlefield 4 Pre-Order Bonuses
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This game was released on October 29, 2013 and is no longer available to pre-order. Any incentives that were offered are listed below.
The Battlefield series from DICE is continuing to evolve, with Battlefield 4 bringing photorealistic graphics, improved environmental destruction, dynamic weather effects, and better animations. This is made possible thanks to the upgraded Frostbite 3 engine and Destruction 4.0 feature, which will hopefully allow more structures to be demolished.
Like its predecessors, Battlefield 4 offers an intense single-player campaign in addition to its staple multiplayer modes.
Pre-order Battlefield 4 anywhere to get a free China Rising expansion pack which includes 4 new maps, additional vehicles, and high-tech military gear. In addition, the following bonuses are available:
Amazon: a free BF4 Battlepack, which contains a combination of weapon accessories, dog tags, knives, XP boosts, and customization items.
GameStop: exclusive double XP boost during launch weekend.
BestBuy: $10 in Reward Certificates for Reward Zone members.
Origin is not offering any additional bonuses with the Standard Edition yet, but they do have an exclusive Digital Deluxe edition for the PC available. Reserving a copy will grant you access to the Battlefield 4 beta as well as additional bonus content.
“Fishing in Baku” trailer
This dramatic trailer features 17 minutes of BF4 gameplay in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Battlefield 4 is scheduled to release on October 29th, 2013 for current-gen consoles and PCs. It will also be released for the upcoming PlayStation 4 and the new Xbox console at a later date.
Play N Trade is offering a keychain with a branded bullet, kinda cool. Best Buy is also giving a football… really??? I’ll go to Play N Trade.
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Game Abyss Disaster Report
Disaster Report
Keith Miyamoto is a reporter who works for an important newspaper in Los Angeles. In 2005, he travels to an island called Capital City, where he has to get a new job. However, on his way from the airport to the city, a terrible earthquake occurs. The train collapses and Keith finds himself abandoned by the rescue team. Now he has to escape the island, try to save the people stranded on it, and discover the true reasons behind the chaos in the city. But that will be anything but easy. The earthquake continues, and any time Keith steps on a half-collapsed bridge, crawls over a pile of rumble, or climbs a narrow path between ruined houses, the Earth can start trembling... Disaster Report is a combination of pure adventure and survival horror genres. Controls, inventory management, fixed camera angles and relative vulnerability of the protagonist are reminiscent of Alone in the Dark and similar games, while the complete lack of enemies to fight reminds of a classic adventure. There are many ways to preserve Keith from constant dying. You can find items and combine them into new ones (for example, finding a helmet and a lamp will allow you to build a helmet with a flashlight attached to it). Keith will also need to quench his thirst, so you'll have to find water for him. The water taps found in the game also serve as save points.
Platforms: Sony Playstation 2 PlayStation 2 PlayStation Network (PS3)
Publisher: agetec
Developer: Irem
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Cat was put in ‘solitary confinement’ for freeing other cats from a shelter
Posted 12:33 pm, November 13, 2019, by CNN Wire
Quilty the cat, welcome to the resistance.
This wily 6-year-old rescue cat has become the newest darling of the internet thanks to his mutinous attempts to free himself and the rest of his cat brethren from the cushy confines of the Friends for Life Animal Shelter in Houston, Texas.
A set of very angry photos of Quilty serving time for his crimes have caught fire online, an important reminder that cats are lawless creatures who can and will betray us the moment they feel it necessary.
“Quilty can be a little difficult,” said Jennifer Hopkins, the communications lead at Friends for Life.
For the last few months, Quilty has been a resident of the shelter’s cat room. Hopkins says that after he arrived, the door to the room kept mysteriously opening.
“We would come in in the morning and have to collect all 15 of the cats who had a blast during the night,” she told CNN.
A review of security footage showed the culprit was Quilty, who would jump up and pull the handle down on the door. Three times, he managed to Houdini himself and the dozen or so other senior cats to freedom — or, at least, another room.
Eventually, the shelter’s workers had to put him in “solitary confinement” in the building’s lobby while they Quilty-proofed the premises. This was its own mistake.
Pictures of the unjust confinement won the little insurgent thousands of fans on Facebook. It may be his resemblance to Smudge, the cat grimacing over a plate of salad that has become a well-worn meme. Feline malcontent, after all, is an eternal spring of humor.
Whatever the reason, people are now clamoring to adopt the cat that, may we remind you, can open doors and is absolutely not sorry about it. In fact, according to Hopkins, Quilty’s nickname at the shelter is “spicy a-hole.” You can draw your own conclusions as to why.
Despite it all, Quilty holds a special spot at the rescue. He was born in 2012 and, like the rest of his litter, was named after a character from the Vladimir Nobokov novel “Lolita.” And, like his literary source material, the cat would prove to be problematic.
Hopkins says he was almost immediately adopted to a loving household, but a few months ago his owner needed to move and couldn’t bring Quilty with her. Instead, he ended up back at Friends for Life.
“We have a lifetime commitment for all of our animals to make sure they’re safe. We spend a lot of time and effort on them,” Hopkins said.
“After all, we get the weird ones,” she added.
The shelter has embraced Quilty’s sudden fame on its Facebook page with hashtags like #FreeQuilty and #QuiltyNotGuilty.
Luckily, most people love weird cats, so Quilty has already been matched with a potential adoptive family and is awaiting next steps so he can move in to his new forever home.
And, hopefully, not try to break out of it.
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Burger King is now selling $1 tacos nationwide — here’s why
Posted 11:39 am, July 9, 2019, by CNN Wire Service
Burger King is selling tacos for a limited time.
MIAMI — Burger King is trying to get customers’ attention with something a little different: Tacos.
The burger chain started selling crunchy tacos on Tuesday. They cost $1 in most places, but are more expensive in Alaska and Hawaii, and will only be available for a limited time.
Burger King first tested out tacos in western states. “We’ve seen success with tacos in those restaurants and knew it was time to bring this west coast favorite nationwide,” Chris Finazzo, president of North America for Burger King, said in a statement. The new item adds “variety” to Burger King’s snack offerings, he added.
Fast food chains use limited-time offerings to build hype and keep their brands top of mind with consumers. And tacos in particular are a good way to attract customers, said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, a research and consulting firm.
“Tacos remain very popular with consumers,” Saunders said, adding that fast food companies that wouldn’t traditionally sell tacos may be “keen to get a slice of that action.”
Jack in the Box in particular has had great success with its taco. The item has been “a #1 seller and a fan favorite for years,” Jen Kennedy, VP of product marketing at Jack in the Box, told CNN Business in a recent interview. She said the taco has been a “stand out distinction for us.” Jack in the Box also just started selling tiny, bite-sized tacos, but it’s too early to say how they’re doing.
Consumers are also flocking to Mexican chains for tacos. Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum! Brands, reported that in the first quarter, sales at US Taco Bell restaurants open at least a year grew 5%. And sales at Chipotle stores open at least a year grew 9.9% in the first quarter.
With its taco promotion, Burger King is likely trying to do more than just cash in on a specific, popular menu item, Saunders noted. It’s also trying to create buzz for the brand with something unexpected.
“Some of it is marketing,” Saunders said, adding that Burger King is adept at getting attention with creative menu innovations. For Halloween, the chain served a burger it claimed helped induce nightmares. More recently, to celebrate the third season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” it sold upside-down Whoppers in 1980s-era packaging.
There is a possible downside to attention-grabbing stunts, even successful ones. They could distract Burger King from focusing on creating growth within its main menu, Saunders said.
“They have to be careful with some of these promotions,” he warned. “Burger King can be very haphazard with the menu.”
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Digital health funding rose 45 percent in 2012
Ki Mae Heussner Jan 7, 2013 - 8:09 AM CST
Between growing interest in fitness tracking devices, mobile health apps and software for adapting to the changing business of health care, digital health had a banner year in 2012.
According to a year-end funding report from health tech accelerator Rock Health, investors poured $1.4 billion into digital health companies last year, which is up 45 percent from their investment total of $968 million in 2011. The report, released Monday by the San Francisco-based non-profit, also indicated a 56 percent increase in the number of deals closed in 2012.
As we’ve reported previously, these are interesting times in health care funding as investors rethink their support of biotech and traditional life sciences firms but back digital health companies that leverage mobile devices, cloud computing, open data, sensors and other emerging technology. Indeed, citing research from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rock Health’s report said that investment in biotech and medical devices declined 4 percent and 16 percent respectively in 2012.
In total, the report said 134 digital health companies each raised more than $2 million in the last year, with one-third of all deals falling into four categories: healthcare purchasing tools for consumers, personal health tracking, Electronic Medical records and hospital administration.
While 179 firms and organizations invested in digital health companies, most only took part in a single deal, Rock Health said, with just eight investors making three or more investments in 2012. Qualcomm Ventures led the list of the most active investors, followed by Aberdare Ventures, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and NEA.
The Bay Area and Boston lead the way in the number and value of digital health deals, according to the report. But New York could be coming on strong given the launch of several health startup incubators including Blueprint Health, Startup Health and the New York Digital Health Accelerator in the Big Apple last year.
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5 Resorts in the Seychelles For the Perfect Honeymoon
Home 5 Resorts in the Seychelles For the Perfect Honeymoon
May 18, 2017 by Mareike Pietzsch
Published on: 18/05/2017 Posted in: Places to Stay
With all the stress surrounding planning a wedding, booking your honeymoon is something delightful on your to-do list. It’s the calm after the storm. And to make sure your experience is just that, we went to visit Seychelles and picked our favourite 5 resorts that are perfect for any honeymooner or couple looking for a romantic, luxurious island escape.
Frégate Private Island, Seychelles
If a private villa is not enough seclusion for you, then a private island is what you need. Frégate is located on an island (no day visitors allowed) with 16 large private villas each with a pool.
There’s a choice of seven beaches – at least one can be reserved for private use each day – and the staff transports meals, drinks, or anything else you desire to you. It’s a tropical paradise with resident turtles, flying foxes, romantic architecture and candlelit evenings.
How to get there: A staff member meets you at arrival and fast-tracks you through the airport. Depending on your preference, you take a 15-minute helicopter transfer with “Zil Air” or a 1.5-hour boat transfer.
Banyan Tree Seychelles
If you’re looking for a private experience and would prefer not seeing tourists, then booking a private villa at Banyan Tree is a good option! Perched on a hill, Banyan Tree has the choice of 22 spacious villas, and each villa comes with a private pool, pavilion and sundeck. A private pool is a great place to relax, sunbathe and unwind after the wedding.
Seychelles’ landscape is punctuated by granite outcrops and hills, lending Banyan Tree fantastic views over the ocean. Its award-winning spa is a recharge for your body – and there are couple massages too!
How to get there: A 20-minute car ride from Seychelles International Airport.
MAIA Luxury Resort
Set on a private peninsula, this exclusive resort is on the idyllic Anse Louis beach on the south-west coast of the main island, Mahé. With 30 rustic villas and an exceptional spa, MAIA Luxury Resort is the place to go to if you want to spend your days lazing by your private pool, the quiet beach or in the spa.
The villa experience is central here – bring a great book and enjoy the luxurious peacefulness. There’s also a restaurant, bar and black lava pool if you do want to leave your honeymoon nest.
How to get there: From Mahé Island, it’s a 15-minute flight or 1.5-hour boat trip.
Rumoured as being Pippa Middleton’s honeymoon destination, this private island has 11 beautiful villas that sit lightly in the natural landscape.
North Island is all about understated barefoot luxury. Imagine walking on the beach, stepping onto the bare wood piazza for a gracious, candlelit dinner to the sounds of the ocean. It’s just you, your partner, and the chef delivering culinary masterpieces. North Island has great beaches, butler service and sports activities!
How to get there: A short helicopter flight from Mahé Island.
Both secluded and connected to other islands, Six Senses is the only human presence on the fifth largest island in Seychelles. Half of the island is a national park, managed by an island ecologist who replaced the alien coco plum with endemic plants.
Described by those who’ve visited as “an Eden”, it’s a true five-star property that’s not flashy but technologically sophisticated and truly luxurious in an understated way.
How to get there: A helicopter flight with “Zil Air” takes 20-minutes from the main island Mahé, or by a short boat trip from neighbouring Praslin or La Digue island.
Chat to us if you have any queries about Seychelles.
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2.2.4 Unless legislation in South Africa and/or in any territory in which any member of the Tour Operator Group operates or in respect of which the Tour Operator and/or any member of the Tour Operator Group is bound requires or permits the processing of such information, the Client will be entitled to withdraw its consent given under this clause 2.2 at any time on at least 10 (ten) days written notice sent to the IO.
2.2.5 Should the Client:
2.2.5.1 believe that the Tour Operator has utilised the Client’s personal information contrary to legislation in South Africa as read with this clause 2.2, the Client undertakes to first attempt to resolve any concerns with the Tour Operator by addressing a complaint in writing to the IO; and
2.2.5.2 not be satisfied with the outcome of such process, the Client will be entitled to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator in terms of the POPIA.
2.2.6 The Parties agree that various terms have been used in this clause 2.2 which are defined in POPIA and should bear the meanings in these T’s and C’s as is assigned to them in POPIA.
The Tour Operator:
3.1. will as soon as practicably possible after receipt by it of the Booking Form (as signed and submitted by the Client):
3.1.1. proceed to plan and/or arrange and/or facilitate the Tour Package, including (without limiting the generality thereof) making the necessary reservations and compiling the Tour Itinerary for the Client; and, thereafter
3.1.2. issue the Booking Confirmation to the Client, together with the Deposit Invoice and Tour Itinerary and all relevant details incidental thereto,
it being recorded that the Tour Operator shall inform the Client in writing (including, by way of example, via email) should the Tour Operator be unable to comply with the provisions of this clause 3.1 for any reason whatsoever;
3.2. will stipulate in the Tour Itinerary (to the extent applicable) all the salient details in relation to international and/or domestic airfare/s, accommodation, room/s and specification, hotel and/or airport transfers, meals and/or beverages included, and other incidental specifications of the Tour Package;
3.3. will issue the Secondary Invoice to the Client as soon as practicably possible after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Deposit Invoice, but in any event by no later than the date which is 68 (sixty eight) days prior to the Tour Start Date;
3.4. will issue the Final Invoice to the Client as soon as practicably possible after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Secondary Invoice, but in any event by no later than the date which is 68 (sixty eight) days prior to the Tour Start Date;
3.5. is entitled to make Tour Package Amendments and/or cancel the Tour Package (in part or the whole), at any time, to which the Client hereby agrees, provided that:
3.5.1. the Tour Operator will at all times use its commercially reasonable endeavours to avoid having to make such Tour Package Amendments and/or cancel the Tour Package;
3.5.2. any such Tour Package Amendment or cancellation must be due to unforeseen circumstances, and not attributable to the wilful misconduct of the Tour Operator;
3.5.3. in the event that the Tour Operator elects to amend the Tour Package only, then the Tour Operator will inform the Client thereof on written notice on or within 48 (forty eight) hours of having made such election, and will issue the Client with an updated Booking Confirmation and updated version of the invoice issued last in time to the Client (to the extent applicable) as soon as practicably possible thereafter; and/or
3.5.4. in the event that the Tour Operator elects to cancel the Tour Package, it shall advise the Client thereof on written notice on or within 48 (forty eight) hours of having made such election (it being recorded that the date of cancellation in this regard shall be deemed to be the date on which the said written notice of cancellation is received by the Client). The Tour Operator will then refund to the Client, by way of electronic funds transfer into the Client’s nominated bank account, such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee as was paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after the relevant date of cancellation. No Party shall have any other claim of whatsoever nature against the other in such circumstances;
3.6. will use its commercially reasonable endeavours to secure/procure/enable the Client’s special requests as stipulated in the Booking Form (if any), or advise the Client that such special requests cannot be accommodated. The Tour Operator will only undertake to procure those special requests as are expressly accepted by the Tour Operator in the Booking Confirmation. All special requests accepted by the Tour Operator will be subject to additional third party charges to the Client as stipulated in the Final Invoice. The Client acknowledges and agrees that all special requests indicated in a Booking Form cannot be guaranteed by the Tour Operator. If and to the extent that the Tour Operator is unable to arrange/procure the relevant special requests, the Client hereby agrees that he/she/it will have no claim of any nature against the Tour Operator;
3.7. will on request, provide to the Client written proof of any insurance policies taken out in the Tour Operator’s name; and
3.8. will, as regards the Quoted Tour Price, all brochures, advertising material and other similar documentation in relation to a Tour Package, use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all such documentation as is made available by the Tour Operator in good faith, complies with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and codes of practice, the CPA, and is accurate and correct at the time of its publication/delivery to the Client. The Tour Operator reserves the right to update such documentation from time to time, without notice, to bring same in line with the latest information available to Tour Operator. The Client acknowledges that he/she/it will request such documents directly from the Tour Operator to ensure that the Client receives the latest then currently applicable documentation.
4.1. Subject to: (i) at all times the provisions of clause 4.2; and to (ii) any additional third party charges to the Client in relation to special request/s as contemplated in clause 3.6, in consideration for planning and/or arranging and/or facilitating the Tour Package, the Client will pay the Total Tour Price (which includes the Arranging Fee), and having regard to each of the Deposit Invoice, Secondary Invoice and Final Invoice) to the Tour Operator as follows:
4.1.1. as regards the Deposit, the Client shall pay the full amount thereof to the Tour Operator on or within 3 (three) days after the Booking Acceptance Date. It is agreed that:
4.1.1.1. the Deposit is not refundable to the Client; and
4.1.1.2. simultaneously with payment of the Deposit, the Client shall pay the full amount of any international and/or domestic airfare (as stipulated in the Deposit Invoice, if any) to the Tour Operator;
4.1.2. as regards the Secondary Tour Fee, the Client shall pay the full amount thereof to the Tour Operator on or within 3 (three) days after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Secondary Invoice; and
4.1.3. as regards the Final Tour Fee, the Client shall pay the full amount thereof to the Tour Operator on or within 3 (three) days after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Final Invoice,
provided that, in the event that the Booking Acceptance Date is within 30 (thirty) days of the Tour Start Date, then the Client will pay the Total Tour Price to the Tour Operator immediately upon the said Booking Acceptance Date. All such payments shall be made by way of cleared electronic funds transfer into the bank account of the Tour Operator as indicated in the relevant invoice, or by way of such other method of payment as may be stated in the relevant invoice.
4.2. The Client agrees that the due dates for payment contemplated in clause 4.1 are subject to a supplier (of the Tour Operator) requiring earlier/later payment, and/or payments of seasonal deposits. In any such event, the Tour Operator will notify the Client of such fluctuation in writing, on or within 3 (three) days after the Tour Operator has been notified thereof by the said supplier, and the applicable due date/s for payment shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly. The Client will have no claim of whatsoever nature against the Tour Operator in such circumstances.
4.3. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, all amounts payable under these T’s and C’s shall be payable in the currency of payment as indicated in the relevant invoice issued to the Client.
4.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these T’s and C’s, unless the Tour Operator consents in writing to other payment arrangements:
4.4.1. the Client will at all times remain liable for payment of all amounts due and payable by the Client to the Tour Operator under these T’s and C’s; and
4.4.2. the Client is and will remain liable to the Tour Operator for all amounts due and payable up to the date of expiration or earlier cancellation of the Tour Package.
The Client:
5.1. hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that he/she/it is taking the Tour Package at his/her/its own risk;
5.2. will adhere strictly and at all times to these T’s and C’s and the provisions of the Booking Form;
5.3. will not engage in any activity, conduct, distribution or trade practice or advertising method which will be harmful, directly or indirectly, to the Tour Operator;
5.4. will be entitled to request Tour Package Amendments and/or cancel the Tour Package, at any time, provided that:
5.4.1. the Client communicates, without delay, any such Tour Package Amendments and/or cancellations to the Tour Operator in writing;
5.4.2. in the event that the Client elects to cancel the Tour Package (it being recorded that the date of cancellation in this regard shall be deemed to be the date on which the relevant written notice of cancellation is received by the Tour Operator), subject at all times to the provisions of clause 6.2.2:
5.4.2.1. the Client will be liable to pay a cancellation fee to the Tour Operator, calculated in accordance with the following dates/periods of cancellation and percentages (which is agreed as being reasonable):
Cancellation from Booking Acceptance Date to 51 (fifty one) days prior to the Tour Start Date: 30% (thirty percent) of the Total Tour Price:
Cancellation within 50 (fifty) days prior to, or on/after, the Tour Start Date: 100% (one hundred percent) of the Total Tour Price:
5.4.2.2. any such aforesaid cancellation fee will be paid by the Client to the Tour Operator within 14 (fourteen) days of the relevant date of cancellation, by way of cleared electronic funds transfer into the bank account of the Tour Operator as indicated in the invoice issued last in time to the Client, or by way of such other method of payment as may be stated in such invoice, failing which the Client will remain bound by the Tour Package and payment therefor in full; and
5.4.2.3. the Tour Operator will refund to the Client (care of its nominated bank account) such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after receipt by the Tour Operator of the cancellation fee contemplated in clauses 5.4.2.1 and 5.4.2.2,
and no Party shall have any other claim of whatsoever nature against the other in such circumstances;
5.5. will promptly comply with any reasonable instruction given by the Tour Operator in relation to the Tour Package and matters/aspects incidental thereto;
5.6. will at the Client’s expense, take out comprehensive travel insurance, for the duration of the Tour Package, which insurance shall at least cover the loss of Client’s personal effects, loss or harm to the Client personally, the Client’s medical, hospital, emergency travel and evacuation expenses, repatriation, loss of luggage and expenses associated with the cancellation or curtailment of the Tour Package. It is agreed that:
5.6.1. the Client will procure insurance from an insurer and in such amounts of its election;
5.6.2. the Client will be solely responsible for his/her/its general safety and for the general safety of all the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any), including in relation to the safekeeping of baggage and personal effects, at all times;
5.6.3. the Client will timeously seek the necessary medical advice regarding prophylaxis, vaccination and general health requirements covering each country which forms part of the Tour Package, and shall ensure the same in respect of the Client and all the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any); and
5.6.4. the Tour Operator does not accept any liability (of any nature) for any loss or damage in relation to loss or harm (of whatever nature) to the baggage, personal effects or other property of the Client, or injury or illness to the Client, or loss of life or consequential damages in respect of the Client, which might occur from any cause whatsoever. The Client hereby assumes all risk (of whatever nature) attached to and/or in relation to and/or incurred in the Tour Package;
5.7. will at the Client’s sole cost and expense, to the extent applicable:
5.7.1. comply with and otherwise fulfil the applicable passport, visa and vaccination requirements covering each country which forms part of the Tour Package, it being recorded that the Tour Operator will not be responsible for any persons participating in the Tour Package without the required documents; and
5.7.2. make the necessary arrangements to arrive at the assembly point/s indicated on the Tour Itinerary at the stated times, it being recorded that the Tour Operator will not be responsible for any persons participating in the Tour Package who fail to make such arrangements;
5.8. by signing and submitting the Booking Form to the Tour Operator, acknowledges and agrees that in the event that the Tour Package includes travel to isolated regions and/or activities in close proximity with wildlife, the Client and all of the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any) assume/s such risks. The Client acknowledges and agrees that he/she/it will on demand sign an extended standard form specific conditions and waiver document on or before the Tour Start Date, which form will be in a form satisfactory to the Tour Operator at all times, and which form will stipulate, amongst other things, that the person signing that form appreciates the risks inherent in travel and adventure, and that such person undertakes to participate in the Tour Package at his/her own risk and that such risk could include injury, disease or death;
5.9. will, if applicable, stipulate special requests (if any) in the Booking Form, failing which the Client will be deemed to have no special requests;
5.10. will ensure that all payments due to the Tour Operator are paid to the Tour Operator on the due date thereof and otherwise strictly in accordance with these T’s and C’s;
5.11. will not engage in any activities which causes inconvenience or annoyance to any other persons participating in the Tour Package; and
5.12. will in the unlikely event that the Client has a complaint against the Tour Operator, first address the complaint with the tour leader responsible for the relevant portion of the Tour Package as stipulated in the Tour Itinerary, so that an opportunity may be afforded to the Tour Operator to investigate and address the complaint. If the Client has any further complaint same must be lodged with the Tour Operator in writing within 30 (thirty) days of the expiration of the Tour Package. Should the Client not follow the procedures set out in this clause 5.12, then the Tour Operator will not investigate or continue to investigate any such complaint, and the Client will have no claim of whatsoever nature against the Tour Operator in such circumstances.
6.1. Breach
Save as otherwise provided for in these T’s and C’s:
6.1.1. if the Client fails to timeously pay to the Tour Operator any amount due to the Tour Operator hereunder, and fails to remedy such breach within a period of 3 (three) days after receipt by the Client of written notice from the Tour Operator calling for such default to be remedied, the Tour Operator will be entitled to (without prejudice and in addition to any other rights or remedies which the Tour Operator may have in law), on written notice to the Client, immediately resile from these T’s and C’s and cancel the Tour Package; and
6.1.2. if any of the Parties commits a breach of these T’s and C’s (other than the breach contemplated in clause 6.1.1) and/or otherwise fails to comply with any of the provisions hereof (“the Defaulting Party”), then the other Party (“the Innocent Party”) is entitled to give the Defaulting Party 7 (seven) days (or such longer period as may be reasonably necessary in the circumstances) notice in writing to remedy such breach and/or failure. If the Defaulting Party fails to comply with such notice, then the Innocent Party will be entitled to (without prejudice and in addition to any other rights or remedies which the Innocent Party may have in law, including the right to claim damages), on written notice to the Defaulting Party, immediately resile from these T’s and C’s and cancel the Tour Package accordingly.
6.2. Cancellation due to breach
6.2.1. In the event that the Tour Operator cancels the Tour Package in accordance with the provisions of clause 6.1 (and unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing), the Client will be deemed to have forfeited to the Tour Operator, with effect from the date on which the relevant written notice of cancellation is received (or deemed to have been received) by the Client (“Breach Cancellation Date”), all such amounts already paid by the Client to the Tour Operator as at the Breach Cancellation Date. The Client will have no claim of whatsoever nature against the Tour Operator in such circumstances.
6.2.2. In the event that the Client cancels the Tour Package in accordance with the provisions of clause 6.1.2, the Tour Operator will refund to the Client, by way of electronic funds transfer into the Client’s nominated bank account, such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee as was paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after the Breach Cancellation Date.
6.3. Indemnity for breach by the Client
Without prejudice to any rights or remedies available to the Tour Operator arising from these T’s and C’s and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with effect from the Booking Acceptance Date, the Client hereby irrevocably and unconditionally indemnifies and agrees, on demand, to hold the Tour Operator (and its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns) harmless against any and all loss, liability, costs or expenses of whatsoever nature (including any and all legal costs), whether directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by the Tour Operator, should the Client and/or any of the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any) breach these T’s and C’s in anyway.
7.1. If any Party is prevented or restricted directly or indirectly from carrying out all or any of its obligations under these T’s and C’s for any cause beyond the reasonable control of that Party (“Affected Party”), including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) war, civil commotion, riot, insurrection, strikes, lock-outs, fire, explosion, floods and acts of God (each a “Force Majeure Event”), the Affected Party shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder for the period of the Force Majeure Event. In such instance the Affected Party shall not be liable for any delay or failure in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder or for any loss or damages which the other Party may suffer due to or resulting from any such delay or failure, provided that written notice of the inability to perform is given by the Affected Party within 48 (forty eight) hours of the commencement of the Force Majeure Event.
7.2. The Affected Party shall use its commercially reasonable endeavours to terminate the circumstances giving rise to the Force Majeure Event and upon termination thereof, the Affected Party shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the other Party.
7.3. In the event that the circumstances giving rise to the Force Majeure Event are not terminated by no later than the date which is 10 (ten) days from the commencement of the Force Majeure Event, then the Tour Package shall be automatically cancelled, and the Tour Operator shall be required to refund to the Client such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after the date of such cancellation, by way of electronic funds transfer into the Client’s nominated bank account. No Party shall have any other claim of whatsoever nature against the other in such circumstances.
8.1. Save as expressly detailed to the contrary, in the event of any dispute, controversy or claim (of whatever nature) (“dispute”) as to the rights and obligations of the Parties or as to any other matter arising from or out of or that in any way is related to these T’s and C’s, including (but not limited to) any question as to the existence, validity or termination of these T’s and C’s, the Parties will attempt in good faith, by negotiation, to resolve the dispute between themselves.
8.2. If the Parties are unable to resolve a dispute by mutual agreement within 14 (fourteen) days after the dispute is first communicated in writing by any Party to the other Party, then the dispute shall be submitted by either Party to and decided by arbitration in accordance with the then applicable commercial rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa NPC (“AFSA”), by a single arbitrator agreed upon between the Parties or, failing agreement within 7 (seven) days of the dispute being submitted to arbitration, the arbitrator shall be appointed by AFSA.
8.3. As regards any such arbitration:
8.3.1. the decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the Parties and may be made an order of any competent court having jurisdiction at the instance of any of the Parties;
8.3.2. unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing, the arbitration shall be held in Cape Town, South Africa; and
8.3.3. the arbitrator shall be obliged to give in writing the reasons for any decision made by the arbitrator in the course of the arbitration.
8.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this clause 8, either of the Parties shall be entitled to apply for, and if successful, be granted, an interdict or other interim and/or urgent relief from any competent court having jurisdiction.
9.1. Any notice or process to be served on either of the Parties in terms of these T’s and C’s may be served on such Party at the following addresses:
9.1.1. as regards the Client, the address specified in the Booking Form; and
9.1.2. as regards the Tour Operator, the address specified in the Booking Confirmation.
9.2. Any Party may at any time, by notice in writing to the other Parties, change its elected address to any other address which is not a post office box or post restante.
9.3. Any notice or other communication to be given to either of the Parties in terms of these T’s and C’s shall be valid and effective only if it is given in writing, provided that any notice given by email shall be regarded for this purpose as having been given in writing.
9.4. A notice given as set out above shall be deemed to have been duly given and received (unless the contrary is proved):
9.4.1. if delivered by hand, on the date of delivery;
9.4.2. if sent by courier, on the date of delivery by the courier service concerned; or
9.4.3. if sent by email (provided that the address concerned includes an email address), on the expiration of 24 (twenty four) hours after the time of transmission.
9.5. Any written notice actually received by a Party shall be valid, notwithstanding that it may not have been given in accordance with the preceding provisions of this clause 9.
Any of these T’s and C’s which is or may become illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, with respect to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability and shall be treated pro non scripto (as if not written) and severed from the balance of these T’s and C’s, without invalidating the remaining T’s and C’s or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of these T’s and C’s in any other jurisdiction.
11.1. The Tour Operator will be entitled, without the consent of the Client but on prior written notice to the Client to cede, delegate or assign all or any of the Tour Operator’s rights and/or obligations under these T’s and C’s to any third party (“the Cessionary”).
11.2. On any cession, assignment and/or delegation taking place in terms of clause 11.1, the Client shall, if so required by any Cessionary, make all payments directly to the Cessionary in question.
11.3. The Client will not, without the prior written consent of the Tour Operator, be entitled to cede, assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of the Client’s rights or obligations under these T’s and C’s to any third party.
These T’s and C’s, as read conjunctively with the Booking Form, constitutes the whole agreement between the Parties in relation to the subject-matter of the Booking Form, and the Tour Operator shall not be bound by any representation/s, warranty/ies, undertaking/s, promise/s or the like (whether or not made by the Tour Operator, its companies or servants) which are not recorded herein or in the Booking Form.
No relaxation, indulgence or extension of time granted by any Party (“the Grantor”) to the other Party shall be construed as a waiver of any of the Grantor’s rights in terms hereof, or a novation of any of these T’s and C’s or estop the Grantor from enforcing strict and punctual compliance with these T’s and C’s.
No variation of, addition to, consensual cancellation of or waiver of any right arising in terms of these T’s and C’s (including this clause 14) and/or the Booking Form shall be of any force or effect unless expressly agreed by the Parties in writing (including, by way of example, via email communication).
To the maximum extent permissible, these T’s and C’s shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa.
All and any costs incurred by either Party arising out of or in connection with a breach of any of these T’s and C’s by the other Party, including but not limited to legal costs on the attorney and own client scale, shall be borne by the Party in breach.
17.1. DEFINITIONS
In these T’s and C’s, unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them hereunder and cognate expressions shall have corresponding meanings, namely:
17.1.1. “Aggregate Tour Fee” means the aggregate amount of the Secondary Tour Fee plus the Final Tour Fee;
17.1.2. “Applicable Taxes” means, without limitation, any VAT, sales taxes, charges, imposts, duties, levies, deductions, withholdings or fees of any kind whatsoever, or any amount payable on account of or as security for any of the foregoing, imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any relevant taxation authority or similar Governmental Authority from time to time together with any penalties, fines or interest;
17.1.3. “Arranging Fee” means that portion of the Total Tour Price which comprises the Tour Operator’s fee for planning and/or arranging the Tour Package;
17.1.4. “Booking Acceptance Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 1.3;
17.1.5. “Booking Confirmation” means the written confirmation submitted by the Tour Operator to the Client, in such form as the Tour Operator may determine suitable in its sole and absolute discretion (including, by way of example, in the form of email communication), wherein the Tour Operator confirms the booking of the Tour Package, and which document will record (without limitation):
17.1.5.1. the Tour Operator’s full name, and VAT registration number, if any;
17.1.5.2. the Tour Operator’s address; and
17.1.5.3. a full description of the Tour Package;
17.1.6. “Booking Form” means the Tour Operator’s standard written booking form (as determined by it) which can be completed, signed and submitted to the Tour Operator for the purposes of engaging the services of the Tour Operator as contemplated herein, which standard booking form may be updated by the Tour Operator from time to time, without notice;
17.1.7. “Client” means the person who signed and submitted the Booking Form to the Tour Operator;
17.1.8. “CPA” means the South African Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (Act No. 68 of 2008);
17.1.9. “Deposit” means a non-refundable deposit of 30% (thirty percent) of the Quoted Tour Price;
17.1.10. “Deposit Invoice” means the tax invoice issued by the Tour Operator to the Client with the Booking Confirmation, marked as the “Deposit Invoice”, and which shall record (without limitation), as separate line items, the quantum of:
17.1.10.1. the Deposit, exclusive of any Applicable Taxes (e.g. VAT) if any, and the Arranging Fee; and
17.1.10.2. the total international and/or domestic airfare/s payable (if any);
17.1.11. “ECTA” means the South African Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002);
17.1.12. “Final Invoice” means the tax invoice issued by the Tour Operator to the Client chronologically after the Secondary Invoice, marked as the “Final Invoice”, and which shall be issued in respect of the Final Tour Fee mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions of clause 17.1.10, and shall in addition record any third party charges payable by the Client in relation to any special request/s of the Client stipulated in the Booking Form (to the extent applicable);
17.1.13. “Final Tour Fee” means 70% (seventy percent) of the Quoted Tour Price;
17.1.14. “Parties” means, collectively, the Client and the Tour Operator, and “Party” shall mean any one of them as the context may indicate;
7.1.15. “POPIA” means the South African Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013);
17.1.16. “Quoted Tour Price” means the applicable quoted price including VAT (where applicable) and including the Arranging Fee for the Tour Package, as set out by the Tour Operator on its website (if any), failing which as set out in its brochures and advertising material, from time to time, which quoted price the Tour Operator may update/replace from time to time, without notice;
17.1.17. “Secondary Invoice” means the tax invoice issued by the Tour Operator to the Client chronologically after the Deposit Invoice, marked as the “Secondary Invoice”, and which shall be issued in respect of the Secondary Tour Fee mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions of clause 17.1.10;
17.1.18. “Secondary Tour Fee” means 0% (nil percent) of the Quoted Tour Price;
17.1.19. “Signature Date” means the date upon which the Client signed the Booking Form;
17.1.20. “South Africa” means the Republic of South Africa;
17.1.21. “T’s and C’s” means these terms and conditions;
17.1.22. “Total Tour Price” means the Deposit plus the Aggregate Tour Fee;
17.1.23. “Tour Itinerary” means the itinerary relating to the Tour Package;
17.1.24. “Tour Operator” means the tour operator stipulated in the Booking Form;
17.1.25. “Tour Package” means the tour package planned and/or arranged and/or facilitated by the Tour Operator, as stipulated in the Booking Form;
17.1.26. “Tour Package Amendments” means any change of whatsoever nature required by any Party in relation to the Tour Package after the Signature Date, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) changes as to flights, dates and times, accommodation, arranged sightseeing and other details of and/or incidental to the Tour Package;
17.1.27. “Tour Start Date” means date of commencement of the Tour Package;
17.1.28. “VAT” means value added tax as contemplated in the VAT Act; and
17.1.29. “VAT Act” means the South African Value-Added Tax Act, 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991).
17.2. INTERPRETATION
Furthermore, unless a contrary intention clearly appears:
17.2.1. references herein to “clauses” shall be to the clauses of these T’s and C’s;
17.2.2. the headings of the clauses are for the purpose of convenience and reference only and shall not be used in the interpretation of, nor modify, nor amplify these T’s and C’s;
17.2.3. words importing the singular, include the plural, and vice versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include partnerships, trusts and bodies corporate, and vice versa;
17.2.4. if any provision in the definitions set out in clause 17 is a substantive provision conferring rights or imposing obligations on any Party, then notwithstanding that such provision is only contained in clause 17, effect shall be given thereto as if such provision were a substantive provision in the body of these T’s and C’s;
17.2.5. these T’s and C’s shall be binding on and enforceable by the permitted trustees, assigns or liquidators of the Parties as fully and effectually as if they had bound themselves hereto in the first instance and reference to any Party shall be deemed to include such Party’s permitted trustees, assigns or liquidators, as the case may be;
17.2.6. where figures are in these T’s and C’s described both in numerals and in words, words shall prevail in the event of any conflict between the two;
17.2.7. when any number of days is prescribed in these T’s and C’s, same shall be reckoned exclusively of the first and inclusively of the last day;
17.2.8. any reference in these T’s and C’s to legislation or subordinate legislation is to such legislation or subordinate legislation at the Signature Date and as amended and/or re-enacted from time to time;
17.2.9. any reference in these T’s and to any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to such other agreement or document as same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or supplemented;
17.2.10. where any term is defined within the context of any particular clause, the term so defined shall, unless it appears clearly from the clause in question that such term has limited application to the relevant clause, bear the meaning ascribed to it for all purposes in terms of these T’s and C’s, notwithstanding that such term has not been defined in this clause 17;
17.2.11. none of these T’s and C’s shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of the Tour Operator by reason of the Tour Operator having drafted such provision;
17.2.12. the words:
17.2.12.1. “sign”, signature”, “signing” and all derivatives thereof, when used in relation to the Booking Form, shall include an electronic signature as contemplated in ECTA; and
17.2.12.2. “completed”, “submit”, “submission”, “submitted” and all derivatives thereof, when used in relation to the Booking Form, shall include electronic completion and submission;
17.2.13. the words “include”, “including” and “in particular” shall be construed as being by way of example or emphasis only and shall not be construed, nor shall they take effect, as limiting the generality of any preceding word/s. Furthermore, the words “other” and “otherwise” shall not be construed eiusdem generis with any preceding words if a wider construction is possible; and
17.2.14. the expiration or termination of the Tour Package shall not affect such of these T’s and C’s as expressly provide that they will operate after any such expiration or termination or which of necessity must continue to have effect after such expiration or termination, notwithstanding that the clauses themselves do not expressly provide for this.
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Addressing rumors about Willow Oaks center
Rumors have been swirling about Willow Oaks Shopping Center — that it's losing tenants, that it appears rundown, and that it might be converted into apartments. What's really going on?
For the record: Mayor Donnie Tuck and Economic Development Director Leonard Sledge met with the owner in April. He told them he has a new leasing agent and is actively pursuing new retail tenants.
The city received assurances that:
There are no plans to sell the center or build apartments.
A new leasing agent has been hired to market vacant spaces.
Vacant spaces were boarded because of vandals.
Maintenance problems will be addressed on a priority basis.
What can the city do? We can enforce codes related to safety and welfare, but we don't have the legal right to tell this — or any other property owner — how to manage his property. Hampton officials agree that this retail center is an asset and we want it to succeed.
Q: Would they be allowed to tear down the center and replace it with apartments?
A: No. They would have to — at minimum — apply for a use permit. Apartments are an allowed use of land zoned commercial C-1, but only with a use permit. Any use-permit application would trigger public hearings at Planning Commission and City Council meetings and require a vote of the City Council.
Also, the land carries a proffer agreement — or terms and conditions included as part of the rezoning that allowed the development. That specifies the site plan of the existing buildings as they are now. Any applications to change the terms of that agreement would be subject to public hearings and require a vote of City Council.
Q: Would the city allow subsidized housing in this location?
A: Hampton has done a thorough study of the housing inventory in the city. The city has a large number of "workforce" homes, those priced below the regional median and accessible to working families. The city's Community Plan provides policy guidance intended to ensure the city meets but does not exceed its "regional fair share" of subsidized housing when compared with its neighbors in the region. These policies promote higher-value housing and dispersal of subsidized housing units. While the city does not have complete control over the method of financing chosen by developers, in cases where state or federal law requires city input, the city applies the Community Plan policy when reviewing the proposal.
Q: What are Hampton's housing goals and policies?
A: Hampton's housing policy is to grow by successfully implementing redevelopment, neighborhood reinvestment, and infill development strategies within a fully developed city through:
Housing that is competitive within the regional marketplace.
Targeted public sector actions that leverage private sector investment in housing.
Housing choices that serve a balance of income levels and household types, including special-needs populations.
Mixed income communities.
New housing that preserves the quality and value of the surrounding neighborhood.
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Helena Klein
F, ID No. 961, b. 27 May 1884
Father Johann Klein b. 19 May 1846
Mother Philippina Meisinger b. 4 Sep 1848, d. 26 Aug 1889
Relationship 2nd cousin 2 times removed of David Velten
This page is copyrighted material that appears on my web site: https://www.dvelten.net/vaf-o. You are free to use the facts that it contains or make a copy for personal use. You may not republish or distribute this page, or elements of it, in any form without my express written permission.
Biography* Married Jakob Velten of Schrollbach, 11 Feb 1900, No. 1420.
Birth* Helena Klein was born on 27 May 1884 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
She was the daughter of Johann Klein and Philippina Meisinger.
Christening She was christened on 1 June 1884 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
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Johanna Klein
F, ID No. 962, b. 30 September 1886, d. 7 October 1886
Birth* Johanna Klein was born on 30 September 1886 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Death* Johanna died on 7 October 1886 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Christening She was christened on 7 October 1886 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Burial* She was buried on 9 October 1886.
Katherina Klein
F, ID No. 963, b. 16 September 1887
Birth* Katherina Klein was born on 16 September 1887 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Christening She was christened on 21 September 1887 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Karl Klein
M, ID No. 964, b. 13 August 1889, d. 28 August 1889
Birth* Karl Klein was born on 13 August 1889 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
He was the son of Johann Klein and Philippina Meisinger.
Christening He was christened on 20 August 1889 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Death* Karl died on 28 August 1889 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Burial* He was buried on 30 August 1889.
M, ID No. 965, b. circa 1835, d. 16 February 1900
Father Johann Jacob Müller b. 25 Feb 1808, d. 21 Sep 1881
Mother Catharina Schneider b. 7 Aug 1805, d. 28 May 1858
Spouse: Katharina Velten – children:
Ludwig Müller b. 25 May 1869, d. 28 Jan 1878
Daniel Müller+ b. 28 Jan 1871, d. 28 Mar 1948
Elisabetha Müller b. 21 Jan 1873
Katharina Müller b. 8 Jul 1875, d. 19 Feb 1877
Jakob Müller+ b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 9 Feb 1936
Ludwig Müller+ b. 23 Feb 1881, d. 20 Jan 1960
Anna Müller b. 6 Jan 1886, d. 19 Feb 1974
Reference Fam. Buch 84
Birth* Ludwig Müller was born circa 1835 in Nanzweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
He was the son of Johann Jacob Müller and Catharina Schneider.
Marriage* Ludwig married Katharina Velten, daughter of Daniel Velten and Catherina Backes, on 2 May 1867 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
Death* Ludwig died on 16 February 1900 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .2
Burial* He was buried on 18 February 1900 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .2
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[S41] Katholische Kirche Glan-Münchweiler (BA. Homburg), Kirchenbuch, 1685-1949; Marriages (1809-1945); Micropublication, 6 rolls, film no. 0489449 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974, 1961), item 2, 1867, no. 9, entry for Ludovicus Müller, son of Jacobi Müller and the deceased Katharinae Schneider, farmer in Nanzweiler, and Katharina Velten, daughter of Danielis Velten and Katharinae Backes, linen weaver of Dietschweiler.
[S38] Katholische Kirche Glan-Münchweiler (BA. Homburg), Kirchenbuch, 1685-1949; Familienbuch (1778-1911); Micropublication, 6 rolls, film no. 0489451 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974, 1961), No. 842, family of Ludwig Müller and Katharina Velten of Dietschweiler.
M, ID No. 966, b. 25 May 1869, d. 28 January 1878
Father Ludwig Müller b. c 1835, d. 16 Feb 1900
Mother Katharina Velten b. 4 Aug 1842, d. 20 May 1922
Birth* Ludwig Müller was born on 25 May 1869 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
He was the son of Ludwig Müller and Katharina Velten.
Christening He was christened on 27 May 1869 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany . Godparents were Ludwig Velten of Dietschweiler, Philippina Müller, and Margarethe Klein of Hütchenhausen.1
Death* Ludwig died on 28 January 1878 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , at age 8.1
Burial* He was buried on 30 January 1878 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
M, ID No. 967, b. 28 January 1871, d. 28 March 1948
Spouse: Catherina Mohrbacher – children:
Josef Müller b. 18 Mar 1898, d. 14 Oct 1978
Anna Müller b. 14 Mar 1900, d. 12 May 1926
Maria Müller b. 12 Jun 1902, d. 17 Nov 1987
Martha Müller b. 14 Jun 1904, d. 5 May 1909
Ida Müller b. 21 Sep 1906, d. 6 Mar 1990
Helene Müller
Martha Müller
Katharina Müller
Cecelia Müller
Birth* Daniel Müller was born on 28 January 1871 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
Christening He was christened on 31 January 1871 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany . Godparents were Daniel Velten, unmarried, of Dietschweiler and Anna Maria Velten (born Müller), wife of Michael Velten.1
Marriage* Daniel married Catherina Mohrbacher on 7 January 1897 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .2
Death* Daniel died on 28 March 1948 in Germany at age 77.2
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[S621] Michael Velten and Maria Catharina Westrich Family Group Sheet, Prepared 6 Jun 1995 by Juergen Velten, Nanzdiezweiler, Germany. A group sheet with dates and places, no citations. Copy provided by Dick Velten.
Elisabetha Müller
F, ID No. 968, b. 21 January 1873
Spouse: Jakob Schmitt – no known children
Death* Elisabetha died in Germany .
Birth* Elisabetha Müller was born on 21 January 1873 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
She was the daughter of Ludwig Müller and Katharina Velten.
Christening She was christened on 26 January 1873 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
Marriage* Elisabetha married Jakob Schmitt on 25 November 1893 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
F, ID No. 969, b. 8 July 1875, d. 19 February 1877
Birth* Katharina Müller was born on 8 July 1875 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
Christening She was christened on 11 July 1875 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany . Godparents were Jakob Messinger of Dietschweiler and Katharina Ludes of Nanzweiler.1
Death* Katharina died on 19 February 1877 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , at age 1.1
Burial* She was buried on 21 February 1877 in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
Jakob Müller
M, ID No. 970, b. 26 January 1877, d. 9 February 1936
Spouse: Anna Mohrbacher – children:
Fritz Müller b. 25 Oct 1905, d. 18 Apr 1981
Berta Müller
Birth* Jakob Müller was born on 26 January 1877 in Dietschweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .1
Christening He was christened on 30 January 1877 in Catholic Church, located in Glan-Münchweiler, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .
Marriage* Jakob married Anna Mohrbacher circa 1904.
Death* Jakob died on 9 February 1936 in Gries, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , at age 59.1
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Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment: CI/CD/CD
Learn here about the three most popular tenants of DevOps processes and pipelines.
Ben Pepper
Dec. 24, 18 · DevOps Zone ·
Everyone LOVES doing the same task day in and day out. Right? No? I guess that’s one of the reasons we built computers, to automate repetitive workflows. Who knew? Since I touched on microservices in my last post, Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployments seemed like the next logical post.
So…off we go to the Magic School Bus.
As companies become more Agile they are also trying to show clients and investors why they are the best. What better way to do that than to continually deploy new features for people to play with? This is where Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment come in. This means smaller changes/updates, more frequently, not one leviathanic push every quarter. Smaller changes to the environment means when something goes wrong it's easier to pinpoint, roll back, and fix. If you roll out 10K lines of code and something breaks, where is the break? It's the world's worst game of hide and seek and it's your job to figure it out. Deploy 1 commit at a time, and something goes wrong, guess what? I’ll bet it’s that commit. Go fix that one. You get to solve the problem, look like a hero, and move on to something new. Everyone wins.
What Are Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment?
In the dark ages, engineers merged code infrequently. When they did, it was a massive code dump. This could happen at anytime, but because engineers are usually juggling many things at once these commits happened around a release day. I despise dealing with merge conflicts. Maybe you love it but you’re an oddity if you do. For the rest of us, these merge conflicts mean having to resolve things locally and then recommitting to some designated branch for the release. This can lead to releases being delayed and customers missing new features for their releases. No one is happy. With continuous integration, an engineer commits more frequently. If an error is found in that new code they can address it at that time. This quickens the release process since there should be no conflicts in the deploying branch. Customers are happy, Product Managers are happy, and no one is yelling at you. We all win!
Continuous integration means you will have to implement a few things. Yes, this will cost you things, and yes, it will slow you down for a bit. I promise you will enter nirvana after this learning curve. You will need to create a test suite and have it run automatically when new code is pushed. I know, “But I don’t like writing test.” Do you prefer breaking the build? Yeah, didn’t think so. You build a robust test suite and when new code is pushed, it validates that you are actually that smart. Your code goes to Production and everyone wins. Way to go. You will also have to set up a separate server to run that cool new test suite. But once it's up and running you just have to maintain (like your code), and that's still less painful than having a ton of code pushed in the moments before a release is supposed to go out. Because the bugs are found before they go to customers your platform looks stronger, you look better, and QA (the unsung heroes of developing) are freed up to deal with more strategic issues like weird edge cases and such. Everyone gets to focus on what they really like and that, my dear internet audience, makes for a better atmosphere. One note here is to test your new code locally before pushing to master. Why? Because it’s less expensive (both in terms time and CPU cycles), you can debug locally quicker, AND when you finally merge to master the final check confirms you’re good to go.
So you’ve implemented continuous integration. Now what? Well you have to continuously deliver that code to the end user. Here's where one of those wonderful “CDs” comes into play. Continuous Delivery is just that. Our users get new features on some regular cadence. This sounds like the old “release once a quarter” and it kind of is. Except this is on a per commit, hourly, daily, or weekly basis, shortening the feedback loop and allowing you to improve on features in near real time. If something in your platform breaks right after new code has been delivered, well it's kind of obvious that the new code is to blame. Roll back to the old version, fix the issue, and redeploy. No one is the wiser.
This does mean, however, that you need to have a comprehensive test suite. Yeah, I know, testing is not sexy, nor fun, nor thrilling. But you either have tests that catch bugs before the code goes in front of clients, or you break your most important client, they churn, and the company looks like your goldfish in the 3rd grade that you forgot to feed. Your call, but I prefer having a job. The other cost to assess? Feature flags. No one wants a half-built feature. It doesn't serve a purpose. Hide that behind a flag and customers won't see it until it's nicely polished. You can commit code frequently (see Continuous Integration), but until that feature is 100% UAT accepted, it stays hidden. Somewhat important to mention is that someone (preferably an employee) has to manually kick off the deployment. This should be too involved since tests have been done, feature flags removed, and all is good. But that does mean taking someone off the thing they were working on to hit a button. So pick someone who likes pressing big red buttons (me, for example).
All these costs, but where’s the benefit? Because you are now delivering code more often, clients get to try new features, have bugs fixed sooner, and move faster. That means they see a quicker return on their investment in you and are more likely to renew their contract. Because you are able to make more, smaller, changes, you can experiment more. Curious if this function would work better this way? Well, try it out. As William Blake said, “The true method of knowledge is experiment.” So try it out. If it doesn't work, who cares, it didn’t break anyone. Try again and succeed.
This idea takes Continuous Delivery one step further. Instead of having someone manually kick off the deployment a computer does it. So from "git push origin master" to your customer playing with the new feature no one has to touch the code. It’s been tested, checked, verified, and deployed by a computer, freeing you and your team up to do better things on a Friday! Continuous Deployment can quicken the feedback loop even more. You can deploy new code every time you push to master. More new code in master means more customers trying it out and letting you know what can be improved. That quicker feedback means that everyone gets to find higher value in what you built.
Naturally, since this is a highly automated process, testing must be the keystone of your engineering team. The test suite must cover as much of the code base as possible, no diminishing returns here. 100% test coverage is ideal. If you miss something, it could wreak havoc all over the place. So, use TDD like your life depends on it, because it more than likely does. The other thing to consider is that your documentation needs to be in sync with the newly delivered code. Otherwise, no one, other than you, will know how to use the new feature. I’m no expert (ask my manager), but I don’t think you scale easily. So make sure that documentation is a close second to testing. Otherwise, your support people will be inundated with questions that will frustrate them.
So that’s it. CI/CD/CD means that you get to develop faster, customers get to use the newest features sooner, and everyone makes more money, and isn't that what Keynesian Economics is all about? The short version, if you didn't click the links is this:
Continuous Integration means that smaller chunks of code are committed more often. These smaller chunks are easier to triage when something goes wrong.
Continuous Delivery means that customers get to try out new features sooner and give you meaningful feedback sooner. That allows you to build meaningful features that will ensure customers stick with you for years to come.
Continuous Deployment is like Continuous Delivery on steroids. You develop code, get feedback, and iterate to success faster and have a more meaningful impact on your clients that everyone is happier.
Isn't life great?
Have fun and see you next year, when I’m sure I’ll be ranting about something else.
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The Anabasis book 6
Xenophon
Anabasis
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After this, whilst waiting, they lived partly on supplies from the 1 market, partly on the fruit of raids into Paphlagonia. The Paphlagonians, on their side, showed much skill in kidnapping stragglers, wherever they could lay hands on them, and in the night time tried to do mischief to those whose quarters were at a distance from the camp. The result was that their relations to one another were exceedingly hostile, so much so that Corylas, who was the chief of Paphlagonia at that date, sent ambassadors to the Hellenes, bearing horses and fine apparel, and charged with a proposal on the part of Corylas to make terms with the Hellenes on the principle of mutual forbearance from injuries. The generals replied that they would consult with the army about the matter. Meanwhile they gave them a hospitable reception, to which they invited certain members of the army whose claims were obvious. They sacrificed some of the captive cattle and other sacrificial beasts, and with these they furnished forth a sufficiently festal entertainment, and reclining on their truckle beds, fell to eating and drinking out of beakers made of horn which they happened to find in the country.
But as soon as the libation was ended and they had sung the hymn, up got first some Thracians, who performed a dance under arms to the sound of a pipe, leaping high into the air with much nimbleness, and brandishing their swords, till at last one man struck his fellow, and every one thought he was really wounded, so skilfully and artistically 6 did he fall, and the Paphlagonians screamed out. Then he that gave the blow stripped the other of his arms, and marched off chanting the "Sitalcas[1]," whilst others of the Thracians bore off the other, who lay as if dead, though he had not received even a scratch.
[1] I.e. the national Thracian hymn; for Sitalcas the king, a national hero, see Thuc. ii. 29.
After this some Aenianians[2] and Magnesians got up and fell to dancing the Carpaea, as it is called, under arms. This was the manner of the dance: one man lays aside his arms and proceeds to drive a yoke of oxen, and while he drives he sows, turning him about frequently, as though he were afraid of something; up comes a cattle-lifter, and no sooner does the ploughman catch sight of him afar, than he snatches up his arms and confronts him. They fight in front of his team, and all in rhythm to the sound of the pipe. At last the robber binds the countryman and drives off the team. Or sometimes the cattle-driver binds the robber, and then he puts him under the yoke beside the oxen, with his two hands tied behind his back, and off he drives.
[2] The Aenianians, an Aeolian people inhabiting the upper valley of the Sperchius (the ancient Phthia); their capital was Hypata. These men belonged to the army collected by Menon, the Thessalian. So, doubtless, did the Magnesians, another Aeolian tribe occupying the mountainous coast district on the east of Thessaly. See Kiepert's "Man. Anct. Geog." (Macmillan's tr.), chap. vi.. 161, 170.
After this a Mysian came in with a light shield in either hand and danced, at one time going through a pantomime, as if he were dealing with two assailants at once; at another plying his shields as if to face a single foe, and then again he would whirl about and throw somersaults, keeping the shields in his hands, so that it was a beautiful spectacle. Last of all he danced the Persian dance, clashing the shields together, crouching down on one knee and springing up again from earth; and all this he did in measured time to the sound of the flute. After him the Mantineans stepped upon the stage, and some other Arcadians also stood up; they had accoutred themselves in all their warlike finery. They marched with measured tread, pipes playing, to the tune of the 'warrior's march[3]'; the notes of the paean rose, 11 lightly their limbs moved in dance, as in solemn procession to the holy gods. The Paphlagonians looked upon it as something truly strange that all these dances should be under arms; and the Mysians, seeing their astonishment persuaded one of the Arcadians who had got a dancing girl to let him introduce her, which he did after dressing her up magnificently and giving her a light shield. When, lithe of limb, she danced the Pyrrhic[4], loud clapping followed; and the Paphlagonians asked, "If these women fought by their side in battle?" to which they answered, "To be sure, it was the women who routed the great King, and drove him out of camp." So ended the night.
[3] See Plato, "Rep." 400 B, for this "war measure"; also Aristoph. "Clouds," 653.
[4] For this famous dance, supposed to be of Doric (Cretan or Spartan) origin, see Smith's "Dict. of Antiquities," "Saltatio"; also Guhl and Koner, "The Life of the Greeks and Romans," Eng. tr.
But next day the generals introduced the embassy to the army, and the soldiers passed a resolution in the sense proposed: between themselves and the Paphlagonians there was to be a mutual abstinence from injuries. After this the ambassadors went on their way, and the Hellenes, as soon as it was thought that sufficient vessels had arrived, went on board ship, and voyaged a day and a night with a fair breeze, keeping Paphlagonia on their left. And on the following day, arriving at Sinope, they came to moorings in the harbour of Harmene, near Sinope[5]. The Sinopeans, though inhabitants of Paphlagonia, are really colonists of the Milesians. They sent gifts of hospitality to the Hellenes, three thousand measures of barley with fifteen hundred jars of wine. At this place Cheirisophus rejoined them with a man-of-war. The soldiers certainly expected that, having come, he would have brought them something, but he brought them nothing, except complimentary phrases, on the part of Anaxibius, the high admiral, and the rest, who sent them their congratulations, coupled with a promise on the part of Anaxibius that, as soon as they were outside the Euxine, pay would be forthcoming.
[5] Harmene, a port of Sinope, between four and five miles (fifty stades) west of that important city, itself a port town. See Smith, "Dict. Geog.," "Sinope"; and Kiepert, op. cit. chap. iv. 60.
At Harmene the army halted five days; and now that they seemed to be 17 so close to Hellas, the question how they were to reach home not empty-handed presented itself more forcibly to their minds than heretofore. The conclusion they came to was to appoint a single general, since one man would be better able to handle the troops, by night or by day, than was possible while the generalship was divided. If secrecy were desirable, it would be easier to keep matters dark, or if again expedition were an object, there would be less risk of arriving a day too late, since mutual explanations would be avoided, and whatever approved itself to the single judgement would at once be carried into effect, whereas previously the generals had done everything in obedience to the opinion of the majority.
With these ideas working in their minds, they turned to Xenophon, and the officers came to him and told him that this was how the soldiers viewed matters; and each of them, displaying a warmth of kindly feeling, pressed him to accept the office. Xenophon partly would have liked to do so, in the belief that by so doing he would win to himself a higher repute in the esteem of his friends, and that his name would be reported to the city written large; and by some stroke of fortune he might even be the discoverer of some blessing to the army collectively.
These and the like considerations elated him; he had a strong desire to hold the supreme command. But then again, as he turned the matter over, the conviction deepened in his mind that the issue of the future is to every man uncertain; and hence there was the risk of perhaps losing such reputation has he had already acquired. He was in sore straights, and, not knowing how to decide, it seemed best to him to lay the matter before heaven. Accordingly, he led two victims to the altar and made sacrifice to Zeus the King, for it was he and no other who had been named by the oracle at Delphi, and his belief was that the vision which he had beheld when he first essayed to undertake the joint administration of the army was sent to him by that god. He also recalled to mind a circumstance which befell him still earlier, when 23 setting out from Ephesus to associate himself with Cyrus[6];--how an eagle screamed on his right hand from the east, and still remained perched, and the soothsayer who was escorting him said that it was a great and royal omen[7]; indicating glory and yet suffering; for the punier race of birds only attack the eagle when seated. "Yet," added he, "it bodes not gain in money; for the eagle seizes his food, not when seated, but on the wing."
[6] Cf. "Cyrop." II. i. 1; an eagle appears to Cyrus on the frontiers of Persia, when about to join his uncle Cyaxares, king of Media, on his expedition against the Assyrian.
[7] It is important to note that the Greek word {oionos}, a solitary or lone-flying bird, also means an omen. "It was a mighty bird and a mighty omen."
Thus Xenophon sacrificed, and the god as plainly as might be gave him a sign, neither to demand the generalship, nor, if chosen, to accept the office. And that was how the matter stood when the army met, and the proposal to elect a single leader was unanimous. After this resolution was passed, they proposed Xenophon for election, and when it seemed quite evident that they would elect him, if he put the question to the vote, he got up and spoke as follows:--
"Sirs, I am but mortal, and must needs be happy to be honoured by you. I thank you, and am grateful, and my prayer is that the gods may grant me to be an instrument of blessing to you. Still, when I consider it closer, thus, in the presence of a Lacedaemonian, to be preferred by you as general, seems to me but ill conducive either to your interests or to mine, since you will the less readily obtain from them hereafter anything you may need, while for myself I look upon acceptance as even somewhat dangerous. Do I not see and know with what persistence these Lacedaemonians prosecuted the war till finally they forced our State to acknowledge the leadership of Lacedaemon? This confession once extorted from their antagonists, they ceased warring at once, and the seige of the city was at an end. If, with these facts before my eyes, I seem to be doing all I can to neutralise their high self-esteem, I cannot escape the reflection that personally I may be taught wisdom by a painful process. But with your own idea that under a single general there will be less factiousness than when there were many, be assured 29 that in choosing some other than me you will not find me factious. I hold that whosoever sets up factious opposition to his leader factiously opposes his own safety. While if you determine to choose me, I should not be surprised were that choice to entail upon you and me the resentment of other people."
After those remarks on Xenophon's part, many more got up, one after another, insisting on the propriety of his undertaking the command. One of them, Agasias the Stymphalian, said: It was really ridiculous, if things had come to this pass that the Lacedeamonians are to fly into a rage because a number of friends have met together to dinner, and omitted to choose a Lacedaemonian to sit at the head of the table. "Really, if that is how matters stand," said he, "I do not see what right we have to be officers even, we who are only Arcadians." That sally brought down the plaudits of the assembly; and Xenophon, seeing that something more was needed, stepped forward again and spoke, "Pardon, sirs," he said, "let me make a clean breast of it. I swear to you by all the gods and goddesses; verily and indeed, I no sooner perceived your purpose, than I consulted the victims, whether it was better for you to entrust this leadership to me, and for me to undertake it, or the reverse. And the gods vouchsafed a sign to me so plain that even a common man might understand it, and perceive that from such sovereignty I must needs hold myself aloof."
Under these circumstances they chose Cheirisophus, who, after his election, stepped forward and said: "Nay, sirs, be well assured of this, that had you chosen some one else, I for my part should not have set up factious opposition. As to Xenophon, I believe you have done him a good turn by not appointing him; for even now Dexippus has gone some way in traducing him to Anaxibius, as far as it lay in his power to do so, and that, in spite of my attempts to silence him. What he said was that he believed Xenophon would rather share the command of Clearchus's army with Timasion, a Dardanian, than with himself, a Laconian. But," continued Cheirisophus, "since your choice has fallen 33 upon me, I will make it my endeavour to do you all the good in my power; so make your preparations to weigh anchor to-morrow; wind and weather permitting, we will voyage to Heraclea; every one must endeavour, therefore, to put in at that port; and for the rest we will consult, when we are come thither."
The next day they weighed anchor and set sail from Harmene with a fair 1 breeze, two days' voyage along the coast. [As they coasted along they came in sight of Jason's beach[1], where, as the story says, the ship Argo came to moorings; and then the mouths of the rivers, first the Thermodon, then the Iris, then the Halys, and next to it the Parthenius.] Coasting past [the latter], they reached Heraclea[2], a Hellenic city and a colony of the Megarians, situated in the territory of the Mariandynians. So they came to achorage off the Acherusian Chersonese, where Heracles[3] is said to have descended to bring up the dog Cerberus, at a point where they still show the marks of his descent, a deep cleft more than two furlongs down. Here the Heracleots sent the Hellenes, as gifts of hospitality, three thousand measures of barley and two thousand jars of wine, twenty beeves and one hundred sheep. Through the flat country here flows the Lycus river, as it is called, about two hundred feet in breadth.
[1] I have left this passage in the text, although it involves, at first sight, a topographical error on the part of whoever wrote it, and Hug and other commentators regard it as spurious. Jason's beach (the modern Yasoun Bouroun) and the three first-named rivers lie between Cotyora and Sinope. Possibly the author, or one of his editors, somewhat loosely inserted a recapitulatory note concerning the scenery of this coasting voyage at this point. "By the way, I ought to have told you that as they coasted along," etc.
[2] One of the most powerful of commercial cities, distinguished as Pontica (whence, in the middle ages, Penteraklia), now Eregli. It was one of the older Greek settlements, and, like Kalchedon (to give that town its proper name), a Megaro-Doric colony. See Kiepert, op. cit. chap. iv. 62.
[3] According to another version of the legend Heracles went down to bring up Cerberus, not here, but at Taenarum.
The soldiers held a meeting, and took counsel about the remainder of the journey: should they make their exit from the Pontus by sea or by land? and Lycon the Achaean got up and said: "I am astonished, sirs, that the generals do not endeavour to provide us more efficiently with provisions. These gifts of hospitality will not afford three days' 4 victuals for the army; nor do I see from what region we are to provide ourselves as we march. My proposal, therefore, is to demand of the Heracleots at least three thousand cyzicenes." Another speaker suggested, "not less than ten thousand. Let us at once, before we break up this meeting, send ambassadors to the city and ascertain their answer to the demand and take counsel accordingly." Thereupon they proceeded to put up as ambassadors, first and foremost Cheirisophus, as he had been chosen general-in-chief; others also named Xenophon.
But both Cheirisophus and Xenophon stoutly declined, maintaining both alike that they could not compel a Hellenic city, actually friendly, to give anything which they did not spontaneously offer. So, since these two appeared to be backward, the soldiers sent Lycon the Achaean, Callimachus the Parrhasian, and Agasias the Stymphalian. These three went and announced the resolutions passed by the army. Lycon, it was said, even went so far as to threaten certain consequences in case they refused to comply. The Heracleots said they would deliberate; and, without more ado, they got together their goods and chattels from their farms and fields outside, and dismantled the market outside and transferred it within, after which the gates were closed, and arms appeared at the battlements of the walls.
At that check, the authors of these tumultuary measures fell to accusing the generals, as if they had marred the proceeding; and the Arcadians and Archaeans banded together, chiefly under the auspiecs of the two ringleaders, Callimachus the Parrhasian and Lycon the Achaean. The language they held was to this effect: It was outrageous that a single Athenian and a Lacedaemonian, who had not contributed a soldier to the expedition, should rule Peloponnesians; scandalous that they themselves should bear the toils whilst others pocketed the spoils, and that too though the preservation of the army was due to themselves; for, as every one must admit, to the Arcadians and 10 Achaeans the credit of that achievement was due, and the rest of the army went for nothing (which was indeed so far true that the Arcadians and Achaeans did form numerically the larger half of the whole army). What then did common sense suggest? Why, that they, the Arcadians and Achaeans, should make common cause, choose generals for themselves independently, continue the march, and try somewhat to better their condition. This proposal was carried. All the Arcadians and Achaeans who chanced to be with Cheirisophus left him and Xenophon, setting up for themselves and choosing ten generals of their own. These ten, it was decreed, were to put into effect such measures as approved themselves to the majority. Thus the absolute authority vested in Cheirisophus was terminated there and then, within less than a week of his appointment.
Xenophon, however was minded to prosecute the journey in their campany, thinking that this would be a safer plan than for each to start on his own account. But Neon threw in his weight in favour of separate action. "Every one for himself," he said, for he had heard from Cheirisophus that Cleander, the Spartan governor-general at Byzantium, talked of coming to Calpe Haven with some war vessels. Neon's advice was due to his desire to secure a passage home in these war vessels for themselves and their soldiers, without allowing any one else to share in their good-fortune. As for Cheirisophus, he was at once so out of heart at the turn things had taken, and soured with the whole army, that he left it to his subordinate, Neon, to do just what he liked. Xenophon, on his side, would still have been glad to be quit of the expedition and sail home; but on offering sacrifice to Heracles the Leader, and seeking advice, whether it were better and more desirable to continue the march in charge of the soldiers who had remained faithful, or to take his departure, the god indicated to him by the victims that he should adopt the former course.
In this way the army was now split up into three divisions[4]. First, the Arcadians and Achaeans, over four thousand five hundred men, all heavy infantry. Secondly, Cheirisophus and his men, viz. one thousand 16 four hundred heavy infantry and the seven hundred peltasts, or Clearchus's Thracians. Thirdly, Xenophon's division of one thousand seven hundred heavy infantry, and three hundred peltasts; but then he alone had the cavalry--about forty troopers.
[4] The total now amounted to 8640 and over.
The Arcadians, who had bargained with the Heracleots and got some vessels from them, were the first to set sail; they hoped, by pouncing suddenly on the Bithynians, to make as large a haul as possible. With that object they disembarked at Calpe Haven[5], pretty nearly at the middle point in Thrace. Cheirisophus setting off straight from Heraclea, commenced a land march through the country; but having entered into Thrace, he preferred to cling to the seaboard, health and strength failing him. Xenophon, lastly, took vessels, and disembarking on the confines of Thrace and the Heracleotid, pushed forward through the heart of the country[6].
[5] The Haven of Calpe = Kirpe Liman or Karpe in the modern maps. The name is interesting as being also the ancient name of the rock fortress of Gibraltar.
[6] Some MSS. here read, "In the prior chapter will be found a description of the manner in which the absolute command of Cheirisophus was abruptly terminated and the army of the Hellenes broken up. The sequel will show how each of these divisions fared." The passage is probably one of those commentators' notes, with which we are now familiar.
The Arcadians, disembarking under cover of night at Calpe Haven, 1 marched against the nearest villages about thirty furlongs from the sea; and as soon as it was light, each of the ten generals led his company to attack one village, or if the village were large, a couple of companies advanced under their combined generals. They further agreed upon a certain knoll, where they were all eventually to assemble. So sudden was their attack that they seized a number of captives and enclosed a multitude of small cattle. But the Thracians who escaped began to collect again; for being light-armed troops they had slipped in large numbers through the hands of the heavy infantry; and now that they were got together they first attacked the company of the Arcadian general, Smicres, who had done his work and was retiring to the appointed meeting-place, driving along a large train of captives and cattle. For a good while the Hellenes maintained a running fight[1]; but at the passage of a gorge the enemy routed them, 5 slaying Smicres himself and those with him to a man. The fate of another company under command of Hegesander, another of the ten, was nearly as bad; only eight men escaped, Hegesander being one of them. The remaining captains eventually met, some with somewhat to show for their pains, others empty-handed.
[1] Lit. "marched and fought," as did the forlorn hope under Sir C. Wilson making its way from Abu Klea to the Nile in Jan. 1885.
The Thracians, having achieved this success, kept up a continual shouting and clatter of conversation to one another during the night; but with day-dawn they marshalled themselves right round the knoll on which the Hellenes were encamped--both cavalry in large numbers and light-armed troops--while every minute the stream of new-comers grew greater. Then they commenced an attack on the heavy infantry in all security, for the Hellenes had not a single bowman, javelin-man, or mounted trooper amongst them; while the enemy rushed forward on foot or galloped up on horseback and let fly their javelins. It was vain to attempt to retaliate, so lightly did they spring back and escape; and ever the attack renewed itself from every point, so that on one side man after man was wounded, on the other not a soul was touched; the result being that they could not stir from their position, and the Thracians ended by cutting them off even from their water. In their despair they began to parley about a truce, and finally various concessions were made and terms agreed to between them; but the Thracians would not hear of giving hostages in answer to the demand of the Hellenes; at that point the matter rested. So fared it with the Arcadians.
As to Cheirisophus, that general prosecuted his march along the 10 seaboard, and without check reached Calpe Haven. Xenophon advanced through the heart of the country; and his cavalry pushing on in front, came upon some old men pursuing their road somewither, who were brought to him, and in answer to his question, whether they had caught sight of another Hellenic army anywhere, told him all that had already taken place, adding that at present they were being besieged upon a knoll with all the Thracians in close circle round them. Thereupon he kept the old men under strict guard to serve as guides in case of need; next, having appointed outposts, he called a meeting of the soldiers, and addressed them: "Soldiers, some of the Arcadians are dead and the rest are being besieged upon a certain knoll. Now my own belief is, that if they are to perish, with their deaths the seal is set to our own fate: since we must reckon with an enemy at once numerous and emboldened. Clearly our best course is to hasten to their rescue, if haply we may find them still alive, and do battle by their side rather than suffer isolation, confronting danger single-handed.
"Let us then at once push forward as far as may seem opportune till supper-time, and then encamp. As long as we are marching, let Timasion, with the cavalry, gallop on in front, but without losing sight of us; and let him examine all closely in front, so that nothing may escape our observation." (At the same time too, he sent out some nimble fellows of the light-armed troops to the flanks and to the high tops, who were to give a signal if they espied anything anywhere; ordering them to burn everything inflammable which lay in their path.) "As for ourselves," he continued, "we need not look to find cover in any direction; for it is a long step back to Heraclea and a long leap across to Chrysopolis, and the enemy is at the door. The shortest road is to Calpe Haven, where we suppose Cheirisophus, if safe, to be; but then, when we get there, at Calpe Haven there are no vessels for us to sail away in; and if we stop here, we have not provisions for a single day. Suppose the beleaguered Arcadians left to their fate, we shall find it but a sorry alternative to run the gauntlet with Cheirisophus's detachment alone; better to save them if we can, and 17 with united forces work out our deliverance in common. But if so, we must set out with minds prepared, since to-day either a glorious death awaits us or the achievement of a deed of noblest emprise in the rescue of so many Hellene lives. Maybe it is God who leads us thus, God who chooses to humble the proud boaster, boasting as though he were exceedingly wise, but for us, the beginning of whose every act is by heaven's grace, that same God reserves a higher grade of honour. One duty I would recall to you, to apply your minds to the execution of the orders with promptitude."
With these words he led the way. The cavalry, scattering as far in advance as was prudent, wherever they set foot, set fire. The peltasts moving parallel on the high ground were similarly employed, burning everything combustible they could discover. While the main army, wherever they came upon anything which had accidentally escaped, completed the work, so that the whole country looked as if it were ablaze; and the army might easily pass for a larger one. When the hour had come, they turned aside to a knoll and took up quarters; and there they espied the enemy's watch-fires. He was about forty furlongs distant. On their side also they kindled as many watch-fires as possible; but as soon as they had dined the order was passed to quench all the fires. So during the night they posted guards and slept. But at daybreak they offered prayers to the gods, and drawing up in order of battle, began marching with what speed they might. Timasion and the cavalry, who had the guides with them, and were moving on briskly in front, found themselves without knowing it at the very knoll upon which the Hellenes had been beleaguered. But no army could they discover, whether of friend or foe; only some starveling old women and men, with a few sheep and oxen which had been left behind. This news they reproted to Xenophon and the main body. At first the marvel was what had happened; but ere long they found out by inquiries from the folk who had been left behind, that the Thracians had set off immediately after sundown, and were gone; the Hellenes had waited till morning before they made off, but in what direction, they could not 23 say.
On hearing this, Xenophon's troops first breakfasted, and then getting their kit together began their march, desiring to unite with the rest at Calpe's Haven without loss of time. As they continued their march, they came across the track of the Arcadians and Achaeans along the road to Calpe, and both divisions arriving eventually at the same place, were overjoyed to see one another again, and they embraced each other like brothers. Then the Arcadians inquired of Xenophon's officers--why they had quenched the watch-fires? "At first," said they, "when we lost sight of your watch-fires, we expected you to attack the enemy in the night; and the enemy, so at least we imagined, must have been afraid of that and so set off. The time at any rate at which they set off would correspond. But when the requisite time had elapsed and you did not come, we concluded that you must have learnt what was happening to us, and in terror had made a bolt for it to the seaboard. We resolved not to be left behind by you; and that is how we also came to march hither."
During this day they contented themselves with bivouacking there on 1 the beach at the harbour. The place which goes by the name of Calpe Haven is in Asiatic Thrace, the name given to a region extending from the mouth of the Euxine all the way to Heraclea, which lies on the right hand as you sail into the Euxine. It is a long day's voyage for a war-ship, using her three banks of oars, from Byzantium to Heraclea, and between these two there is not a single Hellenic or friendly city, but only these Bithynian Thracians, who have a bad reputation for the savagery with which they treat any Hellenes cast ashore by shipwreck or otherwise thrown into their power.
Now the haven of Calpe lies exactly midway, halving the voyage between Byzantium and Heraclea. It is a long promontory running out into the sea; the seaward portion being a rocky precipice, at no point less than twenty fathons high; but on the landward side there is a neck 3 about four hundred feet wide; and the space inside the neck is capable of accommodating ten thousand inhabitants, and there is a haven immediately under the crag with a beach facing the west. Then there is a copious spring of fresh water flowing on the very marge of the sea commanded by the stronghold. Again, there is plenty of wood of various sorts; but most plentiful of all, fine shipbuilding timber down to the very edge of the sea. The upland stretches into the heart of the country for twenty furlongs at least. It is good loamy soil, free from stones. For a still greater distance the seaboard is thickly grown with large timber trees of every description. The surrounding country is beautiful and spacious, containing numerous well populated villages. The soil produces barley and wheat, and pulse of all sorts, millet and sesame, figs in ample supply, with numerous vines producing sweet wines, and indeed everything else except olives. Such is the character of the country.
The tents were pitched on the seaward-facing beach, the soldiers being altogether averse to camping on ground which might so easily be converted into a city. Indeed, their arrival at the place at all seemed very like the crafty design of some persons who were minded to form a city. The aversion was not unnatural, since the majority of the soldiers had not left their homes on so long a voyage from scantiness or subsistence, but attracted by the fame of Cyrus's virtues; some of them bringing followers, while others had expended money on the expedition. And amongst them was a third set who had run away from fathers and mothers; while a different class had left children behind, hoping to return to them with money or other gains. Other people with Cyrus won great success, they were told[1]; why should it not be so with them? Being persons then of this description, the one longing of their hearts was to reach Hellas safely.
[1] I.e. "his society was itself a passport to good fortune."
It was on the day after their meeting that Xenophon sacrificed as a preliminary to a military expedition; for it was needful to march out in search of provisions, besides which he designed burying the dead. 9 As soon as the victims proved favourable they all setout, the Arcadians following with the rest. The majority of the dead, who had lain already five days, they buried just where they had fallen, in groups; to remove their bodies now would have been impossible. Some few, who lay off the roads, they got together and buried with what splendour they could, considering the means in their power. Others they could not find, and for these they erected a great cenotaph[2], and covered it with wreaths. When it was all done, they returned home to camp. At that time they supped, and went to rest.
[2] "Cenotaph", i.e. "an empty tomb." The word is interesting as occuring only in Xenophon, until we come to the writers of the common dialect. Compare "hyuscyamus," hogbean, our henbane, which we also owe to Xenophon. "Oecon." i. 13, see Sauppe, "Lexil. Xen." s.vv.
Next day there was a general meeting of the soldiers, collected chiefly by Agasias the Stymphalian, a captain, and Hieronymus, an Eleian, also a captain, and other seniors of the Arcadians; and they passed a resolution that, for the future, whoever revived the idea of breaking up the army should be punished by death. And the army, it was decided, would now resume its old position under the command of its former generals. Though Cheirisophus, indeed, had already died under medical treatment for fever[3]; and Neon the Asinaean had taken his place.
[3] This I take to be the meaning of the words, which are necessarily ambiguous, since {pharmakon}, "a drug," also means "poison." Did Cheirisophus conceivably die of fever brought on by some poisonous draught? or did he take poison whilst suffering from fever? or did he die under treatment?
After these resolutions Xenophon got up and said: "Soldiers, the journey must now, I presume, be conducted on foot; indeed, this is clear, since we have no vessels; and we are driven to commence it at once, for we have no provisions if we stop. We then," he continued, "will sacrifice, and you must prepare yourselves to fight now, if ever, for the spirit of the enemy has revived."
Thereupon the generals sacrificed, in the presence of the Arcadian seer, Arexion; for Silanus the Ambraciot had chartered a vessel at Heraclea and made his escape ere this. Sacrificing with a view to 13 departure, the victims proved unfavourable to them. Accordingly they waited that day. Certain people were bold enough to say that Xenophon, out of his desire to colonise the place, had persuaded the seer to say that the victims were unfavourable to departure. Consequently he proclaimed by herald next morning that any one who liked should be present at the sacrifice; or if he were a seer he was bidden to be present and help to inspect the victims. Then he sacrificed, and there were numbers present; but though the sacrifice on the question of departure was repeated as many as three times, the victims were persistently unfavourable. Thereat the soldiers were in high dudgeon, for the provisions they had brought with them had reached the lowest ebb, and there was no market to be had.
Consequently there was another meeting, and Xenophon spoke again: "Men," said he, "the victims are, as you may see for yourselves, not yet favourable to the march; but meanwhile, I can see for myself that you are in need of provisions; accordingly we must narrow the sacrifice to the particular point." Some one got up and said: "Naturally enough the victims are unfavourable, for, as I learnt from some one on a vessel which arrived here yesterday by accident, Cleander, the governor at Byzantium, intends coming here with ships and men-of-war." Thereat they were all in favour of stopping; but they must needs go out for provisions, and with this object he again sacrificed three times, and the victims remained adverse. Things had now reached such a pass that the men actually came to Xenophon's tent to proclaim that they had no provisions. His sole answer was that he would not lead them out till the victims were favourable.
So again the next day he sacrificed; and nearly the whole army, so strong was the general anxiety, flocked round the victims; and now the very victims themselves failed. So the generals, instead of leading out the army, called the men together. Xenophon, as was incumbent on him, spoke: "It is quite possible that the enemy are collected in a body, and we shall have to fight. If we were to leave our baggage in the strong place" (pointing overhead) "and sally forth prepared for battle, the victims might favour us." But the soldiers, on hearing 22 this proposal, cried out, "No need to take us inside that place; better sacrifice with all speed." Now sheep there were none any longer. So they purchased oxen from under a wagon and sacrificed; and Xenophon begged Cleanor the Arcadian to superintend the sacrifice on his behalf, in case there might be some change now. But even so there was no improvement.
Now Neon was general in place of Cheirisophus, and seeing the men suffering so cruelly from want, he was willing to do them a good turn. So he got hold of some Heracleot or other who said he knew of villages close by from which they could get provisions, and proclaimed by herald: "If any one liked to come out and get provisions, be it known that he, Neon, would be their leader." So out came the men with spears, and wine skins and sacks and other vessels--two thousand strong in all. But when they had reached the villages and began to scatter for the purpose of foraging, Pharnabazus's cavalry were the first to fall upon them. They had come to the aid of the Bithynians, wishing, if possible, in conjunction with the latter, to hinder the Hellenes from entering Phrygia. These troopers killed no less than five hundred of the men; the rest fled for the lives up into the hill country.
News of the catastrophe was presently brought into camp by one of those who had escaped, and Xenophon, seeing that the victims had not been favourable on that day, took a wagon bullock, in the absence of other sacrificial beasts, offered it up, and started for the rescue, he and the rest under thirty years of age to the last man. Thus they picked up the remnant of Neon's party and returned to camp. It was now about sunset; and the Hellenes in deep despondency were making their evening meal, when all of a sudden, through bush and brake, a party of Bithynians fell upon the pickets, cutting down some and chasing the rest into camp. In the midst of screams and shouts the Hellenes ran to their arms, one and all; yet to pursue or move the camp in the night seemed hardly safe, for the ground was thickly grown with bush; all they could do was to strengthen the outposts and keep watch under arms the livelong night.
And so they spent the night, but with day-dawn the generals led the 1 way into the natural fastness, and the others picked up their arms and baggage and followed the lead. Before the breakfast-hour arrived, they had fenced off with a ditch the only side on which lay ingress into the place, and had palisaded off the whole, leaving only three gates. Anon a ship from Heraclea arrived bringing barleymeal, victim animals, and wine.
Xenophon was up betimes, and made the usual offering before starting on an expedition, and at the first victim the sacrifice was favourable. Just as the sacrifice ended, the seer, Arexion the Parrhasian, caught sight of an eagle, which boded well, and bade Xenophon lead on. So they crossed the trench and grounded arms. Then proclamation was made by herald for the soldiers to breakfast and start on an expedition under arms; the mob of sutlers and the captured slaves would be left in camp. Accordingly the mass of the troops set out. Neon alone remained; for it seemed best to leave that general and his men to guard the contents of the camp. But when the officers and soldiers had left them in the lurch, they were so ashamed to stop in camp while the rest marched out, that they too set out, leaving only those above five-and-forty years of age.
These then stayed, while the rest set out on the march. Before they had gone two miles, they stumbled upon dead bodies, and when they had brought up the rear of the column in a line with the first bodies to be seen, they began digging graves and burying all included in the column from end to end. After burying the first batch, they advanced, and again bringing the rear even with the first unburied bodies which appeared, they buried in the same way all which the line of troops included. Finally, reaching the road that led out of the villages where the bodies lay thick together, they collected them and laid them in a common grave.
It was now about midday, when pushing forward the troops up to the villages without entering them, they proceeded to seize prvoisions, laying hands on everything they could set eyes on under cover of their 7 lines; when suddenly they caught sight of the enemy cresting certain hillocks in front of them, duly marshalled in line--a large body of cavalry and infantry. It was Spithridates and Rhathines, sent by Pharnabazus with their forec at their backs. As soon as the enemy caught sight of the Hellenes, they stood still, about two miles distant. Then Arexion the seer sacrificed, and at the first essay the victims were favourable. Whereupon Xenophon addressed the other generals: "I would advise, sirs, that we should detach one or more flying columns to support our main attack, so that in case of need at any point we may have reserves in readiness to assist our main body, and the enemy, in the confusion of battle, may find himself attacking the unbroken lines of troops not hitherto engaged." These views approved themselves to all. "Do you then," said he, "lead on the vanguard straight at the enemy. Do not let us stand parleying here, now that we have caught sight of him and he of us. I will detach the hindmost companies in the way we have decided upon and follow you." After that they quietly advanced, and he, withdrawing the rear-rank companies in three brigades consisting of a couple of hundred men apiece, commissioned the first on the right to follow the main body at the distance of a hundred feet. Samolas the Achaean was in command of this brigade. The duty of the second, under the command of Pyrrhias the Arcadian, was to follow in the centre. The last was posted on the left, with Phrasias, an Athenian, in command. As they advanced, the vanguard reached a large and difficult woody glen, and halted, not knowing whether the obstacle needed to be crossed or not. They passed down the word for the generals and officers to come forward to the front. Xenophon, wondering what it was that stopped the march, and presently hearing the above order passed along the ranks, rode up with all speed. As soon as they were met, Sophaenetus, as the eldest general, stated his opinion that the question, whether a gully of that kind ought to be crossed or not, was not worth discussing. Xenophon, with some ardour, retorted: "You know, sirs, I have not been in the habit hitherto of introducing you to danger which you might avoid. It is not your reputation for courage surely that is at stake, but your 14 safe return home. But now the matter stands thus: It is impossible to retire from this point without a battle; if we do not advance against the enemy ourselves, he will follow us as soon as we have turned our backs and attack us. Consider, then; is it better to go and meet the foe with arms advanced, or with arms reversed to watch him as he assails us on our rear? You know this at any rate, that to retire before an enemy has nothing glorious about it, whereas attack engenders courage even in a coward. For my part, I would rather at any time attack with half my men than retreat with twice the number. As to these fellows, if we attack them, I am sure you do not really expect them to await us; though, if we retreat, we know for certain they will be emboldened to pursue us. Nay, if the result of crossing is to place a difficult gully behind us when we are on the point of engaging, surely that is an advantage worth seizing. At least, if it were left to me, I would choose that everything should appear smooth and passable to the enemy, which may invite retreat; but for ourselves we may bless the ground which teaches us that except in victory we have no deliverance. It astonishes me that any one should deem this particular gully a whit more terrible than any of the other barriers which we have successfully passed. How impassable was the plain, had we failed to conquer their cavalry! how insurmountable the mountains already traversed by us, with all their peltasts in hot pursuit at our heels! Nay, when we have safely reached the sea, the Pontus will present a somewhat formidable gully, when we have neither vessels to convey us away nor corn to keep us alive whilst we stop. But we shall no sooner be there than we must be off again to get provisions. Surely it is better to fight to-day after a good breakfast than to-morrow on an empty stomach. Sirs, the offerings are favourable to us, the omens are propitious, the victims more than promising; let us attack the enemy! Now that they have had a good look at us, these fellows must not be allowed to enjoy their dinners or choose a camp at their own sweet will."
After that the officers bade him lead on. None gainsaid, and he led the way. His orders were to cross the gully, where each man chanced to 22 find himself. By this method, as it seemed to him, the troops would more quickly mass themselves on the far side than was possible, if they defiled along[1] the bridge which spanned the gully. But once across he passed along the line and addressed the troops: "Sirs, call to mind what by help of the gods you have already done. Bethink you of the battles you have won at close quarters with the foe; of the fate which awaits those who flee before their foes. Forget not that we stand at the very doors of Hellas. Follow in the steps of Heracles, our guide, and cheer each the other onwards by name. Sweet were it surely by some brave and noble word or deed, spoken or done this day, to leave the memory of oneself in the hearts of those one loves."
[1] Lit. "had they wound off thread by thread"; the metaphor is from unwinding a ball of wool.
These words were spoken as he rode past, and simultaneously he began leading on the troops in battle line; and, placing the peltasts on either flank of the main body, they moved against the enemy. Along the line the order had sped "to keep their spears at rest on the right shoulder until the bugle signal; then lower them for the charge, slow march, and even pace, no one to quicken into a run." Lastly, the watchword was passed, "Zeus the Saviour, Heracles our Guide." The enemy waited their approach, confident in the excellence of his position; but as they drew closer the Hellene light troops, with a loud alala! without waiting for the order, dashed against the foe. The latter, on their side, came forward eagerly to meet the charge, both the cavalry and the mass of the Bithynians; and these turned the peltasts. But when with counter-wave the phalanx of the heavy infantry rapidly advancing, faced them, and at the same time the bugle sounded, and the battle hymn rose from all lips, and after this a loud cheer rose, and at the same instant they couched their spears;--at this conjuncture the enemy no longer welcomed them, but fled. Timasion with his cavalry followed close, and, considering their scant numbers, they did great execution. It was the left wing of the enemy, in a line with which the Hellene cavalry were posted, that was so speedily scattered. But the right, which was not so hotly pursued, collected upon a knoll; 28 and when the Hellenes saw them standing firm, it seemed the easiest and least dangerous course to go against them at once. Raising the battle hymn, they straightway fell upon them, but the others did not await their coming. Thereupon the peltasts gave chase until the right of the enemy was in its turn scattered, though with slight loss in killed; for the enemy's cavalry was numerous and threatening.
But when the Hellenes saw the cavalry of Pharnabazus still standing in compact order, and the Bithynian horsemen massing together as if to join it, and like spectators gazing down from a knoll at the occurrences below; though weary, they determined to attack the enemy as best they could, and not suffer him to recover breath with reviving courage. So they formed in compact line and advanced. Thereupon the hostile cavalry turned and fled down the steep as swiftly as if they had been pursued by cavalry. In fact they sought the shelter of a gully, the existence of which was unknown to the Hellenes. The latter accordingly turned aside too soon and gave up the chase, for it was too late. Returning to the point where the first encounter took place they erected a trophy, and went back to the sea about sunset. It was something like seven miles to camp.
After this the enemy confined themselves to their own concerns, and 1 removed their households and property as far away as possible. The Hellenes, on their side, were still awaiting the arrival of Cleander with the ships of war and transports, which ought to be there soon. So each day they went out with the baggage animals and slaves and fearlessly brought in wheat and barley, wine and vegetables, millet and figs; since the district produced all good things, the olive alone excepted. When the army stayed in camp to rest, pillaging parties were allowed to go out, and those who went out appropriated the spoils; but when the whole army went out, if any one went off apart and seized 2 anything, it was voted to be public property. Ere long there was an ample abundance of supplies of all sorts, for marketables arrived from Hellenic cities on all sides, and marts were established. Mariners coasting by, and hearing that a city was being founded and that there was a harbour, were glad to put in. Even the hostile tribes dwelling in the neighbourhood presently began to send envoys to Xenophon. It was he who was forming the place into a city, as they understood, and they would be glad to learn on what terms they might secure his friendship. He made a point of introducing these visitors to the soldiers.
Meanwhile Cleander arrived with two ships of war, but not a single transport. At the moment of his arrival, as it happened, the army had taken the field, and a separate party had gone off on a pillaging expedition into the hills and had captured a number of small cattle. In thir apprehension of being deprived of them, these same people spoke to Dexippus (this was the same man who had made off from Trapezus with the fifty-oared galley), and urged him to save their sheep for them. "Take some for yourself," said they, "and give the rest back to us." So, without more ado, he drove off the soldiers standing near, who kept repeating that the spoil was public property. Then off he went to Cleander. "Here is an attempt," said he, "at robbery." Cleander bade him to bring up the culprit to him. Dexippus seized on some one, and was for haling him to the Spartan governor. Just then Agasias came across him and rescued the man, who was a member of his company; and the rest of the soldiers present set to work to stone Dexippus, calling him "traitor." Things looked so ill that a number of the crew of the ships of war took fright and fled to the sea, and with the rest Cleander himself. Xenophon and the other generals tried to hold the men back, assuring Cleander that the affair signified nothing at all, and that the origin of it was a decree pased by the army. That was to blame, if anything. But Cleander, goaded by Dexippus, and personally annoyed at the fright which he had experienced, threatened to sail away and publish an interdict against them, forbidding any city to receive them, as being public enemies. 9 For at this date the Lacedaemonians held sway over the whole Hellenic world.
Thereat the affair began to wear an ugly look, and the Hellenes begged and implored Cleander to reconsider his intention. He replied that he would be as good as his word, and that nothing should stop him, unless the man who set the example of stoning, with the other who rescued the prisoner, were given up to him. Now, one of the two whose persons were thus demanded--Agasias--had been a friend to Xenophon throughout; and that was just why Dexippus was all the more anxious to accuse him. In their perplexity the generals summoned a full meeting of the soldiers, and some speakers were disposed to make very light of Cleander and set him at naught. But Xenophon took a more serious view of the matter; he rose and addressed the meeting thus: "Soldiers, I cannot say that I feel disposed to make light of this business, if Cleander be allowed to go away, as he threatens to do, in his present temper towards us. There are Hellenic cities close by; but then the Lacedaemonians are the lords of Hellas, and they can, any one of them, carry out whatever they like in the cities. If then the first thing this Lacedaemonian does is to close the gates of Byzantium, and next to pass an order to the other governors, city by city, not to receive us because we are a set of lawless ruffians disloyal to the Lacedaemonians; and if, further, this report of us should reach the ears of their admiral, Anaxibius, to stay or to sail away will alike be difficult. Remember, the Lacedaemonians at the present time are lords alike on land and on sea. For the sake then of a single man, or for two men's sake, it is not right that the rest of us should be debarred from Hellas; but whatever they enjoin we must obey. Do not the cities which gave us birth yield them obedience also? For my own part, inasmuch as Dexippus, I believe, keeps telling Cleander that Agasias would never have done this had not I, Xenophon, bidden him, I absolve you of all complicity, and Agasias too, if Agasias himself states that I am in any way a prime mover in this matter. If I have set the fashion of stone-throwing or any other sort of violence I condemn myself--I say that I deserve the extreme penalty, and I will submit to undergo it. I 15 further say that if any one else is accused, that man is bound to surrender himself to Cleander for judgement, for by this means you will be absolved entirely from the accusation. But as the matter now stands, it is cruel that just when we were aspiring to win praise and honour throughout Hellas, we are destined to sink below the level of the rest of the world, banned from the Hellenic cities whose common name we boast."
After him Agasias got up, and said, "I swear to you, sirs, by the gods and goddesses, verily and indeed, neither Xenophon nor any one else among you bade me rescue the man. I saw an honest man--one of my own company--being taken up by Dexippus, the man who betrayed you, as you know full well. That I could not endure; I rescued him, I admit the fact. Do not you deliver me up. I will surrender myself, as Xenophon suggests, to Cleander to pass what verdict on me he thinks right. Do not, for the sake of such a matter, make foes of the Lacedaemonians; rather God grant that[1] each of you may safely reach the goal of his desire. Only do you choose from among yourselves and send with me to Cleander those who, in case of any omission on my part, may by their words and acts supply what is lacking." Thereupon the army granted him to choose for himself whom he would have go with him and to go; and he at once chose the generals. After this they all set off to Cleander--Agasias and the generals and the man who had been rescued by Agasias--and the generals spoke as follows: "The army has sent us to you, Cleander, and this is their bidding: 'If you have fault to find with all, they say, you ought to pass sentence on all, and do with them what seems best; or if the charge is against one man or two, or possibly several, what they expect of these people is to surrender themselves to you for judgement.' Accordingly, if you lay anything to the charge of us generals, here we stand at your bar. Or do you impute the fault to some one not here? tell us whom. Short of flying in the face of our authority, there is no one who will absent himself."
[1] Reading with the best MSS., {sozoisthe}. Agasias ends his sentence with a prayer. Al. {sozesthe}, "act so that each," etc.
At this point Agasias stepped forward and said: "It was I, Cleander, 21 who rescued the man before you yonder from Dexippus, when the latter was carrying him off, and it was I who gave the order to strike Dexippus. My plea is that I know the prisoner to be an honest man. As to Dexippus, I know that he was chosen by the army to command a fifty-oared galley, which we had obtained by request from the men of Trapezus for the express purpose of collecting vessels to carry us safely home. But this same Dexippus betrayed his fellow-soldiers, with whom he had been delivered from so many perils, and made off into hiding like a runaway slave, whereby we have robbed the Trapezuntines of their frigate, and must needs appear as knaves in their eyes for this man's sake. As to ourselves, as far as he could, he has ruined us; for, like the rest of us, he had heard how all but impossible it was for us to retreat by foot across the rivers and to reach Hellas in safety. That is the stamp of man whom I robbed of his prey. Now, had it been you yourself who carried him off, or one of your emissaries, or indeed any one short of a runaway from ourselves, be sure that I should have acted far otherwise. Be assured that if you put me to death at this time you are sacrificing a good, honest man for the sake of a coward and a scamp."
When he had listened to these remarks, Cleander replied that if such had been the conduct of Dexippus, he could not congratulate him. "But still," he added, turning to the generals, "were Dexippus ever so great a scamp he ought not to suffer violence; but in the language of your own demand he was entitled to a fair trial, and so to obtain his deserts. What I have to say at present therefore is: leave your friend here and go your way, and when I give the order be present at the trial. I have no further charge against the army or any one, since the prisoner himself admits that he rescued the man." Then the man who had been rescued said: "In behalf of myself, Cleander, if possibly you think that I was being taken up for some misdeed, it is not so; I neither struck nor shot; I merely said, 'The sheep are public property;' for it was a resolution of the soldiers that whenever the army went out as a body any booty privately obtained was to be public property. That was all I said, and thereupon yonder fellow seized me 28 and began dragging me off. He wanted to stop our mouths, so that he might have a share of the things himself, and keep the rest for these buccaneers, contrary to the ordinance." In answer to that Cleander said: "Very well, if that is your disposition you can stay behind too, and we will take your case into consideration also."
Thereupon Cleander and his party proceeded to breakfast; but Xenophon collected the army in assembly, and advised their sending a deputation to Cleander to intercede in behalf of the men. Accordingly it was resolved to send some generals and officers with Dracontius the Spartan, and of the rest those who seemed best fitted to go. The deputation was to request Cleander by all means to release the two men. Accordingly Xenophon came and addressed him thus: "Cleander, you have the men; the army has bowed to you and assented to do what you wished with respect to these two members of their body and themselves in general. But now they beg and pray you to give up these two men, and not to put them to death. Many a good service have these two wrought for our army in past days. Let them but obtain this from you, and in return the army promises that, if you will put yourself at their head and the gracious gods approve, they will show you how orderly they are, how apt to obey their general, and, with heaven's help, to face their foes unflinchingly. They make this further request to you, that you will present yourself and take command of them and make trial of them. 'Test us ourselves,' they say, 'and test Dexippus, what each of us is like, and afterwards assign to each his due.'" When Cleander heard these things, he answered: "Nay, by the twin gods, I will answer you quickly enough. Here I make you a present of the two men, and I will as you say present myself, and then, if the gods vouchsafe, I will put myself at your head and lead you into Hellas. Very different is your language from the tale I used to hear concerning you from certain people, that you wanted to withdraw the army from allegiance to the Lacedaemonians."
After this the deputation thanked him and retired, taking with them the two men; then Cleander sacrificed as a preliminary to marching and consorted friendlily with Xenophon, and the two struck up an alliance. 35 When the Spartan saw with what good discipline the men carried out their orders, he was still more anxious to become their leader. However, in spite of sacrifices repeated on three successive days, the victims steadily remained unfavourable. So he summoned the generals and said to them: "The victims smile not on me, they suffer me not to lead you home; but be not out of heart at that. To you it is given, as it would appear, to bring your men safe home. Forwards then, and for our part, whenever you come yonder, we will bestow on you as warm a welcome as we may."
Then the soldiers resolved to make him a present of the public cattle, which he accepted, but again gave back to them. So he sailed away; but the soldiers made division of the corn which they had collected and of the other captured property, and commenced their homeward march through the territory of the Bithynians.
At first they confined themselves to the main road; but not chancing upon anything whereby they might reach a friendly territory with something in their pockets for themselves, they resolved to turn sharp round, and marched for one day and night in the opposite direction. By this proceeding they captured many slaves and much small cattle; and on the sixth day reached Chrysopolis in Chalcedonia[2]. Here they halted seven days while they disposed of their booty by sale.
[2] The name should be written "Calchedonia." The false form drove out the more correct, probably through a mispronunciation, based on a wrong derivation, at some date long ago. The sites of Chrysopolis and Calchedon correspond respectively to the modern Scutari and Kadikoi.
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Australia: New Guide to Using the Optional Protocol to CEDAW
Australia: New Guide to Using the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and other international complaint mechanisms
The Australian Human Rights Commission has just published a most useful document about using the Optional Protocol to CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) to try to combat abuse of women’s rights. The guide, Mechanisms for Advancing Women’s Human Rights, provides lawyers, advocates and women experiencing violations of their rights with an introduction and a practical guide on how to use the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and other alternative protective mechanisms at the international level as a means of seeking redress for alleged violations.
This guide is an important educative tool for progressing gender equality and is relevant to all countries. The Guide will also be helpful for increasing understanding within the community of the international complaint mechanisms that are available and the ways they can be used by women to advance their human rights.
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海洋生態物理学ユニット （御手洗 哲司）
Marine Biophysics Unit
Associate Professor Satoshi Mitarai
Marine Biophysics Unit will develop forecasting system for the coastal ocean circulation processes around Okinawa and implement a validated connectivity assessment tool, coupling available modeling and observation techniques. This modeling tool will
Help marine biologists and genetics estimate rates of geneticists estimate rates of gene flow among sites,
Enable public agencies to build and evaluate marine protected areas based on population connectivity, and
provide marine ecologists with a modeling system for predicting the global and long-term dynamics of the marine ecosystem
Marine Biophysics Unit was established on Sep. 1, 2009 when Satoshi Mitarai joined OIST.
Satoshi Mitarai, (September 2009 –)
Yuichi Nakajima, Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2013 –)
Angela Ares Pita, Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2017 –)
Marine Le Gal, Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2017 –)
Kirk Sato, Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2017 –)
Yuta Nunome, Technician (May 2014 – January 2018)
Kazumi Inoha, Technician (April 2015 –)
Otis Brunner, Technician (April 2017 – August 2017)
Yuko Hasegawa, Technician (April 2017 –December 2017)
Hiroshi Izumi, Technical Staff (February 2018 –)
Patricia Wepfer, Graduate Student (January 2014 –)
Maki Thomas, Graduate Student (September 2015–)
Margaret Mars Brisbin, Graduate Student (September 2015 –)
Christina Ripken, Graduate Student (September 2015 –)
Po-Shun Chuang, Graduate Student (September 2015 –)
Akiko Guzman, Research Administrator (April 2017 –)
2.1 Larval dispersal of coral reef species
Prof. K. Sakai, University of the Ryukyus
Prof. M. Nakamura, Tokai University
2.2 Larval dispersal of hydrothermal vent species
Dr. H. Yamamoto, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Dr. Y. Furushima, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Dr. D. Lindsay, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Dr. H. Watanabe, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Dr. M. Sunamura, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Dr. C. Chen, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
2.3 Regional ocean circulation modeling
Prof. J. McWilliams, University of California, Los Angels
Dr. A. Shchepetkin, University of California, Los Angels
Prof. Y. Uchiyama, Kobe University
2.4 Okinawa coastal ocean observing system
Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries and Ocean Research Center
11th Japan Regional Coast Guard
2.5 Mesophotic coal ecosystem diversity and spatial distribution along the western cost of Okinawa
Prof. J. Reimer, University of the Ryukyus
3.1 Larval dispersal contributes to genetic diversity and connectivity of
limpet (Lepetodrilus nux) populations in the Okinawa Trough
Various invertebrate species maintain chemosynthetic ecosystems around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. For vent-endemic benthos, larval recruitment is presumably critical for population maintenance and colonization via dispersal among hydrothermal vent sites. The lepetodrilid limpet, Lepetodrilus nux, is a hydrothermal vent-endemic species and one of the most abundant gastropods at hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. However, detailed assessment of genetic diversity and connectivity based on individual genetic profiles has not been possible previously. We examined these parameters in L. nux at five hydrothermal vent sites (maximum geographic distance: ~550 km, depth range: ~700 m to ~1,650 m) using population genetic analysis of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci. Genetic diversity based on allelic richness and expected heterozygosity has been maintained at hydrothermal vent sites investigated. Meanwhile, low genetic differentiation among populations was detected and pairwise FST values ranged from –0.003 to 0.023 and G”ST values ranged from –0.016 to 0.098. Genetic clustering relatively reflected the geographic distance among sites. There was a relationship between genetic differentiation and geographic distance (P = 0.010 in FST, P = 0.017 in G”ST), but there was no relationship with depth (P = 0.350 in FST, P = 0.336 in G”ST). Relative migration rates also showed a tendency toward isolation-by-distance, but migration direction was not necessary unidirectional. Larvae of L. nux apparently ascend via the thermal plume to wander in the water column, utilizing currents closer to the surface for stochastic long-distance dispersal. This behavior suggests that stochastic stepping-stone dispersal contributes significantly to population connectivity and maintenance of this species in the Okinawa Trough.
Figure 1: Genetic diversity has been maintained each vent site and genetic differentiation is low between most populations (FST = –0.003–0.023, G”ST = –0.016–0.098), but significant between distant vents in Lepetodrilus nux. Genetic structure was confirmed among vent sites, and different clusters were identified by DAPC. Each population is maintained by “stepping-stone” connectivity within the Okinawa Trough, regardless of the depth. Details about microsatellite markers are provided in Nakajima et al. (2017).
Nakajima, Y., Shinzato, C., Khalturina, M., Nakamura, M., Watanabe, H. K., Nakagawa, S., Satoh, N., Mitarai, S. Isolation and characterization of novel polymorphic microsatellite loci for the deep-sea hydrothermal vent limpet, Lepetodrilus nux, and the vent-associated squat lobster, Shinkaia crosnieri. Marine Biodiversity, doi: doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0704-5 (2017).
Kamidaira, Y., Uchiyama, Y., Mitarai, S. Eddy-induced transport of the Kuroshio warm water around the Ryukyu Islands in the East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.07.004 (2017).
Nakajima, Y., Wepfer, P. H., Suzuki, S., Zayasu, Y., Shinzato, C., Satoh, N., Mitarai, S. Microsatellite markers for multiple Pocillopora genetic lineages offer new insights about coral populations. Scientific Reports, doi: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06776-x (2017).
Sato, K. N., Powell, J., Rudie, D., Levin, L. A. Evaluating the promise and pitfalls of a potential climate change–tolerant sea urchin fishery in southern California. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx225 (2017).
Mullineaux, L. S., Metaxas, A., Beaulieu, S. E., Bright, M., Gollner, S., Grupe, B. M., Herrera, S., Kellner, J. B., Levin, L. A., Mitarai, S., Neubert, M. G., Thurnherr, A. M., Tunnicliffe, V., Watanabe, H. K., Won, Y. Exploring the Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents in a Metacommunity Framework, Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00049 (2018).
([NOTE] *Seminars and workshops by OIST faculty/unit members (either with or without other speakers), either at OIST or at other institutions than OIST, should be included in the 4.3 Oral and Poster Presentations.
Mitarai, S. Quantifying Dispersal from Hydrothermal Vent Fields in the Western Pacific Ocean, 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, Mass, USA, 2017.09.01 (2017).
Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, M., Watanabe, H., Mitarai, S. Stepping-stone larval dispersal contributes to genetic diversity and connectivity among populations of a hydrothermal vent limpet in the Okinawa Trough, 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, Mass, USA, 2017.08.27-09.01 (2017).
Shirayama, Y., Mitarai, S., Kawauchi, M., Xiaobo, L., Kankee, T., Yamamoto, H. Marine environmental assessment and management, Annual meeting of the Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Tokyo, Japan, 2017.09.08 (2017).
Le Gal. M., Violeau, D., Ata, R. Simulation of the Tohoku-Oki tsunami with Telemac, the French-Japanese Week on Disaster Risk Reduction, Tokyo, Japan, 2017.10.04 (2017).
Brisbin, M. M., Grossmann, M. M., Mitarai, S. Friend or Foe: A Multiple Meta Omics Investigation into the Nature of the Acantharea-Phaeocystis Symbiosis, 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2018.02.15 (2018).
Thomas, M. K., Nakajima, Y., Mitarai, S. Intra- and Inter-Island Propagule Transport of Mangrove Species in Northern West Pacific, 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2018.02.13 (2018).
Mitarai, S., McWilliams, J. C., Grossmann, M. M., Gallager, S. Wave Glider Observations of Surface Winds and Currents in the Core of Typhoon Danas, 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2018.02.14 (2018).
Wepfer P.H., Nakajima Y., Economo E.P., Mikheyev A., Mitarai S. Dispersal Patterns of the Coral Galaxea fascicularis across the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2018.02.11-02.16 (2018).
Sato, K. N., LA Levin. Climate Change and ENSO Impacts on Southern California Sea Urchins: Informing Fisheries Management Adaptation Plans, 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2018.02.15 (2018).
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How avocado seed husk, high dose injections of vitamin C beat cancer
By Chukwuma Muanya, Assistant Editor
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AVOCADO SEED HUSK… CANCER-KILLING
*Children born with birth defects at increased risk of tumour
Exciting early trials suggest that super-strength vitamin C doses could be a way to fight leukaemia. Found in high levels in oranges, peppers and kale, scientists believe it encourages blood cancer stem cells to die.
Faulty stem cells in bone marrow often multiply, fueling the growth of fatal tumours, but vitamin C tells them to die, scientists claim. But they warned it is impossible to get the required amount through fruit, and that such high quantities would be given intravenously.
By injecting patients with it, sufferers can get up to 500 times the amount than they would through eating fruit and vegetables. This isn’t the first time researchers have studied the cancer-fighting properties of vitamin C – but it’s effects on leukaemia were previously not understood.
What did the scientists discover? The new Perlmutter Cancer Centre trial discovered vitamin C activated the TE2 function in mice engineered to be deficient in the enzyme.
Some forms of leukaemia often involve genetic changes in this enzyme – which stops faulty stem cells from dying naturally. Lead author Professor Benjamin Neel said: “We’re excited by the prospect that high-dose vitamin C might become a safe treatment for blood diseases.”
Giving patients high doses of vitamin C is 10 times more effective than some drugs trialled in the battle against cancer, a study claimed in March. Also called ascorbic acid, its effects on cancer stem cells, which are known to fuel the growth of fatal tumours, had never before been evaluated.
However, University of Salford researchers believe they have pinpointed exactly how it starves cancer stem cells. By inhibiting the breakdown of glucose, the mitochondria – considered the ‘powerhouse’ of cells – are unable to gain vital energy it needs to thrive.
Writing in the journal Cell, he said it would most likely be used in combination with chemotherapy or other conventional forms. Also, multiple scientific studies have linked avocados with health benefits ranging from anti-ageing to warding off cancer.
But new research suggests we are eating them all wrong – and throwing out part of it that is a ‘gold mine’ of powerful protective nutrients. In the first study of its kind, scientists have discovered that the seed husks – which are usually discarded along with the seed – are rich in medicinal compounds that could prevent the growth of malignant tumours and the build-up of fat inside our arteries.
These could be used to improve treatments for cancer, heart disease and a host of debilitating diseases. Experts say the least appreciated part of the trendy fruit could soon undergo a “trash-to-treasure” transformation and as well as being used in medicine could enhance cosmetics, perfumes and other consumer goods.
Dr. Debasish Bandyopadhyay, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, said: “It could very well be that avocado seed husks, which most people consider as the waste of wastes, are actually the gem of gems because the medicinal compounds within them could eventually be used to treat cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
“Our results also suggest that the seed husks are a potential source of chemicals used in plastics and other industrial products.” Also, some children born with birth defects may be at increased risk for specific types of cancer, according to a new review from the Brown School and the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.
In the first systematic and most comprehensive review on the topic, Kimberly Johnson, associate professor at the Brown School, and her colleagues, including Todd Druley, a pediatric oncologist and assistant professor in the School of Medicine, analyzed articles reporting data from 80 studies conducted around the world. They found an increased risk for certain cancers among children born with birth defects.
The analysis, “Pediatric Cancer Risk in Association With Birth Defects: A Systematic Review,” was published July 27 in the online journal PLOS ONE.
Identifying and understanding connections between abnormal fetal or childhood development and cancer will have implications for personalizing the treatment of children, Druley said.
“Clear, positive associations exist between birth defects and pediatric cancer with evidence for increased risks for specific cancer/birth-defect type combinations such as central nervous system abnormalities and central nervous system cancer, rib anomalies and a number of cancer types, and genitourinary abnormalities and heptoblastoma,” Johnson said.
Advances in gene sequencing may provide even better identification of children with birth defects who are at high risk of cancer. “This work provides a foundation for future investigations that are needed to clarify specific birth defect types predisposing toward malignancy and possible underlying causes of both birth defects and malignancy,” Johnson wrote in the paper.
Meanwhile, in the studies on mice, turning off the TET2 mechanism caused abnormal stem cell behaviour. The changes were reversed when it was restored. They discovered vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, did the same thing as restoring the function genetically.
The bizarre technique also suppressed the growth of leukaemia cancer stem cells from human patients implanted into the mice. When combining vitamin C with a PARP inhibitor, a drug known to kill cancer cells, they found it had an enhanced effect.
Changes in genetic code reduce TE2 function are known to be present in half of all chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia cases. The same faulty process can also be seen in one in 10 acute myeloid leukaemia patients, the New York-based researchers added.
Both forms of the disease can lead to anaemia and bleeding as abnormal stem cells multiply in the bone marrow and interfere with blood cell production. The researchers said the results revolve around the relationship between TET2 and cytosine, one of four ‘letters’ that comprise the DNA code in genes.
Meanwhile, how was the avocado research was carried out? Nearly five million tons of avocados are produced worldwide annually – in most cases, the flesh is eaten and the seed is binned.
Some edible oil manufacturers extract avocado oil from the seeds, but they remove the husk surrounding the seed and discard it before processing. Bandyopadhyay and his students sought to find out more about what manufacturers are really throwing away when they discard the seed husks. The researchers ground about 300 dried avocado seed husks into 21 ounces of powder.
After additional processing, the powder yielded around three teaspoons of seed husk oil and slightly more than an ounce of seed husk wax.
In lab experiments, the research team found 116 compounds in the oil and 16 in the wax. Interestingly, many of the compounds don’t appear to be found in the seeds themselves.
Among the constituents in the oil was heptacosane, which might inhibit the growth of tumour cells, according to the team.
It also contains dodecanoic acid, which increases high density lipoprotein (known as HDL) and, as a result, could reduce the risk of atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty material inside your arteries that can eventually cause life-threatening problems such as heart attacks and strokes.
Additionally, the team found behenyl alcohol – also known as docosanol – an important ingredient used in antiviral medications and treatments to cold sores/fever blisters.
In the wax, the researchers detected a range of compounds including butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), an antioxidant food additive and preservative in cosmetics.
Now Dr Bandyopadhyay says he and his colleagues will modify several of the natural compounds so that they can be used to create better medications with fewer side effects.
The findings were presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, DC.
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IEOs are literally coming to the West
Yesterday, we kicked off our new GCR workshop series with our first ever workshop with Richy Qiao, Chief Business Officer of Ampleforth. Ampleforth will be the first project to IEO on Bitfinex.
In the workshop, Richy discussed the current trends in IEOs that he is seeing in the market and here are some takeaways that may surprise you:
There are a number of US exchanges that are looking to set up their own sort of IEO and issuance platforms, according to Richy. In his article titled “Will IEOs Come to the WEST? Maybe.”, which we have shared in full below, Richy teased, “What are some exchanges that could be likely to do so [form IEO platforms]? Poloniex, Bitfinex and to some extent Kraken. What are exchanges that would never dream, dare or care to? Coinbase and Gemini.” in the last few months, I’ve also spoken to many western grade A, B+ projects that are also paying attention to this trend and placing IEOs on the back burner. In the next few months, we should expect some interesting announcements and innovations surfacing in the US.
If you look at the projects listed by Binance Launchpad, Binance’s IEO platform, over the course of the last year, you’ll see a pattern that’s telling of what the Binance listing team is looking for from the metrics and selling schedule. Namely, token release schedule for a listed project is worth paying attention to. The release schedule for the IEO, the eco-fund, and then a typical long lockup period for founders and advisors. So clearly, the exchanges are looking for team that is confident in their tokens and long term commitment to stick through.
Bitfinex’ token sale will encourage transparency and equal access: Richy highlighted some differences between Binance Launchpad, Huobi Prime and Bitfinex Tokinex model. For one, Binance Launchpad’s lottery system enables investors to increase their chance of acquiring the listed token by staking more BnB, whereas Huobi requires investors to hold a minimum amount of Huobi tokens to get priority access. Bitfinex, on the other hand, is looking to distribute its tokens on Tokinex on a first come first serve basis. Richy mentions that the team at Bitfinex is aiming to create an equal, fair and transparent sale process. Everyone will have fair access to the projects, without a fee.
Lastly, Richy highlighted the significant amount of effort required to do an IEO. For one, the legal cost is a significant upfront cost for any project considering going this route. Ampleforth used Fenwick and West. However, once you have all the paperwork ready, the IEO process will move very quickly and will only take about a month.
Richy’s advice for projects that are thinking about IEOs: onboard the best legal counsels, think about market timing and your product readiness. Richy’s top 3 reasons for why projects will benefit from IEO: legal token distribution with KYC/AML, branding and recognition by passing the vetting of the exchanges, and investor diversity
From speaking to Richy and seeing this increasing trend to “Copy from China” (more references below), I realized one thing. While we wait for real use cases and blockchain adoption to occur in the next few years (or 10 years), the exchanges in the meantime will gain increasingly more influential and powerful. They will become the future digital banks, and drive a large part of the types of users and members we see coming into the community ecosystem. What I hope they can do is use it for good and to foster quality projects in the ecosystem, but I’m sure that will be an ongoing struggle with their goals of monetization.
We had an amazing and interactive session and discussion with Richy and our community, and our replay is here, available only for our premium subscribers.
Will IEOs Come to the WEST? Maybe. by Richy Qiao
By now, we’ve already seen plenty of articles and blog posts extolling the virtues of IEOs, but it was not until recently we came back to Earth and examined the potential cons of the new fundraising mechanism as is common in the blockchain world: MOON-first, ask questions later. Even Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, originally issued a personal statement back in 2018, showing hesitancy on issuing IEOs on their platform.
The potential longevity of CEOs and the state of the crypto-industry may be hotly contested, but it is now becoming more and more apparent that the IEO may yet get a second wind. Until now the IEO has largely been an Asian phenomenon. But as the Sun sets in the East, it begins to rise in the West.
Within the ‘traditional start-up’ world – “Copy-From-China” is increasingly gaining momentum (just look around South Bay at the Lime scooters zooming by if you’re in doubt). In this sense, it would only be natural for this pattern to seep into our beloved crypto/blockchain world… and I predict it will, à la Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).
How and why did this start?
The ICO market was overheating within late 2017 to early 2018 but grew to a frigid standstill by late 2018 (remember the pre-Thanksgiving BTC crash?). There was a confluence of multiple events as crypto-institutional investor sentiment turned.
Some of the factors driving this included, but was not limited to:
The use-case for projects did not pan out;
adoption was much slower than expected (crypto-kitties held the charts at DappRadar for a long-long time with only 500 DAUs) and
the promise of institutional money began to look delusional (“the herd has been coming” since 2017, just like the Starks with their ‘Winter’).
Additionally, as the market began sliding (around -80% in the calendar year of 2017-2018), token-holders realized they had little to no rights typically granted to traditional shareholders. For example, fiduciary duty on the part of the management team to token-holders is still an unclear and hotly contested subject, which the courts will look to slowly sort out. When the high tide is over, you’re able to really see who was swimming naked.
Projects felt the squeeze as well, even though the minimum bar demanded of crypto-startups seemed to increase. Even the higher-quality projects with more fleshed-out tech, roadmaps, and polished teams, which could have commanded $200M+ network valuations in 1Q18, struggled to raise at a fraction of those highs. On top of this, there was genuine retail investor fatigue as the market lost ground from the bull-run high, which abruptly ended in January 2018 and quickly declined almost -60% points in 1H18. When the money was no longer rolling in, retail ‘syndicates’ began in-fighting, and the presence of scams, fraud, lack of consumer protection and minimal transparency on the part of projects delivering on their roadmap became painfully obvious. Furthermore, there was no guarantee of liquidity or listing, as only 7% of projects from 2Q18 were able to secure listings by early 4Q184.
Not to be forgotten, the monoliths of the crypto-industry, the exchanges themselves, also began facing the come-down from the 2017 sugar high. Firstly, the number of exchanges during this time had exploded, from a handful to over 500 by mid-April 20185. This growth in the number of exchanges was not matched by an equal growth in crypto-users/traders – the industry’s ratio of users to exchange dropped. As the market came down there was more competition for a shrinking pie.
However, a strategic direction of exchanges that had long been set in motion was their vertical integration of the traditional financial services stake, taking responsibilities of multiple traditional service providers such as exchange, clearinghouse, custodian bank, etc. It was natural for the exchange ‘arms race’ to heat up and for certain exchanges to begin looking at another piece of the puzzle: underwriting ‘ICOs’ similar to how investment banks underwrite ‘IPOs’ in the traditional world. Certain exchanges needed to continue generating relevancy, community interest, and profits to survive the ‘Crypto Winter’.
Enter: The IEO
The IEO can likely be traced back to Binance, and as early as 4Q17 with the IEOs of Bread and Gifto. From this experience, Binance likely obtained the minimum operational experience required to create a viable business model. Over a year later, Binance broke new ground with the Binance Launchpad and IEO of BitTorrent Token (BTT) in Jan of 2019. What followed was exhilarating, with amazing speed, many of the major Asian exchanges followed suit with IEO platforms announced on Huobi, Kucoin and OkEx just to name a few. Eventually, even Bittrex joined the fray, creating a Maltese entity (the home of the fan favorite Binance) to ensure a favorable local regulatory atmosphere.
And at this point there should be an “Ahah!” moment – why has the IEO not penetrated the West yet? In one word: regulation.
Game of Regulations
Recent regulatory guidance by the SEC means the major US exchanges’ hands are tied. Having said this, certain Western exchanges may be more open to this model than others – as they may reside in jurisdictions with favorable regulation, or have a user-base from more crypto-friendly regulatory regimes or simply they are more willing to explore this business model by opening offshore entities for competitive advantage and are okay with shouldering a little more risk to pursue new ventures and avenues for growth.
What are some exchanges that could be likely to do so? Poloniex, Bitfinex and to some extent Kraken.
What are exchanges that would never dream, dare or care to? Coinbase and Gemini.
Unfortunately, in the foreseeable future, US citizens clearly cannot be a target audience due to regulatory reasons, but there is hope still when we look to the East. Western exchanges could look to bring in more Asian users, as IEO platforms are launched and the user base of the major Asian exchanges are enticed to look for greener pastures.
Additionally, these aforementioned users may certainly be further enticed by access to top-quality Western projects (which to-date, the vast majority, if not all, of the projects launched in IEOs have been Eastern or at least non-Western). As such, the story of IEOs coming to the West is still, under its thin veneer, a story of exchanges bringing in users and volume from the East. The game attrition should rage on, but it does mean that there should still be life yet in the beloved IEO.
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Words, just words
The mainstream media, in its race to capitalize upon a crisis, have impulsively manipulated a tragedy carried out by a deranged individual into an opportunity to condemn and lambast fellow Americans with opposing beliefs.
Within hours of the Tucson Massacre a media circus of left-leaning liberal prognosticators ignited like raging wildfires in the southwest. These purveyors of hate launched their accusations at those with a difference of opinion in an attempt to implicate them as accessories to a crime and to castigate them as evil adversaries whose words need to be regulated.
Some of the questions being debated among the media since the incident in Tucson:
Do words have consequences?
Do we need to denounce words?
Has public debate been poisoned?
Is the political atmosphere too toxic?
Is vitriol a precursor to violence?
Do we need to tone down the rhetoric?
The media’s desire to brand uninvolved people or parties is an evasion of responsibility meant to disparage the credibility and destroy the character of folks with opposing viewpoints to further promote their own personal agenda of preconceived righteousness. Leftists prefer to squelch debate instead of engage in it because they cannot fathom that there are factions of folks who disagree with their ideas. Censorship through exploitation is their insidious goal.
Keith Olberman, a deranged, disturbed and demented madman employed as a commentator for MSNBC called on politicians, like Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle who he vehemently despises, to ‘repudiate’ past rhetoric and demanded that Glen Beck and Bill O’Reilly without whom he would not have any material for his show, to offer ‘solemn apologies’ for giving ‘oxygen to those deep in madness to whom violence is an acceptable solution.’ Earth to Keith, the United States government has not perfected the technology to identify psychopaths prior to mental health evaluations. Good thing for your sake.
Margery Eagan, a Brookline, MA liberal commentator, wants to ‘remind regular Joe and Jane Americans that ours is a violent nation; that powerful politicians’ normalizing and embracing violent imagery can indeed incite real nuts, who are in no short supply.’ Margery is right on. The real nuts are media zealots who can only see the world one way, their way, totally devoid of a difference of opinion and different point of view. She considers us a violent nation because we are not Stepford Americans conforming to every whim of the liberal agenda.
Wanting less growth of government does not make us a violent nation. Wanting fiscal responsibility does not make us a violent nation. Wanting to change our representation in Washington D.C. does not make us a violent nation. Wanting control of our own healthcare does not make us a violent nation. Wanting a better education for our children does not make us a violent nation. Having different priorities and wanting different outcomes makes us lucky to be Americans.
John Kerry, senior Senator from Massachusetts, could not be reached for comment. He is in Sudan catering to the needs of a foreign country instead of addressing priorities within his own country.
On January 8, 2011 a terrible tragedy occurred in Tucson, Arizona. Words did not kill or injure anyone that day and neither did a gun purchased legally by the assailant.
Only one individual, Jared Lee Loughner, fueled by obvious forms of delusion and mental illness has been apprehended. Only one individual, Jared Lee Loughner committed premeditated murder. Only one individual, Jared Lee Loughner purchased a 9 mm glock. Only one individual, Jared Lee Loughner pulled the trigger, killing six and wounding fourteen. Only one individual, Jared Lee Loughner destroyed the lives of hundreds of folks at a Congress on the Corner event.
Debate is defined as a deliberation of argumentation in which two opposing parties defend and attack a proposition. Defend and attack?? It is robust freedom of expression, pro and con, that can only exist in a free marketplace of ideas. America is a country that was conceived in liberty and over a period of 235 years has gradually matured through a process of intense debate among our countrymen. Provocative debate has been ongoing since our founding. It has accelerated our exceptionalism by 5000 years and it will continue to be the greatest expression of freedom exercised by our melting pot of cultures, creeds, and colors. America houses a people of noble perseverance whose belief systems are crafted and shaped by an amalgamation of freedoms but without an open exchange of ideas America’s salvation will be doomed.
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John successfully represented leading safety technology companies and served as the lead trial attorney on contractual business disputes. John was instrumental in every facet in the litigation of complex medical malpractice claims and automotive supply chain disputes. He has given presentations to hospital and insurance company representatives on pertinent legal issues in the healthcare industry.
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The Seven Serpents
Mexico always presents astounding surprises. In the Museum of Aztec Culture of Mexico, there is a strange stone upon which is chiseled the figure of a decapitated man; the head of this strange personage has been replaced by seven serpents, the virile phallus of this mysterious personage is shown in a state of erection; the shape of his phallus is modestly symbolized by a palm (symbol of victory). These types of phallic symbols are abundant in both the Aztec and Mayan cultures.
A very special veneration was rendered to the serpent in the Temple of Quetzalcoatl in Teotihuacán; here we see the rattlesnake chiseled on the unconquered walls of that mysterious sanctuary.
This is the Kundalini, the igneous serpent of our magical powers that Hinduism talks to us about. On this strange stone the Aztecs teach us two things: First, the Kundalini has seven degrees of power; second, the Kundalini is totally sexual.
The Kundalini is the sum total of the seven serpents, two groups of three with the sublime coronation of the seventh tongue of fire which unites us with the One, with the Law, with the Father. This is related to the septenary constitution of the human being which Theosophy talks to us about.
Therefore, considering these issues under the light of these theosophical truths, we sustain that each organ is septuple in its internal, metaphysical constitution and our spinal column is not an exception; this is also septuple in its constitution. Seven nervous centers exist along our spinal canal; these are the seven churches to which the Apocalypse (Revelation) of St. John refers. These seven churches enter into activity with the sexual fire of the Kundalini; this is how the seven fiery serpents respectively open the seven churches in each of our seven bodies.
The Kundalini’s sexual fire awakens with Sexual Magic; yes, in the union of the phallus and the uterus is found the key of its power, on condition that the sacred wine (exiohehari) is never ejaculated, not even a single drop.
Ancient Aztecs practiced Sexual Magic in order to awaken the Kundalini. Couples of man and woman underwent entire months caressing and loving each other and even in sexual connection within the sacred patios of their temples; however, they knew how to control their animal ego in order to repress seminal ejaculation. Thus, this is how they transmuted their pure waters of life into seminal vapors, and these vapors were transmuted into Christic energies. Then, these Christic energies were bipolarized into solar and lunar currents which ascended through Ida and Pingala.
When the solar and lunar atoms make contact in the coccygeal bone, the Kundalini, or Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, awakens.
Seven serpents are represented in the figure of the decapitated man: The first serpent belongs to the physical body; the second serpent to the Ethereal Body; the third to the Astral Body; the fourth to the Mental Body; the fifth to the Body of Willpower; the sixth to the Body of the Consciousness; the seventh to the Innermost, our real inner Being. These are the seven portals of initiation. These seven serpents rise in a successive order; these are related to the first seven great Initiations of Major Mysteries.
We exited Eden through the door of sex and only through that door can we enter once again; other doors do not exist. Eden is sex itself.
The seven serpents grant us power over the earth, water, air, the universal fire of life; over the Tattvas of the ether.
The seven serpents awaken within us telepathy, intuition, the occult ear, clairvoyance, intuitive vision, and omniscience. The seven serpents transform us into Gods.
The figure of the decapitated man found in the Museum of Mexico is a remarkable treasure of ancient wisdom.
Love is the foundation of practical magic. Thus, in the Aztec temples, men and women adoring each other awakened Quetzalcoatl, the sacred serpent, the terrible igneous serpent of our magical powers.
Our destiny is to love, our destiny is to adore; there is nothing in the world that can overcome the force of love. When two beings (male and female) adore each other, intellectual theories are forgotten, thus, it is better to love than to read, yes, the ardent kiss of a man and a woman who love each other has more power than the theories of spiritualist schools. When a man and a woman unite sexually in a trance of love, they have the power to awaken the Kundalini and to open the seven churches of their spinal column; even the Gods are children of a trance of love. Blessed be love. The one who has never loved does not know anything about life. The flame of the spirit must be enlivened with the power of love. For this we must kill the animal ego.
In the beginning we must be intensely sexual, thereafter we must renounce sex. In the beginning we have to develop powers, thereafter we have to renounce them. Some people do not understand the former statements and act awkwardly, as when someone want to take part in a horse race without having a horse, or if they have it, they want to begin the race facing towards the rear of the horse instead of its head; yes, some wretched people understand everything in reverse; in other words, they want to renounce sex without first having awakened the sacred fire or they want to renounce powers without first having acquired them. How foolish they are; renouncing to something that they do not have, yet, they are incapable of renouncing to what they have.
Indeed, this path is very difficult; this is the path of the razor’s edge. Understand, that only the one who has become christified can renounce sex, and only the one who is already prepared to enter into the Absolute can renounce his powers. Yet, the pseudo-Theosophist, pseudo-Rosicrucian Aquarianists, etc., do not understand this.
Jesus Christ said, “I Am the way, the truth and the life.” [John 14:6] Yet, people do not understand this.
People are not concerned with their resplendent “I Am,” because instead of seeking within themselves, they prefer to go after impostors; yes, instead of seeking their resplendent “I Am” within themselves, they become henchmen of mystical thieves who disguised themselves as Christs. They follow bandits who disguise themselves as saints, who exploit them and lead them to the abyss. This is how people are, how foolish they are: they despise their “I Am the way, the truth and the life.” What an unwise behavior: they disregard their “I Am” in order to follow the wicked, nonetheless, they say that they are seeking the truth.
Understand, that when Jesus said, “I Am the way, the truth and the life,” when he said “I Am,” he was not addressing his persona, since to self-proclaim his own person is more than ludicrous, it is unwise. Thus, to think of Jesus in this manner is beyond stupidity. The Master taught to us through the phrase “I Am” that the Inner “I Am” is the only way. Thus, through this phrase He did not talk to us about many ways in order to reach the truth, but only one; in none of the four Gospels do we find him showing us many ways. He only said, “I Am the way, the truth and the life.”
Let us then enter the strait and narrow path that leads to light; that door is sex.
We met a terribly mystical wretched old woman, who looked at sex with repugnance, as something vulgar, dirty, and gross; she considered herself to be totally chaste and pure. When we studied her Satan (her Guardian of the Threshold) in order to know her purifications, we were surprised and had to defend ourselves, since her Satan attacked us in a horrible manner. The sexual appetite of that wretched soul was terrible; what happens is that the body of that sick old woman was no longer functional for her passionate satisfactions, that was all.
Many state, “Sex is vulgar, I am chaste and pure, I am very spiritual; I am no longer enticed by the lewdness of sex,” etc. Yet, when we examine the Satan of those “super-transcended mystics,” we verify that those souls are filled with a terribly suppressed sexual appetite. Satan is very robust and strong within the fornicators.
Only those who manage to ride the donkey, only those who tame the beast, are capable of transforming their Satan into a beautiful child filled with beauty. But we have to ride the donkey; we must practice Sexual Magic, to really face the beast in order to tame it and overcome it; this is the only way to attain chastity.
So, those wretched souls who look at sex as something repugnant, what they are really doing is defending their Satan, keeping it fat, robust, and strong. Indeed, when these type of male and female mystics return to reborn in new physical bodies, they get involved in the most horrible carnal passions.
Of what use is to boast about being an ineffable mystic if within us Satan is huge, robust, and strong, and waiting for opportunities to satisfy its passions? This is like the devil celebrating Mass.
Therefore, let us work with our seven serpents; let us Christify ourselves; and only when we become as Gods, then we will go beyond the sexual act. Then, we will enter into the Heavenly Jerusalem riding the donkey; then we will really be chaste because we will have killed the beast.
So, chastity is the foundation of sanctity. However, some most-holy sanctimonious pseudo-masters of many orders of Aquarius are fornicators and adulterers. They have been the cause of many broken marriages; naturally these hypocrites of Aquarius keep silence about this, why do they keep silence about it? Indeed, we should not put our nose into what is not our business; nonetheless, we must never hide crimes because we become accomplices of crime, and many preachers of Aquarius hide their crimes while publicly preaching doctrines that must be examined. We must examine the fruits of all preachers; we must not hide our crimes, all cases are fruits that must be carefully examined:
“For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.” - Luke 12:2, 3
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” - John 8:34
Christ said, “Ye shall know them by their fruits.” - Matthew 7:16 Thus, the fruits of the tenebrous ones are tenebrous, like the tenebrous one who left his wife and his children and told another tenebrous one, “Here I leave you my wife; you can use her if you wish.” Can such a man be an initiate? Can men who take communion and perform such things be initiates? Can a school lead by a sanctimonious hypocrite be of a white order?
Generally, these pseudo-masters and henchmen abandon their wives and children; thereafter, they declare themselves “Saints of Aquarius.” Hence, upon which moral bases do these Aquarian devotees stand in order to boast of being white initiates?
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The General Journal
The student news site of Heritage High School
This year's yearbooks are on sale at jostensyearbooks.com!
KRAZY FOR KALI
G. James
Grace James, Entertainment Writer
Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis’ debut album “Isolation” is a whimsical world of her own. Inspired by the beach, Kali opens the album with a fresh Brazilian jazz intro. Along with the amazing beat, Kali captivates the audience with her jazzy, bird-like voice, showing off her impressive vocal range. Just by listening to the intro, you can instantly imagine summery weather and relaxing on a breezy beach. While the inro compels listeners from the start, it also is a statement piece for the entire album: “Just come closer, closer, closer,” Kali cantilates, letting her listeners know she didn’t come just to entertain.
Often compared to Billie Holiday, the 23 year old has based her entire career on the flourishing prospect of west coast soul. Kali has the intriguing ability to create a dreamy love song with wistful melancholy without giving up any of her influence and power. Not to mention she can add almost anyone, such as rap sensation Tyler The Creator, on her tracks and make them flow with her beachy vibe. “After the Storm,” featuring Tyler and Bootsy Collins, is one of the most popular songs on the album. While Kali angelically sings, “The sun’ll come out / Nothing good ever comes easy,” the beat drops and Tyler The Creator starts with his chill flow. Speaking of chill vibes, “Killer” is the epitome. “Killer” starts off with a 60’s inspired beat and Kali’s sultry voice sings “Baby, how you got no soul?” “Miami” is another summer heat song that reminds you of cruising down a beachfront highway “living the vida loca.”
Regardless of the weather, Kali Uchis can definitely spice and heat up any day with her rich voice and lush beats.
What's your favorite holiday smell?
The Candles on the Menorah
Stale Gingerbread Houses
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Musty Santa
Back to Riverdale
Change Your Destiny
Prepare for Battle
A, B, and C
Everything is Disney
The Perfect Video Game Gift Guide
Update: Destiny 2
Respond to the Call of Duty
The (Re)match of the Century
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Nasty Habit
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Category: Glam
Label: American Records
Catalog Number: 1439-2
Average Rating: 85 / 100 (3 ratings)
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Gary Shearer Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
John Lusky Lead Guitar
Rich Isaac Bass Guitar
Andy Stephen Drums
1. Stick it to Ya
2. Wet My Appetite
3. Stix and Stones
4. Rock n' Roll Whore
5. Feel So Good
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Existing comments about this CD
From: TheRipper Date: October 6, 2002 at 22:36
Oh man, it looks like a seasoned veteran submitted some new CD's (like "Collector's Corner" or something!). Anyhow, about this release... It's VERRRY good, it'll leave you wanting more. I got this along with Mazeran's S/T, but found it ironic because I thought the music on both were superb and similar (especially the vocalists in my opinion). Trax like "Sticks & Stones" and "Wet my Appetite" are absolutely awesome! Just Great stuff that keeps you in search for more. 10 ALL THE WAY.
From: TIM Date: October 6, 2002 at 23:06
Did you get those from PJ TheRipper? I tried to get them- LOL. Dan did ask PJ if he could submit the Corner. I put some I've bought off of it on here too. I got Know Illusion, Barrage, and a few others on the way.
I've got Emergency-Boys Will Be Boys coming as well. I'm expecting copies of Jillson, Hotboy, Theatre, and some others too.
From: purrfect-kat Date: October 6, 2002 at 23:52
Ripper you said ya wanted to trade some rare cds so lets do it. . . . . I rate this cd an 8 and think some of the songs are good but I won't go as far as saying they are great.
From: TheRipper Date: October 7, 2002 at 1:23
Yeah Kat lets! I have been very busy lately and have had in mind that I said I am gonna make you a list (for trade purposes), and I do plan on it, it's just that I have SO MANY and have been gettin so many I haven't had the time make on. And as far as my rating for all of these CD's (10's and all) my philosophy is this: if it's good new crunchy music whether it be Rippin, Catchy, or "AORy" I'm givin t a 10, meaning people of similar tastes should definitely check it out if they haven't already.
And as far as a releases like this one, it's just a little notification that this one pleased me, after all of the GOOD and BAD tunes I've heard. I am not saying it's the best, but it got me interested and had me in a little Nasty Habit phase after I got it, which I think says something... I'll drop ya an Email about midweek hopefully. It's gettin late...
From: purrfect-kat Date: October 7, 2002 at 2:27
okie dokie smokie . email me when you're ready. . . As for this cd . . . I like 4 out of the 5 songs so thats why I said they were good. . . . The singer sounds great and there is alot of big guitar riffs so either way ya slice it, this cd is good/great and would make a nice edition to any Hard Rock Collection. . . . my favourite song is "Wet my Appetite"
From: Gringo Date: October 7, 2002 at 16:31
Hey Tim, Ripper, purrfect-kat...been reading your comments for a while and appreciate all the feedback. It helps me in my decision (ummm....addiction) on what CD's to look for. I'd appreciate it if you guys could contact me, and maybe we could discuss more. I can be reached at jgrengs@charter.net. Look forward to hearing from ya.
Hey Gringo, I sent you an email. I almost called you by your first name. I've sold to you before. I'm rio1harris@aol.com. I'll be watching TV for a couple of hours but after that I'd be happy to chat.
From: freddy de keyze Date: October 8, 2002 at 7:57
Sorry, Ripper, this is pure crap ! A pure 1 ! Nuff said about this garbage. Sorry for the guys !!!!
hey now . . This is a pretty good Hard Rock band and it don't come cheap. . . I am having a hard time believing You have this cd freddy cuz it's not your style of music so why would You pay the big bucks to own it?
Hey Kat, do you think someone rigged the ratings?
Tim my answer to your question is Yes. . . Only 2 people admitted to owning this cd and both left positive feedback for the band, so it isn't hard to figure out who voted 17 times to drop the ratings. . . I am always interested in reading opinions by other registered members at HH, and I don't believe to much what non-members say because if they were serious about the music then they would be registered members at this site.
From: M. Allen Date: October 9, 2002 at 23:45
If hard rock is your habit, then this band will give you a fix of what you need. There's nothing fancy here, no fresh tricks or anything like that...just straight-up hard rock with energy, sass, and attitude. Reminds me a little bit of Mother Mercy and Mad Margritt, if you're familiar with those underappreciated groups. Driving guitars, hot riffs, good vocals...these guys definitely rock hard. And by the way, I agree with Kat--"Wet My Appetite" is the best song.
Excellent description Mark. . . . If anyone is interested in buying the cd then I think there is a copy available on ebay this week.
From: David Date: November 12, 2002 at 4:03
Does anyone know what their second release "LICK THE GROOVE" sounds like? It was released in 1994
From: tomcat Date: May 21, 2003 at 15:07
i have this song called 'fame' by a band called nasty habit..is this the same band.?I believe the album was called 'lick the groove'? batcave777@hotmail.com
From: Benn Date: June 20, 2003 at 20:10
The samples sound really good! Would love to get a cdr of this. Email me at muzikfan2001@occultmail.com if you can help me out.
From: SeducedByMetal Date: April 29, 2004 at 6:01
seeing there is no personal listed..here they are.... Gary Shearer - Lead Vocal,Rythm Guitar John Lusky - Lead Guitar Rich Isaac - Bass Guitar Andy Stephen - Drums
From: CRAIGDUFRESNE Date: September 5, 2004 at 18:18
I GOT ONE WORD FOR THIS CD: WOW! THIS CD ROCKS. LOVED IT!! IT WAS WAY BETTER THAN THE 2ND CRAPPY CD THEY PUT OUT CALLED "LICK THE GROOVE" WHICH HAS ZERO GOOD SONGS. THIS EP IS A MUST HAVE. SKIP THEIR SECOND RELEASE. PEACE OUT!!
From: enough Date: January 15, 2005 at 9:28
good hard rock
From: Helix Date: May 5, 2007 at 9:33
If I was listening to this on the radio and did not know who they where I would have thought they where L.A.Guns. This Is a must for any sleeze rocker.its a shame this band did not make it big cause they really had the late 80's sound that evertone came to like before the grunge took over.
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The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism in adrenal glomerulosa cells
László Hunyady, Tamás Balla, Péter Enyedi, András Spät
The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism was examined in rat adrenal glomerulosa cells. Incorporation of both [3H]arachidonate and [32P]phosphate into phosphatidylinositol (PI) were significantly stimulated by angiotensin II. These effects were abolished by lithium, a cation, which was found suitable to prevent increased synthesis of PI in our previous study (T. Balla et al., FEBS Letters 171, 179, 1984). On the other hand, the phospholipase A2 inhibitor mepacrine failed to inhibit the increased labelling of PI. These observations suggest that the increased 3H labelling of PI occurs via CDP-diacylglycerol, and not via enhanced deacylation-reacylation cycle. The validity of this assumption was further supported, since angiotensin II failed to stimulate the formation of lyso-PI, as examined by both [32P]phosphate incorporation and pulse-chase techniques. Angiotensin II decreased the incorporation of [3H]arachidonate into phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Considering that we did not find arachidonate release either from phospholipids or from other possible arachidonate sources this decrease may not be due to dilution of the tracer. Thus we assume that angiotensin II may induce a shift in phospholipid synthesis from PC and PE to phosphoinositides. These observations indicate that the enhanced hydrolysis and synthesis of PI in response to angiotensin II is not associated with increased phospholipase A2 activity in adrenal glomerulosa cells.
Zona Glomerulosa
Cytidine Diphosphate Diglycerides
Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates
Quinacrine
Phospholipases A2
Hunyady, L., Balla, T., Enyedi, P., & Spät, A. (1985). The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism in adrenal glomerulosa cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, 34(19), 3439-3444. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(85)90715-4
The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism in adrenal glomerulosa cells. / Hunyady, László; Balla, Tamás; Enyedi, Péter; Spät, András.
In: Biochemical Pharmacology, Vol. 34, No. 19, 01.10.1985, p. 3439-3444.
Hunyady, L, Balla, T, Enyedi, P & Spät, A 1985, 'The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism in adrenal glomerulosa cells', Biochemical Pharmacology, vol. 34, no. 19, pp. 3439-3444. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(85)90715-4
Hunyady L, Balla T, Enyedi P, Spät A. The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism in adrenal glomerulosa cells. Biochemical Pharmacology. 1985 Oct 1;34(19):3439-3444. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(85)90715-4
Hunyady, László ; Balla, Tamás ; Enyedi, Péter ; Spät, András. / The effect of angiotensin II on arachidonate metabolism in adrenal glomerulosa cells. In: Biochemical Pharmacology. 1985 ; Vol. 34, No. 19. pp. 3439-3444.
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Behind the Masks of the Feminine VII: Sepia
Behind the Masks of the Feminine VII
Three Minerals
I. Previously, we explored the female connection via the homeopathic remedy Natrum muriaticum, depicting a woman who is very much a product of the Industrial Revolution. Raised in a family where mother bonding is disrupted. Natrum muriaticum has grown up in an environment emotionally distant depriving this type of woman of what she needs to flourish in her life.
II. Then we explored the feminine face of Natrum carbonicum, more down to earth and open than Natrum muriaticum, but whose sensibilities are around rejection, a rejection that began as a traumatic experience from her past. She stays within her comfort zone to define her place in the world, as stepping outside that zone brings on anticipatory anxiety about anything new because she feels unworthy of love.
III. With Natrum phosphoricum her sensibility is grief, being quite volatile in nature and sensitive to external influences. Out of a deep sense of worthlessness, she reacts to her pain out of fear which suppresses her internal communications, emotions, and the normal functioning of their bodies.
IV. Pulsatilla is a vibrant person who moves with the flow of events. She has an innate sense of human relations, and God’s plan for human society. Unlike the Natrum sisters, Pulsatilla’s problem is not one of grief, or inner suppression, but of external censorship. She expects fairness, and when that fairness is missing, they become distressed, and instead of moving with the flow, they become tossed by the wind of events. This dissipates their life force, becoming weakened without ongoing environmental support and love. Hiding her vulnerabilities through the veil of a sophistication, they desire space, and self expression that separates their inner world from their outer world.
V. Staphysagria is a born intuitive, who likes to stand above the crowd. Their level of intuition makes them sensitive to external influences, and combined with their desire to be noticed they feel deeply hurt if ignored. With a lifetime of rejection Staphysagria reacts in a variety of ways the result of which is a struggle of suppression vs. expression.
VI. Belladonna has abundant life force and gives out a lot of energy. Extremely healthy looking belladonna stands out in a crowd, but they do not desire company as they have no need for external stimulation. Their intelligence is apparent, emotions vivid, but can be quite excitable. She is both creator and destroyer working towards the nurturance of humanity by destroying the false ego. If they are suffering in any way they prefer to keep it to themselves. Belladonna’s sensibility is shock disappointment in love, fear or too much sun. As she loses sense of a true self, it becomes replaced by a false-self filled with fear and anger.
Now we take a snapshot at another world, the world of three homeopathic remedies from the sea.
VI. Sepia Officinalis
Sepia is the Grass/Common Cuttle fish, an invertebrate with a hard shell. Over the 21million years of their existence, they have adapted well to wide ranging environs. from which a brownish black ink is obtained. This ink is a liquid excreted by Sepia as a camouflage, which artists use, but if licked there are not so pleasant consequences.
Belonging to the Cephalopoda family, Sepia Officinalis has evolved without the need for a shell, instead they have a soft body with all their organs enclosed within a mantle (layer of skin). They have elongated bodies, and three hearts of which one is systemic, and the other two are gilled. Through the rhythmic contractions of the mantle, they are able to facilitate the circulation of water, gas, and blood. The minute hairs on their heads and tentacles detect low frequency vibrations, which helps them to locate their prey, and their saliva contains a toxin that immobilizes the prey, but it also assists in their digestion.
This soft-bodied mollusc has it shell located inside the body, and can change shape, colour and texture as a part of their camouflage, mating ritual, and emotions. With eight arms around the mouth, and two tentacles behind the eyes, it is closely related to the octopus, and the squid. Sepia Officinalis propels itself forward by means of squirting jets of water from specially designed organs with her body. Their eyes are located so that they can see backwards, and forwards in horizontal visual field of 360°, they can see things from afar. When threatened, she releases the ink we call Sepia from a grape-sized pouch, which clouds the water enough to make the potential threat retreat.
Sepia Officinalis has a preference for coastal waters, especially around the Cape of Good Hope, the Nortg Sea, east Atlantic, and the Mediterranean, but they are sensitive to heavy metal, and copper in the water. They hide during the day, and feed at night. When it comes to strangers who are human, Sepia Officinalis seem to have no fear to the extent that they will follow the human who has dived into their depths.
Sepia Officinalis is very much an independent creature, which likes to swim alone, but with a life span of two years there has to be time for mating. To attract females, the male will splay their tentacles which usually serve the function of getting food. Typical of the animal kingdom, they will display all their colours to make them stand out more. If accepted they will swim side by side to continue the courtship, and if she rejects she will swim away to only be stalked by the male – eventually they will embrace. The male will protect what is his, until she retreats into a cave for spawning purpose, but the male will guard the den. The females may produce up to 200 – 500 rice grained eggs, all of which are laid one-by-one, so not surprisingly she has a ravenous hunger soon after laying. They are cannibalistic in nature, and also feed on crabs, and prawns. In turn, Sepia Officinalis are also prey for dolphins, humans, rays, seabirds, and sharks. The process of birthing makes them very lethargic, which leads to their own deterioration, and finally death.
At-Ease
Sepia the woman falls under one of the homeopathic female archetypes, along with Pulsatilla, and Natrum Muriaticum. She has a strong regard for her independence, and likes to be away from people, and withdraw into nature. In fact, Sepia has a great need for personal space as indicated by the living habits of Sepia Officinalis. She seeks to be herself, unfettered by the expectations of others, especially men, unlike Natrum Muriaticum who seeks independence as a protective mechanism against hurt.
There are two main types of women: the one who is independent, ambitious and career minded who is organized, efficient, strong, powerful, and she needs and enjoys intellectual challenge. Her independence can fall prey to stereotypes, as that level of independence is what is generally expected from men. But she celebrates her freedom, her connection with her own body, and her connection with the earth, which requires being sensitive to one’s body and fully centred in its natural wisdom.
She enjoys her life and may have many relationships because this allows her to have time alone. The other Sepia is the motherly type who feels the responsibilities of her family, but has no time left for herself. Sometimes, as many of us know, the two types can combine on one, with the woman caught between work and home having no time left for herself. Essentially, Sepia prefers to work on their own as this allows them to do things their own way. They dislike opposition, and when hurt or feeling bad they prefer to be on their own as consolation is out of the question.
In Dis-ease
Her love of independence, and being unfettered by the expectations of others, becomes the means by which she falls into a state of dis-ease as her vital force becomes blocked by the suppressive impingement of her environment – censorship from others.
The traditional homeopathic profile of Sepia is a woman who has a broad vacant hairy face, is flat-chested, she has a small pelvis, an infantile uterus, a pot belly, and a masculine type frame. She may look uninterested, as a sign of withdrawal, but inside they are quite vulnerable.
When Sepia does not get the space that she needs, she exudes a negative cloud, like the Sepia Officinalis who spurts out the Sepia ink to put off that which approaches her. The woman who is caught between work and home, and no time left for herself finds the situation conflicting, which can result in her being psychologically exhausted. The reason behind her physical exhaustion is a slow blood circulation, especially around the stomach. This then leads to a weak sex-drive, a weakness in her sex organs, possible prolapsed of the vagina and the womb, and of course menstrual and reproductive problems.
Initially, she will try to compensate for the sluggish feeling brought on by a slow blood circulation through strong physical exercise, like dancing, or even gardening, which provides her time alone in nature, because these activities speed up the circulation, though she might not consciously know this. She becomes overworked, exhausted, will tolerate a dysfunctional family guided by the feeling that she has got to do better, while hiding her emotions, but when it all gets too much, she will cry.
Homepathic consultant, David Lilley describes the emotions of Sepia as changing like neon lights, which is a signature of the chameleon nature of Sepia officinalis. Lilley finds many Sepia are feminists who will take advantage of male vulnerabilities. Becoming irritable, Sepia becomes a distant shadow of her true self, as she becomes dull, and forgetful even resenting the very things that she held a high regard for. Her mind becomes so tired, that it is as if it is empty as she is unable to think any longer. In that state, Sepia becomes volatile like Sepia officinalis that means negative, always complaining, always scolding, arguing, jealous, indifferent, and bares grudges. It is not that they do not love their children, or their husband, but because they have become so exhausted they can no longer access that love, and become too tired for any sort of company. Her sense of independence gone, she fears poverty, and in so doing become materialistic.
Because of her relationship with her body, Sepia feels worse with any sudden changes, pertaining to the menstrual and reproductive system. She feels suffocated in warm rooms, but is irritated by the cold, and any sudden movements. There is an affinity with the venous circulation (digestive tract. Portal system, female pelvic organs), the nerves and the skin, and rejecting the feminine right side, the complaints tend to be mostly on the left side, the side which she expresses in the world, through her intellect.
Physiologically, they look a bit off colour, in fact yellow, as the liver does not function properly with a tendency to sweat a lot. They have a constant hunger likened to Sepia officianalis after she has given birth, but sometimes even the smell of food can make them feel nauseous as is the symptom in some pregnant women. They like stimulating foods, like spices, sour or bitter, but the consumption of milk, and fatty foods causes indigestion.
Their need for stimulation is not only reflected in the foods they eat, but by any strong physical activity, which tends to change their mood, and they are also stimulated by thunderstorms, and being outdoors.
Male Sepia’s tend to be extremely negative, closed, reserved, sarcastic, possessive, materialistic and lazy. He can be the modern man who returns home, has his dinner watches television, feels sleepy and turns his back on his grumbling wife according to Dr. Sonawala. The level of rigidity, is signature in the sepia ink of Sepia officinalis, which contains calcium.
Sepia personality type, clearly demonstrates an aspect of woman who once had greater expression through having greater access to her environment than in modern times. Just as the female Sepia officinalis exhibits a luminescence at night, Sepia the person is not only the intellect, but the dancer, the athlete, the actress who acts out of expression of herself, the musician, the artist, and the medicine woman. If she is fortunate, as a child her avenues will be open, but if closed by the narrow expectations of her upbringing, higher education might be the only means for her, a means that might not necessarily reflect her true nature.
We all want to be appreciated, and that is the root of the problem! If we are not appreciated for our true selves, we don a false ego, or claim an ‘ideal’ both of which is far removed from who and what we really are!
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Kusse, F. “Homeopathic Types.” Narayana Publishers, Germany
Lilley, D. “Major Archetypes of the Materia Medica: Sepia.” The British Homeopathic Association.
Vermeulen, F. “Prisma: The Arcana of Materia Medica Illuminated.” Emryss, Netherlands. 2002.
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#Places: Lea Michele Debuts Buzz Single “Love Is Alive” Off Sophomore Album
Get excited Gleeks! Lea Michele is finally releasing new music again.
After teasing fans about her sophomore LP, “Places”, the 30-year-old star has dropped a sneak peek of her new music video “Love Is Alive”. If this emotional ballad is any indication, fans can expect some changes from her debut album, “Louder”.
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With lyrics like, “Can’t you hear it in my voice/ Can’t you see it in my eyes/ Love, love is alive/ In me“, we hear the “Glee” alum going back to her roots. We don’t know about you, but Michele is giving us some major Rachel Berry vibes. Whether intentional or not, she sounds amazing on the track.
“I wanted a song on the album that represented where I am personally in my life right now, and this song is exactly that. It’s about believing in love and the power and beauty of love. It made me so happy while recording it, and I hope it brings the same light and joy to everyone else as it has for me,” the “Scream Queens” actress told People.
“Being that I grew up in New York and on Broadway, I wanted this video to be shot at a theatre to give the illusion of coming back home,” she added.
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PUERTO RICO: Protest disrupts PROMESA conference
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By Berta Joubert-Ceci
The First Conference on PROMESA – the federal Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stabilization Act passed July 30 by the U.S. Congress – was not the success its organizers expected. The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce organized the Aug. 31 event at the luxurious Hotel Condado Plaza in San Juan to “educate” the business class on the consequences of the “PROMESA.”
Numerous social, youth and labor organizations called for a demonstration against the PROMESA law, its dictatorial Fiscal Control Board and the Aug. 31 conference. Such was the movement’s militancy that it made the conference fail. This triumphant outcome set a tone and sent a clear and resounding message from the Puerto Rican resistance about the attempt to impose a colonial junta.
Before describing the demonstration, it’s useful to know the expectations of the business class in Puerto Rico as well as in the U.S.
That same morning the conservative daily El Nuevo Día published an article under the triumphal headline, “PROMESA forum filled.” It claimed that 650 entrepreneurs and executives would participate, and U.S. Congressional Republican majority leader Paul D. Ryan and Sean P. Duffy, the driving force behind PROMESA, were to address the conference by video.
According to the article, several panels would analyze Detroit’s bankruptcy process, and “various private sector executives will also discuss the various proposals submitted to the congressional bipartisan working group that analyzes the economy of the island in light of the provisions in PROMESA. Analysts, bondholders and bond fund managers of Puerto Rico will also participate in the event.”
Apart from the Chamber of Commerce, the article mentions that the event was “coordinated by Birling Capital, which was founded by ex-vice president of UBS Financial Services and former head of the Economic Development Bank, Francisco Rodriguez Castro, and by the Select Global Advisory Group and its founder Luis Jesus Aponte. The activity also has the support of almost 20 firms and companies, including MMM Holdings, Triple-S, the accounting firms Kevane-Grant-Thornton and FPV & Galindez, Coca-Cola, Walmart, Amgen multinational, Telemundo, Uno Radio Group and Latin Media House.” (elnuevodia.com/negocios)
PROMESA Conference spoiled
After learning, on the eve of the protest, that police planned to prevent the demonstrators from arriving, protesters began reaching the site before dawn that day and surrounded all entrances to the hotel.
The protesters were determined to prevent the conference at any cost. Meanwhile, police Strike Force and motorized units blocked the entrances to the hotel.
At the same time, demonstrators blocked the avenue leading to the hotel. Although it was not a massive demonstration, the demonstrators did have enough presence to successfully block the way for those trying to get to the conference.
Protesters sat in the middle of the avenue and built barricades with stones. They surrounded those who tried to attend the conference and tried to discourage them. Many people turned around. Demonstrators also threw water at some people to discourage them from participating.
Only a massive police presence — some demonstrators said it was triple their own number — allowed a few people to enter. In the videos of protesters and the transmission of television station WAPA, which covered the event live, the police could be seen surrounding those attempting to enter the hotel, shielding them from the anger of the demonstrators.
As always, the police brutally attacked the demonstrators.
However, the tactic of the activists was so successful that fewer than 200 people attended the business meeting, according to media reports. Although the organizers did not cancel the conference, they had to eliminate several panels.
Some candidates in the upcoming November elections for governor of Puerto Rico decided to cancel attendance at the conference. Earlier, the candidates of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, Maria de Lourdes Santiago, and of the Working People’s Party of Puerto Rico, Rafael Bernabe, refused invitations to attend the conference and made statements of solidarity with the demonstration.
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IRICE PRESIDENT DR. ANTON CARAGEA VISIT TO VENEZUELA: A HISTORIC MOMENT
Posted by Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation on October 2, 2017 at 6:55 AM
The relations between Romania and Venezuela are registering a brisk growth in the last span of time with the height registered on the occasion of the official visit of the Romanian delegation to Caracas.
The visit took place between 15 to 22 September 2017 and was covering a historical gap in the bilateral relations with the latest official visit taken place in 1994.
Solidarity and friendship in a handshake: H.E. Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela and the architect of Bolivarian diplomacy and H.E. Professor Dr. Anton Caragea , President of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation.
Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, IRICE President remarked: Romania and Venezuela are having a shared history of fighting for democracy and freedom, they have the same stances in rejecting interference in internal affairs, promoting respect for national sovereignty and independence as pillars of international affairs and rejecting any form of threat of war and sanctions as contrary to international law.
Professor Dr. Anton Caragea hosted in MIRAFORES TV studios and National Venezuelan Television.
During the week-long visit, the high-level Romanian delegates hold extensive talks with various officials like: Juan Bautista Arias Palacio – Minister for Basic and Strategic Industries and Socialist Development, Minister for Communications and Information and Minister of Tourism.
Professor Dr. Anton Caragea receives for discussions at Hotel Alba the Vice-Minister of Tourism of Venezuela.
Agreements regarding economic cooperation, bilateral information exchange and cooperation for SDG completion in the framework of Parliamentary Assembly for Sustainable Development Goals where tabled.
Cooperation in the field of tourism promotion and Romanian support for Caracas election as World Capital of Culture and Tourism was also agreed.
The highlights of the visit, where the two memorable encounters with President Nicolas Maduro.
On September 19, 2017, Professor Dr. Anton Caragea took the distinct honor to sign the HONORARY BOOK at MIRAFLORES Presidential Palace.
On 17 September 2017, the delegates part take in the President TV Show: Sundays with Maduro! together with Evo Morales, Bolivian President.
During the discussions, the tourism and cultural connections between the two countries were tabled and Professor Dr. Anton Caragea has given as gifts to the two President’s his latest book on Interference of Civilizations in European Union Project.
On 19 September 2017, in the conclusion of The International March of Solidarity with Venezuela, Professor Dr. Anton Caragea was invited for a photo session with President Nicolas Maduro, signed the Honorary Book at Miraflores Palace and has given an interview to the Miraflores TV Channel, expressing his support for Bolivarian Revolution role in forging a free and democratic Latin America.
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The cultural program of the visit included discovery trips to Natural Sanctuary of Waraira Repano, a tour of Caracas landmarks like The Cathedral of Caracas, Saint Francis, Simon Bolivar birthplace etc.
A special day was dedicated to offering respect for Venezuelan history major figures, with a visit to National Pantheon and a stop to Simon Bolivar funeral monument and Francisco Miranda tomb.
Simon Bolivar: The Hero of Latin American Liberation struggle: a lay over charged with respect for official delegates.
An emotionally charged moment was the visit to Mountain Quarter (Quartel de la Montana) the place where the architect of the Bolivarian Revolution and the apostle of the poor`s: Commander Hugo Chavez is laid for eternal rest surrounded by world gratitude and love.
The delegates witnessed the changing of the guard and where hart struck by the powerful words of remembering for the fallen hero: Chavez lives!
Professor Dr. Anton Caragea in a moment of respect in front of the Commander HUGO CHAVEZ Mausoleum in Mountain Quarter (Quartel de la Montana).
The Romanian delegation visit to Venezuela has given a new impetus to the relations between nations and their attendance to the world solidarity movement with Venezuela has being registered with gratitude by the people of the Caribbean nation, proudly building a revolution of freedom and dignity.
President Nicolas Maduro is addressing a crowd of over one million supporters on the streets of Caracas: Venezuela will win!
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Anna Jermolaewa works primarily in the mediums of photography, video, and installation. Her main interest is the analysis of functional structures of society and social systems in everyday life. She continually focuses on the basic conditions of human existence and the nature of man, capturing the relationship between the individual and the masses, freedom and restriction, power and powerlessness, (especially around relationships and networks of hegemonic structures). Her photographs and videos provide information about a world of failure, through conscious and unconscious fears, desires, and passions. The result is a reflection on individual and collective historical consciousness in the form of images that remain in the viewers’ mind. Through the visual telling of history and stories, she attempts to create places of remembrance.
Anna Jermolaewa was born in 1970 in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and is currently based in Vienna. In 1998 she graduated in Art History at the University of Vienna and in 2002 the New Media class of Peter Kogler at the Vienna Art Academy. She was a Professor for Media Art at the University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany from 2005-2011. She also had solo exhibtions in the Victoria Art Gallery, Samara (2013); Camera Austria, Graz (2012); Kunsthalle Krems (2012); Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia (2011); Kunstverein Friedrichshafen (2009); XL Gallery Moscow (2008); and Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau (2004). Her works are part of various collections including the Stedelijk Museum, Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, MUMOK-Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Volpinum Kunstsammlung, Museum Startgalerie Artothek, Vienna, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Vehbi Koc Foundation, Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Group and Belvedere.
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Bhagyalakshmi at Charminar is a legal temple
By Kiran Kumar S
You might have heard about a book published 21 years back, Hindu Temples, What Happened To Them?
Volume 1 was by Arun Shourie, Harsh Narain, Jay Dubhashi, Ram Swarup and Sita Ram Goel : http://www.voiceofdharma.org/books/htemples1/
Volume 2 was by Sita Ram Goel : http://www.voiceofdharma.org/books/htemples2/
There was a systematic study of what happened to thousands of Hindu temples across India which don’t exist as they did centuries back. Elaborate evidence was accumulated, studied and presented in these two volumes. Except the Ayodhya, almost all of these cases of temples are not in public memory or media debate today. People have just ‘moved on’ as you hear in intellectual circles.
But how does the matter come up in political and media circles, even if a tiny (just a few square feet) temple is attached to a structure that is remotely Islamic? Yes, we are talking about the Bhagyalakshmi Temple in Hyderabad, attached to the famous heritage icon, Charminar. It’s a tiny structure, held very high on the devotion scale by lakhs of local Hindus and happens to be adjacent to Charminar, but not inside its premises.
Encroachment!!
Temple did not exist before!!
These are the screams you will hear periodically, whenever political heat is turned up in old city Hyderabad. Let’s examine the issue using the details from credible authors and important local politicians about the current episode of Bhagyalakshmi Temple.
Two key basics of Hindu worship
Firstly, we must understand one basic heritage of Hindu dharma. Hindus regard almost all things as sacred in this world. Bhagawan or Bhagawati exists everywhere. Go to any village in India and you can find numerous statues or images of Devas and Devis under trees, at the village centre, next to houses, inside houses, next to schools, in front of hospitals/clinics, in shops, in vehicles, in parks and pretty much everywhere. All it takes is a stone to form a temple once people develop enough devotion to that structure. Formal temples built at once using Agama Shastras and Prana Pratishatapana surely help, but you don’t need a formal building for worshiping. In many cases, temples evolve once devotees increase, from the smaller structure before.
So if anyone says the temple did not exist, they must understand that a temple or structure in the current form might not have existed. But that does not mean people did not regard that spot as sacred.
Secondly, one also needs to understand that Hindu dharma is an ever evolving dharma (loosely translated as religion, but not exactly a religion). You might have worshiped a Devi (goddess) in one name today, but a few generations later she might be worshiped with a more contemporary name. My great grandfather worshiped ‘Vinayak’ but I worship ‘Ganapati’, for example. So today’s Bhagyalakshmi might have been worshiped with another name before, as Devis have thousands of names literally (refer to Lalita Sahasra Nama for instance). Bhagyalakshmi may have been worshiped as Maisamma or another name. It is very common in the Telangana area which has Hyderabad in it to have Yellamma, Mahankali and Durgamma as names for devis. But at the core, Hindu dharma scholars will clearly show you the link of all devi worship to the one female power of the almighty.
So, why this hullabaloo about Bhagyalakshmi temple now? Politics! Nothing more, nothing less. One section of Hyderabad politics is against this temple (not just today, but before also), while the other section is fighting for Hindu rights aggressively. Supporting the former section of politicians, some papers produce ‘evidences’. It’s usually the same people who doubt even the narration of even the Telangana native Hindu girl Bhagmati becoming Hyder Begum after religious conversion, on whose name Hyder-a-bad has been setup.
Let’s examine the issue from various angles.
From Books :
Read the current Government of India Minister, and former Under-Secretary-General of United Nations, Shashi Tharoor’s book Elephant, Tiger & Cellphone. On page 42 he describes Bhagyalakshmi Temple at Charminar clearly. The key takeaway from this very learned man’s book is this: “But at the foot of the city’s most famous monument, the four-turreted Charminar, sits a Hindu temple to the goddess Mahalakshmi, the priests chanting their mantras for centuries under the celebrated Islamic minarets.”
The book’s online link is here -> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=uqvpZutXN7cC&lpg=PA42&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false
Read Srikanta Ghosh’s Indian Democracy Derailed : Politics and Politicians, published in 1997. On pages 73-74 he gives some key information. Srikanta Ghosh was with the Law Research Institute of Calcutta.
The book’s online link is here: http://books.google.co.in/books?id=RGyO0E86X1oC&lpg=PA74&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false
– The Charminar temple was in her memory.
– Even now (in 1997 when the book was written), a Harijan woman is the trustee of the temple.
– Bhagyalakshmi temple’s desecration on November 23, 1979, has no parallel. See this clipping from the book, for more details of why the temple was attacked in 1979.
Read Roshen Dalal’s book (page 220) where it is described as to why Goddess Lakshmi is linked to Charminar’s guard.
This is more from the local stories -> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&lpg=PA220&pg=PA220#v=onepage&q&f=false
From the local politicians’ claims :
Let us present three local politicians, who are supporting the temple.
First : Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee’s General Secretary, G Niranjan, claims the following, as reported by Siasat –http://www.siasat.com/english/news/pcc-leader-disputes-old-pictures-charminar
1. Till 1979, it was just a two-three feet idol and after it got damaged after being hit by a RTC bus, the then Chief Minister Marri Chenna Reddy ordered the construction of a temple through the Endowments Department.
2. Mir Mahboob Ali Pasha, the 6th Nizam, had sent puja articles to Bhagyalakshmi temple during the Musi floods of 1908. Yes, the Congress leader is mentioning a 104-year-old event involving this small temple.
3. Senior citizens with G Niranjan, Dharamchand Tayal (76), Naga Hanumantha Rao (76), Mallesh Goud (69) and Raj Ratnam (63) claimed that they have been performing puja at the temple since their childhood.
4. Niranjan said he was now 61-year-old and he has been visiting the temple and also the Chilla abutting the Charminar since he was five. That means puja is being performed by the Congress’s general secretary, who is a local in the area, for 56 years!
Second : Andhra Pradesh’s BJP MLA and party chief, G Kishan Reddy, has confidently tweeted that the State Government endowment records clearly prove the existence of Bhagyalakshmi temple statue for last 200 years. Can anyone deny?http://twitter.com/kishanreddybjp/status/272010439209132033
Third : Raja Singh of Telugu Desam Party. He is associated with the Facebook page Sri Ram Channel which is in the forefront of support for Bhagyalakshmi temple. His Facebook page also has support to the temple : https://www.facebook.com/T.RajaSingh
From the Government Record
The Andhra Pradesh Government’s Endowments Department clearly lists Charminar’s Bhagyalakshmi temple under the serial number 4839 as a legitimate temple bringing revenue to the Government, under the classification 6C. If the temple was ‘illegal’, why would a secular Government extract its income for Government use?
http://www.apendowments.gov.in/Pages/Temples_List.aspx?View={A946DB2B-2380-4521-893C-808D2519535E}&FilterField1=Title&FilterValue1=Hyderabad&FilterField2=Mandal&FilterValue2=Hyderabad&FilterField3=Town_x002f_Village&FilterValue3=Charminar
From the culture and heritage of Hyderabad
Beyond the politics, books and Government records, it is very clear that local Hyderabad people have always regarded this small temple as a core part of their cultural and religious heritage. Of course, they want to keep it that way for the future too. We have talked to many local people who recall generations of devotees for this famous temple. If any journalist wants to go further and talk to the local people, leave a comment and we will assist you in interviewing local Hindus who have patronised the Bhagyalakshmi Temple for long time.
For decades, Sri Bhagyalakshmi Temple at Charminar has been a well sought out place for Hindu men, women and children.
This is how the small temple is decorated using temporary extension during Dussehra and Deepawali festivals for a few days each year. After the festivals, the extended decorations are removed. Note that all decorations are temporary, and is on the street side, with absolutely nothing going inside the historic Charminar. There are thousands of such temporary decorations across India, during various religious festivals and this one is not anything out of the ordinary.
During other festivals too this temple is crowded. Men, women and children assemble in the narrow space to ring the temple bells, offer flowers, coconuts and offer puja to Goddess Lakshmi, and move on quickly. This picture is from Ugadi festival, which is new year’s day for Andhra Pradesh Hindus.
During major festivals like Deepawali, the queues of devotees are very long, with thousands of men and women waiting in separate lines around Charminar. This queue is from the 2012 Deepawali.
The latest dispute
For decades, every Daussehra and Deepawali sees the extra decoration of the temple and murti. Celebrations are going on mostly without any objection from any political party, police or the courts. The Police Commissioner’s office should have the details of decades of celebrations submitted by the temple’s patrons. The latest temple structure was constructed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in the 1970s, most likely a reconstruction as the original statue was damaged by a Government bus ramming into it. With the temple clearly listed in the Endowments Department records available online, with its donations from devotees used by the Government for decades, there is no question of any legal issue with this temple.
The main objection of the temple’s opponents is that it may be damaging the heritage site Charminar. This ‘protect Charminar monument’ argument seems lame, political and most likely communal. Because, even though the temple is clearly outside the Charminar, with all decorations and gatherings happening on the street side, there is a ‘chilla’, or Muslim religious site, inside the Charminar complex. You can see in this picture the details. The temple’s flags are on the left, while the chilla is on the right with a green banner, inside the Charminar complex. If you watch carefully, you can see that the Chilla is damaging the Charminar with black marks (maybe due to incense smoke). If someone truly wanted to ‘protect’ the heritage monument, they would have also spoken strongly against a Muslim religious site inside the more-than-400-year-old Charminar with black stains right over that site.
The irony is that, the same people who went to court against the temple’s temporary decoration in 2012 wanted to march in thousands to the chilla inside the Charminar to offer ‘salaam’. The police prevented such massive crowds from gathering and arson and violence broke out, resulting in the arrest of many local politicians.
What should be done?
The important thing to note is that peace is essential. Bhagyalakshmi temple should be left as is. It has existed for a long time, it has been a sacred Hindu site in independent India, it is a legal temple registered by the State Government’s Endowments Department, generating revenue for the Government, and it is a sign of the cultural/religious diversity of Hyderabad.
The other key thing is that the temporary temple decorations happen for a few days, during major festivals, and are completely on the street side. They would in no way affect the heritage site of Charminar physically.
Picture credits: Sri Ram Facebook channel, Newswala, Umasudhir at WordPress.
Source : Niti Central
Bhagyalakshmi Temple is older than Charminar : Hindu Organisations
Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Praesh) : Trouble in the Old City of Hyderabad is all set to intensify with Hindu groups insisting – in what is a new assertion – that a temple existed at the site of the Charminar years before the monument came up. A modern day temple dedicated to Goddess Bhagyalakshmi may have come up in the 1980s but a stone idol was worshipped at the spot where the temple now abuts the Charminar for centuries , they claimed. “A temple existed even before Charminar was built and although the present structure came up later, we are committed to the protection of the temple at any cost,” Bhagwant Rao, head of the Bhagyalakshmi Temple Protection Samithi told TOI on Thursday. Hindu leaders say they have merely erected a bamboo structure and a tarpaulin canopy to give shelter to devotees from heat and cold, and it will stay that way.
The local Muslims, mainly led by the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Party have vehemently protested near the Charminar against this expansion of the Bhagyalakshmi temple, saying it was illegal and could damage the historic monument and needs to be pulled down.
“If the authorities do not step in and stop mischief mongers, we will simply have to use self-defence,” Rao said.
Political analysts and security experts apprehend that the area could see communal flare-ups increasing and possible clashes, if authorities do not step in and force the religious leaders to tone down. The police however perceive that the tension will only continue till December 6, anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition .
In anticipation of trouble, the police are forcibly shutting down shops early in the evening and have intensified patrolling in the area. Raja Singh, TDP corporator often at the forefront of communal trouble has now initiated a Facebook campaign in favour of Bhagyalakshmi temple, describing it as an “international issue” . “The Hindus of today are much more prepared and in spite of being outnumbered by Muslims in the area, they will fight to the end to save the temple,” Singh said.
Analysts say religious flare-ups over the Bhagyalakshmi temple at Charminar might play a major role leading up to the next assembly elections in 2014 as both Hindutva inclined formations and MIM could try to fan religious sentiments to woo voters. “The temple has been there, whether for three decades or four centuries , but there was no confilict over it. Why has the matter been raked up now? The answer is obvious, ” said Ashok Kumar (name changed), a resident of the locality.
Source : TOI
Six cars set afire in old Hyderabad
Unidentified people set afire six cars near the Andhra Pradesh High Court early on Monday, police said. The arson attack took place when the situation in the old city was returning to normal after violent incidents on Friday.
Police said cars parked in the Ghansi Bazar area near the high court premises were set ablaze by some youths who came on motorcycles. Police have retrieved the footage of the arsonists from closed circuit cameras installed in the area and were trying to identify them.
The footage showed a youth pouring petrol on a car and setting it afire before fleeing on a motorcycle with his accomplice. The attack was recorded 3.20 a.m.
Police suspect it to be an attempt to incite violence in the old city, which witnessed a series of attacks and clashes in the past two weeks over a temple abutting the historic Charminar monument. As many as 10 people were injured and many vehicles were set afire during the violence near Charminar Friday.
The communally-sensitive area was simmering over alleged expansion of the temple abutting the Charminar in violation of court orders.
Accusing the Congress government of colluding with communal forces, its ally Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) last week withdrew support to it.
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Monday reviewed the law and order situation with Director General of Police Dinesh Reddy and other top police officials.
Source : DNA
Thakur Raja Singh speaks on Bhagyalakshmi Temple issue
Shri Raja Singh in press release told that, when police stopped Hindus from doing pooja at Bhagyalaxmi temple on Diwali and as well as yesterday, then why not police stop Muslims from doing Namaz as police expected violence after the Namaz. He also said that the violence after the namaz was pre planned. The target was to attack Bhagyalakshmi Mata Temple in name of praying at the chilla at Charminar, but that was averted due to the grace of Bhagyalakshmi Mata. Police did injustice with Hindus by not allowing them to perform pooja at Bhagyalakshmi Temple and by allowing Muslims to hold namaz in mosque nearby Charminar. Many vehicles and shops of Hindus were targeted by fanatics. We strongly demand to arrest MIM MP, MLAs and other fanatics who were involved in violence.
Source : Sri Ram Channel Facebook Page
Charminar cordoned off, Fanatics start riots in Hyderabad
Bhagyanagar (Andhra Pradesh) : Violence rocked the old city of Hyderabad on Friday again, after the police barricaded the entire area around Charminar to prevent people from gathering near the historical monument.
At least seven people were injured in stone-pelting, said the police. Two vehicles and five motor cycles were burnt by the miscreants.
Policemen and Rapid Action Force personnel fired tear gas shells at several places including Charminar, Panjeshaha and Kotla Aalijah areas.
The trouble started soon after Friday prayers at Mecca Masjid, when worshippers who were leaving the mosque tried to move towards the Charminar. Policemen started chasing the crowd with lathis, which reacted by pelting stones at them.
Chaos ensued as RAF men fired teargas shells from across the barricades near Charminar. Roads wore a deserted look as all the shops and hotels in the area were closed.
Tension has been simmering in the area since Thursday night, after the police started putting up barbed wires and barricades to cordon off the area around the historic monument, to thwart the plans of several Muslim organisations to offer prayers at a shrine inside Charminar.
Police officials did not allow them to do so, pointing out that the shrine was abutting the temple, which has become the subject of a raging dispute.
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi had earlier said that thousands of Muslims will go to the Chhilla or shrine in Charminar after Friday prayers to perform the religious rite of Fateha.
He wondered how the police can stop people when it had allowed thousands of people from another community to hold prayers there during Diwali.
Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma had convened a meeting of Muslim religious leaders on Thursday to seek their cooperation in maintaining peace.
While the religious leaders assured him of full cooperation, they sought police permission to hold prayers at the Charminar shrine. But the police declined to grant permission and barricades were put up overnight.
The temple and the shrine have coexisted for a long time and both communities have been offering prayers there.
The situation has turned murky ever since the temple committee allegedly made an attempt to expand its area. The committee has now laid a canopy over the temple.
The dispute has taken on a political colour after the MIM withdrew the support of its seven legislators from the ruling Congress government, accusing it of being communal and indulging in anti-Muslim policies.
Source : Rediff
Bhagyalakshmi Temple issue : AP Muslim front declares all-out WAR against Congress
United Muslim Action Committee, an umbrella of more than a dozen Muslim organisations of Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday declared an all-out war against ruling Congress party, specially Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Supporting the decision of one of its constituents Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen to withdraw support from the Congress, UMAC said that it will launch a statewide campaign from last week of November to create awareness among Muslims against the ‘unholy nexus between the state Congress government and Sangh Parivar’.
“The chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has time and again proved that he has joined hands with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other organisations of the same ilk”, said Abdul Raheem Qureshi, convenor of the committee after a meeting.
The meeting was attended by the representatives from all the sects of Muslim community as well as several socio-religious organisations including Asaduddin Owaisi and several MLAs of MIM, Raheem Qureshi of Tameer-e-Millat, Akbar Nizamuddin and Qabool Pasha Shattari of Jamiatul Mashaiq, Moulana Jafar Pasha of Amaraat-e-Millat-e-Islami, representatives of Ahl-e-Hadith, Shia and Mehdvi sects of Muslims.
“We will address public meetings across the state and tell the people of how the Congress government was targeting the Muslim community”, Qureshi said.
“Congress leaders are in fool’s paradise if they think that only MIM was breaking its relations with Congress. Entire Muslim community is disowning them because of their blatant communal attitude”, he said.
The discord between Congress and the Muslim minority, which started a fortnight ago over the dispute temple near historic monument of Charminar in Hyderabad, has now blown in to an all out confrontation. (Why Media is calling Shri Bhagyalakshmi Mata Temple as disputed temple ?)
“It is clear that the Congress leadership at the high level was supporting the communal elements in provocative activities including the expansion of an illegal stricture in violation of the high court orders”, he said.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that while an “economic blockade” and police siege was imposed on the old city and all the shops remain closed for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, the family of deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha was permitted to visit the temple last evening for performing pooja.
“This has corroborated once again the anti-secular attitude of this government. I am waiting for the day when the chief minister will also visit this temple for darshan”, he added. (Does MIM’s Owiasi want to say that if a Hindu politician performing a pooja is anti-secularism )
He said that not only shops, but kiosks or fruit vendors were not being allowed to do business in the area but all the roads were completely sealed, people were not being allowed to venture out and even the patients in Unani hospital were deprived of food, medicine and water.
“Our people had to provide some fruits to the patients”, he said.
“Only people coming for pooja at the temple are being allowed to enter the sealed area and all other people are being stopped”, Owaisi said.
“This is a systematic attempt to destroy the Muslim economy in the area. The daily wage earners and small businessmen are forced to starve. This is the extent of the vindictiveness of this cowardly government. Because MIM has withdrawn support, the government was trying to punish the Muslims”, he said.
Later a delegation of the UMAC met Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma and State Human Rights Commissioner Nisar Ahmad Kukru demanding lifting of the police siege, clearing the road blockades and opening of shops and businesses.
The stand taken by the UMAC is a big blow to the Congress party as it had played a major role in mobilising the support of Muslims in 2004 and 2009 elections for Congress party and the then Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy had openly acknowledged it.
Bhagyalakshmi Temple issue : BJP accuses MIM of pursuing ‘politics of blackmail’
The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, which withdrew support from the ruling Congress government in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, of pursuing a politics of blackmail and adopting undemocratic methods.
State BJP president G Kishan Reddy refuted MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s allegation of connivance between the Congress government and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-Bharatiya Janata Party combine.
“It is all false propaganda. There is no truth in the allegation that the government was acting in favour of RSS and the BJP. On the other hand, the Congress and the MIM have been friends for a long time,” he said.
Kishan Reddy alleged that by coming in the way of the renovation of the temple at Charminar monument, MIM was trying to hamper communal peace. He alleged that there could be other reasons for the MIM turning against Congress party.
Meanwhile, tension and curfew-like situation continued to prevail in the old city of Hyderabad and police forced shops to down their shutters early. An eerie silence prevailed in the normally busy area around Charminar.
The police also arrested leaders and activists of some right-wing organisation, including religious leader Paripurnananda Swamy, when they tried to take out a rally towards the temple at Charminar.
Bhagwant Rao, the convenor of Bhagyalakshmi Temple Protection Committee, alleged that the police did not allow people to visit the temple and perform puja.
Bhagyalaskhmi Temple issue : MIM pulls out of UPA
Bhagyanagar (Andhra Pradesh) : The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has withdrawn its support to the UPA Government at the Centre and to the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.
Announcing this at a crowded press conference here on Monday, the Majlis president and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi said he had already faxed the letter announcing withdrawal of support to the President’s office. A similar letter would also be submitted to the Andhra Pradesh governor shortly.
The AIMIM is represented by its president Mr. Owaisi in the Lok Sabha, while it has seven members in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
The arrest of seven MIM legislators on Sunday over the contentious issue of Bhagya Laxmi temple abutting the historic Charminar and the continuing communal tensions in the State capital are the immediate reasons that seemed to have led the MIM to sever its ties with the Congress.
Mr. Owaisi launched a broadside against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government accusing it of being ‘indecisive’ and ‘pandering’ to the ‘sangh parivar activists’. The MIM chief maintained that the Congress government has turned anti-people and anti-minority in the recent times.
Attacks against the muslims have been increasing from 2010 onwards and despite being alerted, the government was doing nothing to stop them, Mr. Owaisi alleged.
“Our first priority is to bring down the Government, expose its mis-governance, anti-people and anti-minority policies”, Mr. Owaisi declared as a huge crowd that gathered at Darussalam, the MIM headquarters, cheered.
He parried a direction answer to a question whether the MIM would join hands with the YSR Congress Party, but left sufficient indications of the party’s thinking. “Jagan Reddy is my friend. Kiran Reddy was my friend”, he replied and hastened to add “let the elections be announced and then we will take a call. Even Kejriwal’s party could also be there [for consideration of alliance]”.
Source : The Hindu
Tension in Hyderabad Old City over Bhagyalakshmi temple pandal, MIM MLAs arrested
HYDERABAD: Sporadic incidents of violence rocked the Old City after Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislators were arrested by police when they were trying to march towards Bhagyalakshmi temple at Charminar on Sunday. At some places, police had to fire tear gas shells and resort to mild lathicharge to disperse protestors.
The MLAs gathered in the Old City after the Bhagyalakshmi temple management restored tarpaulin on the make-shift pandal with the assistance of the Hyderabad district administration as per the high court’s order.
At 5am, police barricaded all streets leading to Charminar from Gulzar Houz, Shah Ali Banda, Kotla Alijah Hussaini Alam, Moghulpura and Mirchowk.
Under the supervision of officials from the Hyderabad collectorate, GHMC and Archeological Survey of India (ASI), the temple management began restoring the tarpaulin at 7am and completed it in an hour. Police provided security cover for the entire operation.
On learning about the tarpaulin restoration work, seven MIM legislators, including their floor leader in the Assembly, Akbaruddin Owaisi, gathered at Volta cafe in Moghalpura at 8am. As they were planning to move towards Bhagyalakshmi temple, police, who were already waiting there, picked up the legislators along with six corporators.
However, while they were being shifted into police vehicles, the legislators managed to give the slip to the cops. Another team of police personnel posted at Kotla Alijah intercepted five MLAs — Akbaruddin Owaisi, Ahmed Balala, Ahmed Pasha Quadri, Moazzam Khan, Mumtaz Khan — along with the corporators, were taken into custody again.
Two other legislators, MLA Mohammed Muqtada Khan alias Afsar Khan and MLC Altaf Hyderabad Rizvi, who managed to escape even from there, were arrested near Gulzar Houz. All the arrested legislators and corporators were shifted to the Bolarum police station.
Later in the day, Nampally MLA Virasat Rasool Khan and four corporators reached Ravindra Bharathi, where chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was attending an event organized on the occasion of Minorities’ Welfare Day, and staged a protest against the arrest of his party leaders. Police immediately picked up the MLA and his associates and shifted them to the Gandhi Nagar police station.
As the news of arrest of MIM leaders started flashing on news channels, sporadic incidents of stone pelting were reported at Chandrayangutta X Roads, Anmol Hotel, Edi Bazar, Kalabhairavi temple, Hussainialam and Musabowli X Roads.
Four RTC buses, two cars, an ATM and a garments showroom were damaged in the violence. A mob targeted RTC buses on the Chandrayangutta main road and broke windshields of three buses.
Police had to resort to mild lathicharge to disperse the mob at Chandrayangutta and several people, including MIM corporator Samad, suffered minor injuries.
Protestors carrying black flags staged dharnas at Gulzar Houz, Nalgonda X Roads, Chanderghat, Chanchalguda, Tolichowki, Humayun Nagar and Punjagutta. Effigies of the state government were burnt at Machili Kaman and Charminar. Later in the evening, police fired tear gas shells and lathi-charged the stone-hurling mob at Talabkatta in Bhavani Nagar.
Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma supervised the situation from his office at Purani Haveli since morning. Later in the night, the commissioner issued a press release clarifying that they had only provided bandobust for implementation of the high court orders.
“In relation to the high court’s orders, the collector and the GHMC commissioner had consulted Archeological Survey of India (ASI) officials to determine the status (of temple pandal cover) as on October 30. ASI gave its opinion in writing that on October 30, there was a cover on the temporary structure at the temple. Based on these facts, the civic authorities permitted the Bhagyalakshmi temple committee to cover the temple structure with tarpaulin sheets, as an interim measure. Since, it was a sensitive issue, police force was deployed in the area to maintain peace and law & order,” Anurag Sharma said in the release.
Police booked 18 cases in relation to Sunday’s violence and arrested 109 persons. By 6.45pm, all the arrested legislators were released.
Bhagyalakshmi Temple issue : Hindu Leader T Raja Singh arrested by Police for trying to enter in temple
T. Raja Singh has been arrested by task force police, West Zone (Secunderabad) while he was on the way to have darshan at Bhagyalaxmi Mata Mandir. No details about where he has been taken till now.
BJP rally in Hyderabad triggers tension; then what about MIM ?
A rally by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) created mild tension here Saturday with the police arresting its leaders and activists for trying to advance towards the state secretariat, an official said.
Andhra Pradesh state BJP president G Kishan Reddy, senior leader Bandaru Dattatreya and other leaders and activists were arrested by the police at Indira Park.
The party had organised the rally to protest to what it called attempts by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) to hurt religious sentiments of Hindus. It alleged that the Congress government had become a tool in the hands of MIM.
The rally started from Baghlingam Pally and was to conclude at Indira Park but the protestors tried to march towards secretariat. There was tension as the police stopped the rally and the protestors entered into an argument with police.
Earlier, Kishan Reddy alleged that MIM was stalling the development work of Bhagyalakshmi Temple abutting the historic Charminar. He alleged Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy was following diktats of the MIM.
The BJP leader also found fault with Telugu Desam Party and the Left parties for their silence over the MIM activities.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court earlier this week had directed the government not to allow expansion work at the temple. It was dealing with public interest litigations filed by three MIM leaders.
The expansion work at the temple abutting the monument had last week sparked tension in the communally sensitive old city.
‘MIM’s concern about Charminar’ exposed by T Raja Singh’s Sri Ram Channel Facebook page
Here is a quote by MIM President about ongoing issue regarding so-called expansion of Shri Bhagyalakshmi Temple near Charminar in Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad) :
1. “We don’t see this as a Hindu vs Muslim issue. Our only demand is that the law should be implemented to protect the monument. The heritage belongs to everyone. It has to be protected,” said Owaisi. (Source : Times of India)
But what MIM President was doing to protect Charminar, when some part of it fell due to rain in 2012.
Here is NDTV Report on this
Hyderabad: A part of Hyderabad’s Charminar has fallen off after heavy rain in the city over the last few days.
The 400-year-old monument is a Hyderabadi icon and a national treasure.
An ornamental portion of one of the four minarets has crumbled away.
The poor condition of the monument – obvious to any visitor – has been begging for attention.
Experts from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) say restoration will begin after the monsoon and that despite the portion that has fallen away, the basic structure of the Charminar is stable.
Source : NDTV
Here are few photos by Sri Ram Channel Facebook Page exposing lies about ‘damage to Charminar due to Bhagyalakshmi Mandir pandal work’
As claimed by the section of URDU media that the Charminar window was broken by doing temple work, check the photo which is older photo which shows the window was already broken. Even there was an incident on August 30, 2010 when a large part of the one of the minar fell due to rains.
First they posted a pic with some horizontal window from other part of the Charminar, they seems found out the blunder and posted another image, check the next image, even there did a blunder see the before after pic, how come the bamboo not obstructing the before pic view ?
Check the width of BEFORE window pic, and after window width :), caught again.
Another PROOF
Dargah which is inside Charminar has caused more damage than anything to Charminar beauty! Check the pic, which clearly shows how Charminar has been BLACKNED by the activities of rituals by burning agarbattis or something which has caused so much of damage to Charminar, ASADUDDIN OWASI in his press conference was talking about saving Charminar is the issue and it is not a HINDU OR MUSLIM issue, so why not they have taken note of the activities of the Dargah which has caused BLACKNING of the Charminar, it clearly shows there SECULARISM 🙂 and exposes them big time again.
See how SECULAR people are writing there names on the Charminar.
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Temple Trust denies expansion of Bhagyalakshmi temple
HYDERABAD: Trustees of the Bhagyalakshmi temple in the Old City, currently caught in the midst of a communal tension, said on Tuesday they were only replacing worn-out bamboo structures with new ones ahead of the festive season. and were against violence at a time when authorities are strengthening security to thwart any violence.
Temple trustees say the controversial structure is nothing more than a space for devotees to conglomerate, especially on the occasion of Diwali. “Our family has been managing the temple operations for decades now. We are the fourth generation that has taken up the reins of the religious structure,” claims Sasikala, one of the five trustees of the temple. “Each time there is damage to the bamboo structure we replace it. It is an ongoing process,” she said.
Communal tension has triggered at Charminar and adjoining areas over rumours that the temple authorities were expanding the existing premises, fuelling fears of damage to the historic Charminar.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owasi has alleged that government inaction, mainly by the police was responsible for the communal tension over the past few days, which has seen stray incidents of stabbing in the area, while the high court ordered a status quo on any expansion of the Charminar temple.
MIM warns government over communal violence
Voicing concern over increasing incidents of communal violence and inaction of the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh, the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Monday warned that it would not hesitate to go against the government.
The MIM, which has a strong base in Hyderabad, also warned the government that if it failed to come to the community’s rescue, the party would be at liberty to do whatever is required.
MIM is extending crucial legislative support to the Congress, which has a slender majority in the Andhra assembly.
The United Muslim Action Committee, of which MIM is a member, held a meeting here Monday and asked the state government to act tough against Hindutva forces and take action against policemen for their inaction.
It said an ‘explosive’ situation was prevailing in the city due to activities of Hindutva groups including attempts to expand a temple near the Charminar. Warning that this could flare up and have serious repercussions for the state and the country, MIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi said communal elements were having a free run in the city with police either colluding with them or acting as a mute spectator.
Speaking to reporters, Owaisi said a fear psychosis had been created in the city on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha with the animal husbandry department and police seizing cattle brought for sacrifice.
Voicing concern over last week’s violence in Sabzi Mandi, the MP said, “For the last five days the entire area is under an undeclared curfew. Barbed fencing has been put only around Muslim localities and people are not being allowed to move. They are suffering because of lack of medicines and other basic amenities.”
United Muslim Action Committee convenor Abdul Rahim Quraishi asked the government not to test the patience of Muslims and warned that lawlessness would have serious repercussions.
Condemning the police attitude, he said the groups spreading hatred against Muslims were allowed to carry on their activities in the name of cow slaughter. The committee sought against those who prevented bulls and bullocks from being brought to Hyderabad and stabbing of Muslims youths. “We know there is a ban on cow slaughter but there is no law which bans slaughter of bulls and bullocks,” said Quraishi.
The Muslim leaders asked the government, Archaeological Society of India (ASI) and the police to immediately stop attempts to expand the temple abutting Charminar. “We don’t see this as a Hindu vs Muslim issue. Our only demand is that the law should be implemented to protect the monument. The heritage belongs to everyone. It has to be protected,” said Owaisi.
Bhagyalakshmi Temple issue : HC orders status quo
HYDERABAD: The high court on Monday directed the state government and its police and archaeology departments to maintain status quo (as on October 30, 2012) in respect of the safety of the structure of the Charminar. The division bench comprising acting chief justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and justice Vilas V Afzalpurkar passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Mohsin Bin Abdullah Balala, the GHMC corporator representing Patherghatti division who has charged authorities with allowing the alleged expansion of Bhagya Lakshmi temple under Charminar.
Appearing for the petitioner, senior counsel Bojja Tarakam told the court that any expansion and tinkering with the pillars of the monument would threaten the safety of the structure and hence should not be allowed. Scaffolding has been put up and that has been done by tinkering with the pillars of the protected monument, he said.
The bench, while acknowledging the existence of a temple under the structure, said that since Charminar was a protected monument, no construction should be taken up by any party, including the temple committee, which may cause damage to it. And, authorities should maintain status quo as was prevailing on October 30, the bench observed.
The bench gave authorities four weeks in which to file their counters.
The latest HC order to maintain status quo at Bhagyalakshmi temple has created more trouble for police. To implement the order, tarpaulin roof of the make-shift structure has to be put back in its place. Incidentally, people of the community supported by MIM have been opposing it for the past few days. “The temple management started removing tarpaulin of the pandal on October 31 to replace it with a new one. So, as per the court’s order, the tarpaulin has to be put on the pandal,” a Charminar police officer said.
“As of now, we do not know when the temple management will put up the tarpaulin. But whenever they wish to do that, we will provide the necessary bandobust and security,” the officer said. The situation is likely to remain tense at Charminar till Diwali.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi approached the State Human Rights Commission alleging harassment by police towards members of a particular community. According to the petition, Owaisi stated that imposing Section 144 of the IPC in parts of Old City in the name of communal clashes was causing of inconvenience to the public. He demanded that it should be lifted immediately as the police had even imposed traffic restrictions. Admitting the case, chairperson of the commission Justice Kakru ordered the DGP and chief secretary of the state to inquire in to the issue and submit a report within 48 hours.
Bhagyalakshmi Temple issue : Police give written promise to fanatics about not allowing construction
There is constant attack on Hindus’ seats of worship by fanatics !
MIM, an organization of Pro-Pakistan fanatics oppose construction of roof over ‘Bhagyalakshmi’ temple at Bhagyanagar (Andhra Pradesh)
Hindus should unite and oppose this !
Hindus should try to get ban imposed on the organization MIM of Pro-Pakistan fanatics !
Police manhandling Hindus near Bhagyalakshmi Mandir
Bhagyanagar (Andhra Pradesh) : MLAs of the party of fanatics called ‘Majlis-e-Ittehudul–Muslimeen (MIM)’ raised objection to erection of roof over Shri Bhagyalashmi Temple near Charminar area. This has created tension in Bhagyanagar. (In India, fanatics object to expansion of Hindus’ temples and they are helped by secular Congress Govt. Hindus should realize that politicians from all parties, who are giving sermons only to Hindus on secularism, would never advocate such things to fanatics; therefore, Hindus should establish Hindu Rashtra to teach a lesson to fanatics ! – Editor SP) Police gave written promise to the fanatics that they would not allow such construction.(Circumcised Indian Police ! Although the rulers, police and administrator are Hindus by birth, they are going against Dharma under the guise of so-called secularism ! – Editor SP)
1. The managing committee of temple had started work of erecting roof made of tin, over the temple on Wednesday; but hundreds of Pro-Pakistan fanatics gathered outside the temple on Thursday morning and opposed that work. (In India, fanatics have constructed their unauthorized constructions at many places; but lifeless Hindus never raised any objection. Hindus should wake up and try to protect temples with unity ! – Editor SP) Police went to the place of incident and tried to bring the situation under control.
2. MLA Ahmad Pasha Kadri and Ahmad Balala of MIM lodged a complaint with the police against the construction.
3. They demanded demolition of construction and started demonstrations in front of the temple. (Lack of unity amongst Hindus is the cause of fanatics daring to sit in front of temple and demand demolition; but Hindus cannot take out religious procession in front of fanatics’ places of worship. Establishment of Hindu Rashtra is necessary to change this situation ! – Editor SP)
4. Police gave a promise in writing, to the demonstrating fanatics that new construction of the temple would not be allowed; after which fanatics stopped their agitation. (It is an order issued by the rulers that fanatics should not be hurt at any cost and there is no need to pay any attention to Hindus; therefore, it is of no use to expect anything different from police! – Editor SP)
Source : Daily Sanatan Prabhat
Temple-near-Charminar row gets murkier
Why Media reports are calling Shri Bhagyalakshmi Temple as illegal or disputedm, when only some pandal work by Temple committee issue is there ?
Even as attempts to expand the disputed temple adjacent to historic monument of Charminar left a “Jali” or stuccowork of a window broken, the continuing row sparked the stray incidents of violence in old city of Hyderabad on Friday.
Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) : Despite the police making elaborate security arrangements in view of the Friday congregation in the nearby Mecca Masjid, groups of people of two communities gathered and indulged in slogan-shouting and stone-pelting.
The row had started day before, after the temple committee made an attempt to put up a shed over the temple, evoking protests from the other community. While police had brought the situation under control by stopping the construction work and taking 15 workers of the BJP and Bajrang Dal and some members of the temple committee into custody, tension started building up again on Friday morning as 200 Hindu activists gathered at the temple and continued shouting slogans.
A group of Muslims, coming out of the Mecca Masjid after the prayers also tried to rush towards the temple. The police and the Rapid Action Force had erected barriers and formed a human wall to keep the two sides away from each other.
Local MIM MLAs Ahmad Pasha Quadri and Moazzam Khan tried to pacify the crowd and persuaded them to disperse peacefully. However, in the melee some miscreants threw stones, damaging two vehicles. The police had to chase the crowd away.
While the Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said that the dispute was resolved, the problem was still festering as the temple committee was insisting to put up with the shed.
BJP MLA Mr. Kishan Reddy arrive at Bhagyalakshmi Mandir
State BJP president G Kishan Reddy, who visited the temple on Thursday and offered prayers there, alleged that the police was coming in the way of “repair work” at the temple under pressure from the MIM.
The wooden pillars erected by the temple committee were still in place. As one of the wooden pillars had nudged into a window of Charminar, its intricate stuccowork was damaged.
Meanwhile, the MIM MLA Ahmad Pasha Quadri met the Superintendent Archaeologist of ASI and demanded the mosque atop the Charminar should be opened for prayers by Muslims. He said that when people were being allowed to offer puja at the temple which was a recent addition, they cannot stop the other community from using its place of worship, which was also a part of Charminar.
The controversy over temple near Charminar is almost four-decade-old, during which the small temporary structure was developed into a concrete one. But, it has come to the fore again at a time when the International Council on Monuments and Sites is in Hyderabad to assess the claim that Charminar and other historic monuments of Hyderabad should be awarded the World Heritage status.
Sources said Charminar was unlikely to be accorded the status, given the presence of a temple as well as a Muslim shrine or ‘Chhilla’ and the failure of ASI in keeping up with the proper maintenance of the monument.
The ASI, the custodian of the monument is maintaining a steady silence on the row. There was no response from the ASI officials in Hyderabad. Despite orders from the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the ASI had failed to curb the illegal structure adjacent to and in vicinity of Charminar.
Source : Daily Pioneer
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8 comments on “Bhagyalakshmi Temple”
ramkrishnagoel
I am a Hindu born in a orthodox family of UP. I was a regular RSS worker from 1946. But it looks we Hindus are becoming cowards. Our young generation are not concern with religion and daily worship. We are not keeping our younger children to family traditions. WE need Homepal than lokpal / Lokayukta. our children taking all festivals places as tourists places. We should concentrate to educate our Hindu Children to teach Ramayana / Gita and other dharmic books. WE should also obey ourr Hon. Supreme Court’s directions dated 29.9.2009 that there should not be any new religious structures in public places with out the approval of Municipal Corporations. All the existing religious structure on public places should be regularize by the Committee under the Collector. it is not wrong to obey our Hon. Apex Court directives. Mr. Narendra Modi Hon. Chief Minister of Gujarat before Parliament election year in 2008 demolished big and small temples in Gandhinagar with out any heart burn and agitation by the Hindus of Gandhinagar. But some our own political people are not obeying the Hon. Apex Court directives in Vadodara to give political trouble To Modiji. For me it is not good not to obey the ApeX court directives in Vadodarta and built temple on road side parking space on road line with out the permission of Municipal Corporation of Vadodara particularly when Modiji are removing illegal religious structures from Public land of Gandhinagar, We should be one for Bhagyalakshmi Mandir in Hydrabad and teach a lesson to fanatic Pakistani Jihadis. These are my personal views, some one may not agree with me when Mr. Narendar Modiji are following the Hon. Apex court directives in Gandhinagar regarding removing illegal religious structures under him in Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar.
rajpatimishra
Charminar must be brought down immediately to provide space for the expansion of the Temple. MIM is at our foot sir, we do not care
We should expand the temple immediately…
Truth is that the temple is not being tolerated by the Muslims as it is a symbol of Hindu upsurge in Hyderabad.
We still want Muslim supremacy in Hyderabad. We wanted to join Pakistan. But, unfortunately Indian Army kicked on our ass.
Jawad Mirza.
Telangana,
Pin 500016.
Rama Krishna
Jawad Mirza — If you can come out of your centuries old Fanatic { = Bereft of common sense and Logic } SATANIC belief system , you’ll realize that GOD is everywhere without form & with form also.
True Nature of GOD is — ” सत् , चित् , आनंद ” .
You can give any convenient name to GOD .
Naming him is the easiest , but experiencing & merging in that
experience { called as Samadhi & MahaSamadhi } is toughest.
To experience GOD as SatChitAnanda is a daunting task. It
requires years , decades , centuries of Tapasya { Controlling
Senses, primarily Food and Sex }. Such being the case , How will
MURDER ,RAPE & LOOT cult of ISLAM ever lead you to experience
of GOD in the form of Samadhi.
By your SATANIC habits , you’ll sink more and more into the
addictions of senses and finding no way to come out will end up in
Aasuri Yonis like Dogs, Cats, Tigers, Crocodiles, jackals, Heynas,
Snakes etc., .
Bhagavan Sri Krishna has assured this much
√. Chapter 16, Verse 9
Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to
themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in
unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world.
√. Chapter 16, Verse 10
The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false
prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean
work, attracted by the impermanent.
√. Chapter 16, Verse 11-12
They believe that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the
prime necessity of human civilization. Thus there is no end to
their anxiety. Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires,
by lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense
gratification. { = JIHADI Murder , Loot & Rape }
The demoniac person thinks: So much wealth do I have today,
and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine
now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my
enemy, and I have killed him; and my other enemy will also be
killed. I am the lord of everything, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect,
powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by
aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I
am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I
shall rejoice. In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance.
Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of
illusions, one becomes too strongly attached to sense
enjoyment and falls down into hell.
Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and
false prestige, they sometimes perform sacrifices in name only
without following any rules or regulations.
Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the
demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who is situated in his own body and in the bodies of
others, and blasphemes against the real religion = DHARMA
Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest
among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence,
into various demoniac species of life. { = Cats, Dogs, tigers,
jackals, foxes, heynas, crocodiles , snakes, lizards ,ants }
Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life,
such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down
to the most abominable type of existence.
There are three gates leading to this hell-lust, anger, and greed.
Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the
degradation of the soul. { In Jihad all the three , anger ,lust and
greed are given full encouragement }
Jawad Mirza , You are lucky that even though born with Rakshasa
sanskaras , you are born in Bharath , the land of wisdom. If you take
my advise without ego { घमंड } , you can make lot of progress by
studying and understanding real Knowledge contained in Hindu
Sastras , sastras which your ancestors have been taught to hate.
Best wishes for you and for my Bharath.
Great Narration. Love to read . The study of the sanatan literature and books including gharwapsi is the only solution to the propblem of the All type of Jihad like Land,love and population!
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY HINDUS COUNTRY NEVER THE OTHER DOGS GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY
Manoj Rai
I believe that Parents must be educated to become a Good “PARENTS”.
They must be taught DHARM. Aim of Life, Methods of Living Life
What is Life,
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Archaeologists use Drones to Study 1,000 Year Old Desert Village
Source: CNN.
Labels: Archaeology, Tech Revolution
Farewell to H. R. Giger
H. R. Giger in 1978. Image Source: IB Times.
Very sad news today: Swiss surrealist artist Hans Rudolf 'Ruedi' Giger died on 12 May 2014. He was 74. Giger was a Posthuman visionary who glimpsed an uncomfortable future, where humans and machines would combine biomechanically around sexuality. In the 1960s, Giger contemplated grotesque human bodies, twisted by nuclear radiation. Other influences on his work included H. P. Lovecraft, Samuel Beckett and Edgar Wallace, all of whom created fantastical worlds which were metaphors for layers of human consciousness.
Giger with alien design. Image Source: Twentieth Century Fox via Guardian.
Giger gained worldwide renown for his design of the monster on Alien (1979). Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon met Giger and saw a book of his sketches during Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated film adaptation of the novel Dune. Giger's images helped inspire O'Bannon's earliest Alien script; on O'Bannon's urging, director Ridley Scott asked Giger to design the alien, based on Giger's painting Necronom IV. Giger also designed the Facehugger, the Chestburster, the Derelict spaceship, and the Space Jockey. He and fellow Alien production artists won an Oscar. Giger worked on later movies in the franchise as well as other films.
The Necronom IV (1976), inspiration for the alien. Image Source: IB Times.
Posted by LC Douglass at 5:29:00 PM 10 comments
Labels: Aliens, Cyberpunk, Dune, Futurism, H. P. Lovecraft, H. R. Giger, Immortality, Music, Nuclear, Posthumanism, Ridley Scott, Sci-Fi, Silent Generation, Space Exploration, Surrealism, Visual Arts
Live Tweet Audio Spy
"Brian House and Kyle McDonald’s creation, the Conversnitch, impersonates a lightbulb or lamp while eavesdropping on and livetweeting nearby conversations." Image Source: Kyle McDonald via Wired.
Wired reports on a lamp called Conversnitch which eavesdrops on the conversations of passersby. These objects automatically retweet the conversations live on Twitter:
Kyle McDonald and Brian House say they hope to raise questions about the nature of public and private spaces in an era when anything can be broadcast by ubiquitous, Internet-connected listening devices.
“What does it mean to deploy one of these in a library, a public square, someone’s bedroom? What kind of power relationship does it set up?” asks House, a 34-year-old adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. “And what does this stream of tweets mean if it’s not set up by an artist but by the U.S. government?”
The surveillance gadget they unveiled Wednesday [23 April 2014] is constructed from little more than a Raspberry Pi miniature computer, a microphone, an LED and a plastic flower pot. It screws into and draws power from any standard bulb socket. Then it uploads captured audio via the nearest open Wi-Fi network to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform, which McDonald and House pay small fees to transcribe the audio and post lines of conversation to Conversnitch’s Twitter account. “This is stuff you can buy and have running in a few hours,” says McDonald, a 28-year-old adjunct professor at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. ...
[A] video they’ve posted online (embedded below) shows two people with obscured faces planting Conversnitch in a light fixture in a New York McDonald’s, disguised as a desk lamp in a bedroom and a bank lobby, in a library, and inside a lamp post in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. A glance at the Conversnitch Twitter feed shows fragments of conversations about topics as private as a failed course, a job interview rejection, someone’s frayed relationship with his or her boss and criticisms of a politician.
You can read the Conversnitch demo Twitter feed from one operating device, here. Is the feed real?
“We recognize that this device can be used in an illegal way, and we will not admit to using it in that way,” McDonald says cagily. “It has potentially been deployed in various places. ... I think you have to make things provocative or even dangerous if you want people to pay attention. ... You can’t make this stuff up anymore,” says McDonald. “Here were Brian and I trying to make something kind of scary, something that makes you wonder if someone’s watching you all the time. And then Snowden says, ‘They are.’”
Conversnitch's inventors argue that their device is something between a warning bell and a piece of technological art, rather like a similar work about which I blogged earlier this year, which is unambiguously fictitious. The motto for Conversnitch is: Bridging the gap between online and IRL.
"Conversnitch being planted in a library. House and McDonald obscured the individual’s face to avoid legal issues." Image Source: Kyle McDonald via Wired.
Labels: 1984, Dystopias, Generation Y, George Orwell, Informatics, Tech Revolution, Zeitgeist
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“Oh, just give it back.”
Surprisingly, he switched it off and handed it back to her while she hastily tried to disguise its entire existence in the pocket of her bathrobe as if nothing had just occurred while he slipped on his pants and dirtied shirt, knowing nothing was going to salvage this night now, watching her grimace slightly at the wet stains on his shirt. Casually he spoke, “You should really read the portfolio of the company you now have a board seat to.”
“What?” she said in confusion, following him out to the front door.
“The vibrator, Thor,” he goaded, causing her to flush all over again. “I make it, well, we make it. Hate to break it to you, Ms. Prim and Proper, but you’ve been getting off on my not-so-tiny cock for years now.”
“Oh, get out!” she screamed, throwing the vibrator at his head for good measure. “And stick that where the sun don’t shine!”
His eyebrows merely rose up in amusement as she slammed the door on him, pocketing the vibrator with a grin as he went.
Eric was rather surprised to see Sookie’s name appear on his caller ID the next day. He’d assumed the first interaction they’d be having would be under circumstances she absolutely could not avoid, and he’d already been trying to convince Godric to celebrate his moving in with Adele somehow in the very near future, forcing them in the same room. Might even bring Thor.
“Sookie?” he questioned, despite the evidence he was sure she hadn’t meant to call him.
“I wanted to thank you for sending Alcide,” she spoke rather calmly, friendly almost, as if nothing had happened.
“Sorry about the damage, again,” Eric replied apologetically, hoping a little grovelling would further aid his attempt of bedding her again. He was so fucking close. Don’t mention Thor! “Is everything back in order now?”
Eric swore he could hear her grin on the other end of the line. “Too?”
“I was thanking you for sending Alcide,” she repeated, this time the slight lilt and laugh was clearly detectable in her voice.
Genuinely confused, he said, “I don’t understand.”
“I told you I had my ways. Far more satisfying than Thor ever was,” she informed with a giant grin, and for the first time in her life swiftly hung up the phone without a courtesy goodbye.
“YOU BASTARD!” Sookie screamed with complete abandon, storming into his office despite a secretary trying to hold her back, her anger continuing to rise high until the satisfying and resounding sound of a smack hitting a cheek, hard, was heard.
Eric merely raised his brows with an amused grin, adjusting his jaw for show while her hand burned with pain, greeting, “Your Highness.”
“I apologise,” she stammered, suddenly, not to Eric, the bastard, only then noticing the other people in the room regarding her with confusion. Weakly Sookie offered, pointing to the waiting area, “I’ll wait… out there?”
The frazzled secretary saw her out, offering drinks she continued to refuse while fidgeting on the uncomfortable sofa, the jitters of events past refusing to leave her nervous limbs. The charming bastard was jovial, as ever, laughing his appointment off fifteen minutes later before regarding the squirming faery waiting for him. A little high on the power of it all, regally he bowed, waving her into his office while she moved past him with a rather loud huff, chuckling after her as he did.
“I can’t believe you!” Sookie cried out as soon as the door closed on them. “You’ve gone too far!”
“The wolf?” he asked, stretching back leisurely in his oversized chair.
“YES!” she continued to fume. “Alcide! How could you!”
He shrugged, “I don’t know what you’re whining about. All we did was chat.”
“In a Were bar!” she exclaimed, as if he were particularly dense. “In front of his entire pack, and then some! You humiliated him, when you knew I was bullshitting!”
“Were you now?” he grinned all too knowingly, the picture of supreme satisfaction. The wolf had squealed all too quickly and easily after all. The filthy thing had wanted his paws all over Sookie but hadn’t even gotten close. Thankfully.
“Does it even matter? You just announced to the entire Supernatural world you’d kill them if they so much as look at me! Despite these ridiculous fang marks that refuse to heal, I’m not your property Eric Northman!”
“Shame,” he shrugged, offering with a leer, “Would make this a lot more fun now, wouldn’t it? If I remember right you were the one insisting you’d keep those marks.”
“You don’t get it, do you?” she cried out in anger, her arms shaking by her side, nails digging into her palms with the frustration of it all. “I just had to pop away from a jealous ex Were bitch named Debbie Pelt who was about to shove a shotgun full of iron in my face!”
Eric was in front of her instantly, looking her over for any damage with genuine worry. “Are you okay?” he asked, voice full of concern while she desperately tried not to burst into tears then and there, adamantly refusing to allow the threat of it all to impact her, even if it already had.
“I don’t know what would have happened if Niall wasn’t there,” she whispered, teeth firmly clenched on her bottom lip in an effort to keep it still.
“I’ll kill her,” he growled. “No one touches you!”
“Great-Granddaddy’s ahead of you again,” she apologised, melting into his embrace and keeping him firmly glued to his spot, despite wanting to rip furs from bodies one excruciating inch at a time. Sookie was genuinely surprised by the amount of comfort he was able to offer when his arms came to embrace her. “Sorry.”
His hand trailed through her hair, urging her to calm while tempering his own rage, desire to call Niall and demand at least a bloody limb to beat the Were bitch’s entire pack with, and bring hell down on that stupid co-op board that had refused the security measures he had insisted on when it was still his home. It was all their fucking fault!
Her wet eyes looked up at him when his hand seemed stuck in off-mode, hovering midway in the air, “Eric, what exactly are we doing?”
His brow seemed stuck in askew when he answered with the same tone of hesitance, “You tell me, it’s not like I do this on a regular basis.”
“This has to stop,” she replied with a shake of her head, as if gathering her thoughts. “Other people are getting hurt, and if I hadn’t talked some sense into Niall we might be anticipating a Were war.”
“What do you propose?” he asked carefully, fearful of the answer.
She surprised him instead, kissing him ever so gently, pulling away only to stare at his wondrous eyes full of hope, and whispering sadly, “This has to be goodbye.” With an audible pop, his office was suddenly surprisingly empty. He didn’t like it one bit. Pam was getting herself a new fur coat tonight!
“You like him, don’t you?” Claudine enquired over a cup of tea.
It had been days later, but the nerves over the Debbie Pelt incident had yet to leave Sookie despite her best efforts. “What?” she managed to stammer out without her own tea flying out at projectile speeds.
“Mr. Northman,” Claudine clarified with a rarefied smile. “Don’t act dumb now.”
“I’m not!” Sookie insisted feebly. Claudine merely raised her brows in response. “Ok, maybe I do. Not that I can do anything about it now, we both screwed up royally.”
“You had a false start, that’s all,” Claudine dismissed. “Look at you; new job, new home, new city. Why not add a new guy to that lineup, at least that part would be of your choosing? He certainly seems interested enough.”
“Maybe,” she sighed with a small smile.
“Do you do this often?” she asked while opening the newly replaced sliding door to the balcony for him. “You look very strange, just hovering out there.”
“Didn’t mean to come in. Just wanted to make sure you were safe,” he explained. “You’re a magnet for trouble after all.”
“I thought I told you goodbye the other day,” she said when it didn’t appear that he’d move much beyond the two feet over the threshold. “I meant it.”
“Vampires don’t say goodbye, things are never final with us,” he shrugged. “Well, a true death is. Never say goodbye then either, never really enough time. You’re stuck with me, deal with it.”
“What can I do for you, Eric?” she asked with a polite smile, curling up on the sofa and indicating he find himself a seat already.
“I think I may have found a use for your telepathy,” he started. “There’s been some errors in the accounting department, money’s missing-”
“Really?” she posed disbelievingly, causing him to look slightly offended. “You’re not a bad liar, but I can still tell.”
“Is that so?” he spoke in amusement. If any other person had told him this he’d be severely offended, but the fact that it was Sookie somehow made it just fine.
“No human is stupid enough to steal from you. I heard it from their minds, they love working for you! I wish I had benefits like that when I worked for Sam. The Weres are scared shitless, so that leaves a bunch of vampires as your prime subjects for which I’m useless. I figured you’d show up here sooner or later with some flimsy excuse.”
“Ah,” he grinned. “I forgot how perceptive you are.”
“And I forgot how obtuse you can be sometimes,” she laughed, only proving the statement with his look of total confusion. “Get over here and kiss me.”
“Why would I do that?” he teased, his lips hovering achingly close over hers.
“I’m demanding my benefits, Mr. Northman.”
“I do hope these aren’t the benefits you were hoping for with the shifter,” he replied with a growl.
She pulled him to her, hands satisfyingly embedding themselves in the thick leather of his jacket, “Just shut up and kiss me already!”
Eric didn’t need to be told twice. Sookie certainly came more than once, not a sock, pink or otherwise, in sight.
“No! Absolutely not!”
“Eric, I’m your Maker, you cannot refuse me this!”
“You lost your ability to command me a long time ago. I’m saying no.”
“Eric!”
“No!” he yelled back, disconnecting and shutting off the phone in quick succession.
“What was that about?” Sookie asked, failing to meet his eyes and leaving Eric perplexed as to why she was suddenly so shy.
She should have known it was all a dream, on account of the missing socks. A missing Thor once awake hadn’t helped ease the ache the dream caused either. Now she was here in his office at Niall’s insistence, of course, to help out with some blackmailing witch while desperately not trying to remember those moving lips all over her body that had been nothing more than a figment of her imagination.
Eric had been politely distant after the Debbie Pelt incident. Sookie hadn’t dared ask for specific details, but she had heard rumours of a V-addiction and a rival pack of Alcide’s had been taken out in the process. Strangely Alcide had been quite happy with how events had unfolded when she called to apologise. In fact he’d tried to ask her out, though flattered as she was, she politely declined.
“Godric wants me to produce a musical,” he answered, turning back to her while leaning against his desk, without a leer or a flirting glance in the process. Sookie hated to admit that she kind of missed it and the banter they usually engaged in. This weird standstill was highly disconcerting. “It’s not happening.”
“Why not?” she protested “This town is all about musicals! I love musicals!”
“Of course you do,” he growled with a roll of his eyes, flopping down next to her in exasperation. Again with the respectable distance, Eric Northman and respectable really didn’t belong in the same room, especially not after all he did to her in last night’s dream. “It’s a musical based on Adele’s book. Rick and Flannele can go fuck on someone else’s stage.”
“Oh that’s just all sorts of wrong!” she agreed with horror, instantly cured of all occupying sexual thoughts about the vampire before her. “Where do they come up with this stuff?”
“Where else?” he shrugged. “Pam, Jason, and their chorus line inspired them.”
“Figures,” Sookie sighed, gulping down her water in an attempt to cool her heated self. “So Great-Granddaddy said you needed help with a witch?”
“That’s why you’re here?” he asked, sounding almost… disappointed? Eric had perked up substantially when she saw her name come up in his appointment roster, unsure quite what to expect. Hope proved idle after all. “I don’t need your help with that.”
“He was rather insistent.”
“I’ll take care of it,” he warned in a clipped tone.
“No!” she protested. “If Niall wants me here then he has good cause! What does that witch want anyway?”
“What everyone else wants,” he dismissed. “A piece of the Eric Northman pie.”
“She wants her grubby little mitts all over you?” Sookie spat out after catching up with his exact meaning with distaste thanks to a demonstrative waggle of his brows. The hint of jealousy that laced her tone feeding his ego far more than it should.
“That,” he grinned, “or a piece of the company.”
“She can just go buy herself a ‘Thor’ like the rest of us,” she huffed petulantly, adding under her breath, “Spoiled ass bitch.” Eric sensibly refrained from commenting, watching her with quiet amusement instead, and causing Sookie to exclaim, “What?”
“Nothing,” he mumbled. “Shall I see you out?”
“We’re not done here, buddy!” Sookie exclaimed. “If she wants a piece of the Eric Northman pie, that nasty little witch is going to have to go through me!” She coloured a little red at the sight of his satisfied grin, forcing her to amend, “It’s my company too now, you know!”
“Well, I was just going to have sex with the bitch and be done with it,” he replied with a waggle of his brow. “But since you insist…”
“You’re as likely to sleep with her as I was with Alcide!” she ground out, arms crossed defensively under her chest. The smug bastard, who hadn’t changed after all, had been letting his eyes linger again. Squeezing them up and together would surely keep them there…
“Regardless, it’s too dangerous,” he pointed out. “I’ll call you if I have need of you.”
“No! Niall-”
“Will surely voice the same objections as soon as I explain the dangers this can pose to his most precious great-granddaughter only just recovering from a car accident,” he finished for her in a grating patronising tone. Holding up his phone he taunted, “Shall I call him right now?”
“No,” she whined, defeat slumping her shoulders. “I still think you’re making a mistake. Let me know everything went okay after?”
“It almost sounds like you care,” he grinned.
“Of course I care!” she exclaimed, hastily adding, “About the company, of course! I’m a board member after all!”
“Sure,” he chuckled, getting up and pulling a file from his desk along with a non-descript postage box. “Speaking of, since you seem to be an expert user I’d like you to look over these proposed designs. Just pop your thoughts in the margins.”
She regarded him curiously, accepting the sealed box and file, and taking a quick glance at the contents. Her face instantly became red again, though Eric was quite unsure whether it was anger or embarrassment, not that he cared, the colour suited her either way. It was his favourite colour after all.
“Bastard!”
The term was getting a little old, he was already considering naming the newly modelled Thor that resided in the box Bastard instead, but he couldn’t help laugh when she dramatically exited with another pop and a rather audible huff. Normally he’d mourn that she was suddenly gone, but interestingly enough, so was the box full of toys.
Sookie screamed out with fright. She’d woken hazily, but with sheer terror, after another dream about Eric, of course. She and her seriously twisted subconscious needed to have a conversation about that sometime soon. The dream, perfectly nice as it had been, hadn’t been the source of the sudden outcry though.
“Who are you and what are you doing in my home?”
“Eric?” she cried out, scrambling for the light to see the sudden presence match the voice that had invaded her bed. The worst of her nerves waned with the knowledge that she hadn’t just been woken by a complete stranger intending God knows what, though he seemed to be regarding her with the same amount of confusion that she was feeling. “Your home? This hasn’t been your home for weeks now! Did you gulp down on some other faery?!”
“If only,” he grinned, eyeing her lasciviously, eyes stuck on her breasts for far too long, naturally, “So when can I move back in then? The florals will have to go, of course. Did Pam arrange all this? She really is such a good Childe.”
“What the hell is wrong with you, Eric Northman? You act like you don’t know me!”
“I don’t,” he purred, hovering far too close for comfort. “How about we set that right, right now?”
A/N: In my defence… I was perfectly fine with ending the entire story with the no socks in sight comment, never to look back on this again… it was all musey pants’ fault for saying “But wouldn’t it be more fun if…” so, yeah blame her/him/it (I’m not really sure exactly what it is, just that it’s annoying). So yeah pout all you want at me but it means there’s more of this story left, which is good, right?
Much thanks to msbuffy (who I also blame since she was all with the encouraging of Sookie having dreams!)
Tune in next time to see just how much I enjoy the old amnesia trope 😉 See the comment thingy/like buttons below… yada, yada, yada… you all know what to do 🙂
36 thoughts on “Chapter 14 – One, Two”
Sock it to Me… At First Sight – Chapter 14! – Fang meets Fairy and other encounters February 1, 201620:28 Reply
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sluggysmom February 1, 201621:43 Reply
I’m glad you didn’t end it there!! 😊
hisviks February 1, 201623:03 Reply
cari1973 February 1, 201621:51 Reply
Hahaha. This loss of memory makes much more sense that the loss of memory in books and TV series, if the matter was being next to his heart’s desire, unbeknownst to him.
Huh, I totally forgot about that part…
mom2goalies February 1, 201622:26 Reply
First, I’m still cracking up about Thor so thank you so much for repeating that part as a reminder where we had been left off!
I guess Naill knew what he was doing by sending Sookie to help with the witch but Eric just had to go handle it by himself, didn’t he, sigh. This just looks like it will be a lot of fun having Sookie handle Eric with no memories but with the same personality! Can’t wait for next update!
Thor is here to stay! Yes, Niall’s the smart one, Eric… well… you’ll have to wait and see what that brain scramble has done to him, the boob obsession, of course, is impossible to erase…
shoegirl01 February 1, 201623:10 Reply
Le sigh… Men (dead or not!) are so stubborn. Loved this chapter – socks, Thor, Bastard and all 🙂
*Snicker* let’s not even suggest Eric ask for directions or read a manual or anything. Now just to get Adele to crochet some socks to cover Thor and Bastard with 😁
mindyb781 February 2, 201603:39 Reply
Right when they were both so close to connecting and fighting the attraction. Such a fun way to end the chapter. So curious what will happen next.
Close, yet so far… probably the theme to this entire story…
murgatroid98 February 2, 201604:20 Reply
Uh oh, as if things weren’t difficult enough, now Eric is having memory problems. More, please.
Well he is very, very old… *snicker*
msbuffy February 4, 201600:36 Reply
When I say he’s very old, of course, I only allude to the great wisdom that brings 😉
kleannhouse February 2, 201604:30 Reply
oh what a fun little twist you on this one now, he should have listened to her and what Niall said. damn Sookie is gonna put a hurtin on that witch … loved the dream she had….KY
In one ear out the next… typical really…
Juicy February 2, 201604:39 Reply
You are AWESOME!!!
Why, thank you 😀
nicolle1977 February 2, 201605:44 Reply
Great chapter!
Jackiedm69 February 2, 201610:58 Reply
Such a funny chapter…
I’m so excited about Eric’s amnesia , can’t wait to see how it will unfold!
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it! Yep that pesky amnesia… It’ll be interesting that’s for sure…
outinritefield February 2, 201613:53 Reply
Oooh I like that twist! Can’t wait for the next update!
galwidanatitud February 3, 201607:48 Reply
should have accepted Sookie’s help, huh, Eric? well this is gonna be fun. 😉
Men… oh well…
Updates 2-3-16 | Fanfiction Minions February 3, 201616:08 Reply
LMAO! 🙂
redjane12 February 6, 201623:34 Reply
The amnesia trope is very soapy but it fits in this story perfectly… I like the twist that amnesiac Eric is not a sweet boy (TB went too far that way IMO) and instead reverts to his womanising rakish ways…
Considering this story isn’t much of a story of course it makes sense! Of course once a perv, always a perv…
teachert99 February 7, 201604:43 Reply
As I read the line about the socks, I was thinking that would make a happy ending. But, I quickly scanned down to see if there was more- completely excited to see more and so funny to read you almost ended it there. glad your muse had other ideas. Am loving the humor in this story. BTW, where can I get a Thor…?
Yep socks make for happy endings! Unless you’re in one of those massage salons… although they might work there too… Thor is yours for five easy installments of $19.99 available at http://www.reallynotericnorthmansdick.com
luvvamps March 1, 201606:27 Reply
amnesia?
hisviks March 1, 201609:54 Reply
Maybe… maybe not…
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FONTAINE PROVIDES HEROICS, U.S. EDGES CZECHS
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine tied the game with 2:27 left and won it 56 seconds into overtime, giving the United States a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Czech Republic on Monday night at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge.
It’s the first time the Americans have started with back-to-back wins at the tournament since 2014.
Fontaine did it by himself on the extra-time winner, jumping on an errant pass at the Czech blue-line and knocking his own rebound through goaltender Jakub Dobes.
The Czechs were less than three minutes from their second-consecutive victory, but Fontaine took a touch pass from Brendan Brisson, waited for Dobes to make the first move and absolutely wired a wicked wrist shot off the post and in to force overtime.
Brisson played the role of provider in the first period, setting up both American goals.
On the first, he shook off a check from a Czech before finding Sean Farrell trailing the play, and he beat Dobes with a quick release from the slot.
With time ticking away in the opening frame, Brisson found Mitch Miller coming out of the penalty box and he went to the forehand on the breakaway to make it a 2-0 game after 20 minutes.
Just as they did in their win over Russia on Sunday, the Czechs battled back in the second period.
Ondrej Psenicka needed just 49 seconds of the middle stanza to score a power-play goal, one-timing a feed from Adam Klopka past U.S. netminder Ethan Haider, and Marcel Barinka finished on a two-on-one with Psenicka at 7:30 to draw the Czechs even.
Barinka struck again seven minutes later with a rocket from the blue-line, but Trevor Kuntar tapped in a short pass at the top of the crease only 48 seconds after that to draw the Americans even at 3-3 after a wild period.
The Czechs looked to have the winner with just over five minutes to go on a beauty; Robin Vsetecka knocked down a 115-foot stretch pass from Matej Morong at the U.S. blue-line, powered his way around a defender and slipped a backhand past Haider for a 4-3 advantage.
But Fontaine took over from there, spoiling a terrific 32-save performance from Dobes.
The Americans will travel to Fort St. John, B.C., for their next game, a first-place showdown with Canada East on Wednesday night (7 p.m. MT), while the Czechs will take on Canada West on Wednesday night in Dawson Creek in their next action (7 p.m. MT).
Assists: Brendan Brisson
Goal: Ondrej Psenicka
Assists: Adam Klapka, Marcel Barinka
Penalty: Adam Klapka
Goal: Marcel Barinka
Assists: Ondrej Psenicka
Assists: Albert Siller, Daniel Poizl
Assists: Josh Groll, Mitch Miller
Penalty: Trevor Kuntar (Served by Ryder Rolston)
Penalty: Trevor Kuntar
Penalty: Tomas Bernat
Assists: Matej Morong, Adam Rutar
Assists: Brendan Brisson, Luke Reid
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HOW TO DESTROY THE AMBIENCE OF AVOCA BEACH
Anyone who has been to Avoca Beach on NSW’s central coast will know what a quaint and picturesque seaside village it is. Lovely beaches, rock pools, surf club, sleepy seaside atmosphere, even a historic picture theatre to complete the scene. I personally happened to be there last weekend and was quietly amazed that such a peaceful and lovely hamlet can still exist so close to our major city Sydney in this day and age. Now all that is about to be ripped apart as Avoca Beach Picture Theatre owners Norman and Beth Hunter plan to launch their 1951 single screen theatre into the 21st century, with a 5-screen 615-seat multiplex monster along with cafe, gallery and apartment block containing 5 units over 3 stories. A big sea change from the existing old time theatre; residents say too big, and vow to fight the Development Application. Rightfully so, as this will dramatically reshape their little village into a modern metropolis, a change that many who live here don’t want to see.
Charming seaside theatre, for now
Several years ago Owners Norman and Beth Hunter bought an adjoining block of land and managed to get it along with the Theatre rezoned to allow mixed use commercial and residential. “Lodging this development application has been a 10 year journey,” Mrs Hunter said. “Now the time is right to get the DA through.” The proposed floor space ratio of the DA however exceeds council zoning regulations by 14 percent and the height exceeds regulations by 1.52m. They have sweetened the deal with Gosford Council by offering to pave the carpark opposite, as well as upgrade the adjoining park and footpath.
Aerial view showing size of the proposal
At a public meeting in the Surf Club on Monday 17th September around 230 residents turned up to voice their concerns against the proposed bulk and scale and of the plan (and that is a huge number in a community of this size). Avoca Beach Residents Group President Steve Fortey cited some of the residents concerns. “There is one road in and one road out of Avoca,” he said.”We are at capacity already and have managed to keep the high rises at bay so far…” Parking and gridlock would be an obvious concern especially on weekends when nippers, holiday makers, beach goers and now increased cinema traffic all drive around in circles competing for the limited amount of car spaces that simply won’t cope with what is being proposed here. “Most of the parking projection was based on a 2003 study, but traffic has increased substantially since then,” said Mr Fortey.
It’s a picture that is being played out up and down the coast… how to maintain the quiet serenity of a beachside locality that attracts people in the first place, while allowing for future development and increased population growth… Well, the answer is, at least in this case, fairly simple – Don’t.
Don’t build a 5 screen multiplex in a tiny beach village that clearly doesn’t want or need it. There are many, many places not far away that would be a far more suitable choice for this kind of development – Gosford, Erina, Wyong are all short drives away, and they don’t share the same traffic snarl and parking problems that Avoca Beach clearly would have to deal with.
Don’t ruin the charming character of a 1950’s heritage theatre, one that is obviously loved as it is, as shown by the loyal patronage and multitude of awards over the years including best Independent Regional Cinema three years running (that was obviously not won by being a multiplex!)
And quite simply don’t crush the irreplaceable ambience of this seaside village by trying to build a Westfield-like structure in the centre of it; a spectacularly oversized, gruesome looking structure so clearly out of place that nobody particularly wants to infect their lovely village. Make no mistake, once here, Avoca Beach will be changed forever. If a place like this is to change then it should be with community input and acceptance, and it must be a benefit to the townscape, not a brutal nondescript effigy beaten over the heads of unsuspecting locals, one that looks more like a public library than a cinema at that…
Heritage trashed, replaced by concrete box
Residents have until October 5 to comment on the ludicrous proposal, which coincides with busy school holiday period (funny that) so get busy writing.
Follow the link to a very informative Facebook Supporters page here.
A nice short film outlining the heritage of the theatre and movie-going on the Central Coast here.
Avoca Theatre DA details here
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8 responses to “HOW TO DESTROY THE AMBIENCE OF AVOCA BEACH”
cathryn mcewen says : October 17, 2012 at 9:49 am
A big thank you for your blog!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Say-No-to-the-Overdevelopment-of-Avoca-Beach-Theatre/499418146755053?ref=hl
Mike Rubbo says : October 19, 2012 at 9:24 pm
You make the case very well. As talk to people who are upset, some themes recur. They don’t believe the theatre, as a single screen, is in trouble. They reject the dinosaur description beloved of the Hunters
This is because so many people so vocally prefer the event making nature of the screen, than these people,spend money on frequent visits, attendance Ettalong would die for I suspect.
Secondly, they don’t want boxes, big or little, as a substitute. Thirdly, the theatre is truly, emotionally, our opera house, even more loved than the original since it’s more affordable and older
inheritanceorg says : October 23, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Absolutely right Mike. There is an emotional connection to the theatre for many locals I suspect. they can look on it as their own and take some pride in ‘ownership’. When that is destroyed then so is a sense of place and belonging. That’s why I fight for heritage.
Michael Rubbo says : November 29, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Please have a look at this website, http://www.cinematourista.com
Also, take a look at this film about the heritage value of the Avoca Beach Theatre. http://youtu.be/5pr_z6AxWtI
inheritanceorg says : November 29, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Yes, that is a charming film that illustrates the lost history of movie theatres on the Central Coast. And the reason it is so important to maintain and protect the heritage of what is left… This theatre is precious. Thanks Michael for your hard work.
Yet one more thing for those who love small charming theatres. We have a petition going to save ours. Please take a moment to sign it. http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/say-no-to-the-overdevelopment-of-avoca-beach-theatre
June M Bullivant OAM says : December 2, 2013 at 3:20 am
Heritage in NSW is neither respected or acknowledged. The amount of trashy architecture concrete and glass boxes to the detriment of our past buildings that have beauty, the talent of the people who designed and built have to be seen. What do you do when there is competition and you are not talented, you destroy. Our elected representatives are supposed to protect and speak for the community, not dictate what we get.
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Comics Art Arrives in Chicago from Italy
March 18, 2013 by Italians in Chicago
Italy’s leading Digital and Figurative Arts Academy, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, an international school of Comic Art, has chosen Chicago for its first location outside of Italy.
For 34 years, the school, headquartered in Rome, has trained artists who have gone on to work for creative agencies and leading comic book publishers in the U.S. and throughout Europe.
The Chicago location will join schools in nine major Italian cities including Rome, Florence, and Naples.
Dino Caterini founded Scuola Internazionale di Comics in 1979 in Rome.
An accomplished comic artist in his own right, he fell in love with Chicago hospitality and the vibrant cultural arena here and promptly dismissed Miami and San Diego as possible sites for his first-ever U.S. school.
“We were debating between different cities in the U.S., but then we chose Chicago. And we know we maid the right choice,” Caterini said.
Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, Silvio Marchetti, said “Given the overwhelming enthusiasm and affection that Chicagoans showed for Maestro Muti, I am not surprised that Caterini had the vision to choose Chicago. Our city and cultural community will certainly benefit from this extraordinarily unique export of Italian culture. Most importantly, artists here and throughout the Midwest will have the rare opportunity to take advantage of a truly European art school.”
The school will be unique on the Chicago art school scene, with classes that highlight individual attention, and extremely rigorous training in illustration combined with a strong focus on the craft of storytelling. Among course offerings are: Basic and Advanced Illustration, Comic Art, Animation, Creative Writing and Storyboarding, Maya 3-D and Graphic Design.
The first International School of Comic Art in Chicago is a unique Italian art school from Rome that since 1979 has trained many prominent illustrators working today in the U.S. and Europe.
Students come to the school to find their “artistic soul,” in courses ranging from illustration and animation to graphic arts, creative writing and storyboard preparation.
Over the years, the school has also participated in numerous cultural and educational exchanges and presently offers special scholarships to third year students at the Escuela Internacional di Cine e TV (Havana) and Tokyo Animator College (Tokyo).
Scuola Internazionale di Comics is located at 1651 W. Hubbard St.
For more information, visit: www.schoolofcomics.us.
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February 27, 2016 /in Clients /by itroom
ITroom is proud to have been involved in bringing Connect Global’s call centre to Ruatoria on the East Cape of NZ. The main challenge has been connectivity and bandwidth, but with VDSL provided by nzwireless and microwave link from Gisborne-Net, we’ve been able to deliver a facility worthy of being in any business centre, but instead – in a location that needs the jobs.
The cause could be further helped with Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) which isn’t yet available to the centre, but will be in the next phase of the UFB roll-out.
We also look forward to being part of the sequel – a new call centre in Patea, NZ. Good on you Connect Global for taking jobs to the people, where it really makes a difference.
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Pseudoclavibacter-like subcutaneous infection: a case report
François Lemaitre1,
Andreas Stein2,
Didier Raoult1,3 &
Michel Drancourt1,3
Arthrobacter-like organisms, including Pseudoclavibacter organisms, have rarely been documented as being responsible for infection in humans.
An 81-year-old French man developed a subcutaneous infection despite antibiotic treatment combining clindamycin and metronidazole for chronic wound infection. A skin biopsy showed numerous polymorphonuclear cells and no bacteria, but a subcutaneous swab yielded numerous polymorphonuclear cells, a few Gram-positive cocci, Gram-negative cocci, and Gram-positive rods. The Gram-positive rod sequence exhibited 99% sequence similarity with uncultured Pseudoclavibacter sp. [GenBank:EF419350] and 99% sequence similarity with uncultured Pseudoclavibacter sp. [GenBank:EF419347]. The genetic data and unique peptide profile of this Pseudoclavibacter-like isolate, determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, underscored its uniqueness.
Pseudoclavibacter-like organisms are identifiable in cutaneous and subcutaneous infections in humans.
Pseudoclavibacter is an emerging bacterial genus created a few years ago to accommodate environmental Brevibacterium organisms [1]. Indeed, Arthrobacter-like bacteria have rarely been isolated in patients, and a Pseudoclavibacter organism has been reported to be isolated only once, from an aortic valve of a 74-year-old man [2].
An 81-year-old French man was admitted to our hospital for erysipelas of the right leg. The patient had suddenly developed this infection despite antibiotic treatment combining clindamycin and metronidazole for a chronic wound infection of the same leg with previous documentation of clindamycin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratia marcescens, and Corynebacterium spp., but no anaerobe. His leukocyte count was 10.32 g/L with 72% polymorphonuclear cells, 18% lymphocytes, and 8% monocytes. Inflammatory syndrome was apparent with a C-reactive protein level of 119 mmol/L and a fibrinogen level of 8.6 g/L. Antibodies against streptolysin O and streptococcal DNase were not detectable in the patient's serum. Direct microscopic examination of a skin biopsy showed numerous polymorphonuclear cells and no bacteria. Culture remained sterile after a five-day inoculation on Columbia agar with 5% sheep blood (bioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France), Chocolate agar with PolyViteX agar (bioMérieux) and MacConkey agar (bioMérieux) at 37°C in 5% CO2. Three days later a subcutaneous swab yielded numerous polymorphonuclear cells, and semi-quantitative direct examination indicated an average of 15 to 30 organisms per microscopic field composed of an equal proportion of Gram-positive cocci, Gram-negative cocci, and Gram-positive rods. Culture under the same conditions described above yielded small, gray colonies after 48-hour inoculation on Columbia agar with 5% sheep blood. The Gram-positive rod was oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. Inoculation of an API Coryne system identification strip (bioMérieux), performed twice, yielded no reaction and thus no identifying profile. No other organism was isolated from this specimen. Antibiotic susceptibility assessed on Mueller-Hinton agar (bioMérieux) using the disc method (Mast Diagnostics, Amiens, France) and break points as previously reported [3] yielded susceptibility to amoxicillin (minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≤ 2 mg/L), rifampin (MIC ≤ 4 mg/L), doxycycline (MIC ≤ 4 mg/L), and vancomycin (MIC ≤ 4 mg/L) and resistance to co-trimoxazole, clindamycin, and metronidazole. The latter three antibiotics yielded no growth inhibition zone. To identify the isolate, we amplified (by polymerase chain reaction) and sequenced 1431 bases of the 16S rRNA gene [GenBank:FJ375951] [4]. This sequence exhibited 99% sequence similarity with uncultured Pseudoclavibacter sp. [GenBank:EF419350] and 99% sequence similarity with uncultured Pseudoclavibacter sp. [GenBank:EF419347]. The third hit exhibited only 97% sequence similarity with Zimmermannella bifida [GenBank:AB012589]. The peptide profile of the isolate was determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry as previously described [5] (Figure 1). MALDI-TOF-based identification was achieved by comparing the isolate profile with the 3438 bacterial profiles deposited in the MALDI BioTyper database (Bruker Corp. Bremen, Germany), which includes 56 Arthrobacter, 17 Brevibacterium, three Pseudoclavibacter, and no Zimmermannella organism profiles (as of June 2010). The isolate was not identified with any of the species in the database, with the best identification score being 1.326 with Corynebacterium afermentans. The isolate has been deposited in the Collection de Souches de l'Unité des Rickettsies, Marseilles, France (CSUR P29). The clinical evolution was favorable under antibiotic treatment combining intravenous imipenem and vancomycin. Oral treatment with amoxicillin/clavulanate replaced intravenous antibiotics on day six.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass-spectrometry peptide profile of a Pseudoclavibacter -like organism. This profile could be used as a reference for rapid identification of this bacterial species.
Identification of the isolate was made possible only after 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, as the isolate was not reactive on identification strips and did not exhibit any identifying phenotype. The 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison indicated that this isolate is representative of a previously uncultured organism. This case illustrates a new paradigm in using 16S rRNA gene sequence-based identification of organisms in clinical microbiology laboratories. Indeed, most of the emerging bacteria have been described previously on the basis of an original bacterial isolate exhibiting a 16S rRNA gene sequence with < 98.7% sequence similarity with any other sequence [4, 6, 7]. In our case report, however, the 16S rRNA gene sequence was already available in GenBank before we recovered the isolate. Indeed, extensive genomic and metagenomic explorations of complex environmental and mucosa-associated flora yielded a tremendous amount of the original 16S rRNA gene sequence from as-yet-uncultured organisms [8, 9]. In our case report, isolation of an organism exhibiting a 16S rRNA gene sequence identical to that of a previously uncultured organism underscores the uniqueness of this isolate.
In the case of our patient, the Pseudoclavibacter-like organism was most probably involved in his clinical infection, since this Gram-positive rod was observed in the presence of pus during the direct examination of a subcutaneous specimen. It grew in pure culture from a patient who was taking two antibiotics to which the Pseudoclavibacter-like organism was found to be resistant, thus supporting the hypothesis that growth of the Pseudoclavibacter-like organism was indeed selected by the antibiotic treatment. Also, Pseudoclavibacter sp. and other Arthrobacter-like organisms have never been reported as potential contaminants of culture, and Pseudoclavibacter spp. have not been isolated in our laboratory, with the exception of this patient. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of identical Pseudoclavibacter-like organisms was found in the diseased skin of patients with psoriasis before we obtained the first isolate [10]. This fact and the data presented in this case report suggest that Pseudoclavibacter-like organisms are organisms involved in skin diseases. Pseudoclavibacter-like organisms are bacterial organisms identifiable in cutaneous and subcutaneous infections in humans on the basis of a unique peptide profile obtained by MALDI-TOF analysis and unique 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
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Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpital de la Timone, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France
François Lemaitre
, Didier Raoult
& Michel Drancourt
Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital de la Conception, boulevard Baille, 13005, Marseille, France
Andreas Stein
Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, IFR 48, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, F-13385, Marseille cedex 5, France
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FL reviewed the medical and laboratory charts and was involved in drafting the manuscript. AS took care of the patient. DR and MD drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Lemaitre, F., Stein, A., Raoult, D. et al. Pseudoclavibacter-like subcutaneous infection: a case report. J Med Case Reports 5, 468 (2011) doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-468
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Director of Communications, Events and Marketing
Berkshire Country Day School
Full Time - Administration
The Director of Marketing, Events and Communications will be expected to:
Rapidly acclimate to the Berkshire Country Day School; thoroughly know the history, culture, traditions and constituencies of the school; understand the educational philosophy; know all marketing and communications activities of the department.
Develop marketing and communications strategies and plans that advance Berkshire Country Day School and drive increased engagement with prospective and current constituencies
Collaborate with administrative departments in articulating their purpose and ongoing work. Specifically this includes the Head of School, Development, Admissions, and Parent’s Association
Ensure brand and messaging quality and consistency and establish guidelines to apply across all departments, activities and events at the school and among professional and volunteer leadership.
In collaboration with the Directors of Admissions, design strategies and implement concrete plans to increase student applications and maintain prospective student and family interest.
In collaboration with the Director of Development, design strategies and implement concrete plans to capitalize on increased visibility and clear branding of the school to drive increased contributed revenue.
Plan for and deploy digital activities: website, online campaigns, email marketing, social media and digital content production.
Plan and manage the department budget in order to maximize the effectiveness of all communications. This includes bidding out production of materials when appropriate to outside vendors.
Create and execute a plan that regularly places the school in local media. Manage all messaging in the media.
Manage all aspects of the school’s print and electronic communications, ensuring the continuity of the school’s brand and logo. Oversee the work of graphic designers and print vendors in production of printed materials and web visuals.
Engage actively in professional development in order to remain current in best practices related to independent school communications, emerging social media, and effective marketing and advertising strategies.
Manage, plan, advertise and execute school events (such as Open Houses, special days, anniversary celebrations) coordinating with parent volunteers and Department of Admission and Development.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
The Director of Marketing, Events and Communications will have the following types of experience and qualifications:
Leadership experience in marketing and communications, preferably in an independent school or other non-profit organization.
Outstanding speaking, writing, and editing skills.
Deep knowledge of the principles of marketing and communications and fluency in using social media effectively.
Ability to develop, monitor, and adhere to budgets and production schedules.
Ability to create print materials using Photoshop, InDesign, or other comparable layout software.
Demonstrated success in managing multiple projects with shifting priorities and competing deadlines.
Please address all applications via email to Head of School, Jenifer Fox with the subject line Communications Director Application. Email resume, letter of intention and 3 professional references.
Additional Salary Information: health care, life and disability insurance,
About Berkshire Country Day School
Berkshire Country Day School (BCD) is a co-educational, independent school serving students age 2-grade 8 from Berkshire and Columbia Counties in Western, MA. A member of NAIS, BCD balances the wonder of childhood with academic preparation in a personalized environment that values the individuality of each student. BCD is located in Stockbridge, MA in the heart of the Berkshires. Our 24-acre campus has an abundance of woodlands, trails, streams and a pond in addition to the handful of tudor-style cottage type classroom buildings. At BCD we put people and relationships first, offering children a safe social and emotional space to grow into the confident adults they are meant to become. As the oldest independent school in the area, we are well-known for jump-starting lives that thrive on personal, academic and economic success rooted in values of citizenship, creativity, compassion and curiosity.
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Monkey GO Happy Roundup 5
By Arceus | January 4, 2018
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Did you have good holidays? Unfortunately it's over, but do not despair, manic (monkey) Thursday is here!
Stage 141
Winter is coming, and the monkey and mini-monkeys find themselves in a cold wintry scene. You'll need to find some climbing boots for a hiker to help complete this stage.
A man stands somber beneath a tree, his beloved hat lost in its lofty branches! Help him recover his headgear and solve a few cleverly hidden math puzzles along the way.
We find ourselves in another wintry scene in this next stage. Despite a golden supermoon in the background, our monkey appears to need some cheering up.
Last but not least, as the countdown to Christmas continues, you'll have a chance to help Santa and his elves. Gather candy canes and solve puzzles to make the monkey GO happy!
kktkkr • January 5, 2018 9:05 AM
Monkey GO Happy Roundup 5 (Stage 141–144)
Stage 141: Snow Huts
Your first game this week… er, fortnight, starts with you in front of a small hut locked with a sixteen-button lock and topped with a rock and Mini Monkey. There's a hiker who wants a pair of climbing boots, and another Mini Monkey in the lower-right corner.
Go right to find a larger house with a hole in the door and six pegs on the walls around it. Pick up the string and Mini Monkey from the roof, and also the rock and Mini Monkey from the floor.
The lock on the small hut looks like it'll be impossible to solve without a clue. But there is one!
Some of the buttons have more spots on them than the others, and those buttons stay down a little longer when pressed.
Those buttons are in the
-S--
---S
S---
--S-
positions, so press them right after each other to open the door.
Inside the hut, you find five circular sector buttons under a carved stone, with six markings on the sides. Pick up the peg from the floor and the 2 Mini Monkeys around the room.
Use the peg on the door of the larger house, and then find a clue to unlock it.
The markings on the sides of the smaller house have circles next to lines, indicating that each of the six outer pegs should be pushed all the way in.
So do that by click each of them 4 times, and then push the central peg to open the door.
Inside the house lit by two wall torches, you find a clue on the back, three holes on the walls, and a button on the top which isn't active. Pick up the rock, hammer and 2 Mini Monkeys from around the room.
Use the hammer to smash all three rocks (using the Combine Item feature), then use the gems from the broken rocks on the holes in the house, opening the shutter over the button.
Use the clues throughout the game to make the button work.
The clue on the back wall of the house is inverted. So to input the correct code in the hut, the buttons need to be pressed 4, 2, 3, 3, 2 times clockwise from the top.
Similarly, the dots indicate that the pegs on each side of the house entrance should display 2, 3, 1 spaces from top to bottom (3, 2, 4 additional clicks from the innermost position).
When both codes are correct, push the button and the clue slides away to reveal a pair of leather straps and a Mini Monkey.
Combine the leather straps with the string to make boots for the hiker. As he jumps for joy in his new footwear, pick up the last Mini Monkey from his feet.
The bonus clue from this stage is (pi symbol Π) = 4.
Stage 142: Car Math
A man stands under a tree with an equation etched in it and his hat on the top branch way out of reach. A mailbox in the front has a hole in it. Open the door of the red car to find a wheel and Mini Monkey, and then open the trunk to find another wheel and Mini Monkey, then pick up the 2 Mini Monkeys on the tree and the ground to fully reveal another equation.
Go left to find a garage with clues, buttons and a hole in its side, as well as a mailbox with another hole in it. Pick up the wheel from the ground and 2 Mini Monkeys on screen.
The equations on the first screen and clues on the garage indicate that A=0, B=27 and C=99.
So make the garage buttons form an equation for A: 9−9=A, then place a wheel in the A mailbox and turn it to open it and find a roll of tape and a Mini Monkey,
Then do the same for B: 3×9=B, then place a wheel in the B mailbox and open it up to find a battery and Mini Monkey.
Then do the same for C: 9×11=C, then place a wheel in the C hole and open it to find a garage door opener without battery and a Mini Monkey.
Combine the batteries and the door opener, then use it to open the garage door. Take the 2 sticks from inside.
Combine the sticks with tape, then use the longer pole to retrieve the hat.
The hat's owner walks into his car and drives off, leaving the last Mini Monkey behind. But that's not all!
Go back to the left to find the car in the garage. Close the garage door with the door opener to end the game.
Bonus clue from this stage: #=2.
Stage 143: Moonlit Snowscape
Against the giant background moon, a red Xmas ball sits on the roof of a hut along with a Mini Monkey, and the path to the hut has a weird slanted rock and two tall rectangular devices that display silver blobs and letterlike forms. Pick up the axe and 2 Mini Monkeys.
Go left to find a well where a device has lowered a rope, but is now missing the handle to raise it. There's also another weird rock, two more devices, someone in a coat who needs 5 sticks, and 2 Mini Monkeys.
Go right twice to find a hole in the ground with a stone hat, and another hole that's missing some sort of part. There's also another weird rock, two more devices, a log and 2 Mini Monkeys.
Combine the axe and the log to chop it into kindling, and give it to the person on the left screen, who walks away and leaves a key behind.
So use that key to unlock the hut.
Inside, there's a hole on the back wall, a clue on the left wall, and two Mini Monkeys.
Place the ball in the back wall and use the wall clue to solve its puzzle.
The clue indicates that the codes for using the ball are 2E 33 1C, but which devices are NE, N, NW?
NE refers to the rock slanted to the right, so the devices on the middle screen should show 2 dots and an E shape (2, 2 clicks).
N refers to the upright rock, so the devices on the left screen should show 3 dots and a 3 shape (1, 3 clicks).
NW refers to the rock slanted to the left, so the devices on the right screen should show 1 dot and a C shape (1, 4 clicks).
Once all three codes are input, go back to the hut and push the ball to open up the back wall, finding a knob and Mini Monkey inside.
Use the knob on the well, and use the wall clue again to solve its puzzle.
The well shape matches the second row of the clue, so set all the devices to 4 dots and an E shape.
Then turn the knob on the well to lift a lever from it.
Use the lever on the hole on the right screen, and use the wall clue again to solve its puzzle.
The hat appears on the third row of the clue, so set all the devices to 1 dot and an Ⅰ shape.
Then push the knob down to raise a Santa statue! Pick up the last Mini Monkey from his feet.
Bonus clue from this stage: (circle with 2 lines ⊜) = 1.
Stage 144: Moonstruck Candy
The supermoon shines on a path between two buildings. The left is marked with a red ornament above its window, and the right has a locked shutter with a weird symbol on it. There's also a person dressed as Santa in the front, who asks you for a wind-up chicken. Pick up the ball and candy cane from the left building, the star bit from the right, and the 2 Mini Monkeys at the top left and bottom right, and then sweep up three piles of snow on the left and two on the right to find a total of 5 candy canes.
Go into the left building, where a boy with golden hair stands around waiting for something. There's also a star-shaped hole in the back wall that you can click to cycle through symbols, a hole in the left wall marked with a purple tree, and an empty bowl on the table with a can next to its leg. Examine the clue next to the door, and pick up the star, 4 candy canes and 2 Mini Monkeys around the room.
Go over to the right room, where a Christmas tree is covered in ornaments that change color when clicked. There's another boy who wants 20 candy canes, and a star-shaped hole in the wall marked with yellow grass (or is that a shooting star symbol?). Pick up the 6 candy canes and 2 Mini Monkeys.
Before you go off solving puzzles, check that you have a total of 16 candy canes and 4 Mini Monkeys.
Place the ball in the round hole in the left building, and use the clue beside the door to solve its puzzle.
The clue indicates what patterns to put on the back wall, and which ornaments of the tree should be purple (tree), red (bauble) and yellow (grass).
So click the back wall once, and then the tree ornaments 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 in the order of the tinsel on the tree (from top to bottom-left).
Pushing the ball raises its panel, revealing a chicken toy (missing something on its back), 2 candy canes and a Mini Monkey.
Combine both star bits to form a star piece, and place it in the hole in the right building.
Then use the clue from the left building again to solve its puzzle.
Click the back wall 3 more times (total of 4) to match the right side of the clue, and click the ornaments 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1 times (1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2 from white).
Then push the star in to open up its panel, revealing a can opener and a Mini Monkey.
Combine the can and can opener, and pour the beans into the bowl in the left building.
The boy runs over to it, leaving behind a candy cane.
Use the clue from the outside of the right building to unlock its shutter.
Click the back wall of the left building 4 more times (3 from blank) to match the symbol outside, then click the shutter to open it and get a candy cane and Mini Monkey.
Use all 20 candy canes on the other boy, who walks away leaving a wind up key.
Combine the key with the toy to make it run, then give it to Santa. He dances around and you can take the last Mini Monkey beside him.
Bonus for this stage: (diamond shape) = 1. Click the arrows to Bonus Stage 36.
Bonus Stage 36
The hints from the four stages combine to form the code 4211. So enter that in the box to open it!
Paul • January 5, 2018 5:20 PM
Can't wait for the walkthrough. and sorry if I spammed last night. The posts weren't going through due to a publish error.
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Tag: Gay Lesbian and Bisexual
For Adrienne Rich
Rich (right), with writer Audre Lorde (left) and Meridel Le Sueur (middle) in Austin Texas, 1980 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In the memory of Adrienne Rich, one of our country’s finest poets who died last week, I offer the following poem, penned a couple of decades ago and revised very recently:
The New Androgyne
She will be like the deaf mute turned composer:
ink will pulse through her veins the color
of half-lit midnight when grass sways slightly
By turns she will be gardener and stargazer peasant
and prophet bag-lady and carpetbagger
pointillist and modern dancer
delivering mother and midwife delivering
the mother and her child
You will see her gradually
rising with the sun her origins uncertain
her language raw and bold her hands stained
strong-boned her eyes deep as Andromeda
She will take by the first two fingers
anyone who will enter the labyrinth listen
to the crackling of leaves as she infuses them with breath
and witness her gypsy dance as she steadily
wrenches an arc of bone from her side
In the past two weeks I’ve had a house fire, attended a magical manuscript conference, and lost Adrienne Rich. While I won’t forget any of these occurrences, one of them I can now acknowledge with this piece. For the way she championed the oppressed of all types–gays and lesbians, men and women of color, the imprisoned, the marginalized, the impoverished, and the politically oppressed (all people who have been silenced or ignored)–and did it with beauty, grace, and always, compassion, I am deeply grateful.
Rich helped to show the world the value of the women’s liberation motto that “The personal is political.” This is a good time to reread some of her unforgettable poems like An Atlas of the Difficult World, “Sources,” “Integrity,” “Diving Into the Wreck,” “Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law,” and “Twenty-One Love Poems.” Or you may want to read one of her landmark essays such as “When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision,” “Vesuvius at Home: The Power of Emily Dickinson,” “Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying,” “Split at the Root,” or her historic rejection of the National Medal of Arts in 1997, when she dared to write to Jane Alexander, then head of the National Endowment for the Arts, that she could not accept an award for a few privileged artists when “the people at large are so dishonored” in this country.
“Adrienne Rich,” Missouri Review
“In Memoriam: Adrienne Rich,” Paris Review
“Adrienne Rich,” New York Times obituary
Bonus Track: Honoring Adrienne Rich, “Diving Into the Wreck” (dadpoet.wordpress.com)
In Memorium: Adrienne Rich (manonmona.wordpress.com)
Author Kathleen McCoyPosted on April 6, 2012 April 6, 2012 Categories Arts, Audre Lorde, Diving Into the Wreck, National Book Award, UncategorizedTags Adrienne Rich, Emily Dickinson, Eve Ensler, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Jane Alexander, Lesbian, literature, meridel le sueur, National Medal of Arts, poet, poetry, politics, quotes, Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law, Uncategorized, writingLeave a comment on For Adrienne Rich
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TBT: Throwback Thursday-The Lion King VS The Lion King. Ready…FIGHT!
Posted on July 25, 2019 July 24, 2019 by bodellyt
On Friday 19th July, me and my family all went together to see The Lion King (2019) and whilst I enjoyed it thoroughly, I couldn’t help but compare it to a similar film I remember from my childhood, a film that my siblings and I grew up singing and quoting together. This film was called The Lion King (1994). I know that these names are similar, so I’ll make it easier by referring to them by the years that they came out, so 1994 and 2019. Despite the names being so similar and their plots being almost identical, these two films are not the same!
Okay, let’s drop the act a little here so I can drop a slight spoiler warning. I’m going to be talking about all aspects of both films so I’ve you’ve not seen 2019 and don’t want to know what’s different, maybe watch the film and then come back. However, I can promise you that if you’ve seen 1994, you don’t really need to avoid this post.
2019 is the latest film in Disney’s money-grabbing scheme where they make films they’ve already made, but in live-action. This is something I find quite baffling in the case of The Lion King considering that every single character in 2019 is fucking CG animated because animals can’t actually speak English and aren’t the best at acting. Okay, now to put my British cynicism aside and actually talk about what I did and didn’t like about 2019.
Although, beforehand, I’d like to say that I love that Disney have gone out of their way to cast more people of African descent for a film set in Africa. I love the increase in diversity in their works, and if you have a problem with Ariel being black…please fucking fight me!
Let’s start with the positives.
This film is abso-fucking-lutely breathtakingly beautiful, the crew have definitely utilized some incredible vistas. I love that 2019 gives itself time to slow down and focus on lovely moments. Moments like watching the mouse run around before finding itself in Scar’s cave, or seeing Simba spend time playing whilst moving between story beats; specifically between Mufasa’s “everything the light touches” speech and Simba talking to Scar about the aforementioned speech.
The performances for Simba and Nala (whilst not as I remembered) were solid and enjoyable takes on these classic characters. I respected the use of traditional African languages with Rafiki, reflecting the stage production, which I recommend you experience if you haven’t. And as we’re talking about performances, the new Timon & Pumba saved this film for me! I was worried that the electrifying chemistry that I remembered wouldn’t be present in this retelling, but thank goodness it was! The two bounced off each other and Simba in a hilarious way, and whilst their relationship was different to 1994, they certainly stood alongside their 1994 counterparts unlike any other characters in 2019.
Also, the scene where Timon & Pumba sing The Lion Sleeps Tonight was even better than before as all their various critter friends join in to create an aural acapella delight, before being rudely interrupted by Nala trying to catch a bite to eat.
Unfortunately, that’s probably all I can say in terms of positives, and now onto what I think didn’t worked so well.
Firstly, let’s touch upon my biggest disappointment, and that’s James Earl Jones’ return performance as Mufasa. Let me be straight, if I were directing 2019 the absolute first thing I would’ve done is contact Jones to offer him the chance to reprise the role, so I don’t think this was a mistake on the production team’s behalf. However, he doesn’t capture the sheer weight behind every word of his prior performance, and at times it feels as if he’s just reading words off a script rather than a giant lion talking to his cub. The same goes for John Oliver’s piss poor performance as Zazu; his lines fall flat and he just sounds snide and entitled whilst Rowan Atkinson’s 1994 performance has a sarcastic (very British) nature but his heart is always in the right place. It feels like they just said “let’s find a snarky Brit with a broad appeal” rather than look for someone with actual voice acting talent.
Now, whilst I was disappointed in Mufasa’s performance, the portrayal of Scar and the hyenas is what ruined 2019 for me.
Let’s start with the hyenas. The three core hyenas in 1994 are evil, eccentric, and lovably stupid. They were constantly telling jokes and cackling away to themselves, this bringing out a duality in Shenzi who is also has a secret cunning side, and is more capable and intelligent than she initially appears. In 2019, Shenzi is a stoic ‘badass’ who is serious 24/7 and never walks on the goofier side. Banzai and Ed are replaced with Kamari and Azizi, who just have one bad joke and no definable character traits besides being lazy and dumb.
And Scar… Scar was such an incredible character in 1994, his seething hatred escaped in every venom-coated word. He didn’t only want power, but he believed it was owed to him, and he only felt disdain to everything around him that contradicted that belief. Despite this, he was also relatable and cunning, easily controlling the stupid hyenas in promise of greatness. In 2019, Scar is just entitled, and is only able to come to an agreement with the hyenas rather than brainwash them with his silver tongue. Oh and Be Prepared is turned into more of a speech than a song and that really pissed me off, that’s like my favourite fucking scene!
A minor gripe I had is that the character designs were very samey for the lions and hyenas and at times it was hard to tell which character was which in the more intense action scenes.
With this being said, I did enjoy 2019 but I’ll be showing 1994 to my kids when I one day have them. It was an extremely important film for me and of course there’s a bias involved, but the expressiveness that was present in animation is lost in ‘live-action’, and that’s what matters to me. Moments like Simba sinking into the grass due to being scared of getting a bollocking from his dad are lost. Put simply, 2019 is lacking in these simple characterisations that littered 1994.
I know this is an anime blog so I’m sorry this is first post is somewhat anime-adjacent rather than actually about anime itself, I promise I’ll be talking more about anime in the future! What did you think? Are you team 1994 or 2019?
-Bodell
Tags: Animation, disney, Disney Films, Family Films, kawaiipaperpandas, Read More, Remakes, TBT, The Lion King, Throwback ThursdayCategories: Anime
10 thoughts on “TBT: Throwback Thursday-The Lion King VS The Lion King. Ready…FIGHT!”
Well…does it come as a shock when I say that I haven’t watched the original or the new one yet? I know right? 🙈🙈🙈 Well…no worries about this not being an anime post, I still enjoyed reading it very much! So, well done! 😊
bodellyt says:
Oh you should really watch the 94 film! It’s one of the reasons I’m so into animation as a whole!
When it comes to Disney movies I’m even more behind than anime I guess. But yeah, I definitely want to see this one at some point! 😊
Karandi says:
I’m pretty sure I will just stick with the original movie of this one. I kind of get the point of live action adaptations with human characters but this just seemed like a pointless endeavour.
Yeah it’s definitely a cash grab, but I just had to go and see just how they’d fuck it up!
I think everyone hated “Be Prepared” in the remake.
I agree with some other reviews I read that basically said the live action should have embraced its musical nature more. It’s 30 minutes longer, and yet the only new song is a portion of “Spirit”, and “Be Prepared” was shortened? Should have cut the long floating mane puff and mice scenes for more music.
Well, at least The Lion King 2019 has musical numbers and is mostly the same, unlike the upcoming Mulan…
They’re changing Mulan a lot too? Maybe I’ll have to make another post like this when that comes out too 🤔
Last I heard, no music, no Mushu, and Shang has been replaced with a fellow soldier. Think even grandma was replaced with a sister. I’m so not interested in it since they’re taking out all the fun.
Why not just make a new film set in China rather than replace an old classic with a much inferior film?
Yeah, it might be a good action and girl power film and even a more faithful adaptation of the original legend. But it’s not going to be a good adaptation of Disney’s Mulan. That’s what I wanted to see. Save a more faithful, historically-accurate movie for someone else to make.
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Trail Hammer and Bolt gets the job done
by Virginia Rasch — January 23, 2019
Mike Konkin is one of the owners of the newly opened Trail Hammer and Bolt Co. — Photo courtesy Trail Hammer and Bolt Co.
Mike Konkin and Dan Allen opened the Trail Hammer and Bolt Co. in October 2018. These two owners have a combined 70 years of industrial knowledge and experience.
How was the company’s name . . . nailed down? “We were at a meeting a few years back (with a previous company), and one speaker said, “We sell everything from hammers to bolts.’ It stuck with us,” said Konkin.
Trail Hammer and Bolt will go the extra mile to fill customers’ needs on time with no stress.
“We do sell everything from hammers to bolts,” he added, “in any quantity you need.”
Virginia is a writer and copy editor with Koocanusa Publications. She is an avid outdoor recreationist in all seasons and has lived in the Kootenays for 10 years. With degrees in the natural sciences, she has worked as a tour guide, an environmentalist, a writer, and a copy editor of scientific publications. Virginia now brings her passion for everything green to Kootenay Business. View all of Virginia Rasch’s articles
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Capture Tiny Electric People in this Strange-Looking 3DS RPG Sequel
Mike Fahey
Filed to:Denpa Ningen no RPG
Denpa Ningen no RPG was one of the oddest-looking titles to hit the 3DS. The title literally means "Electro-Magnetic Wave Human's RPG". In Denpa Ningen no RPG2, you catch these electro-magnetic wave people, make a party, and then go on adventures with them!
The series is developed by Genius Sonority, the folks behind Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Battle Revolution—you know, the console games that were decidedly not the 3D versions of the Game Boy games we were looking for.
The latest version allows players to save (and show) their favorite Denpa Ningen. The latest version features online and Street Pass as well. It'll be available for download (and only for download) in Japan on September 26, and there will be a demo before the game is released. No word on a Western release.
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HAULING CLASS – 1965 XP Falcon
I always enjoy ‘talking shit’ with owners at photo shoots – you can get a real insight into their character and what has led them into the world of modified cars. I reckon I had spoken to Jonathon Clarke for around an hour before I even picked up the the camera. Perched high on a mound of sand, surveying the surrounding location and admiring his high quality, ’65 XP Falcon, I began to get a good feel for the build on the car and what Jono was all about.
Growing up in New Zealand, the laidback Jono was surrounded by cool cars, old bikes and farm machinery from a young age: “My old man and grandfather were right into vintage cars like Model Ts and Rileys. Whenever I went to my grandfather’s place on Sundays, I always made sure to check out his workshop. He always had a project on the go or had recently bought a new part or ornament.”
That all sort of kicked things off and from then on, I was always into cars. Where I lived there was plenty of cool Aussie and US stuff getting around. When I got older, I would cruise the main street with the boys and have a good time with our cars. We didn’t cause much trouble but we always had a good laugh and got our fair bit of attention. When I made the move to Australia I had the chance to build some better cars and create a whole new crew of mates who were into the same stuff too,” said Jono.
His first car over here was a street-sweet XR Falcon wagon slammed on some deep dish wheels and with a surfboard up on the roof. It was hard to miss it out on the road and even harder to miss with his trick old school Caravan in tow. With an itch to build something with some decent power, a few years back Jono went on the lookout for a new project.
He did have his heart set on a ’40 Ford pickup but the timing was all wrong so the next best thing was sourced – a Ford ute of course. A workmate spotted a decent looking XP on eBay: “The car was from Melbourne and it had a little Weiand top-mount blower on it with a bonnet scoop. It was bright orange, wore cheap looking wheels and to be honest, it didn’t really appeal to me as I was after more of a sleeper.
It did however have a 9-inch with a McDonald Bros 4-link, QA1 coil-overs under the rear and it looked like it could handle a big tyre. It also had all the running gear I needed to be able to run the 363ci engine. The auction ran out after my $15,000 bid and I won it. I don’t think he was too happy that I scored it considering he wanted 20K,” laughed Jono. “Another guy who missed the car offered me 20 for it straight after the auction ended but I wasn’t interested.”
Jono punted it around for a while, but it wasn’t long before he found the limits of the engine and ’box: “I gave it some herbs one night and it popped a couple of the lifters and burnt the transmission out pretty badly as well. Paul at Keas Transmissions had a look at it and said it was stuffed. He gave me the option to build another C4 or a Powerglide. It was kind of a no-brainer, I went for the Powerglide as I knew it would handle the power I was going to throw at it.”
After the soul searching that comes after damaging the car, Jono arrived at the conclusion that the ute really did need a hell of a lot of work: “I bought it thinking it was the cheapest option because it already had all the running gear, but in hindsight, I’ve had to upgrade everything on it anyway as far as the driveline goes. It was alright stuff but just not for the amount of power I was chasing. I decided it was the right time to strip the car and do things properly.”
First on the list was to get rid of the awful orange paint and make the package more tasteful and more in-keeping with Jono’s style: “I have always liked simple colour combinations and timeless colours. My wagon is white with red wheels and looks smart and classy, so I decided to run the same wheels on the ute but paint them white and then have the car finished in a 60s style colour.” The PPG Custom Mixed Turquoise looks like the ideal choice for the car, and just like his wagon, Jono created the checkered sun visor. “You either love or hate that part. It is like my trademark now and I like it that way,” said Jono. It was the team at Extreme Panel & Paint who handled the panel and paint stuff.
The interior looks pretty original, but it’s not at all. A split-bench seat out of a coupe, an extra-large Lokar shifter and XA electric window switches are all subtle changes but fit with the theme perfectly. The stock dash cluster has been filled with Ford Racing classic gauges and the factory wheel finishes it all off perfectly along with the white trim work.
Now, one look over the engine bay photos and you can tell the car is not all about looks, far from it in fact. Nestled between the notched strut tops is a 363-cube Windsor. The Man O’ War block is filled with an Eagle crank and rods combo that wear a Diamond piston and ring set. The Trickflow 170cc heads have had a bit of a massage to increase their efficiency. The blow-through carby set up is matched to twin Precision 5862 turbos with 46mm ’gates.
Good mate, Steve Lundy did all the ace fab work for the turbos, including the 3-inch stainless steel exhaust system too. It was the team at Streetbuilt who got the car up and running before handing it over to Wayne at Performance Carb Tuning. With some E85 in the tank and the boost wound up to 15psi, there should be anywhere between 650-700hp at the treads. “The motor is good for 25psi, I don’t want to push it too hard, I just built it as a street car, not a drag car. For the moment, we have 8.5psi in it which netted 505hp at the rears. Not too bad for the soft tune,” Jono said.
With the car finally completed after an extensive three-and-a-bit year build, Jono has had the car out and about to rack up some running-in miles. Some of those miles just happened to be at Motorvation earlier this year where the car was seriously killing some tyres. “I had a great time there and thoroughly enjoyed the car. I can’t wait to turn the power up and go looking for a number now.”
DREAMS OF SPEED – Mazda RX7 FD3S
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Association between circulating neuregulin4 levels and diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis of observational studies
Yao Wang,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft
Affiliation NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development (Tianjn Medical University), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Tianjn Medical University Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital & Tianjin Institute of Endocrinology, Tianjin, China
Shuai Huang,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis
Pei Yu
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: yupei@tmu.edu.cn
Yao Wang Shuai Huang Pei Yu
Neuregulin 4 (Nrg4) was proven as a brown fat-enriched secreted factor that can regulate glucose and lipid metabolism. However, the association between circulating Nrg4 levels and diabetes mellitus (DM) in human remains unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate association of circulating Nrg4 with DM.
Observational studies comparing circulating Nrg4 levels in diabetes patients and health controls were included. Circulating Nrg4, correlation coefficients of clinical indices and circulating Nrg4 were pooled by meta-analysis.
Seven studies were included. The pooled results indicated there were no significant difference in the circulating Nrg4 between diabetes patients and controls (SMD = 0.18, 95%CI = -0.06 to 0.42, P = 0.143). However, diabetes patients had higher circulating Nrg4 than their controls in cross-sectional studies (SMD = 0.55, 95%CI = 0.36 to 0.73, P<0.001). None of the renal function and metabolic syndrome markers were correlated with circulating Nrg4, whereas the HbA1c and BMI were positively correlated (rs = 0.09, 95%CI = 0.03 to 0.16, P = 0.005; rs = 0.20, 95%CI = 0.07 to 0.34, P = 0.003; respectively).
Our findings suggested circulating Nrg4 may play a role in in the development of DM in cross-sectional studies and circulating Nrg4 might be associated with imbalance in glucose metabolism and obesity.
Citation: Wang Y, Huang S, Yu P (2019) Association between circulating neuregulin4 levels and diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis of observational studies. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225705. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225705
Editor: Marcello Ciaccio, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, ITALY
Received: July 5, 2019; Accepted: November 11, 2019; Published: December 9, 2019
Copyright: © 2019 Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no.81600643 to P.Y., no.91746205 to P.Y.) the Tianjin Health Industry Key Research Projects (no.15KG101 to P.Y.), Tianjin Science and Technology Support Project (no. 17JCYBJC27000 to P.Y.), and Key Projects of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (no.18JCZDJC32900 to P.Y.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
It is well known that adipose tissue contributes to systemic energy balance and metabolic homeostasis. White adipose tissue (WAT) stores fat and interacts with the central nervous system and other peripheral tissues, brown adipose tissue (BAT) serves a role on defense against cold and energy excess [1–3]. Recently, increasing publications have indicated adipose tissue derived factors exert effects on the process of regulating system metabolism and BAT has been evidenced to have an endocrine function in regulating energy metabolism and balance [4–8]. According to rat tissue and brown adipogenesis transcriptome data, a list of brown fat-enriched secreted factors was confirmed [9]. Among these, neuregulin4 (Nrg4), which not only shows universal-expressed characteristic in multiple organs, but also concentrates in the brown adipose tissue (BAT), is central to regulate energy homeostasis and improve diet-induced metabolic disorders, including hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance [10]. Wang [9] reported that Nrg4 might activate the ErbB3/ErbB4 signaling in mice hepatocytes to coordinate glucose and lipid homeostasis in obesity. Ma [11] demonstrated that up-regulation of Nrg4 could improve insulin resistance (IR) and prevent weight gain via Nrg4 gene transfer in mice. Wang [12] showed that Nrg4 overexpression could improve the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) in ameliorating IR and other obesity-related metabolic disorders. Rosell and his colleagues suggested Nrg4 could be a crucial factor for promoting the browning process of white fat by sympathetic innervation of white adipose tissue (WAT) depot, thus activating the thermogenic functions, enhancing energy consumption, and reducing adiposity [13]. Taken together, these researches established the therapeutic potential of Nrg4 for treatment of obesity and associated disorders such as diabetes mellitus (DM). But the association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM is not yet fully understood in humans, moreover, the results of previous studies on this relationship were not inconsistent. For these reasons, the aim of our meta-analysis was to investigate whether circulating Nrg4 levels were associated with DM and clinical indices of diabetes, renal function, metabolic syndrome and obesity in diabetes patients.
We searched the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science databases from establishment to July 2, 2019 using the terms ‘‘diabetes” or ‘‘diabetes mellitus” or ‘‘DM” and ‘‘neuregulin 4” or ‘‘Nrg4” or ‘‘adipokine”. We selected only English-language, and the reference lists of identified publications were hand-examined, and the grey literature or ongoing relevant studies were searched on http://www.opengrey.eu/ and http://www.ntis.gov/.
Cross-sectional studies and case control studies comparing circulating Nrg4 levels in diabetes patients and health controls were included. The primary outcome was the association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM. The second outcome was correlation coefficients between circulating Nrg4 levels and the measured clinical indices in subjects with DM. The clinical indices include DM markers (fasting plasma glucose (FPG); HOMA-IR, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)), renal function markers (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), creatinine), metabolic syndrome markers (systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC)), obesity markers (body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC)). Studies were excluded for the following reasons: publication of abstracts, duplicate data, overlapping population, unavailable data, literature reviews, animal experiment, and case report.
The information extracted from each original study by two investigators (Y.W. and S.H.), the name of first author, publication year, country, the number of subjects, mean age, circulating Nrg4 levels and correlation coefficients between Nrg4 and the measured clinical indices dealt by spreadsheets of Microsoft Excel. If there were opposite views between the two investigators, the discrepancy would be resolved through discussion. Moreover, one of the investigators would email the authors of the enrolled articles to get more information if data were absent.
Statistical analysis and quality assessment
Drafted on the basis of a preset protocol registered with PROSPERO 2018 (CRD42018103571), the present meta-analysis was conducted in line with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement [14]. Stata 14.0 (Stata Corp, College Station, TX, USA) was used to carry out the meta-analysis. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated on pooled effects for dichotomous variables, while the standard mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for continuous variables. The I2 test was used to examine heterogeneity among the studies, I2 values of 25–50%, 50–75% and 75% are considered indicative of low, moderate and high heterogeneity, respectively [15]. If I2<50%, a fixed-effect model was conducted; otherwise, radom-effect model was used. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses were attempted to identify potential sources of the between-study heterogeneity if necessary. Subgroup analyses were conducted by region (Asia and non-Asia), age (matched or higher in DM), and study type (cross-sectional and case-control). Begg’s and Egger’s test contributed to publication bias. P <0.05 was regarded as statistically significant.
Besides, as for the association between circulating Nrg4 levels and clinical indices in diabetes patients, Spearman correlation coefficients were selected for present meta-analysis, because they are unaffected by monotonic transformations. Pearson correlation coefficients could transform into Spearman correlation coefficients by equation: rs = 6/πsin-1 rp/2, where rp represents the Pearson correlation coefficient and rs represents the Spearman correlation coefficient [16]. Aiming to adjust the sampling distribution of the Spearman correlation coefficients, the Fisher transformation shown in equation: z = 1/2*[ln (1+rs)-ln (1-rs)] was performed to transform correlation coefficient to an almost normally-distributed variable fisher’s z with SE (SE = 1/√(n-3)), where n is the sample size of diabetes patients. After these conversion, forest plots could be established to show the summary fisher’s z (Zs) and its 95% confidence intervals (CIs) [17]. Subsequently, the Zs was converted to the summary correlation coefficient (rs) by the transformation shown in equation: rs = e2Zs-1/e2Zs+1.
Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of case-control studies [18], while, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was appropriate for assessment of cross-sectional studies [19]. Disagreements were resolved by argumentum.
Overall, 165 studies were identified in our initial search, of which 12 underwent full-text review (Fig 1). Finally, 7 studies [20–26] involving 2257 patients were identified and enrolled in the meta-analysis (Fig 1). Detailed information for another 5 excluded articles is accessible in S1 Table. The baseline demographics of these enrolled studies were shown in Table 1. Results of quality assessment of all included studies were relatively satisfying and shown in S2 Table.
Fig 1. Identification of eligible articles.
Table 1. Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis.
DM and circulating Nrg4 levels
There were seven studies [20–26] regarding the association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM, the P value of heterogeneity between these studies was significant, so we used the random-effect model indicating that there was no significant statistical difference between diabetes patients and their normal controls (SMD = 0.18, 95% CI = -0.06 to 0.42, P = 0.143) (Fig 2). The results of subgroup analyses by region (Asian[20–23,26] or non-Asian[24–25]), age (matched[21,24–26] or higher [20,22–23] in DM) study type (case-control [20–24,26] or cross-sectional[25]) are summarized in Table 2. A subgroup of cross-sectional study demonstrated that diabetes patients had higher circulating Nrg4 levels than their normal controls (SMD = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.36 to 0.73, P<0.001). Moreover, subgroup analysis according to region and age demonstrated that no significant difference of circulating Nrg4 levels between two groups was recorded. The sensitivity analysis presented a robust result that was not influenced by individual studies. Neither the Begg’s (P = 0.548) test nor the Egger’s (P = 0.316) test showed publication bias.
Fig 2. Forest plot of the association between circulation Nrg4 levels and DM; RE Model, random-effect model.
Table 2. Subgroup analysis of the association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM.
Diabetes markers and circulating Nrg4 levels
Six studies [20–21,23–26] presented data on the correlation coefficients of circulating Nrg4 levels and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) in diabetes patients, and five studies [20,23–26] reported HOMA-IR. Neither index was significantly correlated with circulating Nrg4 levels (rs = 0.12, 95% CI = -0.12 to 0.36, P = 0.330 and rs = 0.02, 95% CI = -0.15 to 0.19, P = 0.806, respectively) (Fig 3A and 3B). No publication bias was noted in these parameters. The sensitivity analyses of studies with significant heterogeneity didn’t show results sensitive to any individual studies, and the subgroup analyses did not discover the sources of the heterogeneity. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) were measured in four studies [21,23–25]. The overall correlation coefficient was not statistically significant (rs = 0.03, 95% CI = -0.11 to 0.17, P = 0.685). Subgroup analysis had not found the sources of the significant heterogeneity. Based on sensitivity analysis, the most influential study by Kurek Eken M [24] was excluded, this resulted in a summary coefficient coefficient of 0.09 (95% CI = 0.03 to 0.16, P = 0.005) (Fig 3C), neither the Begg’s (P = 1.000) test nor the Egger’s (P = 0.708) test showed publication bias.
Fig 3. Forest plot of the association between circulation Nrg4 levels and diabetes markers in DM.
Summaries are shown of the association circulation Nrg4 levels and (A) FPG, (B) HOMA-IR and (C) HbA1c; FE Model, fixed-effect model.
Renal function markers and Nrg4
The renal function markers estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and creatinine were each discussed in two of the included studies. It was found that eGFR and creatinine were no significantly correlated with circulating Nrg4 (rs = -0.14, 95% CI = -0.30 to 0.03, P = 0.099 and rs = -0.04, 95% CI = -0.21 to 0.13, P = 0.624; respectively) (Fig 4A and 4B). No publication bias was noted in these parameters.
Fig 4. Forest plot of the association between circulation Nrg4 levels and renal function markers in DM.
Summaries are shown of the association circulation Nrg4 levels and (A) eGFR and (B) creatinine.
Metabolic syndrome markers and circulating Nrg4 levels
Blood pressure was reported in four studies [20–21,24–25]. Our meta-analysis showed that systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were not correlated with circulating Nrg4 levels (rs = -0.01, 95% CI = -0.07 to 0.05, P = 0.735 and rs = 0.05, 95% CI = -0.07 to 0.05, P = 0.740, respectively) (Fig 5A and 5B). Also, the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (rs = 0.01, 95% CI = -0.05 to 0.07, P = 0.463) (Fig 5C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (rs = -0.01, 95% CI = -0.13 to 0.11, P = 0.882) (Fig 5D), triglycerides (TG) (rs = 0.10, 95% CI = -0.07 to 0.28, P = 0.238) (Fig 5E) and total cholesterol (TC) (rs = -0.00, 95% CI = -0.06 to 0.06, P = 0.900) (Fig 5F) were not significantly correlated with circulating Nrg4 levels. The sensitivity analyses of studies with significant heterogeneity did not show results sensitive to any individual studies, and the subgroup analyses did not discover the sources of the heterogeneity. No publication bias was noted in these parameters.
Fig 5. Forest plot of the association between circulation Nrg4 levels and metabolic syndrome markers in DM.
Summaries are shown of the association circulation Nrg4 levels and (A) SBP, (B) DBP, (C) LDL-C, (D) HDL-C, (E) TG, (F) TC.
Obesity markers and circulating Nrg4 levels
There were four included studies [20–21, 23–24] discussing about body mass index (BMI). The overall correlation coefficient was not significantly correlated with circulating Nrg4 levels (rs = 0.11, 95% CI = -0.10 to 0.33, P = 0.301). Subgroup analysis did not find the sources of the significant heterogeneity. Based on sensitivity analysis, the most influential study by Cai C [17] was omitted, this resulted in a summary coefficient of 0.20 (95% CI = 0.07 to 0.34, P = 0.003) (Fig 6A). There was no publication bias found with Begg’s (P = 1.000) and Egger’s (P = 0.830) tests. Waist circumference (WC) was measured in two studies [20–21], and the overall correlation coefficient was also not correlated with circulating Nrg4 (rs = 0.02, 95% CI = -0.26 to 0.30, P = 0.883) (Fig 6B). There was no publication bias found with Begg’s (P = 1.000) test.
Fig 6. Forest plot of the association between circulation Nrg4 levels and obesity markers in DM.
Summaries are shown of the association circulation Nrg4 levels and (A) BMI and (B) WC.
It is well known that BAT could enhance energy expenditure through adjusting whole-body energy balance [27]. Meanwhile, activation of BAT is related to reduce adiposity, plasma lipid and glucose [28]. Besides, several recent studies indicated that BAT could secret endocrine factors working on other tissues to regulate systemic metabolism. One intriguing finding is Nrg4. Evidence showed that Nrg4 deficiency in mice and human obesity adipose tissue could aggravate insulin resistance and diet-induced lipid metabolic disorder [9]. But the correlation between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM in human has not been well characterized.
Our study is the first meta-analysis to investigate the association of Nrg4 with DM and clinical indices, indicating that circulating Nrg4 levels were not significantly associated with DM, but subgroup analysis according to study type demonstrated that circulating Nrg4 levels were higher in diabetes patients than their normal controls in the cross-sectional study group. Furthermore, neither renal nor metabolic syndrome markers was related to Nrg4, and HbA1c and BMI were positively associated with circulating Nrg4.
In our meta-analysis, circulating Nrg4 levels are not associated with the risk of DM. Contrastingly, Chen [21] demonstrated circulating Nrg4 levels was elevated in diabetes patients, similar results were concluded by Kang [23]. In contrast, some researchers reached the opposite conclusion [25, 26]. Therefore, meta-analysis concerning this relationship was carried out which showed no difference. We speculated the source of discrepancy might be from age, region, and study type. Therefore, subgroup analyses of them were performed. Our result of the subgroup of cross-sectional study raised the possibility that circulating Nrg4 levels might be a role in the development of DM, which was similar to Chen [21]. However, this result conflicted with those of a previous study reporting that Nrg4 stimulates insulin secretion and controls de novo liver lipid synthesis under metabolic stress in mice [9], and this study also revealed increased Nrg4 expression could improve insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, thus suggesting the prospect of treating obesity-related comorbidities such as diabetes. We harbored the idea that this phenomenon might be attributed to several reasons. Firstly, our result might embody a compensatory response to decreased expression of Nrg4 in adipose tissue or a kind of impairment in the Nrg4/ErbB signaling pathway by receptor resistance. That is to say, there may be “Nrg4 resistance” just like “insulin resistance” [21]. Secondly, although mainly released by adipose tissue, Nrg4 also could be secreted by other tissues such as liver, pancreas, stomach and muscle [29, 30]. Because the Nrg4 expression patterns might be evidently different among those tissues, the expression of Nrg4 in circulation under the condition of metabolic disorders could be distinct from that in adipose tissues. Thirdly, cold condition can affect the Nrg4 expression [31], leading to the different results under different temperatures. Unfortunately, such an analysis on this topic could not be performed owing to limited data. Finally, given that Nrg4 measurement might influence the results from different investigators, so the standardized Nrg4 assays are necessary.
The indices of the renal function and metabolic syndrome were not correlated with circulating Nrg4 levels in diabetes patients. Whereas the meta-analysis suggested that circulating Nrg4 levels were positively correlated with one of the glucose parameters (HbA1c), this finding was similar to some researchers [21, 23]. They concluded that the theory of “Nrg4 resistance” contributes to this correlation. Besides, although Nrg4 preserves glucose homeostasis in mice hepatocytes by activation of ErBb3/ErBb4 signaling, the universal distribution characteristic of ErBb3/ErBb4 signaling may lead to a totally different biological role of Nrg4 in other sites of human body [9, 32, 33]. On the contrary, Wang and Zhang [9, 26] argued that circulating Nrg4 levels were negatively correlated with glucose parameters. They explained that Nrg4 could stimulate insulin release from islet cells and improve insulin resistance under metabolic stress in mice [9, 34]. Taken together, the exact mechanism of Nrg4 in regulating metabolism has not been illuminated and requires further study.
Additionally, a positive correlation between adiposity proxies and circulating Nrg4 levels was confirmed in the meta-analysis. Intriguingly, Wang’s study encapsulated a negative correlation between obesity and adipose Nrg4 mRNA [9], and Cai [20] found that circulating Nrg4 was negatively associated with indices of obesity. Whereas Dai [35] showed that circulating Nrg4 was not correlated with obesity indices, similar results were found by Zhang [26]. Furthermore, Chen and Kang’s works were confirmed by our study [21, 23]. Expression of Nrg4 in each unit of adipose tissue, together with the total fat mass, forms a delicate balance and therefore gives an explanation to the discrepancy. In other words, although expression of Nrg4 in one unit adipose tissue decreases in obesity [9], the total fat mass should rise in obese subjects, which would increase the overall expression of Nrg4 through the whole body [21]. Thus the eventual expressing direction of Nrg4 for the whole body in obesity would be determined by the interaction of these two opposite notions, and each of the three different results might be reasonable.
In our meta-analysis, although we observed higher levels of circulating Nrg4 in diabetes patients in the cross-sectional studies, only one case-control study investigated this correlation [25], which suggested no significant association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM. Since insufficient data on other study types, it was still inconclusive whether there was significant relationship of circulating Nrg4 levels and DM. Therefore, large prospective studies are required to confirm whether circulating Nrg4 levels are associated with the risk of DM in the future. Furthermore, standardized Nrg4 binding assays and analysis of Nrg4 expression pattern in multiple organs are necessary.
Our meta-analysis had some strengths. First of all, we evaluated the association of circulating Nrg4 levels with the risk of DM and glucose-related/non-glucose-related parameters in diabetes patients in the round, which added to the evidences on the role of circulating Nrg4 in human metabolism. Second, our meta-analysis could avoid some potential bias, because that results of stratification according to age and region still demonstrated no significant association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM. Several limitations cannot be avoided in our meta-analysis. Firstly, the limited studies on this correlation could influence the strength of our meta-analysis conclusions. Secondly, the most of studies were based on cross-sectional data with a limited sample size, and given its cross-sectional design, it could not confirm the causal association between circulating Nrg4 levels and DM. Thirdly, the enrolled articles were all observational studies. The possibilities of selection and confounding bias could not be avoided. Indeed, diabetes patients could differ from their health controls in terms of economic power, access to healthcare services, attention to their own health and quality of our life. Finally, the included studies were lack of more useful markers of the metabolic syndrome, such as Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) and Lipid Accumulation Product Index (LAP), which are more realistic than HOMA, BMI or WC. Therefore, more powerful original research with new and realistic markers of metabolic syndrome are warranted to elucidate the exact role of circulating Nrg4 in the development of DM in larger samples and in other ethnic groups.
In summary, although our meta-analysis suggested circulating Nrg4 levels didn’t play a role in the process of DM, subgroup of the cross-sectional study revealed that circulating Nrg4 is higher in diabetes patients. As for clinical indices in diabetes patients, the glucose and adiposity parameters were positively associated with circulating Nrg4. The exact role of the circulating Nrg4 levels in the development of DM still needs to be further identified.
S1 Checklist. PRISMA checklist.
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S1 Table. Reasons why 5 studies were excluded after full-text review.
S2 Table. Results of quality assessment.
We sincerely thank all authors who provided published data for our meta-analysis.
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メイン Kama Sutra first illustrated e-book version
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Не менее занятным показался мне подзаголовок: The Ancient Indian Handbook of Love Making. Подозреваю что древние индусы создававшие книгу никак не думали о том что пишут "справочник по занятиям любовью".
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Мы и Они (1711-1878). Очерки истории и политики славян
Издание книжного магазина В. Г. Белого. Типография Г. Ульриха
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И. И. Гришкин
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana
● TRANSLATOR'S
- Preface
● PART I:
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
● PART II: ON SEXUAL
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
● PART III: ABOUT THE
ACQUISITION OF A
● PART IV: ABOUT A
● PART V: ABOUT THE
WIVES OF OTHER
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● Preface
● Introduction
MODERN KAMA SUTRA INTERPRETATION
● Over 40 sexual positions with images and detailed explanations
PART I: INTRODUCTORY
● Observations on the three worldly attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and Love
● On the study of the Sixty-four Arts
● On the Arrangements of a House, and Household Furniture; and about the
Daily Life of a Citizen, his Companions, Amusements, etc.
● About classes of Women fit and unfit for Congress with the Citizen, and of
Friends, and Messengers
PART II: ON SEXUAL UNION
● Kinds of Union according to Dimensions, Force of Desire, and Time; and on
the different kinds of Love
● Of the Embrace
● On Kissing
● On Pressing or Marking with the Nails
● On Biting, and the ways of Love to be employed with regard to Women of
different countries
● On the various ways of Lying down, and the different kinds of Congress
● On the various ways of Striking, and of the Sounds appropriate to them
● About females acting the part of Males
● On holding the Lingam in the Mouth
● How to begin and how to end the Congress. Different kinds of Congress, and
Love Quarrels
PART III: ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE
● Observations on Betrothal and Marriage
● About creating Confidence in the Girl
● Courtship, and the manifestation of the feelings by outward signs and deeds
● On things to be done only by the Man, and the acquisition of the Girl thereby.
Also what is to be done by a Girl to gain over a Man and subject him to her
● On the different Forms of Marriage
● PART VI: ABOUT
COURTESANS
- Introductory Remarks Chapter I
● PART VII: ON THE
MEANS OF ATTRACTING
OTHERS TO ONE'S SELF
● CONCLUDING
● MODERN KAMA
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TRANSLATOR' S NOTES
In the literature of all countries there will be found a certain number of works
treating especially of love. Everywhere the subject is dealt with differently, and
from various points of view. In the present publication it is proposed to give a
complete translation of what is considered the standard work on love in Sanscrit
literature, and which is called the `Vatsyayana Kama Sutra', or Aphorisms on
Love, by Vatsyayana. While the introduction will deal with the evidence
concerning the date of the writing, and the commentaries written upon it, the
chapters following the introduction will give a translation of the work itself. It is,
however, advisable to furnish here a brief analysis of works of the same nature,
prepared by authors who lived and wrote years after Vatsyayana had passed
away, but who still considered him as the great authority, and always quoted
him as the chief guide to Hindoo erotic literature.
Besides the treatise of Vatsyayana the following works on the same subject are
procurable in India:
The Ratirahasya, or secrets of love
The Panchasakya, or the five arrows
The Smara Pradipa, or the light of love
The Ratimanjari, or the garland of love
The Rasmanjari, or the sprout of love
The Anunga Runga, or the stage of love; also called Kamaledhiplava, or a boat
in the ocean of love.
The author of the `Secrets of Love' was a poet named Kukkoka. He composed
his work to please one Venudutta, who was perhaps a king. When writing his
own name at the end of each chapter he calls himself `Siddha patiya pandita',
i.e. an ingenious man among learned men. The work was translated into Hindi
years ago, and in this the author's name was written as Koka. And as the same
name crept into all the translations into other languages in India, the book
became generally known, and the subject was popularly called Koka Shastra, or
doctrines of Koka, which is identical with the Kama Shastra, or doctrines of
love, and the words Koka Shastra and Kama Shastra are used indiscriminately.
The work contains nearly eight hundred verses, and is divided into ten
chapters, which are called Pachivedas. Some of the things treated of in this
work are not to be found in the Vatsyayana, such as the four classes of women,
the Padmini, Chitrini, Shankini and Hastini, as also the enumeration of the days
and hours on which the women of the different classes become subject to love,
The author adds that he wrote these things from the opinions of Gonikaputra
and Nandikeshwara, both of whom are mentioned by Vatsyayana, but their
works are not now extant. It is difficult to give any approximate idea as to the
year in which the work was composed. It is only to be presumed that it was
written after that of Vatsyayana, and previous to the other works on this
subject that are still extant. Vatsyayana gives the names of ten authors on the
subject, all of whose works he had consulted, but none of which are extant, and
does not mention this one. This would tend to show that Kukkoka wrote after
Vatsya, otherwise Vatsya would assuredly have mentioned him as an author in
this branch of literature along with the others.
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It may be interesting to some persons to learn how it came about that
Vatsyayana was first brought to light and translated into the English language.
It happened thus. While translating with the pundits the `Anunga Runga, or the
stage of love', reference was frequently found to be made to one Vatsya. The
sage Vatsya was of this opinion, or of that opinion. The sage Vatsya said this,
and so on. Naturally questions were asked who the sage was, and the pundits
replied that Vatsya was the author of the standard work on love in Sanscrit
literature, that no Sanscrit library was complete without his work, and that it
was most difficult now to obtain in its entire state. The copy of the manuscript
obtained in Bombay was defective, and so the pundits wrote to Benares,
Calcutta and Jeypoor for copies of the manuscript from Sanscrit libraries in
those places. Copies having been obtained, they were then compared with each
other, and with the aid of a Commentary called `Jayamangla' a revised copy of
the entire manuscript was prepared, and from this copy the English translation
was made. The following is the certificate of the chief pundit:
`The accompanying manuscript is corrected by me after comparing four
different copies of the work. I had the assistance of a Commentary called
"Jayamangla" for correcting the portion in the first five parts, but found great
difficulty in correcting the remaining portion, because, with the exception of one
copy thereof which was tolerably correct, all the other copies I had were far too
incorrect. However, I took that portion as correct in which the majority of the
copies agreed with each other.'
The `Aphorisms on Love' by Vatsyayana contain about one thousand two
hundred and fifty slokas or verses, and are divided into parts, parts into
chapters, and chapters into paragraphs. The whole consists of seven parts,
thirty-six chapters, and sixty-four paragraphs. Hardly anything is known about
the author. His real name is supposed to be Mallinaga or Mrillana, Vatsyayana
being his family name. At the close of the work this is what he writes about
himself:
`After reading and considering the works of Babhravya and other ancient
authors, and thinking over the meaning of the rules given by them, this treatise
was composed, according to the precepts of the Holy Writ, for the benefit of the
world, by Vatsyayana, while leading the life of a religious student at Benares,
and wholly engaged in the contemplation of the Deity. This work is not to be
used merely as an instrument for satisfying our desires. A person acquainted
with the true principles of this science, who preserves his Dharma (virtue or
religious merit), his Artha (worldly wealth) and his Kama (pleasure or sensual
gratification), and who has regard to the customs of the people, is sure to
obtain the mastery over his senses. In short, an intelligent and knowing person
attending to Dharma and Artha and also to Kama, without becoming the slave
of his passions, will obtain success in everything that he may do.'
PART I:
Salutation to Dharma, Artha and Kama
In the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form
of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for
regulating their existence with regard to Dharma,(1) Artha,(2) and Kama.(3)
Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were
separately written by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were
compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to Kama were expounded by
Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters.
Now these `Kama Sutra' (Aphorisms on Love), written by Nandi in one
thousand chapters, were reproduced by Shvetaketu, the son of Uddvalaka, in
an abbreviated form in five hundred chapters, and this work was again similarly
reproduced in an abridged form, in one hundred and fifty chapters, by
Babhravya, an inheritant of the Punchala (South of Delhi) country. These one
hundred and fifty chapters were then put together under seven heads or parts
named severally
Sadharana (general topics)
Samprayogika (embraces, etc.)
Kanya Samprayuktaka (union of males and females)
Bharyadhikarika (on one's own wife)
Paradika (on the wives of other people)
Vaisika (on courtesans)
Aupamishadika (on the arts of seduction, tonic medicines, etc.)
The sixth part of this last work was separately expounded by Dattaka at the
request of the public women of Pataliputra (Patna), and in the same way
Charayana explained the first part of it. The remaining parts, viz. the second,
third, fourth, fifth, and seventh, were each separately expounded by
Suvarnanabha (second part)
Ghotakamukha (third part)
Gonardiya (fourth part)
Gonikaputra (fifth part)
Kuchumara (seventh part), respectively.
Thus the work being written in parts by different authors was almost
unobtainable and, as the parts which were expounded by Dattaka and the
others treated only of the particular branches of the subject to which each part
related, and moreover as the original work of Babhravya was difficult to be
mastered on account of its length, Vatsyayana, therefore, composed his work in
a small volume as an abstract of the whole of the works of the above named
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PART IV: ABOUT A
Observations on the three worldly attainments of Virtue, Wealth, and
Man, the period of whose life is one hundred years, should practise Dharma,
Artha and Kama at different times and in such a manner that they may
harmonize together and not clash in any way. He should acquire learning in his
childhood, in his youth and middle age he should attend to Artha and Kama,
and in his old age he should perform Dharma, and thus seek to gain Moksha,
i.e. release from further transmigration. Or, on account of the uncertainty of
life, he may practise them at times when they are enjoined to be practised. But
one thing is to be noted, he should lead the life of a religious student until he
finishes his education.
Dharma is obedience to the command of the Shastra or Holy Writ of the
Hindoos to do certain things, such as the performance of sacrifices, which are
not generally done, because they do not belong to this world, and produce no
visible effect; and not to do other things, such as eating meat, which is often
done because it belongs to this world, and has visible effects.
Dharma should be learnt from the Shruti (Holy Writ), and from those
conversant with it.
Artha is the acquisition of arts, land, gold, cattle, wealth, equipages and friends.
It is, further, the protection of what is acquired, and the increase of what is
Artha should be learnt from the king's officers, and from merchants who may
be versed in the ways of commerce.
Kama is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing,
feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the
soul. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and
its object, and the consciousness of pleasure which arises from that contact is
called Kama.
Kama is to be learnt from the Kama Sutra (aphorisms on love) and from the
practice of citizens.
When all the three, viz. Dharma, Artha and Kama, come together, the former is
better than the one which follows it, i.e. Dharma is better than Artha, and Artha
is better than Kama. But Artha should always be first practised by the king for
the livelihood of men is to be obtained from it only. Again, Kama being the
occupation of public women, they should prefer it to the other two, and these
are exceptions to the general rule.
On the arts and sciences to be studied
Man should study the Kama Sutra and the arts and sciences subordinate
thereto, in addition to the study of the arts and sciences contained in Dharma
and Artha. Even young maids should study this Kama Sutra along with its arts
and sciences before marriage, and after it they should continue to do so with
the consent of their husbands.
Here some learned men object, and say that females, not being allowed to
study any science, should not study the Kama Sutra.
But Vatsyayana is of opinion that this objection does not hold good, for women
already know the practice of Kama Sutra, and that practice is derived from the
Kama Shastra, or the science of Kama itself. Moreover, it is not only in this but
in many other cases that, though the practice of a science is known to all, only
a few persons are acquainted with the rules and laws on which the science is
based. Thus the Yadnikas or sacrificers, though ignorant of grammar, make use
of appropriate words when addressing the different Deities, and do not know
how these words are framed. Again, persons do the duties required of them on
auspicious days, which are fixed by astrology, though they are not acquainted
with the science of astrology. In a like manner riders of horses and elephants
train these animals without knowing the science of training animals, but from
practice only. And similarly the people of the most distant provinces obey the
laws of the kingdom from practice, and because there is a king over them, and
without further reason.1 And from experience we find that some women, such
as daughters of princes and their ministers, and public women, are actually
versed in the Kama Shastra.
A female, therefore, should learn the Kama Shastra, or at least a part of it, by
studying its practice from some confidential friend. She should study alone in
private the sixty-four practices that form a part of the Kama Shastra. Her
teacher should be one of the following persons: the daughter of a nurse brought
up with her and already married,2 or a female friend who can be trusted in
everything, or the sister of her mother (i.e. her aunt), or an old female servant,
or a female beggar who may have formerly lived in the family, or her own sister
who can always be trusted.
The following are the arts to be studied, together with the Kama Sutra:
Playing on musical instruments
The life of a citizen
Having thus acquired learning, a man, with the wealth that he may have gained
by gift, conquest, purchase, deposit,1 or inheritance from his ancestors, should
become a householder, and pass the life of a citizen.2 He should take a house
in a city, or large village, or in the vicinity of good men, or in a place which is
the resort of many persons. This abode should be situated near some water,
and divided into different compartments for different purposes. It should be
surrounded by a garden, and also contain two rooms, an outer and an inner
one. The inner room should be occupied by the females, while the outer room,
balmy with rich perfumes, should contain a bed, soft, agreeable to the sight,
covered with a clean white cloth, low in the middle part, having garlands and
bunches of flowers3 upon it, and a canopy above it, and two pillows, one at the
top, another at the bottom. There should be also a sort of couch besides, and at
the head of this a sort of stool, on which should be placed the fragrant
ointments for the night, as well as flowers, pots containing collyrium and other
fragrant substances, things used for perfuming the mouth, and the bark of the
common citron tree. Near the couch, on the ground, there should be a pot for
spitting, a box containing ornaments, and also a lute hanging from a peg made
of the tooth of an elephant, a board for drawing, a pot containing perfume,
some books, and some garlands of the yellow amaranth flowers. Not far from
the couch, and on the ground, there should be a round seat, a toy cart, and a
board for playing with dice; outside the outer room there should be cages of
birds,4 and a separate place for spinning, carving and such like diversions. In
the garden there should be a whirling swing and a common swing, as also a
bower of creepers covered with flowers, in which a raised parterre should be
made for sitting.
Now the householder, having got up in the morning and performed his
necessary duties,5 should wash his teeth, apply a limited quantity of ointments
and perfumes to his body, put some ornaments on his person and collyrium on
his eyelids and below his eyes, colour his lips with alacktaka,6 and look at
himself in the glass. Having then eaten betel leaves, with other things that give
fragrance to the mouth, he should perform his usual business. He should bathe
daily, anoint his body with oil every other day, apply a lathering substance7 to
his body every three days, get his head (including face) shaved every four days
and the other parts of his body every five or ten days.8 All these things should
be done without fail, and the sweat of the armpits should also be removed.
Meals should be taken in the forenoon, in the afternoon, and again at night,
according to Charayana. After breakfast, parrots and other birds should be
taught to speak, and the fighting of cocks, quails, and rams should follow. A
limited time should be devoted to diversions with Pithamardas, Vitas, and
Vidushakas,9 and then should be taken the midday sleep.10 After this the
householder, having put on his clothes and ornaments, should, during the
afternoon, converse with his friends. In the evening there should be singing,
and after that the householder, along with his friend, should await in his room,
previously decorated and perfumed, the arrival of the woman that may be
attached to him, or he may send a female messenger for her, or go for her
himself. After her arrival at his house, he and his friend should welcome her,
and entertain her with a loving and agreeable conversation. Thus end the duties
of the day.
About the kinds of women resorted to by the citizens, and of friends
and messengers
When Kama is practised by men of the four castes according to the rules of the
Holy Writ (i.e. by lawful marriage) with virgins of their own caste, it then
becomes a means of acquiring lawful progeny and good fame, and it is not also
opposed to the customs of the world. On the contrary the practice of Kama with
women of the higher castes, and with those previously enjoyed by others, even
though they be of the same caste, is prohibited. But the practice of Kama with
women of the lower castes, with women excommunicated from their own caste,
with public women, and with women twice married,1 is neither enjoined nor
prohibited. The object of practising Kama with such women is pleasure only.
Nayikas,2 therefore, are of three kinds, viz. maids, women twice married, and
public women. Gonikaputra has expressed an opinion that there is a fourth kind
of Nayika, viz. a woman who is resorted to on some special occasion even
though she be previously married to another. These special occasions are when
a man thinks thus:
This woman is self-willed, and has been previously enjoyed by many others
besides myself. I may, therefore, safely resort to her as to a public woman
though she belongs to a higher caste than mine, and, in so doing, I shall not be
violating the ordinances of Dharma.
Or thus:
This is a twice-married woman and has been enjoyed by others before me;
there is, therefore, no objection to my resorting to her.
This woman has gained the heart of her great and powerful husband, and
exercises a mastery over him, who is a friend of my enemy; if, therefore, she
becomes united with me she will cause her husband to abandon my enemy.
This woman will turn the mind of her husband, who is very powerful, in my
favour, he being at present disaffected towards me, and intent on doing me
some harm.
By making this woman my friend I shall gain the object of some friend of mine,
or shall be able to effect the ruin of some enemy, or shall accomplish some
other difficult purpose.
By being united with this woman, I shall kill her husband, and so obtain his vast
riches which I covet.
Kinds of sexual union according to dimensions, force of desire or
passion, time
Kind of Union
Man is divided into three classes, viz. the hare man, the bull man, and the
horse man, according to the size of his lingam.
Woman also, according to the depth of her yoni, is either a female deer, a
mare, or a female elephant.
Of the embrace
This part of the Kama Shastra, which treats of sexual union, is also called `Sixtyfour' (Chatushshashti). Some old authors say that it is called so, because it
contains sixty-four chapters. Others are of opinion that the author of this part
being a person named Panchala, and the person who recited the part of the Rig
Veda called Dashatapa, which contains sixty-four verses, being also called
Panchala, the name `sixty-four' has been given to the part of the work in honour
of the Rig Vedas. The followers of Babhravya say on the other hand that this part
contains eight subjects, viz. the embrace, kissing, scratching with the nails or
fingers, biting, lying down, making various sounds, playing the part of a man,
and the Auparishtaka, or mouth congress. Each of these subjects being of eight
kinds, and eight multiplied by eight being sixty-four, this part is therefore named
`sixty-four'. But Vatsyayana affirms that as this part contains also the following
subjects, viz. striking, crying, the acts of a man during congress, the various
kinds of congress, and other subjects, the name `sixty-four' is given to it only
accidentally. As, for instance, we say this tree is `Saptaparna', or seven-leaved,
this offering of rice is `Panchavarna', or five-coloured, but the tree has not seven
leaves, neither has the rice five colours.
However the part sixty-four is now treated of, and the embrace, being the first
subject, will now be considered.
Now the embrace which indicates the mutual love of a man and woman who
have come together is of four kinds:
PART V: ABOUT THE
The action in each case is denoted by the meaning of the word which stands for
When a man under some pretext or other goes in front or alongside of a woman
and touches her body with his own, it is called the `touching embrace'.
On kissing
It is said by some that there is no fixed time or order between the embrace,
the kiss, and the pressing or scratching with the nails or fingers, but that all
these things should be done generally before sexual union takes place, while
striking and making the various sounds generally takes place at the time of the
union. Vatsyayana, however, thinks that anything may take place at any time,
for love does not care for time or order.
On the occasion of the first congress, kissing and the other things mentioned
above should be done moderately, they should not be continued for a long
time, and should be done alternately. On subsequent occasions, however, the
reverse of all this may take place, and moderation will not be necessary, they
may continue for a long time, and, for the purpose of kindling love, they may
be all done at the same time.
On pressing, or marking, or scratching with nails
When love becomes intense, pressing with the nails or scratching the body with
them is practised, and it is done on the following occasions: on the first visit; at
the time of setting out on a journey; on the return from a journey; at the time
when an angry lover is reconciled; and lastly when the woman is intoxicated.
But pressing with the nails is not a usual thing except with those who are
intensely passionate, i.e. full of passion. It is employed, together with biting, by
those to whom the practice is agreeable.
On biting, and the means to be employed with regard to women og
All the places that can be kissed are also the places that can be bitten, except
the upper lip, the interior of the mouth, and the eyes. The qualities of good teeth
are as follows: They should be equal, possessed of a pleasing brightness,
capable of being coloured, of proper proportions, unbroken, and with sharp ends.
The defects of teeth on the other hand are that they are blunt, protruding from
the gums, rough, soft, large, and loosely set.
The following are the different kinds of biting:
PART III: ABOUT THE
hidden bite
swollen bite
line of points
coral and the jewel
line of jewels
broken cloud
biting of the boar
CONCLUDING
Of the different ways of lying down, and various kinds of congress
On the occasion of a `high congress' the Mrigi (Deer) woman should lie down in
such a way as to widen her yoni, while in a `low congress' the Hastini (Elephant)
woman should lie down so as to contract hers. But in an `equal congress' they
should lie down in the natural position. What is said above concerning the Mrigi
and the Hastini applies also to the Vadawa (Mare) woman. In a `low congress
the woman should particularly make use of medicine, to cause her desires to be
satisfied quickly.
The Deer-woman has the following three ways of lying down:
● The widely opened position
● The yawning position
● The position of the wife of Indra
Of the various modes of striking, and of the sounds appropiate to them
SEXUAL intercourse can be compared to a quarrel, on account of the
contrarieties of love and its tendency to dispute. The place of striking with
passion is the body, and on the body the special places are:
PART II: ON SEXUAL
space between the breasts
jaghana, or middle part of the body
Striking is of four kinds:
back of the hand
fingers a little contracted
open palm of the hand
About women acting the part of a man; and of the work of a man
When a woman sees that her lover is fatigued by constant congress, without
having his desire satisfied, she should, with his permission, lay him down upon
his back, and give him assistance by acting his part. She may also do this to
satisfy the curiosity of her lover, or her own desire of novelty. There are two
ways of doing this, the first is when during congress she turns round, and gets
on the top of her lover, in such a manner as to continue the congress, without
obstructing the pleasure of it; and the other is when she acts the man's part
from the beginning. At such a time, with flowers in her hair hanging loose, and
her smiles broken by hard breathings, she should press upon her lover's bosom
with her own breasts, and lowering her head frequently, should do in return the
same actions which he used to do before, returning his blows and chaffing him,
should say, `I was laid down by you, and fatigued with hard congress, I shall
now therefore lay you down in return.' She should then again manifest her own
bashfulness, her fatigue, and her desire of stopping the congress. In this way
she should do the work of a man, which we shall presently relate.
Of the Auparishtaka or mouth congress
There are two kinds of eunuchs, those that are disguised as males, and those
that are disguised as females. Eunuchs disguised as females imitate their dress,
speech, gestures, tenderness, timidity, simplicity, softness and bashfulness.
The acts that are done on the jaghana or middle parts of women, are done in
the mouths of these eunuchs, and this is called Auparishtaka.1 These eunuchs
derive their imaginable pleasure, and their livelihood from this kind of congress,
and they lead the life of courtesans. So much concerning eunuchs disguised as
Eunuchs disguised as males keep their desires secret, and when they wish to do
anything they lead the life of shampooers. Under the pretence of shampooing, a
eunuch of this kind embraces and draws towards himself the thighs of the man
whom he is shampooing, and after this he touches the joints of his thighs and
his jaghana, or central portions of his body. Then, if he finds the lingam of the
man erect, he presses it with his hands and chaffs him for getting into that
state. If after this, and after knowing his intention, the man does not tell the
eunuch to proceed, then the latter does it of his own accord and begins the
congress. If however he is ordered by the man to do it, then he disputes with
him, and only consents at last with difficulty.
Of the way how to begin and how to end the congress. Different kinds
of congress and love quarrels.
In the pleasure-room, decorated with flowers, and fragrant with perfumes,
attended by his friends and servants, the citizen should receive the woman,
who will come bathed and dressed, and will invite her to take refreshment and
to drink freely. He should then seat her on his left side, and holding her hair,
and touching also the end and knot of her garment, he should gently embrace
her with his right arm. They should then carry on an amusing conversation on
various subjects, and may also talk suggestively of things which would be
considered as coarse, or not to be mentioned generally in society. They may
then sing, either with or without gesticulations, and play on musical
instruments, talk about the arts, and persuade each other to drink. At last when
the woman is overcome with love and desire, the citizen should dismiss the
people that may be with him, giving them flowers, ointments, and betel leaves,
and then when the two are left alone, they should proceed as has been already
described in the previous chapters.
Such is the beginning of sexual union. At the end of the congress, the lovers
with modesty, and not looking at each other, should go separately to the
washing-room. After this, sitting in their own places, they should eat some betel
leaves, and the citizen should apply with his own hand to the body of the
woman some pure sandal wood ointment, or ointment of some other kind. He
should then embrace her with his left arm, and with agreeable words should
cause her to drink from a cup held in his own hand, or he may give her water to
drink. They can then eat sweetmeats, or anything else, according to their
likings and may drink fresh juice,1 soup, gruel, extracts of meat, sherbet, the
juice of mango fruits, the extract of the juice of the citron tree mixed with
sugar, or anything that may be liked in different countries, and known to be
sweet, soft, and pure. The lovers may also sit on the terrace of the palace or
house, and enjoy the moonlight, and carry on an agreeable conversation. At
this time, too, while the woman lies in his lap, with her face towards the moon,
the citizen should show her the different planets, the morning star, the polar
star, and the seven Rishis, or Great Bear.
This is the end of sexual union.
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When a girl of the same caste, and a virgin, is married in accordance with the
precepts of Holy Writ, the results of such a union are the acquisition of Dharma
and Artha, offspring, affinity, increase of friends, and untarnished love. For this
reason a man should fix his affections upon a girl who is of good family, whose
parents are alive, and who is three years or more younger than himself. She
should be born of a highly respectable family, possessed of wealth, well
connected, and with many relations and friends. She should also be beautiful,
of a good disposition, with lucky marks on her body, and with good hair, nails,
teeth, ears, eyes and breasts, neither more nor less than they ought to be, and
no one of them entirely wanting, and not troubled with a sickly body. The man
should, of course, also possess these qualities himself. But at all events, says
Ghotakamukha, a girl who has been already joined with others (i.e. no longer a
maiden) should never be loved, for it would be reproachable to do such a thing.
Now in order to bring about a marriage with such a girl as described above,
thee parents and relations of the man should exert themselves, as also such
friends on both sides as may be desired to assist in the matter. These friends
should bring to the notice of the girl's parents, the faults, both present and
future, of all the other men that may wish to marry her, and should at the same
time extol even to exaggeration all the excellencies, ancestral, and paternal, of
their friend, so as to endear him to them, and particularly to those that may be
liked by the girl's mother. One of the friends should also disguise himself as an
astrologer, and declare the future good fortune and wealth of his friend by
showing the existence of all the lucky omens (1) and signs, (2) the good
influence of planets, the auspicious entrance of the sun into a sign of the
Zodiac, propitious stars and fortunate marks on his body. Others again should
rouse the jealousy of the girl's mother by telling her that their friend has a
chance of getting from some other quarter even a better girl than hers.
PART VI: ABOUT
Of creating confidence in the girl
For the first three days after marriage, the girl and her husband should sleep
on the floor, abstain from sexual pleasures, and eat their food without
seasoning it either with alkali or salt. For the next seven days they should bathe
amidst tire sounds of auspicious musical instruments, should decorate
themselves, dine together, and pay attention to their relations as well as to
those who may have come to witness their marriage. This is applicable to
persons of all castes. On the night of the tenth day the man should begin in a
lonely place with soft words, and thus create confidence in the girl. Some
authors say that for the purpose of winning her over he should not speak to her
for three days, but the followers of Babhravya are of opinion that if the man
does not speak with her for three days, the girl may be discouraged by seeing
him spiritless like a pillar, and, becoming dejected, she may begin to despise
him as a eunuch.
Vatsyayana says that the man should begin to win her over, and to create
confidence in her, but should abstain at first from sexual pleasures. Women,
being of a tender nature, want tender beginnings, and when they are forcibly
approached by men with whom they are but slightly acquainted, they
sometimes suddenly become haters of sexual connection, and sometimes even
haters of the male sex. The man should therefore approach the girl according to
her liking, and should make use of those devices by which he may be able to
establish himself more and more into her confidence. These devices are as
He should embrace her first of all in a way she likes most, because it does not
last for a long time.
He should embrace her with the upper part of his body because that is easier
and simpler. If the girl is grown up, or if the man has known her for some time,
he may embrace her by the light of a lamp, but if he is not well acquainted with
her, or if she is a young girl, he should then embrace her in darkness.
When the girl accepts the embrace, the man should put a tambula or screw of
betel nut and betel leaves in her mouth, and if she will not take it, he should
induce her to do so by conciliatory words, entreaties, oaths, and kneeling at her
feet, for it is a universal rule that however bashful or angry a woman may be
she never disregards a man's kneeling at her feet. At the time of giving this
tambula he should kiss her mouth softly and gracefully without making any
When she is gained over in this respect he should then make her talk, and so
that she may be induced to talk he should ask her questions about things of
which he knows or pretends to know nothing, and which can be answered in a
few words. If she does not speak to him, he should not frighten her, but should
ask her the same thing again and again in a conciliatory manner. If she does
not then speak he should urge her to give a reply because, as Ghotakamukha
says, `all girls hear everything said to them by men, but do not themselves
sometimes say a single word'.
On courtship, and the manifestation of the feelings by outward signs
and deeds
A poor man possessed of good qualities, a man born of a low family possessed
of mediocre qualities, a neighbour possessed of wealth, and one under the
control of his father, mother or brothers, should not marry without
endeavouring to gain over the girl from her childhood to love and esteem him.
Thus a boy separated from his parents, and living in the house of his uncle,
should try to gain over the daughter of his uncle, or some other girl, even
though she be previously betrothed to another. And this way of gaining over a
girl, says Ghotakamukha, is unexceptional, because Dharma can be
accomplished by means of it as well as by any other way of marriage.
When a boy has thus begun to woo the girl he loves, he should spend his time
with her and amuse her with various games and diversions fitted for their age
and acquaintanceship, such as picking and collecting flowers, making garlands
of flowers, playing the parts of members of a fictitious family, cooking food,
playing with dice, playing with cards, the game of odd and even, the game of
finding out the middle finger, the game of six pebbles, and such other games as
may be prevalent in the country, and agreeable to the disposition of the girl. In
addition to this, he should carry on various amusing games played by several
persons together, such as hide and seek, playing with seeds, hiding things in
several small heaps of wheat and looking for them, blindman's buff, gymnastic
exercises, and other games of the same sort, in company with the girl, her
friends and female attendants. The man should also show great kindness to any
woman whom the girl thinks fit to be trusted, and should also make new
acquaintances, but above all he should attach to himself by kindness and little
services the daughter of the girl's nurse, for if she be gained over, even though
she comes to know of his design, she does not cause any obstruction, but is
sometimes even able to effect a union between him and the girl. And though
she knows the true character of the man, she always talks of his many
excellent qualities to the parents and relations of the girl, even though she may
not be desired to do so by him.
In this way the man should do whatever the girl takes most delight in, and he
should get for her whatever she may have a desire to possess. Thus he should
procure for her such playthings as may be hardly known to other girls. He may
also show her a ball dyed with various colours, and other curiosities of the same
sort; and should give her dolls made of cloth, wood, buffalo-horn, wax, flour, or
earth; also utensils for cooking food, and figures in wood, such as a man and
woman standing, a pair of rams, or goats, or sheep; also temples made of
earth, bamboo, or wood, dedicated to various goddesses; and cages for
parrots, cuckoos, starlings, quails, cocks, and partridges; water-vessels of
different sorts and of elegant forms, machines for throwing water about,
guitars, stands for putting images upon, stools, lac, red arsenic, yellow
ointment, vermilion and collyrium, as well as sandalwood, saffron, betel nut and
betel leaves. Such things should be given at different times whenever he gets a
good opportunity of meeting her, and some of them should be given in private,
and some in public, according to circumstances. In short, he should try in every
way to make her look upon him as one who would do for her everything that
she wanted to be done.
About things to be done only by the man, and the acquisition of the girl
thereby. Also what is to be done by a girl to gain over a man, and
subject him to her
Now when the girl begins to show her love by outward signs and motions, as
described in the last chapter, the lover should try to gain her over entirely by
various ways and means, such as the following:
When engaged with her in any game or sport he should intentionally hold her
hand. He should practise upon her the various kinds of embraces, such as the
touching embrace, and others already described in a preceding chapter (Part II,
Chapter II). He should show her a pair of human beings cut out of the leaf of a
tree, and such like things, at intervals. When engaged in water sports, he
should dive at a distance from her, and come tip close to her. He should show
an increased liking for the new foliage of trees and such like things. He should
describe to her the pangs he suffers on her account. He should relate to her the
beautiful dream that he has had with reference to other women. At parties and
assemblies of his caste he should sit near her, and touch her under some
pretence or other, and having placed his foot upon hers, he should slowly touch
each of her toes, and press the ends of the nails; if successful in this, he should
get hold of her foot with his hand and repeat the same thing. He should also
press a finger of her hand between his toes when she happens to be washing
his feet; and whenever he gives anything to her or takes anything from her, he
should show her by his manner and look how much he loves her.
He should sprinkle upon her the water brought for rinsing his mouth; and when
alone with her in a lonely place, or in darkness, he should make love to her,
and tell her the true state of his mind without distressing her in any way.
Whenever he sits with her on the same seat or bed he should say to her, `I
have something to tell you in private', and then, when she comes to hear it in a
quiet place, he should express his love to her more by manner and signs than
by words. When he comes to know the state of her feelings towards him he
should pretend to be ill, and should make her come to his house to speak to
him. There he should intentionally hold her hand and place it on his eyes and
forehead, and under the pretence of preparing some medicine for him he should
ask her to do the work for his sake in the following words: `This work must be
done by you, and by nobody else.' When she wants to go away he should let
her go, with an earnest request to come and see him again. This device of
illness should be continued for three days and three nights. After this, when she
begins coming to see him frequently, he should carry on long conversations
with her, for, says Ghotakamukha, `though a man loves a girl ever so much, he
never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking'.
On certain forms of marriage (1)
When a girl cannot meet her lover frequently in private, she should send the
daughter of her nurse to him, it being understood that she has confidence in
her, and had previously gained her over to her interests. On seeing the man,
the daughter of the nurse should, in the course of conversation, describe to him
the noble birth, the good disposition, the beauty, talent, skill, knowledge of
human nature and affection of the girl in such a way as not to let him suppose
that she had been sent by the girl, and should thus create affection for the girl
in the heart of the man. To the girl also she should speak about the excellent
qualities of the man, especially of those qualities which she knows are pleasing
to the girl. She should, moreover, speak with disparagement of the other lovers
of the girl, and talk about the avarice and indiscretion of their parents, and the
fickleness of their relations. She should also quote samples of many girls of
ancient times, such as Sakoontala and others, who, having united themselves
with lovers of their own caste and their own choice, were ever happy afterwards
in their society. And she should also tell of other girls who married into great
families, and being troubled by rival wives, became wretched and miserable,
and were finally abandoned. She should further speak of the good fortune, the
continual happiness, the chastity, obedience, and affection of the man, and if
the girl gets amorous about him, she should endeavour to allay her shame2 and
her fear as well as her suspicions about any disaster that might result from her
marriage. In a word, she should act the whole part of a female messenger by
telling the girl all about the man's affection for her, the places he frequented,
and the endeavours he made to meet her, and by frequently repeating, `It will
be all right if the man will take you away forcibly and unexpectedly.'
The Forms of Marriage
When the girl is gained over, and acts openly with the man as his wife, he
should cause fire to be brought from the house of a Brahman, and having
spread the Kusha grass upon the ground, and offered an oblation to the fire, he
should marry her according to the precepts of the religious law. After this he
should inform his parents of the fact, because it is the opinion of ancient
authors that a marriage solemnly contracted in the presence of fire cannot
afterwards be set aside.
After the consummation of the marriage, the relations of the man should
gradually be made acquainted with the affair, and the relations of the girl
should also be apprised of it in such a way that they may consent to the
marriage, and overlook the manner in which it was brought about, and when
this is done they should afterwards be reconciled by affectionate presents and
favourable conduct. In this manner the man should marry the girl according to
the Gandharva form of marriage.
When the girl cannot make up her mind, or will not express her readiness to
marry, the man should obtain her in any one of the following ways:
On a fitting occasion, and under some excuse, he should, by means of a female
friend with whom he is well acquainted, and whom he can trust, and who also is
well known to the girl's family, get the girl brought unexpectedly to his house,
and he should then bring fire from the house of a Brahman, and proceed as
before described.
On the manner of living of a virtuous woman, and of her behaviour
during the absence of her husband
A virtuous woman, who has affection for her husband, should act in conformity
with his wishes as if he were a divine being, and with his consent should take
upon herself the whole care of his family. She should keep the whole house well
cleaned, and arrange flowers of various kinds in different parts of it, and make
the floor smooth and polished so as to give the whole a neat and becoming
appearance. She should surround the house with a garden, and place ready in it
all the materials required for the morning, noon and evening sacrifices.
Moreover she should herself revere the sanctuary of the Household Gods, for,
says Gonardiya, `nothing so much attracts the heart of a householder to his
wife as a careful observance of the things mentioned above'. Towards the
parents, relations, friends, sisters, and servants of her husband she should
behave as they deserve. In the garden she should plant beds of green
vegetables, bunches of the sugar cane, and clumps of the fig tree, the mustard
plant, the parsley plant, the fennel plant, and the xanthochymus pictorius.
Clusters of various flowers such as the trapa bispinosa, the jasmine, the
jasminum grandiflorum, the yellow amaranth, the wild jasmine, the
tabernamontana coronaria, the nadyaworta, the china rose and others, should
likewise be planted, together with the fragrant grass andropogon schaenanthus,
and the fragrant root of the plant andropogon miricatus. She should also have
seats and arbours made in the garden, in the middle of which a well, tank, or
pool should be dug.
The wife should always avoid the company of female beggars, female Buddhist
mendicants, unchaste and roguish women, female fortune tellers and witches.
As regards meals she should always consider what her husband likes and
dislikes and what things are good for him, and what are injurious to him. When
she hears the sounds of his footsteps coming home she should at once get up
and be ready to do whatever he may command her, and either order her female
servant to wash his feet, or wash them herself. When going anywhere with her
husband, she should put on her ornaments, and without his consent she should
not either give or accept invitations, or attend marriages and sacrifices, or sit in
the company of female friends, or visit the temples of the Gods. And if she
wants to engage in any kind of games or sports, she should not do it against his
will. In the same way she should always sit down after him, and get up before
him, and should never awaken him when he is asleep. The kitchen should be
situated in a quiet and retired place, so as not to be accessible to strangers,
and should always look clean.
In the event of any misconduct on the part of her husband, she should not
blame him excessively, though she be a little displeased. She should not use
abusive language towards him, but rebuke him with conciliatory words, whether
he be in the company of friends or alone. Moreover, she should not be a scold,
for, says Gonardiya, `there is no cause of dislike on the part of a husband so
great as this characteristic in a wife'. Lastly she should avoid bad expressions,
sulky looks, speaking aside, standing in the doorway, and looking at passersby, conversing in the pleasure groves, and remaining in a lonely place for a long
time; and finally she should always keep her body, her teeth, her hair and
everything belonging to her tidy, sweet, and clean.
On the conduct of the eldest Wife towards the other Wives of her
Husband, and of the younger Wife towards the elder ones. Also on the
conduct of a Virgin Widow remarried; of a Wife disliked by her
Husband; of the Women in the King's Harem; and of a Husband who has
more than one Wife
The causes of re-marrying during the lifetime of the wife are as follows:
The folly or ill-temper of the wife
Her husband's dislike to her
The want of offspring
The continual birth of daughters
The incontinence of the husband
From the very beginning, a wife should endeavour to attract the heart of her
husband, by showing to him continually her devotion, her good temper, and her
wisdom. If however she bears him no children, she should herself toilette her
husband to marry another woman. And when the second wife is married, and
brought to the house, the first wife should give her a position superior to her
own, and look upon her as a sister. In the morning the elder wife should
forcibly make the younger one decorate herself in the presence of their
husband, and should not mind all the husband's favour being given to her. If
the younger wife does anything to displease her husband the elder one should
not neglect her, but should always be ready to give her most careful advice,
and should teach her to do various things in the presence of her husband. Her
children she should treat as her own, her attendants she should look upon with
more regard, even than on her own servants, her friends she should cherish
with love and kindness, and her relations with great honour.
When there are many other wives besides herself, the elder wife should
associate with the one who is immediately next to her in rank and age, and
should instigate the wife who has recently enjoyed her husband's favour to
quarrel with the present favourite. After this she should sympathize with the
former, and having collected all the other wives together, should get them to
denounce the favourite as a scheming and wicked woman, without however
committing herself in any way. If the favourite wife happens to quarrel with the
husband, then the elder wife should take her part and give her false
encouragement, and thus cause the quarrel to be increased. If there be only a
little quarrel between the two, the elder wife should do all she can to work it up
into a large quarrel. But if after all this she finds the husband still continues to
love his favourite wife she should then change her tactics, and endeavour to
bring about a conciliation between them, so as to avoid her husband's
displeasure.
Thus ends the conduct of the elder wife.
On the Characteristics of Men and Women, and the reason why Women
reject the Addresses of Men. About Men who have Success with
Women, and about Women who are easily gained over
The wives of other people may be resorted to on the occasions already
described in Part I, Chapter V, of this work, but the possibility of their
acquisition, their fitness for cohabitation, the danger to oneself in uniting with
them, and the future effect of these unions, should first of all be examined. A
man may resort to the wife of another, for the purpose of saving his own life,
when he perceives that his love for her proceeds from one degree of intensity
to another. These degrees are ten in number, and are distinguished by the
following marks:
● Love of the eye
● Attachment of the mind
● Constant reflection
● Destruction of sleep
● Emaciation of the body
● Turning away from objects of enjoyment
● Removal of shame
● Madness
● Fainting
● Death
Ancient authors say that a man should know the disposition, truthfulness,
purity, and will of a young woman, as also the intensity, or weakness of her
passions, from the form of her body, and from her characteristic marks and
signs. But Vatsyayana is of opinion that the forms of bodies, and the
characteristic marks or signs are but erring tests of character, and that women
should be judged by their conduct, by the outward expression of their thoughts,
and by the movements of their bodies.
Now as a general rule Gonikaputra says that a woman falls in love with every
handsome man she sees, and so does every man at the sight of a beautiful
woman, but frequently they do not take any further steps, owing to various
considerations. In love the following circumstances are peculiar to the woman.
She loves without regard to right or wrong,1 and does not try to gain over a
man simply for the attainment of some particular purpose. Moreover, when a
man first makes up to her she naturally shrinks from him, even though she may
be willing to unite herself with him. But when the attempts to gain her are
repeated and renewed, she at last consents. But with a man, even though he
may have begun to love, he conquers his feelings from a regard for morality
and wisdom, and although his thoughts are often on the woman, he does not
yield, even though an attempt be made to gain him over. He sometimes makes
an attempt or effort to win the object of his affections, and having failed, he
leaves her alone for the future. In the same way, when a woman is once
gained, he often becomes indifferent about her. As for the saying that a man
does not care for what is easily gained, and only desires a thing which cannot
be obtained without difficulty, it is only a matter of talk.
About making Acquaintance with the Woman, and of the efforts to gain
her over
Ancient authors are of opinion that girls are not so easily seduced by employing
female messengers as by the efforts of the man himself, but that the wives of
others are more easily got at by the aid of female messengers than by the
personal efforts of the man. But Vatsyayana lays it down that whenever it is
possible a man should always act himself in these matters, and it is only when
such is impracticable, or impossible, that female messengers should be
employed. As for the saying that women who act and talk boldly and freely are
to be won by the personal efforts of the man, and that women who do not
possess those qualities are to be got at by female messengers, it is only a
matter of talk.
Now when a man acts himself in the matter he should first of all make the
acquaintance of the woman he loves in the following manner:
He should arrange to be seen by the woman either on a natural or special
opportunity. A natural opportunity is when one of them goes to the house of the
other, and a special opportunity is when they meet either at the house of a
friend, or a caste-fellow, or a minister, or a physician, as also on the occasion of
marriage ceremonies, sacrifices, festivals, funerals, and garden parties.
When they do meet, the man should be careful to look at her in such a way as
to cause the state of his mind to be made known to her; he should pull about
his moustache, make a sound with his nails, cause his own ornaments to tinkle,
bite his lower lip, and make various other signs of that description. When she is
looking at him he should speak to his friends about her and other women, and
should show to her his liberality and his appreciation of enjoyments. When
sitting by the side of a female friend he should yawn and twist his body,
contract his eyebrows, speak very slowly as if he was weary, and listen to her
indifferently. A conversation having two meanings should also be carried on
with a child or some other person, apparently having regard to a third person,
but really having reference to the woman he loves, and in this way his love
should be made manifest under the pretext of referring to others rather than to
herself. He should make marks that have reference to her, on the earth with his
nails, or with a stick, and should embrace and kiss a child in her presence, and
give it the mixture of betel nut and betel leaves with his tongue, and press its
chin with his fingers in a caressing way. All these things should be done at the
proper time and in proper places.
The man should fondle a child that may be sitting on her lap, and give it
something to play with, and also take the same back again. Conversation with
respect to the child may also be held with her, and in this manner he should
gradually become well acquainted with her, and he should also make himself
agreeable to her relations. Afterwards, this acquaintance should be made a
pretext for visiting her house frequently, and on such occasions he should
converse on the subject of love in her absence but within her hearing. As his
intimacy with her increases he should place in her charge some kind of deposit
or trust, and take away from it a small portion at a time; or he may give her
some fragrant substances, or betel nuts to be kept for him by her. After this he
should endeavour to make her well acquainted with his own wife, and get them
to carry on confidential conversations, and to sit together in lonely places.
Examination of the State of a Woman's mind
When a man is trying to gain over a woman he should examine the state of her
mind, and act as follows:
If she listens to him, but does not manifest to him in any way her own
intentions, he should then try to gain her over by means of a go-between.
If she meets him once, and again comes to meet him better dressed than
before, or comes to him in some lonely place, he should be certain that she is
capable of being enjoyed by the use of a little force. A woman who lets a man
make up to her, but does not give herself up, even after a long time, should be
considered as a trifler in love, but owing to the fickleness of the human mind,
even such a woman can be conquered by always keeping up a close
acquaintance with her.
When a woman avoids the attentions of a man, and on account of respect for
him, and pride in herself, will not meet him or approach him, she can be gained
over with difficulty, either by endeavouring to keep on familiar terms with her,
or else by an exceedingly clever go-between.
When a man makes up to a woman, and she reproaches him with harsh words,
she should be abandoned at once.
When a woman reproaches a man, but at the same time acts affectionately
towards him, she should be made love to in every way.
A woman, who meets a man in lonely places, and puts up with the touch of his
foot, but pretends, on account of the indecision of her mind, not to be aware of
it, should be conquered by patience, and by continued efforts as follows:
If she happens to go to sleep in his vicinity he should put his left arm round
her, and see when she awakes whether she repulses him in reality, or only
repulses him in such a way as if she was desirous of the same thing being done
to her again. And what is done by the arm can also be done by the foot. If the
man succeeds in this point he should embrace her more closely, and if she will
not stand the embrace and gets up, but behaves with him as usual the next
day, he should consider then that she is not unwilling to be enjoyed by him. If
however she does not appear again, the man should try to get over her by
means of a go-between; and if, after having disappeared for some time, she
again appears, and behaves with him as usual, the man should then consider
that she would not object to be united with him.
When a woman gives a man an opportunity, and makes her own love manifest
to him, he should proceed to enjoy her. And the signs of a woman manifesting
her love are these:
PART VII: ON THE
She calls out to a man without being addressed by him in the first instance.
She shows herself to him in secret places.
She speaks to him tremblingly and inarticulately.
The Business of a Go-Between
If a woman has manifested her love or desire, either by signs or by motions of
the body, and is afterwards rarely or never seen anywhere, or if a woman is
met for the first time, the man should get a go-between to approach her.
Now the go-between, having wheedled herself into the confidence of the
woman by acting according to her disposition, should try to make her hate or
despise her husband by holding artful conversations with her, by telling her
about medicines for getting children, by talking to her about other people, by
tales of various kinds, by stories about the wives of other men, and by praising
her beauty, wisdom, generosity and good nature, and then saying to her: `It is
indeed a pity that you, who are so excellent a woman in every way, should be
possessed of a husband of this kind. Beautiful lady, he is not fit even to serve
you.' The go-between should further talk to the woman about the weakness of
the passion of her husband, his jealousy, his roguery, his ingratitude, his
aversion to enjoyments, his dullness, his meanness, and all the other faults that
he may have, and with which she may be acquainted. She should particularly
harp upon that fault or that failing by which the wife may appear to be the most
affected. If the wife be a deer woman, and the husband a hare man, then there
would be no fault in that direction, but in the event of his being a hare man,
and she a mare woman or elephant woman, then this fault should be pointed
out to her.
Gonikaputra is of opinion that when it is the first affair of the woman, or when
her love has only been very secretly shown, the man should then secure and
send to her a go-between, with whom she may be already acquainted, and in
whom she confides.
But to return to our subject. The go-between should tell the woman about the
obedience and love of the man, and as her confidence and affection increase,
she should then explain to her the thing to be accomplished in the following
way. `Hear this, Oh beautiful lady, that this man, born of a good family, having
seen you, has gone mad on your account. The poor young man, who is tender
by nature, has never been distressed in such a way before, and it is highly
probable that he will succumb under his present affliction, and experience the
pains of death.' If the woman listens with a favourable ear, then on the
following day the go-between, having observed marks of good spirits in her
face, in her eyes, and in her manner of conversation, should again converse
with her on the subject of the man, and should tell her the stories of Ahalya1
and Indra, of Sakoontala2 and Dushyanti, and such others as may be fitted for
the occasion. She should also describe to her the strength of the man, his
talents, his skill in the sixty-four sorts of enjoyments mentioned by Babhravya,
his good looks, and his liaison with some praiseworthy woman, no matter
whether this last ever took place or not.
In addition to this, the go-between should carefully note the behaviour of the
woman, which if favourable would be as follows: She would address her with a
smiling look, would seat herself close beside her, and ask her, `Where have you
been? What have you been doing? Where did you dine? Where did you sleep?
Where have you been sitting?'
On the Love of Persons in authority with the Wives of other People
Kings and their ministers have no access to the abodes of others, and moreover
their mode of living is constantly watched and observed and imitated by the
people at large, just as the animal world, seeing the sun rise, get up after him,
and when he sits in the evening, lie down again in the same way. Persons in
authority should not therefore do any improper act in public, as such are
impossible from their position, and would be deserving of censure. But if they
find that such an act is necessary to be done, they should make use of the
proper means as described in the following paragraphs.
The head man of the village, the king's officer employed there, and the man1
whose business it is to glean corn, can gain over female villagers simply by
asking them. It is on this account that this class of woman are called unchaste
women by voluptuaries.
The union of the above mentioned men with this class of woman takes place on
the occasions of unpaid labour, of filling the granaries in their houses, of taking
things in and out of the house, of cleaning the houses, of working in the fields,
and of purchasing cotton, wool, flax, hemp, and thread, and at the season of
the purchase, sale, and exchange of various other articles, as well as at the
time of doing various other works. In the same way the superintendents of cow
pens enjoy the women in the cow pens; and the officers, who crave the
superintendence of widows, of the women who are without supporters, and of
women who have left their husbands, have sexual intercourse with these
women. The intelligent accomplish their object by wandering at night in the
village, and while villagers also unite with the wives of their sons, being much
alone with them. Lastly the superintendents of markets have a great deal to do
with the female villagers at the time of their making purchases in the market.
During the festival of the eighth moon, i.e. during the bright half of the month
of Nargashirsha, as also during the moonlight festival of the month of Kartika,
and the spring festival of Chaitra, the women of cities and towns generally visit
the women of the king's harem in the royal palace. These visitors go to the
several apartments of the women of the harem, as they are acquainted with
them, and pass the night in conversation, and in proper sports, and
amusement, and go away in the morning. On such occasions a female
attendant of the king (previously acquainted with the woman whom the king
desires) should loiter about, and accost this woman when she sets out to go
home, and induce her to come and see the amusing things in the palace.
Previous to these festivals even, she should have caused it to be intimated to
this woman that on the occasion of this festival she would show her all the
interesting things in the royal palace. Accordingly she should show her the
bower of the coral creeper, the garden house with its floor inlaid with precious
stones, the bower of grapes, the building on the water, the secret passages in
the walls of the palace, the pictures, the sporting animals, the machines, the
birds, and the cages of the lions and the tigers. After this, when alone with her,
she should tell her about the love of the king for her, and should describe to her
the good fortune which would attend upon her union with the king, giving her at
the time a strict promise of secrecy. If the woman does not accept the offer,
she should conciliate and please her with handsome presents befitting the
position of the king, and having accompanied her for some distance should
dismiss her with great affection.
About the Women of the Royal Harem, and of the keeping of one's own
The women of the royal harem cannot see or meet any men on account of their
being strictly guarded, neither do they have their desires satisfied, because
their only husband is common to many wives. For this reason among
themselves they give pleasure to each other in various ways as now described.
Having dressed the daughters of their nurses, or their female friends, or their
female attendants, like men, they accomplish their object by means of bulbs,
roots, and fruits having the form of the lingam, or they lie down upon the
statue of a male figure, in which the lingam is visible and erect.
Some kings, who are compassionate, take or apply certain medicines to enable
them to enjoy many wives in one night, simply for the purpose of satisfying the
desire of their women, though they perhaps have no desire of their own. Others
enjoy with great affection only those wives that they particularly like, while
others only take them, according as the turn of each wife arrives in due course.
Such are the ways of enjoyment prevalent in Eastern countries, and what is
said about the means of enjoyment of the female is also applicable to the male.
By means of their female attendants the ladies of the royal harem generally get
men into their apartments in the disguise or dress of women. Their female
attendants, and the daughters of their nurses, who are acquainted with their
secrets, should exert themselves to get men to come to the harem in this way
by telling them of the good fortune attending it, and by describing the facilities
of entering and leaving the palace, the large size of the premises, the
carelessness of the sentinels, and the irregularities of the attendants about the
persons of the royal wives. But these women should never induce a man to
enter the harem by telling him falsehoods, for that would probably lead to his
destruction.
As for the man himself he had better not enter a royal harem, even though it
may be easily accessible, on account of the numerous disasters to which he
may be exposed there. If however he wants to enter it, he should first ascertain
whether there is an easy way to get out, whether it is closely surrounded by the
pleasure garden, whether it has separate enclosures belonging to it, whether
the sentinels are careless, whether the king has gone abroad, and then, when
he is called by the women of the harem, he should carefully observe the
localities, and enter by the way pointed out by them. If he is able to manage it,
he should hang about the harem every day, and under some pretext or other,
make friends with the sentinels, and show himself attached to the female
attendants of the harem, who may have become acquainted with his design,
and to whom he should express his regret at not being able to obtain the object
of his desire. Lastly he should cause the whole business of a go-between to be
done by the woman who may have access to the harem, and he should be
careful to be able to recognize the emissaries of the king.
When a go-between has no access to the harem, then the man should stand in
some place where the lady, whom he loves and whom he is anxious to enjoy,
can be seen.
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Burger King Introduces ‘Stranger Things’ Upside Down Whopper
Stranger Things has so thoroughly recreated the vibe of ’80s pop culture it’s now fully embracing the complex world of the tie-in promotional items, just like the big movies and TV shows of the era did. They already announced Stranger Things New Coke. Today we got our first look at the Stranger Things Upside Down Whopper. It’s a Whopper...upside down. Genius. You can watch the commercial above.
The new Upside Down Whopper will be available starting on June 21 at Burger Kings in select cities: Miami, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. Here are the eleven (tee hee) restaurants where you can get the Upside Down Whopper, according to the YouTube page for the Stranger Things Burger King commercial:
10494 West Sample Road, Coral Springs, FL, 33065
25560 Kingsland Blvd, Katy, TX, 77494
128 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02108
415 Bullsboro Drive, Newnan, GA, 30263
2400 Caster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19134
2009 Coit Road, Plano, TX, 75075
2840 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60647
35 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102
4918 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90027
327 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036
1437 West Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21230
Burger King will also have Stranger Things ketchup packets and shirts too. (No word on collector’s cups. They really should have gotten collector’s cups. That’s what Ghostbusters would have done.) Stranger Things returns to Netflix for Season 3 on July 4.
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By Kyle News April 1, 2019
As an independently-published author, I try to take advantage of every new technological marvel that can reduce my workload and make my process more efficient. In fact, in pursuit of this goal, I'm willing to go where other authors may fear to tread.
For example, letting artificial intelligence write my stories for me.
Stop laughing. This is SCIENCE. You're not allowed to laugh at science!!!
That's better. Now, where was I? Ah yes, automation. Last year, through the remarkable technology of Botnik Studios (responsible for creating the thrilling new chapter in the Harry Potter saga, Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash), I managed to automatically generate a short Beaumont and Beasley story entitled The Carpet of the Rug (which I posted on Facebook). The response to this story's coherence and plotting decisions was somewhat mixed, but I didn't let this dissuade me from continuing the project. No, I've continued to feed samples of my writing into Botnik's artificial intelligence app, and have managed to produce yet another story–this time for the Crockett and Crane series. And I'm quite certain you'll agree that it's amazing. A little bold, perhaps, especially in its tragic and poignant ending, but all the same, I'm really not sure I could have written it better myself.
So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you…
Crockett and Crane: Hairy Stirrups
I protested my tail, but the contraption of my blathering was still undeterred.
“Todd, if only you had hair,” said Amy.
I pulled out a brilliant object of eerie green fish. “Centaurs never wear anything drastic,” I explained.
“Whoever I was, he is still louder than a chestnut,” said Julio. He wore a tiny incoherent beard.
“I thought you brought the gun of prattling bullets,” said Meg.
Just then, wulvers emerged from her lips.
“Todd, now I have a question!” said Amy.
I glanced at her and scoffed. “You really want to experience firsthand an eyebrow of reptilian patterns?”
“The saloon died shortly after the music met me,” said Julio. He was flexing his chest and attempting to exterminate the townsfolk.
I thought about trying to strangle a dragon, but I decided I could not.
“I was very forgiving about the magical snout!” shouted Meg, as she pointed to the snoring warlords.
“You have to study teleportation of hairy stirrups,” said Amy.
“No! Somebody else can steal the country of threatening sarcasm!” I said.
The wulvers were completely surrounded by seventeen magic civilians. We stepped forward and strung the amulet over the rattling blue pants.
“There!” I said. “Heavy civilians are still louder than horses! “
Julio held his thumb and lapsed into surrender. “I smirk with nobody,” he murmured.
Amy corrected the street, of course. “I was flat enough to escape myself.”
“Why would you want to talk to my feet?” asked Meg.
I turned to stone and then suddenly felt like a miniature political girl.
“Todd!” shouted Amy. “Your mystical torso was nice!”
I tried to whisper into her eyes. “You are a lot of things.”
Then the human monster of my sleeve said nothing.
That…wow. Excuse me, I just need a moment…
Okay. I'm fine now. But honestly, that blew me away. So gripping and emotional. Clearly, I have been rendered obsolete.
Also, here is the full text of the bot-authored Beaumont and Beasley story I mentioned earlier.
Beaumont and Beasley: The Carpet of the Rug
I was sitting in the mirror, trying to remember how people are lumpy.
Cordelia suggested a pile of candy, but I had anticipated no toads.
“Sure,” said Crispin. “Just think of all the magical properties of money!”
“Only temporary spells,” said Cordelia.
Molly was completely shriveled up and her hair was too powerful for me. Traffic was now under the table.
Suddenly, the ground began to rumble beneath our cupboards. I stared at Cordelia and screamed.
Several hundred feet below the ground, a large thing was thinking. It was a Loud Fuschia Frizzy Queen.
I shook violently at her. She said, “I think I recognize this animal.”
“Your father was a man!” shouted Crispin.
Cordelia urged a nearby chair to find someone remarkable.
Molly was a dinner. It was hard.
I asked the Loud Fuschia Frizzy Queen to keep from crying. She looked astonished. “I highly doubt you were a good assistant,” she said.
“Would the carpet even hurt?” asked Cordelia.
The rug of chemically panicking beauty furrowed between her fingers. “I think anyone who gives you a pile of rubbish is wrong,” she said.
“Molly is no such thing! She is the reason I motioned vaguely to my head!” said Crispin. He was getting attacked by a big purple skeleton.
I pulled the Queen through the corridor and swung her out of the Afterlands. She gave a wistful sigh. The carpet of the rug was completely oblivious to my appearance.
The last thing I said resentfully to her was, “I warn your shoes not to try me!”
“The room was shaped like your shoes,” Cordelia pointed out.
“Molly was a young woman,” Crispin remarked.
“She was a large green elephant,” I said. “She insisted on it.”
Look, even if you don't agree that I should be producing all my stories this way from now on (and let's face it, you probably do agree) you must at least feel that the Loud Fuschia Frizzy Queen is an incredibly compelling villain who should feature heavily in Beaumont and Beasley stories. I mean…how could you not think that?
But I leave the final decision up to you, my readers. Should I surrender to the inevitable rise of the machines? Or do you really prefer the humble efforts that I, a mere human, have been writing myself? I believe the answer is clear, but I bow to your wishes.
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Julia/@AristaeH
As funny as the automated stories sound, I much prefer your writing. It’s much more hilarious and has the wonderful deepness that I love.
Don’t surrender to the machines, Kyle!
Brie Donning
The characterization was surprisingly good. Of course Amy corrected the street. And Crispin, he does have a gift for stating the obvious.
The bot seems to favour the ‘said person’ construction of ‘person said’.
Yeah, I noticed that. XD
Tessa LaBuff
Leave the machines to humans with less talent! Stick to writing your own stories!
Ha ha, thanks! 😀
IDK, I think the gun of prattling bullets has a place in this series. Maybe the machines have the right idea.
IDK, I think the gun of prattling bullets has a place in this series. Maybe the machines have the right idea. 😉
This occurred to me as well!
I’m sorry to say it, Kyle, but I think it’s time for you to hang up your writer’s hat. I mean, your writing is great and all, but can you compare it to the genius of the AI’s writing about incoherent beards, miniature political girls, human monster sleeves, under table traffic, and, of course the Loud Fuschia Frizzy Queen. It’s true genius.
AHEM. Okay, I may have laughed so hard I started choking. My favorite bit was “‘Your father was a man!’ shouted Crispin.” and “Molly was a dinner. It was hard.” That IS hard. Who is eating Molly??? And THEN she’s a large green elephant? This writing AI really has it against poor Molly. XD Also, Cordelia made a point at the beginning. A pile of candy CAN make a person lumpy. ;D
Thanks for sharing! I had such a good laugh.
Ha ha!! Thanks so much! 😀 I had such a good time generating these; I was cracking up every two seconds at the bot’s suggestions. I think “Your father was a man!” is my favorite line, but it’s hard to pick. XD
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Crime | April 9, 2019
10 Criminals Emergency Services Had To Rescue
Lesley Connor . . . Comments
We’ve all watched the daring scenes in crime movies where the criminals make dramatic escapes. Many lawbreakers may have taken inspiration from these scripts. Some may have even pulled off their planned heists.
But for other would-be burglars, things didn’t go exactly as planned. Here are 10 inept burglars who needed to be rescued by the emergency services they were trying to elude.
Some actually called the police after finding themselves stuck in the most embarrassing situations. Others didn’t seem to learn from their first lucky escapes and actually went back for more. It really does go to show that crime doesn’t pay.
10 Trapped In A Chimney
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A would-be burglar had to be rescued from a chimney during a failed robbery near Melbourne, Australia, in early 2018. The man was attempting to rob a pharmacy when alarms sounded and alerted local police.
The burglar had climbed into a chimney to hide while police searched the premises. Unable to locate anyone, they assumed it had been a false alarm. However, police and emergency crews were called back a short time later.
The thief was firmly stuck in the chimney. He had been forced to phone emergency services to come and rescue him from his hiding place.
Initially, he told police that he had been taking photos from the roof and then fallen down the chimney. The only problem with his almost plausible story was that he didn’t have a camera on him.[1]
Needless to say, he was arrested.
9 Rescued From A Vent
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A California burglar almost died after spending two days trapped in a grease vent before finally being rescued. The man was attempting to rob a Chinese restaurant in December 2018 by trying to gain access through a vent in the roof.
The luckless burglar found himself stuck in a grease vent for two days until passersby heard a faint call for help and alerted authorities. Rescuers spent over an hour cutting open the vents to free the man, who was hospitalized for exhaustion and dehydration.
Ironically, his efforts were fruitless as his chosen restaurant was vacant.[2]
8 Trapped In A Car
Modern vehicles now include anti-theft technology to protect owners from having their cars stolen. Clearly, one would-be thief had failed to keep up-to-date on these modern safety features.
A bumbling car thief in Norway was forced to call police from inside the vehicle he was attempting to steal in December 2018. The 17-year-old had no trouble breaking open the doors of a brand-new Volvo in a Trondheim car yard. However, that was where the teen’s joyride turned into a nightmare.
The vehicle’s central locking system effectively trapped the youth in the vehicle, and he was unable to unlock the doors to free himself without the keys. In desperation, the luckless youth was forced to call police to release him from the vehicle.[3]
The teen was allowed home for Christmas with his family.
7 Landing In The Poo
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A pair of thieves was attempting to steal lumber from a Minnesota farm in August 2018 when they landed themselves in actual poo. The farmer had phoned police to report a load of lumber missing from his shed. When officers arrived, they found that the hapless thieves had been trapped at the scene of the crime.
Their getaway vehicle had become bogged down in what they thought was mud due to a recent rain. However, when they tried to push the vehicle out, they realized that they had inadvertently parked in a huge pile of manure, which effectively trapped their truck in the steamy mess.
Their attempts to free the vehicle only caused them and the vehicle to sink deeper into the stinking mess. Officers arrived to winch them out, reportedly giving them a good hosing down before arresting them.[4]
6 No Way Out
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Gas stations that are open late at night have always been prime targets for armed robberies, which is why most now have sophisticated security systems to protect their staff. An armed robber failed to take this into account when he tried to hold up a service station near Wollongong on Australia’s South Coast early one morning.
Once the shop attendant let the man enter through the remote-control doors, the thief immediately brandished a knife and demanded money. It only took two steps for the attendant to lock himself inside a secure office and activate the security systems.
Video footage shows the robber desperately trying to flee the secured building. Kicking the doors failed to budge them, and even his attempt to escape through the roof proved fruitless. Police released the trapped thief a short while later, taking him to an even more secure form of custody.[5]
5 Crushed By A Safe
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An Indiana criminal met an untimely end when his attempted burglary went horribly wrong.
The resident had returned home to notice signs of forced entry on his shed door. As the shed was so full, it was initially difficult to tell whether anything was missing.
Several days after the apparent robbery, the owner went to check his shed to see if anything had been taken. He was horrified to find the unlucky thief crushed beneath a 400-kilogram (900 lb) safe. The burglar had overturned the hefty antique floor safe on top of himself and become pinned to the garage floor.[6]
Emergency services were called to the scene to lift the safe and remove the deceased burglar.
4 Have You Seen My Cat?
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Things don’t always go as planned even for career criminals, and it was certainly a bad day at the office for one New York burglar. While trying to rob offices in a New York complex, the man fell through the roof of a tax accountant’s office. Unfazed, the criminal told the startled accountant that he was working on the air conditioning. Then the would-be burglar hightailed it out the back door.
Rather than making good his escape, he proceeded to target other offices by crawling through the air conditioning vents. His day went from bad to worse when he took apart the air conditioning unit of a dental office to crawl through the vents.
He became stuck there for several hours until staff arrived at the office to find a hand dangling from the vents. Emergency services were called to free the man, who claimed to have been looking for his cat, Sparkles.[7]
He was arrested for a spate of local robberies following his rescue.
3 Left Hanging
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A Belgian burglar failed to learn from his initial mistake as he was trapped not once but twice on a spiked fence.
Earlier in the morning, the thief had scaled the fence of a supermarket loading dock to help himself to a case of energy drinks. When trying to get back over, he became caught on the fence spikes. Video footage shows that he was left hanging for a short while until a passing motorist stopped and freed him.[8]
Even so, he returned a few hours later for a case of beer. Once again, he became stuck. This time, he was left hanging face-first for several hours. The video once again showed his frantic attempts to free himself.
This time, the passersby who found him called police and they freed the thirsty thief.
2 Unconscious Of Arrest
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A Sydney burglar’s attempted heist at an electronics store came to an abrupt halt following a fall from the ceiling. Two offenders had gained access to the store through the facility’s loading dock. Having climbed through the roof cavity, they were helping themselves to mobile phones when police were called.
The pair was attempting to escape back through the roof cavity when one of the thieves fell. He sustained serious head injuries in the fall and was unconscious when police arrived. The man was taken to the hospital before being charged with burglary. Not so keen to help an injured colleague, his accomplice had already fled the scene.[9]
1 Stuck On The Roof
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A Florida businessman was first alerted to an attempted break-in at his convenience store when someone poked his head over the roof ledge and cried, “Help me, I’m dying!”
The burglar had climbed onto a small shed at the rear of the building and then into a tree to access the roof. However, he was unable to get into the store from the roof and became trapped there for several hours.
Fire crews needed to use a long ladder to reach the roof ledge to rescue the would-be thief. Suffering from dehydration, the man was taken to a nearby hospital before being charged with attempted burglary.[10]
Lesley Connor is a retired Australian newspaper editor, providing travel stories for online publications and her own blog.
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The New Binge-Ability Of Books
News by Peter Derk June 9, 2016 2 comments
We've all made a weekend vanish by watching an entire TV series all at once, an act that's both beautiful and horrid.
Now, just in case you were seeing 20 minutes or more of sunshine every weekend, booksellers are experimenting with a similar binge-able model for books.
Farrar Straus and Giroux are putting out all four books in Lian Hearn's Tale of Shikanoko series within the span of six months, and with Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy from the same publisher, all three books came out inside of an eight-month stretch.
Publisher Sean McDonald explains the shift he saw in media consumption in the last few years:
... people were experimenting in episodic storytelling on TV and Netflix, at the same time as a lot of frustration with the Game of Thrones novels not coming out...There was a shift going on in how people thought about consuming content.
VanderMeer had written the first book in his trilogy when he became aware of the new publication idea, and he liked it enough to push out the second and third books and get everything published in the same year.
While VanderMeer wrote his trilogy with this publication schedule in mind, Hearn wrote her entire series first, and then she agreed to serial, quick turnaround publication, which she hopes will keep readers involved and caught up in the story's complex world.
What say you? Good idea? Bad idea? Works well for some kinds of stories, terribly for others?
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Jose F. Diaz from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel June 9, 2016 - 5:34am
There is a positive and negative. The reader who likes a series can just jump from one to the next with no pause. It's a wonderful idea and for a couple series I'm reading, Game of Thrones being one, it would be a great boon.
The negative is that I may shy away from a series if it looks like too big of a commitment. If I saw all 12, no, 13 books from Robert Jordan in his Wheel of Time series all lined up, each around 1,000 pages, I would immediately move on to something a bit more manageable. And of course the series only took 20 years and was only completed posthumously by Brandon Sanderson. The same could be said of R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt series, which continues to build. Or J.K. Rowling's Potter series.
I think the sweet spot would be around 3 - 6 books for any given series. Then there is the issue of the book becoming a success and the writer wanting to add to the series. But how would that be different from Netflix and the shows still in progress, like Criminal Minds and Bones and Law and Order SVU, and....
I think so long as it remains as an option, and not the standard, everything will be fine. But tell a writer, "Oh, we really like this book, finish the series and then we'll decide," and you may have a lot less serial editions to worry about.
Susan DeFreitas from Portland, OR is reading Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist by Sunil Yapa June 16, 2016 - 5:53pm
I think both genre fiction and the ebook format lend themselves especially well to bingabilty--I recently picked up something like 30 books from Small Beer Press for the princely sumof $15 from Humble Book Bundle and haven't seen much sunlight since.
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Great Spaces: Royal Thai Bistro
Patrizia Winsper
One of Fourteen included in Our Great Spaces for Your Corporate & Holiday Events
Royal Thai Bistro
6365 Spalding Drive, Suite A
Peachtree Corners 30092
royalbistro.net
Royal Thai Bistro is a family-owned, Asian Fusion restaurant offering in-house and to-go dining. There’s an uplifting story behind this restaurant. It’s a story of hard work, a love of our community, and of course, a love of flavorful Thai food.
Breathing life back into a great neighborhood jewel with a fresh Asian Fusion twist, Owner and Managing Partner Kenny Suphapol once worked in Royal Thai Cuisine. When it closed after serving the community for 25 years, he decided to purchase the space, pick the former owner’s brain regarding everything he loved about her restaurant, and he opened up shop again with his own personal touches, in the form of Royal Thai Bistro.
That was almost four years ago. Today, this welcoming neighborhood establishment offers weekly lunch specials and monthly Happy Hour dinner specials that are a big hit among the locals.
The Most Wonderful Thai of the Year
There are approximately 33 chairs, a long silver-colored, tufted back, leather banquette against the back wall, and a smaller adjacent room with 3 booths. Tables are elegantly set with dark linens. Royal Bistro can seat a party of 25-30 people for your holiday event.
If you’d prefer a standing-only cocktail hour type party, with passed appetizers, that is also an option in the main dining room.
Owner and Managing Partner Kenny Suphapol
Writer Patrizia Winsper & Kenny Suphapol
How About a Holiday Party with Royal Thai Bistro?
Every dish served here is made fresh to order. “We use only fresh ingredients to make our Thai Fusion food,” stated Suphapol. Their aim is to serve up the unique flavors of Thai cuisine with a slight twist, making it friendlier on American palates. “For example, we’ll put a traditional, Thai Nam Tok salad in a sandwich, and serve it with fries,” explained Suphapol. “We can make dishes super spicy, or as spicy as you like.”
There are gluten-free and vegetarian options available. They’re able to cater to certain food allergies as well. They try their best to meet your needs and are happy to prepare dishes especially for you if you have dietary restrictions.
While Royal Thai Bistro does not cater off-site, they do prepare large quantities of food for pick-up so you can still take the Thai party home. For a large affair, five days of advance notice would be beneficial.
Two days’ notice is sufficient for a party of 10-12. For parties of 25-30 people, five days’ notice is advised. While they encourage customers to book as early as possible, they’ve also been able to accept large party bookings in as little as two to three days in advance.
Royal Thai Bistro is open for lunch Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner hours are Sunday through Thursday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
If your party takes place here, free refills of Thai tea and coffee are included. Beer and wine would be charged on a per consumption basis.
Food pricing will depend on the number and type of dishes you request. Per person rates can start at $12 to $15, which would include appetizers and entrees. More expensive selections can go up to $25 per person, including three to four appetizers, not served all at once, but staggered and spread out. When everyone is done, a main course would be served.
To discuss the details of your Thai-rrific holiday party at Royal Bistro, call Owner, Kenny Suphapol at 828-635-9745.
Disclaimer: Pricing is meant as a guide and is subject to change, please check with the individual facilities directly.
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Patrizia hails from Toronto, Canada where she earned an Honors B.A. in French and Italian studies at York University, and a B.Ed. at the University of Toronto. This trilingual former French teacher has called Georgia home since 1998. She and her family have enjoyed living, working and playing in Peachtree Corners since 2013.
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Town Center Townhomes: The first five of the 72 planned townhomes adjacent to the Town Green are now under construction. Foundations have been poured on the new 3-story brick townhomes which will offer three- and four- bedroom/3.5-bathroom floor plans. Features include brick exterior, two-car garages, gas fireplace and stainless-steel appliances, granite counter-tops in the kitchen. The development is named 5200 at Town Center. The sales office is located at the Stonington community located at 3544 Medlock Bridge Road. A full list of amenities and prices are included on the builder’s website.
The old Earth Fare is being converted to a Lidl location – Google Maps
Lidl, the German discount grocer, will open in the former Earth Fare space in the Interlochen Shopping Center at 5270 Peachtree Parkway. Work is currently underway in the 23,500 square foot space but the company has not yet announced an opening date for its new Peachtree Corners location. Along with fresh produce, the discount grocer sells meat and poultry, frozen foods, bakery items, health and beauty and household essentials. The first modern Lidl store opened in 1973 in Germany; today the company operates 10,800 stores in 32 countries including more than 70 stores in the United States.
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My Favorite Holiday Foods & Desserts
We asked some local people what their favorites were for this holiday season
The Bramble Family
Kyra, Cliff, Stevie, Reid
Owner of Noble Fin
Peanut Butter Cookie Kisses
“One of the joys of making this dessert during the holidays is not the actual eating of these cookies, but the pure look of excitement in our kids’ faces. The excitement of gathering all of the ingredients, and the fun of pouring the ingredients into the bowl, making a mess and watching the kids be filled with so much excitement as the cookies get placed into the oven.”
Debbie Mason
While Debbie is involved with many of the city’s activities, including the Peachtree Corners Festival, she takes time to bake for her family. She shares this favorite holiday recipe.
Debbie’s Sour Cream
Debbie’s Sour Cream Pound Cake
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. In a different bowl, sift together the flour and baking soda. Then add the flour mixture, alternating with adding the sour cream, beginning and ending with flour. The batter should have taken on a different sheen when it’s ready. Add the vanilla and blend well. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for 90 minutes. Enjoy!
Executive Chef Ken Hampton
Hilton Atlanta—Peachtree Corners
Chef Ken Hampton
Cranberry Pumpkin Pie with Berry Coulis
Warm Salted Caramel Vanilla Bean Cake with Peppermint Ice Cream
Pearls Sugar Waffles with Mini Cider Donuts.
Red Velvet Cheesecake with Bourbon Eggnog Crème
“I have been Executive Chef at the Hilton Atlanta—Peachtree Corners Hotel, known as the “Castle on the Hill,” for the past nine years, and I’ve seen tremendous growth in the area. Over the years, several local companies have held their holiday celebrations at our hotel. The holiday season is my favorite time of the year—I love to see the joy and happiness of our customers celebrating the season with co-workers and family.
“Our holiday collection this year includes Red Velvet Cheesecake with Bourbon Eggnog Crème, Warm Salted Caramel Vanilla Bean Cake with Peppermint Ice Cream, Cranberry Pumpkin Pie with Berry Coulis and Pearls Sugar Waffles with Mini Cider Donuts.”
Gina Solomon
Wesleyan Artist Market
“This is, hands down, a sure hit—even for those who typically do not enjoy a salad. The combination of sweet and savory is a crowd pleaser every time. Crisp green apples, toasted pecans and dried cranberries make it a seasonal specialty.”
● The salad ingredients include:
● mixed greens lettuce
● sliced red pepper
● cubed Granny Smith apples
● sliced red onion
● toasted pecan halves
● dried cranberries
● crumbled blue cheese
● salted bagel chips and
● homemade dressing of oil, apple cider vinegar, sugar, dried mustard and poppy seeds.
Jeanne Aulbach
Peachtree Corners City Council
Jeanne likes to keep it basic. “Generally, if I’m hosting for the holidays, I just roast a turkey and fix some candied sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and succotash. No recipes needed!”
Chef Donte Youmans
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill in Peachtree Corners
If turkey isn’t your style, Chef Youmans has a suggestion: try a half-pound lobster tail and a 7-ounce applewood-smoked, bacon-wrapped filet seared over glowing embers of Firebirds’ 100% wood fired grill.
“Our Surf and Turf is a special entree combining a flavorful hand-cut filet with a juicy lobster tail grilled to perfection.”
Celebrate the Spooky Seask with Family-Friendly Halloween Events at Gwinnett Parks
Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation has so many ways to celebrate the haunting season. Some are spine-chilling and others are educational but all are family friendly:
Walk Among the Stars is on Oct. 24, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Collins Hill Park, 2225 Collins Hill Road, Lawrenceville 30043. Celebrate National Lights on Afterschool at this free event for all ages with costumes, games, crafts, inflatables and more. Visit www.livehealthygwinnett.com or call 770-822-3197 for more information.
Gourd Monsters & Mocktails is Oct. 25, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Prime Timers Pointe at George Pierce Park, 55 Buford Highway, Suwanee 30024. Create a spooktacular masterpiece while enjoying mocktails and tasty treats! All instructions and materials provided. Ages 50 and older, $5 per person. Preregister by Oct. 22 online with code GPP41901 or call 678-277-0910.
Escape the Room: Teen Edition is on Oct. 25, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center, 100 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville 30046. Help solve the mystery, beat the clock and escape. Ages 11 to 14, $10 per person. Preregister by Oct. 21 online with code RJP41605 or call 678-277-0890.
Super Hero Costume Party is on Oct. 26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Lilburn Activity Building, 788 Hillcrest Road, Lilburn 30047. Come to this free event dressed as your favorite hero for an afternoon of fun, games, music and more. All ages welcome. Preregister to reserve your spot online with LAB41620 or call 678-277-0875.
Fall Into Halloween is on Oct. 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Lucky Shoals Park Community Recreation Center, 4651 Britt Road, Norcross 30093. A Halloween festival complete with crafts, games, costume contests and a haunted surprise for everyone. All ages, $3 per person. Preregister online with code LSP41610 or call 678-277-0860.
Harvest Homecoming is on Oct. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at McDaniel Farm Park, 3251 McDaniel Road, Duluth 30096. A free event with a special trip to the farm for games, face painting and tours. See the furry farm friends, enjoy a hayride, visit vendors and sample some tasty s’mores. All ages, preregister online with code MFP41690 or call 770-822-5450.
Trail of Terror is on Oct. 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Vines Park, 3500 Oak Grove Road, Loganville 30052. Get your chills and thrills as you experience the shadowy and sinister Phantom Village. All ages, $5 per person. Preregister online with code EXT41700 or call 678-377-4010.
Underwater Pumpkin Patch is on Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bethesda Park Aquatic Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road, Lawrenceville 30044. Come find your perfect pumpkin in the pool patch to decorate for our pumpkin contest. All ages, $8 per person. Preregister online by Oct. 18 with code BEP41101 or call 678-277-0880.
Spooktacular Skate Party is on Oct. 26 from, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Pinckneyville Park Hockey Rink, 4758 South Old Peachtree Road, Peachtree Corners 30071. Create ghoulish crafts, roast marshmallows, participate in a costume contests and more! Free to attend, bring your skates and have some fun. Additional fees may apply. All ages, preregister online with code PVP41690 or call 678-277-0920.
Evening with Edgar Allan Poe is on Oct. 26, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Lawrenceville Female Seminary, 455 South Perry Street, Lawrenceville 30046. Get into the spooky season with one of the most renowned writers to hear tales that will make your blood run cold! Ages 16 and up, $26 per person. Preregister by Oct. 20 online with code LFS41402 or call 770-822-5178.
Boo Bingo and Potluck is on Oct. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bethesda Park Senior Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road, Lawrenceville 30044. Dress up in your best Halloween costume, bring a frightfully good potluck dish and enjoy a round of Boo Bingo! Ages 50 and up, $6 per person. Preregister Oct. 29 online with code BEP41908 or call 678-277-0179.
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Protecting Employee & Consumer Rights
Why you should always look at your pay stubs
By: Atty. C. Joe Sayas Jr. - @inquirerdotnet
INQUIRER.net US Bureau / 10:52 PM July 19, 2019
Roderick Magadia worked as an hourly associate at a Wal-Mart retail store in San Jose, California as a stock associate. After 8 years of employment, Magadia was terminated. During Magadia’s employment, Wal-Mart used a “Myshare” bonus plan payment. This bonus appeared on wage statements as “MYSHARE/INCT.” Employees who received a MyShare bonus and worked overtime during the relevant time period also received an incremental overtime payment adjustment.
The paystubs show that overtime payment also as “OVERTIME/INCT.” Thus, the OVERTIME/INCT payment is listed on the paystub as a lump sum without “hours worked” or “hourly rate.” The formula for calculating the OVERTIME/INCT payment cannot be determined from the wage statement alone.
Additionally, when an employee is terminated, the employee immediately receives all wages earned through the date of termination by check. A “Statement of Final Pay” accompanies the check. But this Statement does not include pay period start or end dates.
Magadia sued Wal-Mart on behalf of himself and other employees, claiming, among other things, that Wal-Mart failed to provide its employees with accurate itemized wage statements.
Under California law, employers must provide all legally required information in an employee’s paystub. Otherwise, employees should be paid penalties, in addition to the wages. The following information are generally required to be in an employee’s pay stub:
1) The employer’s name and address
2) The name of the employee and the employee’s Social Security or employee identification number (Per the law, only the last four digits of the employee’s Social Security or employee identification number may be shown on the itemized statement.)
3) The inclusive dates of the work period for which the employee is paid
4) The employee’s hourly rates in effect during the pay period. This will include the regular hourly rate and the overtime rate, if any.
5) The corresponding number of hours worked by the employee at each hourly rate. For example, if the employee worked 80 regular hours at $10 per hour and 10 overtime hours at $15 per hour, these should be reflected on the pay stub.
6) Total hours worked. In example number 5 above, the employee’s pay stub should reflect that the employee worked a total of 90 hours for the pay period.
7) Gross wages earned
8) All deductions. The employee may authorize the employer in writing that all deductions may be aggregated and shown as one item.
9) Net wages earned
It is important to examine the information in your pay stubs. Does it show the right number of work hours? Is work performed after one’s regular shift reflected? Is overtime work paid? Is there extra pay for working through lunch breaks? If any of these information are not provided, the employee may recover penalties. Statutory penalties are due to employees while civil penalties are due to the State agency enforcing labor laws – the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
In the case against Wal-Mart, the Court ruled that Wal-Mart’s statements violated the law because they do not include pay period start and end dates. Additionally, the Court found that Wal-Mart’s wage statements does not list an hourly rate or hours worked for the overtime pay.
The judge awarded the employees $102 million in damages, which included over $48 million in statutory penalties and $54 million in civil penalties.
The Law Offices of C. Joe Sayas, Jr. welcomes inquiries about this topic. All inquiries are confidential and at no-cost. You can contact the office at (818) 291-0088 or visit www.joesayaslaw.com. [C. Joe Sayas, Jr., Esq. is an experienced trial attorney who has successfully recovered wages and other monetary damages for thousands of employees and consumers. He was named Top Labor & Employment Attorney in California by the Daily Journal, consistently selected as Super Lawyer by the Los Angeles Magazine, and is a Presidential Awardee for Outstanding Filipino Overseas in 2018.]
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Bifidobacterium longum R0175 and Gastrointestinal Issues
Studies on Stress and the Gut:
There is "a well-established link between stress, mood disorders, and gastrointestinal disease" (1,2) and some studies have indicated that stress may be associated with the onset of certain chronic gastrointestinal problems (3,4,5,6). With this in mind, it may be of interest to note that there is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that investigated the effects of a combined R0175 + R0052 probiotic on symptoms relating to stress. In this study, participants consumed a mixture of the two probiotics (consisting of a combined 3x109 CFUs) once a day for 3 weeks. At the end of the study, the probiotic group showed significantly reduced self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms (abdominal pain and nausea/vomiting) compared to the placebo group. There were no significant differences, however, in other stress-related physical or psychological symptoms between the two groups (7). This was a relatively small study and additional studies with more participants are needed to further validate these findings.
A second randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the same mixture looked at the psychological effects of consumption for a longer period of time. In this study, 55 participants took 3x109 CFUs of the probiotic product or a placebo for 30 days. Psychological distress was measured via three different surveys and a urine cortisol test. Median scores on two of those surveys were significantly improved in the probiotic group compared to placebo at the end of the study. Changes in subscores relating to depression, anger-hostility, and anxiety, and the physical symptoms of stress were particularly pronounced. Urine cortisol levels also decreased in the probiotic group over the course of the study while they stayed about the same in the placebo group. Changes in Percieved Stress Scale test scores were not significantly different between the two groups. The authors of this study point out a need for additional trials that rely on physiological markers of stress in addition to surveys. They also touch upon the need for extended trials to look at the effects of these strains over longer periods of time (1).
While these results are compelling it should be noted that even though there is an association between stress and gastrointestinal issues a correlation has not been established between stress and specific gastrointestinal conditions.
Studies in People with IBS:
There are not currently any published scientific studies on the effects of Bifidobacterium longum R0175 alone or in combination with Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 in people with IBS.
Other Studies Relating to the Gut:
Additional studies investigating the effects of Bifidobacterium longum R0175 on gut pathogens and ulcerative colitis use unique multistrain probiotic mixtures or prebiotic/probiotic combinations (8,9,10). Because the effects of these mixtures may be due to the synergistic action of their components caution should be taken in assuming that R00175 alone or that R00175 combined with just R0052 will have these same effects.
Messaoudi M, et al. Assessment of psychotropic-like properties of a probiotic formulation (Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175) in rats and human subjects. Brit J of Nutr. 2011;105(5):755-764. doi:10.1017/S0007114510004319.
Forsythe P, Sudo N, Dinan T, et al. Mood and gut feelings. Brain Behav Immun. 2010;24:9-16. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2009.05.058.
Lutgendorff F, Akkermans LM, Soderholm JD. The role of microbiota and probiotics in stress-induced gastrointestinal damage. Curr Mol Med. 2008;8:282-298. doi:10.2174/156652408784533779.
Duffy LC, Zielezny MA, Marshall JR, et al. Relevance of major stress events as an indicator of disease activity prevalence in inflammatory bowel disease. Behav Med. 1991;17:101-110. doi:10.1080/08964289.1991.9937553.
Garrett VD, Brantley PJ, Jones G, et al. The relationship between daily stress and Crohn's disease. J Behav Med. 1991;14:87-96.
Greene B and Blanchard EB. Cognitive therapy for irritable bowel syndrome. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1994;62:576-582. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.62.3.576.
Diop L, Guillou S, Durand H. Probiotic food supplement reduces stress-induced gastrointestinal symptoms in volunteers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. Nutr Res. 2008;28(1):1-5. doi:10.1016/j.nutres.2007.10.001.
Grgov S, Tasic T, Radovanovic-Dinic B, Benedeto-Stojanov D. Can probiotics improve efficiency and safety profile of triple Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy? a prospective randomized study. Vojnosanit Pregl. 2016;73(11):1044-1049. doi:10.2298/VSP150415127G.
Ten Bruggencate SJ, Girard SA, Floris-Vollenbroek EG, Bhardwaj R, Tompkins TA. The effect of a multi-strain probiotic on the resistance toward Escherichia coli challenge in a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind intervention study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015;69(3):385-391. doi:10.1038/ejcn.2014.238.
Haskey N and Dahl WJ. Synbiotic therapy improves quality of life and reduces symptoms in pediatric ulcerative colitis. ICAN. 2009;1(2):88-93. doi:10.1177/1941406409332930.
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Goa halves road tax on new vehicle purchases till December
PTI | Panaji, Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | 16:38 IST
As per state Transport Department data, the overall registration of vehicles in Goa during the first four months of the current financial year declined by 15-17 per cent
In a bid to boost demand in the auto sector battling downturn, the Goa government on Wednesday announced to slash road tax by 50 per cent on the purchase of any type of new vehicles for a period of three months, till December 31.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the Cabinet has given its nod to reduce the road tax by 50 per cent on purchase of any type of new vehicle till December 31, 2019.
As per state Transport Department data, the overall registration of vehicles in Goa during the first four months of the current financial year declined by 15-17 per cent.
A total of 19,480 vehicles were registered from April to July, 2019.
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"With festivals like Diwali approaching, this decision of the government will help the auto industry," said Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho.
Currently, two-wheelers costing upto Rs 1.5 lakh are taxed at 9 per cent of the vehicle cost, while those between Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh at 12 per cent. The vehicles costing more than Rs 3 lakh attract 15 per cent tax, as per the data.
The tax on the four-wheelers costing up to Rs six lakh is currently 9 per cent while the same is 11 per cent for the vehicles costing up to Rs 10 lakh.
Vehicles in the Rs 10 lakh-Rs 15 lakh bracket are charged with 11 per cent tax of the cost and those above Rs 15 lakh at 13 per cent, it stated.
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Commentator Featurette: Kim McDonald
Kim McDonald is no stranger to Machine Mean, having reviewed for us during our Fright Fest series back in October, The Thing (1982). Kim will also be with us during our Creature Features series coming up in 2017. Kim lives in Charleston and loves all things horror. especially foreign horror. Kim also publishes reviews for LOUD GREEN BIRD, tackling some of horror’s greatest treasures, giving readers a deeper retrospective and often introspective on films like “The Iron Rose,” “Baskin,” “The Conjuring 2,” “The Witch,” and much more. As you can see, she is no stranger to the art of movie reviews. You can follow Kim @dixiefairy on Twitter and you can follow her blog, Fairy Musings, here.
December 27, 2016 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Baskin, book reviews, commentary, commentator, critic, dark, fiction, film, films, Foreign Films, Foreign Horror, Horror, Kim McDonald, Loud Green Bird, Machine Mean, movie reviews, musings, reviewer, reviewing, Reviews, shout out, The Thing, The Witch | Leave a comment
Fright Fest: The Thing (1982)
HALLOWEEN is a great film, but THE THING has always been my favorite Carpenter film. It is one of the movies I first saw as a kid that turned me into such a big horror fan. It’s revolutionary special effects helped bring the horror/sci-fi genre into a new era and created a challenge for future filmmakers and art directors to surpass. It elevated the original, THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, ( Howard Hawks, 1951,) from a creature feature into something new and genuinely terrifying.
In preparing to write this review, I watched both THING films and the 2011 prequel. It is interesting to see the different approaches. The prequel is better than I thought it would be. It incorporates elements from the other two versions. I particularly loved the main character listening to Men At Work’s, “Who Can It Be Now?” I prefer Carpenter’s version, written by Bill Lancaster. The story is more fleshed out and it is stronger visually. Hawk’s film focused on the fear of what is beyond Earth. Carpenter’s film is about our fear of each other. It is a nightmare of an early 80’s world trapped in a stalemate of a Cold War and the threat of nuclear destruction.
Special effects are not the only thing that makes this film stand out. Carpenter and cinematographer, Dean Cundey, create an atmosphere of isolation and paranoia from the start with opening scenes of an empty expanse of snow and mountains surrounding the small research base in Antartica. The crew is cut off. They lose their only means of transportation and have no communication with anyone outside the base. They turn on each other, not knowing who is human. Carpenter’s version is also reportedly closer to the original 1932 novella, “Who Goes There?, “ by John Wood Campbell, Jr.
In the film, helicopter pilot, MacReady (Kurt Russell,) and the rest of the crew are surprised when a Norwegian helicopter chases a dog into their camp. The pilot tries shooting the dog, accidently shooting one of the men, gets shot himself while the other passenger blows the copter up with a grenade. In an effort to understand what happened, the crew goes to the Norwegian camp only to find it destroyed. They discover that the crew had excavated a UFO in the ice and had found an alien body. They bring the mutated corpse back to their camp, unknowingly setting up their own destruction. They soon realize the alien can imitate anything it touches. It can be any one of them.
THE THING is full of great scenes. The dog/thing mutation in the kennel was the work of Stan Winston, but he is uncredited because he didn’t want to take anything away from Special Effects Creator, Rob Bottin. The Thing creatures are extraordinary. A grotesque combination of alien insect-like tentacles and human body parts; each piece trying to break off and become it’s own creature. The scene I will always remember is when Copper (Richard Dysart,) is trying to save Norris. His hands break through Norris’s chest, which becomes a giant mouth with teeth, biting his arms off. Then Norris’s head breaks off and grows spider legs and antennae, skittering across the floor.
Again, it isn’t just the animatronic effects that make this a great film. It’s how the characters interact with each other, the uneasy camaraderie in the beginning that quickly deteriorates into mistrust and finger-pointing. No one knows who is the good guy. I like how the sense of entrapment is heightened by the storm and the constant howling of the wind, as well as the claustrophobic feel of the facility. The hallways are narrow, the rooms are small and cluttered; the characters spend the film almost on top of each other. Also, when the characters are bundled up outside, you can’t tell them apart.
In the end, THE THING is more than horror or sci-fi. It becomes a mystery whodunnit as well. The film ends like a chess game with the remaining opponents waiting for each other out until one reveals himself or death takes them.
Kim McDonald lives in Charleston and loves all things horror. especially foreign horror. She is a new reviewer here on Machine Mean, but she is not stranger to the art of movie reviews. Kim also does work for LOUD GREEN BIRD, tackling some of horror’s greatest treasures, giving readers a deeper retrostpective on films like “The Iron Rose,” “Baskin,” “The Conjuring 2,” “The Witch,” and many more. You can follow Kim @dixiefairy on Twitter and you can follow her blog, Fairy Musings, here.
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October 21, 2016 | Categories: Horror, Reviews | Tags: 1982, Aliens, Charles Hallahan, cult, cult classic, cult film, dark, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, film, Fright Fest, fright fest 2016, Guest author, Halloween, Halloween Movie Marathon, halloween reviews, Horror, horror reviews, Joel Polis, John Carpenter, Keith David, Kim McDonald, Kurt Russel, Loud Green Bird, movie reviews, nihilism, nihilistic, Peter Maloney, Reviews, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Rob Bottin, syfi, T. K. Carter, The Thing, Thomas G. Waites, UFO, Wilford Brimley | 11 Comments
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Gaspo Slab
Daniel Peralta Casanova (2016)
Gaspo Slab is a fresh slab serif typeface that features aesthetically pleasing curves, strong serifs, ample counters, humanist proportions and ink traps. The result is a very functional font with a contemporary design and highly readable at small sizes.aspo Slab consists of 7 weights, from Ultra Light to Black, with matching italics. This family comes with a 434-character set that includes European diacritics, tabular figures, alternative characters, numerators and fractions, making it possible to use the font in 128 different languages.he font is well-suited for headlines, medium-length text, magazines, newspapers, advertising, corporate use and product design.
Los Lana Niu
Bruno Jara and Luciano Vergara (2016)
Los Lana Niu was designed by Bruno Jara and Luciano Vergara. The typeface is based on Los Lana(2007). Along with the redesign, the font has increased from 1 to 24 different styles. This new version preserves the rustic aesthetics of the original typeface, but it lacks of curves and it visually looks as if it was a nirregular font. Los Lana Niu comes with a wide range of ligatures included in every weight: from Thin to Black. In order to offer a wide array of uses, the typeface has been structured by adding acomplete family of small caps, which makes this font well-suited for headlines, posters, branding and publishing design. Los Lana Niu comprises 3 subfamilies: Los Lana Niu Essential (392 glyphs) – including both regular and alt versions, Los Lana Niu Small Caps (392 glyphs) and Los Lana Niu (820 glyphs), which includes a variety of OpenType features such as stylistic ligatures, contextual alternates and small caps.
Hernandez Niu
Daniel Hernández and César Araya (2016)
In the typedesign industry the terms nova´, neue´, next´, new´ are often used to refer to a typeface that has been modified in different ways: redesign, technical readjustments, greater number of characters, etc.At Latinotype we are now starting to use the word niu´ to refer to these kinds of typefaces. Niu is an adaptation of the original word new´, i.e., we have adapted this English word to the phonology and spelling of our own language but keeping the original meaning.Race mixing, diversity, change and adaptation are part of the essence of Latin American culture and, at Latinotype, we are all constantly expressing these elements in everything we do. Latin Power! Hernández Niu was designed by César Araya and Daniel Hernández. The font is based on the design of Hernández Bold: the thickest weight has been adapted to fit small text better. Five new styles have been added, ranging from neutral to more expressive fonts.Hernández Niu is a display slab serif font of thickened serifs, functional expressive ink-traps and true italics. Detailed forms and counterforms allow this typeface to be used in very large sizes.Hernández Niu is well-suited for publishing, small text and headlines. A wide variety of weights make the font a perfect choice for hierarchical type-setting, branding, logotypes, magazines, etc.This font consists of 6 weights, ranging from Extra Light to Heavy, each with matching true italics. Hernández Niu comes with a set of 397 characters, making it possible to use the font in 212 different languages.
Sofía Mohr (2016)
Culinary is a typographic system inspired by the art of cooking. This family comes with 2 subfamilies: one Regular Family of 4 weights plus a Sans Line font and a set of Borders, and one 4-weight Script Family that also includes Sans Line and Borders. Culinary is well-suited for packaging, restaurant and cafe branding, bakeries, logos, magazines, menus, recipe books, invitations and much more. The OpenType features allow access to a wide set of characters, including ligatures, swashes, endings, initial and terminal forms, and lots of alternates.
Cover Sans
Jorge Cisterna (2016)
Cover Sans is a humanist geometric typeface with an orthogonal structure, which provides stability when composing a text. Open shapes and low x-height give this font balance and make it look like an air-breathing typeface. Cover Sans is a stable and strong condensed font that works well for magazines and publishing. The strong personality of its alternative characters gives the font a modern and elegant style, which makes it ideal for use on annual reports as well as on business logotypes.
Daniel Hernández, Paula Nazal Selaive (2013)
Trend , Trend Hand Made and Trend Rough is a font made of layers, taking as a basis a sans and a slab font.It is the result of observation, search and study of the last global trends. Trend tries to capture the aesthetics of fashion or even fashion itself, integrating elements of a very popular and current trend.It is a typeface designed to be used without need to add anything external to it, because it has all components required for this.Trend is trending.
Guisela Mendoza (2015)
Boho is inspired by a bohemian girl who is a free soul and creative spirit. She is a city girl, but she loves spending a lot of time outdoors and being close to nature. She loves art and going to the antiques and organic food markets. She is a wild and free spirit who knows no bounds.Boho is Coto Mendoza´s first Script font family, which is based on gestual calligraphy with Cola pen. A first exposure to gestual strokes applied to font design can be seen in her previous work, Macarons.Boho consists of 4 subfamilies: Script, Line, Sans and Serif. Each subfamily comes in 4 weights: Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic. Script and Line versions include a teardrop terminal variant. Dingbats and ornaments are also included.
Paula Nazal Selaive, Marcelo Quiroz, Daniel Hernández (2015)
Revista is a typographic system that brings together all the features to undertake any fashion magazine-oriented project. The font harmoniously blends different styles into a single big family, which consists of a Didone uppercase and small caps family—including 4 variants ranging from a monolinear Thin to Black with matching italics—and an Inline Black variant that works as a decorative alternative to the Didone fonts. Revista Stencil, one of its versions, comes with the same number of variants.Revista also comes with a Script Family that includes 5 weights, ranging from Thin (monolinear) to Black, contrasting in a tidily untidy way with many ligatures and alternates. You can choose between using stylistic alternates—if you want to give your designs a different untidy look, in the style of the modern calligraphy—or switching between different options if you are looking for a hand-written style. We highly recommend using the default contextual alternates and discretionary ligatures in order to take more advantage of this great font family.Revista includes 2 sets of dingbats, varying from zodiac signs symbols to technology symbols, and complementary ornaments in 3 different weights: Thin (monolinear), Regular and Black.All these features make Revista an ideal typeface for users to design to their liking!Photo by Fervent-adepte-de-la-mode
Texta
Daniel Hernández, Miguel Hernández (2014)
Texta. A Sans for All.Through studying humanists models from Edward Johnston to Adrian Frutiger and the Gothic Alphabet made by sign painters comes Texta, a contemporary, rational, transparent and useful Sans to compose all kind of texts. We incorporated an Alt version that replaces lower cases like a-g-y with geometric constructions to get more versatility in neutral compositions. Designed by Daniel Hernández Sánchez and Miguel Hernández Montoya ©2014.
Latinotype Team (2015)
Titular is a condensed Sans Serif typeface that works well with headings, subheadings, newspapers, magazines as well as with logotypes, brands and posters. This typeface revives the spirit of old Woodtypes, but adding a contemporary flavour and Latin American seasoning. The family comes with 2 subfamilies: one regular and one alternative. Just like many of our faces, every subfamily includes 7 weights plus italics.Titular is a Latinotype´s typeface designed by Bruno Jara, and produced and supervised by Latinotype Team. Latinotype Team comprises: Luciano Vergara, Daniel Hernández, Bruno Jara, César Araya and Rodrigo Fuenzalida.
Corporative Sans Rounded
Corporative Sans Rounded is the rounded version of Corporative Sans. Its curved terminals provide it with a marked personality and distinctive traits, but turn it into a friendly face at the same time. The font works well at both display and small sizes. Corporative Sans Rounded is the perfect choice for logotypes, posters, signs, branding, packaging and so on! Corporative Sans Rounded comes with Latinotype´s standard set of 350 characters, making it possible to use the font in 128 different languages. Corporative Sans Rounded provides users with a wide range of characters, weights and widths for every project. By combining different variants, designers can achieve the best results. The family consists of 32 fonts: a basic family that includes 8 weights plus italics and an alternative family of 8 weights with matching italics as well.Corporative Sans Rounded was created by Latinotype Team and developed by Elizabeth Hernández and Rodrigo Fuenzalida, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernández.
Paula N Selaive (2012)
Romeo is a perfect couple of Julieta , they are a condensed, unicase family full of swashy love.Inspired by romanticism, Romeo is a charming and versatile typeface. By alternating uppercase and lowercase, and mixing them with alternate characters, ligatures, swashes and endings, you obtain endless possibilities of composition, with 810 glyphs available in the Pro font. In case you don´t need all these alternatives, there is also an Essential version consisting of 247 characters. In addition, Romeo has an affordable set of ornaments, connectors and catchwords to complete this attractive display system..Designed by Paula Nazal Selaive.
Ride My Bike
Ride my bike is a fresh handmade typeface, inspired by street style and the new culture that moves pedaling around the city.Perfect for use in headlines, brands and fashion photography compose alternative, thanks to its leading characters, terminals, alternate characters and ligatures that you can find in Pro version. This version contains more than 600 glyphs.It also has 91 dingbats, very fun to compliment and accentuate the design handmade.If you do not want to ride as fast you can find a version without OpenType features - Essential.Come! get on it, and let´s go to ride my bike. Photography by Seba Sanchez. Designed by Guisela Mendoza.
Andes Condensed
Daniel Hernández (2012)
Andes, designed by Daniel Hernández, is a display typeface that has neo-humanist characteristics
Luciano Vergara (2012)
Kahlo is a latin style hipster typography, to is a formal and elegant option for designers. Is a font with four weights and italics, initial capital letters, have some alternate characters and ending.Is a typeface best suitable for magazine headlines, posters, logos, cosmetics packaging, advertising etc.Photography by Damien Vignaux (www.elroy.fr) Designed by Luciano Vergara.
Antartida Rounded
Antartida is a sans serif typeface, while it is monolinear simple structure give it a kind of neutral feeling, is functional, clean and minimal. Is a family of 8 fonts, 4 weights and italics. This typeface contains alternate glyphs that help to emphasize text or headlines.
Andes Italic
Julieta is a condensed, unicase typeface full of swashy love.Inspired by romanticism, Julieta is a charming and versatile typeface. By alternating uppercase and lowercase, and mixing them with alternate characters, ligatures, swashes and endings, you obtain endless possibilities of composition, with 810 glyphs available in the Pro font. In addition, Julieta has an affordable set of ornaments, connectors and catchwords to complete this attractive display system.Designed by Paula Nazal Selaive.
Say hello to the new Magallanes Family, a contemporary neo-humanist sans serif font designed by Daniel Hernández. Its strokes and terminals are related to the calligraphic strokes from humanist typefaces. It comes with 8 styles, from Ultra Light to Black, each with its true italics. Every weight comes with alternative glyphs for a more dynamic use. Magallanes is the perfect titling font to complement text faces in magazines, logotypes, etc.
Comalle
Juan Pablo De Gregorio (2012)
Comalle is an organic typeface that rescues some elements of handwritten script, but its stroke does not necessarily answer to a literal calligraphy structure.So Comalle could produce a powerful impact on the page, it was designed with thicker strokes than its counter forms. The objective is that the black of the letter fills the page and causes a fastest visual impact than typographies that balance blacks and whites.One of the most important tasks of the Comalle design was to think of how to handle the unequal percentages of blacks and whites in the typeface. The peculiar thing, is that the precision work of the letter does not make the blacks, but the whites; this is the reason why in one first instance it was very valid to start off designing in a very gross way, nevertheless, the majority energies are put in the details of the design of counter space.From the drained filling concept of forms Comalle was born, a typeface that pretends to enchant with its delicate counter space design and to impact with the heavy outlines which compose its form.
Pantano Pro
Luciano Vergara and LCF (2012)
Pantano is a handmade grunge typeface inspired by the rustic style of Amazonia. This update adds more diacritics, alternate characters and more ligatures give a sensual and naturalistic touch to the written word. Designed by Luciano Vergara and LCF.
Dans Le Jardin is a continuation of Dan Le Cuisine dingbat. Their wild and crazy curves give a very special vintage language. Can be used to create patterns or compositions for posters,websites, etc..
Tikal Sans
Miguel Hernández (2012)
Say hi to Tikal Sans; A bloody Mayan ritual with no reading sacrifice. Is a glyphic family of twenty weights Mayan inspired designed for Text and Display sizes. The Details curved terminating strokes ended in sharp edges inspired in the virgula´ Mayan glyph that means the spoken word´. Tikal is also known for being the largest city of the Mayan Classic Period and his name means “Lugar de Las Voces” (place of voices). With a contemporary large x-height with opentype contextual alternate letters offers a functional look with a friendly touch. The Thin and Black weights are great performers in display sizes the light, regular and medium weights are well suited to longer texts.
Guille Vizzari (2012)
Ragazza Script isn´t just another display typeface. It honors the greatest handwriting skills but in a different way. Although It doesn´t represent any traditional calligraphy style, it is still part of that expressive world.With more than 1000 glyphs, and taking advantage of the Opentype features, Ragazza is full of personality. When in use, it gives a feel very close to ornamental Copperplate mixed with some kind of modern high-contrast typeface. Lots of alternates, swashes and initial capitals are the spine of this face, assuring almost infinite combination possibilities.The early forms that would eventually lead to what Ragazza is today, began as a college project –around 2006– in the context of the Hyperfuente´ exercise developed during Typography 2, chair E. Longinotti, at the University of Buenos Aires. But that seed would never stop growing. Since then a lot of work had been made to take that initial project to a professional quality level.Ragazza Script is perfect for headlines and short phrases. It is the brand new modern script, designed by Guille Vizzari and published by Latinotype.
Paula N. Selaive and Daniel Hernández (2012)
Bosque is a typeface designed by Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernandez. It belongs to handmade style, it´s rough and raw with soft edges.It has 6 variants: Normal, Wood, Shadow, Wood Shadow, Dingbats y Shadow One, this gives great versatility. It possess a wide set of characters, ligatures and some alternates.
Mapuche means man of the land and the culture of a people originating in South America.In June, between 21 and 24 is we tripantu, the Mapuche New Year is celebrated in the southern winter solstice with a magical rite in the middle of nature.Abel is a dingbat that reinterprets the artistic expression of the Mapuche people in Chile, rescuing the handmade stroke they embodied to textiles and pottery, this time in a fresh way to use contemporary patterns.
Elemental Sans Pro
Francisco Galvez (2011)
Elemental is a font created in 1997 and launched in 2001. It is a Sans Serif of humanist type and its principal characteristic is a hybrid between different form of calligraphic outlines.In 2010 it was redesigned for Chile´s bicentenary in Opentype version and an improved italic. It is offered in eight weights: Light, Regular, Bold and Extrabold and small capitals for each one of them.
Is a recreational typography. Created from experimentation of the Slab Serif style with asymmetric lines. Bock is compact and stable, although having the quality of breaking the typographic rhythm, to benefit its use in short words as logotypes and lowering of text in editorials and publicity. The Fat variable was devised as an extension of the Bock concept, deleting the inner and outer space that surrounds a letter, creating a font with much weight and attitude.
Mija is a grotesk vernacular handmade typeface whose imperfections make it perfect. It is a fresh hand-painted display face with a warm and organic feel. This full-of-ink-traps typeface is inspired by local vernacular signs. Mija looks good at both large and small sizes. The family is available in a 4-font combo package, suited for solving most common text hierarchy problems in graphic design; Roman, Bold, Italic and Small Caps.Mija is derived from the words mi hija´, which literally translated means my daughter´. Mija is a Latin American Spanish term of endearment most of the time used by an older person to a younger girl or woman.
Dulce is a swash typeface with an elegant and romantic touch. It is thin, but it becomes thick where two terminals meet and it also has swelling at terminals. Its wide range of ligatures makes it a versatile typeface, suitable for headlines and short phrases. You will see all of these ligatures on the screen, enabling “standard ligatures” and “discretionary ligatures” options. Ornaments are also included, which can be very useful for designing. Dulce is ideal for magazines, logotypes, advertising, etc. Use it for whatever you want and enjoy!.
It is inspired by mandalic structures. Its visual language is based on misregister and flaws in textiles printed by serigraph technique in the 70s.This typeface allows you to combine two characters (front/uppercase; back/lowercase) into a single one to create print repeat patterns. This way you can get many different combinations. Printa is ideal for those who seek handmade designs.
Sánchez is the Latinotype´s first display type family. It is a serif typeface belonging to the classification slab serif, or Egyptian, that bears a strong resemblance to the iconic Rockwell, but with rounded edges— offering contrast and balance to the square structure. Sánchez comprises 12 variants, ranging from extra light to black, each of the same x-height. Regular and italic variants are available for free.
Los Lana Pro
Los Lana Pro is a handmade display typeface. Unlike other font families, this type has not a modular structure, that is, each character has been individually designed. The coherence of structure elements across different characters is given by irregular strokes. This curveless typeface is perceived as being curved because of its straight lines, which form different-size angles.
Selaive
Paula Nazal (2011)
Selaive is a geometric typeface that has an air of rebelliousness. The thick and thin versions give you the chance to play a coquettish and seductive game. Its flourishes make it a very dynamic typeface when composing a text, ideal for those who want to add a personal and glamorous touch to their compositions. Selaive is an excellent choice for fashion magazines, logotypes and shops. Languages include: Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian and Pan Africa Latin. Programed by Daniel Hernández
Daniel Hernandez (2011)
Guadalupe, from the family of classic Didots. Is a high performance font, with a great set of alternates and swashes. Carefully refined in details, specially suited for fashion magazines, logotypes and luxury contexts. With a range of two different terminal versions: Regular a classic roman typeface and Gota mucho more expresive for word setting.
Dans Le Cuisine
Wild curves, flavors and experimentation, this is Dans Le Cuisine a set inspired by the recipes magazines of the 60s in Chile.
A fresh, curly and delicious sans serif. Designed by Daniel Hernandez, Merced is a sans serif font that can be given different uses for its wide variety of alternate types. Its main virtue is the endless number of possibilities that the font gives to write a word, text or paragraph. Languages include: Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, Pan African Latin.
Patagon
Patagon is a Contemporary Woodtype Sans typeface specially designed for fresh, high impact sentences with a mix flavoured features. Its upper case opentype ornamental alternates gliphs provides great elegant textures adding versatility to his 3 weights family: condensed, regular and extended. Mix them up to get really cool designs!
Pincoya Black PRO
Pincoya Black Pro is a font based on the lettering of a poster from the Spanish Civil War and complemented with graphics developed in the Chilean Popular Unity during the seventies. Pincoya has a lot of alternate characters in Opentype format that provide multiple options when composing a text. It is an ideal source for high impact sentences for logotypes, magazine layouts, poster designs, etc. Languages include: Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, Pan African Latin.
Regia Sans Pro
Regia Sans is a typeface that began in 2008, in Concepción, Chile, and was first released for sale to see Latinotype. Is a very thin and condensed font with a modular design. It is recommended for short texts, in logos, magazines, posters, etc. This new version includes more than 1,300 characters in Opentype format, many ligatures (including diacritical marks and numbers), two groups of alternate characters, and some swash characters. Languages include: Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, Pan African Latin.
Fidel Black
Fidel Black Essential is a heavily weighted, condensed, sans-serif typeface with a large x-height. Ideal for short, high-impact headlines, its design is inspired by Russian Constructivism and old Cuban communist posters. Variants include Fidel Black, Fidel Black Italic and Fidel Black Stencil. Fidel Black Essential is an excellent choice for headlines, subheadings, posters and logotypes. Languages: Basic Latin, Euro, Mac OS Roman.
Sana Sans
Felipe Sanzana (2016)
Sana Sans is a humanist functional typeface with a modern feel. It is intended to be a face well-suited for multiple purposes, especially in publishing. Sana Sans looks perfectly legible and clean in long texts, and neat and simple in headlines. Thanks to its versatility, this font is also ideal for both screen and print usage. Sana Sans consists of 32 styles and 8 weights—ranging from Thin to Heavy—italics, small caps and an alternative family. Sana Sans was designed by Felipe Sanzana, under the supervision of Latinotype Team.
Decour Soft
Decour Soft is the rounded-edged version of Decour. It is a slab serif humanist low contrast typeface. The overall design also features strong curves, making it a very friendly face. The font retains the original elegant features of Decour—based on Art Deco design—such as high contrast between upper and lower case characters.Decour Soft is a suitable font for logotypes and packaging. Its design also allows it to be used with certain elegance in book titles and magazines subheadings.
Corporative Soft
Corporative Soft is the slightly rounded-edged version of Corporative. This font has a marked personality and distinctive traits, which makes it suitable to be used at large text sizes. At the same time, the smooth transition from straight to curved lines gives the font a more friendly feel. This display typeface is the perfect choice for logos, posters, signs, branding, packaging and so on!Corporative Soft comes with Latinotype´s standard set of 350 characters, making it possible to use the font in 128 different languages.Corporative Soft provides users with a wide range of characters, weights and widths for every project. By combining different variants, designers can achieve the best results.The family consists of 64 fonts: a basic family that includes 8 weights plus italics, an alternative family of 8 weights with matching italics and 2 condensed families, one regular and one alternative, both with italics. Corporative Soft was created by LatinotypeTeam and developed by Javier Quintana, Eli Hernández and Rodrigo Fuenzalida, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernández.
I made the first sketches for Brocha when I first visited Easter Island in 2011. I took inspiration from pre-Columbian art for suchsketches, but I must say that they were kind of rough and clumsy; it was an experimental, but limited-use typeface. It took a long time, but thanks to my learning about type design gained over the years, I have finally been able to resume my project. I have made sure to preserve the Latin American spirit of my original designs in order to give my final typeface an expressive handmade highly humanist look.Brocha is a display sans with friendly design ideal for high-impact headlines, logotypes or use on cookies packaging designs. Brocha consists of 2 subfamilies: one basic and one alternative. Each subfamily comes in 8 weights plus italics. The Alt version is highly recommended for those art directors who look for more varied fonts when designing.
Triump Rough
Enrique Hernandez (2015)
The Triump Rough typeface comes with 2 different subfamilies: Blur, a soft, delicate font with a vintage and hipster feel that gives your design a breath of fresh air; and Rock, a strong, hard font in upper and lower case well-suited for high-impact headlines. This version provides a wide variety of OpenType features, such as ligatures, alternates and catchwords as well as a series of ornaments and extras, which help give your artwork a different look!
Corporative Sans
Corporative Sans typeface is developed by Latinotype Team.Corporative Sans is the new version of Corporative. This font has a marked personality and distinctive traits, what makes it suitable to be used at large text sizes. Since it is a condensed font, it can also be used in smaller sizes.Corporative comes with the Latinotype´s standard set of 350 characters, making it possible to use the font in 128 different languages.Corporative provides users with a wide range of characters, weights and widths for every project. By combining different variants, designers can achieve the best results.The family consists of 64 fonts: a basic family that includes 8 weights plus italics, an alternative family of 8 weights with matching italics and 2 condensed families, one regular and one alternative, both with italics.Latinotype has added new faces to its team. Latinotype Team now comprises: Rodrigo Fuenzalida, César Araya, Bruno Jara, Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernández. Corporative was created by Latinotype Team and developed by Javier Quintana, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and César Araya, under the supervision of ciano Vergara and Daniel Hernández.
Blanc is a functional humanist sans typeface with a marked personality and great style that make it ideal for use in headlines. Blanc is an ode to neutrality: a geometric face characterised by low contrast between thick and thin strokes with calligraphic features that emphasise specific glyphs. Blanc comes with 8 weights and an inline version that make it well-suited for headings and subheadings, corporate designs, advertising, publishing, etc.
The first typeface developed by Latinotype Team.Corporative is a semi serif font that has a marked personality and distinctive traits, what makes it suitable to be used at large text sizes.Since it is a condensed font, it can also be used in smaller sizes.Corporative and Corporative Sans come with the Latinotype´s standard set of 350 characters, making it possible to use the font in 128 different languages.Corporative provides users with a wide range of characters, weights and widths for every project. By combining different variants,designers can achieve the best results. The family consists of 64 fonts: a basic family that includes 8 weights plus italics, an alternative family of 8 weights with matching italics and 2 condensed families, one regular and one alternative, both with italics.Latinotype has added new faces to its team. Latinotype Team nowcomprises: Javier Quintana, César Araya, Bruno Jara, Luciano Vergara and DanielHernández. Corporative was created by Latinotype Team and developed by Javier Quintana and César Araya, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara, Miguel Hernández and Daniel Hernández.
Decour
Decour is a Slab Serif typeface that features low contrast between thick and thin strokes and whose proportions were based on those of Art Deco design. A big height difference between lower case and upper case letters makes Decour a very expressive font and well-suited for headings and subheadings. Its versatility also allows it to be used in other ways, such as publishing and retailing.
GoGipsy
GoGipsy is a script font based on Coto Mendoza´s modern calligraphy works created with the technical assistance of Luciano Vergara. GoGipsy is inspired by a magical journey—full of love, art and nature—through the Mexican Caribbean. GoGipsy tries to capture such incredible blend through gestures and calligraphy strokes, conveying freedom, expressiveness, strength and spontaneity. The family consists of four versions: regular, italic, drop and italic drop plus a set of ornaments based on the visual appealing Mexican textile art and embroidery full of colour and beauty. GoGipsy´s baseline emphasises movement and rhythm. Have fun with OpenType features, swashes, ligatures and a wide array of initials.Go Gipsy! Each journey, new inspiration...
Beauchef
Beauchef is a sans serif typeface originally created to meet the needs of Centro de Modelamiento Matemático de la Universidad de Chile (University of Chile Center for Mathematical Modeling). Beauchef is a typeface with rough strokes that features subtle optical compensation and does not strictly follow the laws of perception. This typeface might not be too cheerful, but shows a very particular idiosyncrasy of form. Beauchef is as tough as advanced mathematics; however, it is as legible and exact as numbers themselves. This is an avant-garde typeface that resembles the development of mathematics, but at the same time it is as conservative, calm and respectful as clients who require its services. Beauchef is so astonishing as mathematical formulas that mathematicians work with, but at the same time it is as humble as resulting figures.
Nordikka
Nordikka is a 10-style sans-serif simple pure typeface designed by Luciano Vergara. Nordikka is a condensed font with a large x-height and straight terminals well-suited for headlines and short texts. A good option for clean and visually appealing designs.Nordikka is inspired by Scandinavian culture and its globally recognised design, which is characterised by pure, clean and clear forms. The final stage of the design process was completed in Olinda, Brazil, which inspired some of the words in the font specimens, allowing for reflecting an image of people´s daily habits and customs.
Texta Narrow
Texta Narrow.
Grota Sans Rounded
Eli Hernández, Daniel Hernández (2015)
Grota is back in its new Sans and Rounded versions. The complete family consists of 40 fonts, 10 different weights, cursives and an alt version.Grota Sans Rounded, designed by Eli Hernández and Daniel Hernández, is a grotesque font with Latin spirit. This type accompanies Grota Sans and Grota Unicase. It´s ideal for logos, brands, books, headlines, etc.
Tita Script
Sandra Biondi, Daniel Hernández (2015)
Tita is dedicated to my grandmother Hebe, witty and arrabalera 1. The font is inspired by Milonga 2 music and the fileteado porteño 3. I picture it at The Moulin Rouge, sparkling, provocative, loving. It evokes Tita Merello and my grandmum singing her music. Tita is Argentinean to its very core. A font to shout goal and dulce de leche 4 with passion! Its curves originate from polirhythmic calligraphy, which I learnt from my mentor Silvia Cordero Vega. Tita is a pedigree script that is based on hand lettering and Sandra Biondi´s calligraphy works. Font digitalisation by Daniel Hernández. Edited by Javier Quintana / Programmed by Manuel Corradine.1- A person from the arrabal (a working class neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Buenos Aires).2- Musical genre originated in the Río de la Plata areas.of Argentina and Uruguay.3- Decorative hand lettering and artistic style that is frequently spotted in Buenos Aires.4- Sweet milk sauce.
Clasica Sans
Clasic Sans is a fresh and contemporary typeface family. Consisting of 7 standard fonts and 7 italic fonts, it is perfect for all kinds of editorial and print designs. Clasic Sans covers a lot of weights, working well into paragraphs of small and large text sizes. Independent of its use, size or alignment, this family maintains a solid appearance, product of its balanced contrast. In short, it is a font based on classical proportions, but with a fresh and contemporary look. Ideal for the most versatile designs.
Dsert
Diego Aravena Silo (2014)
D Sert—based on the Pirata typeface—is inspired by 70s Chilean constructivist design and the political propaganda posters artwork of La Unidad Popular (Chilean political coalition). D Sert is the result of the combination of the Chilean graphic art revival with new trends, such as the handmade movement and super font families.The super family comprises 47 weights and comes with two versions: D Sert and D Sert Alt, plus extras. Diagonal strokes are significantly different between the two versions: diagonals of the Alt version are much more logical than the diagonals of the normal version. Another difference is the bowls of the capitals: in the D Sert version, they slightly project above the cap height, making it a more daring version and bringing it closer to calligraphy; contrarily, in the Alt version, bowls do not project above the cap height, which makes it a more tidy font. This way, the combination of the two versions and extras provides the user with the freedom to create any kind of artwork.
Arquitecta Standard
Arquitecta Standard.
Arquitecta Office
We have adapted the version of our Arquitecta font for use in Microsoft Office™. It only has 4 variants: regular, italic, bold and bold italic. Font weights have been named in a way that can be clearly shown up in the font list in Office™ programs for the sake of a good hierarchy (the bold variant is quite bold and does not look the same as the original font).
Trend Rough
The typeface family Triump is a simple sans serif with 6 weights from Thin, ideal for use as an epigraph, to Black for head titles of special impact. Excellent for applying in graphic design as logos, trademarks, posters, editorial and web design. Inspired by the classic types of the late twentieth century with rounded corners that give the typography a smooth appearance with rounded ends, with a horizontal stroke that exceeds the vertical in the letters A, E, F, H, J and K which gives a distinct personality.Triump comes with a Black weight in normal and italic Line both upper and lowercase letters, especially to give a vintage look to the designs.
Santiago Sancha (2014)
Infamy is a display typeface inspired by graffiti and street art, featuring the bubble letter´ style of writing which was very popular among subway and suburban graffiti artists in the early days of American graffiti. This font recovers graffiti horizontal alignment, tight tracking and colourful lettering. The OpenType version includes many different ligatures which provide multiple options when composing a text. Multiple layers make Infamy a bright, shaded and colourful font, allowing you to dress up your writing. This font incorporates a pictorial rendering of character faces (instead of small caps), capturing the essence of the graffiti: the childish´ and the irresponsible´, which is present in the experimental side of the typeface.
Sofia Mohr (2014)
Nido is a cute and funny childish typeface, designed for logos, book titles, invitations, birthday cards, flyers, posters, advertising, etc. It comprises 5 styles: black, white, black italic, white italic and dingbats, which can be used nicely together.Nido is a new design by Sofía Mohr. See also Café Brasil http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sofia-mohr/cafe-brasil/
Pablo Sinn (2014)
Lettre is a geometric serif font designed by Pablo Sinn. Thanks to its imperfections, this font looks like it is hand-lettered. Lettre brings back nostalgic feelings of mechanical typewriter characters and recovers the essence of the rustic and natural, what makes it a very modern typeface.
Estandar Rounded
Estandar Rounded is a retro and vintage wayfinding sans serif font, inspired by old signals in central park and Europe. It is a Condensed sans with their tall x-height. The family has 6 Weights, italics and dingbats. It is an extension of Estandar font.
Via Sans
Daniel Peralta (2014)
Via sans is a font inspired by classics like Steile Futura and Din 1451, with neo-humanist characteristics. It was designed as a font for fast reading from a distance, which saves horizontal space in the text composition, making it a very good alternative when composing long phrases in reduced spaces, with high readability in various sizes due to its ample counters. With round corners that reduce the irradiation that reflective materials in signs produce.This family is composed by 8 fonts, 4 weight variations and 4 inclination variations, which include European accents marks, ligatures, fractions, ordinals and tabular numbers, in addition to a pictogram set that complement applications for wayfinding and maps.
Grota Sans
Andes Rounded
Andes Rounded, designed by Daniel Hernández, is a display typeface that has neo-humanist characteristics. Its different terminals, among other elements, give it a look of mixed typography.Andes is a typeface with 10 Upright weights, 10 Italics and Condensed versions, ranging from Ultra Light to Black, each of the same x-height. This typeface contains additional italic glyphs (a, y, z, g) that help to emphasise text or words. Andes is based on the design of Merced and both of them share several features.This type is well-suited for use in retail, magazines, logotypes, books, etc.
Zennat Pro
This font is inspired by the compact, high-impact design aesthetic of the 1990s in Chile, which was defined by the use of very heavy fonts to create eye-catching graphic pieces. With this idea in mind, Zennat Pro was born, a “semi-slab serif” that takes advantage of OpenType features which rotate in alternate characters to best fit the design. Zennat pro comes in 10 weights, and is ideal for magazine design, motion graphics, trademarks, logos, posters, etc. ...
The Macarons font family consists of a monoline version, regular and bold weights, and a set of gestural catchwords, which reflects the use of the ruling pen as a freestyle tool. Ornaments and dingbats are also included.Macarons is a display type based on the classic Garamond typeface. It´s inspired by the foodie culture and the slow food movement, which began as a rebellion against fast food and has now grown to a global scale. Every day, thousands of people around the world take pictures of their food, look for new recipes to try and recover old ones, enjoy wine-pairing, and value locally produced food. Macarons is a fresh and spontaneous looking typeface that has been designed by Coto Mendoza, who also has developed a hand-made product line (Ride my Bike, Ride my Bike Serif, Four Seasons, D.I.Y. Time, Dans le Cuisine and In a Jar). This font is not constructed out of modules: each character is drawn by hand. Macarons is ideal for cookbooks, menus, liquor bottle labels, food packaging, wedding invitations, greeting cards, tea boxes, food blogs, small shops, cupcake bakeries and so on. Try! A freshly-baked homemade macaron!
Clasica Slab
The font family “Clasica” is ideal to cover every design need. Excellent for titles, paragraphs, magazines, books, editorials and logos.The particularity and identity of this font is found in the thinness of its vertical strokes and symmetrical serif.Inspired by the “Optima” font but with a serif that gives a different and new feel. “Clasica” counts with glyphs for the letters: a, e, f, g, r and y. This font family comes with 9 different weights with their respective italics.
Newslab is a slab serif font – designed by Daniel Hernández – which is the result of the combination of three different typefaces: Andes, Sánchez and Roble. Harmony among every feature of the typefaces makes Newslab a neutral but imposing font.The Newslab font family consists of 16 variants and 8 weights, with italics. Well-suited for editorial projects, logotypes, posters, etc. Regular and italic variants are available for free.
DSari
It is inspired by the friendliness and cordiality of neo-humanist typefaces with a mix of rounded shapes, some apexed characters, and a little bit of black. Although it follows the ductus, D Sari is also a daring font with less pointed shapes, as is the case with regular neo-humanist typefaces.D Sari has 22 variants, which make it a very dynamic typeface. Well-suited for highlighting lettering, magazines, motion graphics, advertising, logotypes, signs, etc.
Eli Hernández (2014)
Consuelo a font inspired by brush strokes. The family consists of a set of 4 variants, with their respective italics, plus a set of ornaments that will give the designer multiple choices when composing texts.Consuelo is ideal to be used in decorative titles, short phrases, magazines, logotypes and advertising.
D.I.Y. Time
Guisela Mendoza, Luciano Vergara (2014)
D.I.Y. Time is a hand drawn type system designed by Luciano and Coto inspired by the DIY philosophy which has been transformed into a whole global counterculture movement, identifying the new generations that reprice the handwork, paying attention to quality, processes and materials used in the manufacture of goods and objects, food, clothing, furniture etc. This beautiful philosophy inspires us every day. Is present in our homes, in our lifestyle and this time we have given him way through a typeface family that mixes different styles but integrates them through language handmade. The result is a typeface based on hand lettering drawing with different brushes and pens on paper. With versions ranging from organic proposals as DIY time hand to other based on the classic proportions of Gill as DIY time sans. To accompany a set of compound words designed on the needs of small farmers and a set of ornaments illustrated, everything you need to begin to make your own.
Showcase, the new typeface of Daniel Hernandez and Paula Nazal is a handmade font consisting of a set of types that are composed of four styles, one script, one sans, a slab, sans mini and finally a set of ornaments and dingbats, all made to work together in the same language. It´s inspired by a pen that writes different typefaces and ornaments, and casually reaches into a harmonious family. Showcase is very easy to use and allows great versatility, can be used both in a magazine as a restaurant, through windows, cafes, and really anyway you can think of! Photography by Mauro Andrés
Ride my Bike Serif
Ride my bike Serif is a new version of successful handmade typeface Ride My Bike designed by Coto Mendoza. Inspired by street style and the new culture that moves pedaling around the city. Perfect for use in headlines, brands and fashion photography compose alternative, thanks to its leading characters, terminals, alternate characters and ligatures that you can find in the Pro version. This time with serif.The Ornaments´ font in this family has 121 dingbats, very fun to compliment and accentuate the handmade design.If you do not want to ride so fast, you can find a version without OpenType features - Essential.Come! Get on it and let´s go ride my bike!.Photography by Nico Alari.
Australis Pro Swash
Australis Swash is a new variant that adds to the family of Australis Pro and it brings a touch of whimsy and mannerism to the shape of the cursive letters. Its purpose is purely playful because Australis Swash has some useful Opentype features as standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures and contextual alternates to use them in headlines or as a base for brands and lettering in general. Designed by Francisco Gálvez Pizarro in 2013.
Schwager Sans
Schwager sans is the new version of Schwager. This time with a fresher taste, retaining the same principles of structure, geometry and modernist aesthetics in a contemporary reinterpretation. Designed especially for use in titles, reveals concepts associated with masculinity, technology or sports, perfect for application in cover design, logos, web.
Arquitecta
Arquitecta. The humanist typography as a rational project.Since the experimentation from the Bauhaus through modern sans history we looked for a new mix to construct a rational geometric typeface with humanist proportions suitable for text layout and continuous reading.Inspired by American and European hand lettering from the first half of the past century, Arquitecta finds his own space as a great alternative for paragraphs in front of classics like Futura, Kabel or Avant Garde.The family contains 8 upright romans and 8 italics with the following features:- European accents, Old Style Numbers, Numerators and Fractions.- Ink traps to avoid press impressing spots and hinting optimized.- Small X-height with accentuated ascenders and descenders. Designed by Daniel Hernández Sánchez y Miguel Hernández Montoya between the months of August and December of 2013.
Estandar is a retro and vintage wayfinding sans serif font, inspired by old signal in central park and Europe.
Grota Rounded
Grota Rounded is a very expressive font, has a gestural character inspired by the hand lettering .Grota Rounded is grotesque, unicase and exceptional. It has six weights ranging from thin to black with their italics.It is ideal for logos, brands, magazines, headlines, books. etc.
Roble is a Slab Serif Font, from a mix between Andes and Sanchez, following a harmony with both fonts one sans and one serif with a fresh and dynamic result.Roble is a family of 16 display fonts 8 weights plus italics.
Roble Alt
Roble Alt is a variation of Roble. It is a Slab Serif Font, from a mix between Andes and Sanchez, following an harmony with both fonts one sans and one serif with a fresh and dynamic result.Roble Alt is a family of 16 display fonts 8 weights plus italics.
Santis is a multiface type, special for logos, brands, magazines and editorial world.Especially for setting trends in fashion and design.The particularity of this font is that you can easily read it, even when applying swash type letters. It is a Didot based font. Santis versatility can harmoniously display a word or phrase.Santis has 1017 glyphs with alternate characters, numbers and ligatures ornaments specially created for a better design.For best results use with Open Type.Designed by Enrique Hernandez with technical support of Daniel Hernández.
Dulce Pro
Paula Nazal Selaive (2013)
Dulce pro (improved and changed version of Dulce), is a swash typeface, monoline elongated teardrop terminals. This romantic and thin font has certain characteristics of a script, without turning it, which gives a sophisticated and elegant.Dulce pro, has initial capital letters with swashes and final in lowercase. To make it a more complete typeface we have added italics and ornaments also make any design, a very welcome time to design, among its ornaments can find hearts, a flower, banners, various frameworks to mix, among others.
Magallanes Condensed
Say hello to the new Magallanes Condensed Family, a contemporary neo-humanist sans serif font designed by Daniel Hernández. Its strokes and terminals are related to the calligraphic strokes from humanist typefaces. It comes with 8 styles, from Ultra Light to Black, each with its true italics. Every weight comes with alternative glyphs for a more dynamic use. Magallanes is the perfect titling font to complement text faces in magazines, logotypes, etc.Languages supported include Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, Pan African Latin.
In a Jar
In a Jar is a display typeface based in hand lettering. Inspired by the grandmother´s kitchen, its colors, forms, smells and the new way for rescue this old things.Designed for use in short text and big sizes is perfect for brand design, headlines, labels, greetings cards and all kind of things related to kitchen and foods.In a Jar is a sweet little family that include alternates, compounds words, ligatures plus a serie of dingbats and ornaments very cute to compliment and accentuate the handmade design. Try and enjoy all fun in a jar!.Designed by Coto Mendoza with technical support of Luciano Vergara.
Grota is a very expressive font, has a gestural character inspired by the hand lettering .Grota is grotesque, unicase and exceptional. It has six weights ranging from thin to black with their italics.It is ideal for logos, brands, magazines, headlines, books. etc.Photography by Matías Troncoso
Four seasons is a display handwritten typeface inspired by nature and its changes in summer, spring, fall and winter. Designed by Coto Mendoza and Luciano Vergara between winter 2010 and 2013.Its true handmade stroke can achieves real lettering, perfect for use in photographic and illustrative compositions.It has an extensive character set of opentype programming including: titlings, endings, initials, swashes, ligatures, alternates besides a cute set of ornaments, dingbats and words all based on the shoots, branches, leaves and flowers of the forest in the four seasons.
Kahlo Rounded
Kahlo Rounded is a new version that plays hipster style with a Latin flavor. It was inspired by the strong influence of Mexican decorative elements as you can see in the set of ornaments and patterns. Kahlo Rounded has four weights and italics, initial capital letters, some alternate characters and ending. It works well for magazine headlines, posters, logos, cosmetics packaging, advertising etc. Salud!.Languages include: Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian and Pan Africa Latin.
Courtney is a display font, unicase, with thick and irregular strokes. It contains a varied set of ligatures that makes Courtney a very dynamic font, ideal for short texts, magazines, logos, etc. It also possesses a large amount of connectors like for example: and, the, by, among other, designed to complement the font.
Sanchez Slab
Sánchez, designed by Daniel Hernández, is a serif typeface belonging to the classification slab serif, or Egyptian, that bears a strong resemblance to the iconic Rockwell. Offering contrast and balance to the square structure, Sánchez Slab is a new version, more robust with straight edges, that give greater character and power.Sanchez Slab comprises 12 variants, ranging from extra light to black, each of the same x-height. Regular and Italic variants are available for free.
Trend Hand Made
Trend and Trend Hand Made is a font made of layers, taking as a basis a sans and a slab font.It is the result of observation, search and study of the last global trends. Trend tries to capture the aesthetics of fashion or even fashion itself, integrating elements of a very popular and current trend.It is a typeface designed to be used without need to add anything external to it, because it has all components required for this.Trend is trending.
Dans Le Toilette
Dans le toilette is a fun dingbat inspired by things that happen fast in the bathroom every morning. You can use them on posters, covers, patterns, brands and all kind of image with a vintage touch. Dans le toilette is part of the dingbats series designed by Coto Mendoza including Dans le cuisine, Dans le jardin and Dans le Noël. Make your day with a fun morning Dans le toilette!
Love story is a display hairline typeface for use in big sizes and short texts. It´s inspired by different kinds of love and specially designed for Valentine´s day. Its soft curves and sweet style give it a lovely personality.Designed by Luciano Vergara and his wife Guisela Mendoza who has been studying ornaments since 2007 and has done her best for each project. You can see in her dingbats specially Printa and Abel designed for generate patterns. Now she integrated her passion to the ornament in a clean set which includes dingbats, ornaments and patterns. Luciano Vergara has designed very strong fonts with a particular work in the lines study and close to the geometry since 2005, getting a structure style, you can see in his fonts specially Regia and Kahlo. Now he integrated his study of lines, in a hairline font delicate, continuos and beautiful.In this story both designers have been merged their worlds creating a gorgeous product.This is a romantic type story, a love story.
Australis Pro
Australis is a hybrid roman font that won first prize in the Morisawa International Type Design Competition in 2002. After 10 years the family is finally complete and its release coincides with the reopening of the competition in 2012, in Japan.Designed by Francisco Gálvez Pizarro.
Dans Le Noël
Dans Le Noël is a Christmas dingbat. Perfect for use as ornament greeting cards, patterns, posters, websites and visual compositions that need Christmas show in a language full of personality, inspired by vintage illustrations.Dans Le Noël is part of the serie Dans, with Dans Le Cuisine and Dans Le Jardin. You can combine them as you like. Enjoy!
Schwager
Schwager is a steampunk slab serif typeface with an industrial accent in a contemporary tone.Its strong structure and male, makes it ideal for titles, headlines and brands of male lifestyle, technology and trend.This typeface contains alternate glyphs that help to emphasize text or headlines.Photography by Damien Vignaux (www.elroy.fr)
Lolita, Designed by Miguel Hernández is a fresh neo-humanist sans serif with a display charmness.Legible and Playful, Lolita is a Sans Family with a touch of Mojo. From Branding, Magazines to catchy Advertisements. From Fancy Thin to Impact Ultra Boldness is family of 10 styles full of display alternates if all weights.This typeface contains additional opentype upright italic lowercases (a, e, f, g, t, v, w, y, z) and display alternates caps (A, B, E, F, G, H, P, R, S) that helps to emphasise display charm in text or words.Photography by Damien Vignaux (www.elroy.fr)
Sanchez Condensed
Sánchez, designed by Daniel Hernández, is a serif typeface belonging to the classification slab serif, or Egyptian, that bears a strong resemblance to the iconic Rockwell, but with rounded edges— offering contrast and balance to the square structure.Sánchez and Sánchez Condensed comprises 12 variants, ranging from extra light to black, each of the same x-height. Regular and Italic variants are available for free.
Queulat
Latinotype Team, Bercz Team (2016)
The name of this typeface comes from the surname of James (Jim) Bowie, American pioneer and inventor of the famous Bowie knife. This is exactly what inspired English rockstar David Jones to change his stage name to David Bowie. Bowie is the new font by Bercz and Latinotype Team. The typeface is a type system that reflects a strong personality, an urban feel and an unprejudiced style. Bowie is well-suited for publishing projects, branding and packaging. This fontfamily is composed of three sections: a group of sharp-shaped uppercase fonts (small caps and all caps) in 4 weights, each with matching regular/back slant italics, providing users with 12 different styles for multiple combinations; a set of script catchwords and an eclectic set of dingbats, that which communicates blue-sky thinking and feel of the project. Bowie —a collaborative project between Bercz and Latinotype Team—was developed by Leonidas Loyola, Valentina Vega, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, César Araya and Bruno Jara, under the supervision of Dany Berczeller, Daniel Hernández and Luciano Vergara.. Bowie consists of 5 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, and comes with a 439-character set that supports 206 languages.
Alfonso García, Latinotype Team (2016)
Corporative Sans Rounded Condensed
Corporative Sans Rounded Condensed is the narrowed version of Corporative Sans Rounded that offers high performance when using for text, what makes it the perfect match for Andes Rounded http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/latinotype/andes-rounded/ The font works well at both display and small sizes. Corporative Sans Rounded Condensed is the perfect choice for logotypes, posters, signs, branding, packaging and so on! Corporative Sans Rounded Condensed comes with Latinotype’s standard set of 350 characters, making it possible to use the font in 128 different languages. Corporative Sans Rounded Condensed provides users with a wide range of characters and weights for every project. By combining different variants, designers can achieve the best results. The family consists of 32 fonts: a basic family that includes 8 weights plus italics and an alternative family of 8 weights with matching italics as well. Corporative Sans Rounded Condensed was created by Latinotype Team and developed by Elizabeth Hernández and Rodrigo Fuenzalida, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernández.
Camila is a delicate and smooth Didone typeface designed by Paula Nazal. The family is inspired by concepts such as elegance, simplicity, femininity, and primarily based on Coco Chanel. A remarkable feature of this font is that it lacks of teardrop terminals, characteristic of Didone typefaces. This font of thin serifs and soft finishes also includes italics, strengthening the concept of its design. A great variety of shapes makes Camila an ideal font for both display and small sizes. Camila is the perfect choice for branding and publishing projects. This font family comes in 7 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, each with matching italics and includes a set of 426 characters that support 206 different languages.
Jorge Alberto Martínez, Latinotype Team (2016)
Fondue is a type family of eclectic shapes, inspired by Art Deco designs, in particular, the lettering used by the Mexican cartoonist Ernesto “El Chango” Cabral on almost the entire publication Revista de Revistas (“Magazine of Magazines”). Far from being a copy, Fondue expects to be an adaptation of the thinking of that time to be used in contemporary context. Fondue has a cursive ductus, wide horizontal proportion and large x-height. Its friendly consistent rhythm makes it ideal for medium-sized text, headlines, branding, and so on. The family comes in 6 weights, from Thin, which reminds of the cartoonist’s loose strokes, to Ultra Bold, the version with powerful and unique voice. Fondue has a set of 496 characters that support 207 different languages. OpenType features include standard and discretionary ligatures as well as stylistic alternates.
Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Latinotype Team (2016)
Latina is our first humanist typeface designed for use in continuous text. This font is based on calligraphy, but calligraphic features have been changed in order to make Latina a more neutral font. This prevents readers from losing their focus when reading continuous text. On the other hand, these same features get highlighted when using the font for headlines or display text. This 11-weight family includes italics and small caps, and supports 219 different languages as well as several sets of figures. Latina is the perfect choice for publishing design (books and magazines), branding and advertising.
Mendoza Vergara (2016)
We have grown a new flower in our Garden, but this time, in a more emotional way, capturing its vibrations and using them to create a fresh handmade typeface: ‘Bach’, a display type system inspired by the new lifestyle trends that look to go back to basics and increase the value of old natural healing methods. Bach comes in two styles: a 6-weight Serif font in regular and italic versions, and a 2-weight Script in regular and bold versions. Ornaments are also included! Bach Script is based on the calligraphic catchwords set (handcrafted with brush pen) and the Serif version of the Garden typeface. This font is the perfect choice for labelling, packaging, illustrated books and posters. Go back to nature and feel the vibration again, this time with Bach! Bach is a Mendoza Vergara Studio design with the collaboration of Cecilia Mendoza in digital editing, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Coto Mendoza.
Summer has come! Boho girl is going on her beach vacation. Relaxed, spontaneous, feminine, irreverent, though. Like a girl with a Gipsy soul, she just grabs her Bikini and turns away! This is the new font duo by the couple Coto and Luciano. Bikini includes a sans version, based on the proportion and structure of Roman capitals, but with a contemporary flavor and a clean style that give the typeface a chic touch. The other version of this font duo is a modern calligraphy script of handmade style. The mix is just perfect: opposites attract creating a very interesting counterpoint. Can you guess who is the designer behind each style? This font duo is intended to be used for posters, labelling or branding. The sans and script styles add visual hierarchy when composing text. Feel the fresh free spirit of its OpenType features and ornaments! Please see User Guide Every season is Bikini season!
Prêt-à-porter is a project developed as part of a series of type experiments appearing on the blog ‘Letritas’. Prêt-à-porter is a very expressive friendly font with a handwritten look, smooth curves and strong identity. Its counterforms make it a carefree, wild, cheerful, light and highly readable typeface. This type system consists of two Script families—Contrast and Linear—and a Slab family. The Contrast set works as a complement, providing more elegance and formal refinement. Both Linear and Contrast come in 5 weights plus Ornaments, which can be used as initial and terminal forms since they have been designed for connecting with each letter. Linear and Contrast families include ligatures and the whole font family supports 208 different languages.
A family of Grotesque features with a functional, neutral and seeming clean style that looks to keep a neutral (or basic) appearance on paper, but including lots of details that give it a unique personality. Basic Sans is a sans-serif typeface well-suited for publishing projects, medium-sized text, branding, posters, headlines and more! This font family comes in 7 weights—ranging from Thin to Black—plus matching italics and has a set of 416 characters that support 206 different languages.
Designed by Daniel Hernández, Alfonso García, Bruno Jara Ahumada and Luciano Vergara. Assemblage is a typeface-inspired by Roman square capitals-that comes in 6 different weights and ranging from Thin to Black. The background of the typeface makes it well-suited for branding, short text, titles and complex compositions, thanks to its italic version. Contrary to some conservative fonts, Assemblage includes an italic version with a look based on Elzeverian and Dutch Barroque typefaces, what gives the font an extra dash of elegance, resulting in a very enjoyable design. The family was specially created for labelling wine bottles and general packaging. Assemblage is a font collection consisting of a Sans Serif plus an Italic version of classic features. The family comes in 6 weights and includes ligatures, caps and small caps plus 3 sets of smaller small caps for different kinds of composition. The Italic version-with strong decorative features-comes with swashes. Assemblage also includes a set of dingbats, especially designed for packaging as well as for publishing or branding. The Sans contains 979 characters and the Italic version 620 characters. Assemblage supports 212 different languages and its OpenType features include ligatures, semi oldstyle figures, 3 sets of ornamental small caps (in the Sans version), swashes, ending forms and alternates in the Italic version.
We decided to explore the concept of fitness, but from a more natural perspective. With so many people drinking detox drinks and eating raw food, we were inspired to create a font that mixes the ‘strength’ of sports and the organic nature of natural products. The result is ‘Matcha’: a strong and energetic typeface that also flows at the same time. Matcha consists of a stable, very friendly Slab face and a calligraphy Script with a handmade style: spontaneous and fickle with some reverse-contrast alternative characters. Can you guess who is the designer behind each style? The duo contains OpenType features and is perfect for labeling natural products, cookbooks, magazine photography, fashion & beauty magazines covers, health & fitness publications, and more. For both print and digital communication. Matcha: the new black coffee!
Enrique Hernández V. (2016)
Isidora is a modern geometric font based on the classic typefaces of the early 21st Century yet with a contemporary and functional touch. In spite of its strong and rational structure, the font also looks friendly and expressive, thanks to its rounded terminals. In addition, its diagonal terminal cuts give it a softer and more rounded appearance. Isidora consists of two 7-weight subfamilies: one (more classic) Regular and one Alternative (more contemporary and display). Both subfamilies come in italic version, giving a total of 28 fonts. Isidora is the perfect font for headlines, logotypes, branding, packaging, publishing and web use. The family contains a set of 438 characters—supporting 207 different languages—and also includes an alternative character set, which allows for more versatility when composing text.
Queulat Condensed
This font is the condensed version of Queulat, but keeping the same features as the original typeface. Queulat Cnd is a hybrid typeface that combines different styles, reflecting charm, freshness and, especially, a strong personality. Since it is a condensed font, it is well-suited for publishing and subheadings. The font is inspired by Modern and Grotesk styles. The former is shown in some characteristic features such as teardrop terminals, which give the typeface an attractive unique look, making it an ideal choice for logotypes and labelling. The latter, with its rationality, makes Queulat Cnd a stable and strong face for headings and subheadings. The combination of styles can be clearly seen by comparing the Regular with the Alt version. The Regular version is more simple than the Alt one. Differently, the alternative version possesses more features of the Modern style, like teardrop terminals in ‘k’ and ‘v’.
Basic Sans Narrow
Basic Sans Narrow is a narrower version of Basic Sans. It is a family of Grotesque features with a functional, neutral and seeming clean style that looks to keep a neutral (or basic) appearance on paper, but including lots of details that give it a unique personality. Basic Sans Narrow is a sans-serif typeface well-suited for publishing projects, medium-sized text, branding, posters, headlines and more! This font family comes in 7 weights—ranging from Thin to Black—plus matching italics and it has a set of 416 characters that support 206 different languages.
Gabriela Stencil
Antonio Mejía (2016)
Gabriela Stencil is a classic font family with a unique character designed by Antonio Mejía Lechuga in collaboration with Latinotype Team. This font, well-suited for headlines, has features that emphasise its modern and elegant personality, inspired by the style of the 19th Century Didone typefaces.
Jorge Cisterna, Rodrigo Fuenzalida (2016)
Taberna is a type system that provides a wide range of choices for any design project. The typeface comes in Sans and Serif layered versions plus a monolinear Script font. Taberna is the result of having explored design trends in bar signage, liquor packaging and street wear. Taberna is a funny display font with a Sans version—that provides a more clean and simple design—and a Serif one, which gives text a more distinctive and sombre personality. The Script version matches perfectly with the heavy Caps of the typeface. Taberna is a very versatile font well-suited for headlines, posters, logotypes, etc.
Coto Mendoza, Luciano Vergara (2016)
Touch Me is a Script hand-drawn style typeface—designed by Coto Mendoza—resulting from polyrhythmic exploration, sign deconstruction and altered calligraphic contrast plays with watercolour brush. Coto has been using these experimental calligraphy techniques when creating the catchwords for Macarons, the Boho Family, Bikini Season Script and Matcha Script and so forth. Touch Me was inspired by a character in a story written by Coto while attending a literary workshop with Ina Groovie in Santiago de Chile. The character is a tribal girl who lives on an island in the Caribbean. She is heir of ancestral knowledge and possesses wild beauty, very passionate and sensual: intense, strong and free. These features are reflected in the polyrhythm of the typeface’s curves: an irregular baseline, variable x-height, different lengths of initial and terminal strokes (that sometimes expand and sometimes shrink) and amount of brush pressure that generates changes in contrast within the characters. This way, when composing, signs with stroke contrast randomly alternate with monolinear ones and with signs of altered contrast, thanks to the typeface’s OpenType programming. The family, with more than 3,000 glyphs, provides a number of alternative characters, swashes, ligatures, initial and terminal forms, in short, a vast ocean of choices! Touch Me is a spontaneous typeface with a fresh and unique personality. It is the perfect choice for short text in both print and digital formats. The family comes with a Script Regular version and a seductive Script Drop that you will enjoy a lot! The Extras set includes some catchwords, dingbats and ornaments that allows for endless composition options. The family also comes with a Caps version —designed by Luciano Vergara—in 2 styles: a funny and big-headed condensed Sans Grotesk display of inverted vertical proportion plus a Grotesk, neutral and slightly expressive Petite. Both versions, available in 6 weights, have been especially designed to create hierarchies when composing. This allows for balance between strokes of different weight when it comes to the Sans and Script fonts. Come and dare yourself! Touch Me! Thanks Alisa for sharing your amazing and beautiful picture with us.
Oceanshore
Pablo Moreno (2016)
Oceanshore is a modern display sans typeface with stencil characteristics and based on geometric shapes. That when combined gives the font a retro-futuristic look and makes it ideal for big and catchy editorial headlines. The family includes 6 styles, from Thin to Bold, each of them in a wide variety of alternates and ligatures that provides the users with a number of choices when composing. Each font comprises more than 550 characters and supports over 200 Latin languages. Seashore is well-suited for headlines, short text, posters, flyers and so on. Tags:geometric, title, display, stencil, modern, contemporary, branding, clean, clean, design, logotype, latinotype, magazines, sans, ligatures, alternates, advertising
Kawak
Javier Viramontes (2016)
Kawak is a sans inspired by Mayan glyphs from the Tzolk'in ritual cycle. Kawak marries modernist typographic tradition with Pre-Hispanic formalism, creating a perfect blend between cleanliness, readability, objectivity, and the Mayan super-ellipse. Kawak was designed by Javier Viramontes during the [email protected], Extended Program under the careful guidance of Jesse Reagan and an amazing repertoire of visiting critics. The project was finalized by Alfonso Garcia and the Latinotype team. Kawak contains 454 characters and can support 128 languages through Latinotype’s standard set. The family consists of 5 weights and 5 italics. Kawak’s clean yet unique character, and features like fractions, old style and tabular figures, make it an ideal choice for a wide number of print and branding applications.
This font is the result of merging my architecture background and my love for typography, which inspired me to create a system of fonts based on interior architecture design, furniture design and, especially, the love I feel for my home. The system comes with a monolinear style in sans and script versions, each including 5 weights, that share similar proportions, weight interpolation and terminals. Hogar is basically a sans with script gestures and a script with sans shapes. In order to make the system more complete, I included an italic version, also in 5 weights, which represents a transition between both main styles. Additionally, I developed a set of monolinear dingbats including some furniture designs by well-known architects. The family supports more than 200 Latin derived languages.
Queulat Soft
The font is the soft version of the Queulat basic and condensed families, but keeping the same features as the original typeface. Queulat Soft is a hybrid font that combines different styles, reflecting charm, freshness and, especially, a strong personality. The font is inspired by Modern and Grotesk styles. The former is shown in some characteristic features such as teardrop terminals, which give the typeface an attractive unique look, making it an ideal choice for logotypes and labelling. The latter, with its rationality, makes Queulat Soft a stable and strong face for headings and subheadings. The combination of styles can be clearly seen by comparing the Regular with the Alt version. The Regular version is more simple than the Alt one. Differently, the alternative version possesses more features of the Modern style, like teardrop terminals in ‘k’ and ‘v’.
Mauricio Astete Brito (2016)
Antonietta is Mauricio Astete Brito's first typeface, which is inspired by the eccentricity of the rococo style and Queen Marie Antoinette's wild personality. This project, supervised by Latinotype Team, was born from the idea of turning lettering into a digital typeface. Antonietta is based on the Copperplate style and inspired by the works of, among others, Hermann Zapf, Ricardo Rousselot and Herb Lubalin. The font comes in the following variants: Antonietta Script, Antonietta Caps, Antonietta Caps Illuminated, Antonietta Caps Shadow, Antonietta Caps Inline and Antonietta Ornaments. Antonietta Script is characterised by a big x-height, condensed proportions, and short ascenders and descenders, which can be modified by using the contextual alternates included in the set. Antonietta Caps, a companion font to the Script, is an all-caps typeface with rational structure and high contrast between thin and thick strokes. Antonietta is a 7-weight typeface well-suited for logotypes, labelling, headlines and short text. The Script variant contains a set of 878 characters that provide a wide range of contextual alternates to fit any project. The typeface also comes with an 'Ornaments' variant, which includes dingbats, borders and catchwords that complement the rest of the fonts.
Hogar Slab
Hogar Slab, based on the Hogar typeface, is the result of combining a script and a slab serif into a single type system. The system has a monolinear style composed of a slab serif and a script slab serif version that share similar proportions, weight interpolations and details. Hogar Slab is basically a slab serif with script gestures and a script with slab serif shapes. In order to make the system more complete, I included an italic version, which represents a transition between both main styles. Additionally, I developed a set of patterns including some furniture designs by well-known architects.
Bercz Design Studio, Daniel Hernández, Luciano Vergara, Latinotype Team (2016)
Snatch is a dynamic and expressive type system designed for impassioned and unprejudiced creative directors who look to combine the rough with the sexy. The font is well-suited for publishing projects, branding and packaging. Snatch is composed of three sections: a group of sharp-shaped uppercase fonts (small caps and all caps) in 5 weights, a set of script catchwords and eclectic sets of dingbats and flags that communicate the blue-sky thinking and feel of the project. Snatch—a collaborative project between Bercz and Latinotype Team—is the wild, condensed sister of Bowie and it was developed by Valentina Vega, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and César Araya, under the supervision of Dany Berczeller, Daniel Hernández y Luciano Vergara. The family consists of 5 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, and comes with a 679-character set that supports 206 languages.
Basic Sans Cnd
Basic Sans Cnd: A new sans. Designed by Daniel Hernández Basic Sans Cnd is a narrower version of Basic Sans. It is a family of Grotesque features with a functional, neutral and seeming clean style that looks to keep a neutral (or basic) appearance on paper, but including lots of details that give it a unique personality. Basic Sans Cnd is a sans-serif typeface well-suited for publishing projects, medium-sized text, branding, posters, headlines and more! This font family comes in 7 weights—ranging from Thin to Black—plus matching italics and it has a set of 416 characters that support 206 different languages.
LCF (2011)
Pantano is a handmade grunge typeface inspired by the rustic style of Amazonia. Alternate characters and ligatures give a sensual and naturalistic touch to the written word. Photography by Damien Vignaux (www.elroy.fr)
Jko Contreras (2011)
Fierro is a heavy-geometric-retrofuturistic typographic construction that, without any curves, still retains good legibility. The font was designed for both use in large sizes and designs with character that look to create a strong visual block.
This typeface is inspired by 60s and 70s Chilean murals and posters artwork. On the walls, big and heavy letterforms were presented pictorially for political propaganda. Muralista is a low contrast condensed typeface, similar to classic forms of the early nineteenth century humanist grotesque. The sinuous, rounded and asymmetric terminations remind us the artist’s brush strokes. This typeface is ideal for editorial sentences and logo designs. Designed by Jorge Cisterna.
Fatta
Huge, bold and friendly. With original fat curves & paintbrush terminals. Fatta is a Miguel Hernández font- an ultra black humanist sans. It has three variants: Regular, Italic & Italic Swash, which allow the user to compose display text in a dynamic range of expression for posters, logotypes & fashion.
Moderna is a sans serif family inspired by the simplicity of Modernism. Its construction–neutral and clean–is well-suited for short text, headlines, logotypes and branding. The font comes in 16 styles and includes a unicase version, alternate characters, arrows and labels.
Handy Cut
Paty Bean (2013)
Handy Cut is an experimental project inspired by paper cutting only using fingers. This font was designed by Paty Bean in a farm in southern Chile. Handy Cut includes dingbats and alternate characters to play in expressive and irregular short texts.
The street is the new runway. Pasarela is a display typeface inspired by the new culture of fashion in the streets. A global phenomenon across continents, travelling through social networks, fashion bloggers and street style. Everything is possible, everything is combined. The new culture of fashion is eclectic with hints of each culture at miles away. The complexity generated by the start page of this mix styles is solved perfectly with his neutral and clean tone, streamlined structure and thin strokes. It has been designed in two weights plus a set of borders that can generate graphic compositions for application in blogs, magazines, posters and TV. No one needs to be a fashion victim to cross the pasarela.
Moderna Condensed
Moderna Condensed is a simple and neutral modern condensed sans-serif font well-suited for short text, headlines, logotypes, posters and branding. Moderna Condensed comes with 16 weights and includes a unicase version, alternate characters, arrows and labels.
Darwin font family is an eclectic assembly of grotesque, geometric and humanistic styles. This 20-font family comes with 2 subfamilies: one Normal Family of 10 fonts and one 10-font Alt Family. Darwin is well-suited for headlines, short text, posters and logotypes.
Last year, we visited Brazil and we were totally captivated by its cheerful and warm people. Its wild nature is absolutely amazing and very noticeable in textile printing as well as in floral design. That was precisely what inspired us to create some ornaments and dingbats, which we then turned into a single typographic work. The resulting typeface was called Garden, a serif display handmade font with a playful and spontaneous feel. The Garden family offers a font with a set of original “catchwords” (‘Garden Catchwords’, based on brush calligraphy), floral dingbats and botanical ornaments. Please be aware, “Garden Catchwords” is a ‘Catchwords’ font, and does not offer standard AlphaNumeric characters. The OpenType version provides a wide range of creative options. Garden is well-suited for text composition, posters, headlines, label design and handmade-style items. Garden is inspiration, nature and joy!
Darwin Office
We have adapted our Darwin font for use in Microsoft Office. This version includes 4 variants: regular, italic, bold and bold italic. Font weights have been named in a way that can be clearly shown up in the font menu in Office programs for the sake of a good hierarchy (the bold variant is quite bold and does not look the same as the original font).
Styling is a simple, light, sans-serif typeface inspired on old cars and planes with an aerodynamic shape. The font comes in 5 weights plus italics. Styling and Styling Alt families offer professionals a wide range of creative options. Styling was created in 2014, while its designer was 30,000 feet in the air and the plane was flying over some Latin America cities. A flight full of flavours and shapes. This typeface is the result of anxiety and speed. Keep on rollin’ and fly high with Styling!
Designed by Daniel Hernández and Paula Nazal. Corrections and review by Alfonso García and Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Trenda is a geometric sans-serif typeface based on the uppercase of Trend—a Latinotype font, released in 2013, that was very well received. This new typeface comes with a wider character set that offers a complete family of uppercase and lowercase in different weights. Trenda is a versatile easy-to-use functional display font with a strong personality, especially its uppercase, which makes the designer’s work easier. Trenda’s lightest and heaviest variants are ideal for display use while its middle weights work well with short and mid-length texts. This typeface has been designed especially for corporate projects, logotypes and publishing. Trenda comes in 8 weights, ranging from Thin to Heavy, and includes matching italics as well as small caps and alternates. The family contains a 634-character set that supports 206 different languages.
Oscar Niemeyer is one of the greatest architects of our time—his unique way of mixing straight lines and abstract curves gives rise to an unmistakable and characteristic style. This typeface is my own tribute to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The design process started when my wife and I visited Brazil while she was running a series of workshops on calligraphy. In my spare time, I would walk through the streets of beautiful cities like Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo, enjoying the local architecture and urban life. I had also the opportunity to attend to some of the workshops during which I was able to observe the organic of calligraphy and people. Then, I started to draw some shapes that reflected everything about this beautiful place: Niemeyer’s architecture and work and, in his own words ‘the curves on the body of the beloved woman’. This versatile typefaces comes in 8 weights with matching italics, alternative characters, oldstyle figures and much more! Niemeyer is well-suited for logotypes, advertising, publishing, branding and corporate use. Special thanks to everyone in the Latinotype Team (especially to César Araya) for their support, help with corrections and digital editing.
Darwin Pro
Darwin Pro, the sequel to Darwin, is ready to leave port and start new adventures. The font was redrawn, the language support was extended and a new set of figures was added. Darwin Pro comes in 7 weights plus italics and includes alternative characters available as an OpenType feature as well as oldstyle figures, numerators and denominators.
Javiera
Enrique Hernández (2017)
Javiera is a geometric sans-serif typeface with humanist attributes. One of its main features is its small x-height, which makes ascenders and descenders look longer. The contrast gives the font a more stylised look, typical of humanist fonts. Curves and rounded terminals make Javiera a smooth, friendly and versatile typeface, well-suited for branding, magazines and publishing projects. User can take more advantage of the versatility of the font by enabling alternative characters included in the set. Javiera comes in 6 styles—from Thin to Black—plus matching italics, giving a total of 12 fonts. The font’s extreme weights are perfect for display use. Javiera family contains a set of more than 400 characters and supports over 200 different languages.
Estampa Script is a 5-weight script typeface, designed by Sofia Mohr, with high contrast between thick and thin strokes, and teardrop terminals that remind us of Didone typefaces. These elements are the main feature of the font and give it a very strong character. Estampa Script is well-suited for clothing, interior design, branding, packaging, advertising and publishing design.
Jorge Cisterna, Daniel Hernández (2017)
Atlan—a Latin ’spin-off’ of classic geometric sans typefaces.
Designed by Alfonso García and Latinotype Team. Rawson is inspired by early humanist sans-serif English typefaces. We have added a bit of Johnston, a bit of Gill and a lot of Latinotype to the font. Rawson is an elegant font—but definitely not a black tie one—with the strength of a geometric sans but as friendly as a humanist typeface. This mixture, though not capricious, gives the font a ‘classic’ personality and a modern look at the same time. Rawson is a typeface with a large x-height, open counterforms and classical ductus. The font is well-suited for branding, signage, packaging and short text. Rawson has a 778-character set that supports 219 languages and includes alternative characters, discretionary ligatures, small caps, a variety of figures and fractions—a wide range of typographic tools to meet different design needs.
Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Daniel Hernández, Luciano Vergara, Latinotype Team (2017)
Latina Essential is a humanist typeface designed for use in continuous text. The font comes in 4 weights with matching (true) italics. Latina Essential is well-suited for publishing design, books, magazines, branding and advertising.
Lota Grotesque
Lota Grotesque was designed by Daniel Hernández with the collaboration of Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Latinotype Team in digital editing. The family comes in 7 weights with matching italics and includes alternative versions that provide high versatility and functionality. The whole font family is composed of 4 subfamilies that share exactly the same number of characters and styles but with differences in programming and default characters. Lota Grotesque contains a 760-character set that supports 219 languages and includes alternative characters, discretionary ligatures, small caps, and a variety of figures and fractions—a wide range of typographic tools to meet different design needs.
Sanchez Niu
Sánchez Niu is a redesign of Sánchez—one of the first font families by Latinotype designed in 2011. This new version includes improvements that make it work well with longer text. Such improvements have not had a major effect on the look of the font, though. We have adjusted the original proportions and added a number of new characters as well as OpenType features such as small caps, oldstyle figures, tabular numbers and stylistic alternates. Sánchez Niu contains a set of 720 characters that support 219 languages. The font is well-suited for long text, headlines and logotypes, and it has been optimised for web usage. Sánchez Niu comes with two free fonts—Regular and Regular Italic! Corrections, digital editing and review by César Araya, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Alfonso García.
Catrina, designed by Eli Hernández, is an expressive typeface whose curves and straight lines meet each other in harmonious synchrony. Catrina comes in 6 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, plus a Handmade version and includes Dingbats and Catchwords which make it the perfect choice for packaging, branding, titles and advertising.
Weekly: a slab serif that wants to be a sans. The font was created under the premise that it can be used as a sans: a fresh design without that retro feel typical of slab fonts. As a result, we developed an Egyptienne font—more simple compared to others of its kind, a feature that gives it its unique personality. Weekly was based on fonts with humanist proportions, such as ‘Oficina’ and ‘Caecilia’, both created in the ’90s. Typefaces like these give designers the possibility to use them in books or magazines, in contrast to geometric slab fonts or early 20th century fat faces, which are mainly used for advertising or display text. Another feature that reminds us of humanist sans fonts is the small difference between x-height and cap-height. Some characters in Weekly like ‘a’ or ‘g’ lack serifs and some like ‘c’ or ’s’ have short serifs, giving it a semi-serif air. Weekly comes in both light and heavy weights. The heavier ones bear resemblance to Egyptienne slab serif typefaces with strong personality. These variants are ideal for use in posters and big, powerful headings.
Weekly: a slab serif that wants to be a sans. The font was created under the premise that it can be used as a sans: a fresh design without that retro feel typical of slab fonts. As a result, we developed an Egyptienne font—more simple compared to others of its kind, a feature that gives it its unique personality. We have created a special 2-weight version for you to enjoy. Just suscribe to our newsletter and download it for free!
Dani M. Senso (2017)
Hawking is a slab typeface with slightly squarish shapes and a rational, modern look. The font has a minimal modulation, generous counterforms and relatively large x-height with lowercase ascenders extending above the cap-height for more legibility. Serifs are composed of curved and straight lines, which give the font a robust appearance and strong personality. Hawking was specially designed for use in scientific publications (hence its name), but it can also be used with other type of continuous text, such as journalistic, technical or literary texts. Its heavier weights make it also well-suited for any display use (e.g. headlines) Hawking comes in 8 styles: 4 weights plus matching true italics. The font also includes ligatures, proportional oldstyle figures, and tabular and lining figures. The family comes with the Latinotype’s standard character set that supports 213 different languages.
Latinotype Team, Alfonso García (2017)
Imagine a sans Rockwell… Well, we did it. That’s how Inter was born—as a reinterpretation of Rockwell. However, as the process moved forward the font took on its own personality, adapted to current market and needs. Inter is a new geometric sans with an early 20th century smell, soft curves and generous counterforms that give it a fresh look—a friendly font that communicates sincerity. Inter is well-suited for web use, apps, corporate use and short text (publishing). The font contains 439 glyphs—Latinotype’s basic character set plus alternative letters and signs—and supports over 200 languages that use the Latin alphabet.
Nizzoli
This typeface is a tribute to well-known Italian designer Marcello Nizzoli. Nizzoli is a modern sans serif font that offers a wide range of alternatives—a workhorse type well suited for headlines, posters, corporate identity and advertising campaigns. This modular design is based on geometric shapes and combines straight lines with rounded corners. The whole family is composed of four 7-weight subfamilies: one normal and one alternative plus rounded versions. Each subfamily includes matching italics. This typeface is my own interpretation of those curves and shapes found in Marcello Nizzoli’s designs.
Isidora Sans
Isidora Sans is a new version of the bestselling font Isidora (released a year ago). The absence of terminals gives this new typeface a cleaner and more geometric look, keeping the essence and structure of the classic sans fonts of the early 20th Century yet with a fresh, clean and contemporary appearance. Isidora Sans consists of two subfamilies of 7 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, with matching italics, giving a total of 28 fonts. Isidora Sans is the perfect font for publishing, titles, books, magazines and corporate design. Its Alt version is ideal for logotypes, branding, packaging, and use on web and Tv. The family contains a set of 416 characters supporting 207 different languages.
Sergio Ramírez, César Araya, Latinotype Team (2017)
Informative is a typeface consisting of a whole family of sans fonts and a collection of thematic pictograms. This combination of two different types of communication reflects the current need for using text and images as means of conveying information in a complementary way. The family comes with a text version of 7 weights (with matching italics)—Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and Black, and includes 7 thematic icons sets which allude to elements related to alimentation, city, energy, people, politics, sports and work. Each set contains 88 glyphs and includes both outline and black versions. The text font contains a set of 423 glyphs that support 207 different languages. Informative is a clean, simple and versatile typeface well-suited for a wide range of graphic design and visual communication projects. This font has especially been designed for infographics, maps and digital applications.
Daniel Hernández, Paula Nazal (2017)
Designed by Daniel Hernández and Paula Nazal. Digital editing by Elizabeth Hernández. Corrections and review by Alfonso García and Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Boston is a slightly rounded-edged typeface, which is inspired by ‘Trenda’—a geometric sans serif based on the uppercase of ’Trend’ (a Latinotype font, released in 2013, that was very well received). This new typeface comes with a wider character set that offers a complete family of uppercase and lowercase in different weights. Boston is a versatile easy-to-use functional display font with a strong personality, especially its uppercase, which makes the designer’s work easier. Boston’s lightest and heaviest variants are ideal for display use while its middle weights work well with short and mid-length texts. This typeface has been designed especially for corporate projects, logotypes and publishing. Boston comes in 8 weights, ranging from Thin to Heavy, and includes matching italics as well as small caps and alternates. The family contains a 634-character set that supports 206 different languages.
Aromática—designed by Sofia Mohr—is a rounded typeface with a simple and clean look that reminds us of those strokes found in handwriting while providing functionality and readability. Aromática consists of 7 fonts: a monolinear Script, a Sans-serif of 5 weights, ranging from Extra Light to Bold, and a Patterns font, inspired by aromatic herbs and spices, which is the perfect companion to the Script and Sans faces. Aromática was specially designed for branding and packaging, but it may also be used for headlines, publishing and advertising. The family comes with a character set that supports 207 different languages.
The font is actually not a revival of ‘Avant Garde’—by Herb Lubalin—but it takes its spirit. Fibra is a geometric sans serif, yet without the typical structural strictness of these kind of fonts, that represents experimental type design. This can be seen in the contrast between curves and straight lines in some characters such as ’n’ and ‘h’ unlike rounded ones such as ‘a’ and ‘d’; details of some display characters (e.g. three upper terminals in ‘W’ and projection off the stem in ‘A’); and exaggerated terminal in ‘R’. All these features give Fibra a strong personality—a sans serif typeface that ‘gives you the chills’. Fibra was specially designed for display use. The font has a very generous x-height that allows for use in corporate text, thanks to its good readability. Fibra comes with 2 subfamilies—a more ’normal’ Basic family, with a smaller amount of stylistic features, for use in subheadings or any other type of text that requires formality, and an Alt family that shows off the true potential of the font, making it the perfect choice for magazine headlines, posters and logotypes.
Los Niches
Los Niches is a stylized sans serif typeface that combines modern, monoline characters with strokes and loops reminiscent of manuscript lettering. With a consistant, harmonious style Los Niches takes on a youthful flair when presented in bright colors, but is elegant and contemporary when dressed all in black. The flexible personality of Los Niches makes it ideal for catalogs, magazines or product packaging.
Diploma Script
Marcelo Quiroz (2017)
Diploma Script was born from merging classic calligraphy and contemporary tools. The Copperplate style, which served as baseline for the development of the font, mixes harmoniously with brush pen drawing techniques that give Diploma Script a modern touch. The typeface provides elegance and legibility, while preserving characteristic shapes and strokes from the Copperplate style. Diploma Script covers a wide range of uses ranging from titles, logotypes, invitation cards, certificates and labels to small-sized texts. The family comes with initial, medial and terminal alternates that allow user to emphasize specific words. Figures, fractions and symbols are also included. Diploma Script includes a set containing more than 900 characters that support over 200 different languages.
Luis Bandovas (2017)
Autor is a medium-contrast sans serif font with a dynamic stroke modulation. Its clean look and angled terminals give your designs a ‘sharp’ and contemporary feel. Autor Family comes in 7 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, with matching italics, resulting in a total of 14 styles. Autor is well-suited for editorial design, body text in books and magazines, headers and titles. It can also be used—as a display font—for logotypes, branding, advertising and publishing. The font includes a character set containing more than 400 glyphs that support over 200 languages.
Forjada
Raúl Israel (2017)
Forjada—designed by Raúl Israel—is a monolinear, rounded and condensed typeface, belonging to the slab serif classification, inspired by wrought iron window and door grills on facades of historic buildings in America and Europe. Forjada is a rigid yet softly curved font with exquisite ornaments and optimized for great legibility. Forjada Family comes in 3 weights—Light, Regular and Bold—with matching italics and includes alternate swash caps and ligatures plus Ornaments and Catchwords sets that provide a wide range of choices for creating the most beautiful designs. The font character set supports 212 languages. Forjada is well-suited for branding, packaging, food & drinks menus, wedding invitations, party invitations, guidebooks to old cities or any glamorous design you want to add a fresh and modern touch to!
Emy Slab
Emy Slab is a slab serif based on the classical proportions of Egyptian typefaces but with soft terminals that give the font a more friendly and modern look. Emy Slab consists of two subfamilies of 7 weights, ranging from Thin to Black with matching italics, resulting in a total of 28 fonts. The standard version is ideal for editorial design, tiles, books, magazines, corporate design and all types of publications. The Alt version—due to its display features, asymmetric shapes and contemporary appearance—is well suited for logotypes, branding, packaging, and use on web and Tv. Emy Slab contains a set of 440 characters that support 208 different languages.
Antartida Essential
Antartida Essential is a minimal sans serif typeface. While its simple monolinear structure gives it a kind of neutral feeling, it is functional and clean. It is a essential family of 4 fonts, 2 weights and italics. This typeface no contains alternate glyphs and add only Windows 1252 Character set (219 Glyphs).
Antartida Rounded Essential
Antartida Rounded Essential is a sans serif with rounded terminals. Its simple, kind of neutral feeling is functional, clean and minimal; its rounded terminals make it friendly and warm. It is a family of 4 fonts: 2 weights and their italics.
Magallanes Essential
Magallanes Essential a contemporary neo-humanist sans serif font designed by Daniel Hernández. Its strokes and terminals are related to the calligraphic strokes from humanist typefaces. Every weight comes with alternative glyphs for a more dynamic use. Magallanes is the perfect titling font to complement text faces in magazines, logotypes, etc. It is a essential family of 8 fonts, 4 weights and italics. This typeface no contains alternate glyphs and add only Windows 1252 Character set (219 Glyphs).
Internacional, inspired by the International Style, is a Latin American-flavored neo-grotesque sans serif typeface made with organic ingredients and sweetened with organic sugar and chocolate. Internacional is well-suited for corporate identity, branding, publishing projects, logotypes, magazines and advertising. Its large x-height and small difference between x-height and cap-height make it a high-impact font, ideal for powerful headings, while providing legibility. Internacional was designed for use with short and mid-length paragraphs that require a balanced type color. Internacional is an extended width font with rounded forms and angled terminal ends, in characters such as "c" or "a", which make it suitable for use in advertising and branding. The proportional relation in height between uppercase and lowercase letters may be useful when composing text in German language. The Internacional font family comes in 7 weights with matching italics and includes an alternative version, with the same number of styles, yet it tastes differently. Special thanks to everyone in the Latinotype Team (especially to Rodrigo Fuenzalida) for their support, help with corrections and digital editing.
Stgotic
Stgotic, designed in 2006, was the first digital font designed by Daniel Hernández. It is a blackletter typeface designed for low resolution screen devices. Stgotic was designed to be seen at 8 pts (and multiples of 8). In the year 2006, it was recognized as the best screen font by the TipoGráfica magazine in the context of the Bienal de Letras Latinas.
A wedding begins long before the I Dos on the big day—everyone works together throughout the process to make sure that everything happens as planned: details, color combinations, decorations, the way we convey the magic of the visual elements and deliver our message of love. Through this beautiful font, we would like to deliver to you that very message, you make it your own and express yourself in your own way—through the perfect invitation on your wedding day. No matter how sweet or wild your invitation looks, try to be yourself. Save the Date is a font collection consisting of 9 styles and 4 variants: Script, Sans, Serif and Small. The font set is intended to provide users with a wide range of choices for any design project. Save the Date was designed by Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernández. Digital editing by Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Photos by Mónica Muñoz. Mónica specializes in wedding photography. You can find more of her work here: www.thewildbrides.com
Fibra One
Fibra One looks like a "soft" version of the Fibra font, but it is actually more than that—the second part of its name suggests that it is a reinterpretation of the original typeface. While this new version maintains the overall structure of Fibra and influence of the Avant Garde font, its shapes are different from those found in its predecessor—Fibra One features both soft corners and smooth transition between curved and straight sections. This gives the font a more dynamic and playful personality. Fibra One keeps the original contrast between curves and straight lines in glyphs such as ’n’ and ‘h’ (not found in rounded glyphs such as ‘a’ and ‘d’); details of display characters (e.g. three upper terminals in ‘W’ and projection off the stem in ‘A’); and exaggerated terminal in ‘R’. All these features give Fibra One a strong personality—a typeface that ‘gives you the chills’. Fibra One was specially designed for display use. The font has a very generous x-height that allows for use in corporate text, thanks to its good readability. Fibra One comes with 2 subfamilies—a more ’normal’ Basic family, with a smaller amount of stylistic features, for use in subheadings or any other type of text that requires formality, and an Alt family that shows off the true potential of the font, making it the perfect choice for magazine headlines, posters and logotypes.
Igna Sans
Igna Sans is a humanist functional typeface, with a contemporary style, designed to be used in a wide variety of applications such as advertising, corporate projects, branding and retail product design. The font is highly legible when used in a large body of text and well-suited for headings, display use and short text. Its angled strokes and rounded forms give it a smooth feel and make it look friendly and expressive. The Igna Sans family comes in 7 weights, ranging from Extra Light to Black, with matching italics plus alternative glyphs. The font contains a 430-character set that supports 206 different languages
Peckham, designed by Daniel Hernández, is a contemporary and versatile slab serif of 8 weights (and matching italics)—ranging from an elegant Thin to a heavy Black—with strong serifs that give it a playful look while preserving the overall geometric structure of the font. Peckham comes with the standard Latinotype set of 395 glyphs resulting in a language support for 94% of the languages using the Latin alphabet. The font also includes stylistic alternates (A, R, Y, a) which provides extra versatility. The name of the font reminds us of the city that witnessed the birth of Vincent Figgins (1766). Figgins became known as the type designer who first included slab serif fonts in a commercial catalog. Peckham pays homage to classic typefaces yet looks very contemporary. Digital editing and corrections by Alfonso García.
Latinotype Dingbats & Ornaments Free Pack
Bercz Design Studio, Latinotype Team, Luciano Vergara, Daniel Hernández, Paula Nazal, Enrique Hernández (2018)
Hello Everyone! As a token of our appreciation, we are giving away this pack of Rock-themed dingbats and ornaments from five different fonts: Kahlo Rounded, Snatch, Bowie, Triump Rough and Trend. Enjoy!
Jorge Cisterna, Bruno Jara (2018)
The main source of inspiration for this project was Herb Lubalins Serif Gothic font. This and other fonts of similar style provided the basis for developing a unique display typeface with a strong personality yet neutral enough to be used in a variety of applications. In order to make the font more versatile, we included a number of layered fonts, like inline and shadow styles, which, along with the core styles, provide users with a wide range of choices for any design project. The Lumiere Family comes in 14 styles and includes 2 different variants: multi-layered fonts that make Lumiere easier to use and single layer fonts which allow experimented designers to create their own combinations. Lumiere is highly influenced by retro designs but it features a modern and simplified style that brings great value to your design work. The font is well suited for album covers, movie posters and book cover designs, among other uses.
Diego Maldonado (2018)
Couturier font is all about haute couture: classy ready-to-use characters for each project, perfectly drawn curved shapes and well-balanced counterforms. Elegantly embroidered ligatures, alternative glyphs and beautiful swashes give the font an extremely elegant look. Couturier comes in 4 weights, ranging from Regular to Black, with matching italics, resulting in a total of 8 fonts that help you achieve a strong composition in your publishing projects. Its true italics with a humanist feel give each design a chic personality. The font contains a set of more than 1,200 characters that support over 200 languages.
Darwin Rounded
Darwin Rounded, the resequel to Darwin, is ready for sea and new adventures! A new fresh design with an updated language support and different sets of figures. Darwin Rounded comprises 3 subfamilies: Darwin Rounded Pro, Darwin Rounded Essential and Darwin Rounded Alt Essential. The font includes alternative characters available as an OpenType feature as well as Oldstyle figures, numerators and denominators. Special thanks to Eli Hernández for her help with digital editing.
Mohr
Mohr is a neutral, versatile and contemporary font based on some characteristics found in humanist sans-serif typefaces. Mohrs features, together with its design characteristics, make suitable for a wide range of applications, from display use to small text. The Mohr family comes in three versions: normal, alt and italic, each with 9 font weights, from Thin to Heavy, resulting in a total of 27 fonts. Mohr also includes initial and terminal swashes in most of the uppercase and lowercase characters. This gives the font a unique personality and provides a greater range of uses such as branding and packaging.
Daniel Hernández, Rodrigo Fuenzalida (2018)
The publication of this more mature design is the result of a previous 1-style project which was developed in 2010. Rita, the new design, has increased from one single style to a full font family, with a strong personality, ideal for short text for high impact designs. Rita is a slab serif typeface that offers a wide range of weights and widths—from a thin, ultra condensed font to a heavy variant for poster design. Its variety of weights and widths allows users to create a number of different compositions such as titles and text for impact or high impact graphics. Rita comes in 10 styles and includes a set of 400 characters that support over 200 languages. Rita was designed by Daniel Hernández with the collaboration of Rodrigo Fuenzalida.
Just like Grandma recipe, Recoleta combines a variety of ingredients—from various popular 1970s typefaces—such as soft and gentle shapes in Cooper or fluid, angled strokes in Windsor—mixed into one single design that features familiar yet fresh, modern flavors. Its variety of weights provides a range of choices that will help you find the best typographic color for your project. Lighter weights are well-suited for body text while heavier ones are ideal for high impact designs. The available stylistic alternates offer a number of different characters that give your logo or business card a unique look.
Rodrigo Fuenzalida (2018)
Market—inspired by hand painted grocery store signs—is a font with a distinctive appearance which combines the style of “casual script” lettering alphabets with characteristics of classical Roman lettering into a single typeface. These elements allow you to use the font for both high-impact titles and small body text. Market comes with 2 subfamilies: one regular and one alternative, each in 5 weights, ranging from Thin to Bold. The font also includes a set of miscellaneous icons to complement your design. Market contains a set of more than 500 characters that support over 200 Latin-based languages. Market is well-suited for advertising, branding, logotypes, packaging, titles, headlines and editorial design.
Blauth
Blauth—a versatile and contemporary sans serif typeface—comes in 8 weights, ranging from Thin to Black, with matching italics and contains a set of alternate characters. Its small x-height gives it an elegant feel that reminds us of classic typefaces. Blauth is well-suited to continuous text and its uppercase set is ideal for high-impact headlines while its softened corners give your designs a warm and contemporary look.
This font collection includes a contemporary casual Script typeface and a sophisticated all caps Sans that features high contrast between thick and thin strokes. When used together, these fonts offer high versatility—perfect for magazines, blogs, mockups, use with social networking sites, logos and headlines as well as greeting cards, invitations, book covers, posters, and web and on-screen use. Resort is a font collection consisting of 12 styles and 3 variants: Script, Sans and Ornaments. The font set is intended to provide users with a wide range of choices for any design project. The collection comes with a relaxing Script of 5 weights and a classic 6-weight Sans, and includes lively floral ornaments. Resort evokes the feeling of relaxing barefoot walks along the beach while enjoying the sunset and a refreshing cocktail. Resort was designed by Guisela "Coto" Mendoza and Luciano Vergara. Special thanks to everyone in the Latinotype Team, especially to Rodrigo Fuenzalida, for their support and help with digital editing. Photos courtesy of Sarah Loven—a popular beauty, travel and lifestyle blogger http://www.readygypsetgo.com/
Mohr Rounded
Mohr Rounded—the new version of the original Mohr typeface—features curved and softer terminals which make the font look more organic, warm and friendly. The Mohr Rounded family comes in three versions: normal, alt and italic, each with 9 weights, from Thin to Heavy, resulting in a total of 27 styles. The versatility of the font makes it suitable for a wide range of applications, from small text to high-impact headlines. Mohr Rounded also includes initial and terminal swashes in most of the uppercase and lowercase characters. This provides a greater range of uses such as branding, packaging and identity design.
Alfonso García (2018)
As its name suggests, Multiple is a family with multiple font styles. The idea that sums up the concept behind the typeface is workhorse—the challenge was to develop a useful font fit for any scenario and suitable to any design needs: editorial design, packaging, branding, screen use, etc. Multiple features soft, rounded shapes and large counterforms which make it well-suited for both text and display usage. The proportions are based on classic typefaces yet its design was specially created to provide a high degree of versatility. Multiple contains different stylistic sets whose variety of glyphs provides a wide range of choices for any design project. Partly humanist and partly grotesque, Multiple comes with a number of font variants that will help you choose the style will best meet your needs. The font also includes a serif version with the same number of variants as its sans counterpart. The sans version includes 4 stylistic sets while its slab companion comes with 3 sets, both available as separate alt family packages (ideal for those seeking ready-to-use alternate glyph sets). These alternate characters are also available as OpenType features in the regular versions. Multiple comes in 5 weights—ranging from Extra Light to Bold—with matching italics, and contains a 395-character set that supports 207 different languages. Multiple: one font, multiple faces.
Monroe was designed in 2010 and then in 2013 fonts designer decided to stop selling it. Eight years after its released, Monroe returns in a new and upgraded version—with an improved drawing and spacing—which includes more weights as well as alternate glyphs. Each font style has 819 glyphs and the whole set contains 394 characters which support 207 Latin-based languages. Monroe also includes 5 stylistic sets that offer a wide range of signs, swashes and discretionary ligatures—all specially made to add esthetic value to your designs. The family comes in 5 weights: Thin, Ultra Light, Light, Regular and Bold. Monroe was designed by Daniel Hernández with the collaboration of Alfonso García.
An elegant, stylish and easy-to-use typeface. Just as a nice hat makes you look good, Cagliari brings beauty to your designs—through the traditional flavor of Didone faces, and the simplicity of Modern and neo-Grotesk fonts. The font is based on the "Queulat" design yet features a higher contrast, between thick and thin strokes, which makes it look simple and suitable for a wider range of uses. Due to an abrupt contrast in stroke weight, Cagliari is more noticeable on terminals and teardrop terminals compared to Queulat. The Neogrotesk-style shapes add a minimalist touch to the font with thoughtful attention to detail. Cagliari is the ideal choice for fashion magazines, Italian-author books and logotypes for prestigious brands.
Couturier Poster
Elegance flows through Couturier Poster soul. The new cousin of early launched Couturier, brings higher contrast and an extended family, perfect for big sizes. Inspired by the didones from the 18th century, its design its heavily influenced by contemporary ideas this makes it suitable to use for almost anything you can think of. Equipped with swashes, ligatures, small caps and alternates, this typography is very versatile and allows you to set a big range of compositions with discretion or personality. Couturier Poster comes in six weights and matching true italics, from thin to black. It is a good choice to pair with Couturier for smaller sizes and Couturier Poster for the big titles. It has a set of 1248 characters that cover more than 200 languages derived from latin.
Marcelo Moya (2019)
A unicase typeface inspired by Latin American wrestling. Versus is a type system designed for use with short and block text. The font, based on well-known typefaces found on boxing posters, combines Latin American elements and wrestling; it is this mixture of widths and weights and different styles which helps give your designs a unique flavour and personality. Versus is a unicase sans serif font well-suited for display use; its orthogonal terminals and short ascenders and descenders make it ideal for block of texts. By mixing different weights, you can have a wide range of design options—short text, isolated words, logos, titles, branding design, posters, etc. The Versus family comes in 9 weights—from a lightweight and condensed Extra Light to an expanded and heavy Ultra. Its character set supports over 200 different languages. The font also includes a large number of stylistic alternates and a complete ligature set which give your compositions a strong identity and personality.
Majora is a slab serif typeface which derives its name from a Portuguese historical toy manufacturer. The font comes in 8 styles, ranging from a delicate Thin to a robust Black, with matching italics and an upright version of stencil fonts, resulting in a total of 24 weights. Majora is well-suited to a wide range of design projects which include packaging, editorial design, screen use, etc. Its humanistic features and moderate contrast between thick and thin strokes make it also suitable for long block of texts while having a high degree of legibility. The font includes a set of alternate glyphs which help give your compositions a different and unique look. The Stencil version was specially designed for use in signage, packaging, titles and headings. Majora contains a set of 520 characters that support over 200 Latin-based languages.
Isidora Soft
Isidora Soft is a new version of Isidora—a 2016 MyFonts Bestseller. Its rounded, soft terminals give it a friendly and expressive look, and its modern and contemporary style, small x-height and classic proportions make it an excellent choice for headlines, logotypes, branding, books, magazines, motion graphics, and use on web and Tv. Isidora Soft consists of two 7-weight versions: one regular and one alternative which is more expressive and playful compared to its counterpart. Both versions include matching italics, resulting in a total of 28 styles. Isidora Soft contains a set of 452 characters that support over 200 Latin-based languages.
Cookery is a contemporary, friendly and authentic hand-drawn brush pen typeface with irregular baseline. It is well-suited to display use for book covers, logotypes, packaging, restaurant menus, invitation cards and advertising, among other uses. Get the most out of Cookery 613-character set by activating OpenType features including letters having the capability to automatically adjust between connected and disconnected forms, alternates, swashes, initial/terminal forms, old style figures, etc. All these alternatives provide a wide range of possibilities to give your compositions a natural, playful and unique look.
Breton has a strong personality and it is an ideal face for headings and branding design. Its most noticeable characteristic is a great difference of proportions between rounded characters (like "o", "c" or "e") and non-rounded ones (like "n", "m" or "z"). By combining them, you will be able to give your compositions a very unique rhythm. Each font style comprises 417 characters, which support more than 200 Latin-based languages, as you would expect from Latinotype fonts. Breton comes in 10 styles, from Hair to Black, and includes matching italics. Breton was designed by Daniel Hernández and Rodrigo Fuenzalida.
Antonio Mejía Lechuga (2019)
The Gabriela project is of great importance to us since it is the first font published by Latinotype México which is our brand-new sister foundry in Mexico. Gabriela, yet more versatile, share all of its DNA with Gabriela Stencil. The font is an excellent choice for short and medium-length text. Gabriela is a Didone typeface well-suited to classy branding and editorial designs. Its alternate version includes swashes and more than 300 glyphs and 75 ligatures, allowing for more stylized designs. It may look different from its "regular" counterpart, but the essence of both is the same. Gabriela comes in 9 styles, ranging from Thin to Black, and includes matching true italics. Each font weight has an average of 750 characters which support more than 200 Latin-based languages.
Bruno Jara (2019)
Galería is a monoline slab serif typeface inspired by world contemporary art gallery buildings, museums and cultural centers where organic forms and straight lines predominate. Galería combines functionality of a slab serif with the distinctive appearance of monospaced fonts—exaggerated serifs, wide proportions, distinguishing characters, contrasting geometric shapes and lengthened terminals. This combination resulted in a dynamic and pregnant typeface, yet legible and functional, well-suited to museographic and editorial projects, corporate use, and strong brand identity design such as posters, logotypes and packaging. Galería consists of a standard and an alternative version, each in 8 weights—ranging from Thin to Black—with matching italics. The font also includes OpenType features, like discretionary ligatures, and the whole 464-character set supports more than 200 Latin-based languages.
Sandra García (2019)
Emperatriz—with deep roots in the Roman tradition—is an elegant font and, above all, firmly situated in the present, featuring monumental forms and a classical design yet with a contemporary twist. It is a refreshing, clean, modern display font, perfect for the editorial design of magazines and catalogs, for the creation of titles and short texts, on book covers and large format publications, or as part of a corporate identity, logos, packaging and labels. Every variant in the family has generous counter forms, with ligatures and alternative capitals (Q, R, P, O), as well as oldstyle and Roman numerals, manicules, and monetary and mathematical symbols, providing a complete set with language support for more than 200 Latin script languages.
Moderna Sans
Luciano Vergara, Alfonso García (2019)
Moderna Sans, a modern sans serif inspired by the American culture, is a clean and contemporary interpretation of American Gothic typefaces like Alternate Gothic. Moderna Sans comes in 5 weights, with matching italics, and 3 widths: condensed, standard and extended. The font character set supports over 200 Latin-based languages. Moderna Sans is an excellent choice for branding and corporate design and a versatile 3-width workhorse suitable for newspaper or magazine headlines and subheadings.
Monckeberg
Monckeberg is an expressive font with a strong personality which is based on 15th century classic Venetian typefaces. High contrast between thin and thick strokes, calligraphic features and diagonal stress are its most striking characteristics. Monckeberg is ideal for short text and paragraphs, and specially designed for logos, branding, editorial design and web use. Monckeberg consists of 2 subfamilies of 9 weights, from Thin to Heavy, with matching italics, resulting in a total of 36 fonts. The basic family is classic and elegant while the alternative version allows for greater design freedom. Monckeberg contains 511 characters that support over 200 Latin-based languages.
Andes Neue
Unlike its predecessor, Andes Neue contains a larger character set of 759 glyphs which support 219 Latin-based languages from 212 countries. The font comes in 4 variants that provide a wide stylistic range. Andes Neue is the most similar to the original Andes design. The Alt1 character set bears some similarity to the old Andes (yet cleaner); Alt2 uses the alternates in the font as default glyphs; and Alt3 is a mixture of the other three variants that offers a balanced set of characters. Andes Neue also includes new accents and glyphs for a wider language support, and a set of small caps (in each variant). All of these features give the font a strong personality that helps make text look more appealing. Andes Neue varied weights work well with both short and mid-length text sections, providing a wide range of choices for any design project.
Aalto Sans
Aalto Sans, a modular Humanist-flavored sans serif typeface, is ideal for corporate use, and brand and corporate identity design. The font performs well for mid-length text. Aalto Sans is a neutral and clean font but it has friendly and modern design characteristics. Aalto Sans comes in 8 weights with matching italics and the whole family is composed of 3 subfamilies: Pro, Essential and Alt Essential, resulting in a total of 48 different styles. The Pro version includes a Latin Extended character set and OpenType features—stylistic alternates, small caps, case-sensitive forms, proportional and tabular figures, currency symbols, etc. The Essential and Alt Essential versions are well-suited for both web and corporate use. Thank you for inspiration Alvar Aalto! Special thanks to Alfonso García for his help with digital editing—especially for his contribution to the design of the beautiful italics.
Utily Sans
Alfonso García, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Latinotype Team (2019)
Utily Sans emerges from the question- what would the world be like if Paul Renner had had greater inclination towards humanism rather than geometry? Utily Sans glyph proportions and shapes make it suitable for long-form text. This typeface shows geometric simplicity with humanist shapes. It looks like Futura, but has a feel closer to Garamond. Utily Sans is composed of 6 weights with their matching italics, an alternate character set that brings it back to its geometric origin, uppercase discretionary ligatures for expressive titles, as well as small caps, lining figures and old style numbers. These features make the font well-suited for large and small sized compositions, for short or long text. Utily Sans is the first Latinotype font with Cyrillic support, additional to the usual support for over 200 Latin-based languages.
Blackberry is a display family inspired by vintage packaging design, old-fashioned ads and show business marketing campaigns. The font shares common characteristics with Wood Type typefaces such as angular serifs, slightly curved strokes and sharp edges which bring it in tune with contemporary design. Blackberry is a versatile layered-type font system composed of 3D extrusions, shadows, inline and outline styles as well as dingbats and flags. Its character set supports over 200 Latin-based languages. The Blackberry family offers multiple combinations and a variety of choices to provide high-impact graphics including labels, packaging, branding designs, album covers, movie posters, etc.
Branding Super Family
César Araya, Alfonso García (2019)
Branding Super Family- A Versatile Typeface for Today's Needs! Branding SF, an extended version of the original Branding design, is a multi-style font suitable for a wide range of applications while still maintaining its essence. In addition to its unique design, Branding SF includes a variety of widths (Branding Compressed is now a reality!) and alternate characters that make it an ideal tool for graphic designers and art directors. Branding Super Family is the perfect choice for logotypes, isotypes, short-form text, etc. Branding SF is a sans-serif spurless typeface with medium to large x-height, rounded shapes and convex terminals. The font comes in 7 weights (ranging from thin to black) and 4 widths (from compressed to standard) with matching italics. Branding SF contains a set of 544 characters with support for 128 different languages and includes OpenType features such as European diacritics and old style figures plus 4 sets of alternates.
Eli Hernández Sánchez (2019)
Jazmín is inspired by "Globe Gothic" design yet features different proportions, curves, serif shapes and contrast, which give it a classy, playful and a more contemporary look. The family comes in two versions: an elegant font of 8 weights-ranging from Thin to Black-with matching italics, and an alternate, more playful counterpart with the same number of weights and italics. The whole Jazmín set contains 566 characters which support over 200 Latin-based languages. Jazmín is ideal for magazines, short text, logos, branding design, packaging and advertising.
Biennale is a geometric typeface with a strong character and a large x-height which make it an excellent choice for a wide range of applications, such as headlines or branding. Although common in style, Biennale distinctive details and color on the page allow users to create really unique designs. The font comes in 11 weights, from Hair to Heavy, and includes matching italics. As you would expect from Latinotype, this typeface comes with a standard set of 417 characters that support over 200 Latin-based languages.
Goldplay
Goldplay is based on Isidora Sans design yet features rounded shapes. Its rounded, soft terminals give it a friendly and expressive look, and its modern and contemporary style as well as its classic proportions make it an excellent choice for headlines, logotypes, branding, books, magazines, motion graphics, and use on web and Tv. One of its key features is a large x-height which make it look elegant and classy. Goldplay comes in 2 versions—each in 7 weights, from Thin to Black, and matching italics, resulting in a total of 28 fonts. The standard sans serif version—fresh, clean and contemporary—is a perfect choice for editorial and corporate design, headlines, books, magazines or any other piece of graphic design. The Alt semi-serif display version—more expressive and modern—is ideal for logotypes, branding, packaging, and use on web and Tv. Goldplay contains a set of 540 characters that support over 200 Latin-based languages.
Spirits design was initially based on Hermann Ihlenburgs Schoeffer Old Style from the 1912 ATF catalog. Soft is the closest version to the printed original typeface. Neutral, with more formal serifs, is ideal for editorial design, for example newspaper headlines. Sharp, more contemporary, is the best choice for meeting todays design needs. Condensed proportions and large x-height, features found in the original font, make Spirits ideally suited for headlines and branding design. As you would expect from Latinotype, this font comes with a standard character set that supports over 200 languages. Each version includes its own alternates and comes in 4 weights, ranging from Light to Black, resulting in a total of 12 font styles.
Olivetta
Olivetta—an ironic sans. Its name is inspired by Antique Olive typeface. These two fonts share a few common design features but Olivetta is more in tune with the spontaneous, ironic style of today's typefaces. Olivetta illustrates the power of words as images. The high contrast between thick and thin strokes of the lowercase letterforms gives visual strength to the font. The stroke contrast increases as the weights get heavier. Olivetta comes in 10 weights with matching italics and each style contains more than 400 glyphs which include alternates. The lightest weights work well in subtle headlines while the heaviest ones are perfect for posters, short texts, branding and editorial design. The intermediate weights are ideal for continuous reading.
Trust Sans
Empathic • Contemporary • Versatile • Corporate A typeface specially designed for corporate identity. Trust Sans is a friendly typeface, with a flowing ductus and humanist features, specially created to help designers face everyday challenges. This font comes in a variety of weights—perfectly suited to establishing an effective typographic hierarchy—and contains an extensive character set, including small caps, different figure styles, case-sensitive forms, contextual and discretionary ligatures, etc. The family glyph set supports over 200 Latin-based languages. Trust Sans is composed of two complementary sub-families: a standard, formal font and an alternative, more casual, version. Each family comes in 6 weights, from Thin to Black, with matching true italics. All these characteristics make it an ideal typeface for a range of applications such as editorial design, immersive text, corporate identity, branding or packaging.
Atenas—a type system which emerged as a mixture of science fiction and calligraphy—is a reinterpretation of classic typefaces like Eurostile and Microgramma yet it features wider glyphs and contains calligraphic elements, such as an abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes, giving the font a fresh and unique look. Atenas is composed of two sub-families: an upright variant (with matching italics) and a Stencil version, each in 8 weights. Its character set supports over 200 Latin-based languages. Atenas is an excellent choice for branding, logotypes, packaging, editorial design, websites, and film/Tv use. Thanks to its relative neutrality, it can also be used as a corporate font.
Majora Pro
Majora Pro is a slab serif typeface which derives its name from a Portuguese historical toy manufacturer. The font comes in 8 styles, ranging from a delicate Thin to a robust Black, with matching italics and an upright version of stencil fonts, resulting in a total of 24 weights. Majora Pro is well-suited to a wide range of design projects which include packaging, editorial design, screen use, etc. Its humanistic features and moderate contrast between thick and thin strokes make it also suitable for long block of texts while having a high degree of legibility. The font includes a set of alternate glyphs which help give your compositions a different and unique look. The Stencil version was specially designed for use in signage, packaging, titles and headings. Majora Pro contains an extensive set of 750 characters (including small caps, different figure styles, etc.) that support over 200 Latin-based languages.
Moranga
Moranga is a contemporary, serif, retro-style typeface with a strong personality. Its design is a mixture between Café Brasils flowing, organic shapes and elements from 70s popular fonts such as Cooper and Souvenir. Moranga, in 5 weights and matching italics, is the perfect choice for headlines, display use and high-impact or friendly designs. Moranga contains a set of more than 400 characters and supports over 200 Latin-based languages.
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Part III — Aerodromes, Airports and Heliports (continued)
[SOR/2007-87, s. 4]
Subpart 5 – Heliports (continued)
Division II — Certification (continued)
[305.13 to 305.16 reserved]
Division III — Operator of a Heliport
Obligations of an Operator
305.17 (1) The operator of a heliport shall comply with the requirements
(a) with respect to the heliport as a whole, the following heliport standards as identified in their heliport operations manual:
(i) unless the operator has voluntarily adopted the standard referred to in subparagraph (ii), for heliports in respect of which a heliport certificate was issued before the coming into force of these Regulations, the Heliport and Helideck Standards and Recommended Practices , TP 2586E, and
(ii) for any other heliport, standard 325 — Heliport Standards , as they read on the day on which the heliport certificate was issued;
(b) with respect to any procedure pertaining to the administration, heliport traffic management, safety and security, emergency response and heliport maintenance, standard 325 — Heliport Standards ; and
(c) with respect to any replacement or improvement to the heliport since the day on which the heliport certificate was issued, the following heliport standards:
(i) for parts or facilities of the heliport that returned to service before the coming into force of these Regulations, the most recent applicable heliport standard for the heliport as identified in their heliport operations manual, and
(ii) for parts or facilities of the heliport returned to service on or after the day of coming into force of these Regulations, standard 325 — Heliport Standards , as they read on the day on which the part or facility was returned to service.
(2) The operator of a heliport shall
(a) review each aeronautical information publication as soon as possible after its issuance and immediately after the review notify the Minister and the provider of aeronautical information services of any inaccurate information contained in the publication that pertains to the heliport that they operate;
(b) notify the provider of an aeronautical information publication before any planned change to the heliport, the heliport facilities or the level of service at the heliport that would affect the accuracy of information contained in the publication;
(c) ensure that the notification is in accordance with the processes and procedures established by the provider of the aeronautical information services to meet the standards referred to in Part VIII;
(d) notify the provider of aeronautical information services of all changes to operational information published in the aeronautical information publications; and
(e) notify the Minister in writing of any change in heliport operations within 14 days after the day of the change and take the following measures, as applicable:
(i) if a hazardous condition has been identified, have a NOTAM issued identifying the hazard, and
(ii) if a change in heliport operations constitutes a change to the provisions identified in the heliport certificate, ensure that the change has been approved by the Minister.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the operator of a heliport shall give to the Minister, and cause to be received at the appropriate air traffic control unit or flight service station, immediate notice of any of the following circumstances of which the operator has knowledge:
(a) any projection by an object through an obstacle limitation surface relating to the heliport;
(b) the existence of any obstruction or hazardous condition affecting aviation safety at or in the vicinity of the heliport;
(c) any reduction in the level of services at the heliport that are set out in an aeronautical information publication as being provided at the heliport;
(d) the closure of any part of the manoeuvring area of the heliport; and
(e) any other conditions that could be hazardous to aviation safety at the heliport and against which precautions are warranted.
(4) Where it is not feasible for the operator of a heliport to cause notice of a circumstance referred to in subsection (3) to be received at the appropriate air traffic control unit or flight service station, the operator of the heliport shall give immediate notice directly to the pilots who may be affected by that circumstance.
(5) Prior to the use of a heliport for helicopter operations, the operator of the heliport shall remove from the surface of the heliport, or from the surrounding ground over which the operator has control, any vehicle or other obstruction that is likely to be hazardous to aviation safety.
SOR/2007-87, s. 8
Heliport Operations Manual
305.18 (1) The operator of a heliport shall, as soon as possible after the issuance of the heliport certificate,
(a) provide the Minister with their copy of the heliport operations manual as approved under paragraph 305.08(1)(c) and any amendments to the manual approved under paragraph (2)(b); and
(b) distribute copies of the applicable portions and amendments to the applicable persons and institutions referred to in the manual.
(2) The operator of the heliport shall
(a) keep their heliport operations manual up to date; and
(b) submit to the Minister for approval any proposed amendment to their heliport operations manual.
Division IV — General Certification Requirements
Heliport Classification
305.19 The operator of a heliport shall determine the heliport classification in accordance with standard 325 — Heliport Standards in respect of
(a) the classification of non-instrument heliports; and
(b) performance requirements of helicopters that are expected to use the heliport.
Operational Limits
305.20 The operator of a heliport shall determine, and record in their heliport operations manual, the heliport operational limitations in accordance with the applicable heliport standard with respect to
(a) load bearing strength of the TLOF when required by the applicable heliport standard;
(b) the maximum helicopter overall length for which each operational area at a heliport is certified; and
(c) the heliport classification as specified in paragraph 305.19(a) and category as determined in accordance with the applicable heliport standard.
305.21 Unless otherwise specified in the applicable heliport standard, units of measurement used in this Division and in the heliport operations manual shall use the following rounding rules and specified measurement units:
(a) elevations to the nearest foot;
(b) linear dimensions to the nearest metre;
(c) geographic coordinates in latitude and longitude to the nearest second;
(d) geographic coordinates measured in accordance with North American Datum 1983;
(e) bearings to the nearest degree;
(f) water depths, measured in the specified unit expressed, to the nearest foot or metre; and
(g) range of tides or water levels, measured in the specified unit expressed, to the nearest foot or metre.
Division V — Physical Characteristics
305.25 (1) The operator of a heliport shall ensure that
(a) the heliport has at least one FATO; and
(b) no FATO is used to accommodate the manoeuvres of more than one helicopter at a time.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6), the operator of a heliport shall ensure that the heliport meets the requirements set out in the applicable heliport standard in respect of
(a) FATOs;
(b) safety areas;
(c) rejected take-off areas, if applicable;
(d) helicopter clearways, if applicable;
(e) TLOFs, if applicable;
(f) taxiways as follows, if applicable:
(i) air taxiways,
(ii) helicopter ground taxiways,
(iii) helicopter ground taxiway shoulders, and
(iv) helicopter ground taxiway strips;
(g) aprons, if applicable; and
(h) helicopter parking positions, if applicable.
(3) The operator of a surface-level heliport shall ensure that the heliport meets the special requirements for a surface-level heliport set out in the applicable heliport standard in respect of
(a) TLOFs;
(b) taxiways; and
(c) aprons.
(4) The operator of an elevated or rooftop heliport shall ensure that the heliport meets the special requirements for an elevated or rooftop heliport set out in the applicable heliport standard in respect of
(b) safety nets; and
(c) helicopter parking positions.
(5) The operator of a heliport located on an aerodrome primarily designed to serve aeroplanes shall ensure that the heliport meets the special requirements for a heliport located on an aerodrome set out in the applicable heliport standard in respect of
(a) application of additional standards regarding aerodromes;
(b) FATOs;
(c) ground taxiway separation distances;
(d) taxi-holding positions;
(e) aprons; and
(f) helicopter parking positions.
(6) The operator of an H1 heliport shall ensure that the heliport meets the special requirements for an H1 heliport set out in the applicable heliport standard in respect of FATOs and TLOFs.
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Bruce Springsteen Performs 'My Hometown' Song & Monologue On Tony Awards
By: Brad Haynes
Bruce Springsteen's performance at Sunday night's Tony Awards on CBS will probably be the most talked-about segment of this year's Tonys. And it has little to do with Springsteen himself.
The Boss, who picked up a Special Tony Award for his one-man show, was introduced by Robert DeNiro in what the television audience heard as silence.
That's because the CBS censors were quick on the trigger when DeNiro opened with, "First, I wanna say, '(expletive) Trump.'" He continued, "It's no longer 'Down with Trump,' it's '(expletive) Trump.'"
Social media quickly spread the word of what DeNiro had to say, which in some ways put the attention more on his comments than Springsteen's performance.
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But once Springsteen took the stage, sitting at the piano and waxing nostalgic about his birthplace, Freehold, NJ, it became clear what makes Springsteen's very first Broadway run so special.
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Xbox LIVE being discontinued for Original Xbox consoles and games
by Major Nelson • Feb 5, 2010 @ 8:00am
I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox. While I can’t comment on the specifics, this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.
Xbox LIVE general manager Marc Whitten (Gamertag Notwen) has posted this letter to the community which provides additional context.
The best is yet to come, and we look forward to sharing more details in the near future.
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NAT2 variation and idiopathic talipes equinovarus (clubfoot)
Jacqueline T. Hecht, Audrey Ester, Allison Scott, Carol A. Wise, David M. Iovannisci, Edward J. Lammer, Peter H. Langlois, Susan H Blanton
Idiopathic talipes equinovarus (ITEV), or isolated clubfoot, is a common developmental anomaly that is characterized by a rigid foot, adducted forefoot, cavus midfoot, equinovarus of the hindfoot, and hypoplastic calf musculature. The etiology of this common birth defect is largely unknown, but genetic factors have been implicated in population and family studies and maternal smoking during pregnancy has been identified as an environmental risk factor. The biotransformation of exogenous substances, such as tobacco smoke, is modulated by numerous genes including N-acetylation genes, NAT1 and NAT2. Functional variants of these genes exist and can be distinguished by genotyping. We hypothesized that variation in NAT1 and NAT2 genes might be associated with ITEV. To test this hypothesis, NAT1 and NAT2 were genotyped in a sample of 56 multiplex ITEV families, 57 trios with a positive family history and 160 simplex trios with ITEV. The results detected a slight decrease in the expected number of homozygotes for the NAT2 normal allele in the Hispanic simplex trios. In addition, in a pilot case-control study of ITEV, there were significantly more slow NAT2 acetylators among the cases. This suggests that slow acetylation may be a risk factor for ITEV. This study is the first to find evidence suggesting a role for a biotransformation candidate gene in the etiology of ITEV and provides a scientific foundation to further explore the contributions of other tobacco metabolism genes in the etiology of clubfoot.
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.31927
Biotransformation
Homozygote
ITEV
Linkage and association
NAT genes
Genetics(clinical)
Hecht, J. T., Ester, A., Scott, A., Wise, C. A., Iovannisci, D. M., Lammer, E. J., ... Blanton, S. H. (2007). NAT2 variation and idiopathic talipes equinovarus (clubfoot). American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 143(19), 2285-2291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.31927
NAT2 variation and idiopathic talipes equinovarus (clubfoot). / Hecht, Jacqueline T.; Ester, Audrey; Scott, Allison; Wise, Carol A.; Iovannisci, David M.; Lammer, Edward J.; Langlois, Peter H.; Blanton, Susan H.
In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, Vol. 143, No. 19, 01.10.2007, p. 2285-2291.
Hecht, JT, Ester, A, Scott, A, Wise, CA, Iovannisci, DM, Lammer, EJ, Langlois, PH & Blanton, SH 2007, 'NAT2 variation and idiopathic talipes equinovarus (clubfoot)', American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, vol. 143, no. 19, pp. 2285-2291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.31927
Hecht JT, Ester A, Scott A, Wise CA, Iovannisci DM, Lammer EJ et al. NAT2 variation and idiopathic talipes equinovarus (clubfoot). American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2007 Oct 1;143(19):2285-2291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.31927
Hecht, Jacqueline T. ; Ester, Audrey ; Scott, Allison ; Wise, Carol A. ; Iovannisci, David M. ; Lammer, Edward J. ; Langlois, Peter H. ; Blanton, Susan H. / NAT2 variation and idiopathic talipes equinovarus (clubfoot). In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2007 ; Vol. 143, No. 19. pp. 2285-2291.
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Mitten Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids bought a Microcanner line last year as it planned to go to market with its Country Strong IPA and other brands. COURTESY PHOTO
Maturing West Michigan Craft Breweries Embrace Automation
BY Joe Boomgaard Saturday, May 26, 2018 03:57pm
GRAND RAPIDS — In its first five years, The Mitten Brewing Co. mostly brewed beer to serve in its Grand Rapids pub and a satellite taproom in Northport on the Leelanau Peninsula.
While it sold a limited number of kegs for distribution, the company — founded by Chris Andrus and Max Trierweiler — focused on keeping up with production volume for higher-margin in-house sales over its bars, as well as on improving the quality of its beers.
Locking down that quality aspect came first before considering packaging beer for retail sales.
“I think a lot of people rush that step,” Andrus said of the push to get into retail sales. “They rush to get it in stores, put their beer in bottles, and it’s to the detriment of the product and, ultimately, the brand. The worst thing we could do is throw out some shitty cans that go bad on the shelf.”
The Mitten continually reinvested in the production process over its first five years in business to improve the quality of the beer to where it was “standing up with all the breweries we looked up to,” he said.
As the quality improved, so did the pull from customers in demanding packaged beers for retail sales. But for a brewery the size of Mitten — which sold 1,363 barrels of beer in 2017, according to data from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission — retail sales are more about branding than a profit center, given that the highest margins come from pub sales, Andrus said.
“The wholesale retail space, I look at it as marketing, honestly,” he said. “But ultimately, it’s the only way to grow beyond your doors.”
With the brewery matured to a point where packaged distribution sales made sense, and the company looking for additional brand awareness as it moved to enter new markets — including in Saugatuck, where it plans to open a brewpub next month — the partners decided the timing was right last year to buy a canning line.
They didn’t have to look far for a solution that fit their needs.
Cedar Springs-based Microcanner LLC, a company Todd Vriesenga started in a barn at his home in Belmont two years ago, builds a line of can-filling and seaming automation equipment that also can be paired with applicators that affix labels and/ or package handles.
While Mitten looked at machines from all over the globe at an industry trade show last year, the brewery ultimately chose Microcanner because the company offered the best customer support.
Rather than calling someone in Belgium to help work out an issue, Microcanner could be at the brewery in a matter of minutes to solve the problem.
“The Microcanner guys were there for the first three times we canned. It gave us the confidence we needed, and they helped us with troubleshooting things,” Andrus said. “The cans are turning out from a quality perspective as good as anything on the market in terms of stability.”
That same customer service focus helped sell East Lansing-based Ellison Brewery and Spirits LLC on buying a Microcanner in late 2016.
“Not only is his product a very superior product, it’s made 45 minutes from our facility,” said brewery co-founder Eric Elliott. “If we have any questions or issues or whatever, I’ve seen Todd drop whatever he was doing and drive straight over to the brewery.”
For Vriesenga, an automotive engineer by training, developing an automation line for non-engineers formed the basis for his idea with Microcanner.
“I’ve been in engineering assembly lines so long and it basically taught me that anyone can design something, the trick is to design it to be simple,” he said.
Late last year, the company nearly quadrupled its space to 8,900 square feet at a building Vriesenga purchased at 70 N. Main Street in downtown Cedar Springs. The expansion and the addition of CNC equipment frees up more space for the company to build out canning lines and speed up product development cycles.
“I saw an opportunity in that there wasn’t an existing machine and there was definitely an emerging market. I know automation — that’s all I’ve done,” Vriesenga said. “It’s blown up a lot bigger than I ever would have anticipated.”
Microcanner employs 15 people and currently builds about 12 machines a month amid steady demand from breweries across North America, Vriesenga said. The company also has sold its canning lines to breweries in Asia and Australia.
Vriesenga said he expects that demand to increase after the company exhibited as part of the 2018 BrewExpo America, the trade show that coincided with the annual Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville this month and drew more than 14,000 people. The expo featured 726 exhibitors spread over 353,000 square feet of floor space.
According to Elliott, Microcanner has found a key niche as a part of the craft beverage supply chain.
“He’s really honed in on what the breweries need and has listened,” Elliott said of Vriesenga. “That just speaks volumes to what he’s trying to do, and he’s coming to market at a price point that the big guys are not even close to.”
As the first wave of West Michigan craft breweries matures, they’ve expanded to the point where they’re increasingly turning to automation to help with brewhouse efficiency, as well as worker safety.
At Grand Rapids-based Founders Brewing Co., investing in automation became a necessity as the company scaled up its brewing operations toward a targeted 1 million-barrel capacity.
Like almost all breweries, Founders started its brewing and packaging operations with mostly manual systems, said Brad Stevenson, the company’s chief production officer. As the company grew, it needed to perform those operations more efficiently, hence the ongoing investment in automation systems throughout its processes.
“Automation was a fact of life to get to the new volume levels,” he said. “It’s been something that we desired because we’ve been able to take a job that was very physically hard and turn it into a job that’s technically hard.”
Founders first focused on automating repetitive processes and operations that could result in worker injury, including loading bottling lines and picking up cases of beer from the line after they’ve been filled.
“That lift-twist-and-stack motion, number one, someone’s going to get hurt. It’s not an if, it’s a when,” Stevenson said. “And number two, you’re going to go crazy on the way to getting hurt.”
In addition to the investments in automation equipment, Founders also invested in training its workers to make the transition from manual work to operating high-tech equipment. That in turn allows employees to contribute more to the company and become more valuable, Stevenson said.
Along the way, automation has helped the brewery focus on growing its output and quality without having to add exponentially to its production team. For example, the bottling line Founders first installed in 2010 and recently moved to its offsite brewery on Hynes Avenue in Grand Rapids needed nine operators. It replaced the equipment with a new line at its main Grandville Avenue brewery that runs two and a half times faster with only four operators.
“If we hadn’t invested so much in automation, we would have had to have found many more (workers),” Stevenson said. “It’s enabled us not to have to hire as many people and therefore we’ve been able to look for people with a better fit. … And we’ve been able to take people in that have a desire to be passionate about what they do, to work hard along with an existing passionate and hard-working team, and be focused on beer greatness.”
OUTSOURCED AUTOMATION
Not every brewery that wants to package its beer for retail is in a position to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in automation equipment. To serve that niche, a handful of outsourced automation operators have cropped up across the state that will bring machines to a brewery and can or bottle the beer for them.
The service providers give breweries an option to get into packaged retail sales without the upfront investment and without having to learn the technical processes it takes to operate the complex automation equipment.
“Brewers are brewers, and we’re mechanical people. We run machinery — that’s what we’re good at,” said Nelson Tansey, founder of JBT Bottling LLC, a Kalamazoo-based company that offers mobile bottling services for craft brewers.
The mobile bottlers and canners allow brewers to package their beers and market their brands without the upfront capital outlay. Think of the mobile services as an interim step to test the market and decide whether they need to buy their own equipment, Tansey said.
“As they get bigger, then it makes a little more sense when they’re going to be using equipment on a more regular basis,” he said.
According to Elliott at Ellison Brewery, breweries need to think carefully about pricing when using outsourced services. If their end goal is to get into distribution, making the upfront investment could make more sense.
“If your overall business model is distribution, then you’re already in the mindset to know that’s your end result,” he said. “Making the investment regardless if you do it now or you do it in five years, you’re still going to have to do it. … (Using a mobile service was a) business decision … that didn’t make sense for our business.”
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Alyssa Shellabarger, Staff Reporter|January 14, 2019
The Curriculum Night and Activities Fair for incoming freshmen, the Class of 2023, took place on Thursday, Jan. 10. There were tables set up for each major club, sport and academic department.
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Incoming freshmen and their parents enter through the doors by the Welcome Center and take in the tables set up in the Commons. Each person entered with their own goals in mind. “I wanted to learn about classes and have an understanding about how high school will go,” Edward Yue, an eighth grader from Selvidge Middle School, said.
Amy Blumenfeld, Special Education Administrator, and Fran Kremer, counselor, give papers to the incoming freshmen as they enter the Theater. Curriculum Night started in the Theater with an informational meeting for the incoming freshmen and their parents.
Senior Josie Pagel, varsity cheer captain, waits to talk to people interested in cheer. Cheer was one of the many athletic groups and clubs set up in the Commons. In addition to answering questions, cheer had a second table set up as a fundraiser to help them raise money for Nationals.
Volunteers from the MPO work at a table set up in the Commons where they sell MHS spiritwear for the incoming freshmen. “I work in the school store on a twice-a month basis, and I like working with the merchandise, so I volunteered,” Janice Schuth, one of the women working the spiritwear table, said.
Members of Student Council (STUCO) and AFJROTC guide the incoming freshmen and their parents to where they need to go. Both clubs also had tables set up to explain the opportunities they have. Anna Culver, junior, encourages the incoming freshmen to join STUCO. “Student Council has taught me a lot about people skills and how to devote my time to helping others,” Culver said.
Incoming freshmen and parents talk to people working tables in the Large Gym. Many of the academic departments were set up in the Large Gym, including Business, Journalism, Mathematics and Language Arts, among others. Guidance and the Talented and Gifted Program were also set up in this gym.
The FACS table showcases projects from many of their different classes, including avant-garde designs from Fashions and a baby from Child Development. “For the Family and Consumer Science department, [Curriculum Night] is about promoting our program at the middle school level, and letting kids know that middle school FACS is not the same as high school FACS,” Leslie Tiemeyer, FACS teacher, said.
The guidance counselors answer questions at their table in the Large Gym. “The goal of Curriculum Night is to support our students and parents as they prepare for their next four years of high school,” Jeff Marx, counselor, said.
Hannah Nicholas, incoming freshman, enters the Small Gym. The remaining Academic Departments were set up in this Gym, along with the music groups. Nicholas said Curriculum Night was helpful. “I wanted to learn about the extracurricular activities,” Nicholas said. “It has also made me consider a lot of my classes, like Freshman Seminar. I think I’m definitely going to do that.”
The social studies table, set up in the Small Gym, displays textbooks from many of the history classes offered at MHS. Social studies teachers Jacob Stiglich and Scott Szevery advise students on which U.S. history class they should take, while McKenna Peters, social studies teacher, discusses electives. “Curriculum Night is about helping kids find the best fit for them,” Peters said.
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Tanya Gold is a jerk; Richard Armitage nonetheless stays on message
Dear London Sunday Times interviewer, Tanya Gold,
It really kills me to write this letter to you, because you know my real name. I have loved at least two editorials you have written, and I loved one of them so much that I made the effort to track you down and write you a letter on my real university account — something you wrote about the royals in The Guardian — to which you responded kindly. I admired your language and your way of thinking. My friends and I discussed that editorial on our Facebook page and I sent you a screenshot of our conversation because I thought you might be interested in it. I thought you dared a lot with language, that you saw through things other people didn’t.
I take it all back. You see nothing.
Don’t get me wrong.
I really loved this interview because of things that Richard Armitage said in it. Some of it repeats old material, like the comment about the red carpet (he’s always hated them, he’s always thought they are weird, there are multiple comments to this effect in his early press), and some of it lets us learn new things. I knew that Gillian Lynne had praised his work, for instance, but to hear the full story? Priceless. Rock on, Mr. Armitage.
But you, Tanya Gold, you suck shit. I tell students not to curse in their writing, but you deserve this. It’s been a long time since I’ve been so irked at an interviewer, probably since I read the press interviews from 2009. Or maybe since the summer of 2011 when the Hobbit fanboyz were annoying me.
You tell the reader not to sneer, because you, yourself are sneering.
Let’s start with the way that you hate women. You hate that we can love things without having to sneer at them.
Innocent? Why don’t you just say naive? Or willfully ignorant. Because that’s what you meant.
Want to engage in a little innuendo, do you, Ms. Gold? To which I say this, a word to the wise:
What’s your problem? That we choose to enjoy something without asking for every single detail about it? That we have learned to do something you obviously can’t — what Armitage suggests in the interview you wrote should be the task of the audience — TO SEE MORE CLEARLY SOMETHING OF OURSELVES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF LOOKING AT THE WORK HE DOES — without having to have every detail of the fantasy we engage in correspond to reality? What poverty of imagination you have.
And believe me, I’m asking this as someone who has looked at every single detail about a thousand times. If there’s a detail about Richard Armitage, I’m likely to be aware of it.
Let’s move on to the fat hate.
I don’t like Vicar of Dibley. As long-time readers of this blog know, Harry Kennedy is my least favorite Armitage character. But actually, that wasn’t the point of the Vicar of Dibley conclusion. I have mixed feelings about the actual point — that a cheerful, hardworking, caring person is worthy of love and will attract a cheerful, hardworking, caring person — but you totally missed it. But I’m not a condescending jerk, either. I don’t pretend that other people’s fantasies, whether I share them or not, make them smaller. And you? If you don’t get that, that fantasy ennobles us, you’re nowhere near as smart as I thought you were.
Maybe you, you might be embarrassed to fall in love with a fat person. Frightened that people might think you were a little smaller, a little less important, a little less cool? Then you imply he cringed all the way through the role:
But you know, Richard Armitage? The guy who’s almost a star, too serious for all of this beefcake?
I know, because I spent two weeks in February 2010 watching Armitage’s scenes in Vicar of Dibley frame by lousy frame. Three times. I was interested in microexpressions. And I was interested in exactly that question. Was Richard Armitage embarrassed to be playing a character who was falling in love with or kissing Dawn French?
I can’t answer that, because I don’t know what is in Richard Armitage’s mind. But what I do know, from watching frame by frame for all that time, is that Richard Armitage never once cringes against character through any of his scenes romancing, talking to, or kissing Dawn French. That’s not true of all of his roles. He definitely cringes involuntarily when Lucas North is being lapdanced by a Russian spy. And there’s one other example of a cringe that might be characterization, and might be a lapse. But however he felt about Harry Kennedy’s role personally, Richard Armitage took the time and energy to give a perfectly convincing performance.
No, he never cringes once in Vicar of Dibley. I know, because I took the time to look. Because I am a fan, I do care. Because Richard Armitage convinced me to look at my own tendency to judge and suggested to me that it is possible to see things innocently. And enjoy them simply for what they are.
When I read your earlier writing, I thought you got something about women’s experiences, and people. I see I was mistaken.
Expletive deleted. I’ll be sending you a copy of this from my real university account — just so you know that those fans you’re slamming in this article? We are real people, with real intellects.
Your former fan,
~ by Servetus on July 6, 2014.
Tags: Harry Kennedy, John Proctor, Richard Armitage, Tanya Gold, The Crucible, Vicar of Dibley
200 Responses to “Tanya Gold is a jerk; Richard Armitage nonetheless stays on message”
Thank you a lot for this.
antigone said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:14 am | Reply
Awesome, Thank you! I thought that was just the strangest article I have ever read. Not only the content of it, but it was so unbelievably poorly written. The Sunday Times?! Where do I apply? Obviously skill in writing not a job requirement. And you were bang on with her content. What was her problem with Mr. A? Really weird article. I can’t imagine what kind of person people not familiar with him would think. She makes him sound like an idiotic jerk. She has issues. Just weird.
Heather said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:16 am | Reply
I wonder if she would reply to your letter.
Thank you. As a woman of ‘womanly size’, that comment that obviously we don’t deserve a nice person in our lives just because we’re not skinny, to be so insulting, I didn’t want to finish the article.
Quite frankly, I’ve graded 5th grade papers that were more informative and better put together. She’s a pathetic excuse for a journalist.
I’m so mad, i’m going to go write some naughty smut.
zeesmuse said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:20 am | Reply
I heard that message loud and clear. If you’re fat you deserve the table scraps from that great feast called dating.
Fatima said this on July 6, 2014 at 5:22 am | Reply
Yes, it was obvious when she described Geraldine as “the fat vicar” and nothing else. Why not the funny vicar? The compassionate vicar? The miraculously capable of tolerating and herding that village of mental inmates vicar? Some people see fat women as fat and nothing else, as if it overwhelms and invalidates everything else about us. Thankfully, not everyone thinks the same way.
antigone said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:40 pm | Reply
One of the most egregious examples of interviewer intrusiveness I’ve ever seen.
judiang said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:22 am | Reply
I meant worst. Irked myself.
I just read it. It says a lot about the interviewer and very little about the subject…
Suse said this on July 6, 2014 at 6:38 am | Reply
Joanna said this on July 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm | Reply
You got it, Suse.
SH said this on July 7, 2014 at 12:28 am | Reply
You know exactly what I think. OMG, and the “he doesn’t know why he’s still single” thing…I’d love to know how she phrased that question because I can’t think of a single way to ask that that isn’t unbearably rude.
jazzbaby1 said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:24 am | Reply
The whole “i’ll hint at telling you something that fans refuse to hear” tone here — there’s another instance of it — is just ridiculous. Does she think we’re idiots?
Servetus said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:26 am | Reply
No no, she thinks we’re “innocent” like Mannilow fans. Mannilow fans aren’t nearly as “innocent” as the press likes to imagine they are.
Yeah, innocent like Manilow fans is definitely code. I’ve tweeted and emailed her this article, so she can read this comments if she likes. Barry Manilow’s fans are pretty smart.
LOL really she didn’t think this all through very well . . . bless her heart (said with a very arch smile and a hint of poisoned sweetness by a southern girl who knows HOW).
fedoralady said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:39 am | Reply
When southern girls say “Bless your/her/his heart” I get very nervous and start backing slowly to the exit… 😉
MaryJaneZigZag said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:33 am | Reply
yeah, it’s the polite way of saying f*** you. Poisonous.
*grins wickedly* You got that right, dahlinâ . . . remembah, under these soft feminine exteriors we ah all steel magnolias.
Have to say the Barry Manilow comparison irked me the worst. I’m surprised she didn’t go one step further and use Liberace. Just a terribly intrusive, condescending interview all around.
Meghan said this on July 6, 2014 at 5:17 am | Reply
Uh.Mah.Gah. My thought exactly. EXACTLY.
All in all, she’s managed to alienate quite a few factions, from Barry Manilow fans to those of who are carrying around excess adipose tissue. Well, this “fat old” Armitage admirer thinks she is going to find some time between working on video production stuff for PRP and the Chamber of Commerce, and giving the worrisome wrist a periodic rest, to work on a new Sloth Fiction entry. I think the ChaRActers will have something to say about all this . . . they really don’t like being (or having the CReAtor) insulted. No, they do not.
I’m amazed to discover that bawdy old me IS an innocent. I didn’t realize “Manilow” was a reference to you-know-what until I read everyone’s comments here. When I read that in the story I thought, “Where’s her copy editor? What the hell is Barry Manilow doing in here?” Ha ha ha!!!
armitagebesotted said this on July 6, 2014 at 9:16 am | Reply
LOL! You never know when or where the man who writes the songs will appear! 😉 When people speak in code it can be confusing, armitagebesotted. wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know whot I mean??
Manilow is another example of someone subjected to crazy condescension and I confess that I used to be part of it. Then one summer while I was trapped in a hospital room with mom I heard an interview with him on (I think) Larry King. (Maybe it was Piers Morgan by then.) And such love and professional care for what he was doing and appreciation for his fans came out of that man and I thought, anyone who would ridicule something that makes these people so happy is him or herself ridiculous. It was kind of a key recognition for me.
Servetus said this on July 6, 2014 at 6:10 pm | Reply
Innocent? Us? She hasn’t read my fan fiction, has she . . . she obviously doesn’t really know nearly as much as she thinks she does about the fandom or our perceptions of this man. What a snarky cow she appears to be. And I thought I couldn’t stand that Vicki who blogged about Spooks. Hey, truth be told, I haven’t read that article yet because I’ve been pulling screencaps for PRP project. But I couldn’t resist peeking in here. Brava, my friend, brava! Frankly, now that RA’s star continues to be on the rise, I suppose we can expect more of this tasteless type of “journalism.” A price paid for fame . . .
Suddenly Houda and Kathie Lee (Today Show interview) don’t seem so bad now don’t they? 😉
LOL yeah I can cut them some slack. Plus I was able to watch that interview live on my TV, which was AWESOME!
Whoa! “snarky cow” and “bless her heart” all in one! I’m proud of you, fedoralady!
Kitty said this on July 7, 2014 at 2:03 am | Reply
LOL What can I say, Kitty, she got this southern girl (with a fondness for Brit slang) all riled up!
It’s like a 21st century version of that tawdry “Confidential” magazine or something–lots of coy inferences . . . shoddy. Very disappointing. I would have hoped for and expected better.
being married and or having children is not proof of anything one way or another. Her nose was obviously out of joint about something. She probably was perturbed that he wouldn’t answer personal questions and stuck to the work, which is what it is all about for him and for us, so she retaliated with this really poorly written article. She should be ashamed at her lack of professionalism and display of really poor writing skill.
what’s odd about this is that really, she’s a good writer. One of things she wrote about Kate Middleton I’d have put in the top ten best things I’ve ever read in a newspaper.
I will have to take your word on it that she is a good writer. LOL. She certainly didn’t display that here. But, on a cheerier note, I am just going to have to get into the mindset when I read articles like this is the fact that Mr. A. has now arrived on the radar … that his career has definitely hit the higher stratosphere now and these types of articles will become all too familiar. He just seems like such a decent person and crap like that shouldn’t happen to decent people. I will just tune it out I guess.
Personally, I would much rather see someone stay unattached rather than have a long trail of broken relationships behind them . . . just my opinion. And it’s true–being married to someone of the opposite sex, even having children is no sure-fire indicator the person is 100 percent hetero. And not being married by a certain age, or never marrying, does not mean that person must be gay or lesbian.
I think Heather may be right – she’s a freelance writer, maybe just did it for the money, wasn’t really interested in RA, went along with a bit of a ‘chippy’ attitude and RA, maybe already in Proctor mode, maybe not really wanting to do an interview, let alone one with someone who he senses has a bit of attitude towards him, gave a guarded interview back.
She, like a lot of journos probably, just googled him before she went and not getting very much in the personal department out of him, just gave her own judgements. (His interviews are always better when he’s obviously happy he can just stick to answering about his work and not any personal stuff.)
And yes, really interesting questions to ask him would have been-Who suggested you for the job? Did you audition? Are you going to do more theatre?
And a pat on the back is required to whoever suggested him, Yael Farber and The Old Vic!
Mrs Thornton said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:46 pm | Reply
Is it me, or does it seem like she was determined to vent her spleen at him from the word go? I can’t imagine what their interview was like.
I suspect, Judi, that she came to the table with an agenda in place and her angle for the interview already plotted out, hoping to provoke him along the way . . . thank goodness Richard is patient and disciplined, the compleat professional–or she just might have seen that “filthy temper” he has referred to in the past in action. I am betting he was VERY happy when the ordeal was over and done with.
I wonder what she hoped to provoke, a savvy media type talking to a savvy actor. He wasn’t born yesterday (like she thinks his fans were.)
she’s two years younger than he is, and an Oxford grad. She’s made a lot of points attacking Oxford privilege but boy she sounds snotty here. Maybe she thought she could outsmart him, but I bet he could eat her for breakfast.
The bunch of us here can eat her for breakfast and elevensies with our combined intellects. I have read some smart fans online, and she definitely has not.
yeah, that was really puzzling. If she’d bothered to look for ten minutes she’d have discovered this is not a naive, innocent fandom. Cough. Nor a simple one.
I am guessing she didn’t spend any time researching RA by hanging out at tumblr . . .
I think it’s safe to say she made some poor judgment calls in the way she handled the whole thing, and that’s a shame. Here’s a paper with a large readership and an actor who is an interesting, intelligent guy who is thoughtful in his responses, who has great insight into the acting profession and a marvelous sense of humor, to boot—interviewee gold! Yet, she’s too busy trying to slide in her little innuendos to do a proper job of letting us get to better know the subject, Richard Armitage and how he approached and prepared for this key role of Proctor. To slightly paraphrase Miss Austen: Badly done, Tanya. Badly done.
Almost like she didn’t trust him to say anything intelligent about his own work. Tja.
Does she subscribe to the philosophy that all actors are actually quite thick, do you suppose? Or does the fact he hasn’t got an upper middle-class background and a university degree as some of his peers do mean she thinks it is OK to “talk down” to him . . . I wonder. *shakes head*
That’s the sense I got too, and commented about before I saw your comment. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one sensing it.
BOOM. Serv drops the mic & walks off stage to thunderous applause Seriously. That was wicked!
Thank you, Servetus, for this letter to the author of that Sunday Times article.
I, too, was offended by her sneering tone and her belittling attitude towards Richard’s fans, as well as part of his work.
Perhaps she doesn’t realize that all she’s done is to reveal her own insecurity and unkindness — she thinks she can make herself appear intellectual and cultured by insulting other people. How pitiably wrong she is!
Nevertheless, I’m glad that Richard came through as the thoughtful and hard-working person that we’ve come to know.
saraleee said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:52 am | Reply
it’s an interesting choice given the educational level / SES of his initial group of fans coming from North & South. But I think she wasn’t very well informed about him.
I don’t think her attitude has anything to do with actual facts about her fans — it’s about the writer positioning herself as “better” than the fans, because she’s dismissive of their enthusiasm. She’s saying, “I am more dignified than to let people see my feelings.”
It appears to be a very middle-class British attitude, that you have to display highly refined taste in art and entertainment, and you must control your emotions at all costs.
saraleee said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:16 pm | Reply
maybe though I know many middle-class Brits who are not snobs.
Yeah, you’re right. That wasn’t fair of me. I was just annoyed.
Thanks, Serv, I feel much better now. I can now retreat into the land of rainbows and unicorns where I reside. I only visit the real world occasionally, so I can maintain my blissful innocence.
Kathy Jones said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:55 am | Reply
LOL. Yeah. I, too, ignore everything in the world that doesn’t suit my worldview in favor of fairy princess dreams.
Hee hee! Rainbows and unicorns….I live there too! Howdy neighbour!
Oh, I forgot to ask, where do I get all the advice on how to get signed autographs? I must have missed the memo. 🙂
I know, I thought that was really strange. There is a website that discusses in general how to get celeb autographs and fans log in when they get one and usually leave a pic. Maybe that was what she was talking about. Every now and then a post from there pops in Google alerts but I wouldn’t call it central to the fandom.
What’s odd about this interview (in comparison to the Daily Mail shit) is that the Daily Mail wanted essentially to say something mean about the play and about Armitage and the remarks about gawping women were a tool to accomplish that.
In this case, she seems to think he’s doing him a favor by insulting both his fans and his past body of work. Puzzling.
I got the sense she was trying to curry (his) male favor by displaying her internalized misogyny.
alyssabethancourt said this on July 6, 2014 at 9:59 am | Reply
wow, fascinating insight. I will have to think about that some more. If that was what was happening that was another huge mistake. This guy is hardly a misogynist. This is the guy who asked if Sarah Wayne Callies should drive the truck in some scenes in Into the Storm because he didn’t want to make it look like only men drove trucks.
Absolutely, the effort was terribly misplaced if so. You see this a lot, though, from women in heavily male-dominated careers. They learn that one way of earning the respect of their male colleagues is by distancing themselves from other women by putting them down. It’s gross.
alyssabethancourt said this on July 6, 2014 at 10:16 pm | Reply
That is really interesting…. she probably assumed he has contempt for his fans like she has (and perhaps like some other stars do, unfortunately). It would have been REALLY easy right now for her to find out how wonderful he has been to his fans every single night after an exhausting 3.5 hr. play….. but she apparently didn’t. (I bet the “lazy” comment he made was meant to include her too!)
First time poster, long time lurker here. Love Mr. Armitage’s work. Will be seeing the Crucible on the 1st of September. I don’t give a flying fuck if he is gay, straight, bi, etc. Found this interview to be horribly intrusive. However, obviously, Richard has been anticipating these interviewers asking about his personal life and is sticking to not talking about it. This is the second Crucible interview I’ve read that seemed to be more about him than the play.
Thanks for the message, and welcome. I, too, would welcome a really in depth interview that treated his view of John Proctor as a character.
When I first read the article I was angry and I confess felt hurt. But after reading everyone’s comments here I just have to laugh. What a ridiculous article. It’s good to read everyone’s venting and all the funny comments. I don’t feel angry anymore.
yes, fun to laugh w/friends. How simple of us. But how wonderful!
wonderful indeed!
Also, what was the bit about the naked dream? It didn’t seem to have much of a point and seemed taken out of context. Would loved to have heard the actual taped version of this conversation. May have made much more sense. I think she definitely had an agenda. She wanted to get the Richard Armitage “coming out” interview. Ugh….
I agree: v. disjointed. But newspaper copy has to be written without transitions — essentially so that the editor can strike any paragraph at will to save column inches So she might have made a connection there that an editor struck. Or not. Hard to say.
I think the naked dreams, what they perhaps symbolize, may be RA alluding to feelings of anxiety about performing the play well and having his performance well recieved. But now that the reviews are in, I think he will be having no more naked dreams.
Christine said this on July 6, 2014 at 11:57 pm | Reply
Servetus said this on July 7, 2014 at 12:07 am | Reply
Yup, that’s the impression I got too.
Bravo, Servetus! A well worded letter! I thought at first that I was the only one that found her interview strange.
Carolyn said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:15 am | Reply
I loved a lot of the stuff Armitage said — including the point about how actors cause us to see ourselves differently — something I’ve been circling around here for the longest time — but she could have done a much better interview without the insulting bits.
Well said. Very well said. I thought it was just me. :{ I felt very fat-shamed. And the nakedness thing was obviously just clickbait, and not very well-done clickbait… so much editorial viewpoint in this, but once you waded through that, I was interested in his comments. But ugh, her crap was just… no, cutting down your probable readership doesn’t make you cool.
Christine said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:46 am | Reply
she seemed to be saying, well, soon he’ll be able to get rid of all his sad old fat fans because now he’s doing somethin serious and will have real fans. Whatevs, as my nieces would say.
Whatevs, INDEED. I think her nudge-winkery may not turn out the way she intended.
Christine said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:32 pm | Reply
Loved your letter to the editor. hmmm…do you think she will get an interview when they release the final Hobbit film, I’m betting, not! I also hate when interviewers use the words from other interviews and make them their own. And for him not being married at 42…My husband and I got married 15 years ago when he was 41, after a long-term relationship. It’s not her business why he is not married.
Carolyn Westfall Masini said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:49 am | Reply
and 50 is the new 40. My ex fathered a child at the age of almost 50 with a woman who was 42 at the time. Technology makes it possible …
I agree this is the strangest most uncomfortable interview I’ve read about Richard. Ms. Gold left me longing for something smarter, say the Dandalf interview. cough Stupid cow – they ARE motorcycle jeans. The Crucible is NOT Public Domain! If she wants an innocent Barry Manilow fan she can talk to hubby; I’m too busy reading erotic Armitage fanfiction. I bet she found the manip photo of Richard in Cats online. I never knew that Richard turned down a lead part in Hair at School; I thought they did Showboat. She saw nothing of humorous Armitage. (Is not wanting to do musicals but wants kids code for something?) Yes I’m rambling. So did she.
saraobsessed said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:57 am | Reply
and didn’t Barry Manilow come out years ago? And did anybody care? I didn’t hear about any fans going beserk. So what is the parallel she is trying to make anyways? She is an idiot. Lots of people devoted to their professional lives don’t marry. Or marry late. I don’t think RA has found anyone he loves more than he loves his work at this point. Or maybe he has. What does it matter. What century does this interviewer live in? Not knowing about his longtime or short time or anytime partner makes his characters all the more believable to the audience because you are seeing the character, not musing over the latest article in the tabloids. Mr A is a very intelligent man who seems to be very very serious about his craft. Good for him for not caving in to this idiot ‘journalist’ and staying true to himself and not playing the game of selling your soul for an article.
I confess I’m still worked up over this entire article. Let it go, let it go I keep telling myself. I just think she was insulting to him, to his admirers, to those he has worked with and for on past projects…and future projects, to women in general. She is just clueless.
I actually liked his character in Cold Feet. When he said ‘it’s probably me Mum” and grabbed for the phone with Ramona…that was hilarious. And kind of touching and sad. He played the ‘cad’ very well. And the final scene he was in in Moving On…when he was in prison and is visited by the now ex girlfriend, I thought he was masterful with that scene. The look in his eyes at the end…..expressed so much. All those past jobs in their own way prepared him for the ultimate role in The Crucible. That journalist is not too bright in my opinion. RA has nothing at all to be ashamed of regarding past projects (speedos and all).
he got a lot of fan mail for Cold Feet. Important exposure for him as he was beginning his career.
I didn’t know he got a lot of fan mail for Cold Feet. Makes sense though because he looked seriously hot in that. And as a youngish actor starting out, exposure is crucial. And Mr. A, being a very intelligent person, I’m sure knew exactly that a part like that would get him noticed. Everything he has done has been a stepping stone to something better. One of the big things I find attractive about him is his intelligence.
first role — that’s what his comment “the Speedos were popular” in his early N&S press refers to.
It was one of the most popular series in England at the time it was aired.
“important exposure” lol…just linked that with the speedos. That’s funny.
lol., we do our best!
Wow…just…wow…
When she had the nerve to ask why he wasn’t married, I blew my gasket. I heard that same patronizing tone some ‘smug married/coupled’ people use with single people. Plus she had the f**cking nerve to ask that for what? To out him? Paint him as a workholic actor? Ms Gold wanted to paint him as something to ask that question.
There were so many other things to ask:
How did Yeal Farber know about him?
What’s it like to work with actors making their stage debut? Has he passed along advice he wished he had starting out?
Any desire to tread the boards on Broadway?
Any of artistic goals you want to pursuit?
Oh, and everyone gets the naked dreams. points to self Nothing earth shattering there. My comment looks as disjointed as that stupid interview.
Loved your questions. Maybe the next interviewer could use them. I think he could answer all of them without impinging on our collective innocence.
Fatima, my husband and I have been married almost 30 years and have no children, other than the furry kind. People can be quite patronizing about childless couples, too, along with single people âof a certain age.â Let people live their own lives, make their own choices, and donât make presumptions about what isnât your business to begin with, I say.
I like your questions, BTW. Would have preferred answers to those questions than the space devoted to trying to ferret outâwhatever she thought she was going to get.
Couldn’t agree more! The only difference is that we’ve only been married six years, but the rest applies completely to us too!
Traxy said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:37 pm | Reply
maybe she wanted a date.
Thatâs it!! Sheâs sussing him out as a possible date . . . :
She’s married. She wrote an article about how her groom to be is a bridezilla!
http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/tanya-gold/he-is-the-groom-but-he-is-poor-soul-a-bridezilla
interesting — see that’s what I mean — that article is actually funny and sympathetic. She can write really well when she wants. Guess she didn’t want to this time.
I had a look at another article she wrote about celebrities and politicians. Ms. Gold has this belief all actors, or anyone in entertainment really, are complete airheads. They are not fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, sons, daughters, partners, etc caring about issues that effect all of us.
She treated him like an airhead.
The way she makes fun of him for looking her in the eyes. Sweetheart, he tried to offer you something meaningful, and you were too busy looking down your nose to notice.
Ah, that confirms what I suspected, then. Of course there *are* shallow, vapid, empty-headed people in the world of celebs—ladies and gentlemen, exhibit one. The Kardashians!!—but you can’t paint an entire industry with the same brush. To see the world as so black and white is rather naïve and narrow-minded on her part.
married? – it’s not a physical defect…as my hubby used to say 😉
Joanna said this on July 6, 2014 at 9:12 am | Reply
And now that I’ve had a moment to think about it + read other comments, it strikes me that he’s never acted ashamed of doing Dibley, or mocked himself for it the way he does Cold Feet. I read a fan encounter on C19 during the filming where he seemed very exicted & happy to be doing it, and he’s certainly mentioned it in other interviews. He seems to get asked about it every time he’s on Lorraine (which would be annoying if she weren’t so adorable, imo), so when this author says something like “best not to mention Dibley” or whatever – I’m not going to look it up – it sounds like either she already had her own take & didn’t want his input to throw off her story OR she asked in a snarky way and he didn’t take the bait, so she left his comments out. It’s an unfortunate article.
Yes — asked repeatedly, and repeatedly, and repeatedly, about how he feels about past work, Richard Armitage has said exactly once that he was embarrassed of something he’d done, a “student film” which we think might have been “Staged.” He was asked the last time by Strombo if he was ashamed of taking his kit off and he denied it.
Lorraine is a nice mature woman who thinks Dibley is sweet, and he kindly agrees with her, no matter how he feels. And no matter what Ms Gold thinks that character is widely loved all over the world. Maybe it makes her feel superior not to feel that way.
Strombo, ya, he’s my hometown boy! He is a very good interviewer, very intelligent, and does his homework and is very savvy re pop culture. Too bad he is doing hockey commentating now, budget cuts at the CBC unfortunately.
That’s too bad because his interview with Kermit the Frog is one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Little Red said this on July 6, 2014 at 7:03 am | Reply
and Kermit is a tough interview. 🙂
Tanya Gold interviewing Kermit the Frog . . .
“So—why aren’t you married yet? What about that pig? Or—-or pigs not really *quite* your type . . .”
LOL love it! I’m also pleased with “bless her heart” from your sweet Southern lips (I am Southern by heritage if not by birth, and understand well the “versatility” of that phrase 🙂
I’m puzzled by this rubbish story. Isn’t London Sunday Times supposed to be one of the better British newspapers — or is it different from “London Times?”
GREAT questions, Fatima! I want to hear the answers to 1 and 2, especially!
Thank you for writing this, Servetus. You give wonderful voice to nonsense like this which just makes me sputter in inarticulate anger.
I must say, I have read this post and the comments thereafter first. Now off to find this “interview”…. As a middle aged fluffy southern girl, I’m thinking…well, bless her heart…
micinlia said this on July 6, 2014 at 4:51 pm | Reply
roflol.
Just to clarify the newspapers – there is no ‘London Times’, it’s ‘The Times’ from Monday to Saturday and on Sunday it’s ‘The Sunday Times’.
For Americans it’s the London Times to distinguish it from the New York Times, which is also the Times to us.
Wow. What a pretentious bitch.
Dreams of being naked can be interpreted in different ways. To successfully interpret the meaning you need to ask intelligent questions and this writer failed. She tried to steer the interpretation (and article) to shame (paralleling her disdain for RA fandom as well) presumably due to the ridiculous rumors about his personal life (something he has in common with other handsome actors – they all have them!). Without the benefit of interviewing Mr. Armitage I interpret his naked dream as feeling unprepared because of his comments about laziness and being a “worker” as well as previous comments about how extensively he prepares for role.
Also I think they need to stop letting people interview him in his dressing room. He’s in Proctor-mode, leave him be!
Sherry said this on July 6, 2014 at 5:48 am | Reply
I wished he had stretched his leg out of that too-small chair and kicked that lazy-ass reporter out of his dressing room.
And with that comment I will laugh my way to bed.
me too….right after I re-read Theatre Cat’s review…then I will feel better and sleep better
It’s also ironic the tone of the article seems to match the witch-hunt tone of The Crucible. Well, Ms. Gold, write what you want, but leave him his name.
http://armitageagonistes.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/why-arent-you-married/
Perry wrote a classic one here!!
SH said this on July 7, 2014 at 5:33 pm | Reply
Thank you Servetus. I read the article after reading your letter. It is hard to know where to start with this writer. Obviously she has little respect for fans in general but she pretty much put all of Richard’s in the “old” column and I’m surprised she just didn’t say it but probably thought she was being clever using Barry Manilow as an example. We all know that the majority of Richard’s fans are intelligent women, some older and some younger but what does that matter. We are not the average “fan” and this article isn’t about One Direction.
She managed to slam the new movie but I’d bet she didn’t use the word schlock when she talked with Richard. Yes, it is a disaster film but really who made her chief critic for a film that hasn’t come out yet? Now I liked the Vicar of Dibley but I agree with Servetus about that and I don’t believe Richard had one moment of ill ease playing that role and what a slam at Dawn French really or every overweight person. See she resorted to seeing the actual actors not the roles and apparently it isn’t possible for her to believe that a rather lovely woman who is overweight could ever find love with a man who is handsome.
Sure Richard is handsome and don’t we all know that but we do care what is beneath that and I had to laugh when I read that “he didn’t know” why he wasn’t married. Really did she ask him straight out why he wasn’t? He is so polite really. I’d have just told her that I chose not to be at this time. Was she fishing for something else? Probably but Richard has become the master of eluding reporters like her. He isn’t that shy young actor any longer. He stands up for himself and he tells you what “he” wants to tell you and you could tell that she wasn’t getting what she wanted from him.
There were some interesting things in the article but not a lot that was surprising except how poorly she handled him. Servetus says she is really a good writer normally so what happened here? Was it that he was too good looking and didn’t fit into the mold she wanted?
I wonder what Richard thought when he saw the finished article, and I’m sure he has seen it. She certainly didn’t praise any of his past work. It was like everything prior to The Crucible was junk really. Sure he has worked in some things that weren’t really what he was looking for but what actor hasn’t. It is part of the dues really.
I thought the Sunday Times was better than that too but maybe Ms Gold had an axe to grind as we say.
Peggy Kincaid said this on July 6, 2014 at 6:12 am | Reply
Großartige Brandrede Serv! Ich denke, sie hatte vielleicht einen schlechten Tag, war auf Krawall gebürstet oder litt schlicht und ergreifend just zu diesem Zeitpunkt unter dem PMS-Syndrom. 😀
cRAmerry said this on July 6, 2014 at 6:27 am | Reply
I’m guessing cRAmerry is writing in German? I think we all understand the meaning though, lol! (PMS-Syndrom).
translation: “great fiery speech, Serv. I think maybe she had a bad day, spoiling for a fight, or was simply suffering from PMS just at that particular point in time.”
Thanks for the translation…it was a ‘great fiery speech’….it certainly got quite a few discussions going.
Bei dir klingt das gleich doppelt so gut wie bei mir 🙂
Sorry, it’s far to early for my bad english: i think, serv said it well and I think, the lady probably had a bad day or only wants to makes trouble or maybe the PMS-thing 🙂
Oh, no need for sorry. I so admire those who speak more than one language. We take some French here in school as we are supposed to be a bilingual country but I am afraid I was not very good at mastering it. Serv certainly did say it well and we certainly have been feeling quite fiery all night!
Yes, Serv is sometimes my personal translation button 🙂
Co-signed. I was really taken aback by the viciousness of those remarks.
Well done, Servetus for calling her out. I agree with everything said here and will only add that I have found The Sunday Times to be a very sensationalist publication for years – they love to be controversial. It’s allied to The Times but has a different approach and management.
Helen said this on July 6, 2014 at 8:09 am | Reply
Applauds thank you Serv and all those who have commented. I was irked from start to finish by this writer so was very relieved to find I’m not the only one, that I wasn’t just being touchy and quite possibly going into APM. Not that Richard needed me there of course, he handled the interview very well, and there are some nuggets to be found. For what it’s worth, on reading the article again, my belief is that she didn’t get what she wanted from him (“maybe he just doesn’t want to tell me“, “Or not to tell them things“) so the snark took over.
PS love your word to the wise – very true for me. 🙂
Mezz said this on July 6, 2014 at 8:17 am | Reply
yeah, note that I’m not defending Armitage here — I’m defending fans, of whom I am one. Armitage will be fine without my defense.
Well, she certainly found her mark with me – a mature, cuddly Dibley and Harry Kennedy devotee! 😉
I’m going to go be brave and swim against the tide a little.
I read this after seeing the reaction of fans in the greater fandom and while there are a couple of things that are a little crass towards VOD and his fans I wasn’t nearly as offended as some. Richard is now a much bigger player than he was and so this type of interview is to be expected even from the quality papers like the times so speculation about his private life is going to happen. As for us his fans we have always been ridiculed we always will be – goes with the territory. Its the same with VOD, which I love when I’m down and need cheering up. In non fans there has always been an opinion wrongly as far as I’m concerned that fat girls shouldn’t expect to fall in love at all let along with a lovely bloke.
And lets face it a lot of fans, who have been around since Thornton are not impressed with his choices in films like In To The Storm for the very reason she is stating.
If you can get beyond that it is actually an interesting piece and one where the writer herself confirms something Richard says about himself all the time, about being immersed in a character.
[i]I don’t know how happy he is, since previews are four days away and he is at least half Proctor [/i]
I also like her thoughts about handsomeness being a disability for a serious actor. How many times have we said that in this fandom? His thoughts on the red carpet where he is just acting another role are interesting as well – he remains confused about how popular he is.
I was also was interested in what she said about him leaving musical theatre and Gillian Lynne’s comments.
Her closing comment is excellent
[i]A serious man. A sensitive man. Of course he couldn’t stay in Cats.
kateakakhandy said this on July 6, 2014 at 8:29 am | Reply
That his fans are ridiculed is nothing new, I agree, but I don’t recall reading anything quite as churlish as this. She did redeem herself a little in my eyes with those last two sentences, but they’re not enough for me to overcome my dislike of the general tone of this piece.
I don’t think we have to put up with being ridiculed. I particularly don’t think we have to put up with being ridiculed when the picture drawn of us and others is totally inaccurate. I am not the Sunday Times but one reason I have this blog is I can say what I damn well think.
The last line is the ultimate kicker for me, actually, khandy. I was not a fan of Cats (I was in my late teens when it was a big hit — and I’m about five years older than she is, so she was in her early teens). Lots of fun to condescend to something popular, that lots of people loved at the time — because if lots of people loved it, then it must be schlock. Maybe that makes her feel good. But there are lots of profound moments in Cats and they’re not unserious just because they appeal to people.
and note — when Armitage was invited to make fun of Cats, in the Anglophile interview he refused to do so. He said (a) it was very much of the 80s and (b) he still goes back to the Eliot poems at its base.
oh — and — note that early in the piece I do say — Armitage says some interesting things here. I’m not knocking the actual quotations from Armitage. I wish she’d done a litle more of that and a little less self-profiling at our expense.
I have to admit that I learned some things that were new to me from this article – I hadn’t heard about the naked dream, for example…. also re: turning down lead in Hair, and new context about Gillian Lynne. I just still hate the preconceptions with which she seems to have approached the interview and article…. but I’m looking forward to newer / nicer things for today!
those were all new things to my knowledge. A broken clock is correct at least twice a day.
lol, we are nothing here if not positive (whenever we can be 🙂
Can’t let the turkeys keep US down!
For me whole article sound like a clumsy ( by ridiculing fans and previous achievements) worded compliment.
“You look great in this new hairdo..the old one was ridiculous”- I heard something like that not so long ago 😉 😀
” A serious man.A sensitive man. Of course he couldn’t stay in Cats”-
Of course we love exactly This man !
For me it´s the most interesting post of the last days… I have to confess I`m that kind of a middleaged, fat, blondest cow, who still believes after watching VoD she could get a man like Mr. A 🙂 After raising up two daughters and being a grandmother for a year now, my naivity, innocence and willful ignorance is still the same like it was more than thirty years ago, and I stick to it :))
Thanks, Servetus, for that letter and all the ambitious comments.
Wenn dieser Kommentar mal wieder sehr armselig ausfällt, liegt das nur an meinem mangelnden englischen Sprachvermögen und nicht der Blondheit, Bildung, Mr. Armitage-Admiration oder was auch immer, hahaha…
utepirat said this on July 6, 2014 at 11:36 am | Reply
Fat people find love with thin people all the time. It’s not like it’s some ridiculously crazy notion. The main thing is that (assuming you want to find love) you find it. Looking down on how other people find it is junior high school.
Hm. Sieht so aus, als sollte ich deinen Blog von oben nach unten lesen, statt beim ältesten ungelesenen anzufangen und mich zu den neusten hochzuarbeiten …
Hedgehogess said this on July 6, 2014 at 12:39 pm | Reply
Ab über 100 comments erleichtert es das Verständnis immens, von oben nach unten vorzugehen. grins Ganz schön was los hier heute!
cRAmerry said this on July 6, 2014 at 2:19 pm | Reply
Ups, Storno, war zu schnell! Du meintest ja die Blogbeiträge. 🙂
Ich habe heute morgen auch von oben nach unten geschaut (da waren es schon über 80 Kommentare), aber dann erstmal hektisch den zugehörigen Artikel gesucht, um die Aufregung einordnen zu könnnen.
Nachdem ich jetzt die Diskussion gelesen habe, möchte ich hinzufügen:
Ich bin inzwischen überzeugt, dass RA seit mindestens fünf Jahren verheiratet ist. Außerdem hat seine Frau nach der Geburt des Sohns (heute 4) und der Zwillingsmädchen (18 Monate) Probleme, zu einer Size-Zero-Figur zurückzukommen, und deshalb möchte sie nicht, dass die Ehe bekannt wird, weil sie die Lästerei fürchtet. Es reicht, wenn einer der Partner sich mit solchen Ärgernissen herumschlage muss.
Disclaimer: Ich bin nicht nur “unschuldig”, übergewichtig, in RAs Alter und ein Fan, sondern manchmal auch sarkastisch und außerdem phantasiebegabt.
In anderen Worten: Es gibt keinerlei Hinweise darauf, dass irgendetwas davon wahr ist.
Hedgehogess said this on July 6, 2014 at 2:32 pm | Reply
Ganz schön durchgeknallt, hat aber durchaus Charme. Du hast vergessen zu erwähnen, dass sie zusammen bei seinen Schwiegereltern unterm Dach wohnen! So, dann translate mal schön…… 😀
Ein Körnchen Wahrheit ist drin: Jeder scheint immer davon auszugehen, dass RA eventuelle Beziehungen geheim hält. Aber zu einer Beziehung gehören zwei Personen.
Ich möchte das gar nicht übersetzen. Englisch lesen mehr Leute, und ich will eigentlich keine Gerüchte streuen – am Ende glaubt’s jemand. Es gibt genug Leute (überall, nicht nur unter Fans), die mehr an ihr Bauchgefühl glauben als an beweisbare Tatsachen.
PS: Das wäre mal eine Idee für Fanfiction: Richard und das Schwiegermonster 😛
Klingt nach einer netten Beziehungskomödie. Wäre nach all den Drama-, Tod- und Verzweiflungsrollen mal eine ECHTE Alternative. Die unbekümmerte Variante gehört dringend ins Repertoire. Man /Frau braucht doch auch mal was zum Entspannen!
oh, I just saw this. Well I thought it was funny and obviously facetious 🙂
Das wäre tatsächlich der Gipfel der Bodenständigkeit 😀
cRAmerry — “you forgot to mention that they are living under one roof with his inlaws”
translating this into English b/c it’s too good to hide:
Hedgehogess:
Over time I’ve become convinced that RA’s been married for at least five years. Besides that, since the birth of their children (a son, 4, and twin girls, 18 months), his wife has been having problems getting back to her size zero figure and because of that she doesn’t want the marriage to become known because she fears the criticism. It’s enough when the partner has to deal with such annoyances.
Disclamer: I am not only “innocent,” overweight, in RA’s age range, and a fan, but sometimes sarcastic and besides that I have a gift for making things up. In other words: there is no evidence that any of this is true.
So funny! It may be truer than we know, actually! I have always suspected that RA and Annabel Capper are in a very serious relationship for a long time now and she and him are just the type of people that want their professional and personal relationships separate. For both personal and professional reasons. I’m sure she doesn’t want to be dragged around and put on display and wants to work and be judged on her own merit. Regardless, RA likes to use his imagination, in his own words, and is quite content for us to use ours as well. It so doesn’t matter, I just love all his characters…John Stranding “don’t feel like you can’t tell me anything”, strong stoic John Proctor….all of them. When I fantasize about RA I am really fantasizing about the characters he has created. And RA is fully aware of that, and feels that is what his job is. And he does it well. And part of that is keeping the real RA a mystery so the RA characters are all the more believable.
Heather said this on July 6, 2014 at 6:32 pm | Reply
I’ve sometimes privately speculated that he is in fact married. I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
Cindy said this on July 6, 2014 at 7:32 pm | Reply
I’ve been puzzling about what to do about this as well. I’ve posted a crazy number of posts the last week or so, so there are sometimes like a dozen new posts over night. I need to cut that down. It bothers me, too.
You have to look for some more boring items. Then the comments will decrease! Maybe today we reach the 200er Marke 🙂
Thank you Servetus,
You spoke once again from my heart.
Fat people are not always fat just because they have eating disorders. I am a little overweight, yes – but I do not have eating disorders. I eat at normal dimensions, do regular exercise and still have a dress size, which is in the lower Oversize range. And I have by the way a friend who is like Richard so tall and lean and still loves me fat dwarf as I am. 😉
But that one sentence makes me sad. This one sentence to write without explanation is the same as to write that one has asthma just because you have smoked. I have, up to a single cigarette with 15, never smoked and still have asthma (and I had already before because a bronchitis is not treated properly). There are also thick, which have gained by a disease such as my former colleague, who had kidney disease, had to go to dialysis and had doubled by the cortisone her weight within one year.
Nicole said this on July 6, 2014 at 1:12 pm | Reply
Welcome Nicole and thanks for the comment.
It is an amazing fact of human existence that if we sit anywhere in a public place where couples roam, we will see all kinds of them with all body shapes and levels of fitness and attractiveness. all the time, sitting in a cafe to write in the afternoons, I see fat people paired with thin ones, tall ones with short ones, I see gorgeous people holding hands with ordinary ones, so-called “odd couples” of all kinds. When we look at people we don’t see what draws them together (or might repel them) just by looking. In that sense, Vicar of Dibley is just as realistic as anything we see in reality.
Also re: Dawn French — she experienced a rather drastic weight loss about three years ago, iirc. It was in all the British papers. The papers said it was because her husband had cheated on her because she was fat. (No, sorry, her husband cheated on her because he was a cheater.) Then she found love again and (I think) remarried, an Australian. She was interviewed again and said that she had had no problem with her previous weight, and left it at that.
This spring it came out that she’d lost the weight because of a uterine cancer scare. Something she’s talking about in her current standup show.
I had heard that Dawn remarried, but hadn’t heard about the cancer scare. She’s great. “No, sorry, her husband cheated on her because he was a cheater.” – love this 🙂
SH said this on July 7, 2014 at 1:44 am | Reply
Tbh, I found the article interesting in terms what we haven’t known before. And that is actually not much. I wondered how much time Armitage gave her when you compare his quotes (“…”) to what she obviously added to fill up her article. Was it about 5 minutes maybe plus that picture? Did she only come to get the juicy answers but failed? Was is boring for her what he had actually to tell?
The comment about VoD was a pure insult for everyone involed incl. the viewers, not only his fans. Regardless if you like the show or not.
She also looked like she had done some ‘homework’ (to fill her article), probably in surfing the internet and visiting blogs/pages. I assume, she read only the titles or skimmed quickly through the threads but never cared enough to read the comments. Understanding his fandom is not done in 2 minutes. The same goes with the suggestions about his sexuality (Manilow) – there are enough pages for that. Maybe she wanted to be the new rising star who found out his big secret. If that is true, she, again, didn’t do her job properly.
I wonder if she really asked him why he isn’t married because she never quoted him in that question – and who knows what “not know” really means (a different answer to her question? A suggestion? Why only the words and not “I don’t not know why I’m married”?) I read the same answer from him in an article from some years ago (where he was more open) and it reminded me instantly on it. Maybe she got it from then and it sounded juicy enough to build the bridge to Manilow?
If she has the spine to answer you, Serv?
Miss Emms said this on July 6, 2014 at 2:44 pm | Reply
we’ll see. If so I’ll print it.
Very disjointed article. It read more like a cheap Daily Mail piece. If she can be thoughtful, substantive, and well-informed, she surely didn’t do it here.
What seems ironic is how much time she spends condescending upon the sexual appeal aspect of his fame while at the same time writing an article that seeks out and focuses exactly on the completely irrelevant and personal instead of anything regarding his work as creative artist in the exploration of the human condition.
And wow does she not know his fans – at all! Holy cow, I don’t have a masters or a PhD, and I’m never more surrounded by academic and intellectuals than I am when I engage in discussions on RA fan blogs and forums. Sorry, Tanya, for not being the fanbase you’re imagining.
Could it be that most of his fans are followers precisely for what she quoted Richard saying about his work – that we saw something in ourselves in a character he played? That he is handsome is icing on the cake, not the main meal. And I suppose we will always be characterized as hormonal biddies because it makes better press, but we’re the ones who’ve latched on long ago to the talent of this particular rising star.
It would probably be better not to assign this type of article to a person who dismisses drama/theater acting as art (or those who actually pursue a career in acting). Does Ms Gold think all artists are airheads – musicians, dancers, painters, writers – or is it just actors?
Poor Richard. He puts a lot of thought into his work and would have surely had some interesting things to say to the right interviewer. But Ms. Gold and the Times were only interested in the totty bit. So sad.
trudystattle said this on July 6, 2014 at 3:39 pm | Reply
Great thoughts, and sad indeed.
RA’s ‘well-wisher’ base must certainly cut across all age-groups and both sexes, now. He was 32 when North and South was broadcast and his fanbase then was probably about aged 25 to 45 years old. Now, he’s ten years older, as are his original fans, plus he has many now who are young enough to be his daughters and sons. I’ve always thought his fans have mostly stayed on the side of civilised and many are theatre goers, not that there was actually much reference to Proctor/The Crucible in the article. It is lazy journalism to suggest we’re all basically stupid being an RA fan after all this time.
And as far as ITS is concerned, he has been quoted as saying he basically did it for a Green Card – and we don’t know how much he’s tied in to WB.
As far as VoD is concerned, it is actually quite insulting to see it solely as – ‘if fat Geraldine can get a handsome bloke we all can’. Geraldine’s size was irrelevant – she was a bit of an everywoman (something the journalist should have realized). Anyone who had watched all the series and the ups and downs of Geraldines’ love-life, would have just been pleased that Geraldine got to marry the tall, dark, handsome and talented Harry, (played by the tall, dark, handsome and talented RA.)
as someone pointed out to me last night, we saw the behind the scenes footage of him laughing his a** off while making it; his statements that he loved being in it after Robin Hood; his statement that Dawn French was a secret celebrity crush; and his statement on the extras saying that she deserved someone good to love.
I expected more from a paper like the Times, tbh. Daily Mail publish all manner of excrement, but this? shakes head Standing on the sidelines of the fandom, I’m not up in arms about the content of the article, more than reacting with a “wtf?” at reading it. Perhaps the writer was burned by a fandom before or something, or why the hate on fandoms?
The poo-pooing of VoD I fail to understand. It was a very well done British sitcom, genuinely funny and never vicious or mean. The size of Dawn French was never an issue, even if it was an occasional comedy plot point (hiding an emergency chocolate bar in a Bible, for instance – which doesn’t even relate to a person’s size anyway). There was that 60 seconds interview with Martin Freeman (I THINK it was there) where he expressed a dislike for or fear of getting fat which made me frown at the time, but hey, it could just have been a personal preference with his own body rather than a general critique of everyone else, like “I personally wouldn’t want to get fat, but each to their own and I’m not judging”. I have always been “the fat kid” in school, so … touchy subject, which is why the fat hate/shaming was my biggest (err, no pun intended) issue with the article.
Then again, I guess the article worked as linkbait – fans getting angry and going to read the article. Thank you for writing this response, Servetus. I very much agree with it.
amusingly, she’s behind a pay wall and I am not, lol.
When my daughters were teenagers I gave them a piece of advice – never put anything in writing. (This was the age when girls still passed handwritten notes, before texting). It’s too easy for nasty words to come back to you later and cause problems
That said, I truly wonder if Tanya gold will ever come to regret this article. I don’t know her motivation, but why would she intentionally write something so mean-spirited? And, should the occasion ever arise, would she be able to look RA in the eye and not be embarrassed by her words?
Maybe I am naive and innocent ( I admit to being a Barry manilow fan many years ago) but I don’t understand why a person would deliberately be so rude? Whatever her reasons for writing this, I hope that she can live with them. I don’t believe that I could ever write something like this and not feel guilt and remorse for treating another person with such disrespect
I agree. Ms. Gold’s tone was mean spirited toward Richard Armitage and his career and to his fans. Sadly, I doubt she will feel any regret–based on her comments.
I wonder how any self respecting editor at the Times would let the article be published? Was everyone “asleep at the switch” as the phrase goes–and her article slipped by the editors, let alone the Times legal team?
Gratiana Lovelace said this on July 6, 2014 at 11:12 pm | Reply
I couldn’t read the full article because of the whole ‘subscription’ thing. But from what I’ve read, it was terrible of her to write such things. Thank you for this letter. I feel like it somehow expresses everything I wanted to say regarding this matter
moodypadfoot said this on July 6, 2014 at 5:43 pm | Reply
I’ve never heard of Tanya Gold so I gogled her and read some of her other articles. From what I read, it seems this story is not much different from her other stories, i.e. taking elements of what she considers absurd, inappropriate lifestyle choices and writing sarcastic articles about them. In this particular piece that seems to be fandoms, VOD, shlock disaster movies, or any other thing having to do with RA’s career prior to The Crucible. I usually enjoy reading these types of articles, but she seemed to go a bit over board to the point of mean-spirtedness in this article. You can’t really figure out the the sequence of the interview from how the article is written, but RA’s quote re getting f’ing angry about people interrupting his work could’ve been for Ms. Gold’s benefit. If so, wonder if she caught the sarcasm.
sloan said this on July 6, 2014 at 5:53 pm | Reply
I dunno, like I said I have enjoyed much of her previous writing. sometimes she misses the mark but it’s usually not meanspirited and it’s often thought provoking.
Then again, someone pointed out to me off blog another article she wrote that is clearly fat-hating. So maybe that’s it. She’s just a garden variety fat-hater.
Thought provoking is why I ususally enjoy reading folks with this writing style. But, I think she just wanted to provoke this time around.
If it’s fat-hatting, then she must hate herself. I do not say that to be ugly — it’s just a conclusion because I was little surprised when I saw her picture, considering what she wrote in the article. Usually people who disparage over-weight people are not over weight…or at least that’s my presumption. Maybe she was putting up a wall to keep her inner fan girl from coming out — after she came face-to-face with RA 🙂
I think she was mainly trying to be “edgy.”
Thanks for taking a stand for the fans! I admire your courage!
I don’t want to discuss her weight because if we do that we do precisely the thing she does and I won’t descend to that level. Either fat hate as an idea is okay or it’s not, doesn’t matter if the hater is fat or thin.
mainstream print journalism is in crisis — partially because of the new media but partially because for so many years the barriers to reader response were so high that few people objected to the nasty things print journalists wrote. I’m ambivalent about new media but I think we have to use the tools in our hands to tell people that the way they write about us is not okay.
but who cares about us?…we are not national (or sexual) minority. We are very easy target…women in general are funny witches, right?;)
It isn’t my intent to stoop to her level — that would be cruel, unkind and just plain bad manners. However it is odd that she took the slant she took in the article considering your statement. I think her biase against fandoms & fear of her own inner-fan-girl had something to with how the article was written.
I loved your essay! I give it five stars! And I’m sharing your post link in a comment on my post about the article. I also took Ms. Gold to task for her fat people hate speech.
WOW! 180 responses so far. Wow.
Marie Astra said this on July 7, 2014 at 5:16 am | Reply
I wouldn’t get your knickers too much in a twist about Gold. Yes her Armitage interview is lazy, ignorant vitriol, but then that’s what she specializes in. I read through many of her other articles in various papers – she peaked around 2009 it seems. I can see why you like her writing Serv, yes it can be engaging, witty and seemingly relevant. (Although I didn’t find the piece about Middleton very interesting). However it remains largely characterised by self-indulgent bile! Even the better ones.
The comments about Vicar of Dibley – well she is overweight and riddled with body image issues herself- perhaps that’s why she felt she could say those things. She does a disservice not only to Richard’s previous work but also to that series in itself – fails to remember it was extremely popular not only with the viewing public but also with broadsheet critics alike. Her piece about her time at Merton is particularly telling. Basically she cocked up and blamed the system for her own mistakes. As a graduate of the same college I can tell you she is talking nonsense. Young, ignorant and confused I’m afraid.
I doubt she gives a monkey’s bum about your blog or email from a university account though… Sorry Serv, I would have just ignored her.
Tiggy said this on July 7, 2014 at 6:40 am | Reply
I appreciate your sympathy, but my “knickers” aren’t “in a twist.”
? Sorry – there wasn’t any sympathy there – why would you need sympathy? Re: knickers and twisting. Nevermind ..
Forgive me for trying to attribute something kind to you in a post that I frankly thought was mostly mean and made at my expense, but doesn’t violate the comments policy. I’ll know better next time.
??? It is about Gold not you….
Nice to meet you too btw
Am not affiliated to any fandom/ anti-shipping/ anyone who has attacked you or anything !
Was just comment about the article that’s all..
Anyway, I won’t linger.
Jazzbaby takes a slightly different view: http://funkybluedandelion.blogspot.com/2014/07/keep-it-off-my-wave-what-really-matters.html
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She’s an idiot. Writes for the popular vote and ill-informed on facts:reality. The MM article was ludicrous. Trying to curry favour? So. Not. Funny. Or Clever.
Pepper said this on May 8, 2019 at 2:01 am | Reply
I’m not sure what you mean by MM. That said, I wouldn’t have been this angry had I thought she was either ill informed or writing to be popular. Most of what she writes is actually so against the grain that it’s enraging. I’ve seen a few of her pieces recently that were written in a similar vein (one about parenting in Cornwall comes to mind). I think she’s mostly writing from a standpoint of alienation.
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'Very unfair' - Sri Lanka complains to ICC
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Sri Lanka team manager Ashantha de Mel has complained to the ICC about the "unfair" pitches he feels Sri Lanka have had to play their matches on, as well as the less-than-ideal training facilities and accommodation. The ICC has strongly denied the accusation that there has been favouritism.
Although their two most-recent matches were washouts in Bristol, Sri Lanka had begun the tournament on two green decks in Cardiff, where they lost to New Zealand and narrowly beat Afghanistan. In the approach to their match against Australia at The Oval - a venue that has seen high-scoring games thus far - de Mel believes Sri Lanka have been saddled with another green track. As seaming conditions will ostensibly aid Australia, de Mel is unhappy.
"What we have found out is that for the four matches we have played so far at Cardiff and Bristol, the ICC has prepared a green pitch," he told Daily News. "At the same venues, the other countries have played on pitches are brown and favourable for high scoring.
"The pitch being prepared for our match against Australia on Saturday here at The Oval is green. It is not sour grapes that we are complaining. But it is very unfair on the part of the ICC that they prepare one type of wicket for certain teams and another type for others."
There have been other inconveniences too, according to de Mel, which he said he has officially brought to the ICC's notice.
"Even the practice facilities provided at Cardiff were unsatisfactory. Instead of three nets they gave us only two, and the hotel we were put up at Bristol did not have a swimming pool, which is very essential for every team - for the fast bowlers, especially, to relax their muscles after practice," he said. "The hotels that Pakistan and Bangladesh were put up at Bristol had swimming pools.
"We wrote to the ICC listing all these shortcomings four days ago but so far we have not had any response from them. We will continue to write to them until we get a reply."
The ICC has since provided an official response, pointing out that pitches are overseen by an independent advisor.
"We employ an independent pitch advisor to work with the host curators at all ICC events and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 is no different," an event spokesperson said. "We are happy with the wickets that have been produced across the event so far in English conditions.
"As part of the four year planning process to deliver thi event,we have liaised with all teams to ensure they are happy with their set up and are available to work with them should any issues arise that have not been previously anticipated. At the heart of our planning is the philosophy that all ten teams are treated equally to enable them to have the best possible preparation for the event."
Although Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne would not be drawn into the matter of unsatisfactory hotels and training facilities, he did express disappointment with the green surfaces. Both he and coach Chandika Hathurusingha had already said they would prefer to play on batting-friendly surfaces, and Karunaratne reiterated that on the eve of the match at The Oval.
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Submitted by David Emmett on Sun, 2011-07-03 22:49
What a difference a track makes. At the fast, flowing Mugello circuit, we had three pretty interesting races, two tense duels and a full on battle in Moto2. After a season full of races decided in the first few laps, to see a race day full of overtaking brought some much-needed relief to those suffering with the racing bug.
The 125cc race only saw two passes for the lead, Johann Zarco passing Nico Terol, and then Terol taking the Frenchman back to take victory, but the two protagonists maintained the tension all the way to the end. Never separated by more than a couple of tenths, the race became a case of two men trying to pressure the other into a mistake. Fresh back from having a tendon reattached in his little finger, Terol was the first to crack, running wide in San Donato, the wide, uphill hairpin that comes at the end of the straight. But Terol kept his head, latched onto the back of the Zarco, and waited for the long drag towards the finish line to make his move.
A smart race by Terol, and a strong and smart race by Zarco too: Terol looked to be on a planet of his own, but Zarco came along and joined the party. A strong race, too, by young Spaniard Maverick Vinales: at a track which is as notoriously difficult to learn as Mugello is, Vinales ended his first race at the track on the podium. The rookie sits 3rd in the championship, with big things expected of him in the future. He is, after all, just sixteen-and-a-half years old.
The Moto2 race turned into bit of a knock-down-drag-out four-way fight, with Stefan Bradl, Marc Marquez, Bradley Smith and Alex de Angelis all joining the fray. They were briefly joined by the ebullient Andrea Iannone, but the Italian had asked too much of his tires to come all the way forward from 14th on the grid, so by the time he actually arrived at the front, it was time to back off and nurse his protesting Dunlops home. Marquez eventually came out on top - after a hard but clean move on Bradley Smith to take the lead on the last lap - and the Spaniard took the win. Now that he has found his feet in Moto2, he could yet come to dominate the championship - assisted by the absence of pre-season favorite Julian Simon. He has only finish four races so far this season, but he has won three of those, and finished 2nd in the other.
We even had a relatively exciting MotoGP race. It was not exactly one for the ages, but there was a pass for the lead, more overtaking at the front, and tension throughout the race. Jorge Lorenzo came out on top after Casey Stoner looked like walking away with it, stopped in the end by the wrong choice of tire pressure. The Australian even had to let his Repsol Honda teammate by, though he put up a ferocious fight to prevent the Italian from passing. Ben Spies battled Marco Simoncelli all race long for 4th, while Valentino Rossi gave the Ducati fans something to cheer about - perhaps not as much as they would have wanted, but more than they had feared - by taking 6th, after an entertaining battle with a large group scrapping for the position.
The tire pressure question proved deeply frustrating for Stoner: the team decided to use a particular tire pressure based on the recommendations from Bridgestone - Stoner did his best not to throw his tire tech under the bus, but was visibly struggling with the effort - and that proved to be too high. As the heat got into the tire, the tire pressure increased further, reducing the contact patch and drastically reducing grip. The rear wheel of Stoner's Honda was spinning drastically - so much so that both Lorenzo and Dovizioso commented on it, and identified that as a factor that helped them get past. The rear also affected front grip, however: a lack of edge grip meant a lack of drive, and that meant Stoner lacked the ability to put pressure on the front by using the throttle and helping the bike to turn.
No such problems for Lorenzo, however. "The Hammer was not working," Lorenzo said after the press conference, "but now I have the performance to fight." And fight he did, putting the hammer down in the final stages of the race, setting the fastest lap and leaving Dovizioso and Stoner with no alternative but to submit to his will. The mixture of 2010 and 2011 parts - exactly which parts are being used where is as closely guarded a secret as the recipe for Coca Cola - has worked, and Lorenzo believes he has a weapon which will allow him to fight with the Hondas for the rest of the year.
They even found something at Ducati, as Valentino Rossi's ride through the pack demonstrated - still 26 seconds off the pace, but some of that time lost to having to get past so many people. Rossi's crew raised the entire bike 20 millimeters, while keeping the same wheelbase, giving a lot more weight transfer under braking and acceleration. The change improved the front-end feel, but it sacrificed rear grip, but the most important thing about it is it gives Rossi's crew another dimension to play with.
This is the most important reason for the switch to the GP11.1 with the revised rear end. With the previous bike, raising the bike caused the rear to pump dramatically, negating any benefit of the better weight transfer. The new machine has virtually no rear pumping, and the raised center of gravity does not provoke any. With another variable to throw into the setup mix, Ducati hope that they can make the bike a good deal more competitive than it has been so far.
Watching Rossi barely improve on the GP11.1 has given Nicky Hayden pause for thought. Ducati will have a couple of the new bikes ready for Hayden at Laguna Seca, but Hayden is less than enchanted at the thought of going into one of his home races at a track he loves on a bike he has not yet ridden on. That the bike is no magic bullet is obvious - the bike has not given Rossi the second or so to battle with the Hondas - and Hayden would prefer to face Laguna on a bike he is familiar with. The ideal solution would be to have the bike at the Sachsenring in two weeks' time, but the timescales needed to produce the carbon fiber parts mean this is very tight indeed.
A part of the paddock will return to the Mugello circuit on Monday to do a little more testing at what was scheduled to be the first public outing of the 1000cc machines. However, with Ducati having used up 5 of its quota of 8 days of 1000cc testing already, and first Honda and then Yamaha pulling out, the test was redesignated as an 800cc test, with the 1000cc testing pushed back to after the Brno round of MotoGP in mid-August (originally scheduled to be the last test for the 800s). So instead, the Hondas and the satellite Ducatis will be out on track, the rest having packed up and headed for home.
An interesting rumor/conspiracy theory currently doing the rounds of some parts of the paddock is that the factories decided against running the 1000s for fear of espionage. One unnamed team is rumored to have got a hold of software that can analyze the sound of a MotoGP bike and calculate the bore, stroke, and firing order of the engine being used. That this is possible is well known - back at the beginning of the 990 era, a Spanish magazine asked a local university to do just that, and the tools to do so have moved on immensely in the past 10 years. Whether the rumor is true is another thing altogether, but true or not, the only 1000 lapping the track with the BMW-powered Suter, being run by the Marc VDS team. Once we have times for that, then we will have an idea of just where the CRT teams stand.
Mugello, Italy
Dovi was noteworthy
Oscar replied on Sun, 2011-07-03 23:03
for really starting to display some tiger this season, in a very well-controlled and effective way - his pass on Stoner was pretty wild, and it looked as if Stoner anticipated him getting it wrong and moved left to give him room to make the mistake but he gathered it beautifully and hung on for the position. He may not be a potential team leader (yet) but his value as a team rider is going way, way up.
clx replied on Sun, 2011-07-03 23:07
Will HRC keep him for 2012?
mbccohen replied on Sun, 2011-07-03 23:48
". . . at a track which is as notoriously difficult to learn as Mugello is . . ."
David - what makes Mugello more difficult to learn than any other new track? The answer may be hidden in your wonderful descriptions of each race track, which we read often in 2008 and 2009, but I had trouble finding searching through the archives. (I miss them).
Damo replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 00:56
It was great to finally see some racing. Typically I am not too worried about Stoner skipping off to an early lead (comes with being an Aussie no doubt!), but seeing the Lorenzo/Dovi battle play out and then seeing them lay down the gauntlet to catch Casey was really great to see, tyre problems or not.
Lorenzo will have his hands full for the rest of the year, especially once Pedrosa finds some form. If he manages another world championship this year he will have definitely earned it and his talent and consistency would have got him there.
The same will go for Stoner. He may be on the same machinery, but sitting atop the pile with Pedrosa, Simoncelli and a refreshingly formidable Dovizioso is no easy task.
With Yamaha now taking the battle to Honda and hopefully some dry weather ahead, there is plenty of this story to be written yet.
dudulalah replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 01:17
did you watch the race? nobody, i mean nobody ever pulled almost 1 sec from stoner in a lap in normal conditions!!!! did you hear how many times he said he lost the front? did you see his tires spin up so badly? lucky day for lorenzo and dovizioso. without the tire issues, stoner would have done what he knows how to do best...lead and manage the gap at the front. especially as lorenzo and dovi were battling, there would have been no chance in hell of ever catching stoner!the constantly increasing gap stoner was pulling on lorenzo early on and setting that early fastest lap was awesome to watch once again!stoner is undoubtedly the fastest rider/bike combo and the man to beat!
"without the tire issues,
grahamb replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 02:11
"without the tire issues, stoner would have done what he knows how to do best...lead and manage the gap at the front."
That may be very true, but one of the reasons Casey was able to pull away so fast in the first few laps was due to his tyres coming up to temp very quickly because of the higher tyre pressure. Unfortunately, the tyre temp kept on rising and caused his troubles later in the race.
Now if he had the correct pressures and the tyres stayed cooler, it would have been more interesting/closer in the early laps. He may then have been able to pull away later as he's wont to do, but Lorenzo may have kept him honest.
Actually no
It's the opposite actually. Running lower pressures increases sidewall flex and causes the tyre to heat up faster, so with Stoner starting with pressures that were too high, his tyres would actually have taken longer to get up to temp, so your argument is not correct.
I don't think getting up to temp was an issue though, considering Stoner broke the lap record on lap 2. The warmer track temp cured the problems they've all been having with heating the tyres up.
The issue was that once they were up to temp they kept getting hotter and that increases the pressure in the tyre, changing the profile. So rather than his tyres having too little pressure, they had too much
Stoner himself said that the
motogpmd replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 03:48
Stoner himself said that the higher tire pressures allowed him to get away early at the front, but created the problem with overheating later in the race. He's the expert, so maybe we should listen to him. In any case, in my experience with race tires, higher pressures create a smaller contact patch so the tire heats up faster. It's a balance. Lower pressures give a bigger contact patch so are ultimately faster in normal conditions, but higher pressures can be an advantage in cool conditions when it is difficult to get tires to their optimum operating temperature.
I believe you have the tire
tttom replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 02:29
I believe you have the tire pressure/heat buildup relationship backwards... with higher initial tire pressure Stoner's tires would have taken longer to build heat. He had no early lap advantage there.
Two wrongs make a right
ipso replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 03:59
As I read it, grahamb’s post ^ is exactly correct – and rather astute.
Casey stated they kept the tire pressure recommended by Bridgestone from the warmup (even though they [Casey’s team] thought the tire temps were getting to high, or rather, projected to be too high for a warmer track later in the day.) By implication Stoner's team did not adjust the tire PSI (i.e. increase PSI to reduce flex and effectively decrease working temp – they ran the race with too little PSI.)
Since Casey ran with too little PSI, the increased temp made the tire too hot – and thus too slippery. I’ve had this exact problem many times at trackdays.
So Casey’s word-for-word explanation in the post-race interview is misleading. The “decreased tire patch” resulting from increased PSI is relative only to the start tire temp (vs. tire temp that would have resulted if they had chosen to use more PSI to begin with.) Too much temp does increase PSI, but not more than it would have been with more PSI to begin with.
I believe Casey’s problem was too little PSI – not to much.
I think you and Graham have it arse about. Stoner himself said they ran too much pressure, so when the tyre got hot and the pressure increased further, it reduced the efficiency of the tyre.
Stoner did not say the tyre overheated, it just had too much pressure in it when it got hot.
There's a big difference between a tyre losing grip because it has overheated and gone off and a tyre that loses grip because it has lost it's shape due to overinflation, which is what he is complaining about. You are confusing an overheated tyre with one that was simply overinflated. Don't assume that the tyre would have stayed cool enough for the pressure not to increase if they'd had a higher pressure in it at the start. You've seen Stoner ride... you really think a tyre is gonna stay cool underneath him, no matter what pressure is in it?
So they had too much pressure, not too little.
N.O. Nuh-uh
"Stoner himself said they ran too much pressure"
No he didn’t - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92825
acidraine replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 08:57
Not sure if he said the exact words in the podium interview but he did say that in the after race interview, in his opinion they started with too much tyre pressure and grip just got worse as the tyre pressure increased due to the heat, probably only available if you have a MotoGP subscription.
"they started with too much tyre pressure"
No - he did not say that.
The link above is a faithful rendition of the post-race interview.
I see you are having a laugh, I obviously did not pick up on your subtle humour.
Stoner said "too high" to Matt Roberts of the BBC
paulj replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 10:32
That article says the pressure was wrong, but not which way. That's not at all a basis to then assert here that Stoner never said "too high". In actual fact, Stoner *did* say that, to Matt Roberts of the BBC, in the winner's enclosure pit-lane interview immediately after race. If you're in the UK (or can arrange connectivity via an IP the BBC thinks is in the UK) you can check for yourself.
Stoner also said in the
Stoner also said in the official press release that the tire pressures were too high:
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2011/Repsol+Mugello+race+Dovi
Casey Stoner may be confused more than us
”I think this is why we were able to be so fast in the beginning of the race, as the tyres were able to warm up very quickly, but then the tyre overheated and I lost all grip.” - Casey
I think Casey Stoner is either confused or simply misspoke when he said just before that “should have probably reduced them a little”. If confused, he needs to talk to a tire tech – preferably a different one than the one he used for Mugello – so he can sort out his contradictions, and that is that reducing tire pressure would have compounded what he describes here.
This is exactly why riders need to tell engineers what they are feeling, and not try to provide technical solutions (to engineers or journalists), because otherwise miscommunication can very easily happen if they haven’t grokked the full details, and more often than not issues are nested three or more deep, and solutions can be counterintuitive as all hell. (e.g. “…but we reduced rear spring for the race – so compensated rear tire pressure is slightly higher – so to shoot for slightly less tire temp we increase pressure, but only half of that which is called for after having compensated for changing the spring.” I completely made that up, and it’s nonsense, but I think it’s illustrative of potential complexity and ease of misunderstanding/miscommunication.)
I believe Casey just misspoke when he said “reduced”, given his otherwise completely consistent description within that interview and elsewhere.
Of course, I could be wrong.
And you base that on what?
Stoner is a professional rider, has a WC and lots of wins. He speaks bluntly and honestly at interviews and has used BS tires for years. Why would you think he is confused or misspoken? As you point out how issues can be complex why do you think you have a greater understanding of the issues than a top rider that actually deals with them does?
There is nothing the
There is nothing the slightest bit confusing about what Stoner has said, and anyone who knows anything about race tires would easily understand his comments. Quite small variations in tire pressure can make quite a big difference to tire performance, especially over a race distance. Slightly higher pressure can give a short term advantage because the tire comes up to operating temperature quicker, but the risk is that the tires will overheat as the race goes on. All standard set up stuff that any race rider knows.
Stoner is correct
BoB-DoG replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 22:20
I've been reading all the above comments kind of amused but also a little shocked with peoples logic.
More tire pressure will lead to hotter tires quicker because there are more air molecules in the tire with higher pressure. This means more collisions between the molecules when they get energised (heated) and that means even more friction and heat, probably exponentially so. With too much tire pressure, they will overheat quickly. It has nothing to do with side wall flex or whatever.
I read a RdP interview before and he said the bridgestone sidewalls are so stiff and strong that they could run the bikes with no air in the tires. They only put in air (or nitrogen or helium or whatever) so the tires heat up to a proper temp.
If you pump up a balloon or a football or a condom or anything with air, it will behave the same as these tires.
My slick kart tires take around 9.5 psi on a cold day and 8 on a hot day (not that it ever gets that hot in Ireland), while I usually put in 22-25 psi into the rain tires. RdP said they typically use 6.5 psi in Moto Gp tires if memory serves. Your car tires would have somewhere in the region of 35-40 psi, for comparison.
The arguments about whether there was too much or too little tire pressure are interesting, and both sides are correct. On street tires (with a relatively soft carcass) putting less air pressure in will bring the tire pressure up more quickly, because the tire is deforming more and heating up faster. But the racing Bridgestones have such an incredibly stiff carcass that they don't deform that much more with lower pressure, so the opposite is true. The greater mass of air in the tire then stores more heat.
v2rider replied on Tue, 2011-07-05 12:17
Thanks for clearing up how street and race tyres differ. I couldn't make sense of Stoner's comments before.
You would expect the
You would expect the bridgestones advice to be consistant across all the hondas, would be interesting to see if there were differences from rider to rider and to know why they run different temps if they do..and whether Casey just used his tyre up too quickly on what was a very hot and abrasive track.
These days the rider have got used to race tyres being at their best for 40 laps nevermind race distance. Would be a welcome change that the tyres do actually go off and make the riders work more.. though not without prior notice of course..
nup
There is no issue about him using the tyre up. That's pretty much impossible with these hard compound Bridgestones.
Why are you guys speculating about this stuff? He simply had too much pressure in it. Casey said it himself. He didn't have too little pressure and he didn't destroy the tyre... it was overinflated.
Can we put that to bed now?
As for why he had issues and others appeared not to, maybe the riding style that he has used for so many years to put so much work in those tyres on the Ducati to get them working properly worked against him a bit? He obviously knows how to make a tyre work and bring it up to temp better than anyone who has ever ridden the Duc, including the current riders. maybe his inherent sideways style generates a bit more heat on the Honda too. It makes sense.
Sounds like this is one problem they will be able to fix very easily though. I doubt it will continue to be an issue.
As for your suggestion about tyres that do wear out or "go off" providing better racing, while I can see your point, I don't agree with that. There's nothing worse than watching a rider lose a race through tyre problems. I like having control tyres.. It's one less variable that can skew results towards those that don't deserve them.
And I don't consider Stoner's issue at Mugello a tyre problem... it was a setup problem
I agree. Just watched the
I agree. Just watched the interview, Casey says too much pressure at the start of the race. Not verbatim, but I understand spoken English so it is pretty clear to me. Quite simple. All else is speculation.
harumph replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 01:22
Not a classic but today was at least engaging throughout. Worth noting that alongside Stoner fading was Lorenzo setting fastest lap. That should give him enough credibility for winning rather than it having been gifted to him. While I'm not Stoner's biggest fan, the way he can pull podiums out his butt even when he's having trouble should not be ignored.
I so want Rossi running at the top again, even if he loses he usually makes a race more exciting.
with stoner having no tire
with stoner having no tire issues, what was to stop him setting an even faster lap time than lorenzo and getting into the 1.47s or 48 flat if needed? judging by dovizioso's pace in running with lorenzo and passing him in the middle stages, stoner had a faster pace than dovi throughout practice! much as i am a fan of JL99 and celebrated his championship win last season, simple facts suggests that its highly unlikely he would have caught up to stoner!!
Well.. What could have been,
What could have been, should have been, or any other possibility doesn't really matter does it? Tyres, tyre pressure, excursion through a gravel trap, technical difficulties.. the possibilities are endless.
Yes Stoner is fast. Real fast. But credit to Lorenzo for riding the race he did, same with Dovi, and it rounded out a well deserved podium for all three.
This really isn't the place for heated 'he said, she said' type arguments. There's always the more mainstream choices for that sort of banter, and you'll always get alot more bites over there.
It starts with C, ends in T, and everything in between is generally utter tripe.
Well said Damo. You can't win
ajd replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 04:28
Well said Damo. You can't win um all.
Really enjoyed that one, Lorenzo's two passes were epic. Such bravery & SO much corner speed. These kids really are far from being "pussies".
I do believe spies took a
mtiberio replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 01:35
I do believe spies took a second out of stoner last week mid race...
stoner saw the crash of
stoner saw the crash of lorenzo first hand and made a decision immediately to settle for the points!!! he didnt have to push to win but did enough to keep dovi at bay!!!
Not to say you're wrong, because nobody really knows for sure, but I saw Spies checking out and Casey trying to catch up, then I saw Spies respond every time and Casey realize he didn't have his number that day.
Point being, these things aren't always objective reality.
Russki_Bear replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 03:42
That's exactly what Stoner said after the race, he wasn't sure that he had the pace even if he didn't blow the start of that race.
You can't expect a bike - rider combo to dominate every single race.
I basically want to know what the tech was thinking when he recommended the higher pressure. That would be rather interesting.
Exactly, even in the most
Exactly, even in the most dominant years of Doohan and Rossi on the Honda they never came anywhere near winning every race in the season. And the difference between the Honda and Yamaha this year is not much in reality. Expect a very tight championship battle.
Actually 1997
In 1997 Doohan won twelve races, got 2nd in two, and one DNF at Phillip Island (while leading by a country mile). Utter domination. :-)
Yep that year and in 1998 the
Yep that year and in 1998 the top 5 where all on Hondas.. The fact that Dovi who couldn't hold a candle to Lorenzo last year yet has been fighting with him nearly all season would suggest that the Honda is still quite a bit better. I suspect Danis return to fitness will exaggerate it further, considering you wouldn't expect Stoner to make the same mistake twice..
yello13 replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 16:43
It might suggest the Honda is a still quite a bit better this year, or it could suggest the Honda was quite a bit worse last year.
There are too many variables to make sweeping assessments in MotoGP. All we know for sure is how the bike+rider+team packages stack up. The expression is not easily separable.
Krop – what happened?
Did anyone else follow Bridgestone’s "Stoner recommendation"? Why didn’t anyone else have similar problems? Are the Bridgestone recommendations standardized or unique to each team? Do teams calculate their own PSI, only informed by Bridgestone recommendations, and thus not blindly reliant – integrating it into their own program? WHY is Stoner effectively blaming Bridgestone for the loss when he is using spec tires that everyone is using, and that his team is ultimately responsible for??!!
Similar problems
Bridgestone recommends a pressure, but the pressure is only one factor in an entire setup package. If you are using a rear spring and rebound setting to put more pressure on the rear than another rider, then your tire pressure may be different. The team tells the Bridgestone tech what they need, the Bridgestone tech makes a recommendation. Sometimes they get it wrong.
There are two differences between Stoner and the other riders. Firstly, a tire pressure difference will only be noticed if it affects one of the top 6 riders. If, say, Randy de Puniet has a problem with his tire pressure, you won't hear it. Secondly, Stoner is very good at telling the media exactly what the problem was. Were another rider might say "the bike didn't give me the feeling I need," Stoner will say "we got the tire pressure/weight distribution/ride height wrong." Always very interesting, but it does sometimes make him look like he's the only rider with these problems.
Stoner's brutal honesty rubs
Stoner's brutal honesty rubs alot of people the wrong way.
Personally I find the detail refreshing. There is no doubt that he takes his racing very seriously, and it doesn't surprise me that his team is so supportive and dedicated to him. Having that level of feedback must make their job easier (or alot harder when they get it wrong!)
Like Rossi's, his team is
cyclop replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 11:16
Like Rossi's, his team is willing to follow him from one manufacturer to the other, gotta mean something.
I agree entirely, the major difference with Stoner is he will give us an insight into what has actually gone on, not just the usual thanks to the team, fans etc (although he makes a point of saying "WE" when good things happen)
The thing is with Casey is that he is both honest (it was my fault, it was my call/mistake) and technical in responding to perceived failures (tyre pressures, ride height etc)
I think an extended interview in the off season should be near the top of the "to do" list
thanks for your work
After a little race reflection, I finally remembered that this is Stoner's first year on a 800cc Honda, little hiccups like this are bound to occur and be quickly committed to the team knowledge banks. The tyre tech's credibility within the team has probably gone down a notch or two. After the morning warm-up Stoner's garage door was pulled down, at the time I wondered why, maybe that was the tyre pressure discussion underway?
That was also the best ride I have seen by Rossi on the Ducati, totally earned with no hint of being gifted anything. Pity about Hayden's run off he was looking quite good all weekend.
Overall, a good race by all in the top 6.
A question also for David: Are the factory Hondas testing or satellite only?
The best?
Screamer replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 13:47
He qualified 12th because he was slow, and in the race he barely beat Hector Barbera who was riding on a non-factory GP10! How could you call that the best? I thought it was embarrassing.
Rossi's best ride was in
Rossi's best ride was in Catalunya, where he finished just over 7 seconds behind Stoner. Since then Rossi's performance has gone downhill, and dramatically so. He should have done a hell of lot better than finishing over 26 seconds behind Lorenzo at Mugello, considering the number laps he had done on the GP12 only a couple of weeks earlier. The GP11.1 is essentially the same bike as the GP12 apart from the de-stroked engine, as Ducati has acknowledged. Very surprising really, expected a lot better. Finishing sixth is meaningless if the rider is so far off the front running pace. A rider with Rossi's credentials should be running with the leaders, not fighting the backmarkers. A poor result.
The Best II???
beating a fellow ducati rider using 2nd rate machinery/outdated chassis; or pedrosa who would always have finished ahead of rossi if he were fit doesnt seem like "the best" result to me. matter of fact, his results have progressively deteriorated and i am beginning to wonder about all his shoulder excuses at the beginning of the season where the gap to the front has gone from 16s to 26s in mugello!
+16 secs in qatar, +16 estoril, +14 le mans, +7 catalunya, +30s in assen, +26s in mugello.
now we know better!!!!
tire bleeders
blister replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 09:57
Are tire pressure bleeders illegal in motogp? They have been used for years in American sprint car racing to relieve pressure build up as a tires heat up. Simple and cheap.
I'm guessing they've been
tdi-rick replied on Tue, 2011-07-05 11:02
I'm guessing they've been banned for years by the FIM.
The FIA banned them worldwide for four wheels back in 1995 or so.
Ticked me off no end as I had twos sets fresh from the US to fit to rims .
Ended up selling them to a Sprint Car team.
RDawg replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 13:33
I can't ever remember there ever being such a big deal about a guy who finished on the podium and retains his championship lead. A championship leader who finishes on the podium and protects his title lead has never been a big deal in any form of motorsports or has never been any cause for alarm and yesterday was no exception. No one will win all the races so all of this whoopty doo about Stoner placing 3rd is much ado about nothing.
Far Canal replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 14:02
Back to the Stoner tire pressure thing, wouldn't that be considered a rookie mistake? He always comes across as blaming somebody / something else for his issues so it's hard to tell but the guy has been racing for years and I would think that seeing as how he's the one riding it, he should have the final say - taking all other opinions into account of course but ... maybe Tony Elias just needs less tire pressure to get his bike sorted :)
Are you kidding? Your talking
Are you kidding? Your talking about the guy leading the world championship, therefore THE fastest motorcycle racer in the world right now.
Stoner is just straight up honest. I can recall plenty of times when he has put his hand up, the thing is, he will then go into detail about why it happened. Example "I crashed because I was pushing too hard on a cold tire." You would probably say he was blaming the tire, i'd say he was admitting his mistake & telling us how it came about.
Just look back at Assen
lemmy replied on Tue, 2011-07-05 20:13
In his interview with Azi (BBC) after the Assen race he clearly says "I couldn't match the pace of Ben". He says he couldn't match Marco's pace either. He doesn't blame the bike, he doesn't blame the tires, he doesn't blame the team. He said "I". And then he goes on to say he is very happy with the podium position.
Smoke screen or conspiracy
proc replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 14:48
Is it possible that the tyre remarks are just a smoke screen and Casey was actually slowed down by the electronics saving fuel. Hot temps giving less fuel ? Did he go off too quickly and miss judge the race distance ? I often though he did that with the Ducati !
lorenzo and dovizioso have
lorenzo and dovizioso have pointed out in separate interviews that stoner's rear tires were spinning up dramatically!
post race press debrief
Paul G replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 14:55
Can I just point out to all the guys praising Stoner's precision press feedback on problems with the bike, this is likely because he's using his first language and the others are not. Most of them are just focussing on saying something coherent in the post-race press conferences and tend to rely on stock phrases that they've heard fellow riders use in press conferences (this is why you often hear non-English-speaking riders saying "I push and push" even though you'd never hear Hayden, Spies, Edwards or Stoner saying such a thing.
Dani Pedrosa has lived in London and he'll sometimes try to go beyond stock iterations to say something a bit more specific and substantial. Jorge's English is crap and he doesn't have enough confidence with it to say anything substantial.
Rossi will usually give a very objective and precise explanation for what has gone wrong in a race even if it's expressed in Italianglish.
for surely away by sure
Stinkwheel replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 15:18
Are you saying that there is nothing supernaturally special about Stoner's assessabilitous nature?!!!
Brave brave Lorenzo
calablanca replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 16:15
Please stop wasting your time on the tyre pressure affair. Just simply reckon that Jorge was giving today a master class in riding a motogp bike. He increases his lap times as the race goes on, and the two passes on Dovi & Stoner where aggressive but inmaculate. Apart from a luxury to see. Let's hope he ( and Spies ) keep the mood and we can have really fun for some races. That's the good news. Add Dovi and Pedrosa ( and Simoncelli if he is to race in a clean way ) and the show will be epic. For our joy.
By the way, inmense overtake from Spies on Sic on the last corner. !
You mean they only thought of this now?
synnae replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 18:16
"the factories decided against running the 1000s for fear of espionage. One unnamed team is rumored to have got a hold of software that can analyze the sound of a MotoGP bike and calculate the bore, stroke, and firing order of the engine being used. That this is possible is well known"
It has been common practice in F1 (pre-season) testing for a number of years. Most teams place a team member with a microphone at the end of the pit lane to record all the cars as they leave and go up to full speed. I asked some F1 techs what they were doing there and it was exactly for the reasons laid out above.
Monday test
scamax replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 19:55
Find it surprising Rossi did not attend the Monday test at Mugello. Thought they needed all the dry track time they could get to understand how to set up the GP11.1 for the short term, until the next big update comes along. But maybe they think giving the current GP11.1 any more testing is like flogging a dead horse?
Engine shortages?
scwirral replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 21:35
Could be that Ducati dont want to put another test day into the short supply of engines they have left? I don't know how far they think they can get before they hit the pitlane starting issue, but until they've had chance to look in detail at all the data comparing the 800cc GP12 (11.1) with the long stroke GP12 I'd guess they want to limit the miles they put on the engine?
Much further up there is some discussion about Nicky Hayden perhaps choosing to stick with the GP11 rather than riding an unfamiliar machine at Laguna. I guess if he's not certain that he'll have a substantial performance advantage, he's better to stick with the 'old' bike until he needs to unseal more engines, as avoiding some of the penalties might make more difference to his championship position than riding the 'better' bike.
Lorenzo and Dovi can be happy
gsvrfan replied on Mon, 2011-07-04 21:54
Lorenzo and Dovi can be happy with the fact that they dealt with Stoner's/Bridgestone's tire situation perfectly but somewhere in the back of the Honda and Yamaha pit there is a technical guy sitting there with a knot in his stomach knowing that they got lucky. The same guy that goes home later than everyone every day and you never see on camera.
Yamaha made strides against Honda? If they think that they are fooling themselves. Dovi straight up beating Stoner? Never happen. Lorenzo, maybe, but he better not get delusional at this point or he will just make it harder on himself. At this level it seems a strange kind of mind game whereby you celebrate your good fortune claiming it as superiority, whilst fooling only yourself. It's dangerously hollow and the last guy you want to do that against is Stoner.
just the point i've been
just the point i've been making...well said!!!
The post-race interview
was interesting. Dovi was, quite rightly, elated to have put one on his illustrious team mate on the last lap, and was clearly buzzing with enthusiasm and confidence. Then Stoner spoke next, saying how disappointed he was and how slow he had to go at the end etc etc. From my late night recollection, Dovi's reaction was priceless. He's either thinking what a jerk Stoner is, or he's coming down to earth with a thud (or both). Regardless, he's doing a good job this year, and it only requires another twist in the plot for him to be a real contender. Has happened before...
Considering that Stoner's worst race lap was still better than Pedrosa's best race lap (incidentally, Pedrosa ran the 6th fastest lap of the race), I'm inclined to think that this is much ado about nothing. Whatever difference to the race the tire pressure drama made, IMO it couldn't have been a very big difference if every lap Stoner ran was still better than the best laps of 11 riders in the field.
Besides, who knows? If he had started with different tire pressure, it doesn't mean he would have done better.
Just look at the post race test
geddyt replied on Tue, 2011-07-05 02:32
Stoner: 1:48.034
Dovizioso: 1:48.694
Post-race test
Stoner: 1:47.326 (holy crap!!)
Dovizioso: 1:48.061 (+.735!!)
some more proof where stoner
dudulalah replied on Tue, 2011-07-05 17:51
some more proof where stoner would have ended that disappointing race if not for the tire issues!!!
Right... those are all times
Right... those are all times that he got for one lap bud--not times that he got for 23 laps in a row. Running 23 laps in a row is a little different than running one lap, and running one lap faster than everyone else is not necessarily indicative that you will run 23 that way.
Rossi's subtle dig on the GP12
While watching the post race interviews on MotoGP.com, I was surprised to hear Rossi let the cat out of the bag. Did anyone else catch that?
There's been a lot of discussion about the long stroke motor fixing the front end problems, and next year is going to be a lot better. Rossi subtly put the kibosh on that notion and called out his factory in the process. Here's a rough transcription:
"With the 1000 I was quite fast, but not enough for, uh, for win. Eh... so it mean that we have to fix the problem that this bike have. So for this reason is good to use the bike from now and try to understand for work also on the next year."
That's pretty unambiguous. Although we don't know Rossi's times from the Mugello test, he certainly does. And he's saying even on the 1000 he wasn't winning this race. In fact, from how down about it he seemed, I'm guessing it might not have been that close, either.
Seems the boys in red have some serious work to do...
I read somewhere else on here that Ducati claimed the 1000cc engine should be worth about 0.5s each lap. So it is likely that other manufacturers should gain at least 0.2-.3sec lap or more when they go to the 1000. Yet Rossi says here (and I read it somewhere else too) that his times on the 1000cc wouldn't have been good enough to win yesterday's race. So him on the 1000cc GP12 can't even beat the top 800cc guys. So unless they have some break through, I see them at least 0.5sec off the pace next year.
Yep also read that, serious
Yep also read that, serious work to do at Ducati.
Though it is worth noting that the race time this year was some 40 seconds quicker than last years race, what this does highlight is that even factoring in the new tarmac Rossi was around 20 seconds quicker this year than the no.1 duke was last year but still miles behind.
You have to wonder how much longer Ducati can afford to waste on the cf frame, 2.5 years and they still haven't sussed it out.
Can Ducati afford to go into next year in the same boat?? Not if they want Rossi to stay and have any chance of having a competitive rider, once that happens they will spiral into obscurity the way suzuki has,no top rider to showcase the bikes abilities no results even when it may be relatively good to attract a top rider..Ducati really need to have a serious think about what they are doing sooner rather than later.
Casey's comments do make you think about the races where the other top riders struggle but just say we just weren't strong enough today..
And again brilliant ride from Lorenzo.
I'll agree with your last two short paragraghs Hugelean
Nostrodamus replied on Tue, 2011-07-05 17:46
Stoners tyre woes have been well overblown here, and should not detract in any way from a brilliant ride by Lorenzo. The thing with racers and losing is there is always a reason why, and whilst I empathsise with Stoner due to the fact he knew exactly what his issue was and had enunciated his thoughts to his team post warm up, who's to say Lorenzo also didn't have a small issue of some description to deal with? Winners normally just say "my bike was brilliant today" and leave it there. Over and above which perhaps a slight pressure drop for Stoner wouldn't have changed his spinning up at all? Some talk as if a Stoner win was a fait au complit if he had the PSI he wanted - please.... As for the genius' who state that Stoner should've been able to deal with the spinning rear since he's supposedly got the best throttle hand in the business. Errr steering the rear deliberately to turn the motorcycle is one thing, scrabbling for grip you'll never find because of the tyre condition is another all together.
All speculation, like saying the sixth place rider this year would've won last year at that pace. Pointless comparison ignoring so many variables I cannot be bothered listing them.
Overblown
jvd replied on Wed, 2011-07-06 22:15
Agree with you Nostrodamus, overblown (Kiwis are always spot on: have I got that right?), but some interesting observations along the way.
If I can make one tiny comment. The "reason why" - reason IS why - my old school teacher use to say why is a wheelbarrow word, carted around unneccessarily.
BTW your insightful posts are one of the reasons I subed to MM.
Thanks JVD
Nostrodamus replied on Thu, 2011-07-07 07:40
Very kind of you to say, although there are many extremely insightful posters on this site - least not the site creator Mr Emmett, which is why I'll be signing up once he answers my e-mail from pre Assen (Extremely busy man these last two weeks I know, so just a small dig!).
Grammatical point clearly stated & taken on board. I doubt that we Kiwi's are always spot-on but perhaps we're a little closer to our trans Tasman cousins with our bluntness than we care to admit!
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The 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade – 2015
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Natalie Bourn
A sneak peek at my life.
Magic Brought to Life With Broadway Sacramento’s Aladdin
Disney’s hit Broadway musical, Aladdin, is finally at the Sacramento Community Center Theater until June 2nd and you have to check it out! This Broadway on Tour show is probably one the best by far and I am super grateful I had the opportunity to see it with the Broadway Sacramento Ambassadors.
This musical has stunning sets and props, beautiful costumes, numerous special effects, and let’s not forget the 21 high-energy musical numbers full of dancing. I was blown away by how smoothly the show ran and how magical it felt to watch it in person!
Broadway’s Aladdin features all the songs fans love from the original 1992 film, but also new songs and characters. Although the production misses out on a chance for Abu, they make up for it with Aladdin’s band of hilarious thieving friends. The genie has always been my favorite character and James Monroe Iglehart portrays this character perfectly! The actors playing Jasmine, Jafar, Lago, Aladdin himself, and Genie all performed phenomenally to bring this show to life.
“NO WAY!” Facts About the Magic Behind Broadway’s Aladdin
Gregg Barnes, the Tony Award winning costume designer for the production, did an incredible job designing over 71 unique lavish costumes just for this musical.
He got inspiration from belly dancers, Islamic architecture, modern wedding dresses, research of ancient Middle Eastern fashion, and even more sources.
In the Act 2 “Prince Ali” parade number, 19 actors change 4 times each in the span of a 3 ½ minute number! That’s an insane number of costumed for just one song.
In total, the show had to produce 350 costumes for their cast of 24 to wear.
There are about 210 total turbans in the entire show, and in “Prince Ali,” about 80 of them are used.
Also in this number, there are 47 different quick changes! I thought quick changes for dance shows were hard, but this takes it to another level.
“Everyone looks a little fatter at the beginning of the numbers; by the end, they’ve lost a little weight. It’s like a paper doll, each costume gets ripped off in one big ‘whoosh.’ They might also switch a turban or put on a piece of jewelry if there’s time (like 15 seconds).”
-Gregg Barnes
Jimmie Lee Smith, the stage production manager for Aladdin, has a huge job throughout the show. In ONLY the “Friend Like Me” number (my favorite), he gives over 150 cues (about 1 every 16 seconds)! The longest break he has during the entire show is only about 30 seconds and it’s during applause.
From fireworks and sparks and curtain drops to moving set pieces and lights, he handles what makes this show truly magical.
It took roughly 20 semi-trucks to haul over all of the props, costumes, sets, and supplies. No wonder the stage looks incredible!
Obviously, you can tell I adored this show! If I could, I would see it again… maybe twice, just because it’s such a spectacular production of Aladdin. There was never a dull scene or weird moment, rather it brought the audience into a “Whole New World” of Broadway’s magic touch.
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Somalia: Dadaab Youth Statement on the Murder of the Slain Minister, Abas Siraji (05.05.2017)
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Kenya: GoK Statement on the court rule concerning Dadaab Refugee Camp (09.02.2017)
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Amid dwindling donor support, one million displaced Somali refugees grow hopeless, UN agency warns (11.01.2017)
The Somali refugee crisis is one of the longest-running in the world, with people who have been displaced for more than 20 years.
NEW YORK, United States of America, January 11, 2017 – More than one million Somali refugees who have been displaced from their homes for decades are becoming despondent as they continue to be unable to return home and donor support is growing fatigued, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
“There is a growing sense of helplessness in the camps because people are feeling forgotten,” said Mohamed Abdi Affey, the Special Envoy to the Somali refugee situation for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The Somali refugee crisis is one of the longest-running in the world, with people who have been displaced for more than 20 years. Some one million live in camps throughout the Horn of Africa, while an additional 1.1 million are displaced within Somalia.
“There has been some real progress in Somalia over the past few months, including the successful organization of elections inside the country,” acknowledged the Special Envoy. “What’s needed now is to build up infrastructures across the country so refugees do not suffer when they go back.”
UNHCR is backing a regional summit, led by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Eastern Africa, which will take place in March to determine lasting solutions for Somali refugees. A proposed regional response would provide continued protection to 262,000 Somali refugees in a camp in Kenya that has been hosting people for more than 20 years. When a decision was made last year to close the camp, UNHCR lobbied the government with a new plan of action and successfully delayed its closure.
“Nobody wants to be a refugee forever. A regional solution is the most viable solution for the Somali situation,” said Mr. Affey.
Mr. Affey, who previously served as the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister in Kenya, spoke in Geneva yesterday following a visit to Somalia and to refugee camps in Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda, where 905,060 Somalis live – some since the 1990s. He also visited Yemen last month, where refugees face increasingly desperate conditions in a country torn apart by war.
Because of emergencies elsewhere – particularly in Syria and South Sudan – donors have been unable to continue their support.
“Meanwhile, hunger is growing; meanwhile, frustration is growing; meanwhile, desperation is setting in and people are becoming angry,” reported the Special Envoy.
In addition to dwindling food rations, Mr. Affey said that the ongoing drought in East Africa has led to further complications, including limited access to education and skills training, especially for young people.
“Refugees should be skilled enough, trained to prepare them for an eventual return so that they can participate in the reconstruction of their country. So that they don’t go back after 30 years without skills – within the camps we must create these conditions and possibilities.”
UNHCR began supporting the voluntary return of Somali refugees from Kenya in 2014. Since then, a total of 39,316 have returned. However, Mr. Affey noted that security and socio-economic conditions in many parts of Somalia are not yet where they need to be in order to support large-scale returns. He appealed to the international community to strengthen efforts to build stability in a country that has suffered under more than two decades of armed conflict.
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‘Dangerous funding gap’ may lead to more cuts in food rations for refugees in Kenya – UN (08.12.2016)
Beginning this month, the UN agency was forced to reduce food ration by half for the refugees’ monthly entitlement, which will only last until the end of February if no further funding received.
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 8, 2016 -Forced to make a new round of cuts in food rations for refugees in Kenya, the World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed urgently for nearly $14 million to feed the 434,000 refugees living in Kenya’s Dadaab and Kakuma camps and in the new Kalobeyei settlement.
“We are appealing to donors to quickly come to the aid of the refugees, who rely on WFP food assistance for survival,” Annalisa Conte, WFP’s Representative and Country Director for Kenya, said in a news release.
WFP currently provides food relief to refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab and Kakuma camps, as well as the newly established Kalobeyei settlement. This assistance comes as cash transfers and food distributions. For those most vulnerable, the agency also offers specialized fortified foods to prevent malnutrition.
“WFP immediately requires $13.7 million to cover the food and cash needs for the refugees between December and April,” stressed Ms. Conte.
While cash transfers have not yet been cut, they are due to be exhausted by the end of January. If the agency is forced to discontinue the cash transfers, however, it will specifically affect 7,500 refugees in the recently launched Kalobeyei settlement, as the only form of food assistance they receive is cash.
“A generous and critically important $22 million shipment of food from the United States is en route to Dadaab and Kakuma and should be available for distribution by May,” Ms. Conte said, while warning: “But we have a dangerous gap in funding until then.”
She further reiterated that without an urgent response from other donors, WFP will completely run out of food for more than 400,000 people in Dadaab and Kakuma at the end of February.
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Our brave New World Order… Is too leave the ICC
“Why is UN not paying much attention to member states that are clearly sliding into turmoil and crisis and instead is majorly involved in the after effects of Humanitarian assistance. It doesn’t make sense. We can’t wait until it’s too.” – Francis Mwijukye [35th Inter Parliamentary Union- Geneva: High level United Nations Management committee Meeting on Development assistance, Humanitarian assistance, peace keeping operations and Mormative treaty related knowledge, 26.10.2016]
We are living in a brave new world where the world order is switching… its twists and turns, the morning dew disappears and the sun kisses the earth yet again. The last few days the world has changed. Because Nations and States have made decisions that matters; they are not only talking, but now they are acting on it.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) of The Hague is under fire. After Burundi, South Africa and Gambia are thinking of pulling out of the International Court that access the genocides and crimes against humanity.
With the escalated conflicts, the stories of lives doing whatever they can flee nations, this is happening from the internal conflict inside Burundi, Burundians refugees are now in Tanzania, Rwanda and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This because the President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to stay in power for a third term; when the Constitution of Burundi said the Executive only could have two!
The same with the internal fighting between SPLM/A VS. SPLM/A-IO in South Sudan; where there is battle of power between President Salva Kiir and former FVP Dr. Riek Machar. Because of the conflict in South Sudan the civilian refugees have fled to Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia. Now MONUSCO got SPLM/A-IO and Dr. Machar from the DRC to Khartoum earlier this year.
In Kenya this is happening: while the Somali Refugees are now being sent home from Kenya under the command of the government there. This happening while opposition in all of the countries mentioned has optionally torturing, arresting, detaining and even harassing them if needed be. The Kenyan Government using the fear of Al-Shabaab to send the refugees away and also hustle more donor-funding from the United States. That happens because the Jubilee apparently didn’t’ earn enough coins on NYS, Eurobonds or whatever scheme they had in play at the time.
In this New World order that is arranged while the Government are using their Security Organizations to silence opposition. While the Nation with the African Union (AU) Headquarters and are the leader of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Ethiopian Government even uses helicopters, artillery and soldiers to kill civilians in the regions of Amhara and Oromo people. This is a Nation who has soldiers in Peacekeeping mission all around the Continent, but using all kind of force to oppress their own.
So in this place and time with more totalitarian regimes, with more leaders not leaving offices and with less political freedom; the International Justice is winding down. The rule of law internationally right now is losing its power, while the United Nation’s negations and diplomatic missions like the Inter-Burundian Dialogue under former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mpaka hasn’t gone anywhere. While the dialogue between UN’s own Edem Kodjo hasn’t created anything resembling a General Election run by the CENI in the DRC. That is because President Joseph Kabila has no plan of leaving office without using force on his own. This is happening while the bloodshed continues in the Kivu’s, while the MONUSCO and FARDC watching it in silence. ADF-NALU and the Mayi-Mayi continues as well together with the Ex-FARDC Gen. Muhindo Akili Mundos has also blood on his hands. This is happening while the Rwandan State still can export high-grade minerals that they cannot even produce or has mines to extract on their soil. This has been happening since the first war in the late 1990s.
So the New World Order is more of the same… the same kind of violence, the other change is the new brave leaders who defy the International Order. They don’t want to follow it when they feel it is unfair. United Nations (UN) might be next or the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the World Health Organization (WHO). As they might respect the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the World Bank (World Bank) because they need their financial stability or the financial stimulus that backs the budgets and aspects the government needs to pay their elites, businesses and whatever it takes to keep the regimes a-float.
This is the grand issues… the human rights violations, killings and detentions… so the Presidents and their Administrations are now afraid of the ICC. They are worried that their actions be served by the Court and they have to answer for their crimes. Doesn’t matter if this court exists or not; the UN should put up Tribunals after the Internal Conflicts like they done in the past. Than it is not direct prosecutions or charges that the ICC has put on Executives or any in the inner-circle of ruling regimes as they know their using illegal forces to silence their people and citizens. Though the feelings from African Nations that they are feeling threaten by the ICC and their actions as they are not going-in on Europeans or Americans in general, while African Generals and Politicians are hand-picked.
I’m just waiting for the honourable nations of Morocco, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Togo, Guinea, and Equatorial Guinea, and so on… There are more that will make decisions to leave, as even Cote d’Ivoire might revoke their place.
There are fears on the horizon, the ICC is losing its standing, the international community better listen as the men who are greedy on power and resources take it in these days by any means and hope to get away with it, while their people suffer. The only differences at our time are that information is not forgotten or not told. It’s there for those who listen; time to consider and rethink the World Order and where we want to be. Peace.
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Dadaab, Kenya: Return of Refugees to Somalia in Current Conditions ‘Inhumane and Irresponsible’ (13.10.2016)
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 13, 2016 – As the announced closure of the world’s largest refugee camp draws closer, and thousands begin the return to war-ravaged Somalia,[1] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for other alternatives to be urgently considered by the Government of Kenya and the UNHCR, supported by donor countries.
In a report released today by MSF, ‘Dadaab to Somalia: Pushed Back Into Peril,’ more than eight out of ten refugees surveyed say they do not want to return, with the main concerns cited including fear of forced recruitment into armed groups, sexual violence and the non-availability of healthcare. [2]
In the report, MSF also highlights the severe medical consequences of such a massive return.
“It is clear that refugee camps are not the best way to manage a protracted 25-year crisis but closing them now without offering other durable solutions pushes them back to a conflict zone, where medical care is dangerously absent,” says Bruno Jochum, MSF General Director. “This decision is yet another blight on refugee protection globally, where again we see total failure in providing safe haven for people in danger. The UN itself has recently declared that five million are at risk of hunger inside Somalia. Sending back even more people to suffer is both inhumane and irresponsible.”
Somalia: an acute lack of medical care
In Dagahaley, one of the five camps which make up Dadaab, MSF medical teams have seen children arriving from Somalia having not been vaccinated against a range of preventable diseases, a telling indication of a health system torn apart by more than two decades of war where even basic care is barely existent. Pregnant women will have minimal care, putting their own lives and their unborn babies under threat. People with chronic medical conditions are also at risk – whether they are diabetics who need life-saving insulin, or people with hypertension who need ongoing treatment.
Additionally, mental health patients are in danger. In Dagahaley, 70% of MSF’s mental health patients are on medication. “If a patient with psychosis is forced to come off their medication, their cognitive function and behaviour development goes into reverse. Stuck in a country where mental health services are basically non-existent would put their lives in severe jeopardy,” says Liesbeth Aelbrecht, Head of Mission for MSF in Kenya.
A call to Kenya, the UNHCR and donor countries: other solutions urgently required
Eighty-six percent of surveyed refugees in Dagahaley do not want to go back to Somalia. Fears around insecurity were acute with nearly all – males and females – stating that the risk of sexual violence is high. MSF is therefore questioning the ‘voluntary’ nature of the returns that the UNHCR is helping facilitate.
“The fears that the refugees tell us about are real,” says Aelbrecht. “It is crucial that any return is voluntary, and refugees must have all necessary information about the services and conditions which will meet them in Somalia.”
MSF reiterates that setting up Dadaab style camps across the border is shifting responsibility and abandoning the protection of refugees. Other more durable solutions, such as smaller camps in Kenya, increased resettlement to third countries, or integration of refugees into Kenyan communities, should be urgently considered. Additionally, MSF appeals to the international community to share the responsibility with the Government of Kenya.
“It is unacceptable that – without any other solution being offered – thousands are essentially being pushed back into conflict and acute crisis: the very conditions they fled,” concludes Aelbrecht.”Kenya should not shoulder this burden alone. Funding from donor countries needs to be directed to providing sustained assistance in the country of refuge, not to supporting what will essentially be a forced return to a warzone.”
MSF does not accept any government funding for its project in Dadaab – all funding is provided by private donors.
MSF first started working in Dadaab in 1992 and is currently the only provider of medical care in Dagahaley camp. Staff are working in the 100-bed hospital in Dagahaley camp and at two health posts, providing outpatient and mental health consultations, surgery, and antenatal, HIV and TB care. Overall in 2015, teams carried out 182,351 outpatient consultations and admitted 11,560 patients to the hospital.
[1] Some 30,000 refugees have returned to Somalia since a tripartite agreement on voluntary repatriation between the Governments of Kenya and Somalia and the UNHCR was signed in November 2013. The majority of these – 24,000 – have left during the course of 2016.
[2] To understand the refugees’ concerns and needs, in July and August 2016 MSF conducted a series of discussions and interviews, and a household survey, with refugees in Dagahaley camp about their current situation and the prospect of a return to Somalia. Focus group discussions involved 75 people (42 male and 33 female) in Dagahaley camp. Interviews were carried out with 31 people including patients, MSF incentive workers and community members. The survey polled 838 heads of households (53% male and 47% female) in Dagahaley camp, with households totalling 5,470 individuals.
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Jubbaland authorities and UN agree to form joint committee on Dadaab camp returnees (19.09.2016)
KISMAAYO, 19 September 2016 – Jubbaland authorities, the United Nations and other key international partners have agreed to form a joint committee to address the humanitarian needs of returnees from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Peter de Clercq led a delegation consisting of representatives of UN agencies, the World Bank and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who met today with Jubbaland’s second deputy President Abdulkadir Haji Mohamud-Luga Dhere to discuss the reintegration of returnees. The meeting also addressed durable solutions for internally displaced persons living in Kismaayo town.
“We just spent a very important mission here, to discuss with the Jubbaland authorities the return and reintegration of refugees from Dadaab, but at the same time, also durable solutions that include the internally displaced persons, as well as the host communities that have to bear the burden of these big challenges that are coming at them. We have had very good discussions, we will have continued co-operation.We will have a coordination committee that will be based here in Kismaayo, where we will discuss concrete programmes that we will go to the donors with, to increase our co-operation with Jubbaland authorities, to increase activities around the reintegration of displaced persons and of refugees,” said Mr. de Clercq.
The Jubbaland second deputy President expressed satisfaction with the talks, which he said also discussed the initiation of development projects in Jubbaland.
“We are very pleased with the outcome of our discussions. I thank the United Nations for their assistance to the people of Jubbaland. I welcome any other organizations working on humanitarian aid in Jubbaland region to work with us. Jubbaland is ready to develop its people and to improve on the security situation, develop policies that impact positively on our people,” Mr. Dhere stated.
Earlier, Mr. de Clercq handed over two vehicles to the Jubbaland Minister of Justice, Constitution and Religious Affairs, Mr. Adan Ibrahim Aw-Hersi, that were donated by the United Nations Development Programme.
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Filed under: Interviews,Irish Music,Musical Rooms Series — by Sinéad Gleeson @ 4:07 pm
Tags: Depth of Field, Neil O'Connor, skinny wolves, Somadrone
My favorite space to create music in is in my room in San Francisco, on 14th St. The building I live in was uprooted and moved from a place called Dolores Park after the great earthquake of 1906. It’s quite small, but that’s fine – I crawl around among the wires like an ant. I have a lot of light, natural daylight. There are three bay windows, so I watch the sunrise in the east and set in the west, like at home, only eight hours later. It smells of an old gold rush San Francisco. The front door has a leaver at the top of the stairs that opens the door. This is quiet common in SF. It was built for the lazy, or for shooting the sheriff if he were to ever rap upon your door.
Most of my musical arsenal is still in Ireland (although I had to sell a lot of it to fund this self-indulgent trip). Having said that, new instruments bring new sounds, new ideas. I currently work with the following gear:
1. Moog Opus III
2. Moog Sonic Six
3. Vox Continental Organ
4. Matel Synsonics Drum Machine
5. WEM Tape Echo
6. SP-404 Sampler
7. Fostex 80 ¼ 8 Track Reel to Reel recorder
8. Other Bits and Bobs
9. Old Reliable – My Fender Jazzmaster
10. Laptop
11. A broken Oscillator
12. A Electromyometer (its measures sound waves made by skeletal movements)
13. Lots of vintage lamps (on loan)
The most important thing for me to have in that space is my ever fluctuating musical thought. I have to strike a machine up to get it going, but when it does it can go either way; really great, or absolutely terrible. I have to catch it when it’s in a good mood. I swim a lot so that helps wash out the cobwebs and demons that lurk beneath. Walking helps too. If it were a physical thing, I guess it would be my guitar. It often acts a starting point, so it’s good to always close to the source. Sunlight; a foreign concept of an Irish expat. Abstraction.
I spend 90% of my time here. I have always been a bedroom dweller. I think Brian Wilson put it best, in ‘In My Room’ when he said, “There’s a world where I can go and tell my secrets to”. It becomes bit of a vortex also; It served as a prison when I was finishing up my PhD last October. I lecture at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco, so I work a lot at home. I usually work during the day, and write and record at night, weekends also. I found a new place for the weekends though. I am a member of the SF Photo Center, and every Saturday I go and print and develop photos. I am going to be part of a catalogue they are releasing next year. Being in a darkroom is the most peaceful place in the world. I find it very therapeutic. I read a lot here too, usually when I am bouncing down files, or just looking for route of reference.
Isolation is probably the most important element in creativity. Since I moved here, knowing relatively little people, it’s forced, rather than by choice. I miss my family and friends, as they were obviously an important part of my formal influence. I am more focused when I work alone, wandering around the shallows of my ego. I do miss a second opinion and set of ears every once in awhile. Quality control comes in and out of question.
When it comes to starting a piece, modes and moods is what it boils down to for me. Left hemisphere brings the logical, sequential and rational. Right side, right time: Intuitive, Random, a bit of both perhaps. I watch a lot of films. Music is transitory, where as film grabs a hold of you. Not to say that sound does not, it just operates differently. Observations, reflections and experiences; lots of new ones over here. I have been using ‘cut-up’s lately (as done by William Burroughs and David Bowie) to help me generate lyrics. Musically, its very organic, no real plan or goal in mind. Sometimes using Brain Eno’s ‘Oblique Strategies’ is fun. They are a pack of cards he and an artist called Peter Schmidt invented. They are essentially a deck of cards, with different sayings like ‘Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance’. Sounds like a load of jargon, but it can work.
I like various things about this space:
Situation: It’s in a new city that brings new experiences and situations. All that happens day-to-day is documented in this place, through thought, writing and sound.
Light: Three bay windows overlooking 14th St bring an insane amount of light, which brings lighter moods. Sunsets are very inspiring here, especially when I am sitting at my desk watching it happen.
Coffee: Downstairs coffee shop, great cakes too. They make a mean carrot cake. Something like this is not only inspiring, but filling too.
Somadrone is Irish composer, musician and film-maker Neil O Connor, now based in San Francisco, California. His current album, Depth of Field, is a follow up to 2007’s Of Pattern and Purpose and 2005’s Fuzzing Away to a Whisper, released on Trust Me I’m a Thief Records. Depth of Field was recorded in Dublin, Germany, Sweden, France and San Francisco, California and is “a totally new sound for Somadrone; a minimalist inspired electronic pop songbook, somewhere between Ennio Morricone, Jim O Rourke and Air. Depth of Field is out on Skinny Wolves Records. For more information visit www.iamsomadrone.com.
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Milford-Ronald J. Meehan, 75, of Milford, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He was the husband of Kathleen M. (Romiglio) Meehan of Milford. Ronnie was born in Medford, MA the son of the late John F. and Aldine M. (Arsenault) Meehan Sr.
He is a 1962 graduate of Malden Catholic High School and a Vietnam Era Veteran. Ronnie served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He retired in 1996 as a Petty Officer 1stClass with 30 + years of service both active duty and reserve duty. He is a former Chatham Police Officer and a retired Field Supervisor for the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association. He and Kathleen owned and operated the Ocean Breeze Cruise Agency of Milford.
He was a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators, National Fire Protection Association and the Arson Watch Reward Program. He was a member of the American Legion, Fleet Reserve Association and the Fire Chief’s Association of Massachusetts.
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In addition to his wife Kathleen he is survived by his children: Sean M. Meehan, Laureen Groehl and husband Todd and Melissa DiGiallonardo and her husband Giuseppe all of Milford. He was the grandfather of Anthony, Michela and Brendan. He is the brother of Richard “Dick” Meehan and his wife Marie of West Yarmouth and brother in-law of Marylee Meehan of West Yarmouth and James and Yvonne Romiglio of Milford. He was also survived by many loving nieces, nephews relatives and friends. He was the brother of the late John F. Meehan Jr.
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Evaluation can be daunting and it’s often not as fun as the rest of the project, but it’s an important step to demonstrate project impact and value to your community, your organization and to funders, both current and future.
Use the 4 Steps to an Evaluation Plan from NEO to make evaluation planning easier.
Step 1: Community Assessment helps you gauge the information and programming needs of your community. You can survey your community yourself or find community health assessments or plans from other sources to help you support the priorities of your project.
County Health Rankings: Provide a snapshot of how where people live, learn, work and play influences health. They provide a starting point for change in communities.
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA): CHNA is required for all tax-exempt hospitals and must take input from “persons who represent the broad interests of the community served by the hospital facility, including those with special knowledge of or expertise in public health.”
You can find local health data and health improvement plans by searching your location + community health data. For example, here’s the Building a Healthy Community information for Worcester, MA.
Healthy People 2020: Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Healthy People also gives you access to health data for HP2020 objectives, including on the national and state levels and on health disparities.
Step 2: Make a Logic Model-Logic models help you plan and clarify visually how your activities and outcomes are linked to make your project successful.
Learn more about creating a logic model and how they can help your program be successful.
Download a Logic Model Worksheet to get started.
Step 3: Develop Measurable Objectives for Your Outcomes-Learn the difference between Goals (specific results from the project) and Objectives (specific steps that lead to the success of the project goals).
Set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) objectives.
Learn more about SMART Objectives from SAMHSA
Step 4: Create an Evaluation Plan-Write plans that will evaluate the process you outlined in your logic model in Step 2 and your outcomes from Step 3.
Download a Process Evaluation Worksheet.
Download an Outcome Objective Worksheet.
For more information on program evaluation, download Evaluation guides for Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects from NEO.
And access NNLM’s On Demand EvalBasics classes to learn more.
Yale University Librarians on Serving Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, NNLM NER hosted two Yale University librarians in a webinar addressing the health information needs of nursing and allied health care professionals. The webinar was part of our NER Hospital Librarians series.
This educational series provides professional development opportunities for hospital librarians in the New England Region. Topics are determined by our Hospital Libraries Advisory Group. Previous webinars include: Advanced MeSH; Business of Healthcare; DOCLINE Update; Dietary Supplement Label Database; Librarians Supporting Nursing Education and Scholarship; LinkOut for Libraries and What is RA21. Webinars are scheduled for one hour and are recorded for future viewing.
Each webinar highlights a topic of concern to hospital librarians. In December, the focus was on answering nursing and allied health care questions using National Library of Medicine resources. Hospital librarians in New England are reporting steady, or increasing, requests for assistance from nurses and allied health care professionals. For this webinar, we contacted Janene Batten, well-known in the New England Region for her work with nurses, and her colleague Alexandria Brackett. As a clinical librarian, Alexandria brings valuable insights for our target audience.
The webinar began with introduction of a case study. Janene and Alexandria demonstrated the use of National Library of Medicine resources with time-saving search strategies. Cognizant of the upcoming “new” PubMed, both librarians incorporated relevant screenshots and searching tips for managing the transition away from Legacy PubMed. The webinar covered using MedlinePlus and the LactMed database as well.
Webinar attendees gave high marks to Janene Batten and Alexandria Brackett:
Instructors were both well prepared and switched sections with each other smoothly.
I appreciated the opportunities throughout the session to ask questions.
Very well prepared instructors; flow of presentation extremely easy to follow!
The instructors were thorough, but didn’t waste time. A good balance.
Both were knowledgeable, excellent speakers. The topic and examples flowed well.
Good job. I’m glad I attended.
Liked the scenario idea and how to use the resources to find relevant info.
Recording Available on YouTube
If you did not attend the live webinar, or if you want to review search strategies, the recording is available on the National Network of Libraries of Medicine YouTube channel. Or, play below!
Health Education And Literacy – The HEAL Project
This week’s blog post was written by Dr. Traci Alberti, the Co-PI of an NER Year 4 Grant Funded Project – “Health Literacy and Health Information Resource Education in the Lawrence, Massachusetts Community.”
Limitations in health literacy are associated with ineffective care, poor compliance, increased use of health services, worse health status and even death. Nearly 77 million Americans experience limited health literacy, with greater proportions among Latino populations.
Utilizing NNLM funds, Co-investigators Dr. Traci Alberti, Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor, and Catherine Wong, Health Science Librarian, both from Merrimack College, have partnered with the Merrimack Valley Area Health Education Center (MV-AHEC) and the Notre Dame Education Center-Lawrence (NDEC-L) to provide health literacy and health information resource education for English as Second Language Adult Learners in the Lawrence, Massachusetts community.
The Notre Dame Education Center- Lawrence provides free educational opportunities for community members that include English as second language classes and work skills classes. Adult community students taking English classes at NDEC-L participated in Health Education And Literacy (HEAL) classes and a MedlinePlus consumer health information workshop during the fall, 2019 semester. HEAL is an established national health literacy program developed by Literacy for Life, which is based out of the School of Education at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. The 8 week curriculum is designed for English as second language learners and covers education around basic health and nutrition knowledge, emergency recognition, pharmacy and medication safety and access to healthcare. A MedlinePlus consumer health information workshop was also taught by Ms. Wong, a Health Science Librarian. The health information workshop taught the adult learners how to access MedlinePlus from their mobile phones, utilize language options, sign-up for email notifications and how to use this resource to access information on health and wellness topics of their choosing.
Based on post-program survey data, HEAL participants significantly improved their knowledge on health information, nutrition, healthcare access, and confidence in speaking with healthcare providers. Participants also reported learning new health information resources and skills with plans to utilize these resources in the future.
The program will run again during the spring, 2020 semester. Plans for program expansion and sustainability within the community partners is currently underway.
A New Year’s Resolution
Another year is coming upon us and so is another year of New Year’s resolutions. What will it be this year? A popular resolution is to exercise. So this begs the question how much exercise? The answer can be found in MedlinePlus. Most adults should work out between 2 to 5 hours a week. At minimum, most adults need at least 150 minutes or about two and a half hours of moderate exercise per week or 75 minutes of high intensity physical activity per week. A rule of thumb moderate exercise means you can speak in sentences but probably cannot sing, whereas vigorous intensity you won’t be able to say more than a few words without stopping for a breath. In addition, to maintain muscle and bone strength, adults should engage in strengthening activities twice a week, such as pushups, sit-ups, lifting weights or exercise bands. The strengthening exercises should be repeated 8-12 times per session.
Kids need their exercise too. For preschool age children between the ages of 3 and 5, should be physically active throughout the day and should get a mix of structured play, such as a sport or a game, and unstructured play, such as at a playground. Children and teens, should strive for 60 minutes of physical activity every day. This activity can take many forms such as walking, running, biking, hiking, skiing, swimming, playing basketball, dancing.
If you are like me you may be asking where am I going to find the time for two and a half hours of exercise or laughing it off as what a luxury. But there is hope. Start slowly, and combine exercise with daily activities, such as walking to the store by parking farther away from the entrance or taking the stairs instead of the elevator, maybe dance as you are mopping. My favorite is combining family time on weekends with hiking/ walking the dog.. The family is together, exercising but really it is a scavenger hunt to find whatever leaf, flower, or animal we can find. Sometimes we even combine our hikes with a citizen science project, some great ideas are available at: NatureGroupie.org or CitizenSceince.gov. The dog, kids and I try to identify tracks and other signs of birds or animals and then use a cell phone to take a picture an upload the data. We get some exercise both moderate and vigorous, and we come away with pictures, memories, and a healthier heart.
NNLM NER Funding Applications Now Open
The NNLM NER is happy to announce that Request for Proposals (RFPs) for funding in the upcoming year (2020-2021) have been posted and we are accepting applications. Awarded projects will start May 1, 2020 and run through April 30, 2021.
Please review the information found on our Funding Opportunities page (https://nnlm.gov/ner/funding). You will find the specific RFPs under each award type. Applications will be due March 20th, 2020. We have a new online application system. Please review the directions for submitting an application carefully.
We will be hosting webinar on January 14th at 1pm to go over funding and the application process. If you would like the information but cannot attend, please register anyway. A recoding will be sent to all registrants. https://nnlm.gov/class/ner-2020-2021-funding-webinar/20661
Please just let us know if you have any concerns about the award categories, your application, the submission process, or the deadline. We are also happy to review any drafts or answer questions at anytime about anything related to your project or applications.
Thank you, and we look forward to your projects!
Graphic Medicine for Kids and Teens
Graphic Medicine is comic books and graphic novels that cover topics of health and wellness. The visual format makes the information easier to understand and digest. By reading a personal, non-fiction story, we can learn about issues we may not have experienced ourselves. These stories can also help us feel less alone in our own lives.
People who aren’t familiar with graphic medicine often assume that it’s mainly a tool for health communication with kids and teens. When mainstream audiences think about comics and graphic novels, they picture the comics they read as kids (superheroes, romance, teen drama), and may not be aware of the large variety of fiction and non-fiction works written for adults. In fact, a lot of graphic medicine works are primarily focused on communicating with adults with language and illustrations not designed for young audiences. This isn’t as simple as “adult content”, but also references that may go over younger readers heads or don’t resonate with them.
Here are a few examples of graphic medicine works that were written specifically with kids and young adults in mind.
For Kids:
Many of the books by Raina Telgemeier have health and wellness themes including Smile, Sisters, and Guts, autobiographical works dealing with dental issues, sibling rivalry, and “tummy troubles” caused by anxiety. Ghosts and The Truth About Stacey, fiction by Telgemeier, deal with cystic fibrosis, sibling relationships and diabetes.
El Deafo by Cece Bell uses animal characters to illustrate the author’s childhood experiences being deaf and having to use the Phonic Ear (a bulky hearing aid).
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm and its sequels follow Sunny as she deals with changing family relationships, sibling substance use and growing up.
For Teens:
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka tells the autobiographical story of Krosoczka’s experience being raised by his grandparents and his mother’s substance use.
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh started as a webcomic and blog where Brosh talked about everything from funny childhood stories to illustrating and explaining how her depression manifests in her life and how she deals with it. Although not written with teens in mind, several of Brosh’s works have become internet memes and may be recognizable to a teen audience.
What Does Consent Really Mean? and coming in September, 2020, a companion book for parents, teachers and others on talking to young people about consent and other related topics, Conversations about Consent: A Resource Book for Professionals and Parents.
These are just a few examples of graphic novels with health themes written for young people, but many graphic novels for kids and young adults deal with growing up, interpersonal relationships and other mental and physical health issues. Your local library probably has titles already in their children and teen collection that they may not have thought of as graphic medicine or for communicate health issues with kids.
Learn more about Graphic Medicine, including lesson plans for grades 7-10, by visiting the NLM’s website for the traveling exhibit Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived, Well-Drawn. Or request a Graphic Medicine Book Club Kit for your library, school or community group to try.
Call for Proposals: 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Logo by Cathy Leamy
Hey New England, do you have something to say about graphic medicine? Are you a librarian with a unique approach to integrating graphic medicine into your collections and outreach? Are you a creator with a unique approach to creation and dissemination? Are you a researcher with insights into how graphic medicine can be used for outreach and communication?
NNLM NER is excited to announce our support for the 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference organized by the MCPHS Center of Health Humanities and supported by MCPHS University Libraries, the School of Healthcare Business, and the School of Professional Studies. We had a blast and learned a lot in Worcester in April for the 2019 New England Graphic Medicine event and it’s time to do it again on the MCPHS Boston Campus in March, 2020.
Call for proposals is now open for the 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference and the planners want to hear from you. Find full details and submission requirements here. Deadline to submit is January 10, 2020.
Get your conference proposals in and stay tuned for more information for attendees. We hope to see you in Boston in March!
Rural America: Impact of Disability on Poverty and Health
On Nov 14, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the annual “Rural America at a Glance” report. The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) issues this 6-page report. The ERS studies Rural Poverty and Well-being with a focus on the economic, social, spatial, temporal and demographic factors that affect the poverty status of rural residents.
In 2018, the ERS looked at the intersection of race/ethnicity and rural poverty. This year’s report looks at the intersection of disability and rural poverty. While employment is growing nationwide, there are low labor force participation rates in isolated rural counties. The population in these counties are older, less educated and are more likely to be disabled. This graph shows the distinct differences of disability in urban (metro) areas and rural areas.
According to ERS definitions, micropolitan counties are rural areas located near urban clusters of 10,000-49,999 persons. Noncore counties are more isolated and do not enjoy the benefits of nearby urban communities.
The 2013 American Community Survey estimated that 15.1% of the rural population have disabilities. As a result, these rural residents may not have adequate, reliable transportation. Not only does this impact employment and educational opportunities, but also access to specialized healthcare.
In a recent NNLM webinar, participants identified transportation as impacting health outcomes above lack of broadband, insurance and providers. If transportation is a concern in your area, please see the Rural Health Information Hub’s Transportation to Support Rural Health Care topic guide.
This guide includes information such as:
States are required to cover non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) to Medicaid beneficiaries who need transportation in order to access medically needed services.
Rural transportation providers who provide a fixed-route service are required to comply with ADA and be accessible. They must provide ADA complementary paratransit service for those individuals with disabilities who cannot use fixed-route service.
View Recording, Do Assignment and Earn 2 MLA CEs
On National Rural Health Day, we hosted a webinar entitled “From the Mountains to the Sea: Rural Health Issues and Resources.” Anyone interested in this topic may watch the recording and contact me for the assignment. Please email margot.malachowski@umassmed.edu. NOTE: there is a 10-second delay in the audio for this recording.
The assignment is due on January 7, 2020.
NER Funded Grant Project – HPV Educational Interventions in American Indian Populations
The following blog post is about a current NER-funded grant project. The post was written by the Team Maureen organization, Dr. Allesandro Villa, Lisa Bennett Johnson and Kelly Welch.
No one should die of an HPV-related cancer. Dr. Alessandro Villa from the Division of Oral Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Team Maureen, a nonprofit dedicated to ending cervical cancer by educating about HPV, have utilized NNLM funds this year to work toward that auspicious goal. Together, they are conducting HPV-related cancer education among health care providers working with American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) populations across the US with the long-term goal of decreasing the disease burden and mortality rates from preventable HPV-related cancers.
Based on information from an assessment done by Dr. Andria Apostolou of the Indian Health Service, it was clear that oral health care providers serving AI/AN populations were lacking important training and information on HPV and were also receptive to increasing their role in HPV prevention. Team Maureen and Dr. Villa, who have worked together on numerous other oral HPV related projects, combined efforts to meet these needs in partnership with the Indian Health Service’s Division of Oral Health.
The program, HPV Educational Interventions in American Indian Populations, is working to engage with Tribal oral health providers and connect them to high quality resources and materials about HPV. One of these resources was a custom-made Oral HPV Toolkit, adapted by Team Maureen to be specific to the AI/AN population and their health care system. A key component of the Toolkit highlights the resources of NNLM including PubMed, Medline and MedlinePlus, where providers can find quality information for themselves, and for their patients.
Both the Toolkit and NNLM reference materials were presented during the key note at the Dental Updates conference in June 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over 150 providers attended the key note presentation delivered by Dr. Villa. Team Maureen hosted an educational table where attendees could ask questions and receive additional resources, including a physical copy of the newly adapted Toolkit and NNLM reference sheet.
Based on post-program survey data, most of the providers who attended the program significantly improved their knowledge about HPV related cancers and current HPV immunization guidelines. The providers look forward to educating their patients about cancer prevention and the importance of the HPV vaccine.
Although efforts will continue on this project throughout the year, recent accomplishments and highlights to date will be presented by Indian Health Service’s Nathan Mork, DDS at the 7th Annual HPV-Related Cancer Summit on December 6th in Marlborough, MA. Registration is open to all medical and dental providers at www.tinyurl.com/HPVSummit2019.
For more information about the Team Maureen organization, visit their website https://teammaureen.org/
Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science and Edit-a-Thons
Thank you to all who participated in the Fall 2019 #citeNLM virtual edit-a-thon. In the November crowdsourcing campaign, over 548 articles were edited, over 47 thousand words added, all by 108 editors. To see the amazing work everyone did, check out the #citeNLM Program Dashboard to see statistics on the event.
In addition, if you get the opportunity, try to attend next year’s WikiConference North America either online or in person. This year, the conference was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The theme was reliability/credibility. There were many great information sessions, posters, meet-ups, open hacking and brainstorming sessions. Many of the sessions were live streamed and recordings are available. It is a great conference for both experienced and novice Wikipedians.
Wikipedia’s health topics pages are visited nearly 7 billion times a year, making it possibly the world’s most visited health information resource. All of us working together, or crowdsourcing, improves Wikipedia’s credibility, reliability, and content. The amazing power of becoming an editor is editing can be done anytime. If you have specialized knowledge of a topic, see an error or notice missing or incorrect information, or references missing, editors can review, add and correct information at any time. The more people reviewing the content the more reliable it will become.
If you did not get a chance to participate in the latest #citeNLM campaign, it is not too late to become a Wikipedian. There is information about how to become an editor, online training and a guide for organizers for hosting your own edit-a-thon at nnlm.gov and be sure to join us in the Spring for our next #citeNLM
The role of Wikipedia and the importance of edit-a-thons
How to become a Wikipedia editor
Citing NLM resources and best practices for editing articles on medical and health topics
Hosting your own event using the #citeNLM Guide for Organizers
Congratulations everyone for your hard work and thank you again for your help making Wikipedia a credible, reliable resource.
Fur-get the Stress
The Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has started a program called “Fur-get the stress”. There are games, coloring, museum passes, and other activities, but the main highlight is a therapy dog that comes in every other week. Finn (short for Finnegan) is the dog that visits the library. He is a 2 ½ year old labradoodle (a lab, poodle mix). The students and the staff love him.
Lots of schools have started trying to find ways to increase student wellness. This seems especially important in high pressure, intense places like medical school. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that approximately 50% of students experienced burnout, a state defined by emotional exhaustion associated with work-related stress, feelings of detachment toward patients, and a low sense of personal accomplishment. The American Medical Association published the article Medical school burnout: How to take care of yourself which talks about the reasons for and strategies to overcome the immense pressure and burnout that occurs. One place that many schools and students have not looked for relief is from the library. But many libraries are now putting on programming and advocating for student wellness.
At the Columbia University Medical Center, a weekly visit from a dog can bring 20-100 students, most who “end the encounter feeling lighter, happier, and more relaxed.” The library at Harvard Medical School has regularly brought in therapy dogs for many years and continues to grow its program in response to demand. The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library on the Medical Campus of Yale University found the library had “the opportunity to reinvent itself not only as a place to study and socialize but also a place that provides opportunities for relaxation and stress reduction through opportunities such as a therapy dog program.”
There is a growing body of research literature that has been produced that supports the use of therapy animals in the treatment of a number of conditions. There is the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) term of Animal Assisted Therapy. A search of articles with with Animal Assisted Therapy as a MeSH term brings up 538 results. MedlinePlus directs searchers to a resource from the Mayo Clinic about the use and benefits of Pet Therapy. A February 2018 article from the NIH News in Health titled The Power of Pets details the health benefits of Human-Animal Interactions.
Ultimately, the way libraries are interacting with students is changing. The library has always been a safe place that provided students with information and services that they needed. With the changing nature of what students need, it is a good time for libraries to re-evaluate what types of information and services can be provided. It might be wellness activities, help with research and projects, or just a quiet place to escape or study. Libraries will continue to play an important role in student’s lives.
A version of this blog post was originally posted on NNLM NER Associate Director Martha Meacham’s blog, here.
A Librarian Can Address Substance Use Disorder
This is conference session for my job at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region. That means I get to attend lots of different conferences and meet and connect with a lot of different people. I was at NAHSL last week, and then I attended the symposium, Communities in Crisis: Libraries Respond to the Opioid Epidemic.
The Communities in Crisis: Libraries Respond to the Opioid Epidemic symposium is aimed at librarians and how they respond to Substance Use Disorder. This is an unfortunate necessity. Mainly public librarians, but other libraries as well, are having to address substance use in their communities and in the library. Patrons, coworkers, their own families – almost everyone has been exposed to or had to deal with someone affected by Substance Use Disorder. There are well over 100 people here at this symposium today, which is enough of a testament to how important this topic is.
From the OCLC’s report Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities, “The United States is experiencing an opioid epidemic, and public libraries across the country are choosing to respond to this public health emergency locally. As central community institutions open to all, public libraries are finding themselves on the front lines of the opioid crisis. Together with community partners, public libraries are providing critically needed information and services, organizing education and training events, and supporting prevention and recovery efforts.”
(Side note on language; the proper terminology is Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Not, drug abuse, or substance misuse, addict, etc. SUD is less stigmatizing and acknowledges that it is a chronic medical condition, rather than a moral failing. Also, while there is a huge focus on the opioid crisis right now, there are many other substances and issues that people may be dealing with.)
I truly wish this was not a topic that libraries had to address. But they do, and libraries are in an important position in the community. My job while attending the symposium is to help librarians have the information tools and resources for their own edification and to share with patrons. I think that given the controversy and misinformation that often surrounds SUD, it is more important than ever to make sure people are getting good, reliable, vetted information. Here are a few of the resources I am promoting:
Opioid Addiction and Treatment – Health Information Resources
Resources from NNLM, NLM, and NIH
MedlinePlus Opioid and Addiction
However, while this symposium is a great opportunity to share information, more significantly, it is an opportunity for so many people come together and support each other. Like I said, there are well over 100 people at the symposium. They are all learning about and starting to break down the stigma surrounding SUD. Unfortunately, people may have to deal with SUD in their work or in their lives, but they now have a whole community to connect with. Librarians love their communities, their patrons, and other librarians. They love to be able to help to make all these groups better. A librarian is not going to be able to solve all the problems facing SUD in libraries, but in some small way librarians can address Substance Use Disorder.
A version of this was originally posted on NNLM NER Associate Director Martha Meacham’s blog, here.
Getting the Most from NNLM: Public Health
If you’re reading this blog, then you’re probably familiar with what NLM, NNLM and NNLM NER do.
Over the last month, I’ve spent time at public health conferences in Connecticut, Massachusetts and the national American Public Health Association Conference and had similar conversations at all three. Although many public health partners are familiar with MedlinePlus and PubMed, a lot of them don’t know that these resources are part of a larger group of resources and services. If you work in public health or have public health partners, here are a few reminders or new ideas for how NLM and NNLM can work for you.
Databases and Online Resources
NLM creates and maintains a wide array of databases of health information ranging from information for the general public to highly specialized. You can search all NLM databases, but here is a sample of databases for public health partners:
AIDSource offers access to a comprehensive collection of HIV-related resources on topics including living with HIV, HIV prevention and treatment, HIV statistics and surveillance, HIV and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) navigation, and more, in both English and Spanish.
The LactMed App information about maternal and infant drug levels, possible effects on lactation and on breastfed infants, and alternative drugs to consider. You can also find this information online.
The Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) develops and provides access to health information resources and technology for disaster and public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
Environmental Health and Toxicology can help you find environmental health and resources across NLM suite of databases.
Community Health Maps provides information about low/no cost mapping tools including case studies and projects that organizations have done using these tools.
Partners in Information Access for Public Health Workforce (PHPartners) is committed to helping the public health workforce find and use information effectively and includes listings for trainings, conferences, internships, jobs and more. PHPartners is a collaboration of government agencies, public health organizations and health science libraries.
Webinars and Classes
All NNLM regions create and host webinars that are free and available nationally. Webinars and classes cover a wide variety of health, information and data management topics including some that may be of interest to public health professionals.
Search the full NNLM class catalog or find NNLM webinars that are CHES eligible.
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) is a certification for individuals with a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in health education or significant coursework in the field.
Funding is available to all NNLM members. Learn more about funding opportunities and recent funded projects.
To learn more about funding from NER, attend the NNLM NER Funding Meeting on December 16 at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA). This is a chance to hear about projects that have previously been funded and connect with NER staff. Learn more about the funding meeting and to register.
Embracing Community: Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital’s Medical Library
Community Garden at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
In August, I wrote about my trip to Copley Hospital shortly after librarian Stacy Wein was notified about the library’s closure. After my visit with Stacy, I drove 40 miles to what is known as the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. I wanted to learn more about the medical library at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH).
Betsy Merrill greeted me as I walked into the hospital. The Medical Library is located in the Main Lobby, and she spotted me through the glass walls. We commiserated over hospital library closures. We felt the powerlessness of Stacy’s situation. Small hospitals are struggling with their budgets, and librarians are anxious to prove their worth.
NVRH is a 25-bed critical access hospital with affiliated primary care clinics, specialty and surgical services, birthing center and emergency services. According to the 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment 2018, NVRH serves a population of roughly 30,000 people. The area has a population density 48.1 persons per square mile in Caledonia County, and only 9.5 persons per square mile in Essex County. Compare this with 529 persons per square mile in Worcester County, Massachusetts (where my office is located). The Implementation Plan includes actions for addressing transportation, food insecurity and safe housing.
The Medical Library embraces community outreach to assist NVRH in addressing social determinants of health. Betsy, with a staff of volunteers, provides consumer health information in a variety of formats–brochures, books, magazines and videos. The Library offers information on support groups, and provides a public access computer for searching health-related questions.
Betsy handed me a list of Community Health Improvement projects that she participates in:
Healthy Choices publication: affordable community health resources
NVRH Community Gardens: free garden space and water access
AHEC MedQuest Program: high school students exploring health careers
Baby Cuddler Program: care for neonates withdrawing from exposure to narcotics
Betsy is involved with the hospital art gallery, Red Cross drives, and job shadowing program. She offers proctoring services for nursing and laboratory exams. She provides a monthly submission to the in-house newsletter, and serves on the Ethics Committee and Palliative Care Committee. Betsy handles these tasks in addition to her work supporting clinicians and hospital administrators.
Literature at the Heart of Medicine
Within the hospital community, Betsy organizes the Literature at the Heart of Medicine program. This facilitated reading and discussion group is coordinated through the Vermont Humanities Council. Literature at the Heart of Medicine meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday from 5:00-7:30pm.
The October read was Slow Medicine by Victoria Sweet. Kirkus Review observes that the author “highlights [moments] that revealed some aspect of what she calls Slow Medicine. Sometimes, it involves nurses and doctors showing calmness, confidence, expertise, and a personal touch; sometimes, it is patients whose treatments provide revelatory moments.” Sweet is very critical of Electronic Health Records as stealing time away from the doctor-patient encounter for the benefit of pharmaceutical companies.
Sounds like an interesting read.
Sweet, V. (2017). Slow Medicine: The Way to Health. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.
NER Funded Grant – YWCA Women’s Breast and Cervical Health Educational Outreach Program
The following blog post was written by Alfee Westgroves. Alfee is the Women’s Health Specialist overseeing the 2019 NNLM NER Community Engagement grant awarded to the YWCA of Central Massachusetts.
We know that women of color may be most comfortable exclusively in each other’s presence, particularly when confronting their own vulnerability. We also know that the pressures and stressors on women of color are impactful and unique, from those of white women. We further know that health disparities, namely that of breast cancer, include startling mortality rates. The NNLM made curated statistical information on health disparities easily accessible from the: CDC, NIH: National Cancer Institute, DHHS: Office of Minority Health…and all from one search engine.
The YWCA of Central MA, with support from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine- New England Region, will sponsor an on-going support group for women of color who have been diagnosed with reproductive cancers (i.e., breast, cervical, ovarian, uterine). WOC & the (Big) C, or “Woc-C”, will strive to create safe space for women of color to share their stories, resources and support of each other. The group will meet for coffee and tea twice a month and is free and open to the community with pre-registration. There will also be a closed group chat for participants to utilize for immediate physical or emotional support needs. Woc-C will kick off before the end of the year.
To help reach the special population of black women in the community and build relationships, The YWCA of Central MA co-hosted a tea at summer’s end for women who serve as ministers and first ladies of local black churches. NNLM sponsored educator and cancer survivor, Dr. Joyce McNickles, PhD., to present on the topic of black women’s breast health and the importance of screening and early detection. We went to NNLM resources to easily find trusted and supporting fact sheets for tea attendees on topics such as, NIH’s “Dense Breasts: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions”- a factor in black women’s breast health. Connections such as these helped inform the developing WOC cancer support group, as well as help educate, raise awareness and strengthen our caring community.
In addition to the cancer support group for women of color, the YWCA of Central MA aims to enhance our current cancer support programming. A free workshop series will commence in December and continue into the spring to help educate survivors on developing and using available resources to support themselves and others during and after cancer. The first workshop, “Reclaiming your Optimal Health Naturally, during and after Cancer Treatment”, is scheduled for December 2nd and will feature an acupuncturist/Chinese medicine practitioner. The NNLM as a resource will be highlighted with an interactive portion, where participants may use tablet stations to browse the libraries. The stations will promote supporting information on integrative/complementary/holistic medicine via MedlinePlus, to feed the newly acquired knowledge, curiosities and interest of workshop participants.
During Breast Cancer Awareness month, we jumped into fall with an interactive breast cancer presentation at Abby’s House- shelter, housing and advocacy program for women in our community of Worcester, MA. At Abby’s House, we were able to help women engage with the health information being presented, answer questions on the vital issue and share resources to empower them as their own best health advocates. As with all of our efforts, we aim to move toward better health outcomes, with earlier cancer detection and treatment as the key.
Librarians Supporting Authors: Interview With Author Karen Iverson
Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this weeks blog features an interview with the author Karen Iverson. She is the author of, ‘Winning the Breast Cancer Battle: Empowering Warriors and Guiding Loved Ones.” It is a hopeful and inspiring story that keeps you wanting to know more. I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen in person about her journey to become an author, below are a few of the questions and her insightful answers.
Where did you get the idea/inspiration for the book?
I have always loved writing. Since I was a little girl, I wrote poetry and stories. I found I enjoyed journaling. In college, I took English classes and it confirmed my love of writing. I always wanted to write a book but when diagnosed with breast cancer I started journaling. For some reason I liked the tactile sensation of writing. I would fold a piece of paper in half and would write what I could to make myself feel better. I then put it down and re-read it a few days later and would edit it. I would write new sentences and it looked like a jumbled mess, but to me made perfect sense. I realized was writing a book and I wanted to share my experiences, so others would have some knowledge on how to empower their journey and guide loved ones. I put it down the project for awhile but picked it back up to make this book. When I was a child, my dad died of cancer and it took years to process because I didn’t know how to get through it. This awareness went into the tip session located at the end of the book
What challenges did you face in writing this book?
There is always the aspect of, “is this book good enough and is this going to help people?” It is something that periodically a little bit of doubt creeps up in your mind but you have to have faith that it will help people in a way not expected and help them in the future. The second challenge, when doing the journal and writing I realized I didn’t tell anyone. I decided to show it to another woman who also had breast cancer and I shared a journal entry with her and this put me in a vulnerable position. Before I only shared journal articles with mom. I read her the journal entry and there was just dead silence on the other side the phone and it just stayed silent and I didn’t know how to interpret it. I kept thinking,why is she not saying anything? When we started talking again, she would change the subject. After that, I stopped writing and I though it didn’t reach her or affect her. It took a while and I start journaling and writing again because I needed to. It made me realize that there is always a critic out there who doesn’t like the work or think it is any good, but there hundreds if not thousands whom this book going to help and need the information. That was a challenge.
What challenges did you find in becoming a published author?
I knew nothing about getting a book published. As much as knew could write well, I did not know anything about publishing, I didn’t think could get a traditional publisher to publish the book. The reason for that was, I could imagine my book sitting on a pile with other books and why would the publisher pick my book? That was because of a fear I heard about the publishing business. I chose to self publish the book. Self publishing was at first tabue but it is now more accepted, with many resources available to guide one through the process.
What have you found rewarding about the experience?
Three things: I found it very rewarding to know I can help people through words that are written in the book. Second thing, it is an amazing feeling to have the first copy in your hands and say “I did this I accomplished a dream of mine.” The third thing, I was at a writing conference and I received an award, the “Difference Maker” award. It helped reaffirm that what I am doing in the book is going to make a difference in others’ lives and that others are seeing that as well.
What advice do you have for other potential authors?
You have to really be dedicated and it takes a lot of work and financial support to publish a book. You have to want it enough and have to want it so badly so that you make it happen and you will publish a book.
I highly recommend this book. It is currently available online at Amazon.com. The author’s journey is eye opening and the tips, on questions to ask along the journey, are perceptive. There is supplemental information and helpful websites in the resource section of the book. In addition, health information on many health topics can be found at the National Library of Medicine in MedlinePlus.
Resources You Can Use: Health Literacy Month
October is Health Literacy Month! People working in health information use the term health literacy a lot. But what is health literacy and how can we improve it? What resources are available to help support health literacy?
What is Health Literacy?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines health literacy as “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions.” (Healthy People 2020)
Even with this definition, health literacy is a complex issue that is affected by many factors, but culture can be a major component with cultural backgrounds influencing belief systems, communication styles, and understanding and responses to health information (NLM-Health Literacy).
Health literacy also relies on many skills to process information on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and make decisions about the best course of action. Skills include understanding health care services and insurance, calculating dosages and understanding treatment instructions, communicating with providers, evaluating the quality and credibility of information, understand results and locate health information.
A person’s ability to complete these tasks relay on literacy (visual and written), computer literacy (can use a computer and find information online), and numerical literacy (can calculate and reason with numbers).
How can we improve Health Literacy?
Nine out of 10 adults struggle to understand and use health information when it is unfamiliar, complex or jargon-filled.
Limited health literacy costs the healthcare system money and results in higher than necessary morbidity and mortality. (CDC-Talking Points about Health Literacy)
And like many aspects of medicine and healthcare, health literacy has disparities that contribute to disparities in outcomes. Older adults, English Language Learners, people with less than a high school education and disability may influence a person’s health literacy. (Healthy People 2020)
So what can we do?
Read the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy to find strategies and tools that you can use to support the people you serve
Learn more about health communication including risk communication and writing health information in plain language
Find health literacy organizations in your state
Teach people skills to evaluate the quality and credibility of health information online
Use MedlinePlus and other trusted resources designed to share health information in plain language when doing research on health, wellness and medical topics
Updates from NER Hospital Librarians Summer Session
Use MyNCBI login with new PubMed interface!
Just over two months ago, twenty-eight librarians gathered at UMass Medical School for our One-Day Summer Session for New England Region hospital librarians.
In the morning, we discussed National Library of Medicine changes to DOCLINE, LinkOut, PubMed and the elimination of LoansomeDoc, as well as the upcoming EFTS transition from UConn Health to the Medical Library Association. We took a long look at the impacts on document delivery services in hospital libraries.
In the afternoon, Michelle Bass, PhD, MSI, AHIP, lead a discussion about Impostor Phenomenon among health sciences librarians, Michelle is Manager of Research and Instruction at Countway Library, Harvard Medical School. She facilitated a brainstorming exercise on ways to cope with this phenomenon.
Participants enjoyed the entire day. They especially commented on the opportunity to catch up with colleagues, and to learn new tips and tricks from one another.
Updates on NLM Changes
During our morning discussion, several questions were raised. We have updates!
DOCLINE
Q: I heard a rumor that only e-journals will be listed in any library holdings [in DOCLINE and LinkOut] beginning in 2020. Is that true?
A: LinkOut will be e-journal only for the forseeable future. There are no plans to ONLY include e-journals in DOCLINE. We are however planning to enhance DOCLINE in ways that make e-journals easier to access.
Q: DOCLINE used to say (basically) “hey, your library reports owning this title/issue, are you sure you want to request it?” This was very helpful. Will this feature be added to the new DOCLINE?
A: The ‘you own this’ alert during borrowing is one of the features listed on the DOCLINE user feedback page as high priority for users that we heard about after the launch of DOCLINE 6. Since then, we have added half of alerts mentioned and ‘in your holdings’ is slated to return, but is not yet on the development schedule.
Q: Several hospital librarians are frustrated with ordering book chapters and NLM books through DOCLINE. One of these librarians left a note: We need UID requesting for NLM book collections specifically. Could you give me information that I can share?
A: Although Book and Book chapter requests do not route ‘automatically’ because there are only serial holdings in DOCLINE, previously you could ‘automatically’ populate your request with all of a Book’s bibliographic information by inputting a Unique ID, whether NLM UI or an ISBN. Because DOCLINE 6 manual ordering does allow book ordering, and because 98% of requests are for articles, UI ordering for books was not part of the DOCLINE redesign initial release. Development plans do include improved book ordering in the future.
Q: One of our librarians left a note: We cannot send PubMed search results to “order to” DOCLINE. Not sure if this is a comment about a new change, or a request for an upgrade. Could you give me information that I can share with our hospital librarians?
A: This feature is not currently available in DOCLINE. It is also not currently on our development schedule. This feature existed in the previous version of DOCLINE. As PubMed is currently undergoing a redesign, we are waiting until the redesign is complete before we develop new integrations with the PubMed system.
Q: When will we be able to submit multiple PMIDs in DOCLINE?
A: Now available! Please check the DOCLINE blog for more updates.
Q: Do you know when the training handouts will be updated to reflect the new version of PubMed?
A. We now have slides for your use! Here is the link for slides introducing new users to PubMed.
Q: I am hearing a concern that the new interface will be a difficult transition for older, experienced users of PubMed (clinicians–doctors at hospitals). Are you doing usability testing with older people?
A: PubMed Labs is under active development, and features will be introduced and updated on a regular basis as we continue to enhance the system. We are continuing to prioritize features based on user research, including usability testing and feedback from users. The Labs usability testing has been and will continue to be wide-ranging. We endeavor to talk to as many users as possible [including older users familiar with the PubMed interface].
EFTS
Q: Will Medical Library Association membership be required when EFTS transitions to be a service hosted by MLA?
A: No, MLA membership will not be required. Please check the MLA blog post for more information.
Please let us know if you have a question that we did not answer. We are happy to investigate for you.
Keeping Up with the Facts Related to Lung Illnesses from E-cigarettes and Vaping
My adult kids vape. Neither ever smoked cigarettes. Until very recently, I honestly thought, “I have got better things to worry about.” Well, I was wrong.
For a health professional who educates others about substance use and addiction, I was seriously uninformed! The only bright spot in the devastating news of vaping-related illnesses that are all over the media, is that this enormous problem of increased tobacco and marijuana use in our younger population is getting a lot of attention. Hopefully, the wide dissemination of health-related information related to e-cigarettes and vaping will save lives.
There were 1.5 million more current youth e-cigarette users in 2018 that 2017?
9 million youth were current tobacco product users in 2018
Use of any tobacco product grew by 38.3% among high school students (2017-2018)
Massachusetts is 2 weeks into a temporary statewide ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products to consumers in retail establishments online, and through any other means. The ban includes all non-flavored and flavored vaping products, including mint and methol, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and any other cannabinoid. The four-month temporary ban will allow researchers, public health and medical professionals time to try to understand the link between vaping and at least 530 cases of lung injury reported across 38 states and the US Virgin Islands (according to the CDC).
In a recent hearing on Capitol Hill of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat reported “We don’t know the cause. No single product, brand, substance or additive has been linked to all cases. This investigation is ongoing and it’s very dynamic. CDC is working closely with state and local public health, with the FDA and clinical community, to get to the bottom of this.”
The purpose of this post is to share some helpful health-information resources you can use to keep yourself informed, as well as to be a resource to your family and your community about the dangers of e-cigarettes and vaping.
Even if you do not live in Massachusetts, the information provided in a recently issued guide “Vaping Public Health Emergency,” from Mass.gov (https://www.mass.gov/guides/vaping-public-health-emergency) has valuable information for consumers, as well as local boards of health and healthcare providers. There are also resources to help those wanting to quit their tobacco use. There is also a link to national information from the CDC about the recent facts related to the lung injury associated with e-cigarettes and vaping .
CDC Vitalsigns (#vitalsigns) published in February of 2019, (https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/youth-tobacco-use/pdf/vs-0211-youth-tobacco-use-H.pdf ) is a short 2-page fact sheet with eye-catching visuals that quickly explain health statistics related to the increase of tobacco use among youth and young adults.
The FDA and the CDC are working closely with state and local officials to investigate incidents of severe respiratory illnesses associated with the use of vaping products. Here is a link to recently gathered information issued by the FDA (https://www.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/lung-illnesses-associated-use-vaping-products).
A guide from The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids “What You Need to Know and How to Talk to Your Kids About Vaping (https://drugfree.org/article/how-to-talk-with-your-kids-about-vaping/) is chock full of information about how to have informed conversations within your family about Vaping.
If you type Vaping into the search box of MedlinePlus (https://medlineplus.gov) you will receive up-to-date and expertly written information from the National Library of Medicine, the Nemours Foundation, American College of Emergency Physicians and National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Have you wondered about the health issues related to e-cigarettes Vaping that are occurring in other countries where tobacco use is more prevalent? In the September 12, 2019 (updated on September 16) issue of Politico there is an informative article about what European countries are seeing for health issues. (https://www.politico.eu/article/us-vaping-illness-death-toll-rises-fear-reversals-anti-smoking-campaigns/).
The NER hopes the websites and resources mentioned in this post help to keep you informed as new information is discovered about the health issues related to using e-cigarettes and vaping.
A Librarian can help in a crisis
From the earliest outbreaks of Bubonic plague many centuries ago, to recent outbreaks of Ebola, I started to think about the information resources people had when confronting these crises. There couldn’t have been much during the dark ages in Europe. As people faced overwhelming illness and mortality, if they turned to anyone at all it would have been the Church. Evidence-based medicine was not really a thing yet.
Even relatively recently, libraries couldn’t do much to assist a population faced with an epidemic. In the article In Flew Enza, Nora Quinlan (https://www.jstor.org/stable/27771411) notes that during the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic that claimed millions of lives, most libraries Quinlan looked at closed or had dramatic drops in circulation. She writes,
When the flu pandemic hit, many libraries imposed limited access in response to quarantine orders. Across the country, circulation statistics dropped an average of 10%. Libraries already strapped by staff enlistments saw employees sickened, work time lost, and event the death of staff. Library buildings were utilized for projects related to combating the pandemic, including meeting space and work areas for volunteers.
Nothing in the article discusses what type of information resources were provided to the public during the flu epidemic, but it is not a stretch to imagine that with closures and other limitations, it would have been hard for staff to spend the time and energy need to supply health information to anyone.
Technology has produced a massive change in the way libraries can now respond to emergencies, health or otherwise. Even if a library closes, resources can still be made available. And with the rise and insistence on quality evidence-based information, the public has greater access to reliable information. They just need to know how to find it, something the library can continuously assist with.
The National Library of Medicine has Disaster Lit: A database for disaster medicine and public health (https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/disaster-lit). The CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html). and the National Library of Medicine (https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/ebola-2014) had information available about Ebola almost immediately as the most resent large-scale outbreak was starting. MedlinePlus (https://medlineplus.gov/) has information on almost every known disease, all made accessible to the general public. Information is also available for other crises that have arisen that many call epidemics. From AIDS (https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/) to Substance Use Disorder (https://envirotoxinfo.nlm.nih.gov/opiate-addiction-and-human-health.html), information is available that is current and reliable. There are many, many other examples. It is not the lack of resources that is now the issue. It is the ability of the public to find and use the best resource.
Libraries now play and important role in epidemics, disasters, and public health. The public needs access and guidance to these resources. The internet is a scary place, especially when it comes to health information. There is too much out there, and much of it is garbage. Libraries need to help educate and disseminate evidence-based, reliable information. This takes time and training of patrons, but libraries have always been a trusted resource. That should be leveraged in the important and daunting task of educating about health. Because it is important that a librarian can help, especially during a crisis.
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Phosphatidic acid enhances mTOR signaling and resistance exercise induced hypertrophy
Jordan M Joy1,
David M Gundermann2,
Ryan P Lowery1,
Ralf Jäger3,
Sean A McCleary1,
Martin Purpura3,
Michael D Roberts4,
Stephanie MC Wilson5,
Troy A Hornberger2 &
Jacob M Wilson1
The lipid messenger phosphatidic acid (PA) plays a critical role in the stimulation of mTOR signaling. However, the mechanism by which PA stimulates mTOR is currently unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of various PA precursors and phospholipids on their ability to stimulate mTOR signaling and its ability to augment resistance training-induced changes in body composition and performance.
In phase one, C2C12 myoblasts cells were stimulated with different phospholipids and phospholipid precursors derived from soy and egg sources. The ratio of phosphorylated p70 (P-p70-389) to total p70 was then used as readout for mTOR signaling. In phase two, resistance trained subjects (n = 28, 21 ± 3 years, 77 ± 4 kg, 176 ± 9 cm) consumed either 750 mg PA daily or placebo and each took part in an 8 week periodized resistance training program.
In phase one, soy-phosphatidylserine, soy-Lyso-PA, egg-PA, and soy-PA stimulated mTOR signaling, and the effects of soy-PA (+636%) were significantly greater than egg-PA (+221%). In phase two, PA significantly increased lean body mass (+2.4 kg), cross sectional area (+1.0 cm), and leg press strength (+51.9 kg) over placebo.
PA significantly activates mTOR and significantly improved responses in skeletal muscle hypertrophy, lean body mass, and maximal strength to resistance exercise.
Increasing or maintaining skeletal muscle mass is an important target for a variety of populations ranging from athletes to the elderly. Skeletal muscle mass is largely dependent upon muscle protein synthesis (MPS), and a protein kinase called the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) has been widely recognized as a key regulator of muscle growth. Specifically, elevations in energy status [1–3], amino acids [4, 5], and growth factors [6, 7] can increase MPS through an mTOR-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, several studies have also shown that signaling by mTOR is required for mechanically-induced increases in MPS and the ultimate hypertrophic response [8–11].
Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a diacyl-glycerophospholipid, in which two fatty acids and a phosphate group are covalently bonded to a glycerol molecule through ester linkages. PA can act as a signaling lipid, it is a precursor for the biosynthesis of other lipids, and it is a major constituent of cell membranes. Recent studies have shown that mechanical stimuli can induce an increase in the intracellular levels of PA and that the increase in intracellular PA contributes to the activation of mTOR-dependent signaling events such as ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (p70) threonine 389 phosphorylation (P-p70-389) [12]. It has also been shown that PA can directly bind to the FKBP12 · rapamycin binding (FRB) domain of mTOR, and in doing so, it activates mTOR signaling [13, 14]. It has also been shown that exogenous sources of PA can promote the activation of mTOR signaling, yet the effects of exogenous PA appear to be driven through multiple mechanisms. For example, Winter and colleagues [15] have demonstrated that the exogenous addition of PA to fibroblasts results in the activation of mTOR signaling via an indirect mechanism that is dependent on PA being metabolized to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and activating LPA family receptors. Furthermore, this study demonstrated that the activation of LPA receptors induces mTOR signaling via an ERK-dependent mechanism. Alternatively, You et al. [14] have shown that passively stretching skeletal muscles leads to an increase in intracellular PA and mTOR signaling and that the activation of mTOR signaling occurs through an ERK-independent mechanism. Collectively, these findings suggest that the exogenous provision of PA and mechanical stimuli can activate mTOR signaling through distinct pathways, and it is possible that the activation of these distinct pathways could have additive effects on mTOR signaling.
While PA plays a critical role in the stimulation of mTOR signaling and an increase in PA is sufficient for the activation of mTOR signaling, the exact mechanism by which PA stimulates mTOR is currently unconfirmed; although, it is very likely that PA primarily mediates its effects via direct binding to mTOR [13, 14]. PA can be synthesized from a variety of reactions via multiple reactants, but it is not clear if other precursors (glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P), LPA or diacylglycerol (DAG)), or the addition of head groups to the PA molecule (phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) or phosphatidylinositol (PI)), have a similar ability to activate mTOR signaling. Moreover, different sources of PA (soy, egg) can have varying degrees of unsaturated or saturated fatty acid chains and this can influence the behavior of PA. Specifically, it has been suggested that two saturated fatty acids will promote storage, but one saturated and one unsaturated fatty acid will promote signaling [16].
We have previously examined the absorption kinetics of 1.5 g PA and observed an increase in plasma concentration after 30 minutes. PA concentrations appear to plateau between 1 and 3 hours following ingestion while peaking at 3 hours following ingestion. After 7 hours, PA concentrations remained elevated. In addition, LPA demonstrated a bimodal absorption kinetic with plasma concentration peaking at 1 hour, returning to baseline at 2 hours, and peaking again at 3 hours [17]. Thus, exogenous elevations of PA may be provided through oral supplementation, while endogenous production could be fostered through a resistance training stimulus. Theoretically, the combination of the two could result in greater skeletal muscle hypertrophy than resistance training alone. However, to date, only one study has investigated the combination of oral PA supplementation combined with resistance training (RT). Specifically, Hoffman et al. [18] concluded that it is very likely that PA supplementation in humans undergoing progressive RT results in greater increases in squat strength and lean mass over the placebo. However, it is likely that this study was underpowered. Moreover, subjects in this pilot study were not supervised during RT. Finally, while the authors looked at indices of hypertrophy such as lean body mass, no direct measures of skeletal muscle hypertrophy were taken. Therefore, the results of whether or not PA supplementation enhances skeletal muscle hypertrophy were inconclusive. Thus, the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of various PA precursors on their ability to stimulate mTOR signaling and determine if any other phospholipid species are also capable of stimulating mTOR signaling. Following the initial investigation, we performed a double-blind, placebo-controlled study that was designed to assess the effects of orally administered PA on skeletal muscle hypertrophy, strength, and power when consumed during a periodized RT program. We hypothesized that PA supplementation would lead to increased improvements in strength, skeletal muscle hypertrophy, and power.
Phase 1 (cell culture tests)
C2C12 myoblasts (ATCC; Manassas, VA, USA) were plated at approximately 30% confluence and grown for 24 hours in 10% FBS High Glucose DMEM with antibiotics (100 μg/ml streptomycin and 100 U/ml penicillin; Sigma-Aldrich; St. Louis, MO, USA). At 16 hours prior to the experiment, myoblasts cells were switched to serum free high glucose DMEM (no antibiotics) and were approximately 70% confluent at the time of the experiment. All stimulants were dissolved in chloroform to yield a concentration of 10 mg/mL, with the exception of DAG which was dissolved at 2 mg/mL and G3P which was dissolved at 6 mg/mL. Each stimulant was then dried with a stream of nitrogen gas and resuspended in PBS to obtain either 20 or 60 nmol/100 μL, such that 100 μL added to 2 mL of media resulted in 10 or 30 μM respectively. Accordingly, cells were stimulated for 20 minutes with vehicle (Control; 100 μL of PBS) 10 or 30 μM of soy-derived (S) phosphatidylserine (S-PS, SerinAid®, Chemi Nutra, White Bear Lake, MN, USA), phosphatidylinositol (S-PI), phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (S-PE), phosphatidylcholine (S-PC), PA (S-PA, Mediator®, Chemi Nutra, White Bear Lake, MN, USA), lysophosphatidic acid (S-LPA), diacylglycerol (DAG), glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P), or egg-derived PA (E-PA). Cells were then harvested in lysis buffer (40 mM Tris, pH 7.5; 1 mM EDTA; 5 mM EGTA; 0.5% Triton X-100; 25 mM β-glycerophosphate; 25 mM NaF; 1 mM Na3VO4; 10 μg/mL leupeptin; and 1 mM PMSF) and subjected to immunoblotting with anti-phospho-p70 S6 Kinase (Thr389; Cell signaling #9234; 1:1000; Danvers, MA, USA) as previously described [19]. Once the appropriate image was captured, membranes were stripped for 30 minutes in stripping buffer (100 mM β-Mercaptoethanol, 2% SDS, 62.5 mM Tris HCL pH 6.8) maintained at 50°C. Membranes were washed with TBST, blocked with 5% powdered milk in TBST for 1 h, and then immunoblotted with anti-p70 S6 Kinase (cell signaling #2708, 1:2000; Danvers, MA, USA). Once the appropriate image was captured, the membranes were stained with Coomassie Blue to verify equal loading in all lanes. Densitometric measurements were performed by determining the density of each band using the public domain ImageJ software (U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/). The ratio of P-p70-389 to total p70 was used as readout for mTOR signaling. C2C12 myoblasts were chosen, as it has previously been established that changes in P-p70-389 phosphorylation are a valid marker of PA induced changes in mTOR signaling [20].
Phase 2 (human efficacy study)
Thirty-four males were recruited from the University of Tampa to participate in this study. Twenty eight males (21 ± 3 years, 77 ± 7 kg, 176 ± 9 cm) were used for data analysis. Three subjects elected to discontinue their participation prior to beginning the intervention, citing a more demanding schedule than they had anticipated; two subjects ceased participation, claiming the resistance training protocol was too onerous for them to complete; and one subject was removed from data analysis due to a failure to comply with the prescribed diet. Subjects were equally divided into the PA (n = 14, 78 ± 9 kg, 177 ± 7 cm) and PLA (n = 14, 76 ± 6 kg, 175 ± 11 cm) groups. All participants were required to abstain from consuming any muscle-building supplements (e.g. creatine) for 1 month prior to pretest measures, be non-smokers, have RT experience of no less than one year, and have participated in RT at least three days per week for the past six months to be included in this study. Participants were allowed, although not provided with, multivitamin and protein powder supplementation during the month prior to the initiation of the study. Participants were carefully matched according to their lean body mass (LBM), rectus femoris cross sectional area (CSA), and leg press 1-repetition-maximum (1RM), and they were then equally divided into either the PA or placebo (PLA) groups. Measures of leg press and bench press 1RM, LBM, fat mass, total mass, and CSA were taken prior to, and following, the RT protocol.
RT occurred three days per week with 48–72 hours between RT sessions. Each body part was trained 1–2 times per week following a daily undulating periodized scheme. Each participant performed a 5 RM for each exercise prior to the first four weeks with the exception of the bench press and leg press, in which true 1RM values were determined. 5 RM testing was repeated at the end of week 4 for the new exercises. The 1RM testing protocol consisted of 1 set of 10–12 repetitions at approximately 50% 1RM followed by 1 set of 2–3 repetitions at approximate intensities of 75% and 85% 1RM. After the final warm up set, weight was increased in 5-20 lb increments until 1RM was attained. 5RM determination followed an identical pattern; however, intensities were relative to 5RM instead of 1RM. These RM values were used to calculate the load used for each exercise for each participant. These exercises were also altered at week 5 to introduce a more novel stimulus. All participants were required to perform the prescribed number of repetitions with their prescribed weight. In the event that a subject reached muscular failure, a laboratory researcher assisted with the completion of the exercise. A comprehensive outline of the workouts can be found in Table 1.
Table 1 Workout program
Strength was assessed via 1-RM testing of the leg press and bench press. Total strength was calculated as the sum of both leg press and bench press. Body composition (lean body mass, fat mass, and total mass) was determined on a Lunar Prodigy DXA apparatus (software version, enCORE 2008, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.). Skeletal muscle hypertrophy was determined via changes in CSA of the rectus femoris at 50% femur length while the participant rested supine with a portable ultrasound device (Logiq e, General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA) in B mode with a wide-band linear array transducer (12 L-RS, General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA) sampling at 12 MHz. Ultrasound has previously been verified as a valid measurement of CSA [21]. However in the present study, a simpler, conventional method was used as opposed to the panoramic method used by Ahtiainen et al. Using the conventional method, a single image is captured for subsequent measurement instead of combing several images along a path, as with panoramic. Femur length was defined as the distance between the anterior superior iliac spine and the superior aspect of the patella. Probe placement was traced with permanent marker, and each subject was instructed to reapply the mark daily. Additionally, researchers affirmed and reapplied the mark during each laboratory and resistance training visit. Upon retesting, 50% femur length was remeasured to assure the mark had not deviated. The average of the greatest two out of three measurements was used to CSA value. Power was assessed during a maximal cycling ergometry test. During the cycling test, the volunteer was instructed to cycle against a predetermined resistance (7.5% of body weight) as fast as possible for 10 seconds [22]. The saddle height was adjusted to the individual’s height to produce a 5–10° knee flexion while the foot was in the low position of the central void. A standardized verbal stimulus was provided to the subjects. Power output was recorded in real time by a computer connected to the Monark standard cycle ergometer (Monark model 894e, Vansbro, Sweden) during the 10-second sprint test. Peak power (PP) was recorded using Monark Anaerobic test software (Monark Anaerobic Wingate Software, Version 1.0, Monark, Vansbro, Sweden). From completion of Wingate tests performed over several days, interclass correlation coefficient for peak power was 0.96.
Two weeks prior to and throughout the study, subjects were placed on a diet consisting of 25% protein, 50% carbohydrates, and 25% fat by a registered dietician who specialized in sport nutrition. Subjects met as a group with the dietitian, and they were given individual meal plans at the beginning of the study. Daily total of calories were determined by the Harris Benedict equation and tracked by weekly logs to ensure compliance. The PA group received 750 mg of soy-derived PA (Mediator®, Chemi Nutra, White Bear Lake, MN) per day, while the PLA group received 750 mg of rice flour, each delivered in 5 visually identical capsules. On RT days, participants consumed 450 mg of their respective supplement 30 minutes prior to RT and 300 mg immediately following RT with 24 g of hydrolyzed collagen protein powder from beef skin (Peptiplus XB agglomerated, Gelita AG, Eberbach, Germany) mixed with 500 ml water. The protein supplement was provided in order to ensure control for post-exercise meals between groups and hydrolyzed collagen was chosen as an incomplete protein source low in leucine (3.2 weight%). On non-RT days, participants consumed 450 mg of their respective supplement with breakfast and the remaining 300 mg with dinner. Participants were required to return to the laboratory with their empty bags to ensure compliance. Post-study analysis of the subjects’ diet revealed that it consisted of 25% protein, 51% carbohydrates, and 24% fat, with no differences between groups. The PA group consumed 2,865 ± 271 Calories per day (79.5 ± 6.7 g fat; 358.1 ± 28.6 g carbohydrate; 179.0 ± 15.0 g protein), and the PLA group consumed 2,795 ± 236 Calories per day (74.5 ± 5.4 g fat; 356.4 ± 32.1 g carbohydrate; 174.6 ± 12.9 g protein). Since the dietician had weekly interaction with the subjects, all subjects remained compliant throughout the study. Product formulations were blinded to both the investigators and the volunteers and coded so that neither knew which formulation was consumed during each trial.
All participants were informed of all risks associated with the study, and each participant signed an informed consent prior to beginning the study. This investigation was approved by the University’s Institutional Review Board.
Phase 1 data was analyzed using a one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for all data. A Tukey’s Multiple Comparison Test was used to determine significant differences between treatments. Significance was set at P < 0.05. Statistical analyses were performed on SigmaStat software (San Jose, CA, USA). A repeated measures ANOVA model was used to measure group, time, and group by time interactions in phase 2. If any main effects were observed, a Tukey post-hoc was employed to locate where differences occurred. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. All phase 2 statistics were run using Statistica software (Statsoft, Tulsa, OK, USA).
Cell culture tests
As shown in Figure 1, S-PI, S-PE, S-PC, DAG, and G3P elicited no increase in the ratio of P-p70-389 to total p70 compared to vehicle stimulated cells. In contrast, elevated mTOR signaling was observed at all tested concentrations of S-PS (529, and 558%), E-PA (206, and 221%), S-LPA (638, and 694%), and S-PA (658, and 636%; p < 0.05). In addition, S-LPA and S-PA increased mTOR signaling to a greater degree than did E-PA at all concentrations (p < 0.05).
The effect of various lipids on the activation of mTOR signaling. C2C12 myoblasts were stimulated for 20 minutes with vehicle (Control), or 10-30 μM of soy-derived (S) phosphatidylserine (S-PS), phosphatidylinositol (S-PI), phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (S-PE), phosphatidylcholine (S-PC), PA (S-PA), lysophosphatidic acid (S-LPA), diacylglycerol (DAG), glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P), or egg-derived PA (E-PA). The samples were then subjected to Western blot analysis for p70 phosphorylated on the threonine 389 residue (p70-389) and total p70. The ratio of these signals was calculated and used as a marker of mTOR signaling. Values in the graphs represent the mean + SEM and were obtained from 2–3 independent experiments (n = 4–12/group). * Significantly different from control (p < 0.001). # Significantly different from E-PA within each respective dose (p < 0.001).
No differences existed between groups at baseline for any measure. There was a significant group x time effect (p = 0.02) for CSA (Figure 2a), in which the PA group increased (pre 4.5 ± 1.1 cm2, post 5.5 ± 1.3 cm2, Effect Size (ES) = 0.92) to a greater extent than the PLA group (pre 4.5 ± 1.1 cm2, post 5.1 ± 1.2 cm2, ES = 0.52). There was a significant group × time effect (p = 0.01) for LBM (Figure 2b), in which the PA group increased to a greater extent (pre 59.7 ± 6.0 kg, post 62.1 ± 5.5 kg, ES = 0.42) than the PLA group (pre 59.5 ± 4.7 kg, post 60.7 ± 4.7 kg, ES = 0.26). There was a significant time effect (p = 0.02) for Total Body Mass (TBM) in which the PA group increased from 78.1 ± 8.7 to 78.7 ± 7.9 kg and the PLA group increased from 75.7 ± 5.8 to 76.5 ± 6.1 kg, but no differences existed between groups (p = 0.71). There was a significant time effect (p < 0.01) for fat mass (Figure 2c), in which there was a trend (p = 0.068) for fat mass to decrease to a greater extent in the PA group (pre 15.1 ± 4.8 kg, post 13.8 ± 4.2 kg, ES = −0.28) than the PLA group (pre 13.0 ± 6.5 kg, post 12.5 ± 6.9 kg, ES = −0.07).
Changes in body composition. a. PA significantly improves the resistance training-induced increase in CSA following 8 weeks of periodized resistance training. Data presented are means and standard deviations. (*denotes significantly different from pre, # denotes significantly different from placebo). b. PA significantly improves the resistance training-induced increase in LBM following 8 weeks of periodized resistance training. Data presented are means and standard deviations. (*denotes significantly different from pre, # denotes significantly different from placebo). c. PA and PLA both experience significant fat loss following 8 weeks of periodized resistance training. However, only a trend is observed between groups over time. (*denotes significantly different from pre).
Strength and power
There was a significant group x time effect (p < 0.05) for leg press 1RM, in which the PA group increased to a greater extent (pre 228.7 ± 49.5 kg, post 280.6 ± 36.2 kg, ES = 1.2) than the PLA group (pre 226.3 ± 47.2 kg, post 258.7 ± 36.1 kg, ES = 0.78). There was a significant time effect (p < 0.01) for bench press 1RM, in which both the PA (pre 98.0 ± 13.5 kg, post 105.0 ± 12.4 kg, ES = 0.5) and PLA (pre 91.4 ± 19.1 kg, post 96.1 ± 17.0 kg, ES = 0.25) increased; however, no differences were present between groups (p = 0.11). There was a significant group x time effect (p < 0.05) for total strength, in which the PA group increased to a greater extent (pre 327.4 ± 59.9 kg, post 386.4 ± 45.8 kg, ES = 1.1) than the PLA group (pre 318.3 ± 60.3, post 355.5 ± 48.4, ES = 0.68). Change values for strength can be found in Figure 3. There was a significant time effect (p < 0.01) for Wingate peak power, which increased in the PA group from 760.5 ± 166.0 W to 822.8 ± 217.3 W and from 733.5 ± 105.8 to 797.3 ± 122.3 W in the PLA group; however, there were no differences between groups (p = 0.97).
Changes in muscular strength. Changes in muscle strength from pre to post intervention are indicated by 1-repetition maximum (1RM) measurements of leg press and bench press. Total strength is calculated by the summation of the two measurements. (*denotes significantly different from pre, # denotes significantly different from placebo).
The purpose of this study was to screen for the most effective phospholipid based activator of mTOR signaling and to investigate the effects of PA on human skeletal muscle hypertrophy, LBM, strength, and power when consumed during a RT program in a double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Our hypotheses were that PA supplementation would augment the increase in skeletal muscle hypertrophy, strength, and power that is induced by RT.
mTOR is a master regulator of cellular growth, and PA is widely known to be involved in the regulation of the mTOR pathway [13, 20, 23, 24]. Specifically, our previous studies have determined that an increase in the exogenous availability of C8 PA, or PA derived from egg, is sufficient to induce a significant increase in mTOR signaling [14]. Research by Lehman et al. reported the effects of PA along with various other phospholipids in their ability to induce p70 activity revealing that only PA was sufficient to induce an increase in p70 activity [25]. However, phase one of the current study demonstrates that not only is soy-derived PA sufficient, but soy-derived LPA and S-PS can also stimulate a robust increase in mTOR signaling. Moreover, these lipid species were directly compared to the effectiveness of E-PA, and the results demonstrated that, compared to egg-derived lipids, all of these soy-derived lipids were more potent agonists of mTOR signaling. This could be due to the composition of the PA molecule. For instance, Foster et al. have reported differing effects of PA based upon the structure of its fatty acid components; wherein, two saturated fatty acids promoted storage, yet one saturated and one unsaturated fatty acid promoted signaling [16]. Thus, the higher unsaturated fat content of soy may explain these observations. This suggests that soy derived PA, LPA, and PS are superior agonists of mTOR signaling, and therefore, they appear to be suitable candidates for augmenting the effects of RT on muscle mass. However, it should be noted that reacylation of PA after absorption is dependent upon the nutritional status of the individual, and therefore, the observed differences between the sources of PA (egg and soy) may or may not translate to the effects observed with oral administration of PA.
PA can be generated by G3P, one de novo fatty acid, and one fatty acid from the diet via a lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) mediated mechanism, or by phosphorylation of DAG via DAG kinase, or by hydrolysis of PC through phospholipase D (PLD). Although PC, DAG and G3P did not directly activate mTOR signaling in our cell culture studies, it remains possible that chronic oral administration could potentially increase PA pools by acting as a substrate for PA synthesis. Consistent with this possibility, previous studies have shown that certain phospholipids can improve athletic performance [26]. For example, PC increases endurance by preventing exercise induced declines in choline levels and PS by blunting exercise induced increases in cortisol [27] and improving mental performance under stress [28]. However, no study has yet investigated the effects of long-term PS supplementation in combination with resistance exercise on potential gains in muscular hypertrophy. It is also important to note that although we have determined maximal mTOR activation in response to PA occurs at approximately 20 minutes, this is only one time point, and activation prior to, or following, 20 minutes could have been missed. Therefore, future research should investigate additional time points, as well as lower concentrations, as 10 μM appeared to be a saturating dose.
Effects of PA supplementation on CSA and LBM
For decades, it has been well documented that RT leads to increases in muscle mass [29]. However, the mechanism for muscle hypertrophy due to a mechanical stimulus has only just begun to be elucidated. Recent research indicates that the lipid second messenger, PA, could be at least partially responsible for translating the mechanical stimulus of RT into the chemical signal for skeletal muscle hypertrophy [23]. For example, research conducted by O’Neil et al. [20] has demonstrated that the PA content of the cell is increased following eccentric contractions and this effect is associated with a robust activation of mTOR signaling.
It is interesting to note that the endogenously produced PA can directly bind to, and activate, mTOR signaling which, in-turn, can promote an increase in protein synthesis. These effects appear to be independent of the PI3K and ERK signaling pathways [14, 20]. However, exogenous PA can also be hydrolyzed to LPA, which binds to the LPA family of G-protein-coupled receptors. The binding of LPA to these receptors results in a cascade of events which stimulate the ERK signaling pathway and also increase PLD activity within the cell [15]. The result is a dual mediated increase in mTOR signaling via increased PA content within the cell as well as via the activation of the ERK signaling pathway [15]. Thus through the activation of multiple pathways, supplementing with PA could result in greater rates of MPS than RT alone and might explain why we observed a greater increase in skeletal muscle accretion when supplementing with PA.
While a pilot study [18] found that changes in LBM were likely enhanced by PA supplementation, they did not find as robust of an effect as the present study in either the control or experimental conditions. For example, their results found no significant change in LBM in the placebo group (+0.1 kg LBM), and they found smaller effects in the experimental group (+1.7 kg LBM) compared to the present study. These findings may indicate that the training stimulus was inadequate to enhance LBM by itself, and it may indicate that changes in LBM were primarily driven by the supplement itself. It is also possible that these findings are the result of unsupervised training as research demonstrates greater increases in neuromuscular adaptations in supervised, as compared to unsupervised, training [30]. In contrast, the present study found increases in both LBM and hypertrophy in both the placebo and PA conditions. These findings may indicate that skeletal muscle hypertrophy was driven by both endogenous (training) and exogenous (PA supplementation) mechanisms. Therefore, future research may be interested in examining the effects of PA on muscle hypertrophy in the absence of a RT stimulus. Additionally, subjects were administered a collagen protein supplement in order to standardize for post-exercise nutrition. It should be noted, however, that there is a low leucine content in collagen protein. Therefore, we posit that collagen supplementation likely had minimal effects in stimulating training-induced responses in strength and body composition, as leucine is primarily responsible for protein’s effects on muscle protein synthesis [31]. We chose a collagen protein supplement to minimize possible effects of protein supplementation. Moreover while mTOR and P-p70-389 influence MPS, MPS was not directly measured in this study, and this mechanism for muscle hypertrophy must be validated in future research.
It is interesting to note that there was a trend (p = 0.068) for PA to decrease body fat (ES = 0.28). Past research strongly suggests that RT alone does not provide a strong stimulus for fat loss [32]. However since muscle mass is a very metabolically active tissue [33], the fat loss may be explained by the increased LBM. While we presently can only speculate as to why or if this may be the case, future research may be interested in exploring the possibility of PA as a fat loss agent, as PA is known to interact with many complexes [34].
Strength is one of the most critical attributes underlying success in sport [35, 36]. The collective results of the present study, as well as those from Hoffman [18], suggest that changes in strength following supervised and non-supervised RT are enhanced by PA supplementation. The observed increases in skeletal muscle CSA certainly contribute to the increases observed in strength, and as PA is not expected to directly increase strength, we believe the increases in strength are due to the increases in CSA, which has been well documented [29]. Additionally, we believe no differences were observed for power as the participants did not train with a power-oriented stimulus. Rather they trained for hypertrophy twice per week, and strength once per week. Thus, further research will be needed to determine if PA can enhance improvements in power.
PA induces an increase in mTOR signaling in a cell culture model. Oral PA administration is capable of enhancing the anabolic effects of resistance training and contributes to muscle accretion over time. Oral PA supplementation can directly augment changes in skeletal muscle hypertrophy following a chronic RT stimulus and results in significant increases in strength and LBM over placebo.
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Research conducted by DMG and TAH at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases on the National Institutes of Health under Award Number AR057347. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Research conducted by JMJ, RPL, SAM, and JMW at the University of Tampa was supported by a grant from Chemi Nutra (White Bear Lake, MN).
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Cell culture tests were performed by DMG and TAH at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. All human work was conducted at The University of Tampa by JMJ, RPL, SAM, and JMW. Dietary protocols were developed at the IMG Performance Institute by SMCW. RJ, MDR, and MP were involved in concept and design of the overall study and manuscript preparation. The manuscript was written through contributions of all authors. All authors have given approval to the final version of the manuscript.
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Karlie Kloss Found a Buyer for Her $2.75 Million West Village Triplex
By Morgan Halberg • 12/01/19 7:00am
Karlie Kloss is selling her West Village bachelorette pad. Scroll through to peek inside.
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The living room has 12-foot ceilings.
Kloss bought the home for $1.98 million in 2012.
She brought in Nate Berkus to help remodel the home.
It's spread out over three levels.
There's built-in shelving in the library.
The unit is located in a townhouse on Charles Street.
The remodeled eat-in kitchen.
Both of the bedrooms are located upstairs.
The master suite.
The master bathroom.
There's a stall shower and soaking tub.
There's a private terrace off the master suite.
The extra bathroom.
The co-op is listed for $2.75 million.
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It didn’t take long for Karlie Kloss to find a buyer for her West Village apartment. The model listed her three-level bachelorette pad on Charles Street for $2.75 million in late September, and it’s already found a buyer at that asking price.
Kloss, who recently married Joshua Kushner in two different ceremonies (one upstate New York in October 2018, and another in Wyoming in June 2019), bought the two-bedroom, two-bathroom abode for $1.98 million in 2012, and renovated the home before moving in.
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Karlie Kloss has lived in the triplex since 2012. Steven Ferdman/Getty Images
The cozy space includes a living room with 12-foot ceilings, currently configured with multiple seating areas, and a renovated eat-in kitchen that’s reached via a short set of stairs, complete with stainless steel appliances, marble countertops and backsplash and a small breakfast nook.
A room on the lower level is presently being used as a library-media room, per the listing held by Compass broker Nick Gavin. While the photos for the home show perfectly lovely interiors, it seems that this isn’t how Kloss had it furnished when she resided here, as the listing also notes that the apartment is staged by Christopher Henry Designs.
Both of the bedrooms are on the second level of the home. The master suite has access to a private terrace and is fitted with a wall of custom floor-to-ceiling closets, plus a glass-tiled bathroom with a skylight, double vanity, soaking tub and rain shower. The spare bedroom also has a skylight, with its own walk-in closet.
Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner tied the knot last year. Patrick McMullan
Kloss and Kushner must have been on the lookout for a new marital abode, as they also sold their Nolita abode for $6.6 million over the summer. They’ve already found a new residence, however, as Kloss recently told Architectural Digest that she and Kushner “just moved into” their new home, though she didn’t disclose any details about its location.
Filed Under: Celebrity, Lifestyle, Real Estate, slideshow, celebrity real estate, celebrity homes, real estate, Compass, Karlie Kloss, Models
SEE ALSO: Ryan Reynolds Follows in the Footsteps of Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher—And Invests in Tech
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Online sites fight back against blocked ads
UCR research finds an astonishing 52 times more anti-ad blocking than previously thought
Author: Sophia Stuart
The web is only “free” because our attention is sold to the highest bidder via complex real-time auction systems, based on data-mining algorithms, that serve up ads. If you were a fan of the AMC series Mad Men, with its depiction of smartly crafted agents of persuasion, you probably hate the irritating interruptions of today’s digital messaging.
You’re not alone. Eleven percent of the global internet audience is now using ad blocking software, available either as browser extensions—Adblock, Adblock Plus, and uBlock—or fully fledged browsers—Brave and Cliqz—for a less intrusive online experience.
However, it turns out those ad blockers aren’t as effective as advertised, because major publishers have gone on the counter-offensive. In a desperate bid to avoid losing billions of dollars in revenues, they’re employing technical trickery to continue serving up targeted ads.
A new research paper, “Measuring and Disrupting Anti-Adblockers Using Differential Execution Analysis,” written by UCR professors Zhiyun Qian and Heng Yin; UCR graduate student Shitong Zhu; Xunchao Hu of Syracuse University, and Zubair Shafiq of the University of Iowa, takes an in-depth scholarly look at the anti-ad blocking landscape and what can be done.
The authors will be presenting their work at the Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium in San Diego from Feb. 18-21.
“The ad industry lacks self-regulation and all sorts of issues exist such as malware delivered through ads, universal tracking, annoying ads and so on,” said Qian, an assistant professor in the computer science and engineering department, who previously worked for Microsoft and Cisco. “Our research paper came out of work which was initially funded by the Data Transparency Lab, and now by the National Science Foundation, and its initial goal was simple: to learn more about the escalating arms race between ad blocker and anti-ad blockers.”
The authors ran multiple concurrent experiments, including a differential execution analysis to automatically detect and analyze anti-ad blockers, collecting execution traces by visiting a website with, and then without, ad blockers to measure the different in-browser experiences. Their system detected anti-ad blockers on an astonishing 30 percent of the Alexa top 10K websites.
“This is up to 52 times more than reported in prior literature,” said Quin, a 2017 NSF CAREER award recipient. “We know that earlier research was limited to detecting visible reactions, such as warning messages and pop-ups, by anti-ad blockers. But our system can discover attempts to detect ad blockers even when there is no visible reaction, which happens in over 90 percent of cases.”
Based on their findings, the team developed software tools, including JavaScript rewriting and API hooking based solutions, the latter implemented as a Chrome extension, to help ad blockers bypass state-of-the-art anti-ad blockers.
In bypassing ad blockers, Qian said malware delivery and widespread tracking will come back to threaten the stability of digital interconnected systems.
“We see our research as part of the movement to keep up pressure on publishers and advertisers in the long term,” Qian said. “Because it is crucial that ad blockers keep pace with anti-ad blockers in the rapidly escalating technological arms race.”
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Home » Aviation » Navy Releases Final MQ-25 Stingray RFP; General Atomics Bid Revealed
Navy Releases Final MQ-25 Stingray RFP; General Atomics Bid Revealed
Artist’s Concept of the General Atomics MQ-25 Stingray. GA Image used with permission
Naval Air Systems Command has quietly released the final request for proposals to industry for the unmanned MQ-25 Stingray aerial tanker, USNI News has learned.
Last week, the Navy issued the RFP to four industry competitors for the air segment of what will be the service’s Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle ahead of an anticipated contract award by September of next year, a NAVAIR spokeswoman told USNI News on Tuesday.
The competitors are Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics.
The Navy wants to field the capability on its carriers to alleviate the strain on the existing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets that are burning through flight hours while serving as a refueling tanker for other aircraft attempting to land on the aircraft carrier. Up to 20 to 30 percent of Super Hornet sorties are refueling missions.
While the Navy has been reluctant about the specific goals of the program, the service’s basic requirements will have the Stingray deliver about 15,000 pounds of fuel 500 nautical miles from the carrier.
“The MQ-25 will give us the ability to extend the air wing out probably 300 or 400 miles beyond where we typically go. We will be able to do that and sustain a nominal number of airplanes at that distance,” Air Boss Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker said in the September issue of Proceedings.
“That will extend the reach of the air wing, and when we combine that with additional weapons we are buying, we will get an impressive reach.”
The current effective strike radius of a Super Hornet is about 450 miles, and the MQ-25 could extend the range to more than 700 nautical miles.
Of the four companies vying for the business, General Atomics has released the first complete images of its planned bid for Stingray.
MQ-25 model. USNI News Photo
The aircraft is a wing-body-tail design that shares design characteristics with the General Atomics Avenger design, including a turbofan engine and V-shaped tailfins.
The image, provided to USNI News, show the GA Stingray concept fielding a standard D-704 buddy tank refueling system.
While company representatives didn’t reveal details of the bid, like aircraft dimensions or internal fuel capacity, they did point out some features unique to the GA bid. The aircraft will have an electro-optical ball like GA’s MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper UAVs; landing gear that pulls into the fuselage, which is reminiscent of the old S-3 Viking anti-submarine warfare aircraft; and a system for maneuvering around the flight deck using gestures from the flight crew, retired Rear Adm. Terry Kraft who now works for General Atomics told USNI News on Saturday.
In addition to the carrier suitability requirements set by the Navy, GA has included a margin for growth.
“You can see a future for weaponization, you could see a future for ISR capability. The Navy has already asked us to put hooks in there for a radar and I think it’s very logical that the first spiral would be some type of radar installation,” Kraft said.
“At the end of the day, the UAV is a truck.”
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NYPD Officer Pinned Between Two Vehicles During Traffic StopThe injured officer was actually hit by his own vehicle when a van crashed into it during a traffic stop.
Suspect Shot During Bank Robbery In Franklin Square, Long Island
Filed Under:Bank Robbery, Chase Bank, Franklin Square
Nassau County police cruiser (File/Credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)
FRANKLIN SQUARE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A security guard shot and wounded a suspect during a bank robbery in Franklin Square, Long Island late Thursday afternoon.
A 5:37 p.m., a suspect robbed the Chase Bank at 654 Franklin Ave. in Franklin Square, Nassau County police said.
A security guard shot and wounded the suspect, police said. The suspect was in custody late Thursday, but had not been charged.
There were several people in the bank at the time, but no one else was injured, police said.
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A professional organization of reporters, freelancers, public information officers, producers and authors whose work intersects with science and technology
March 6, 2010 Events
Calendar for March 8th- March 12th
Posted by essreich
Send events to nesciencewriterscalendar@gmail.com by the end of Wednesday for inclusion in the calendar for the following week.
Monday March 8th, 2010.
12.30pm-1.30pm
Health Sciences Lecture
“Re-evaluating the Link Between Malaria and Climate”
Krijn Paaijmans, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University
Location: Room 907, Harvard School of Public Health Kresge Building, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
For more information: 617-432-7143, lcoventr@hsph.harvard.edu
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/section/calendar/gazette-calendar/#/?i=3
Monday, March 8, 2:00PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear and Particle Theory Seminar
“Direct photon production and precision jet physics at the LHC”
Matthew Schwartz, Harvard University
Location: Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT Building 6c-442 Cosman seminar room
http://ctp.lns.mit.edu/seminars/seminars_NP.html
Monday March 8th, 2010
Nuclear and Particle Theory Colloquium
“First CMS Results on pp Collisions at the LHC”
Gunther Roland, MIT
Room 26-414. Kolker Room
http://www.lns.mit.edu/seminars/nppc.html
Harvard University Department of Physics Colloquium
“Bottled Lightning: Modernizing the Electrical Grid”
Phillip Schewe, American Institute of Physics
Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 at 3:30 pm
Location: Harvard’s Jefferson Laboratory, Room-250.
http://www.physics.harvard.edu
Monday, March 8th, 2010.
5:15pm-7pm
“Reality Check: How the Facts of Life on a Tough New Planet Shape Our Choices”
Bill McKibben, scholar in residence at Middlebury College and American environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. A response will be given by Daniel Schrag, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
Location: Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue
For more information: 617-495-4476, resterson@hds.harvard.edu
Free but reservations required at https://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/registration.cfm
Tuesday March 9th, 2010
Shorenstein Speaker Series
“Military and the Media.”
Daphne Benoit, Pentagon correspondent, Agence France Press (AFP).
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275, Joan Shorenstein Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/news_events/calendar.html
“Genome-Wide Analysis of Self-Renewal and Tumorigenesis in Drosophila Neural Stem Cells”
Juergen Knoblich, The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Room 32-123, MIT’s Stata Center Kirsch Auditorium.
http://mit.edu/biology/www/biology/colloquium.html
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010.
“From the State House to the White House: Digital Governance”
Panel Discussion with Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States; Teri Takai, Chief Information Officer of the State of California; Anne Margulies, Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Moderated by Jerry Mechling, Harvard Kennedy School. Co-sponsored by the Gov 2.0 PIC.
Location: John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Joan Shorenstein Center, Kennedy School, Harvard
Thursday March 11th, 2010
Center for Astrophysics Colloquium
“Understanding the Star Formation Rate”
Mark Krumholz from the University of California, Santa Cruz
Location: Phillips Auditorium, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
More information: Stella Offner soffner@cfa.harvard.edu
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia/
Thursday March 11th 2010
Hallam L. Movius Jr Lecture
“Hunters and Artists of Late Ice Age Europe: The Magdalenian World””
Lawrence Guy Straus, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Location: Peabody Museum Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/?q=node/151
Evolution Matters Lecture Series
“The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin’s Dilemma”
Marc Kirschner, Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School
Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures-classes-events/evolution-matters-2010.html or hmnhpr@oeb.harvard.edu
Friday March 12th, 2010
Tufts University Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
“The Intersection of Physics, Public Policy and National Security”
Lisbeth Gronlund of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the MIT Program on Science, Technology, and Society
Tufts University’s Nelson Auditorium, Anderson Hall
Refreshments served in Robinson 251 at 2:30 pm
Calendar for Monday March 15th to Sunday March 21st 2010.
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Premier Concerts and Manic Presents:
Christopher Paul Stelling
Elison Jackson (solo)
Wed · February 12, 2020
General Admission Standing Room Only
“It’s not Americana or alt anything, it’s really just soulful folk music,” Ben Harper says of Best of Luck, the new album by Christopher Paul Stelling, which he produced.
Harper and Stelling met a few years back when the Grammy award winning musician-producer invited Stelling to open a series of shows. “Ben gave me a true gift back then,” Stelling says. “I’d been on the road for a long time and he put me onstage in front of his fans. He took me to the Beacon, The Ryman, Massey Hall, all these legendary rooms. Just to see that what I could do would even translate in spaces like that was revelatory.”
Harper says he instantly recognized a kindred spirit in Stelling’s virtuosic finger picking and soulful delivery. “It was like finding a John Fahey or Leo Kottke that was a really great singer,” he explains.
The recording of Best Of Luck culminated on a rainy night in Los Angeles, but the whole thing really began back in North Carolina. Stelling calls Asheville home, though he has been in a state of near constant motion for years. Leaving Florida while young to roam and perfect his craft, he made stops in Colorado, Boston, Seattle, New York and eventually North Carolina - all interspersed with relentless touring - hundreds of performances a year, in bars, coffee houses, nightclubs and theaters.
“The lifestyle of constant touring was gaining on me,” Stelling says. “And then I was back home, and in the abrupt silence, there was a clarity. The fumes of hubris I had been running on for years were all but gone and my relationship with my environment and myself had turned toxic. I was scared but resolved to persevere. On Christmas Day, after a few false starts, I gave up drinking and decided to take a look at myself.”
And then, as if following some greater cosmic narrative, an email arrived that New Year’s Day. It was Harper asking if he would be interested in making a record in Los Angeles. “I had never worked with a producer before,” Stelling says. “I had always controlled everything; it was how I had survived. But I needed a mentor and a friend; I was too far from shore."
Stelling accepted an artist’s residency at the Stetson Kennedy House outside of Jacksonville Florida to prepare. Kennedy had been a folklorist and comrade of Woody Guthrie and Zora Neale Hurston. Woody stayed there for extended periods as well. “I moved into this little house in a North Florida swamp just an hour from where I was born and raised,” Stelling says. “And I proceeded to freak out. It was the first time I’d just sat still for years. Mostly, I took inventory of myself. But I left feeling like I’d found a thread. After that, I would send Ben demos. He would respond with encouragement and tell me to keep digging, so I’d keep digging. Looking back, the whole process was the medicine I needed.”
Best Of Luck is a supremely accessible and finely crafted record that deftly merges genres. Harper, who has previously produced records by Mavis Staples, Rickie Lee Jones, The Blind Boys of Alabama and others, recruited an all-star rhythm section with Jimmy Paxson (Stevie Nicks, Dixie Chicks) on drums and upright bass player Mike Valerio (Randy Newman, LA Philharmonic) to lend a versatility and finesse. “I really believe this record is the intersection where folk and soul meet,” Harper says.
The album’s title, Best Of Luck, mirrored perfectly the emotional landscape in which it was created. “Depending on how you say it, it can either be a blessing or a dismissal,” Stelling says. “And that was exactly the point I was coming to with myself, my career as an artist, as a friend and as a person.”
The first track, “Have To Do For Now” is a haunting evocation of a moment between an unexamined past and an uncertain future. The guitar refrain evokes a beautiful sense of wistfulness about the past. “It’s a song about the fear of losing memories and the relief of letting them go,” Stelling explains. “It was written in one sitting. A flood of memories moving back to when I was very young and I fell from a tree house and split my head open. I’d never really processed that trauma but it’s one of my earliest and most visceral memories. I can’t help but wonder how that day and others like it have influenced my life.”
The sonic simplicity of “Lucky Stars” reveals a richness of melody and emotionality. “It’s part love song, part lullaby,” Stelling says of the track, “with a gentle touch from the band and Ben’s haunting lap steel matching my guitar in the instrumental section, additional vocals by my partner. It’s about gratitude and the mysteries of the universe. Even to just be here and marvel at it all is enough for me most times. Even if it’s meaningless, it’s beautiful.”
Throughout the record, discontent and self-doubt are transformed into messages of resilience and hope. “Trouble Don’t Follow Me” captures this perfectly, with an upbeat almost anthemic rhythm and soulful, gospel-tinged vocals. “It comes as no surprise to me that one of my most optimistic songs could be written in the most difficult hour,” Stelling says. “When all I needed was a little hope and a song I could play night after night and not get tired of. Something that captured the basic recipe for endurance. A song about marching on, a warning to anything that might stand in your way, and needing to feel strong for the people around you, so you can inspire them to do the same.”
There is an uninhibited defiance to “Until I Die,” a revved up folk-blues featuring a beautifully raw guitar and beat. “This song is a kaleidoscope in the hall of mirrors, a psychedelic rant,” Stelling says. “One thing is for certain amidst the chaos and uncertainty, and that is having someone to love and who loves you back is unrivaled.”
When Harper talks about his admiration for Stelling, he refers to his family’s legendary folk music store, filled with instruments and a fluid merging of styles and genres. “When I listen to Chris, I hear my grandparent’s store in Claremont,” Harper says. “He’s carrying on that tradition. A guy that can play any instrument from any country and play it with real feeling. He crosses genres but manages to respect them; he is a folk singer with an unusual soulfulness. He understands where this music comes from and why it’s remains so essential. Of all the record’s I have produced, this is one I’m most proud of.”
For his part, Stelling says, “This record was about learning to trust the people around me. If anything, after years of closely guarded decision-making I’m delighted by the results of this collaboration. This record has an undeniable sense of clarity. The songs are lean but never feel incomplete. Ben knew how to coax me out of my well-worn comfort zones, how to move fast and spontaneously and put me on the spot, and how to retreat and give me space to process things. People who know me have said they hear a lot more of me in this album than anything before. Realizing I couldn’t heal the world, I started to heal myself, and I couldn’t be more pleased by how that sounds.”
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US-American singer/songwriter and guitarist, born on February 19, 1982 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Christopher Paul Stelling is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Carbon Based - Sat 2.22
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Grouplove: Healer Tour - Wed 5.13
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New Politics Vol. XIV No. 1, Whole Number 53
Summer 2012 (New Politics Vol. XIV No. 1, Whole Number 53)
Symposium: Disability Rights
Overview, Ravi Malhotra
Disability Policy in New Zealand, Chris J. Ford
What Was the Question? Race and Disability in Gramsci’s “The Southern Question,” Anne Finger
Legacy of Exploitation, Jihan Abbas
Expendable Necessities? Cuts to Personal Assistance, Rachel Garaghty
Special Section: Occupy and Labor
Introduction, Dan La Botz
Occupy Oakland and the Labor Movement, Bill Balderston
Occupy-Labor Partnership in Chicago, Susan Dirr
Zuccotti at Work, Amy Muldoon
Learning From David Montgomery, Peter Rachleff
Some Lessons of 1989’s East European Revolutions, Joanne Landy
Getting Serious About Class Dynamics, William Tabb
Mobs, Vigilantes, Cops, & Feds: The Repression of SNCC, 1960-1973, Martin Oppenheimer
Why the Tea Party?, Charles Post
Joe Hill Revisited, Jose Colina
Occupy Wall Street: Composers and the Plutocracy, John Halle
Interview with Jefferson Cowie, Craig Hughes and Ben Holtzman
Means-Testing: Shredding the Safety Net, Betty Reid Mandell
The Return of the Russian Revolution, Alexei Gusev
U.S. Economic Imperialism & Resistance From the Global South, Francis Shor
Ireland: Still Up Recession Creek Without a Paddle, Lily Murphy
Infectious Disease, Robert Joe Stout
Charles Post, Rev. of Samuel Farber, Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959
Peter Drucker, Rev. of In the Steps of Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Writings of Paul Levi
Stephen R. Shalom, Rev. of Lawrence Wittner, Working for Peace and Justice
Michael Hirsch, Rev. of Jane Latour, Sisters in the Brotherhood
Michael Wreszin, Rev. of Gregory Summers, Unstuck In Time and of Charles Shields, And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life
Dan La Botz, Rev. of José CaRlos Mariátegui: An Anthology, Ed. and Trans. by Harry E. Vanden and Marc Becker
Michael Löaut;wy, Rev. of S. Sandor John, Bolivia’s Radical Tradition
Paul Buhle, Robin Hood, with Illustrations by Chris Hutchinson, Garry Dunn, and Sharon Rudahl
By: Betty Reid Mandell, Marvin Mandell
In 1936 at a public confrontation with the philosopher Miguel de Unamuno, the Fascist commander of the Spanish Legion, José Millán-Astray reportedly responded: "¡Muera la inteligencia! ¡Viva la Muerte! ("Death to intelligence! Long live death!") provoking applause from the Falangists.
Disability Rights Symposium: Introduction
By: Ravi Malhotra
All too often, socialists, like others, have regarded disability as a personal tragedy. Left publications rarely discuss it or debate it and activism by people with disabilities has been ignored by the left, notwithstanding the fact that Americans with disabilities are among the most marginalized of citizens in terms of income level and poverty rates.
Antonio Gramsci's South … or … Some Aspects of the Disability Question
By: Anne Finger
When Antonio Gramsci gave his maiden speech in Parliament in May of 1925, many of the other deputies left their seats and thronged around him in order to hear the faint voice coming from his compressed chest.
A Legacy of Exploitation: Intellectual disability, unpaid labor, & disability services
By: Jihan Abbas
While employment issues have always been an important aspect of disability policy, a focus on paid and formal employment has meant that the experience of many working-age adults with intellectual disabilities has been overlooked. Many erroneously believe the historic absence of persons with intellectual disabilities in the workplace is evidence that persons with intellectual disabilities cannot or do not work.
Expendable Necessities?: Cutting Essential Care for People with Disabilities in Minnesota
By: Rachel Garaghty
On October 26, 2011, legislation that would lower the wages of caregivers who provide personal assistance services to their disabled family members was ruled unconstitutional by a Minnesota judge.
Disability politics in a time of capitalist crisis: could history repeat itself?
By: Chris Ford
A recent article in the British Observer by Ian Birrell discussed an ominous development that has historical connotations. “The demonization of the disabled is a sign of the times” outlined how more and more British disabled people are being increasingly subjected to bullying and hate crime.[1]
Occupy and Labor: Introduction
Labor unions have traditionally claimed to speak for the American working class. Occupy claims to speak for the 99%, for the working class and then some. The claim by both the unions and Occupy to speak for working people simultaneously lays the basis for cooperation and sets the stage for conflict. The two forces could not be more different.
Occupy Oakland and the Labor Movement
By: Bill Balderston
The relationship between the Occupy movement and segments of organized labor, in their varied institutional and ideological forms, has been a source of much speculation on the left. While there have been strong linkages created in other cities such as New York, many see this interaction as most focused in the East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley) of California. This article is a personal account of the growing dialogue between the labor movement and the Occupy organizing as seen by someone heavily involved in attempting to build these linkages.
Zuccotti at Work: Daydreams of a Rank and Filer
By: Amy Muldoon
There isn’t a working person alive today who hasn’t idly fantasized about taking control of their lives at work. For many, this is probably just a fantasy about tossing their boss out a window or poisoning their coffee, but others have a more expansive vision of challenging the system of control that gives you an arrogant, unqualified stooge to squeeze the life out of you in the first place.
Learning From David Montgomery: Worker, Historian, Activist
By: Peter Rachleff
On December 4, 2011, the labor movement, the left, the academy, and the historical profession lost a leader and friend.
Some Lessons of 1989’s East European Revolutions: Reflections of a U.S. Peace Activist
By: Joanne Landy
In the 1980s, the U.S.-based Campaign for Peace and Democracy/East and West was deeply involved in the struggle for "détente from below." CPD/EW collaborated with the European Nuclear Disarmament network to build solidarity and mutual support between, on the one hand, peace groups and progressive trade unionists in the West and, on the other hand, the democratic movements in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
Getting Serious About Class Dynamics: Culture, Politics and Class
By: William Tabb
Labor historians have detailed how the structure of the workplace, the cultural aspects of community, and spatial patterning all impact class consciousness. From coal mining that paradigmatically has the workers living in the hollow and the bosses on the hill to the ethnic enclaves of steel town where different nationality/ethnic groups each occupied their own distinct neighborhoods with taverns, union halls and churches, socialization matters.
Mobs, Vigilantes, Cops, and Feds: The Repression of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
By: Martin Oppenheimer
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, or "Snick") came out of the sit-in movement that began on Feb. 1, 1960 in Greensboro, N.C. Its founding convention was at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C. April 15-17 that year. 200-plus-delegates representing student civil rights organizations at 52 colleges and high schools attended.
Why the Tea Party?
By: Charles Post
The anti-capitalist left in the United States and around the world faces a paradox. A mere five years ago, the world capitalist economy entered a new long period of falling profits, stagnant accumulation, and growing long-term un (and under-) employment. The 2007-8 financial crisis threatened a wave of bankruptcies across the capitalist world that seemed to herald a collapse of major sectors of industry and finance.
Joe Hill Revisited
By: Jose Colina
Dance among the standing cars,
Each suit will blow his horn…
Let’s make them doubt the system
To which they were lately born.
Occupy Wall Street, Composers and the Plutocracy: Some Variations on an Ancient Theme
By: John Halle
Where the Rubber Meets the Road for the Indefinite Future: An Interview with Jefferson Cowie
By: Ben Holtzman, Craig Hughes
Jefferson Cowie is Associate Professor of History at Cornell University and a leading scholar of labor and class in the United States.
Means-testing: Shredding the Safety Net
By: Betty Reid Mandell
Means-testing benefits that everyone is entitled to receive has become popular with conservatives these days. Conservatives have called for means-testing unemployment benefits, Medicare, and Social Security.
The Return of the Russian Revolution: Nature of and Perspectives on the Wave of Social Protest in Russia
By: Alexi Gusev
"Every generation needs a new revolution"
"The most dangerous thing is to create a system of permanent revolution."
U.S. Economic Imperialism and Resistance from the Global South: A Prelude to OWS
By: Francis Shor
It is generally agreed that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a response to decades of economic inequality in the United States. However, to focus only on the national dynamics of U.S. capitalism is to neglect the global role of U.S. economic imperialism since the 1970s and the resistance that developed in the global South to specific instances of that economic imperialism. This paper will consider how imperialist policies promoted by U.S. sponsored agencies and activities engaged in by U.S. corporations’ elicited acts of resistance.
Ireland: Still Up Recession Creek Without a Paddle
By: Lily Murphy
On December 6th 1921 the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed. It was an agreement between Britain and Ireland to end the Irish war of independence and create peace on the war ravaged island of Ireland, but the main clause of the treaty was that six counties of the north of Ireland would remain under British rule while the remaining twenty-six counties could enjoy limited freedom as a self governing dominion of the British empire.
By: Robert Joe Stout
"According to information supplied by members of the military high command in 1994, President Salinas already had given orders for a massive military move into Chiapas to root out and destroy the insurgents, but was dissuaded by the United States Embassy and some of his own governmental advisors because Subcomandante Marcos had become a charismatic figure worldwide and Mexico could not afford the negative publicity that crushing the movement would create.
Paul Levi: A Luxemburgist Alternative?
The economic crisis and the rise of Occupy have given fresh urgency to the question: is there an alternative to capitalism? And if so, what? For almost a century now the failure of the Russian Revolution has provided capitalism’s defenders with a boogeyman, an argument that any attempt to get rid of the existing system will lead to something even worse.
An Intellectual Activist
By: Stephen R. Shalom
Various realist political pundits have suggested — only half-jokingly — that the Nobel Peace Prize should be given to the atomic bomb, since in their view it was nuclear deterrence that prevented the Cold War from turning into a world war.[1] But historian Lawrence S.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Tradeswomen Tell Their Survival Stories
By: Michael Hirsch
A sociologist tired of—if not ill-suited for—academic life and one of that generation of proper New Leftists committed to organizing or reorganizing the industrial proletariat as a necessary prelude to the much anticipated Red revolution, I hired in at a Midwestern steel mill in late summer of 1977.
The Lives of Billy Pilgrim, Kilgore Trout, and Eliot Rosewater by Way of Kurt Vonnegut
By: Michael Wreszin
Charles J. Shield’s biography offers a detailed life of the writer, his strengths and weaknesses, both as an author and a person. The major thrust of the Shields biography is to present Kurt Vonnegut as two different people, the writer and the private person. A nephew told the biographer:
Latin American Marxist: José Carlos Mariátegui
While most English speakers don’t know him, the Peruvian José Carlos Mariátegui ranks as one of the great Marxists of the twentieth century. It was Mariátegui who originally asked the question which seems so relevant today: How does one make socialism in Latin America with Indians? He answered by turning the question around in the other direction: Indians in Latin America will be at the center of the fight for socialism in Latin America.
Seventy Years of Bolivian Radicalism
By: Michael Löwy
This remarkable piece of militant history, based on interviews, as well as leaflets, letters, manifestos, dug out of public archives and private collections, from the heights of La Paz to the outskirts of Paris, deals with the Bolivian labor movement, the most persistent and combative in the Western Hemisphere. Bolivia is one of the very poorest countries of the Americas, and also the most Indian: 2/3 of the population describes itself as indigenous.
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ECAS 2019 Africa: Connections and Disruptions
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From global history to globalization: connections and disruptions in the African Indian Ocean [CRG Africa in the Indian Ocean]
Preben Kaarsholm (Roskilde University)
Discussant:
Marie-Pierre Ballarin (IRD/URMIS, Universités Paris Diderot-Nice Sophia Antipolis)
David Hume, LG.09
Thursday 13 June, 10:45-12:15
From global history to globalization: connections and disruptions in the African Indian Ocean [CRG Africa in the Indian Ocean]. Panel His10 at conference ECAS 2019 Africa: Connections and Disruptions.
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecas2019/p/7516
The panel will explore how old-standing connections between Africa and the Indian Ocean world have changed with globalization. What new possibilities and restrictions for development in African countries have the intensification of globalization in the Indian Ocean introduced since the early 1990s?
Historically, the Indian Ocean has both separated and united geopolitical entities - empires, religions and cultures - and has represented fundamental divisions as well as dynamic connections. It has provided a space for expansion, mobility and investment for traders and colonizers, and has been the site of dramatic contestations between religious and cultural agendas. It has enabled transportation, migration and settlement of slaves and labourers between China, Indonesia, India, the Arab world and the African coast and its islands, and given rise to new self-understandings of belonging and notions of citizenship. Since the end of the Cold War, it has provided an arena for greatly intensified and globalized connections and disruptions at both economic, political and cultural levels. The panel will explore how interactions in the Indian Ocean have changed with globalization, and how African societies been affected by these changes? In what ways was the earlier global history of the African Indian Ocean different from current dynamics of globalisation? What are the most important ways in which Oceanic connections between Africa, India and China have changed, and what new possibilities and restrictions have the hegemonies of globalization introduced for economic, political and cultural development in African countries?
The Disruption of Myth, the Connection of History: First Portuguese Recounts from the African Indian Ocean
Myth or legend? The Portuguese legacy in the Comoros.
An Ombudsman for Africa? Mauritius and the spread of human rights institutions in 1990s Africa
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Police arrest protesters at construction site of future youth jail in Seattle
on April 20, 2018 July 16, 2018 By nonewyouthjail
Article originally appears on seattletimes.com 09:19am 20 April 2018, updated again 2:36pm
Christine Clarridge
Several protesters were arrested Friday morning at the site of King County’s new youth jail, under construction in Seattle’s Central Area.
The demonstration began before sunrise when three people linked their arms inside of piping and sat in folding chairs inside the fenced construction site while dozens of activists and members of the clergy gathered on the sidewalk near the three, singing and speaking about a future with no jails at all.
“We do not need to be spending more than $200 million on a jail that doesn’t address the root problems that actually lead youth to be incarcerated,” said one speaker who would identify himself simply as Robert.
Another speaker said that it was outrageous to be jailing kids when the real dangers to society are “bankers, cops, politicians and soldiers.”
Seattle police also gathered at the construction site and eventually ordered the protesters who were sitting or standing on the site or in its driveway to disperse or risk arrest. Protesters on the public sidewalk were told they could stay.
By 10:30 a.m., nine people had been arrested — six protesters who had been blocking the driveway and the trio who had linked arms in a technique the police call the “sleeping dragon.” They were unlinked from each other by a special police team, handcuffed and placed into a second police van.
People shouted “We love you!” as one woman was walked from the site to the van.
Protester Kelsen Caldwell, who took a vacation day to join the demonstration, said the new jail was “all about caging our young people and traumatizing our young people.”
“Cushier beds doesn’t mean that jail is less traumatizing,” Caldwell said. “The whole system is traumatizing and we need to depart from the whole system.”
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The protest was the latest attempt by the No New Youth Jail campaign to stop construction of the more than $200 million juvenile detention center. Early last month, protesters blocked busy intersections throughout downtown Seattle; in late March, protesters formed human barricades at the construction site, blocking some shipments of supplies; this month, protesters interrupted King County Executive Dow Constantine’s State of the County address, forcing him to cancel it and post a prepared version online.
[Related: On the latest The Overcast podcast, Seattle U law professor Dean Spade explains opposition to the new youth jail.]
As cranes continued to move supplies around the large site, at 14th Avenue and East Remington Court, the protesters urged supporters to call the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and report what they call safety violations.
Although the protest may have prevented workers from laboring where the protesters were chained together, a foreman said it didn’t prevent work from happening in other parts of the site.
County voters in 2012 approved a $210 million levy to pay for a replacement for the existing juvenile-justice complex at 12th Avenue and East Alder Street in Seattle’s Central Area. Of that, $40 million will go toward building the detention portion of the Children and Family Justice Center, while the remainder of the money will go toward funding courtrooms and community resources, according to a spokesman for King County Executive Dow Constantine.
A group called Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, known as EPIC, however, sued King County and the courts determined that voters were provided with flawed language when they approved the ballot measure and that, therefore, they had actually authorized collecting property taxes for the project for only one year.
King County said the decision was a “technical ruling regarding the method for levy collection” and has said it will ask the state’s Supreme Court to review an appeals-court determination.
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Charter schools exploit lucrative loophole that would be easy to close
Feb 19, 2019 by Staffin Community
Some charter school operators make profits by leasing space to themselves at unusually high rates.
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Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina; Bruce Baker, Rutgers University, and Preston Green III, University of Connecticut
While critics charge that charter schools are siphoning money away from public schools, a more fundamental issue frequently flies under the radar: the questionable business practices that allow people who own and run charter schools to make large profits.
Charter school supporters are reluctant to acknowledge, much less stop, these practices.
Given that charter schools are growing rapidly – from 1 million students in 2006 to more than 3.1 million students attending approximately 7,000 charter schools now – shining a light on these practices can’t come too soon. The first challenge, however, is simply understanding the complex space in which charters operate – somewhere between public and private.
Unregulated competition
Charters were founded on the theory that market forces and competition would benefit public education. But policy reports and local government studies increasingly reveal that the charter school industry is engaging in the type of business practices that have led to the downfall of other huge industries and companies.
Charter schools regularly sign contracts with little oversight, shuffle money between subsidiaries and cut corners that would never fly in the real world of business or traditional public schools – at least not if the business wanted to stay out of bankruptcy and school officials out of jail. The problem has gotten so bad that a nationwide assessment by the U.S. Department of Education warned in a 2016 audit report that the charter school operations pose a serious “risk of waste, fraud and abuse” and lack “accountability.”
Self-dealing
The biggest problem in charter school operations involves facility leases and land purchases. Like any other business, charters need to pay for space. But unlike other businesses, charters too often pay unreasonably high rates – rates that no one else in the community would pay.
One of the latest examples can be found in a January 2019 report from the Ohio auditor-general, which revealed that in 2016 a Cincinnati charter school paid $867,000 to lease its facilities. This was far more than the going rate for comparable facilities in the area. The year before, a Cleveland charter was paying half a million above market rate, according to the same report.
Why would a charter school do this? Most states require charter schools to be nonprofit. To make money, some of them have simply entered into contracts with separate for-profit companies that they also own. These companies do make money off students.
In other words, some “nonprofit” charter schools take public money and pay their owners with it. When this happens, it creates an enormous incentive to overpay for facilities and supplies and underpay for things like teachers and student services.
Millions of public dollars at stake
The Cincinnati and Cleveland charters are prime examples of this perverse incentive structure. In both cases, the Ohio report showed, the charters were leasing property from the subsidiaries of the charter school operators.
In fact, these and other similar subsidiaries were leasing facilities to several other charters in the state. These charters spent twice as much on rent as others in the state.
Thomas Kelley, a law professor specializing in nonprofit law, unearthed similar problems in North Carolina, where charter school management companies obtain “ownership of valuable properties using public funds” and then charge the nonprofit charter schools rent far in excess of what is necessary to cover the cost of acquiring and maintaining the facilities. Because of the self-dealing, he questioned whether the charters actually qualify for nonprofit status under federal law.
The windfalls from these self-dealing practices can be sizable. In Arizona, Glenn Way, a former state legislator, has made about $37 million selling and leasing real estate to a chain of charter schools that he founded and, until recently, directed as chairman of the board, according to local reporting.
The laws around these issues are so permissive that even current state legislators can get into the game. An Arizona state senator, Eddie Farnsworth, who advocated for the state current charter laws, just sold his charter school chain for $56.9 million, netting himself $13.9 million in profits, which is to say nothing of the lease payments the chain will still have to pay him going forward.
One outraged community in Ohio tried to address this self-dealing through the courts and quickly discovered a dead end. When Ohio closed some charters for poor performance, the local charter school board wanted to reuse the leftover books and computers.
The charter company said they would have to pay for the items, even though they had been purchased with taxpayer money. Following the letter of the law, the Ohio Supreme Court agreed, explaining that once public money gets handed over to charter school companies, everything they buy belongs to them, not the public.
This brutal truth prompted legislative reform in Ohio, but just a few weeks ago, the National Alliance for Charter Schools was back in Ohio asking the state to increase funding for charter school facilities.
In our view as scholars who focus on education policy and law, we believe Ohio needs to stick with reform and the rest of the nation needs to get up to speed on the facts.
Stopping financial abuses
Cleaning up these practices and closing loopholes is not about being for or against charter schools. It is about good and transparent government. Charter schools, after all, run on public money.
And right now, that money can be spent almost any way the industry sees fit. The time has come for oversight that ensures public money is meeting its public purpose – serving students, not private interests.
In our view, lawmakers should prohibit charter school owners and operators from leasing and purchasing property from their other companies. They should also require state officials to audit facility purchases and leases for irregularities.
Finally, we believe policymakers and lawmakers should enlist those inside charter schools for help. Give charter school teachers and employees whistleblower protections and a financial reward to alert the public to abuses. These steps will not end charter school debates, but they will fix problems that should not even warrant a debate.
Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina; Bruce Baker, Professor of Education, Rutgers University, and Preston Green III, Professor of Educational Leadership and Law, University of Connecticut
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Bruno Barnhart’s Movement IV: The Global (Postmodern) Turn
Posted June 13, 2019 by Matthew Wright
I loved this chapter!—particularly the way it weaves together and synthesizes the voices of Teilhard de Chardin, Ewert Cousins, and Karl Rahner—each of them pointing in their own way (planetization, a 2nd Axial age, and the “world church”) to a truly universal, incarnate, global understanding of Christian spirituality. Wow! I’ll share a few words by way of summary here, before our Zoom book study group meets this Friday… but know that they’re rushed and inadequate to the wonders Fr. Bruno actually unfolds in these final pages.
In this fourth movement, Fr. Bruno explores Teilhard’s vision of a coming human unity: in Teilhard’s words, “there is only one way in which the tide can flow: the way of ever-increasing unification”… the present “social in-folding” is simply an extension of the “process of cosmic in-folding which gave birth to the first cell and the first thought on earth.” Barnhart points to the ways in which large scale human tragedies and disasters (the two World Wars, for example) “rather than fracturing and dispersing humanity, have forced it more tightly together.” We can only hope our current climate crisis will do the same. There is an insistence here that there is no ultimate going backwards (words that will sound either hopeful or naive in the Age of Trump!).
For this new human unity to truly emerge, however, Barnhart says we will need “the attainment of a new degree of love, a shift from the emergent ‘global brain’ to a still undiscovered ‘global heart.’” Can we begin to feel, see, as one heart? Not only one human but one planetary heart? Expanding the sphere of our love is the most crucial and planetarily necessary thing any of us can do at this moment. Our sphere of care and concern must extend beyond “our kind” (race, religion, nationality, species) if we want “our kind” to survive at all. For as it turns out, the conditions for the world’s flourishing are also the conditions for our own flourishing—a point we’ve majorly missed these last few centuries.
Barnhart then brings Ewert Cousins into the picture with his vision of a “Second Axial age,” a period (which Cousins envisions us entering now) when the collective- and earth-centered sensibilities of tribal and indigenous spiritualities are coming forward once more to be integrated with (not simply to replace) the rational and individual focuses of First Axial spiritualities—but now at the global level (we are one tribe, one earth). Finally, Barnhart brings in Karl Rahner, who specifically envisions the Church within this emerging, global and integrative understanding, seeing the Gospel more fully and authentically proclaimed in a new context of openness and pluralism.
For Barnhart, the visions of Teilhard, Cousins, and Rahner are “three expressions of a single awakening process of divine incarnation taking place in history, an awakening that, in our time, has been dramatically accelerated.” He then points us toward a complementary transcultural understanding of holiness, human maturity, and wisdom rooted in the visions of Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, and Bede Griffiths.
Weil argues that a universality once implicit in the lives and teachings of Christian saints must now become explicit: “It has to permeate our language and the whole way of our life.” Merton presents a vision of “final integration”—a state of human maturity that transcends “the ego and all cultural limitations,” that is “cosmic and universal,” and in which a person is “identified with everybody.” And finally, Griffiths “affirms the objective existence of a unitive—and universal—spiritual and philosophical tradition within the world religions” which the religions themselves must recover. Each author is pointing in their own way to spiritual knowledge and transformation as something nonexclusive, a human and global process.
Barnhart then ties this into his understanding of incarnation—the cornerstone of his entire project—and explores the ways in which human beings (and our byproduct, institutionalized religion!) too often resist the incarnational movement. From the spiritual ladders of Platonized Christian spirituality to the institutional ladders of rigid religious hierarchies, we keep putting things between ourselves and God, moving God “up and out”—thereby missing the entire point (or direction) of the evolutionary and cosmic unfolding itself (God has spent 14 billion years working to get down and into all of this!).
Because the Church didn’t often seem to get this, Fr. Bruno argues that “the incarnational movement of Western history had to move outside the church” into what he calls “secular incarnation.” He sees this happening in movements like Marxism and in all secular currents that work toward “universal human rights, civil rights without racial distinction, the universal dignity of the human person, the injustice of slavery, the freedom and equality of women, etc.” He boldly concludes that “to the extent that the ‘formal’ church (both of East and of West) has resisted incarnation, history has moved beyond it, pursuing its incarnational trajectory.”
Fr. Bruno then ties incarnation back into nonduality, the focus of Movement II. He writes:
“Incarnation is the ‘event of nonduality’ in this world. Further, our nondual baptismal identity is ‘identical’ with the event of incarnation. Incarnation is also the principle of history, or of the intelligibility of history. The converse of incarnation is divinization, or ‘birth in God,’ which is experienced as the awakening of the person. Therefore, our two principles or dimensions (horizontal and vertical)—history and identity—intersect or coincide at this point of incarnation, which becomes the center of a cross.”
And again, “The Christ-event is a descent of the ‘center’ from […] the nondual Absolute, the One, into the whole human person: body, soul, and spirit; into the human center—the heart, where body, soul, and spirit are one.” This is not only the individual heart, but the global heart that Fr. Bruno has already told us must now be awakened: the heart of the world, the heart of the entire evolutionary, incarnational process. The “center” descends first into the heart of individuals (Jesus is the “icon” of this process), but gradually and now increasingly (expansively, outwardly) into our collective (global, cosmic) heart. And so “the Christ-event” is not only an individual (uniquely “Jesus”) occurence, but a collective (global, cosmic) event. And we are it, and it is everything.
There’s so much more in this chapter! But this is a start (and Laura Ruth tells me she already has another blog post on this same chapter cooking in her heart, so stay tuned…). I hope you’ve all enjoyed and been enriched by our shared journey with this text—and if you haven’t read it yet, that these posts may inspire you to do so. Thank you all so much for making this exploration possible and alive! I’m overjoyed that it’s happened, and feel so grateful for the wisdom that Fr. Bruno has left behind for us all.
I’ll give him the last word: “While history will continue to flow forward, downward, and outward as incarnation, a perennial spiritual wisdom will continue to swim back, upward, and inward toward its unitive source. The gift of our time is an opportunity to see the whole living picture and to orient ourselves consciously within it.” May we use this gift, this seeing, well. And may we give all that we are to the awakening of our global heart, to the ongoing Incarnation of Christ, world without end. Amen.
don salmon says:
It is interesting that Father Bede Griffiths wrote a great deal about Sri Aurobindo, who found an incarnational spirituality in the Vedas which he had found nowhere else in the spirituality since the beginning of the Axial Age.
I share your optimism, and doubt if Donald Duck Trump is anything but a helpful symbol of the fear and reactivity within us all, facing the utterly radical transformative power of the profound global shift in which we are irrevocably immersed.
I have found, in terms of a language transcending religion and accessible even to the most fundamaterialist skeptic, that Dan Siegel’s integrative vision is very powerful for many.
Having taught his “Wheel of Awareness” exercise personally to over 30,000 people, he tells us that with just one 20-25 minute practice, people with no prior interest in things spiritual talk of astonishing experiences of peace, joy, universal love, and of “having experienced God.”
For the general public (particularly parents) it may be “the Whole Brain Child” that is most accessible.
http://www.remember-to-breathe.org
Mary Ellen Jernigan says:
Thank you Matthew for this outstanding synthesis, and even more for the joyful and hopeful heart through which bring it to all of us.
I just glanced at a copy of the book.
I would love it, Matthew, if you could reflect on this.
Take the notion that non duality in Hinduism is primarily about the identification of “I AM” with Brahman, whereas the distinctive Christianity non duality retains (or even focuses on) the I-Thou relationship.
Based on nearly 50 years of study of world traditions, I would say that (really, just as in all Western religions) at least 90, perhaps 99% of Asians (in India, China, as elsewhere) who had even the remotest interest in religion maintained either a dualistic or qualified non-dualist, bhakti/devotional stance as their sole or primary mode of worship.
This bizarre idea that in the 10th century, or whenever, millions of Indians were even aware of anything like the intellectual philosophy of Sankara or any other non dualist notions (even if they had heard the Upanishads or Gita recited, which would have been extraordinarily rare among the masses) – this idea is almost entirely due to the way that European intellectuals picked and chose among the books and teachings they found in India.
Themselves allergic to devotion and a personal God, they found their own intellectual salvation in the idea that a primarily impersonal Reality was the fundamental one. Somehow this idea has persisted despite Ramakrishna’s polar opposite view (and persisted even among his own highly Anglicized disciples!).
I’ve attempted to engage Cynthia on this point, and as of yet, I haven’t seen any writings where she addresses it (in the foreward of Father Barnhart’s book she repeats the same tired error), and Father Barnhart himself makes the same mistake.
Personally, my sense is there’s something quite emotionally powerful about making one’s own religious tradition unique (I won’t say “superior” here, but at the very least, unique, and perhaps therefore “special”).
it’s just not factually the case, at least, with regard to the relation of the individual and the Divine. Check out Madhva if you haven’t come across this before – or even better, read Sri Aurobindo (if you happen to be familiar with Ken Wilber, a good shortcut is to read virtually anything he’s written about Sri Aurobindo, and assume that Sri Aurobindo intended the very opposite of what Mr. Wilber wrote).
Thomas Telhiard says:
Thank you Matthew. Reading this chapter for me was both consoling and challenging at the same time. Having recently read Rhythm of Being some of what Fr Bruno is saying puts me in mind of Panikkars “sacred secularity.” Perhaps it is the sense of wholeness and the resonant reverberations in the universe from all our concrete activity in seemingly private lives.
The consolation is tied to the sense that the Christ event as Incarnation is irreversible and inevitable as Incarnation itself is the principle of history. I so resonate with the sense of our awareness of the incarnation in history has disappeared seemingly, while at the same time it is unfolding and embodying – though hidden sometimes in history – asthe principle of history itself.
The idea of resistance to Incarnation is so important in that it grants the option to trust in the inevitable movement of Incarnation in and as history while at the same time demanding our active participation in the Incarnation always embodiment itself.
In the final analysis it seems that the inevitability of the Incarnation as the “seed going into ground” demands our engaging awareness in participating in the divine outpouring of the nondual into humanity and the universe. For me this is the sapiential wisdom grounded and embodied in the deepest expression there is.
It is both a wondrous realization and a all demanding challenge. I hope to be “up for” in communion through whatever uniqueness I have to offer with the Incarnation that is already underway.
Patricia Herbst says:
Years ago, as a young mother, I read that the future would be much different for our children, they would not experience the movement of their parents to a more affluent experience, e.g., opportunities for advancement would be limited, they would not own their own homes, and the advantages my husband and I had would be non-existent. I felt sad.
Around the same time, I came aware of the advances of technology and the power that was being placed in human hands…cloaning, robots, “big brother”, technological advances that to me were God-like powers. I became aware of the need for “inner work”, reliance on a power greater than ourselves, and the connection to God humanity needs for the healthy, growthful and conscientious use of these powers. I had just begun my own conscious journey to being fully human, fully alive and recognized the necessity for this work to become natural/normal human growth…and the need for this growth in handling the powers being revealed to humanity and their vulnerability to being misused…either ignorantly or intentionally.
Now, 45 years later, the prophecy for my children has not been realized…all five have experienced amazing opportunities in their lives. The other vision…the need for a conscious connection with the Creative Source of All…receives confirmation in the works of Barnhart…and little did I realize so many years ago that I would be a “pioneer” in that direction through the Inner Work I was being led into…and meet up with all of you and others on my path, becoming a part of the very movement Barnhart describes at a personal and beginning corporate level. How affirmed I am feeling, how hopeful for our global world, how inspired by the unfolding of just what Incarnation means not only to the Christian world, but to the unfolding of Humanity itself. This is what I have devoted my life to…spirituality, spiritual direction, conscious evolution. The Wisdom Tradition reawakened by the works of Barnhart and Bourgeault have served to highlight the corporate movement and the vision of a World Church expressed by Rahner. I have surely realized a new Axial period in my own life through my inner work and outer work (conscious work), (Cousins) and Teilhard’s Energy of Love permeating /saturating All is a constant in my life.
All this to express the affirmation of my own inner work and being in God I receive from Barnards work, the hope and inspiration that this vision is growing through other learned and inspired leaders, the possibility of a maturing humanity in and through God’s Love is growing and impacting our world. In other words he gives life to the Bigger Picture which illuminates my life work and joins me in community with others of like mind and direction.
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Moroccan Door DIY
March 7, 2018 by Jennifer Litton
Costa Rican fine artist Elisa Morera Benn and her husband, Dr. Douglas Benn (a professor in the Creighton School of Dentistry), are patrons of the arts. Their stylish home located near Leavenworth Street features great views of downtown Omaha and a vast array of compelling works of art—a mix of hers and others.
Benn’s surrealistic artworks are also showcased around town at places like the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, the Jewish Community Center, and Hot Shops Art Center. Benn—whose work has been featured at the Louvre in Paris—studied with art masters in Costa Rica and has been a professional artist for over 35 years. A popular theme of her work is children and women who have overcome obstacles.
Just off Benn’s home art studio in the basement, however, is a guest room that features a fully functional and wholly different type of art. Benn transformed the back of an ordinary bookshelf into a pleasing, extraordinary work of art—a portal, if you wish, to other lands.
The bookshelf divided the guest room that also includes a small office area. So, Benn painted the back into the style of a mythical Moroccan door to transform it into an “attractive, surrealistic gateway for the guest.” Her inspiration? The royal arches and neon lights of Morocco. “I love the Morocco style. I have never been in this country, but it is on my bucket list,” she says.
The project took her about three days and cost less than $75. She was inspired to create the door after finding the Moroccan handles on sale at a craft store. Her array of tools also included acrylic paint, masking tape, dimensional texture acrylic paint, some chalk, glass tiles, flat and clear glass gems, flat and round metal pieces, and a ruler.
She first Googled examples of Moroccan doors, then she chose her favorite model. “I transferred the design to the back of the bookcase, measured it with a ruler, and then marked it with chalk.” She then put masking tape around the border to prepare for painting. She used Moroccan blue, brown, white, and black. After painting with the plain colors, Benn used a dimensional fabric paint for clothes called “Tulip Slip Black” to paint the flowers and symbols. “This gives you an acrylic texture,” she says.
Benn then finished by adding the handles, round metal, flat and clear glass gems, and glass tiles. “The glass gives you the sensation of looking at a wall with a nice Moroccan door.”
Through her handiwork, Benn created a passageway that often surprises and delights visitors to the Benns’ home. The creative door serves as a continual reminder of her wish to travel to Morocco one day and gives her guests something nice to look at. “As an artist, I love the intervention of making artistic things with normal pieces. Blending new things with old things is part of my inspiration.”
Free-standing bookcase
Moroccan handles
Acrylic paint: Moroccan blue, brown, white, and black
Dimensional fabric paint (Tulip Slip Black)
Chalk (two pieces)
Pieces of flat, round metal (approximately 16) the size of a nickel
Flat, clear glass gems (approximately 26)
Glass tiles (1-by-2-inch tiles, approximately 200)
Visit the artist’s website at artistamorera.com for more information.
This article was printed in the March/April 2018 edition of OmahaHome.
Posted in: DIY Project, OmahaHome
Topics: art, artist, DIY, Dr. Douglas Benn, Elisa Morera Benn, Leavenworth, Omaha, Omaha Home, Omaha Magazine
St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl
February 23, 2017 by Jared Spence
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It’s not mere luck that Omaha was ranked third overall of the nation’s best cities for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations (according to wallethub.com in 2016). If there is one thing our city is known for, it is rallying together to celebrate with friends, both old and new. Omaha has rich Irish heritage, and Omahans are eager to boast their love of the local Irish population. So, of course, the city turns green with pride on St. Paddy’s Day—from east to west. Festivities range from live Irish entertainment and personal pub food tours to black-and-tans and parades of whisky shots. Head to any of these highlighted hot spots to celebrate in local Irish style.
Central Omaha
Clancy’s Pub (7120 Pacific St.)
Clancy’s Pub has a longstanding tradition as a must-stop visit for St. Paddy’s Day. While the Pacific Street location has undergone new ownership within the last few years, it has still proven itself to be full of that Irish spirit patrons have grown to love.
Brazen Head Irish Pub (319 N. 78th St.)
If you are determined to settle in at the most authentic Irish pub in Omaha, look no further than Brazen Head. Named after the oldest pub in Dublin, this Omaha gem will transport you to the Emerald Isle. The Brazen Head opens its doors at 6 a.m. for a traditional red flannel hash breakfast. The day continues with authentic Irish entertainment and food (including fish and chips as well as corned beef and cabbage).
You’d be remiss not to stop by Benson’s oldest, continuously running bar and only Irish Pub—Burke’s Pub—for drink specials and their famous apple pie shots. While a few bars along the Benson strip (on both sides of Maple Street from 59th to 62nd streets) serve up green pitchers and Jell-O shots, neighborhood staples like Jake’s, Beercade, and St. Andrews (which is Scottish) feature specials on authentic Irish beers, such as Kilkenny, and Irish whiskeys.
The Leavenworth bar crawl has become somewhat of a year-round tradition, especially on St. Patrick’s Day. Locals call it a convenient way to pack in a handful of bars in one strip—beginning at 32nd Street at Bud Olson’s or Alderman’s and continuing on a tour down Leavenworth toward The Neighber’s on Saddle Creek.
Marylebone Tavern (3710 Leavenworth St.)
The Marylebone is one of two Irish bars on the tour, recognized by the giant shamrock painted out front on Leavenworth Street. The bar is known for its cheap prices and stiff drinks.
Barrett’s Barleycorn Pub & Grille (4322 Leavenworth St.)
Barrett’s Barleycorn, the second of the two Irish bars on the tour, opens its doors at 8 a.m., serving sandwiches in the morning followed by a hearty lunch next door at Castle Barrett, with beer and specials flowing all day long. Barrett’s closes the parking lot to create an outdoor beer garden, while inside tables are cleared for what usually turns into a packed wall-to-wall party.
Old Market
The Dubliner (1205 Harney St.)
Toting the tagline, “If you can’t get to Dublin to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, there’s a little piece of Ireland nestled underground at 1205 Harney Street in the Old Market,” on the front page of their website, The Dubliner is one of Omaha’s oldest Irish pubs. Pull up a bar stool at this Harney Street haunt for a breakfast of Lucky Charms and Guinness and be sure to stick around for the Irish stew, corned beef sandwiches, and live music.
Barry O’s Tavern (420 S. 10th St.)
Slip onto the patio at Barry O’s to mingle with the regulars and the O’Halloran clan themselves at this family-run bar. Enjoy drink specials and stories from some of the friendliest characters you’ll meet. St. Paddy’s Day usually brings an entertaining mashup of regular patrons and “Irish-for-the-day” amateurs.
This article was printed in the March/April 2017 edition of Omaha Magazine.
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1 Week 4 Tuesday
1.1 "Refrain from using the alphabet"
1.1.1 Just before watching the videotape
1.1.2 After watching the videotape
1.1.2.1 Videoclip 1
1.1.2.10 Videoclip 10
2 Week 4 Studio
2.1 Science and Society
2.1.1 Part 1: Lego™phoresis
2.1.1.1 Cast your gel
2.1.1.1.1 Materials
2.1.1.1.2 Design
2.1.1.2 Run your gel
2.1.2 Part 2: Lab-4-U
2.1.2.1 Cast of characters
2.1.2.2 Scenario
2.1.2.3 First: Data collection
2.1.2.4 Next: Meet as a community
2.1.3 Part 3: Project work with your senior mentors
3 Week 4 Thursday
3.1 Guest lecture: Klare Allen
Week 4 Tuesday
Today, we’ll begin thinking about how science, technology and society interface--work we'll continue over the next few days. We’ll start by considering historical examples, like Asilomar and the Cambridge City Council hearings. Next we’ll consider future work, like building of a community lab and the DIY-bio movement. This should get us thinking about issues of public safety as it relates to emerging technologies.
Additional note: if you are interested in this topic, be sure to look at the opportunities to be engaged directly through MIT's Public Service Center
"Refrain from using the alphabet"
Turning back the clock: it’s three years after the scientific community raised concern about the safety of recombinant DNA experiments. It’s one month after the NIH issued guidelines to regulate recombinant DNA work. The Cambridge City Council is meeting with scientists from nearby institutions to discuss the consequence of these guidelines for the community surrounding the laboratories and to consider additional resolutions and actions that the city might take to ensure the safety of its citizens. Charlie Weiner made this videotape for the MIT Oral History Program Recombinant DNA History Project, and he has generously shared it with us. The title of the video is,
“Hypothetical Risks, The Cambridge City Council hearings on DNA experimentation in Cambridge.”
It was recorded at the City Hall Cambridge MA 1976 and though the audio and the video quality have degraded, it provides an invaluable window into the dynamics of these debates, showing the human side of what can sometimes, in retrospect, look like merely academic debates or simplified as over-emotional public reaction.
The cast, listed in the order of speaking:
Mr. Alfred Vellucci, Mayor of Cambridge (1970-71, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1988-89)
Dr. Mark Ptashne, Prof. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University
Dr. Daniel Branton, Chairman Safety Committee, Harvard University
Dr. Maxine Singer, Biochemist, National Institutes of Heath (NIH)
Ms. Saundra Graham, Cambridge City Council
Mr. David Clem, Cambridge City Council
Dr. Ruth Hubbard, Prof. of Biology, Harvard University
Dr. Jonathan King, Prof. of Biology, MIT
Just before watching the videotape
We'll review some details about recombinant DNA that are relevant to the videotape: what is a recombinant DNA experiment? What technical advances and techniques are involved in making/propagating recombinant DNA? What has been done with recombinant DNA in the last 30+ years? What hasn't been done? More specifically: what hasn't been done that was of concern at the time these techniques came on line? Beyond keeping these topics and questions in mind as you watch the video, you should also be familiar with the kinds of biosafety (then called biohazard) levels that will be discussed and what each level (then called P1, P2, P3, and P4; now called BSL1, 2, 3, 4) means. This can be done by watching the BSL video that is here.
After watching the videotape
As a class we will consider the following exchanges and what they tell us about the considerations numerated above. The quotes (transcribed here as accurately as I can render them!) are presented in the order in which they appear in the videotape itself.
Videoclip 1
Alfred Vellucci:
“Refrain from using the alphabet. Most of us in this room including myself are laypeople. We don’t understand your alphabet. So you will spell it out for us so that we know exactly what you’re talking about because we are here to listen”
Dr. Mark Ptashne:
“Let me begin by giving you a blanket statement of fact. No known dangerous organism has ever been produced by recombinant DNA experiments. …You must realize that unlike other real risks involved in experimentation, the risks in this case are purely hypothetical…I believe it to be the opinion of the overwhelming majority of microbiologists that there is in fact no significant risk involving experiments authorized to be done by the federal guidelines in P1, P2 or P3 laboratory.”
Dr. Daniel Branton:
“Our awareness of these tremendous potentials does not relieve us of the responsibility to exercise the utmost caution in regulating work with recombinant DNA...What we have been asked to do and what we are doing…is to regulate research that does not pose any known threat to public health and which is extremely unlikely to impose such a threat.”
Dr. Maxine Singer:
“I must say that I’ve been surprised recently to find myself being put among those who are considered to be unconcerned. I have been concerned and I continue to be concerned. I feel that these guidelines are a very responsible response to that concern....The whole deliberation within the NIH has been a very open process”
Mayor Vellucci:
“Can you make an absolute 100% certain guarantee that there is no possible risk which might arise from this experimentation?
Is there zero risk of danger? Answer that question later too please.
Would recombinant DNA experiments be safer if they were done in a maximum security lab, in an isolated P4 lab, in an isolated area. Would this be safer than using a P3 lab in one of the most populated area of the country?...
Is it true that in the history of science mistakes have been known to happen?
Do scientists ever exercise poor judgment?
Do they ever have accidents?
Do you possess enough foresight and wisdom to decide which direction the future of mankind should take?
The great war poet Joyce Kilmer once wrote: Poems are made by fools like me but only God can make a tree. I have made references to Frankenstein over the past week and some people think this is all a big joke. That was my way of describing what happens when beings are put together in a new way. This is a deadly serious matter, sir/madam/sir. It is not a laughing matter please believe me. If worse comes to worse we could have a major disaster on our hands. I guarantee everyone in this room that if that happens, no one will be laughing then.”
Saundra Graham:
“I’m still wondering why this has been dropped in our laps. There must be a great division that the political world, us who are known to make crazy decisions, now has to settle an issue in the scientific world, there must be something terribly wrong going on. That nobody knows what kind of guidelines should be adhered to and that we are going to have to make that judgment on the basis of—excuse my language—national security. I hate using that word. We are not scientists and my God in almost 5 years of being on the council I never thought I’d have to make a scientific political decision. There are all kinds of things the city can do not to build that facility.I don’t understand why it is being placed in our laps if the risk is so low or there is almost zero chance of anything happening to the public, that we have to make that decision. And that makes me leery of what kind of experiment this is really all about because even in the nuclear experiments they never came to the city council for us to make those decisions.”
David Clem and Maxine Singer:
DC: "Does the NIH fund recombinant DNA research?
MS: Yes
DC: And is it also the NIH that regulates that research?
DC: Dr. Singer, do you believe, personally, that there should be civilian control of the military?
MS: Uh that’s a very difficult question for me to answer personally since I have come as an employee of the National Institutes of Health and it’s a question which obviously is surprising for me because it’s something unexpected and not right on the topic
DC: Well you see I think it is on the topic because I think that is in fact the fundamental issue here. I really don’t give a damn about a P3 laboratory at Harvard University because I can’t visit that laboratory and discover if it’s P1, P2 or P4 or whatever. I don’t have the expertise to analyze or investigate any type of laboratory facility at Harvard University but it strikes me as very to the point that there is an important principle in this country that the people who have a vested self-interest in certain types of activity shouldn’t be the ones who are charged with not only promulgating it but regulating it. This country missed the boat with nuclear research and the atomic energy commission and we're going to find ourselves in one hell of a bind because we are allowing ourselves to allow one agency with a vested interest to initiate, fund and encourage research and yet we are assuming they are non-biased and have the ability to regulate that and more importantly to enforce their regulation
MS: Now that I understand your question better, I might say that I share your concerns over that. Nevertheless it is true that the National Institutes of Health thus far has undertaken the most serious analysis of this question.
DC: The problem I have with that statement is that I can accept at face value your statement that the NIH has gone further than anyone else in terms of trying to establish appropriate guidelines and procedures but I submit to you tonight that that’s not far enough and that it is not worth the so called hypothetical risk to toy around with idea without calling a moratorium on it until we have a better set of guidelines."
David Clem
“I find it strange that Dr. (p)Tashne asserts that the reason we want to do this research is that we don’t know enough about the organization of DNA in higher organisms and yet he has and his colleagues have enough knowledge to establish that the risk is minimal. That, to me, seems like a contradiction in terms."
David Clem and Mark Ptashne
MP:"No no what I mean by saying a hypothetical is quite precise. Namely, that unlike dealing with known pathogens, no one has shown that recombinant DNA experiments can result in the presence and production of a pathogen. Do I make that quite clear? Hypothetical in the sense that nothing has ever been demonstrated.
DS: Alright you made the statement that no known dangerous organism has ever been made by a recombinant DNA experiment. Just what the hell do you think you're going to do if you do produce one?”
MP:Um well I I As near as we can tell the probability of that that event will occur is extraordinarily low. Now I know you don’t like to hear scientists telling you that there are risks involved but they are extraordinarily low. I can only tell you, indicate to you, that what is meant by that is the risks are less than the typical kinds of risks you engage in everyday, walking across the street, you can disagree with the statement but this is the point I’m making."
Videoclip 10
David Clem and Mark Ptashne:
DC: "Well what are you going to do if you produce an organism that you know to be dangerous.
MP: Well the answer to that is it would immediately be destroyed and anything
DC: You assert that research in a P3 facility gives you that kind of control. That if you produce an organism you can control it and stop it.
(MP describes reasons for containment then)
MP: The occasional organism of course will escape, on an ant or on your clothes. Does that answer your question?
DC: It answers my question but it seems to me that if you’re so able to use some real common sense knowledge that dosage might have something to do with it. That a smaller dose is less likely to be as lethal as a larger dose, then why don’t you use some other common sense that says we ought do this research where there’s fewer people around."
David Clem:
"If you want my personal opinion, I don't think you have any business doing it anyway. But that's my personal opinion."
"For your information, I have placed this resolution and in the hands of the city clerk. I'll read it so everybody can think about it.'Whereas there is still considerable doubt and concern in the safety of experimentation dealing with recombinant DNA may therefore be it resolved that no experimentation with recombinant DNA should be done within the city of Cambridge for at least 2 years and be it further resolved that the Cambridge City Council do anything and everything within its power to enforce this resolution.'"
"When I was a little boy I used to fish in the Charles River and I woke up one morning to find millions of fishes dead."
Ruth Hubbard:
"proposed that these experiments be done in containment facilities (so called), but everyone agrees that such facilities cannot in fact contain E. coli because it will inevitably be carried out by the people who work in the facility, on their clothes, in their hair, on their skin in their throat. And will be communicated by them to other people. It is quite possible that these people themselves will not get sick from these E. coli they carry but that when they come in contact with people who are more susceptible, like for example people who have just taken a course of penicillin that kills all the bacteria in their gut and who are therefore just in process of developing a new culture of bacteria that they may take up large numbers of these strains and may get sick. Another example, newborn infants have no bacteria in their gut and gradually acquire them. Should people doing this kind of work be allowed to come in contact with newborns, should they be isolated from them there are a whole host of question that could be answered by working on animals and that we do not know the answers to at this time. The point is that we don’t know and the people who want to go ahead with the work don’t know because this kind of work has not been done before. The best course, therefore is to be extremely cautious until we know more, particularly with coli because if a dangerous strain of coli gets going, since it can live in us and in so many other places, and can multiply rapidly it can get all over the place before we even know that it is out and after that we cannot call it back."
Jonathan King:
"in the first place I’d like to absolutely and publicly dissociate from myself from most of the biologists to who Dr. Ptashne in particular referred to: 'most of the biologists don’t think it’s dangerous. Most of the biologists don’t think it’s of concern.' Most of the biologists I know are turning over in their sleep if they knew this was being said of them over this issue. You were told by Dr. Ptashne that small pieces of DNA introduced into E. coli are not likely to render it dangerous or pathogenic. This is absolutely false. It’s well known in the scientific community that antibiotic resistance is associated with small pieces of DNA introduced into bacteria. These are called plasmids, the same ones that were defined by Dr. Ptashne at the Miles Symposium which took place at MIT last week which was a corporate symposium to kind of push the benefits of this research. A number of scientists presented evidence showing that the pathogenicity of E. coli—the ability to make you sick--- is explicitly associated with small elements of DNA which allow it to stick to your small intestine so it can’t be washed out. The other allowed it to make a toxin that makes you sick. They said there was no danger of escape. I’d like to go down on record as saying this is a patently false statement. In fact it’s absolutely certain that they will escape since in the highest containment facility that ever existed in the United States, where every single person associated with it was highly trained there were 423 cases of laboratory-acquired infections in the time and this is situation where everybody who got sick, who got a cold, who didn’t feel well had to report to a physician who was specially trained and who assumed they were sick. Now I don’t know how the scientists can know that none of these organisms are dangerous because I know that Harvard does not nor does MIT have a program in which every person who works in a laboratory is regularly screened to make sure they haven’t picked up a lab acquired infection. How do you know when some comes in and says 'Gee I was out for the last few days. I didn’t feel good. I had a bug. I had the flu. That it wasn’t something picked up in a lab.'"
"The guidelines. Dr. Singer talked about the guidelines. I'm personally super upset that a person representing the National Institutes of Health came here and made their presentation on the side of going on. I don't think those guidelines were written by a set of people representing the public and all their interests. That was a group of people essentially protagonists, they were the ones doing the experiments there was no reason whatsoever to believe that it was a democratic representative of the people. Those guidelines are like having the tobacco industry write guidelines for tobacco safety."
Why are we doing this??
The exchanges we heard in this video highlight many relevant aspects of emerging technologies, not only recombinant DNA. After we watch the videotape we will consider, as a class, some of the dialog and the lessons we might apply from this history to biotechnologies coming on line today (and tomorrow). These considerations include
Risk assessment (including: is past performance an indicator of future success?)
Self-regulation vs government legislation (including: trust/us vs them/honesty/openness as well as accountability)
Scientific process
Scenario building
Week 4 Studio
Part 1: Lego™phoresis
You can find the term "biohacking" and "DIYbio" (for "Do It Yourself Biology") increasingly tossed into conversations, tech review articles (e.g. see this one from February 2012), and presentations. There are examples ranging from "how to" websites to an MIT commencement address to a TED talk by Ellen Jorgenson of Genspace. But how much can be accomplished safely outside the confines of academic and industry labs?
Let's try some "backyard biology" of our own. We'll try a McGuyver approach to DNA electrophoresis, running your nice PCR samples from a few weeks ago on a gel made from kitchen reagents and toys.
Cast your gel
This design is a variation of the one shown in MAKE magazine, volume 07
small plastic container
running buffer
500 ml bottled water
pinch of table salt
Cut ends off small container and tape closed
Arrange Lego™s for casting wells
Melt 1/2 tablespoon agar-agar with 1/2 cup running buffer in a microwave-able container and pour gel ~1cm thick. Lego™ casting wells should be embedded in agar-agar while liquid but not touch bottom of container. You might consider resting the casting tray in a larger container in case the tape leaks.
Once gel has solidified, remove Lego™s, tape and add DNA
Run your gel
large plastic container
loading buffer, has been added already to the PCR samples you amplified
remaining running buffer from part 1
Aquarium antimicrobial (ideally 2.3% methylene blue diluted 1:100 in bottled water) to stain DNA in gel after run
9V batteries in series to power DNA through the gel
Part 2: Lab-4-U
While your gel sets or runs, consider the following scenario. This scenario is based on a real one, though the names have been changed to protect the innocent!
Don: freelance journalist, sent by “The Scientist” to iGEM in 2009 and grew interested in synthetic biology. Co-founder community lab.
Elaine: PhD scientist, 30 years of microbiology experience in industry and academia. Eager to excite more people about science. Co-founder community lab.
Nadine: working artist, in residence at a technical college. Her art explores the interface of science and art, trying to be both beautiful and revealing of universal truths. Co-founder community lab.
Otto: recent graduate of Harvard University, dual degrees in Biology and Business. Considering a job as a teacher at a community college if Lab-4-U start-up venture fails. Co-founder community lab.
Paul: mid-career computer programmer wanting to expand skill-set in difficult economy. Joined community lab as member, not as co-founder.
After seeing the excitement generated by iGEM, Don joins the NYC do-it-yourself (DIY) biology group and starts hosting DNA isolation parties at his house. He meets Elaine, Nadine and Otto in this way. After a few months of talking about their limited ability to try new things due to their limited access to equipment, they decide to find an artist’s loft that they can rent inexpensively and convert to a BioSafety Level 1 laboratory facility. Otto proposes a “fee-for-service” model to this business venture, selling monthly lab memberships. Members have access to the lab’s equipment, as well as advance ticket information for weekend classes in biosafety, biotechnology and synthetic biology. The money they generate from memberships and workshops should pay for the rent, the needed reagents and, eventually, their time. It takes almost two years to realize, but eventually they get the needed permits from NYC, get some start-up funds that enable them to buy used lab equipment from eBay, and open their doors in December of 2010. Within the first month, their weekend workshops are oversubscribed, and a handful of people have joined as members, willing pay a small monthly fee for at least the next 6 months.
One of the new lab members is Paul, who finds biological engineering fascinating. He does not yet know what kind of project he’d like to work on in the lab.
Another of the new lab members is Yuri. He is a PhD scientist at New Jersey Medical Center, whose work focuses on tuberculosis resistance. He is a Russian born scientist, trained to work with dangerous microbes and viruses. Before coming to the US, Yuri was interested in bacterial viruses (called “phage”) and was trying to isolate phage that could attack and kill P. acne, the bacteria that cause facial acne. He has joined the community lab hoping to continue his phage and acne experiments on the weekends. He cannot carry them out in his lab at New Jersey since they may cross-contaminate the TB experiments of others.
All experiments that member’s propose must be approved by the 4 founding members. They consider the safety, public relations, scientific validity, and financial repercussions of denying or approving the work. Yuri’s proposal is the first experiment the founders must consider
You will take on a role as one of the founding members or as Paul, a lab member, and offer a GO/NO GO decision.
First: Data collection
Once you have been assigned a role, meet with the others who have that same role. Confirm that you understand your part and then spend a few minutes reading about P. acne and bacteriophage. Then think about the kinds of reactions and questions your character might have for Yuri’s proposed experiments.
Next: Meet as a community
We'll reshuffle the groups and you will gather as one of each character to speak your ideas, question one another, and then decide whether to approve this work or not. In your groups, make a list of
the reasons to go forward with the idea,
the reasons to back-burner it and
your GO/NO GO decision. NOTE: Paul does not get a vote!
Please appoint a note-taker in the group or someone who, at the end of this activity, could report out about the kinds of discussions you had.
Part 3: Project work with your senior mentors
You should be in teams now working to refine your ideas to 3 distinct ones that could be presented as part of the 3 ideas presentation. Assign members of the group particular tasks so you can start to work on these in greater detail.
[Here] is the risk assessment information around the BSL-4 lab in Roxbury/South Boston
In advance of our guest lecture tomorrow please read at least two of these short and very recent articles that are about the BSL-4 lab in South Boston:
blog post by former 20.20 student
Global Biodefense
BioPrep Watch
A Slate.com opinion piece asking about appropriate funding and applications for biotechnology
After you read these articles, please think of a follow up question you'd like to ask.You should come to class tomorrow with at least one question written on an index card. You do not need to put your name on the card, but you will have to turn yours in when you arrive. We may have time to ask some questions of our guests. For sure, we'll list these questions for our guests before they leave.
Week 4 Thursday
Guest lecture: Klare Allen
Klare Allen is a community leader who has brought a federal lawsuit to stop the construction and opening of the NEIDL lab we went to visit yesterday. She has graciously agreed to come talk with us about her work on social justice issue and this question in particular.
If you google her name you'll find her quoted often. One page attributes these words to her:
“We're not talking about housing or healthcare, we're talking about our lives, about our children's lives.”
“We kind of knew that the process was going to happen, but we are looking at it as a facility that is being built. There are several things that BU needs to do before they can back in the UHAUL and unload.”
At a meeting back in 2010 in which citizens could voice their ideas to the Blue Ribbon Panel evaluating safety of the facility, Ms. Allen said that she doesn’t understand why the BioLab should study these pathogens in the heart of Boston, where nobody suffers from them and studying them cannot bring any benefit to Roxbury or the South End.
“Our concern is that nobody we know in MA is suffering from these pathogens. Nobody from other states is suffering from these pathogens,” said Allen. “So why are you bringing them to our community?” said Allen.[1]
This is a great opportunity to hear from her directly!
Before Friday, please remember to add some thoughts to the class blog. This will be the second of 6 entries you'll make this term.
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Determination of stereoacuity thresholds and their inherent test retest reliabilities at various eccentricities with a monitor-based two-rod-test (2016)
Frisch, Jasmina
Purpose To determine the stereo threshold and inherent variability with a monitor-based two-rod test at various eccentricities of the visual field. Additionally, to evaluate the duration of this procedure. Subjects and methods A pilot trial was conducted in five ophthalmologically normal subjects (2 male and 3 female) aged 21 – 23 years. Two black rods on white background, which appeared under an angle of 1° were presented in a viewing distance of 5.0 meters. The right rod was stationary, whilst the left rod appeared under a stereoscopic parallax, with an either proximal or distal displacement to the image plane. Threshold determination was assessed at seven eccentricities of the visual field by a staircase method. Eccentricities were 0° centrally, 5° to the right and left, 10° to the right and left and 15° to the right and left of the visual field. Proximal and distal displacement as well as the sequence of eccentricities were presented in random order. Stereo acuity was measured in two different sessions for four subjects and in five different sessions for one subject. For all sessions the duration was recorded. All sessions were separated by a time interval of at least 24 hours and no longer than 7 days. Evaluation was made by Wilcoxon test and Kruskal Wallis test at the 95% confidence level (CI) and the median was assessed for all thresholds. Results Stereo acuity declines with increasing eccentricities of the retina similar to visual acuity. While at 0° eccentricity thresholds were found to be lowest with (median) 5.0 seconds of arc (‘’) and the CI (0.5’’, 30.5’’) for all measurements, they increased to 112.2’’ at 15° eccentricity to the left in proximal displacement. Distal it was 19.9’’ centrally and 112.2’’ to the right at 15° eccentricity with CI (0.5’’, 30.5’’) for all measurements. Repeatability of the threshold determination was found to be best at 0° eccentricity with proximal displacement showing the exact same result in the repetitive session and poorest repetition was found at 15° eccentricity to the left with distal displacement. Distal repeatability was worse than proximal. Median and CI of duration time was 5.3 (3.2, 8.3) minutes. Conclusion Stereo acuity thresholds are repeatable however increase with increasing eccentricity. Repetitions of the threshold determination do not vary considerably. The duration of these measurements indicates the monitor-based two-rod test as a fast procedure, that can be applied in future studies. The test program is limited by an imperfect algorithm and the stereoscopic images evoke cues, this should be reworked.
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