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Tanhaji: Kajol and Ajay Devgn's new pic from the film wins hearts
By IANS | Published on Sat, Dec 7 2019 15:12 IST | 1365 Views
Actors Ajay Devgan and Kajol.. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, Dec 7 : Kajol shared a photo on Instagram where she is seen posing with husband Ajay Devgn, dressed up as their characters in the upcoming film "Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior".
"In character or not? Guess," Kajol captioned the picture.
Fans of the star couple immediately flooded the post with their love and wishes.
Image Source: IANS News
A fan wrote: "In character obviously".
Another commented: "Looking cute".
Another fan wrote: "Nice Jodi".
A fan commented, "In character...but still an eternal beauty." In the movie, the real-life couple of Ajay Devgn and Kajol will be seen essaying the roles of the great Maratha leader Tanaji Malusare and his wife Savitribai. Fans have loved their on-screen chemistry in the trailer.
Watch Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior - Official Trailer
"Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior", produced by Ajay Devgn's ADF and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series, has been directed by Om Raut and will release on January 10, 2020.
-- Syndicated from IANS
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Property Turkey Blog Why Growing Up Abroad Is The Experience Of A Lifetime: An Expats Tale
life in turkey / 16 August 2013
Why Growing Up Abroad Is The Experience Of A Lifetime: An Expats Tale
life in turkey
We interviewed Thomas in his home in the Besiktas district of Istanbul. Thomas moved here six years ago with his wife and two young children.
"Turkey's been really good to us," Thomas says. "My career has gone in a new direction and my wife has found teaching work here. But the biggest plus has been the impact on our children. We are so impressed with the educational opportunities available to our two kids - they have just gone from strength to strength. They both attend private schools - which we could never afford in the UK - and are learning all kinds of skills, from core subjects to extracurricular activities like horse riding and chess. They have lots of friends from all over the world, which has expanded their horizons immeasurably. At 13 and 15 they can both talk knowledgeably about all kinds of subjects. I am proud of them, as you can tell!
Thomas's own upbringing wasn't quite so stable. We persuade him to tell the tale of his remarkable childhood.
"I definitely didn't have what you would call a 'normal' upbringing. I learned numbers in Malaysia, counting the geckos on my ceiling. While my peers back home were learning parts of speech I was discovering (first hand, unfortunately) the effects of malaria.
“Growing up overseas wasn't always easy, especially as we moved quite a lot. My father's military career took him all over the world. When I was about six we moved to Malaysia. We were based on an army barracks but my younger brother and I often went on trips with Dad when he got time off, up rivers in Borneo to stay in long houses and on long jungle treks where we would collect roots and even grubs to cook over the fire. It was an incredible experience. He's a real outdoorsman, my dad. I have definitely inherited some of his adventurous spirit.
“When I was 11 we moved to Indonesia. I remember my mum was reluctant to go, she'd settled in Malaysia and made good friends there. The posting to Indonesia was a more rural one, too, and she was worried about that. But my dad was sure we could handle it and said it would be a new adventure. Not six months after arrival I contracted malaria. I don't remember much as I was very sick, but my parents still recall the experience vividly.
“We were on holiday in the middle of nowhere when I fell ill. I had a bad fever and became delirious. There were no medical facilities to speak of. My dad drove us for three hours in his jeep to a larger town for help, but when we got there the only medical facility was closed and the doctor was nowhere to be found. By then I was slipping in and out of consciousness. My dad knew that if my temperature didn’t fall - and soon - I would die.
“My parents took me to every guesthouse in town but no one would take us in, no matter how much money my dad offered them - they said I would die and they didn't want me to die in their home. As I'm a parent myself now I can only imagine how frantic my mother and father were by this point.
“Eventually, in despair they found a room in the town's tiny brothel. My mother put me in the bath and filled it with cold water, while Dad and my brother went out to find ice to bring my temperature down. Dad said they bought every bag of ice in town between them. After a night which my mum said was the longest of her life, my temperature came down and I was well enough to make the long trip to Jakarta, where I finally got the medical help I needed.
“After that, Dad didn't take too much persuading. He transferred to Germany - no malarial insects, no jungle and no adventurous excursions. My dad never said anything but I know he missed the excitement of living and working in South East Asia. We boys certainly did - until we got a bit older and discovered girls, which I thought were far more interesting and mysterious than any jungle!
“I never stopped wanting to travel, even after having a family of my own. So when the chance came to move to Istanbul I persuaded my British wife (who has never lived abroad) to give it two years. Thankfully, she agreed and six years later, here we are. Istanbul has been an exciting and a great place for our children to grow up. Turkey's incredibly family friendly and we have made some wonderful friends in the city. We're looking forward to exploring more of the country on our holidays. I'm older and more sensible now though - we won't be going to any malarial zones!”
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/ Home / Press office / Student employees celebrated in national competition
Student employees celebrated in national competition
Plymouth students who excel in part-time work and full-time study have been recognised through national awards
Miss Amy King
Media and Communications Officer
Plymouth University students who excel in part-time work and full-time study have been celebrated by the National Association of Student Employment Services (NASES).
For the first time this year, the University entered the Student Employee of the Year Awards (SEOTY) – one of the largest national student awards in the country.
Local employers, including areas within the University, put forward names of students who they think have excelled in their work, and institution winners were chosen in categories Above and Beyond; Commercial Impact; Step up to Leadership; and Student Temp Excellence.
Now Molly Humphreys, who won the Student Temp Excellence award, will be heading to the National competition on 7 July after going on to win the regional round.
From Student Ambassadors and Halls Co-Ordinators to Resident Assistants and IT Support, dozens of nominations were received. Plymouth in fact finished in the top 10 institutions with the most nominations to its name.
Mark Beresford, Careers Consultant and Manager of Student Jobs, was thoroughly impressed by everyone put forward.
“It has been very inspiring to read all of the nominations, especially as they came from employers,” he said. “The judging panel was really impressed with the hard work, commercial awareness, dedication and proactive outlook that the students give to their part time works. It was our first year of entering the competition and we came within the top 10 universities in the country for the number of nominations received from employers, which was an achievement in itself. What really impressed though was the quality of nominations and the contributions the students made.”
Shirley Walker, Head of Careers & Employability, said:
“As an employer of our own students we were aware of the enthusiasm and high quality contribution our students make to our own workforce. Naturally the main motivator for our students combining work and study is to improve their employability skills, but it’s important to recognise that they also make a really positive impact on our local economy.
“We are very pleased with our first year of being involved in the competition and hope to continue to raise the profile of the competition and our students’ contributions in the future. We would like to wish all our students all the best with all their future achievements and huge congratulations to all nominees.”
List of winners
Above and Beyond award: recognising an outstanding student making a huge impact working in your organisation going above and beyond on a regular basis.
Lauren Tapscott – “In her role as Student Ambassador, her upbeat attitude is infections and this can really have an impact in our events and how the prospective students view us as a university.”
Morwenna Dobson – “In her role as a partnerships fundraising intern ‘Morwenna demonstrated tremendous dedication to the Westcountry Hawks Wheelchair Rugby fundraising project and has written some complex bids in order to secure up to £10,000 for the club, which really will make a huge difference.”
Commercial Impact award: recognising a student who has made a big commercial impact to a business or service.
Aneta Nastaj –‘”In her role as an Information Administrator, Aneta has demonstrated superior knowledge of library policies and procedures and is always well prepared and organised and is always able to spontaneously answer even the most difficult questions in a calm and friendly manner. She has received many verbal and written recommendations of her outstanding work within the Library and IT Gateway.”
Step up to Leadership award: recognising students who have demonstrated leadership skills by taking responsibility for projects or departments.
Timotej Velkarh Blazevic – “In his role as a Hall Co-Ordinator Tim has exhibited dedication, care for students, respect and friendliness – his team of Resident Assistants feel supported and empowered to build a community within their hall and he makes himself available for advice and support when necessary.”
Student Temp Excellence award: recognising students working within an agency or job shop making an outstanding contribution to the work that they are employed.
Molly Humphreys – “In her role with Student Jobs she has continually proceeded to exceed all expectations, is very dedicated to her role and in a short space of time has become an extremely valuable member of our team, and she has provided us with an excellent, professional social media outlet.”
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Penang DAP Govt Only Recognises PKR Assemblymen Under Mohd Rashid Hasnon
BUTTERWORTH, Nov 24 – The Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said on Monday that the Penang DAP government is only recognising PKR state assemblymen under the leadership of the Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon. He said there were now two groups of PKR state assemblymen, one under Pantai
MACC Has Contacted Jho Low To Record Latter’s Statement
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has contacted the lawyer for businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, to set the date to record the latter’s statement. However, MACC would not disclose the outcome of the discussion with the lawyer concerned so as not to jeopardise on-going investigation.
Najib, Modi Inaugurate Torana Gate As Mark Of Continued Friendship
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi Monday jointly inaugurated the Torana Gate in ‘Little India’, Brickfields here to symbolise friendship between both countries. Torana Gate is a gift from the Indian Government to the people of Malaysia as a mark
China Offers 3.6 Billion Yuan To Underdeveloped ASEAN Members
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – China Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said here on Sunday that the China has pledged a 3.6 billion yuan (USD563.6 million) grant assistance to underdeveloped ASEAN members next year. He said China would also set aside USD10 billion for the second phase of the China-ASEAN special
Najib Thanks ASEAN Secretariat For Ensuring The Job Went Smooth
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the 26th ASEAN Summit and other meetings were successful due to the hard work put in by all the relevant parties involved. He said he wish to say a big thank you to everyone in the ASEAN 2015 secretariat for
New Terminal Expected To Build At KLIA
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abd Aziz Kaprawi told the reporters that there were a new terminal is expected to be built at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to expand its total capacity to 100 million passengers a year. He said the airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings
FOREX: Ringgit Ends Lower Against US Dollar
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – The ringgit closed lower again today as renewed buying interest for the greenback curbed demand for the local note, dealers said. At 5 pm, the ringgit was quoted at 4.3010/3050 against the US dollar from 4.2830/2880 on last Friday. In the meantime, there was a dealer said
Guan Eng: Can Penang UMNO Be Trusted On Land Reclamation?
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 23 – UMNO State Assemblyman for Pulau Betong Muhamad Farid Saad’s motion against land reclamation in the Penang State Assembly on 20.11.2015, shamelessly ignored the previous Penang BN government’s abysmal track record of parcelling out 3,241 acres of land reclamation in contrast to the 60 acres of land
PKR Youth Wants Guan Eng To Retract Statement Accusation Five Reps Siding UMNO
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 23 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has been urged by the Penang PKR Youth to retract a statement accusing five Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) state assemblymen of siding with UMNO, and to tender an open apology over a sea reclamation issue. In a statement here on
Najib Urges Member States Redouble Efforts For Successful ASEAN Community
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on ASEAN member states to redouble their efforts to create a successful ASEAN Community, a declaration on the formation of which was inked by the ASEAN leaders here on Sunday. “For the coming into being
Animal Activist Claim Penang State Government Still Culling Dogs
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 23 – Around 100 animal activist had make a peaceful rally this afternoon for dogs and to urge MBPP pound initiates open policy to allow public adoption from Jalan Sungai Pinang to Komtar, Penang. Few of animal activist also bended knees down three times every nine step all the way
Mat Nadzari: UMNO, PAS Planning To Form Unity Govt In Selangor
SHAH ALAM, Nov 23 – The Selangor Umno on Sunday refuted a claim by former PAS president Datuk Husam Musa that UMNO and PAS was planning to form a unity government in Selangor. Selangor Umno deputy liaison chairman Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan rubbished the idea, saying that there was no cooperation, especially
IGP: Nurul Izzah Can Be Investigated Under SOSMA
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Australian PM Turnbull Commends Najib For Role In Fighting Terrorism
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Sunday acknowledged the leadership of his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in fighting terrorism, saying the cooperation between the two countries on the issue “has never been stronger”. Following their first meeting, on the sidelines of the
ASEAN Leaders Sign KL Declaration On Establisment Of ASEAN Community
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian countries inked a historic declaration on the formation of the ASEAN Community by Dec 31, 2015 that entails greater integration of this region of over 600 million people. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is 2015 ASEAN
MH370: Malaysia, Australia Thank China For Search Aid
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – Malaysia and Australia are pleased with China’s pledge to contribute A$20 million and ship for the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the matter, as well as other issues, were discussed during his first bilateral meeting with Malaysian Prime
Malaysia, Australia Upgrade Ties To Strategic Partnership
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – Malaysia and Australia, enjoying a long-standing relationship that goes back 60 years, have agreed to elevate their ties to a strategic partnership. This agreement was reached between Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and new Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at their first bilateral talks
Vape Banned In All Public Universities
KANGAR, Nov 23 – Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said the E-cigarettes (vape) and smoking are banned in all 20 public universities in the country. He said a joint decision on the matter was reached by all the universities’ vice-chancellors (VCs) at a meeting on Friday. “Although some of
Dr Mahathir: English Language Proficiency Important In Science, Mathematics
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said English proficiency in Science and Mathematics is important to ensure that the country is not left behind in the latest scientific fields. He said without English language proficiency the country would fail to develop rapidly, especially in economic terms.
Malaysia, Russia To Set Up Joint Commission
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – Malaysia and Russia have cemented an agreement to set up a Joint Malaysia-Russia Commission for Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation (ESTC). The ESTC agreement provides for a bilateral mechanism to further enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. Russian Economic Development First Deputy Minister Elexei
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RAUNER ‘delighted’ AMAZON considering ‘corrupt’ ILLINOIS — Paltry BLAGO ad buy — Call for women on COOK COUNTY board — pro-DURKIN, anti-STRAUB TV spots
By Natasha Korecki (nkorecki@politico.com; @natashakorecki) and Kristen East (keast@politico.com; @kristenicoleast)
Good Friday morning, Illinois.
THE BUZZ — Yay! Chicago made the cut of 20 possible locations for Amazon to bring its second headquarters and potentially 50,000 jobs with it. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner celebrated by getting into a fight.
Rauner’s victory lap included dissing the state’s “corrupt system” and oppressive tax environment. (He did initially release a statement noting he was “delighted” to make the cut.) Told of Rauner’s subsequent comments on Thursday, Emanuel said “it would be helpful if the state was pulling with us,” and “the governor has some challenges, he has a campaign, he has a budget coming up.”
Rauner’s remarks: “Gotta keep in mind, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, knows how bad taxes are here. The state of Washington, where they're coming from, does not have an income tax,” the governor said, according to Greg Hinz’s report in Crain’s. “I think we'll have a better case to make if we show we're disciplined about our own taxes, that we've worked to keep our taxes low, to keep our taxes down. If we make progress on this, this will send a great message to Amazon that Illinois is not always just raising taxes with a corrupt system. So I hope we can make changes. It'll help us bring Amazon here.” Story here
Tribune points to a similar Rauner sales pitch last year: “Rauner made similar comments about the state’s shortcomings in August, when Illinois was reported to be one of 11 states vying for a combined Toyota and Mazda automobile plant that would have brought 4,000 jobs to the state. The Japanese carmakers recently said the plant will be built in Alabama.”
Read on for more on the Amazon angle.
Rauner announces executive order intent
At a Country Club Hills event, Gov. Rauner vowed to issue an executive order that would ban state lawmakers from taking part in property tax appeal cases that go before the Illinois Property Tax Appeals Board. “The system is rigged so that only those with clout have the resources to fight it,” Rauner said. “Property taxes are through the roof here. It’s unfair, it’s unjust. It’s forcing people to move, forcing small businesses to leave … We’ve got to change the system.” Daily Herald story
HOW MUCH CASH IS REALLY BEHIND RAUNER/BLAGO TAPE AD BUY?
Hmmm. So Bruce Rauner’s campaign announced Thursday it was going statewide with an unedited recording of then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and J.B. Pritzker -- but it looks like there’s not a lot of buck behind the bang.
According to ad analytics, Rauner’s campaign, which uses Target Enterprises for its TV buys, bought air time for a mere $3,500 in Chicago and another $5,000 in the St. Louis media market for the days this weekend the campaign said it would air the 14-minute ad. That’s a pittance of the more than $10.23 million Rauner spent on TV advertising. (We asked Rauner’s camp about this last night but didn’t hear back before publication.) Tribune’s Rick Pearson posted this piece about the spending for the ad: just $11,900. Pritzker’s campaign responded saying Rauner was meddling in a Democratic primary race to distract from his own issues. Pritzker’s campaign released its response; a compilation of damning headlines including former KKK leader David Duke thanking Rauner, a state-involved computer glitch, Rauner’s veto of an education bill, as well as his ties to Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. “And that was just this week,” it concludes. Ouch.
Speaking of TV ads … now in rotation are a couple of TV spots in House Minority Leader Jim Durkin’s primary race. One is a pro-Durkin ad portraying him as a champion against House Speaker Mike Madigan. A second ad targets Durkin’s primary opponent, Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub, calling him “Madigan Mickey.”
“You already know the man behind “Madigan Mickey” that’s why Madigan and his union allies are revving up the Chicago machine to grease the skids for Mickey Straub. Say ‘no’ to Madigan Mickey.”
Rauner’s onetime chief political strategist Mike Zolnierowicz is working with Durkin’s campaign now and it seems he brought with him his let’s-make-everything-about-Madigan-playbook.
Straub voting record: Straub, who is challenging Durkin from the right, seems to have a bit of an issue with his Republican creds, or at least with his voting creds. Voting records show Straub hasn’t voted in a Republican primary since 2010. He pulled a Republican ballot in the 2010 primary as well as in 2008, 2004 and 1998. Probably a good thing he’s running for state rep and not trying to serve as a Republican committeeman, since that requires voting in the last three primary elections. We tried reaching Straub by phone, and his campaign by email, but were unsuccessful.
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MISSING ON COOK COUNTY BOARD: WOMEN — Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer says she’s worried that she is one of just two women left on the board of commissioners (not counting the president, Toni Preckwinkle). So Gainer, Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia and state Sen. Toi Hutchinson have endorsed a slate of women they say are qualified to serve on the board: Donna Miller, Angela Sandoval and Charise Williams.
"I'm now one of only two women on the County Board, a lower percentage than City Council, General Assembly and Congress,” Gainer said in a statement. “This matters because so much of what the County Board does -- public health and safety -- disproportionately affects women. Women need to be at the table when these decisions are made and I'm proud to endorse these three strong women and great candidates.”
WOMEN’S MARCH TO THE POLLS -- This weekend, Gainer will be among those to speak at the Women’s March in Chicago on Saturday, and she’s taking part in the demonstration along with her daughters, sisters and group of high school girls from across the city.
Women’s March speaker line up: See here
FEMALE LAWMAKERS TO BACK NEWMAN: Seven state lawmakers are holding a news conference today to back congressional candidate Marie Newman in her attempt to oust longtime incumbent Dan Lipinski. Those backing Newman: State Senator Toi Hutchinson, State Representative Theresa Mah, Commissioner Jackie Traynere, State Representative Ann Williams, State Representative Laura Fine, Committeewoman Stephanie Coleman and Committeewoman Lucy Moog.
— “Lawsuit Claims Illinois Children Denied Medically Necessary Services,” by Illinois Public Media’s Christine Herman: “A lawsuit against Illinois’ Department of Healthcare and Family Services claims the state illegally withholds medically necessary services from children with severe mental health disorders. The case was settled in federal court this week. Federal Medicaid law requires intensive home- or community-based services for children who receive a recommendation from a licensed practitioner. A class action lawsuit filed in 2011 claims Illinois violates that law. Robert Farley, Jr., lead attorney on the suit, says some Illinois families are so desperate to get treatment for their children, they bring them to a psychiatric hospital and never come back for them. “The hospital calls DCFS. DCFS will then take custody of the child and then basically place the child residentially," Farley says. "So you get residential services, but then you’ve given up custody of your child. Which is, you know, barbaric. You have to give up your child to get something necessary.” Story here
Also: DHS Slammed after care disrupted for thousands of mentally ill: Capitol Fax
CHASING AMAZON
— “Column: Of course Chicago made Amazon’s short list for HQ2. Now we’ll see if it’s a winner, or just a contender,” by Chicago Tribune’s Robert Reed: “No one should be surprised Chicago is on Amazon’s list of 20 potential locations for HQ2, its coveted second headquarters. It would have been astounding — not to mention embarrassing — if the city didn’t make the cut. Nonetheless, Amazon’s lineup doesn’t offer much guidance. It’s spread out all over the U.S. and also throws in the possibility of Canada by including Toronto. … Amid such heady competition, Chicago can make a pretty compelling case for winning HQ2. Indeed, if Amazon is intent on a centralized U.S. location — one that provides ready access to a major international airport and also sports some urban flair — Chicago has an edge against other Midwestern rivals like Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, which also made the short list.” Story here
— “As Chicago is named a finalist for Amazon HQ, Emanuel has a message for other cities in the running,” by NBC 5 Chicago: “As Chicago was named one of the top locations under consideration for Amazon's second headquarters, the city's mayor had a fierce message for the other finalists on the list. ‘To New York and other cities competing, Chicago is coming after you,’ he said Thursday.” Story here
— “St. Louis didn’t make Amazon H2Q list, but Apple could be the region’s next target,” by Belleville News-Democrat’s Kelsey Landis: “Online retail giant Amazon released its list of finalists Thursday of where it could build its second headquarters, but neither the metro-east nor St. Louis made the cut. … But California-based technology company Apple Inc. announced it’s looking for a location for their second headquarters, bringing with it 20,000 jobs. Economic development leaders in the St. Louis region are already looking into how they can go about the application process, said Sheila Sweeney, CEO of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership.” Story here
Lipinski: Dems making same mistake as Tea Party Republicans — “Chicago Democrats throw Lipinski under the bus — and blame Trump,” by POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki: Luis “Gutierrez framed the public shunning as a necessary response in the Donald Trump era: Democrats needed to unite against the president, and Lipinski couldn't be counted on to vote reliably with Democrats. And yet there’s more to it than that. The act of throwing Lipinski under the bus was an exercise in bare-knuckled Chicago politics, and it was also a tale of a party that is an increasingly awkward fit for centrists like Lipinski. "There’s an effort that is very detrimental to the Democratic Party, in that there’s the Tea Party of the Left that some people said they wanted to create. That’s bad for the party. That’s not going to be helpful in growing our numbers,” said Lipinski, who noted that the Tea Party movement was responsible for Trump’s ascendance. “‘I think we have to acknowledge that the way to get back into the majority into the Congress and pick up seats is to make sure we are a big-tent party and reaching out to people are moderate and not just push to the left.’” Story here
— “University of Illinois freezes in-state tuition for fourth year,” by Chicago Tribune’s Dawn Rhodes: “University of Illinois board members approved a fourth consecutive base tuition freeze for incoming in-state students, a move partially aimed at attracting more Illinoisans to the system’s three campuses. Trustees voted unanimously Thursday morning to keep base tuition rates the same for Illinois residents who enroll as undergraduates at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago or Springfield in the 2018-19 school year.” Story here
— “Lawsuit accuses U.S. Steel of polluting Lake Michigan with toxic chromium,” by Chicago Tribune’s : “As a group of Lake Michigan surfers filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing U.S. Steel of repeatedly violating the federal Clean Water Act, it appears their earlier threat of legal action is having the intended effect. Hours after the Surfrider Foundation filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Hammond, U.S. Steel announced it is close to reaching a settlement with federal and state officials regarding spills of toxic chromium from its Midwest Plant, part of a complex of steel mills that divides the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Portage. U.S. Steel, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management declined to provide details.” Story here
AROUND THE COLLARS
— “Judge: Citizens group can intervene in District 211 transgender suit,” by The Daily Herald’s Eric Peterson: “The citizens group District 211 Students and Parents for Privacy, as well as the religious freedom organization Thomas More Society, can intervene in a transgender student's lawsuit against Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's restrictions on her access to a girl's locker room, a judge has ruled. Both groups are expected to be at the Daley Center in Chicago Friday for arguments over Palatine High School student Nova Maday's request for an injunction lifting the requirement she use a private changing stall in the locker room. They will join District 211 in opposing the request.” Story here
— “Inside Obama’s midterm campaign plans,” by POLITICO’s Edward-Isaac Dovere: Story here
— “How would Trump’s immigration crackdown have affected his own team?” by Jennifer Mendelsohn for POLITICO Magazine: Story here
— “Has the government shut down yet? And 8 other questions,” by POLITICO’s Louis Nelson: Story here
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Scale modeling discussions
SHIP: Review - Lindberg 1/125 "Blue Devil" Destroyer
AMPSOne
posted on February 21, 2011, 11:25 pm
Kit Review: Lindberg 1/125 scale Kit No. 70815JL; Blue Devil Destroyer (USS Melvin DD680); 457 parts (412 in grey styrene, 17 black plastic driveline parts, 7
copper coated steel rods, 7 steel screws, 5 brass electrical parts, 4 rubber bands, 2 vinyl couplers, 1 motor, 1 length of copper wire, 1 length of copper chain); retail price (this release) US$129.95
Advantages: relatively (!) inexpensive large-scale ship kit suitable for remote control; many working parts and moving parts when the ship is moving; relatively easy model to assemble and rugged enough to run in still water
Disadvantages: �child of the 1960s� and it shows it; many discrepancies with actual Fletcher Class destroyers
Rating: Recommended with Resevations
Recommendation: to anyone into cheap R/C conversions or a good project to carry out with their kids
Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s the plastic model industry was getting into its prime - the �first golden age of modeling� � and were starting to branch out into larger and larger model kits. Revell launched its line of large ships in 1/96 scale and Monogram turned to 1/8 scale car kits. Lindberg, as something of an �also ran� at the time, tried both lines as well but as all of them wanted a �niche� of their own soon turned to large scale motorized ship kits with working features. The first two were a 1/350 scale Bismarck and a 1/350 scale HMS Hood. Both kits had programmable (via a camming system) movement in the water, moving turrets, and large size � each ship was about 27" long when complete.
The acme of their ship kits were their 1/32 scale PT-109 PT boat kit and the 1/125 scale �Blue Devil� destroyer kit. The latter did everything: it could follow one of four different pre-programmed courses in the water, had its gun turrets move and elevate along with torpedo tubes and gun directors, and was really BIG � 36" (910mm) long. In order to achieve that, Lindberg picked the somewhat odd scale of 1/125 (apparently making it 1/96 would have made it nearly four feet long and exceeded the capability of molds, as well as made it prohibitively expensive.)
The model was supposedly based on the USS MELVIN, a Fletcher Class destroyer built in October 1943, active in the Pacific, reactivated from 1951-1954, and then struck in 1975. There are two photos of the ship on pages 20 and 30 of the Squadron/Signal book �Fletcher DDs in Action� that shows her to be a modified Fletcher in the �Late War� configuration: �square� bridge, five 5/38" mounts, ten torpedo tubes, five twin 40mm mounts, seven twin 20mm mounts, two roller racks and six K gun depth charge launchers.
As time went on, the kit started to look like, well, a Lindberg kit. Too many �working features� to permit scale accuracy, too many compromises, and too many toylike parts soon caused a number of modelers to condemn this kit to the flea markets (unless they enjoyed operating it either with its four fixed patterns or via an R/C setup. A few hardy souls did attempt to accurize the kit and turn it into a scale model, but that took a lot of work and detailing of the parts.
Lindberg went out of business for all practical purposes by the 1980s, but in recent years many of its kits have been re-released under their original manufacturer�s logo. (The people who now own Lindberg (J. Lloyd) also own the old Hawk brand now � less the kits which went to Testors � and are also selling them again as well.) This kit is now one of the re-releases (from number 815M in the 1960s to 70815JL signifying the new ownership.
The kit is 100% of the original kit - no modifications, no drop-outs, no changes or upgrades. That is both good and bad, as many kits from that era have been �corrected� which usually means a kit which no longer has some of the charm of that era nor represents an accurate model. It retains the complete motorization option in which six D cell batteries provide power as well as ballast for the model; unlike most Lindberg kits of the time that used pulleys and rubber bands to drive the propellers in their motorized form, this one has a substantial gearbox and vinyl shaft couplings to drive the two twin-bladed propellers. (Oddly enough the typical Lindberg retouched frontspiece artwork shows three-bladed props; no clue if the first kits had them or it was the test shot mockup which did.)
To their credit Lindberg did concentrate on trying to do a good job (great for the time) of the model and made it as accurate as they could and still permit all of the working features to be serviceable and the six D cell batteries. That meant the seven screws used for fastening the deck in place would be exposed, but with the level of sophistication of the time that was easy to overlook.
The kit has none of the niceties most modelers today expect, such as fine molded parts or etched brass to replicate screens or mesh (such as radar antenna). For its time, it was kind enough to provide stanchions for the railings rather than a big rim with ridges as did nearly every other kit.
The 5" gun houses come in nine parts (gun, mount, base, traverse pin, four part gun house and rear vent) with an optional flash cover (parts 126) for the gun. The guns do not elevate as they did on the Bismarck or Hood, so anyone wanting a scale effect may wish to install them.
The main gun director also rotates and comes in seven parts, but the screen (part 93) is very thick and only simulates the actual radar screen used.
Each twin 40mm consists of two parts; however the gunners� sights are crude semicircles so anyone wishing a modicum of accuracy may want to replace them with clear styrene circles or etched brass on general principles. The 20mm mounts have three parts - mount, guns and shields, with the latter also being thick as well.
Torpedo tubes come in sets of five with details for the fore and aft sets included; the latter has the blast shield housing for the crew to protect them from the midships 5" mount.
Probably the least impressive parts by today�s standards are the depth charges and the main mast. The charges are split down the middle and the seam that results is nearly impossible to remove due to the fact they sit on racks, those on the K guns have huge depressions on the ends. The mast is one single piece with only a small radar antenna that is added to it; the main radar antenna is way too thick and only hints at a mesh texture.
The whaleboats consist of four parts each � hull, interior, canvas cover, and rudder assembly. As with other bits, these are a bit thick or smooth, but again recall this was done in the mid 1960s.
One thing not mentioned in the motorization steps is to ensure that the shaftways are heavily coated with Vaseline prior to assembly as a sealant against water leakage. I recall more than once when I missed this step as a kid and watched a ship suddenly heel over and sink to the bottom of my grandmother�s swimming pool. While retrieving it was not a problem, it wasn�t anything I had expected!
There are numerous other shortcuts taken � for example, the stacks come in only two parts and have no protective grid over the top of the cap. Anyone who wants to turn this model into a showpiece has his work cut out for him.
Finishing is another missed opportunity. After highlighting the ship�s history in the directions, the directions indicate it should be painted in a splinter pattern (Measure 32) scheme. But according to the Squadron/Signal book and the two photos the actual vessel was painted in Measure 21 which is how it got the nickname �Blue Devil�. This scheme is listed as: Vertical Surfaces - Navy Blue 5-N (all vertical surfaces without exception); Horizontal Surfaces - Deck Blue, 20-B; Wood Decks - except on submarines and carriers shall be darkened to the color Deck Blue, Deck Blue paint shall be used in lieu of stain for this purpose; Canvas Covers - visible from the outside vessel are to be dyed a color corresponding to Deck Blue. Decals consist of only the bow numbers, two �Blue Devil� insignia which apparently go on the after stack, a scoreboard for the side of the bridge, and one other small decal. Photos show it should also have smaller numbers at the stern behind the propeller guards and a low relief name welded on the stern.
Overall, this is something that can be described more as a fun project than a serious model. I intend to put this one together, paint it up, and use it to excite my grandchildren. And it�s a perfect father/son project as well!
Cookie Sewell
PaPa Peng
posted on February 24, 2011, 5:06 am
On Feb 21, 4:25�pm, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote:
I still have the Blue Devil and the 1/32 PT109 era early 1980s incomplete in my basement. The assembly stopped when I encountered problems with the stanchions staying upright as I tied the string for the rails. Then the scale details of both models are so crappy that I am very reluctant to put RC into them. I recall not paying over $30 for each of them. I may never finish them. On the other hand I may silver solder brass wire for the stanchions and rails. A very long shot though.
Sir Ridesalot
posted on February 24, 2011, 11:49 am
For tons of info on improving and/or RCing the Lindy Fletcher go to this yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lindyfletcher /
Cheers from Peter
willshak
PaPa Peng wrote the following:
I have the completed Lindberg Blue Devil in my attic. It's been there since 1984. It shares space up there with the semi-completed Revell 1/96 USS Constitution and 3 completed RC planes (none of which has ever flown).
In Hamptonburgh, NY
posted on February 24, 2011, 8:11 pm
sounds like a great place to look and marvel.
snipped-for-privacy@some.domain wrote the following:
I often go up in the attic for something and stare at them for a few minutes. I'm afraid to take them down lest they become blinded by the light of day.
they might be a bit brittle. here plastic turns to dust.
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Interview with Steven Skinner of HB Reavis
By Emma Shone2019-11-22T00:00:00
HB Reavis UK chief executive Steven Skinner on why he thinks the company’s ethos of putting office occupiers first is the way forward for developers.
The setting is apt. HB Reavis’s London HQ is an exemplar of the cutting-edge sustainable development that under Skinner, HB Reavis is intent on delivering more of.
It is all about putting the occupier first, says Skinner in his first interview since being appointed as chief executive in August 2018.
What they want is sustainability and flexibility, which are not as easy to deliver as they sound, but deliver them developers must – and that requires a dramatic change in the current mindset, he says.
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The VFX Mastermind Explains How Heroes Evolved From ‘Heroes …
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In 2006, the superhero drama Heroes premiered on NBC. Not based on an extant property, Heroes was a pastiche — and a good one at that. Showrunner Tim Kring turned Heroes’s seasons into thematic serials. The show was as comic book-y as it could get without Adam West line readings or “Bam!” bubbles. It looked like a lower-budget version of 2002’s Spider-Man or 2000’s X-Men, but a bit darker. VFX producer Mark Spatny, in part, pioneered that aesthetic, a product of both decisions and constraints. VFX Lead Supervisor Mark Kolpack worked on Heroes in season 1, and Eric Grenaudier filled that role in seasons 2-4.
“A lot of people talk about the advances in technology and computing when they talk about visual effects, but ultimately, that’s irrelevant,” says Spatny, who spoke with Inverse to mark Heroes’s tenth anniversary. “There’s no such thing as truly computer generated effects — good effects are generated by world class artists.”
Spatny says the way we make humans look superhuman on television has changed drastically over the decade that’s passed since Heroes premiered. “A modern day superhero show,” he tells Inverse, “will have a visual effects budget that’s nearly ten times the size of what we had during the first season of Heroes.” Superhero TV effects of today are much more advanced than they once were, but still fundamentally a product of similar thinking and similar answers to this question: How can we get closest to movie quality effects without movie budgets?
The launch of feature films from DC and Marvel inspired superhero TV shows to inflate their budgets in response, after Heroes ended. It seems every professional working in visual effects has their eye on the sup
Overall, there’s a funny disconnect between superhero TV and superhero films: While TV effects crews are perpetually chasing the superior look of Marvel of DC’s films, their expanding budgets and access to technology will never quite reach the billions of dollars thrust into making feature length movies. Heroes set that bar pretty high, but the bar hasn’t stopped rising ever since.
He’s impressed with how far superhero TV effects have come, and says FOX’s Gotham’s production design stands out to him as unique.
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When Heroes arrived, in comparison, it only needed to define the visual rules of its world. The show had no superhero competitors, so the writers and production team could make Sylar’s (Zachary Quinto) vicious abilities appear any way they wanted. “We had a staff of about a dozen artists working mostly in one location, and they handled the effects for the entire show,” Spatny says. That team, by today’s standards, looks surprisingly small.
Spatny also mentions The Flash and Jessica Jones when asked about current superhero programming.” [*Jessica Jones*] is a great superhero show with very few VFX,” Spatny says. “It’s all character driven, and David Tennant was amazing. […] But, to be honest, I came to my current employer specifically to see how they manage to do The Flash on a weekly basis. Armen Kervorkian’s team amazes me with what they accomplish for television.” Though Spatny doesn’t currently work on The Flash, it’s clear he has a personal and professional interest in the work Kervorkian’s team does.
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Scientology critic Leah Remini claims actress Jada Pinkett Smith as member of the controversial church
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Asked about their connection to the church by Beast writer Marlow Stern, Remini responded that Pinkett Smith is still a member.
“I know Jada’s in. I know Jada’s in. She’s been in Scientology a long time,” Remini explained. “I never saw Will [Smith] there, but I saw Jada at the Celebrity Centre. They opened up a Scientology school, and have since closed it. But Jada, I had seen her at the Scientology Celebrity Centre all the time.”
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The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee spent two hours and twenty minutes on his opening arguments in the prosecution of President Donald Trump.
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The Importance of Being a Dude
New REDBOOK columnist Aaron Traister wonders, "Why doesn't my wife love my inner teenager as much as I do?"
By Aaron Traister
I'm standing on my front porch with a few friends, enjoying a few cigarettes, a few beers, and some of the delicious pork shoulder that I spent most of the day cooking. Maybe there is a Phillies or Eagles game on in the background, or maybe it's just a Friday night with friends. We're getting a little drunk and maybe a little loud. I can feel myself reverting back into my ever-comfortable role of class clown.
It's a scene that has repeated itself many times over the last 15 years of my life. In moments like this I don't feel my age; in fact, I feel ageless. I have the same feeling of carefree invincibility that I remember having as a teenager. At 17, I was doing the exact same thing with some of the exact same people. And though 15 years ago I wouldn't have cooked the pork myself, everything else feels mostly unchanged.
Well, almost. The one glaring difference is actually glaring at me. My wife, Karel, is destroying my euphoric sense of acting as young as I feel. Her penetrating gaze is entering my skull and working its way deep into the soft tissue of my brain. She's using this fancy bit of wifely telepathy to tell me that she doesn't like what she sees: the cigarettes that are rotting my insides (and making me stink and killing me to boot), the beers that are making me slow (and slightly obnoxious) and adding to the size of my newly emerging dad-gut, the pork that's clogging my arteries and reinforcing the beers' negative effects on my once-average physique.
Karel doesn't share my vision of myself as an ageless rebel blowing smoke in the face of Father Time. Instead she sees a slightly tipsy, balding dad with a rapidly expanding waistline acting like a gluttonous juvenile who's not nearly as funny as he thinks he is. She then uses her amazing psychic abilities to show me the mathematical equation she is silently calculating in her head: number of cigarettes smoked x number of beers ingested + pork = no sex and a lengthy fight soon after our guests leave.
The beer suddenly makes me feel bloated, the pork tastes greasy, and the cigarette seems unnecessary and gross. I'm not having as much fun as I thought I was, and I don't feel as cool or funny or ageless as I did before my wife decided to invade my brain. I suddenly feel like I'm playing dress-up in a younger man's clothes — someone who can bounce back from a night of alcohol and nicotine with more speed and good humor than a man who might find himself called into action at 5 a.m. by a teething 11-month-old.
And, just like that, I'm done playing dress-up, and I return to my regularly scheduled habit of trying to act my age, which is still not easy.
It might seem to an outside observer that my wife is being a telepathic buzz-kill. Part of me wholeheartedly agrees. In another sense, she's right: acting like an invincible teenager when you no longer are one looks ridiculous. It's also slightly selfish, especially if you're lucky enough to have adult responsibilities (like our two kids and our house) to think about. But true as those statements may be, I'm still struggling to reconcile the fact that she fell in love with me at the height of my hedonistic all-about-me phase. The night I met her, I was double-fisting 40s of malt liquor and smoking like a chimney. I think I was wearing a torn Guns N' Roses T-shirt. I wasn't exactly oozing sophistication or maturity. On some level, the idea of a malt-liquor-soaked future must have appealed to her, because she did end up falling in love with me, cigarettes, malt liquor, bad T-shirt, and all.
To this day, Karel insists she saw someone deeper in me than the guy I imagined myself to be back then. It's hard to believe, because not only could I not see anything deeper, but I also can't shake the apparent misconception that that guy was totally awesome. That guy had a full head of hair, a loud, obnoxious mouth, a Marlboro swagger, and a boozy attitude. So when she gives me the evil eye or starts a fight when some of those qualities reappear (sadly, the hair never reappears), it actually confuses me. As time passes, I find it harder to accept that she doesn't want that cool guy back because... well, I kinda want that cool guy back.
I've sacrificed so much of that old me on the altar of familial responsibility: I've turned myself from a pack-a-day smoker into a once-monthly social smoker; I've abandoned the bar stool for a seat next to Karel on the couch. I've even conformed to elements of Karel's healthy "natural" dietary regime, willingly and happily, recognizing that I had found a woman who was worth making sacrifices for. As difficult as it is for me to separate my guilty pleasures from who I am, I don't love them. I don't love smoking, drinking, or meats. I love my wife.
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At some point, most of us stop to think about who we used to be before turning the corner toward who we're going to be. About two months before the birth of our first child, I went out with a buddy for my 28th birthday; Karel wasn't in the mood to do anything except lie on the couch. I ended up eating a three-pound hamburger in 15 minutes at a pub. What can I say? Neil Diamond's "America" was playing on the jukebox, and I got inspired. The place hung a picture of me on the wall and gave me a T-shirt that announced my achievement to the world. While Karel was far from proud of my ability to ingest three pounds of ground beef with a bun, cheese, and all the fixins, I think she understood that at that moment in my life, I needed that well-dressed giant hamburger more than anything. I sometimes wish she would remember that hamburger, and what it meant to me.
There's a fine line between feeding my vanity by occasionally dipping my toe in the tantalizing mirage of youth and succumbing to the belief that I've actually found the fountain. It would be so easy to revert back to the comfortable trappings of my previous life. But I don't want to be the pack-a-day smoker I used to be, any more than I want to be a guy who drinks too much, or who has a serious weight problem from overindulging, or who can't let go of his past accomplishments in order to create new ones. In that constant struggle toward the intimidating unknown of the future and the difficult realities of the now, it's sometimes helpful to have a mind-reading wife to remind me that it was in spite of my immaturity that she fell in love with me — not because of it.
What do you want to know about men?
If you're looking to figure out your guy's mysterious or perplexing behavior, our columnist Aaron will try his hardest to explain the crazy things men do (but he makes no promises!). E-mail your questions to him at redbook@hearst.com (subject: Whys Guy). Be sure to include your name, city, state, and e-mail address.
New REDBOOK columnist Aaron Traister lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two kids. His work has appeared on babble.com and salon.com.
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January 11, 2020 / 10:22 AM / 12 days ago
Presidents of Ukraine, Iran to discuss downed plane -Ukrainian official
KIEV, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to hold a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Saturday after Tehran said it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, the Ukrainian president’s office said.
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Punta Cana Airport is one of the busiest in the Caribbean serving over 4.5 million passengers last year
It has 53 airlines operating from there to three continents
The airport is an ‘open air’ design and made with traditional materials
It’s one of only three airports in the Caribbean with flights to Russia
There are flights to Punta Cana on a seasonal basis from almost everywhere in the UK
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What can you Tell me About Punta Cana?
Punta Cana is the name of a big region at the eastern end of the Dominican Republic and has a town of the same name as it as well as the site of the first settlement in the New World at Santa Domingo. It’s renowned for its beautiful white sandy beaches and all-inclusive resorts as well as the windsurfing opportunities offshore. For those for whom the beach is merely a distraction, the region has plenty of history and exciting places to explore
How do I get Into Punta Cana?
There are many flights from all over the Americas as well as from Europe. Several flights leave the UK, a scheduled flight from Gatwick with BA and holiday charter flights from many UK regional airports with tour operators. The airport is around eight miles from the town and varying distances from the resorts. The journey can take an age with transfer buses so hiring a car at Punta Cana Airport is always popular, another reason for pre-booking to avoid disappointment.
Punta Cana Airport serves over 4.5 million passengers a year and has recently undergone expansion plans to cope with burgeoning passenger numbers. The airport is built in an open air tropical style with palm frond roofs and no air conditioning as the breeze blows freely through it. The facilities are excellent with a food court which has a wide range of high street eateries plus a Dominican Republic style restaurant. Shopping is equally diverse with goods available from the duty free shop and several kiosk and fashion boutiques. There’s also a currency exchange facility there with an ATM.
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Weddings abroad are becoming extremely popular amongst European couples, wanting to get away from the traditional "white" wedding day, with all the formalities and stresses that you with it! A wedding abroad, can be the answer to those who want to approach their wedding plans in a relaxed fashion or perhaps dare we say simply want to be married at the end of their day!
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Wedding abroad are becoming extremely popular amongst European couples, wanting to get away from the traditional "white" wedding day, with all the formalities and stresses that you with it! A wedding abroad, can be the answer to those who want to approach their wedding plans in a relaxed fashion or perhaps dare we say simply want to be married at the end of their day!
If you consider your destination wedding to be just as important as planning a wedding in your home country and don’t believe that you should have to compromise on quality, choice or service, then SP Weddings can offer you the service to reflect this! A wedding is a chance for a celebration, a party, a gathering of people that mean something to you;
There are plenty of travel agencies and wedding planning sites offering packages to suit some couples, however if you are looking for something special, unique or out of the ordinary, then we would love to try to assist you in finding the ideal wedding venue!
Secluded villas overlooking a breathtaking beach, a medieval house with a wonderful courtyard, a boutique hotel with innovative cuisine and decoration, anything and everything is possible!
We work in collaboration with you, the client, to create the perfect wedding, reflecting your taste and requirements, however simple or elaborate!
So, next, how to pick the location?
If you have chosen to plan your wedding in Rhodes, then you are quite lucky, as this island offers the most flexibility than any other on the locations available for a civil wedding!
Keep in mind the law referring to where civil weddings are allowed and where not. Each and every Town hall's mayor, makes their own rule regarding the locations permitted, so if you have an idea in mind, it is worth speaking to a wedding planner, who will advise you as to whether it is possible for a wedding to take place there.
Archaeological sites in general are forbidden for photography sessions and of course cannot be used as wedding or reception venues, so unfortunately any dreams of a wedding on the Acropolis of Rhodes or Lindos, are I'm afraid impossible to fulfil.
If weddings are only permitted in the local Town Hall, then consider having your "official" and legal ceremony on a day leading up to your chosen wedding date (or perhaps on the morning of your wedding day), you can choose to have only 2 witnesses present or close family and friends.
You are then free to set up your second (unofficial) ceremony as you would like, in some cases we can arrange for the same officiant to be present and perform the wedding or you may prefer for a family member or a friend to read the service to make it more personal and special for you and your guests.
Civil ceremony, the most popular type of ceremony for a wedding abroad is the civil one, which is a short ceremony performed by the mayor or registrar of the nearest town hall to the wedding venue that you have chosen.
The civil ceremony is very short (5 minutes), you are allowed to customize the ceremony by saying your own vows to each other or having some close friends or families do a reading. The certificate is legally binding around the world and has no connection to any religious faith.
Greek Orthodox Ceremony, this is of course the easiest ceremony to organize in the country, with unlimited options, venues by the sea, on mountains, it will be difficult to choose from the vast array of options available!
Depending on the priest performing the ceremony, we may be able to arrange for the ceremony to be performed outdoors!
One of the couple must be Greek Orthodox Church and the other baptized in the Christian faith. The ceremony is performed in Ancient Greek only.
There is a Roman Catholic Church on Rhodes Island, where weddings can take place, the ceremony and requirements are exactly the same as in your home country.
There is also a Synagogue and Protestant Church on Rhodes Island.
Paperwork Requirements
Full Birth Certificate, the shorter version of the Certificate will not be accepted.
Divorce or Death Certificate, if previously married a certified copy of the divorce decree or death certificate if marriage ended due to the death of spouse.
Certificate of No Impediment, this document certifies that both parties are free to marry and can be obtained from your local registrar and can take up to a month to obtain, this certificate must not be issued more than three months prior to the wedding date.
Apostille stamp, this is a special seal applied by an authority to certify that a document is a true copy of the original. These can be obtained by the Greek Embassy or the Secretary of State.
Change of Name or Deed Poll Certificate, this is required in the event that the bride or groom has changed name by Deed Poll or court order.
Adoption Certificate required if either party was adopted.
Baptism Certificate, required only for a Catholic or Greek Orthodox ceremony.
Document Translations, All the above documents, except for the copies of passport must be officially translated into Greek at the Greek Embassy or Consulate. This must be completed at least one month before the wedding. Contact the Greek Embassy nearest you on www.greekembassy.org or www.greekembassy.org.uk.
Religious Marriages
Greek Law does not allow a religious marriage between a Christian and non-Christian, however it is up to the individual parish to decide about the marriage of a non Greek orthodox faith to another Christian belief.
Protestant Requirements
Both parties must show evidence of Christian faith and baptism
The couple must have a certificate from their Pastor for a series of pre-marital counseling sessions.
One of the parties must be of Protestant faith and neither of Greek orthodox.
Two witnesses must be in attendance
Roman Catholic Requirements
Catholic weddings can only be performed if the bride and groom were not previously married, either the bride or the groom must be Catholic and both must be baptized.
Each couple must provide certificates of Baptism, confirmation and Freedom to marry.
Special Privilege is required in the case of a marriage to a non-Catholic; they must obtain certificates of baptism, birth and freedom to marry from his r her church.
Greek Orthodox requirements
Both parties must be baptized and either the bride or Groom of the Orthodox faith.
Jewish Faith requirements
A certificate of freedom to marry, issued by the senior Rabbinate of the area of residence must be issued.
A Jewish ceremony can be performed only if both parties are of a Jewish faith.
after the ceremony has been performed the couple have a legal obligation to register the wedding at the local council within 40 days, failure to do so will result in the marriage having no validity.
Please note that the paperwork that you provide to the Greek authorities is NOT returned to you after the wedding, they are kept on record.
Author: Ms Sara PAVLATOU, SP Weddings
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Fun in the sun: how to choose and pick good sunglasses
Sunglasses can give you instant James Dean cool, Audrey Hepburn glamour, or the rock star hipness of Bono. But they are much more than a fashion accessory. Sunglasses are an essential tool in safeguarding the health of your eyes and the surrounding tissue.
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Rhodes Art Park
A Park that invites you to experience art under the Rhodian Sky. The Art park is a non-profit gallery of fine arts, photography, sculpture, and music. We take a look at the park and interview the owner, Mr Damon Papakiriakou, an artist, sculptor and musician.
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The miniature horse of Rhodes (Rhodian Pony)
Rhodes’ miniature horse, or Rhodian Pony, is an endangered horse species found on the island of Rhodes in Greece. Efforts to save the breed began in 2001 by the "Phaethon" association, which succeeded in collecting and stabling the little horses, ensuring their survival, while sensitizing the local community to their plight. Though they are also known as Rhodian ponies they do not have typical pony traits, apart from their small size.
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Rhodes Nightlife
Rhodes has ample nightlife opportunities to offer. With crystal beaches that glimmer under the sun, and stunning blue waters surrounding ancient buildings, coastal caves and sheltered bays, museums, ancient ruins, castles and monasteries revealing its rich history, it’s no secret that Rhodes is a place thriving with culture, history and beauty. Equally impressive is the nightlife in Rhodes, which we will explore here.
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The Rhodes Medieval Rose Festival 2019
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Looking Back at the Promotion Tournament
Ian Nowakowski
The Promotion Tournament is one of the most gut-wrenching and exciting parts of any Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) season. The high stakes, tough competition, and do-or-die format makes for heroic underdog stories and crushing tales of defeat. With spots in the RLCS on the line, every game matters and one goal could spell the difference between making the RLCS or heading to the Rival Series.
This season's Promotion Tournament just wrapped up this past weekend. Some teams took flight, while others had their RLCS dreams demo'd right before their eyes. Let's take a look at who punched their tickets into Season 8 of the RLCS.
More Than Good. Great!
Let's all give one, big RLCS welcome back to Complexity Gaming! After being relegated last season, Complexity stuck it out and gave it their all for a run at the RLCS in Season 7. The one big change? After Linus "al0t" Möllergren left to join mousesports in early 2019, Complexity filled his spot on the roster by taking a gamble on an up-and-coming talent by the name of Hrant "Flakes" Yakoub. This proved to be the defining move in Complexity's RLCS comeback bid.
Flakes' combination of mechanical ability and uncanny game sense proved to be lethal time and time again throughout the Rival Series and Promotion Tournament. At times, Flakes seemed absolutely unstoppable, scoring at will and making defenders miss with his precise playmaking ability. His solo-centric style quickly became a defining characteristic of a revamped Complexity squad. That didn't stop in the Promotion Tournament where he helped Complexity dominate the competition to qualify through the Upper Bracket and secure a spot in RLCS Season 8. The emergence of Flakes as a superstar should send shivers up the spines of RLCS teams, as this new Complexity team looks like a completely different beast than we saw last year.
Peep This
The Peeps were the Rival Series' worst kept "secret." As a two-season mainstay of the Rival Series, The Peeps had their sights set on finally securing that ever-elusive RLCS spot. To help take themselves to the next level, the team brought on Slater "Retals" Thomas to help bolster their offensive pressure. It ended up working out better than anyone could have expected.
After a rough 1-2 start to the season, The Peeps turned on the afterburners and didn't drop a single match afterward, bursting across the Rival Series finish line with a 5-2 record. They continued their hot streak all the way through the Promotion Tournament, utilizing air-tight team plays and precision shooting to help propel themselves through the tournament and into Season 8 of the RLCS. In the end, The Peeps quite simply had too much momentum to stop and they rolled with that confidence all the way past their competitors. If we've learned one thing from this, it's this: Don't sleep on The Peeps!
A Brick Wall
If you would've said that a legendary player like Francesco "kuxir97" Cinquemani would be in the Promotion Tournament, people would have likely called you crazy. But that's exactly what happened this season. When push came to shove though, kuxir97 and The Bricks lived up to their moniker, becoming a brick wall that kept their spot in the RLCS and doomed two others to the Rival Series.
It wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty, but The Bricks fought tooth and nail to retain their spot. They relied heavily on Jack "Speed" Packwood-Clarke to be the bedrock of the squad, but The Bricks also got key contributions from both kuxir97 and David "Miztik" Lawrie throughout the day. Their trip back to the RLCS was an edge-of-your-seat affair, especially in their qualification match against Veloce Esports, where they went the distance and clawed their way to a 4-3 win to earn their spot. The road back to form looks like it'll be a long, winding one for The Bricks, but battling their way through the Promotion Tournament was a promising start to that journey.
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This one felt like more of a foregone conclusion than anything else. Brids and the Beez, which consists of Nick "mist" Costello, Colby "Hockser" James, and Raul "Roll Dizz" Diaz, was perfect throughout the Rival Series season, locking in a spotless 7-0 record heading into the Promotion Tournament. Not only that, but they consistently looked like they had what it takes to hang with RLCS-caliber teams. They proved that hypothesis true by beating Splyce, not once, but twice in the Promotion Tournament to grab a spot in Season 8 of the RLCS.
Their offensive attack has historically been led by mist, but during the Promotion Tournament both Roll Dizz and Hockser helped keep the pressure up all day long. When Birds and the Beez are clicking, they become scarily hard to deal with in the offensive half. But when they're thrown off their game (such as in their first Qualification Match against The Peeps), they have a hard time dialing back in on what makes them great. Regardless, Birds and the Beez did what they came to do at the Promotion Tournament, punching their ticket into the RLCS. If they can continue to finely tune their game and work on maintaining their offensive tempo when the going gets tough, they'll be a treat to watch in Season 8.
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Golf club celebrates 125th anniversary
History is in the making during 16 – 23 September, 2018 as Royal Norwich Golf Club, one of Norfolk’s oldest and most respected golf clubs, gears up to celebrate its historic 125th anniversary with a series events, including a special event to welcome golfers from other Royal Golf Clubs from around the world.
The week-long celebration tees-off with a Heritage Day on Sunday 16 September, involving a game of nine holes with old-fashioned wooden clubs, before welcoming the ‘Royal’ visitors from Canada,Australia, Malta and Sri Lanka with a special cocktail reception. Members and guests will then enjoy a host of competitions throughout the week, including a special gala dinner and members party night, before finishing the week off with a family fun day which includes a golfing demonstration from trick-shot golfer Jeremy Dale.
General Manager, Phil Grice, who has been busy preparing the events with his team over the past six months is looking forward to the club’s historic milestone, saying:
“We are really excited and proud to be celebrating our 125th anniversary and we look forward to welcoming our members and special guests from around the world. There will be a host of exciting events and competitions taking place throughout the week with something for everyone to join in with.”
The club’s 125th anniversary comes at an exciting time for Royal Norwich as next year it will be relocating to its new championship course and clubhouse at Weston Longville.
The club, currently based on Drayton High Road, was formed in 1893 and designed by former Open Champion James Braid. The club was granted its Royal status by the Duke of York in 1893, who became King George V. The White Rose of York can still be found in the club’s crest today. The club’s current Patron is HRH Prince Andrew Duke of York.
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These bodies
Jan Verwoert
It's so crazy to be this body. You might get so close to other bodies. But still you are this body, this one, with these bones and organs, this voice, heart and soul. You can look and listen so closely at how somebody else moves, speaks, acts, reacts, like when you live with them, that it feels as if it would just need that little push and you could switch and be right in there, with them, in their body. But then they will do a little thing you didn't know they would be capable of, and in a split second it's clear, no, wait, you are not in there, you hadn't figured this one out, and there's more coming. It's a good thing, right? It's exciting not to know the next move the other will make. But it also means you are out on your own again, in your body, looking, listening.
So does this mean that at the end of the day we're all solo? And when I move, then only ever to the beat of my own drum, winding up the coil of my desire till it flips and releases its tension, auto-erotic, self-stimulating, micro-cosmic organ-engine, me, me, pushing, pushing for what satisfaction the buzz of blood in my veins and ears demands: stay on the scene, be this do-your-thing machine?
Is that why I, may I say we, love the divine performer, that is why performers love the divinity of Freddie Mercury? Is it because, as a sun god, he shines brighter than Louis fucking Quatorze, a hermaphrodite love machine with more orifices than any gender knows, wires and tubes coming out and going back into this body, pumping life fluids from the organism back into itself: Listen, in isolation, to his solo voice pull energy from every breath he takes, turning himself on, winding himself up with any notes he seeks and finds, to become this bio-turbo perpetual motion motor powered double helix propeller of pure desire! I mean, wow! But must this be a flame feeding on the fuel of pure solitude, of being this body, this Freddiebody, this one body only?
What if it not? Picture Mercury's voice to work like an insect's feelers, a cat's whiskers, or whatever attenas these deep sea fish have to sense the sound vibration in the waters around them where no light goes so eyes are useless. I mean, imagine that with each and every gasp, half-formed note, and pleasurable micro-squeal he is picking up vibes from what's around him, like, feelers trembling, whiskers alert: He's charging his voice battery with electricities from without, from the bass, beats, winds and strings and the Bowiebody in the deep waters, layering notes, making waves, raising stakes, singing love dares you to care for the people on the edge of night and love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves…
They unleash so much pure live pleasure power together it's unbelievable. But their bodies never become one, bass stays bass, Bowie Bowie, Mercury Mercury. Why would they? To channel the electricity, boost the vibe and create the temporary superbody of a song they don't need to be one. Thank God they're not. Beyond empathy there is urgency wired into proximity, not identity, but contiguity, elecrified difference, causing sparks between bodies. Feel Mercury's feelers quiver. Put your body were Bowie's was, in the place "people on streets" are all the time, transferring energies, rubbing shoulders, whiskers vibrating, sensing that this is ourselves, under pressure…
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Coming soon; BBC Radio 4 investigation into IAPT Sep 2019
Discussion in 'Advocacy Action Alerts' started by Sly Saint, Sep 18, 2019.
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Dr Mike Scott (CBT watch):
When You Do Nothing, Repeated Testing Will Likely Indicate ‘Recovery’ or ‘Remission’ At Some Point
IAPT shouts eureka at this point, discharges the client and claims the improvement is due to the therapists efforts. It is like declaring that a person who is terminally ill is cured because they have had a good refreshing day gardening. In effect IAPT has gone fishing for flashes in the pan – I make similar points in a forthcoming BBC Radio 4 investigation into IAPT.
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That’s great news about the Radio 4 programme Mike. I do hope they will be discussing how MUS and LTC patients are paying the price for the IAPT service through the reductions in their physical healthcare services – mental health funding pitched against physical health funding – and how it appears that most of the MUS patients referred to IAPT will be labelled with a mental health condition (‘somatization disorder’) that they do not have.
Hopefully a paper I have co-authored with Keith Geraghty ‘ Treating Medically Unexplained Symptoms via Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT): Major Limitations Identified’ should appear before long. I did mention to Radio 4 my concerns about IAPTs expansion into MUS, but they record far more material than is broadcast so whether it finds its way into the 40 min programme I don’t know.
so paper with Keith Geraghty also on the way.
http://www.cbtwatch.com/when-you-do...recovery-or-remission-at-some-point/#comments
eta: dates as per next post
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Thanks for flagging this up @Sly Saint
On 18 September, Mike Scott posted dates in the Comments to his blog:
"The broadcasts are as below
Sun 29 Sep 2019
Will do a blog"
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The therapy business
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BBC reporter Jordan Dunbar (pictured) investigates the therapy industry after a bad experience when he sought help for his mental health in the private sector.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008nxl
(same prog both dates/times ie Tues 24th Sep 20.00, Sun 29 Sep 17.00)
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rvallee Senior Member (Voting Rights)
I wonder what arguments the evangelists of IAPT will use when it starts getting too obvious that the whole thing is a massive dumpster fire. Eventually the people who expect savings will start getting antsy about not getting anything for their money and being annoyed at growing discontent. Morale will also drop precipitously when success has to be faked with cherry-picking and selective reporting that simply ignores anything bad.
My guess is probably argue the project should be expanded even further, that the failure is simply because the implementation is too timid. Wonder if it will lead to attempts at making it coercive, probably at some point. Question is how people react to that, but money will likely be the deciding factor in the end.
But more and more I think it's obvious that all the circling-the-wagon about the abysmal psychosocial research in ME is entirely caused by us being the proving grounds for this. Showing failure is simply unacceptable since our "success" is the very foundation of the project.
At least Icarus actually flew. This bloated carcass can't even get off the ground.
rvallee, Sep 18, 2019
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NelliePledge Senior Member (Voting Rights)
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They will just continue to try to blag their way through it’s worked so far for them.
NelliePledge, Sep 18, 2019
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Sean Senior Member (Voting Rights)
rvallee said: ↑
I am interested in seeing the reactions from other specialities in medicine when the delay in them being able to diagnose and treat caused by the IAPT madness starts killing off patients who could have easily been saved.
Sadly that is what it will probably take.
Bet those responsible for it all will never be held to account.
Sean, Sep 19, 2019
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On tonight.
BBC Investigates ‘The Therapy Business’
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with recordings from an IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Treatment) client, IAPT therapist, myself and the British Medical Association. The 37 minute programme will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Tuesday, September 24th at 8.0pm and repeated on Sunday, September 29th at 5.0pm.
hopefully this will be a springboard for the expression of the views of those most effected by IAPT, and will lead to a transformation of the Service.
Dr Mike Scott
http://www.cbtwatch.com/bbc-investigates-the-therapy-business/
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Oh dear wonder if it will be rescheduled given the big news today.
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It's on now, and will probably appear soon as a podcast to download here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006th08/episodes/downloads
TiredSam, Sep 24, 2019
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Sarah94 Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Sly Saint said: ↑
well that was disappointing
Sarah94, Sep 25, 2019
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ukxmrv Senior Member (Voting Rights)
So far they are talking about bad experiences of therapy as an individual thing i.e. what happens if someone has a psych problem and they aren't happy with a therapy session or a course of therapy. It's more about how to deal with "bad therapists" and so far how to find one that is registered and how to complain.
Problems navigating the process. Choosing a therapist who meets BACP standards.
Now a woman who was sexually abused as a child and now sexually abused by a therapist. The focus is on private therapists. Her therapist was sacked by the NHS but still sees private patients at £60 ph.
As there is a long waiting list on the NHS people are paying to see private ones.
Now onto regulation. People are calling themselves psychotherapists or therapists without qualification. Complainers are not believed.
Now saying how many NHS beds are being occupied by people needing psych care. Film from 1966.
CBT - training can be bought online and "accredited" for £29.00
The presenter did an "advanced diploma" and when he failed it gave him the correct answers to write down and try again.
The course tells him how to get patients
Back onto regulation. Complaints process for membership bodies found wanting. People can be diagnosed with a personality disorder to turn a blind eye on complaints.
Now on to attitudes. Film from 1966 saying how many NHS beds are being occupied by people needing mental care....
Back to online fake therapists/therapies. Presenter has bought online apps to treat insomnia. No one takes ownership. "wild west".
The program so far doesn't sound at all like the original description. Maybe the wrong dates given?
ukxmrv, Sep 25, 2019
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Sarah94 said: ↑
No mention of IAPT, no 'interview' with Mike Scott.
Mostly about lack of regulation of private therapists and patients who have suffered as a consequence.
In fact he was very complementary about the NHS service (said he enjoyed CBT) in that at least you knew the therapists were 'properly trained' and had the relevent qualifications. The only real criticism was about waiting times for treatment.
But it was mostly about the fact that anyone can set themselves up as a private psychotherapist and that there was no real mechanism for redress.
The only parallel I see for us is with the quacks who claim to be able to treat ME and businesses like the LP and OHC.
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Simbindi Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Mike has written about this on his website (as a comment response):
I am at a loss to understand why my contribution, that of an IAPT client and those of an IAPT therapist were not included in the broadcast last night. Nor was there a contribution from the BMA or Savoy. I’m waiting for a response from the producer.
It is regrettable that the presenter opined ‘from what I hear the vast majority have had good experiences’. I told them that the recovery rate in IAPT is 10-15% and I gave the producer a copy of my paper ‘IAPT – the Need for radical Reform’ with this data in it see link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/flvxtq2jyhmn6i1/IAPT The Need for Radical Reform.pdf?dl=0
There is it seems a prejudice against looking at objective independent data. It is very demoralising but the truth will out eventually, must keep going.
http://www.cbtwatch.com/bbc-investigates-the-therapy-business/#comments
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Afraid Mike failed to take account of a significant factor. It is the BBC. They usually live down to expectations.
chrisb, Sep 25, 2019
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He is in good company. Jane Colby is invariably edited out too.
Amw66, Sep 25, 2019
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IAPT is both NHS England's and the DWP's 'baby'. It will take a lot of work to publically expose the problems inherent in the IAPT model.
In the meantime it won't just be those with 'medically unexplained symptoms' being damaged by the lack of proper medical care, but also those with serious and significant mental health problems will be suffering from increasingly inappropriate services and diminishing effective ones. These are the 2 sides to the same coin - money will be taken from other mental health services (such as those supporting the most severely affected needing longterm services) to support the IAPT expansion. All to give the appearance the government is 'putting mental health on a par with physical health'.
Welcome to the brave new world of modern England.
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Esther12 Senior Member (Voting Rights)
It probably made no difference, but imo it's worth not giving any advance warning to powerful figures if you think that there's going to be a media story critical of them, especially at an institution like the BBC.
Esther12, Sep 25, 2019
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Doesn't look like an investigation but rather as commentary bordering on promotional.
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Yes, it was almost as if he was promoting the need for an expansion of IAPT, since IAPT is the only way left for patients in England with mild-moderate mental health conditions (that is those under primary, rather than secondary or tertiary care) to receive NHS pyschological therapies.
The final production may not have had sinister undertones in itself - if it wasn't for the fact that we know the presenter had formally interviewed Mike Scott as part of the original recordings for this broadcast. I expect the editing out of any IAPT critque has shocked us less than Mike himself - it's just 'business as usual' to us!
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Simbindi said: ↑
These are the 2 sides to the same coin - money will be taken from other mental health services (such as those supporting the most severely affected needing longterm services) to support the IAPT expansion. All to give the appearance the government is 'putting mental health on a par with physical health'.
This is exactly what happened to a dear friend of mine who has severe & enduring psychological injury - trauma related. She was having psychotherapy which she said was really helping & had lead to some easily observable changes & improvements, but in the middle of the process they disbanded the service (providing long term therapy for those with more complex issues) to make way for IAPT.
All the therapists were made redundant in favour of employing less expensive & less well trained/experienced people. And she was just abandoned because at assessment by the new service she was deemed 'too complex' for the new short-term-therapy-only service, and there isn't anything else, so she's without anything at all.
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10 reasons we love love
Research shows being in love is good for your health, and can even make you less sensitive to pain
Kira Peikoff
March 16, 2014 2:00AM (UTC)
The riddle is as old as the spark between the first man and woman who ever locked eyes across a cave: Why do we love?
Those first hunters and gatherers likely got together so they wouldn’t starve to death alone. For millennia, practicality ruled. Status, wealth, her family’s number of cows — these were far more important reasons to choose a mate than some fuzzy notion of romantic connection.
Since then, things have changed. We seek out the spark any way we can. Love today is a big business — see dating sites, pop songs, romance novels, rom-coms, Hallmark, etc. But if you believe love is overhyped, think again.
According to renowned couples therapist and relationship researcher Dr. Sue Johnson, the desire for that explosive, shout-it-from-the-rooftops, knee-melting connection with another human being is actually the prime driver of our species. We are hard-wired to form deep bonds with another person — bonds that can measurably enhance our lives.
In her new book "Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships," Dr. Johnson shares a number of compelling studies that reveal the beneficial effects of love. Forget the divorce rate and the disenchanted -- turns out the spark has been a pretty big deal all along.
1. Love lessens our physical perception of pain and threat
In a groundbreaking experiment, Dr. Jim Coan at the University of Virginia gathered a group of happily married women and put them in a functional MRI machine. (Rather than just showing static, structural images of the brain, this type of MRI measures which areas “light up” when a person is exposed to various stimuli.)
Once in the machines, the women were shown pictures of x’s and small circles. They were told that when they saw an x, there was a 20 percent chance that an electric shock would be delivered to their ankles. After they received each shock, they rated how much it hurt.
At various times, the women faced the threat alone, with a stranger holding their hands, or with their husbands holding their hands.
When they were alone and saw an x, alarm signals raged through their brain. They rated subsequent shocks as very painful. But then the study took a fascinating turn. The presence of strangers diminished their alarm and pain, though the shocks were the same strength. And when their husbands were by their sides, their brains barely responded to the threat of the x’s — and they rated the shocks as merely uncomfortable.
On a neurobiological level, love makes us feel safe.
“It helps us deal with our pure existential anxieties that we are small, vulnerable human beings in a great big indifferent world,” Dr. Johnson says.
2. Loving contact in very early life benefits emotional development
The catch phrase in evolutionary psychology is no longer the “survival of the fittest,” but rather, “survival of the most nurtured.”
Psychologist Michael Meaney of McGill University in Montreal did a study showing that rats who were intensely nurtured with lots of licking and grooming as pups grew up to handle danger and fear more adaptively than their less-loved counterparts.
Such highly nurtured rats remained calm even when researchers dropped them into canisters of water. The rats also registered lower levels of stress hormones than the neglected group.
3. Loving contact in childhood can "switch off" bad genes
The geneticist Danielle Dick of Virginia Commonwealth University collected DNA from 400 adolescents who had been followed from birth. She analyzed their genetic profiles for variations in a gene called CHRM2 that is associated with alcohol dependence, antisocial behavior and depression.
The teens possessing the variant who had distant, unengaged parents showed the most undesirable behavior — violence and delinquency. But the teens with the variant who had more involved, nurturing parents had fewer such problems.
These results are similar to many others affirming that life experience can affect gene expression, and that close loving care early in life can have a profound impact later on.
4. Love can protect against addiction
Research at Duke University reveals that rat pups who received lots of loving contact from their mothers had higher brain levels of interleukin-10, a molecule that suppresses a craving for morphine.
In a similar study, prairie voles who were monogamously bonded responded less to the rewarding effects of amphetamines in the brain.
5. Feeling secure in a loving relationship makes us more open to the world
Psychologist Barbara Frederickson at the University of Michigan performed an experiment in which she asked people to view videos showings three types of situations: joyful ones, angry and fearful ones, or emotionally neutral ones. Volunteers were told to imagine themselves in the scene, and then afterwards were asked what they wanted to do next.
Those who had just watched the joyful clips came up with more and varied possible actions than those who had watched the distressing or neutral clips.
Positive emotions invigorate us to take part in the world, and few experiences bring as much joy as a loving bond.
“We’re much more confident when someone has our back,” Dr. Johnson explains.
6. Love can protect your immune system
The results of a study by psychiatrist Janice Kiecolt-Glasser found that recently separated or divorced women had decreased immune functioning compared with married women.
Dr. Johnson reports that married patients who have coronary bypass surgery are three times more likely to be alive 15 years later than their unmarried counterparts.
Some psychologists, like Bert Uchino of the University of Utah, go so far as to declare that a loving relationship is more valuable than diet or exercise in sustaining good health.
7. Love can help you better cope with painful emotions
Dr. Johnson identifies three different styles of bonding: secure, anxious and avoidant.
Those who form secure attachments, she says, “have a sense in their bones that their partner is there for them. Security is this profound level of trust and confidence that you matter to someone and that they will come when you call.”
Anxiously attached people, by contrast, worry that they don’t matter to anyone enough, and so seek constant reassurance. People who form avoidant bonds are uncomfortable depending on others and resist opening up to their partners.
A brain-scan study conducted by psychologist Omri Gillath at the University of Kansas found that women who were in secure partnerships were better equipped to process difficult emotions like grief and loss than women whose bonding styles were anxious or avoidant.
When confronted with emotionally distressing scenarios, the securely attached women showed less activity in the brain region that processes sadness, the anterior temporal pole.
8. Love can be a source of not just good sex, but lasting passion
According to stereotype, sex between long-term partners gets dull and routine. But that doesn't have to be the reality.
The more we connect emotionally, Dr. Johnson says, the more we connect sexually. A secure bond can lead to increased intimacy and adventurousness.
In his survey research of sex in America, sociologist Edward Laumann finds that long-term happy lovers have more sex and enjoy it more than singles. This fits with bonding studies by psychologists like Deborah Davis at the University of Nevada, in which lovers with stable loving bonds were more willing to experiment sexually and reported enjoying sex more than those whose attachments were less solid.
9. With help, even damaged bonds can be repaired
Dr. Johnson is the one of the originators of Emotionally Focused Therapy, which “helps people make sense of their strongest emotions — especially their longings, needs, and fears.”
Couples who take part in EFT and learn how to read and respond to each other’s signals actually undergo measurable changes in their brains.
In a recent landmark study, Dr. Johnson teamed up with Dr. Jim Coan for a variation of his shock study. Instead of recruiting happily married women, they found women who were insecurely bonded with their partners.
These women were scanned in an fMRI machine and given shocks just like in the original study — alone, with a stranger, or with their husbands. Their brains lit up with alarm while alone, which eased a little with a stranger. But unlike the group of happily married women, holding hands with their husbands did little, if anything, to mitigate their sensations of alarm and pain.
Then, after the couples underwent 20 sessions of EFT, the study was repeated. This time, when the women were with their husbands, the brain region that regulates emotion — the prefrontal cortex — did not even activate in response to the alarm cues. And when the women received a shock, they rated their pain as just uncomfortable, like the group of happily married women.
“I never expected to see the lack of activation in those women’s brains that we saw,” Dr. Johnson reflects. “But what science is saying is this impact [of secure bonding] is absolutely huge.”
10. We can depend on love for the long haul
It’s not necessarily true that human beings are wired for promiscuity or that monogamous passion is doomed to shrivel over time.
In her latest study, Dr. Johnson found that as couples became closer and more securely bonded in therapy, their satisfaction with their sex life improved as well, and they were still feeling that passion when she followed up with them two years later.
The research on sex and bonding she summarizes in her latest book sends a clear message: We have many wonderful reasons to love love.
Kira Peikoff is a freelance journalist who writes about science, health, and society. She is the author of "No Time To Die," a thriller about a girl who mysteriously stops aging. It is available now for pre-order, and will be published on Sept. 2, 2014. Connect with her on Facebook or tweet her @KiraPeikoff.
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Should the Affiliate fail to click on "Affiliation" within 60 days from the day the Account is suspended, the Collaboration Agreement shall be considered automatically terminated, without prejudice to the Affiliate's right to receive the sums and services referred to above in paragraph 4.2 when the events determining MS's liability for such obligations (namely the purchase of credit by the user) arose prior to the resolution of the agreement and when the Affiliate has accrued a minimum credit balance of 100.00 euros. 5.2 Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 4.3 above, the Affiliate has the right to withdraw from this Affiliation Agreement at any time, subject to written notice sent by e-mail to MS, to be confirmed within 2 days by registered letter with return receipt sent to MS at Via Melzo n.12, 20129 Milan, Italy. MS shall consider said withdrawal effective as of the delivery date of the registered letter. From the effective date of withdrawal, MS shall no longer be required to fulfill the obligations set forth in paragraph 4 above, even when the facts determining said obligations occurred prior to this date, and therefore while the Affiliation Agreement was in force. 5.3 This Affiliation Agreement shall be considered automatically terminated should the Affiliate breach any of the provisions set forth in articles 3 and 7 of this Affiliation Agreement, subject to written notice by e-mail sent to the Affiliate at the address indicated at the time of Sign up, or subsequently modified. From the date on which the aforementioned e-mail notification is sent, MS shall no longer be required to fulfill the obligations referred to in Article 4 above, even when the facts determining said obligations occurred prior to this date, and therefore while the Affiliation Agreement was in force, without prejudice to MS's right to act through the competent courts to claim compensation for damages arising from said breach of contract. 5.4 MS shall be entitled to withdraw from the Affiliation Agreement for any reason whatsoever subject to 30 days' advance notice, to be given via e-mail sent to the Affiliate and through prior publication of a notice on the website www.skebby.com. The withdrawal shall become effective 30 days after the dispatch of the notice to the Affiliate, and the latter shall be entitled to receive the consideration referred to in paragraph 4.2 only when the events determining MS's liability for such obligations arose within 1 year of the effective date of withdrawal, while nothing shall be due when said events take place after that date, even if the ten year period following the initial access to the website www.skebby.com has not yet expired. 5.5 MS reserves the right to terminate the "Affiliates" program. Said termination may take place at any time for any reason subject to 30 days' advance notice, to be given via e-mail sent to the Affiliate and through prior publication of a notice on the website www.skebby.com. The termination shall come into effect 30 days after the dispatch of the notice to the Affiliate, and the latter shall be entitled to receive the consideration referred to in paragraph 4.2 except when the events determining MS's liability for such obligations occurred within the date of the effective date of withdrawal, while nothing shall be due when said events take place after such date, even if the ten year period following the initial access to the website www.skebby.com has not yet expired. ARTICOLO 6 - PARTNER 6.1 The website www.skebby.com contains a dedicated area named "Partner". Any individual is free to sign up to said area, in particular developers, system integrators, IT consultants who promote and integrate the Skebby SMS Gateway within the send SMS IT platforms then offered in outsourcing to companies, professionals, public bodies (Partner’ “Clients”) or who promote and integrate the said gateway directly into their Clients’ applications (i.e. CSM, CRM, ERP) or other subjects, communications agency and businesses that want to promote SMS Messenger Skebby web application. 6.2 With the sign up to the said area it will be created a Partner account. MS allows Partner to recognize Clients as having come via the Partner in different ways. In particular MS will assign a covered partner code to the Partner, who decides to integrate the Skebby SMS gateway to send and receive SMS, included in a link of the reserved area, to be used for the sign up to Skebby by his "Client" or to communicate to the Client himself for the sign up and SMS credit purchase later, so as to make said Client recognizable as having come via the Partner. Or, as an alternative assign an “unique partner code" to the Partner, which he undertakes to distribute solely to VAT-registered parties (namely companies, professionals, public bodies, associations or charities), defined overall as "business users", to whom the Partner has effectively carried out promotional activities concerning Skebby's paid services and the terms of service, as illustrated in the Commercial Offer published on www.skebby.com. The Partner undertakes not to make personal use of his own assigned "partner code", whether directly or indirectly. Registration to the "Partner" area is also permitted for those already enrolled in the Affiliate program. 6.3 Signing up to the "Partner" area implies no commitment or obligation on the part of the individual registered, to carry out promotional activities to third parties regarding Skebby's paid services and the terms of service. The Partner may disable this arrangement at any time within the Private Area > Partner > Setting. In this case, the Partner shall be entitled to receive the sums referred to in paragraph 6.4 below for all purchases made before the date of the disabling. 6.4 MS undertakes to pay the Partner a sum up to 20% of the amount, excluding VAT, paid for each purchase of SMS credit by: 1. every new Skebby Customer while making said purchase is recognizable as having come via the Partner, pursuant to para. 6.2 above. Said obligation shall be effective for all purchases made by the new Customer starting from the first one as long as the Client is recognizable as having come via the Partner, pursuant to para. 6.2 above. 2. every new Skebby Customer who quotes the "partner code" while making said purchase. Said obligation shall be effective for all purchases made by the new Customer starting from the first made using the "partner code" and for all subsequent purchases using either the "partner code” or even when the "partner code” is not used if the Customer had been linked to the Partner at the sign up via a parner code embedded hyperlink. The percentage of the payment subsequent to each purchase of SMS credit by a Client recognizable as having come via the Partner pursuant to para 6.2 above and that will be credited to the said Client subject to request of an invoice or fiscal receipt, will be up to 20% of the amount depending on the total SMS volume purchase as illustrated in the Partner Commercial Offer published on www.skebby.com. 6.5 The sums, as set forth in para. 6.4 above, due by MS are to be considered gross of applicable taxes which are payable by MS, acting as withholding agent if necessary, and will be credited to the Partner within 60 days of the Partner having reached a minimum credit balance of 100 euros, subject to request and issue by the latter of an invoice or fiscal receipt. The Partner shall be entitled to convert the credit coming from the payment of the sum as specified into credit for the purchase of services for an amount equal to the credit accrued, multiplied by the "Multiplier" parameter as set forth in the table annexed to the Partner Commercial Offer on the website www.skebby.com subject to request and issue of an invoice or fiscal. 6.6 MS reserves the right to reduce, at any time, the percentage specified in paragraph 6.4 above, through written notice sent to the Partners at the e-mail address indicated at time of sign-up The new conditions will enter into force 10 days after the date of said notice. 6.7 Notwithstanding the aforementioned provisions, MS shall under no circumstances be required to pay the Partner any fee or reimbursement of expenses in relation to any promotional activity of Skebby Services, of Gateway SMS Skebby integration and terms of services carried out by the latter. 6.8 MS undertakes to provide the Partner, within his personal Account on the website www.skebby.com in the "Statistics" area, a control panel through which the latter may monitor statistics on the sums due from MS, pursuant to paragraph 6.4 above; the Partner may also view in the number and names of the relevant customers for the purposes of the provisions of the aforementioned paragraph 6.3. 6.9 Every 6 months MS shall suspend all Partners' accounts and the Partner must simply click on "Collaboration" in his Private Area in order to reactivate his account. Should the latter fail to click on "Collaboration" within 60 days from the day the Account is suspended, this Agreement between MS and the Partner shall be considered automatically terminated, without prejudice to the Partner's right to receive the sums and services referred to above in paragraph 6.4 when the events determining MS's liability for such obligations occurred prior to the resolution of the agreement and when the Partner has accrued a minimum credit balance of 100.00 euros. 6.10 The relationship between the Partner and MS implies the application, in addition to this article 6, of articles 7, 8 and 9 of this Agreement, which the Partner specifically approves. 6.11 This Agreement with the Partner shall be considered automatically terminated should the Partner breach any of the provisions set forth in article 7 below, subject to written notice by e-mail sent to the Partner at the address indicated at the time of Sign up, or subsequently modified. From the date on which the aforementioned e-mail notification is sent, MS shall no longer be required to fulfill the obligations referred to in paragraph 6.4 above, even when the facts determining said obligations occurred prior to this date, and therefore while the Agreement was in force, without prejudice to MS's right to act through the competent courts to claim compensation for damages arising from said breach of contract. 6.12 MS shall be entitled to withdraw from the Agreement with the Partner for any reason whatsoever subject to 30 days' advance notice sent via e-mail to the Partner. The withdrawal shall become effective 30 days after the dispatch of the notice to the Partner, who shall be entitled to the service referred to in paragraph 6.4 above, only when the events determining MS's liability for such obligations occurred within 1 year of the effective date of withdrawal, while nothing shall be due when said events occur after such date. 6.13 MS reserves the right to terminate the "Partner” program. Said termination may take place at any time and for any reason subject to prior publication of a notice on the website www.skebby.com, effective from date of publication. Should the program be suspended, the Partner will be paid the sums due for purchases made up to such date of publication of the notice of termination. ARTICLE 7 - WHITE LABEL 7.1 White Label is a resale program which allows subscribers to personalise the Skebby SMS Messenger and SMS Gateway applications, by inserting and customising them with their logos, brands and corporate colours and other elements, in order to integrate them into their website or software through their own domain/URL, from where their end clients will access the applications without any visible reference to Skebby. To this end, the “Buy Credit” button which usually directs users to the Skebby website shall be removed and replaced with a link to a White Label web page or with a phone number which clients can use to purchase SMS credit directly from the White Label reseller. 7.2 The prices applied to White Label resellers shall be those in the special price list which can be viewed online in the White Label reserved area. Credit can be sold on to End Clients or to other Resellers. The smallest package that can be purchased by a White Label is 10,000 SMS. 7.3 The White Label reseller shall set its own prices for its own clients completely independently of Skebby. 7.4 Subscribing to the White Label program is completely free of charge, subject to sign up on the website www.skebby.com and filling in the special White Label registration form available on the same website, in the section Resellers> White Label> Sign up now. MS reserves the right to approve applications for registrations within 10 working days, with written notice sent via e-mail to the address indicated in the form; in case of approval, it shall activate the service within a maximum of 10 working days from the notice of approval. 7.5 The contractual relationship between MS and the White Label is regulated by the general contractual conditions for Business Clients available on the website www.skebby.com > Terms of Service, without prejudice to the specific legislation applicable here and any conditions which may be incompatible with the Skebby Terms of Service. 7.6 MS may terminate the Contract without advance notice, sending notification via e-mail to the address indicated during the registration, by the 5th date of the following month, should it appear that, on the last day of each month, the White Label has not granted credit equivalent to at least 5000 SMS each to at least two new clients, which must be businesses or public institutions. 7.7 MS reserves the right to modify the operating conditions of the White Label Reseller program or to suspend it, with 15 days’ advance notice to be sent to users in writing. 7.8 The White Label undertakes to carry out its advertising and resale of SMS Services through its own website and its own contract with end users in compliance with specific legislation currently in force. 7.9 The White Label undertakes to purchase a sufficient quantity of credit to meet the orders received from its clients and, where these exceed the amount of credit available at the time the order is received, to purchase additional credit and make it available to its client within 1 working day of its receipt, or alternatively to not accept the order and reimburse the payment received. 7.10 The Contract between MS and White Label shall be legally terminated should the White Label fail to fulfil its obligation as set forth in point 7.9 above, without prejudice to the latter’s faculty, upon receipt of written complaint from MS if it should receive information or notifications from the White Label’s clients regarding failure to issue credit, to send documentation suitable to prove fulfilment of its obligation, within 5 working days of receiving such complaint from MS. 7.11 With points 7.9 and 7.10 above MS assumes no obligation or responsibility towards the White Label’s third party clients with regard to the latter’s fulfilment or otherwise of credit purchase agreements drawn up with said clients. 7.12 The White Label declares that it is solely responsible for the content of its own and its clients’ text messages, and holds Skebby harmless from any claim and/or lawsuit brought forward by third parties, as long as said claims or lawsuits are not due to alterations to the message for which Skebby can be held responsible, and carried out without the Client’s consent. 7.13 The White Label guarantees that the personal data of the end clients hereunder receiving the service offered by the White Label through the Skebby platform has been collected in compliance with current personal data processing regulations and that, where required by said regulations, suitable consent for the processing of personal data for the purposes of supplying the service has been obtained from its end clients. 7.14 The White Label declares that it possesses all the legal authorisations required for the marketing and resale of SMS and that it contractually obliges its clients to declare the same, i.e. to respect the regulations established by the relevant authorities and by mobile termination operators. The White Label undertakes to insert in its contracts with its clients clauses and obligations to accept responsibility for damages caused by spam, by the failure to respect consumers’ rights, and by other illegal and fraudulent activities. The White Label must remain fully informed and aware of any changes to the national mobile operators’ regulations, as well as of best practices, and keep its clauses and contractual obligations up to date, adopting operative measures for the purposes of preventing spam, failure to respect consumers’ rights, or other illegal activities. 7.15 The White Label undertakes not to use or allow its clients to use Skebby’s services in which the content asks recipients to call premium rate phone lines e.g. 899xxxxxx,892xxx,894xxx,895xxx. ARTICLE 8 – USE OF THE SKEBBY TRADEMARK 8.1 The Affiliate, Partner or White Label recognise MS's ownership of the trademarks "Skebby", "Skebby Free SMS" "SMS Skebby 0cent.", "SMS Classic", "SMS Basic", “SMS from website operator”, “SMS from Sim", "Skebby Status Update", "SMS Business", "SMS Messenger", "SMS Gateway", “Email to SMS”, “SMS Group”, "SMS Skebby 0cent. Business", "Skebby Forum", "Skebby Blog", "Skebby Chat" and undertakes not to dispute in any form and whether in court or out of court, their validity and protection, whilst also undertaking not to violate said trademarks. 8.2 Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 8.1, the Affiliate, Partner or White Label undertake to use the aforementioned trademarks for the scope of the aforesaid activity for the sole purposes of describing the service offered, to the extent of the provisions of art. 21, para. 1 of the Italian Code of Industrial Property Rights. The Affiliate, Partner or White Label undertake not to use the aforementioned trademarks in defamatory ways or circumstances; in this regard, MS may provide the Affiliate or Partner with compulsory guidelines on the correct use of the trademarks owned by MS. ARTICLE 9 – LIABILITY OF MS 9.1 The Affiliate, Partner or White Label undertake to indemnify and hold harmless MS from all responsibility, loss, order to pay damages or compensation, including legal expenses, deriving from the activity carried out by the Affiliate, Partner or White Label, including any activities carried out for MS pursuant to the provisions herein, or from the content of the website or of communications containing advertising media for MS. ARTICLE 10 - JURISDICTION 10.1 MS and the Affiliate, Partner or White Label indicate the Court of Milan as the court of jurisdiction for any controversy relating to the validity, interpretation and breach of this Affiliation Agreement and for any other dispute arising from these rights or connected thereto, notwithstanding the provision in paragraph 10.2 below. 10.2 Should the scope of the controversy between MS and the Affiliate or the Partner or the White Label also include the validity, the interpretation and the breach of article 8 herein, and in the case of all controversies relating to the use of MS's trademarks by the Affiliate, Partner or White Label, MS and the Affiliate, Partner or White Label indicate as the court of jurisdiction the Court of Milan, Industrial and Industrial Property Court Division. ARTICLE 11 – SPECIFIC APPROVAL OF CLAUSES 11.1 - The Affiliate, Partner and White Label specifically approve clauses n. 5, 8, 9 and 10 herein. Mobile Solution S.r.l. Legal office: Via Mascagni n. 14 - 20122 Milan - Italy C.F.: 03020690131 - N.REA: MI/1877553 www.skebby.com - support@skebby.com
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Letters to the Editor Planetary Science
Readers ponder Opportunity’s future, animal consciousness and more
Your letters and comments on the March 16, 2019 issue of Science News
By Science News Staff
Lost Opportunity
NASA’s Opportunity rover explored Mars for more than a decade until a dust storm last year led to its demise, Lisa Grossman reported in “After 15 years on Mars, it’s the end of the road for Opportunity” (SN: 3/16/19, p. 7).
Reddit users had a lot of questions about the rover, nicknamed Oppy. scazon wanted to know why the estimated life spans for Opportunity and another Mars rover, Spirit, were initially so short, and what these missions’ longevity means for future Mars missions.
Scientists originally estimated that dust collecting on the rovers’ solar panels would stop the rovers from recharging after about 90 Martian days, Grossman says. Luckily, winter wind storms cleaned off the solar panels often enough to allow the rovers to keep going. “No other rover or lander had spent so much time on Mars before, so the team didn’t know to plan for that,” she says. The next two NASA Mars rovers — Curiosity, which landed in 2012 and is still going, and Mars 2020, which is slated to launch next year — use nuclear batteries. So dust isn’t much of a concern. But the next European and Russian Mars rover is a different story. That rover, named Rosalind Franklin, is solar powered, Grossman says. Scientists plan to “use what they learned from Spirit and Oppy to keep the batteries running.”
Other readers on Reddit wondered if Opportunity might someday turn back on.
Space pancakes
New images of Ultima Thule (simulation shown below) indicate that the Kuiper Belt object, officially named 2014 MU69, is a lot flatter than scientists initially thought, Emily Conover reported in “Ultima Thule is shaped like two lumpy pancakes” (SN: 3/16/19, p. 15). On Facebook, reader Jonathan Roberts suggested a new nickname to better reflect MU69’s shape: “The Interplanetary House of Pancakes.”
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The chances are slim, Grossman says. “The team thinks the rover powered down to the point where its internal clock got out of sync with the Martian day/night cycle,” she says. Plus, one of Opportunity’s arm heaters has been stuck on since the mission’s beginning. If the rover isn’t going into a power-saving sleep mode at night, “that arm heater would drain the batteries before it has a chance to call Earth,” she says. “So things look tough.” But if Opportunity somehow started broadcasting again, the Deep Space Network, which listens to other spacecraft on Mars, would probably notice.
Conscious clues
Brain scans of people at various awareness levels revealed a complex pattern of activity associated with consciousness, Laura Sanders reported in “Brain scans decode an elusive signature of consciousness” (SN: 3/16/19, p. 8).
Reader Tom Shoemaker wondered if scientists plan to look for similar signs in animals.
Scientists don’t fully understand human consciousness, but that hasn’t stopped them from studying consciousness in other species, Sanders says. Clever studies of chimpanzees, crows, dolphins and octopuses have all turned up compelling signs of awareness (SN: 12/19/09, p. 22). Yet, animals’ brains vary a lot, so “the same brain-scanning method used for people probably wouldn’t be useful to characterize consciousness for most other animals,” she says.
Shape-shifters
Phase separation may be responsible for the diversity of pollen shapes, Emily Conover reported in “Physics explains how pollen gets its stunning diversity of shapes” (SN: 3/16/19, p. 32).
Online reader Jan Steinman asked if pollen shapes contribute to sneezing and other allergic reactions.
“To our knowledge, there is no connection between pollen shape and its allergenicity, but I also don’t know if that problem has been well-studied,” says Alison Sweeney, a biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania. But, she says, pollen from plants that commonly triggers allergies — ragweed, grass and a few types of trees — doesn’t have any obvious structural similarities.
“Muons reveal the whopping voltages inside a thunderstorm” (SN: 3/16/19, p. 10) incorrectly described electric potential as the amount of work needed to move an electron from one place to another. It is the work needed to move a unit of electric charge.
In “The CBD boom is way ahead of the science” (SN: 3/30/19, p. 14), a study that examined cannabidiol’s effect on schizophrenia was published in March 2018 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, not 2019.
A version of this article appears in the April 27, 2019 issue of Science News.
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There are many words that have a range of meanings to different people and in different situations. One such word that has come to light recently is ‘hustler’ which people often attach different meanings to. The up and coming movie, Hustlers, is set to hit the screens in September and has reignited interest in just what this word means to different people.
There are lots of people who will have heard the word ‘hustle’ or ‘hustler’ used in movies, on the streets, even by friends and family members. However, many of these people don’t really know what the word means and what context to take it in because it is used in such a variety of situations and has been for many years.
To give some insight into the movie and how it uses the word ‘hustler’, it is all about a group of former stripped looking to make more money and plotting to get it from the men they’ve been spending time with. The men don’t seem to be particularly bothered about the girls’ plights and situations and spend more time splashing the cash and partying, so the ex-strippers decide they are perfect for providing them with the money they want. The movie is set to be a big hit with famous names such as Jennifer Lopez,Cardi B, and Constance Wu among others.
In addition to stirring up excitement among movie fans, the film has also fueled interest into what a hustler actually is. Many people will have heard the word used in different contexts and situations as well as by different people. You hear about people pretending to be bad at playing pool and then playing for big money and suddenly demonstrating their expertise so they can take the cash. You see people on the streets who describe themselves as hustlers. It is a term that is often used to describe someone that cheats their way to making money from others.
Of course, another way in which many people will have heard the word ‘hustler’ is in the context of the online HUSTLER® Hollywood brand. Founded in the late 1960s as a brand, the adult magazine was launched in the mid-1970s and has now expanded to include its adult online store where people can buy adult toys, lingerie, and a range of related products.
Many people do not realize that this word does go back many centuries. In fact, in the 1600s the word was used to describe a movement that involved shaking. In the 1800s, it began to be used as a term to describe fast movement – for instance, the term hustle-bustle, which many still use today. In modern society, it is often used as a term for having the confidence to make money – and not always in the most respectable ways!
A Movie to Look Forward To
While the word itself may continue to cause confusion with regards to exact meaning, the movie will undoubtedly be one that many will flock to see. It takes its inspiration from an article that was published in 2015 in the New York Times and its all-star cast will ensure that it gets plenty of attention.
Written by ChrisPublished on 2019-09-01 11:28:22
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Steve Clarke confirms former Hearts keeper to start for Scotland against San Marino
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Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has confirmed former Hearts stopper Jon McLaughlin will replace David Marshall in goal against San Marino.
According to Sky Sports, Clarke confirmed the change is a "pre-planned move" as the national team boss rotates his squad for the home clash against Group I's bottom-placed side.
McLaughlin will earn his second cap - his first in a competitive game - after making his debut in last summer's friendly defeat to Mexico.
The 32-year-old impressed for Hearts as he made over 35 appearances during the 2017/18 season, before signing for Jack Ross' Sunderland. McLaughlin has continued as number one this season, despite the North East side's difficult start to the season which recently culminated in Ross' firing.
Scotland go into the Hampden clash looking to bounce back from a chastening 4-0 defeat against Russia on Thursday; their fourth consecutive loss of the campaign. The result in Moscow extinguished the visitors' already slim chances of qualifying for Euro 2020 from the group.
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2001: The Film Year in Review
By Emanuel Levy2001-12-13T19:43:00+00:00
There were few great films in 2001, but enough good ones by new (Todd Field), developing (Peter Jackson,Baz Luhrmann), and veteran (Lynch, Altman) directors, to make the year moreagreeable. With most studio releases slipshod and slapdash, the interestingfilms were easily evident on first viewing. Hence, choosing the best was notdifficult, though for the first time in years, most of my personal choices areA- or B+ pictures.
The guiding criteria inconstructing the lists below (which are ranked in order of preference) were mostly artistic: theevidence of a singular directorial vision, thematic and/or visual (preferablyboth), coherent and unified narrative (most Hollywood movies are deficient dueto their excessively episodic and shapelessly disjointed structure), overallartistic and emotional impact, command over film grammar, and deft use of themedium's unique properties (framing, editing), not for their own sake, but incongruence and service of their story.
As a point of information, bothgrades and points are included for the best film lists for the purposes of those aroundthe world that use different criteria of evaluation. The films were chosenamong those that were released theatrically in the US - or at leastplayed at a major film festival - during this calendar year.
For a full analysis of the year in film, artistically speaking, read the full story in this week's edition of Screen International.
BEST ENGLISH-SPEAKINGFILMS
(US/Int'l distributor inparenthesis)
1. In the Bedroom(Miramax/Good Machine) A 10
2. Shrek (DreamWorks/UIP) A 10
3. Mulholland Drive (UniversalFocus/StudioCanal) A- 9
4. The Lord Of The Rings (NewLine/New Line Int'l) A- 9
5. Moulin Rouge (Fox) A- 9
6. Gosford Park (USAFilms/Capitol Films) A- 9
7. Ali (Columbia/IEG) B+ 8
8. The Others(Dimension/StudioCanal) B+ 8
9. Black Hawk Down(Columbia/Revolution) B+ 8
10. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence(Warner) B+ 8
RUNNERS-UP
1. The Believer(Showtime/Fireworks)
2. Last Orders (SonyClassics/Winchester)
3. The Royal Tenenbaums (BuenaVista)
4. The Deep End (Fox Searchlight)
5. Hedwig And The Angry Inch(Fine Line/New Line Int'l)
6. The Man Who Wasn't There (USAFilms/Good Machine)
7. Lantana (Lions Gate/BeyondFilms)
8. Intimacy (Empire Pictures/StudioCanal)
9. Training Day (Warner/Roadshow)
10. The Shipping News (Miramax/MiramaxInt'l)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGEFILMS
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Wii Fit? Not so much
By Laura Hogg
From the FitChatter Blog Series
Welcome back to FitChatter! This week in the news: Fitness video games are all the rage – but does their use actually translate to weight loss?
I really need to get in shape. I make all the excuses: I can’t get up early enough to exercise before work, I’m too tired to do it after work, it doesn’t sound like fun, I’m just so busy. A fitness video game, then, would seem to be the perfect solution. I could get in exercise comparable to playing sports – and this is the key, here – without actually going through the humiliation that is playing sports. I’d be trim and fit in no time – right?
A new study says – not so much.
The study, recently released in Pediatrics, came to a conclusion that may sound kind of obvious, but it’s important: owning fitness video games doesn’t automatically translate to weight loss. You have to actually play them. Consistently. You know, like an exercise regime.
Previous studies had shown that kids could get as much exercise on the Wii as they would in a normal gym class. But here’s the problem: those studies took place in a lab, where kids were forced to play the games for the sake of the study. Freedom of choice wasn’t taken into account at all.
And when kids do have that freedom, they don’t choose the exercise games.
In the study, the researchers took kids considered to be at risk for adult obesity, with BMIs in the 50th to 99th percentile. They gave each of them a Wii, and gave half of the group getting fitness games (Dance Dance Revolution, Wii Sports, etc.) and the other half inactive games (Super Mario Galaxy). They were then allowed to play them. Or not. Whatever they wanted to do – just like it would be in real life, distractions, choices, and all.
There was absolutely no difference in activity level between the two groups.
Now, don’t get me wrong: these games can absolutely lead to a greater amount of physical activity – and it’s definitely better than sitting on the couch all day. But it might just be that the very fact that it’s a video game – something fun, something recreational, something optional – means people will be less likely to do it regularly.
Normal video games pull players in through the use of a story – something these games seem to lack, in my experience. And exercise is something that needs to be a routine, or else you’re not going to get much benefit.
So, parents, it’s awesome that you bought your kids a Wii so that they could get healthier and more active. But don’t expect them to play it regularly unless you make it a family routine.
What do you think? Have you experienced benefits from exercise video games? Should exercise video games be redesigned so there’s more incentive to use them regularly?
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Big Dave from SLN March 2, 2012 at 9:38 AM
What I find personally disturbing is how the Microsoft Kinect for XBox 360 is being marketed as a way to control the media player elements of it via voice - rather than the original intention of being a motion enabled gaming platform. Designed to get you up and moving, but marketed as voice activation - because pushing buttons is too hard.
What really seemed to work for me weight-loss wise is an older gaming solution: Dance Dance Revolution. A couple friends of mine had the DDR pad for their gaming systems and not only could you play the classic arrow-matching game to burn calories, but it had an easy mode that simply let you dance randomly to the music while the system estimated calories burned.
E.M. Wollof from SLN March 2, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Hahahaha, I love it! Once again, research released that will be used to take the blame off parents who don't kick their kids outside to exercise and use their imagination. I love how part of the study involved kids being able to make their own choice about recreation. When the hell did this start happening? When did parents turn into nothing more than vending machines for housing, food, and toys?
If you take a closer look at the fitness games, the marketing direction isn't even close to children, it is made for adults.
As for the Kinect being used differently than its intended purpose, that's because its intended purpose flopped. They released the machine without any core gamer support and it fell straight on its face, thus supporting the well known fact that games sell equipment, not the other way around.
Matthew March 2, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I've played Wii Fit, and I'm somewhat dubious as to how much exercise you actually get with it. I imagine it is not the same as, say, going to the gym or jogging.
E.M. Wollof from SLN March 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM
That's kind of the point though isn't it? Wii Fit isn't supposed to be a replacement to real exercise, it is supposed to provide an outlet to those who can't find time or money for the gym. An exercise implement that can be used in the comfort of your own home, away from the fitness buffs that make you feel like a fatty no matter how fit you may be.
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Health insurance premiums to rise after government deal fails to reduce costs
By Dana McCauley
October 23, 2019 — 12.01am
Australians with private health insurance will face hefty premium increases next year - likely to be twice the rate of inflation - after Health Minister Greg Hunt's deal with the medical devices industry failed to lower costs as promised, the peak body for insurers has warned.
Private Healthcare Australia chairman John Hill said Health Minister Greg Hunt's goal of limiting the next round of premium increases to an average three per cent would be "extremely challenging" to meet, after the cost of devices like knee and hip replacements soared by 8.6 per cent.
Consumers should brace for private health insurance premiums to go up considerably next year.
"Without putting downwards pressure on those costs, you can't put downward pressure on premiums. It's simple mathematics," Mr Hill told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age ahead of his speech to an Actuaries Institute conference in Melbourne on Wednesday.
He said insurers would have "no other option" but to pass on their rising costs to consumers.
Private health insurers will submit their proposed premium hikes, which must be approved by the Health Department, next month and Mr Hunt will announce the approved price increase in late December, with new premiums to apply from April 1.
An increase of 3.2 per cent would be double the current rate of inflation.
The federal government faces mounting pressure to reduce premiums and reverse what has been described as a "death spiral" in the private health industry, as increasing numbers of younger Australians drop their coverage due to high premiums and a perceived lack of value.
The latest data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority shows 65,000 fewer Australians had health insurance in December 2018 compared to a year earlier.
"Inflated prices for established medical technologies must come down in line with the rest of the world," Mr Hill will say in his speech.
"One of the most commonly used implants – cardiac stents, are five times the price in Australia as they are in New Zealand."
Insurers agreed to this year's average premium increase of 3.25 per cent - down from 3.95 per cent the previous year and the lowest increase in 17 years - on the basis a deal struck by Mr Hunt with the Medical Technology Association of Australia would slash their device costs by $250 million this year, with a total of $1.1 billion to be saved by 2021.
Greg Hunt has promised to tackle rising health insurance premiums. Credit:AAP
Prices charged to insurers are set by the federal government through the Prostheses List, costing millions of dollars more in the private sector than they do in public hospitals.
Instead, insurers argue they were hit with higher costs after the industry responded by driving up sales volumes through tactics such as repackaging items and offering incentive rebates to doctors, pushing up costs by 8.6 per cent this year.
MTAA chief executive Ian Burgess said the volume growth was "as anticipated" due to new medical device technologies being added to the Prostheses List and an ageing population.
"That compares with a ten-year average of 7.8 per cent - it's not a significant increase," Mr Burgess said."
"The fact is, prices [on the Prostheses List] have come down."
He said insurers' proposed premium rises for 2020 must take into account the next phase of prostheses list price cuts, due to come into effect early next year.
Mr Hill, a former South Australian health minister, said the devices industry was "gaming the system" and that insurers had no choice but to pass the cost onto consumers.
Medical devices make up eight per cent of insurers costs and include joint replacements and insulin pumps, along with human tissue items such as corneas, bones and heart valves.
The MTAA deal states the minister will not make further changes to the Prostheses List without industry consultation, but Mr Hill argued the government could terminate the deal on the grounds the peak body had not negotiated "in good faith".
A spokesman for Mr Hunt said the Coalition government was implementing "the most significant improvements to private health insurance in over a decade" and that reforms had delivered record-low premium rises along with "better coverage for mental health, standardised policies and youth discounts".
"The government continues to work with the sector on the next wave of positive reforms to continue to improve private health insurance and we expect private health insurers to play their part in delivering value for money for consumers and policy holders," the spokesman said.
Dana McCauley
Dana is health and industrial relations reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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Suncoast man takes on third half marathon shortly after traumatic shoulder injury
Thursday, October 10th 2019, 3:14 PM EDT
Friday, October 11th 2019, 12:32 PM EDT
SARASOTA COUNTY - One year after a traumatic shoulder injury, a former cyclist will take on his 3rd Half Marathon in the First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon. He hopes his story will inspire you to sign up for the race too.
To Sarasota resident, Michael Belle, cycling was everything;a high–speed mental and physical challenge 5 to 6 days a week for more than 25 years. That all changed last May at a Fort De Soto time trial race. He said, "I was having the race of a lifetime. Unfortunately, there was a hand cyclist in front of me that was going a little slower...a lot slower. I was going about 20 miles faster than he was going."
Belle collided into the hand cyclist and was launched 20 ft into air. He said, "The way the doctor put it is some people break their shoulder, and then some people really break their shoulder, and I actually exploded it. It was pretty devastating."
Belle was determined to find a new vice, his doctor recommended running. So, he traded in two wheels, for two sneakers. Belle hired SRQ Running Head Coach, Holly Johnson. "He literally could not finish a mile without walking when he started. He thought "How am I ever going to do this?" and I said, "It's one step at a time, you have to walk before you run,'" she said.
Belle coped with a shattered collarbone and a shattered ego, but he refused to give up. He said, "I thought I was going to go out and be a decent runner because I was a halfway decent cyclist and that wasn't the case."
Belle worked his way up to running 50 miles a week. Next weekend, less than one year after his crash, Belle will take on his third half marathon at the First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon. He said, "I always remind myself that I'm always going to be faster than the person sitting on the couch." Belle's next challenge is taking on the New York City Marathon.
If a half marathon or 10K isn't your speed this year the First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon extends into a weekend long event, introducing a 5K Saturday through Downtown Sarasota. To register, click here.
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Do Renters Matter?
by Kelly Fedderson
The Case For Renter Participation
There is a longstanding perception on the part of some that homeowners are more responsible neighbors. The rationale often used is that homeowners, either because of their financial investment or an innate virtue, care more about their neighborhood and therefore are willing to invest more time and effort into keeping their community livable. Renters, in contrast, are expected to be apathetic at best and at worst negligent, disrespectful, and intentionally disengaged.
Is there any truth behind this widely-held belief? Does homeownership really encourage civic engagement?
Anecdotally, we see this to be true. Homeowners greatly outnumber renters within Portland’s neighborhood associations. There is also research that shows a connect between homeownership and community involvement. However, the value of homeownership to civic participation is far more modest than previously assumed. Furthermore, the research also shows that
Homeownership is not the only factor affecting involvement. Community, culture, social norms, and other socio-political forces are likely to strongly influence civic behavior.
Tenure matters. When renters and owners have lived in a place for similar amounts of time, the difference in participation shrinks drastically. This suggests that measures aimed at stabilizing rents can help precipitate greater civic engagement.
Does It Matter If Renters Are Involved?
Renters may not be as civically engaged as homeowners, but there is nothing that suggests it has to be this way. If democratic representation is the goal, then we cannot be satisfied with our current system when it doesn’t include roughly 46.3% of households in Portland. When renters are not represented, it guarantees that income, racial, and age diversity will also be lacking.
Without representation, issues that primarily affect renters will not have an equal voice. When renters don’t have a seat at the table or a vehicle by which to organize, they are unlikely to be able to pushback against the forces that drive gentrification and displacement. This ultimately results in a loss of income diversity in our neighborhoods, which hurts everyone.
When we don’t interact with people from different backgrounds we tend to rely on stereotypes derived from hearsay or from atypical situations. However, when our daily lives bring us in close contact with other groups, we tend to form a more representative and kind view of those groups. More generally, we feel a stronger social connect to people we see frequently and live close to.
When residents of different incomes cross paths and have opportunities to interact, they are more likely to feel that they are “in it together.” This in turn creates social capital and ultimately can motivate grassroots advocacy to preserve diversity in the face of community change. And as noted above when renters are able to remain in their neighborhood, they become more civically engaged.
What Neighborhood Associations Can Do To Increase Renter Participation
(1) Change the assumptions.
People will not participate if we don’t ask. By assuming that renters are not interested in neighborhood activities, we prematurely write them off and create a self fulfilling prophecy.
(2) Interrupt Prejudice.
We cannot let disparaging remarks directed at any group stand. We must hold people accountable who make prejudicial comments at a neighborhood meeting. Ground Rules are one way to do this.
(3) Proactively Engage
Start working on issues that you know renters care about. Form a committee for renters’ rights or for looking at potential ways to stabilize rent. Renters will be more likely to participate if they see a place to plug-in.
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We can’t wait for change. We have to create it. Neighborhood Associations are a vehicle for participation. If you don’t feel you’re being represented, join and change that. Ultimately if we don’t actively participate, we will not have our voices heard.
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Muz Afzal manages the Small Grants Program at SE Uplift. He also is a community engagement liaison building networks with diverse communities throughout Portland. Muz works with the Portland United Against Coalition, a community initiated partnership of organizations, concerned communities, and the City of Portland, working with the Office of Community and Civic Life to build a rapid response system that combines reporting and tracking of hateful acts and providing the support and protection our communities need in this uncertain era. Another part of Muz’s multifaceted role is supporting several neighborhood associations.
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tv Hannity FOX News March 11, 2019 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT
live from new york, right now, standing by, 9:00 p.m., we have a surprise for you. >> sean: it's not a surprise. it's every night at 9:00. >> tucker: like a dog, i'm always surprised. >> sean: you had a powerful open. there's something -- there is a mob that wants to destroy only fox. you know, meanwhile, you know, when we stand up for free speech, in my case joy reed. don't fire joy. give her another chance. >> tucker: exactly. >> sean: it's a mob. very powerful opening. so many of us love you. >> tucker: thank you, sean. i appreciate that. >> sean: thanks tucker. welcome to "hannity." a big weekend celebration for the radical socialist far left democrats in this country. there she is. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez suggesting this great country of ours is garbage, ronald reagan and fdr's new deal is racist.
we have jeff zucker trashing fox news and everyone who works here. i have a sponges fresponse for tonight. also known liar cowardly schiff, he sent a desperate plea for help, begging for money, using my name. trying to raise money on my name. we will call him out again tonight. we'll cover this very important "hannity" watch on the sad state of this democratic party. we start with the speak of the house, nancy pelosi, pelosi said impeaching president trump is just not worth it because the process is too divisive. here's my message tonight. do not ever believe a single word she says. pelosi now presides over what is the most radical extreme group of socialist democrats that have ever existed. that includes socialist members of congress that we know want to
get rid of oil and gas, the lifeblood of our economy. all gas-powered cars, cows and planes in the next ten years and tell everybody it's free. everything's free whether you're willing or unwilling to work. breaking tonight, well, the person that's really leading the democratic party, ocasio-cortez, she doesn't think trump's impeachment is off the table. i believe her more than pelosi. pelosi is utterly controlled by these new radicals. she knows her power is in jeopardy every day. i have a message for those that think, oh, socialism is so cool, everything's free. well, democratic genius alexandria ocasio-cortez took a plane. the world's going to end in 12 years. she offered her expertise on a variety of issues at the south by southwest festival, it's a liberal festival.
naturally, she found time to bash capitalism and america in the process. let's take a look. >> capitalism isn't -- to me, it's an ideology of capital. it puts capital, the most important thing is the c concentration of capital and it means that we seek and prioritize profit and the accumulation of money above all else and we seek it at any human and environmental cost. that is what that means. and to me that ideology is not sustainable and cannot be redeemed. >> sean: an irredeemable system. an economic system that drastically improved the quality of life for hundreds and hundreds of millions of americans over time. billions of others trying to duplicate our system around the world. but ocasio-cortez, she wants to trade it in for a socialist
system, like venezuela? north korea? cuba? the former soviet union? ocasio-cortez also went onto suggest that the united states, it's pretty unbelievable, we're basically a garbage country. take a look. >> we've strayed so far away from what has really made us powerful and just and good and equitable and productive. and so i think all of these things sound radical compared to where we are, but where we are is not a good thing. and this idea of like 10% better from garbage is -- shouldn't be what we settle for. >> sean: in reality, the only things 10% better than garbage in this country are some of these ridiculous ideas. and the sad and scary part is, these believes are shared by what, 2020 presidential candidates, over a hundred democrats now. like any far left extremist the
lawmakers use would not be complete without everyone thinking everyone pretty much is a racist. during her remarks, she called fdr's new deal racist. even suggesting ronald reagan is a racist. take a look. >> a perfect example of how special interests and the powerful have pitted what working class americans against brown and black working class americans in order to just screw over all working class americans is -- [ applause ] -- is reaganism in the '80s when he started talking about welfare queen. because this one specific group of people that you were already kind of subconsciously prime to resent, you give them a different reason that's not explicit racism, but still rooted in a racist caricature.
>> sean: the new radical extremist calling fdr a racist, suggesting the united states is based on a garbage system, and she wants you, the american people, to hand over the keys to your private businesses, your private property. she wants government control of the means of production. literally, she wants state control of all health care. how did obamacare work out? and all energy? no oil or gas in ten years. good luck. she wants to tell every business how to operate. oh, boy. according to her, her government knows best. not you, not we, not the american people, not the people who risk reward and create goods and services that make our lives good and better, that people want, need, and desire. she and her colleagues know better. she actually had a business. we found out today she owes
nearly $1,900 in back taxes over her small defunct business that she founded in 2012. socialism is all about do as i say, not as i do. and you're always generous with other people's money. we're all supposed to pay taxes, not them. she's just in government to reap the rewards. more on this tonight. first, i want to turn our focus to the arm of the democratic party, that of course is fake news. all over the place. in this case, fake news cnn, the network will soon be facing a whopping $250 million lawsuit for its willful smears, slander, besmirchment of a covington high school student. cnn is going to lose a fortune. the attorney will crush them. their public vilification of a young 16-year-old high school
student who did nothing wrong, showed incredible grace under pressure, was nothing short of a disgrace. his life will never be the same. but their rush to judgment -- wasn't just the media. went on more than two days. cnn singled out sandman. why? he was wearing a red make america great again hat, the new trigger for the extreme list. recently cnn president, professional trump hater, one who presides overall of those lies against the 16-year-old, he emerged from his glass house, had the gall to call the fox news channel. jim, i have a message for you. how about a public apology from you and your on-air talented, if you want to call them talent. your networks, your disgusting rush to judgment. let's just stay with a 16-year-old kid and your
network's hatred of trump which caused this because that's all you cover every second of every day. you also said the employees who work here, my friends and colleagues, support a place that has done tremendous damage to the country. look at the damage you did to that 16-year-old. would you like it if it was your kid? that from zucker, the head of the new york. literally hates trump so much they'll go after a 16-year-old and not ask a single question about whether what they hear and see, a snip pet is true. remember trump and the prime minister feeding the fish in the pond. they got that wrong. or cnn fake news story about trump and wikileaks? yeah, wrong again. or the fake news story about trump and russia that forced three cnn journalists to resign? wrong. or the fake news story about sessions and russia that they were forced to walk back? wrong again. or the fake news story predicting that comey would
refute trump? nope. and fake news goes on and on and on. every day, every hour, conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory. all driven by an irrational rage and hate for trump. record low unemployment for african-americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, women in the workplace. millions out of poverty off of food stamps. every second of every hour every day for three years. this hatred, it's only the tip of the iceberg. journalism is dead. it's impossible to watch, which is probably why so few americans actually watch. we have got the video proof. let's go to the videotape. >> impeachment. >> impeachable. >> impeachment. >> impeachment. >> the russia investigation. >> colluded.
>> stormy daniels. >> stormy daniels. the stormy saga. >> the stormy daniels affair. >> adult film stars stormy daniels. >> she's a [ bleep ]. is there a difference in the president said [ bleep ]. >> do you think these countries [ bleep ]. >> has turned the oval office into a [ bleep ]. >>. >> sean: the really sad part of what they call is news, we know it's not. many people sadly around the world -- we see a bigger picture here. they see america through the lens of cnn international and their coverage. pretty wide-reaching, as they were the first so-called news network on the market. they're giving the world a very distorted, perverted view of our country every single day. they never talk about america's greatness, america's success, the president's success. just hate trump all day long. that's what the world sees through the cnn lens. in addition to their obsessive coverage, we know that fake news cnn also utilizes bias of
omission. again to malign the president. look at this study from news busters. cnn's wolf blitzer, frequently promoted the democrat's frivolous and wrong investigations into the president. last week, blitzer found time to ask 86 uncritical questions about the investigation while asking only three that challenge the never-ending inquiries. if zucker really wants to see propaganda, just look at your own network because that's all you are. and while zucker and his fake news minions are busy hating all things trump all the time, they also continue to provide 24/7 cover for the collusion conspiracy theorist adam schiff. we change gears. adam schiff sent out a fundraising letter this weekend. team adam, they're begging, they're pleading for help, all because of this show and that we dared to tell the truth and call
out his constant lying and leaking. there's adam, we call him the cowardly schiff. because he won't come on the program. he's begging supporters to pitch in at least $5, please, to send a message to hannity after he dedicated 40 minutes of his show covering the cowardly schiff. add to the quote, trust us, adam isn't about to back down because of sean hannity. best part of all this, cowardly schiff, we've offered him the full hour. congressman, i'll give you three hours, too, on my radio show on 610 of the best radio stations in the country. you clearly watch the show. you're now using my show to beg for money from your adoring fans. come on the program. i'll give you the full hour. three hours of my radio show. i will point out every single lie, every piece of propaganda,
misinformation that you have been peddling for two straight years. and guess what? we have every lie of yours chronicled, every tv appearance chronicled. we will expose your efforts to undercut this democracy and undermine the president and say things that are just false. like reportedly sending staff, oh, let's see, why did your staff meet with michael cohen for ten hours before his recent testimony? that's not witness tampering is it? does that sound a little bit like collusion? of course that's nothing for schiff because he's the one guy we have on tape really colluding with the russians so that he can impact the electoral process in this country. it's amazing this is on tape. will somebody please send this to robert mueller? maybe he missed it. take a look. >> met with trump and brought
him one russian girl celebrity, also known as a person with a strange reputation. >> how do you spell her name? >> olga. >> what's the nature of the compromise? >> there were pictures of naked trump. >> so putin was made aware of the availability of the compromising material? >> yes, of course. >> thank you very much. we will be back in touch with you through our staff to make arrangements to obtain these materials for our committee and for the fbi. i appreciate your preaching out to us. >> sean: naked trump pictures and vladimir putin knows about it? by the way, he got set up, he thought he was talking to a real russian. this like obama didn't know his mic was hot, tell vladimir putin i'll have a lot more flexibility after the election. we can do the deal then, but we won't tell the american people. you can see the hate trump mob that want to do anything,
everything to try to take down this president. like making materially false statements to a fisa court. we're getting all the confirmation of what the hill's john solomon reported months ago surrounding the dirty steele dossier. bruce orr warned top fbi brass, yes, christopher steele hated the president, that the dossier was tainted with an anti-trump bias, that was it never verified, it was never corroborated. you got to give steele some credit. he managed to get paid by a russian oligarch, the fbi, and the rest of them. this reads "the fbi is unaware of derogatory information pertaining to christopher steele." lie. it gives us some of the most
damning evidence yet. the fbi, the doj they made materially false statements to the fisa court. they purposely withheld information. they committed a conspiracy of fraud against an american citizen sent denying that citizen of their constitutional rights, all to get an opportunity to spy on the trump campaign through an associate. at the height of the 2016 election. then they leaked all the lies to you, we the people, so that it would influence your vote. russian paid for lies to influence the vote. let not your heart be troubled. tonight, my sources are again confirming to me, those who broke the law, those that abused power, they are going to be held accountable. here with us now, former white house press secretary, ari fliesher and larry elder.
i don't know where to start. maybe we can start in austin, ari, or maybe start with fake news cnn or maybe we can start with adam schiff or maybe start with the real russia collusion. i think that tape's pretty damning. >> they're all tied together, sean. it's all part of trump derangement syndrome which replaced policy making in the hearts and souls of most of the democrats. this explains alexandria ocasio-cortez's statements that she has made. what really is troubling now, though, is how socialism has found a happy home inside a major american political party's leadership. it has become the dog wagging the tail. that's the problem the democrats have and the hatred for trump, the ideology. if anything's going to boost the president's reelection, it's going to be the democrats more than anything else. >> sean: i don't think they can pull back from it at this point, larry. this is now etched in. this is -- the president, i
believe, has forever branded these fake news networks for what they are. i don't think that -- that positioning is ever going to go away because there's so many examples of the fraud they commit and the agenda they're advancing, and not about news. >> also, sean, i would add one of the reasons they can't pull back is because they know they created donald trump. at first, they gave him all this free publicity. they wouldn't even cover him in the news section because they thought he was a joke. the media gave donald trump all this uncritical airtime. he got bigger and bigger and stronger and stronger. they kept talking about how low his ceiling was. uh-oh, he won the nomination. uh-oh, he won the presidency. the left wing media have been trying to make up for it ever since then. >> sean: the best thing to me that i think the president can do, ari, you've dealt with fake news and hostile media. anyone that ever did that job, i don't know how you did it.
>> i love it. >> sean: i don't think it would end well if i ever got that job. just guessing. [ laughter ] our larry, either. you're laughing -- >> give me the job. give me the job. i'd love it. [ laughter ] >> sean: with all that said, we do have an information crisis. i pointed out all the instances they've been wrong. you know, but this $250 million lawsuit, i know lynne wood. lynne wood is going to crush them. what they did was awful to this 16-year-old kid. >> wouldn't it be amazing in the supreme court case known as the "new york times" v. sullivan based on the pentagon papers from 40 years ago gets overturned as a result of a 16-year-old because the networks couldn't control themselves, the media went too far. what's happened is, the media, to protect their ability to be tough on government people, think they have an unfettered license to be tough on
everybody. that's what "new york times" v. sullivan held up. it's about time that case gets revisited. in the hands of a 16-year-old who was dealt the worst type of journalist coverage, the worst type of negativity, malice. why? because he was wearing a maga hat. this is all part of the trump derangement syndrome. >> sean: it's a trigger. >> i always try to be fair. i'm more fair -- >> sean: you love your country. >> -- and most of the cable outlets out there because i'm willing to see things from both directions. they've lost their ability to see things from both directions. >> sean: anybody can disagree on policy. i have conservative friends that disagree with the style of trump. i'm a new yorker. i like that he's fighting hard and our enemies believe it and countries he's negotiating believe it. nikki haley was very insightful about that. i got to tell you, they can't find a single thing that's good about this man. with all the economic records,
say what you will about north korea. they're not firing rockets, we have hostages and remains home. that's good for american. >> right. of course it is. and the pugh research found that 94% of the articles about donald trump were negative. there's a book criticizing the "new york times" coverage of donald trump. she said some of the headlines really are opinions, they aren't facts. you have people in the news media criticizing the way the media has gone into trump derangement syndrome. only 7% of reporters call themselves republicans. people aren't really getting facts. most of the american people are increasingly skeptical about the news and are more likely to call it fake news than ever before. look at the media's numbers. they're much worse than trump's. >> sean: all right. you guys, awesome analysis. great to see you both. only ari's was uniquely
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always agreed on issues involving radical islam and terrorism and israel. we -- we have always agreed. we just disagree on some other issues. i said something nice about you because you were running as an independent. you called me. do you remember what you said to me? >> i remember i was grateful. i probably said -- i probably said it would make me less popular among the democratic party if sean hannity were saying nice things about me. >> sean: you said every time you say a nice thing, you're killing me. and i said, i got it. i understand. >> in fact, i think you helped reelect me as an independent. i'll never forget that. >> sean: this is the point. the joe liebermans no longer exist in this democratic party. i don't think you would ever support a 70% tax rate, a wealth tax, i don't think you would guarantee cradle to grave health care, jobs, vacations or want to
get rid of oil, gas, the combustion engine, cows and airplanes. that's now 100 of your fellow democrats in congress. >> well, you're absolutely right. that's not certainly the democratic party that i came into when john f. kennedy was president. president kennedy was for lower taxes and a capital gains tax cut. and we've -- we have developed in this country a system that you can call capitalism and think it's a bad name. it's actually a great name because it represents free enterprise. it's the system that allowed all four of my grandparents to emigrate to this country with literally nothing in their pockets and their families made their way up the ladder in america. one of the grandkids even got to be a u.s. senator. this is a great country. and i -- >> sean: it's a garbage country. we heard it this weekend. >> i heard that. that's ridiculous. if the democratic party becomes a party whose loudest voices are
denigrating america, knocking it down, calling it garbage, saying that our economic system doesn't work -- it has worked for most of the american people. it's working for most of the american people today. unemployment is at a very low level. the stock market -- >> sean: record low unemployment for minorities. look, obama gave us 13 million more americans on food stamps and 8 million more on poverty after eight years. record low, african-american, women in the workplace, this works. i want everyone to have a shot at what i had as a former dishwasher and contractor and house painter. >> exactly. that's the point. the metaphor that i grew up with was that america's like a ladder. and the people ahead of us help us up the ladder. we have an obligation to turn around and help other people behind us up the ladder. that's what america's been
about. a lot of these folks seem to want to knock the ladder down. the government simply cannot afford -- >> sean: $94 trillion in ten years. >> exactly. who's going to pay for it? you can't get enough money out of the top 1% to pay for this. it's going to be the middle class. >> sean: nobody's going to get $94 trillion in ten years. medicare for all -- i want to shift gears a little for the constraints of time. >> sure. >> sean: you know, i've been friends with prime minister netanyahu well over two decades, much longer. and before trump got on the national stage, i felt he was the one sole, lone voice of such moral clarity in terms of understanding the likes of iran and radical islamists. i've known ahu barack, i've been
to israel like i know you have many times. i want b.b. to win this next election. the world needs him and that clarity on that stage at this time, especially with iran. i hear congresswoman omar, they couldn't even mention her name. they watered down because they can't get enough democratic votes to condemn virulent anti-semitism. >> right. >> sean: you and i -- we go back decades talking about our love of our number one ally in the middle east, the only democracy there that has been there for us, that has been attacked again and again. terror attacks even to this day. >> yeah, no, thank you, sean. i couldn't agree with you more, obviously. i was shocked and really offended by what congresswoman omar said. i don't remember a time in my life that an elected member of congress made such blatantly anti-semitic remarks, and they're lies. the problem is she doesn't represent the democratic party.
she doesn't represent the democrats in the house. but because they were not willing to call her out by name and say that what she did was morally wrong and wrong in our democracy, they run the risk that people will basically tar them with the same brush that they would tar her with. and that's why you've got to speak out. if you let lies live unresponded to, they will spread and we can't let these spread. >> sean: look at -- look at the the rise of anti-semitism in europe and the rise of anti-semitism among the crazy in this country, the racist nationalist nuts that -- >> right. >> sean: it is very scary. senator, it's good to see you. please send my best regards to your better half. she must have been drinking that day when she married you. >> yeah. and she continues to drink because she thinks you're the best. [ laughter ] >> sean: good to see you, sir. >> great to be with you.
>> sean: all right, well, the cowardly schiff, adam schiff is getting nervous about robert mueller. we'll tell you why. also congressman dan crenshaw is here discussing nancy pelosi losing her grip on the house. i have a message, special message for those who think socialism is so cool. . but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. of non-drowsy claritin... and relief from symptoms caused by over... 200 outdoor and indoor allergens. like those from pollen, pets and dust. because new memories start with dusting off old ones. feel the clarity and live claritin clear.
>> sean: begining to look more and more like, well, cowardly schiff, adam schiff should recuse himself from any investigations into the president. the congressman's staff met with michael cohen for over ten hours ahead of michael cohen's seven-hour testimony. now, that congressman right there that we know is not
telling the truth a lot, he's trying to actually raise money off his anti-trump antics. off of my name. the things that we cover on this show, including his malicious lying. this weekend, abc easterry moran tried to brace his media colleagues and other democrats for the possibility that the mueller report is not going to find any russia collusion at all. maybe because there never was. take a look. >> the central and most serious question in this investigation, the reason that robert mueller started it, is did the restaurant president of the united states assist the kremlin in an attack on our democracy. if mueller after two years comes back and says i don't have the evidence to support that charge, that's a reconning. that's a reckoning for the democrats, it's a reckoning around the country if in fact after all this time there was no collusion. >> sean: maybe we were right all
along. joining us now with reaction, sarah carter, former florida attorney general pam bondi. the one thing that we do know -- sarah, we'll start with you because you've been investigating this from day one, is that they don't have anything. now that we had last friday the beginning of the release of all the depositions, we also see a lot of criminal activity. especially as it relates to the dossiers at the heart and soul of all of this, and everybody was warned never verified, steele hated trump, hillary paid for it, the dnc paid for it, the fbi paid for it, the russia oligarchs paid for it, and steele doesn't stand by it. >> think about this, sean. you just laid it out perfectly. there is absolutely no evidence that we've seen yet. we know senator burr has come out publicly and said he would have to write the report stating
there was absolutely no evidence of collusion or conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. what we've seen over the last two years with all the investigations being conducted by congress, the investigations that i've been on, john solomon, you've been on, everything that we've reported shows a direct line between russia and the hillary clinton campaign. this is what's so incredible. if anything needs to be investigated -- and not only that, we've not only seen that. we saw extensive abuse and malfeasance in the fbi. here you have adam schiff, who is so desperate that something come out that he's moving forward with his own investigations into -- with absolutely no criminal evidence of anything. so if anything is going to come out of this, i think right now what we're seeing is that there needs to be a full-fledged investigation by the department of justice into what -- >> sean: we all know -- we learned today -- >> -- on hillary clinton's side. >> sean: we learned today those
investigations have been ongoing and they're happening and they're real. >> that's right. >> sean: and there's other things that are about to happen that i know you know. let me bring in pam bondi for the legal analysis on this. putting your lawyer cap on, your former attorney general cap on for a second. you know, you see now everyone knew about the dossier. it was still used as the bulk of information for the fisa application. four of them. what happens when that fact is known in terms of the law? >> well, legally it's going to go nowhere. and we've been saying that for months. and thanks to you and sarah carter, we know that. don't forget, adam schiff is a harvard educated lawyer. shame on him for what he's doing, sean. think about this, a homicide defendant in my years and years of experience would be treated better than they're treating the president of the united states. so you have double jeopardy that
would apply. the bulldog mueller prosecutor is going to find nothing. so therefore adam schiff spends ten hours with a convicted perjurer who would never be given any credibility anywhere using our tax dollars to travel back and forth to new york for over ten hours. it's outrageous. >> sean: you heard the tape. oh, we have a naked trump, naked trump. >> right. >> sean: vladimir has seen it. >> bad russian accent. >> sean: that's collusion to impact the electoral process in this country. robert mueller, where are you? how do they ignore that? >> they can't. they shouldn't. >> sean: yeah. sarah? thoughts? >> and far worse than that, sean, they can't ignore all the evidence pointing to fusion gps and the clinton campaign and everything else.
>> they can't. >> sean: if there's equal justice under the law, it starts with hillary. even james baker, the top lawyer in the fbi under comey, says di indict her for the espionage act. everybody was warned it's tainted, bought and paid for. they never told the fisa courts. that's a lot of top ranking fbi and doj officials. that's comey, yates, rosenstein, a lot. when we come back, dan crenshaw on pelosi losing her grip on power. also tonight. >> where do you fall on that debate? >> actually, socialism. >> i don't know that it really should even be a debate. here we are in the greatest country on earth. >> sean: people think about socialism and our villain of the day is not a person. straight ahead. -we're doing karaoke later, and you're gonna sing.
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>> sean: as the report currently says, she blinked. nancy pelosi revealing last night she's against impeaching trump. telling the "washington post," he's just not worth it. i don't believe a word that comes out of any democrat's mouth at this time. they're so obsessed with hating trump and eight separate congressional investigations now beginning. destroy trump, but do nothing for the american people. i think that's unlikely to sit well with much of her caucus. including maxine waters who is claiming, we have everything we need to impeach trump. and congresswoman ocasio-cortez doesn't think impeachment is off the table at all. here with reaction to all of this and more, texas congressman dan crenshaw. you know, it's interesting.
>> thanks for having me, sean. >> sean: the day bill clinton was impeached, high 60s or low 70s, his approval rating. american people didn't like it. they get to decide who becomes president or not. there's been no evidence at all, except for the russian bost and the russian intelligence people never put on trial, everything is all process crimes. nothing to do with collusion as the judge even mentioned in the manafort sentencing. >> it's not often i get to come on your show and agree with nancy pelosi, but this might be one of those times. [ laughter ] she's right. it's extremely divisive, the country doesn't like that. what are they doing? they're bringing dysfunction to washington. while i agree with nancy pelosi, the reality is right now that representatives like alexandria ocasio-cortez are driving the narrative of their party. that's really problematic. i actually feel bad for a lot of
my democratic colleagues who really don't agree with her. the reality is that she's driving the narrative. a lot of the presidential candidates coming out are repeating a lot of talking about, endorsement of the green new deal, they're repeating the talking points of ocasio-cortez. the american people really don't want to see it. >> sean: i know our attention spans are short. you know, wasn't -- we saw the policies of obama. this is obama, you know, on testosterone, human growth hormone at a level that will kill any 100,000 people. and the reality is so many of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, they agree with ocasio-cortez about planes and cows and automobiles and oil and gas. >> yeah, well, who likes cows, right? >> sean: i do. i do. [ laughter ] >> sean: i like to eat them. it's called steak. >> yeah. it is the real problem.
i think the democrats are worried that the mueller investigation is not going to come up with anything. that's why they're -- they're setting the table right now for all these subsequent investigations. you know, just read adam schiff's twitter feed. instead of running the intelligence committee, a very important comment for the safety of our country, all he talks about is investigating trump. i don't think the american people want to see that. >> sean: i don't agree as well. even if they do pull this off, you agree with me that nancy' afraid of this new radical group of socialist democrats and afraid to stand up. i think she's scared to death. >> she should be because it is driving her party into a really radical direction. again, it's kind of funny to watch us both -- both backing up nancy pelosi here in a sense. >> sean: i'm not backing her up. i'm saying she's powerless. >> i know. she is. she is. and she should be scared because
the democratic party of alexandria ocasio-cortez has no future. it really does not. i hope pelosi does reign them back in so we can have reasonable discussions. >> sean: dan crenshaw, congressman, good to see you. thank you. when we come back, i have a message for those who think socialism's so cool. and our villain of the day is not a person. next. i hear it in the background and she's watching too, saying [indistinct conversation] [friend] i've never seen that before. ♪ ♪
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>> sean: our villain of the day. we love that animation. it's not a person. it's socialism. it tends to infect the new far left radical extreme democratic socialist party. look at this new poll. scary. it's actually being embraced by younger voters. we resisted our own investigative reporter and correspondent lawrence jones to the nation's capital to see people support capitalism or socialism. take a look. >> socialism versus capitalism.
where do you fall on the debate? >> actually socialism. >> i don't know that it really seems to be a debate. here we are in the greatest country on earth with the greatest experiment on whether capitalism or freedom works. it seems like it's working pretty well. >> capitalism of course. >> i think capitalism is the love of money and you either love money or you love god. so if you love god, you can't love capitalism. >> i think a mix of both systems is what we need. >> who pays for these programs? do we tax people more, the rich more? >> yeah. >> i've never gotten a job from a poor man. >> this isn't a country based on handouts. >> people are going to be upset that you said that. they are going to say you are not compassionate. you want people to work. >> oops.
>> [laughs] >> sean: socialism, it never lives up to its promises. it creates poverty. we will never be the hate trunk medium mob. that's not what we do. let not your heart be troubled. first i have to tell you more about socialism. i thought it was a minute. let me tell you something. look at the soviet union, venezuela, cuba. present-day places we can see, look at the lights turned off in venezuela. should be one of the richest countries. we see this system has created wealth and prosperity for every american regardless of where you start out in life. socialism, less opportunity. staples business. and this regulation. constant confiscation. pushes business out of the way. this incentivizes people to risk, reward, invest, and create
jobs and opportunities in goods and services to make us better as a country. if you just look at history, you know, we are always reminded we are but one generation away from extinction. ronald reagan said that. if we don't learn the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat it. this will be an unmitigated economic disaster. let not your heart be troubled. now because here is laura ingraham standing by in our nation's capital, the swamp. >> laura: hannity, great show, great expose on socialism. >> sean: they want us all fired. >> laura: i'm so scared. i'm so scared. guess what. bring it. >> sean: you know it's amazing, they wanted to go after and fire joy reid. i said don't fire joy reid. give her another shot. >> laura: i said they shouldn't even drive al franken out. how about that? is one of the rudest people out there. rude to me. why are you driving him out? it's all too much. >> sean: that picture was really creepy. >> laura: okay, there's a lot
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Lakeland names new head FB coach
School promotes defensive coordinator
Lakeland names new head FB coach School promotes defensive coordinator Check out this story on sheboyganpress.com: http://shebpr.es/1BIX8vC
Wisconsin Published 4:49 p.m. CT March 4, 2015 | Updated 5:01 p.m. CT March 4, 2015
Colin Bruton(Photo: Lakeland College)
A familiar face will be stalking Lakeland College's football sidelines this fall.
The college on Wednesday announced Colin Bruton will be the Muskies' new head football coach. The news follows Kevin Doherty's departure from that role earlier this week.
Bruton is already familiar with the program. Before the promotion, he'd served as Lakeland's defensive coordinator.
"I am incredibly honored to be given the task of leading the Lakeland College football program," Bruton said in a statement released Wednesday by the college.
Lakeland finished in the top 25 in 10 national statistical defensive categories last season, including the top 10 in seven categories, according to a Lakeland news release announcing the move.
The Muskies were third in rushing defense and red zone defense, eighth in total defense, sacks and tackles for loss per game, 14th in scoring defense and 17th in fewest first downs allowed, the college said in the release.
Bruton was named one of six finalists nationally for the FootballScoop.com Division III Coordinator of the Year award, the college statement said.
Doherty, who was Lakeland's head coach for the past eight years, resigned Monday to take a position at Benedictine (Ill.) University.
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UP Tops List Of Crime Against Women Followed By Maharashtra In 2017
by Anushika Srivastava
Best performing states with respect to women's security are Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, where cases against women were recorded in three digits.
The latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau shows that around 3.5 lakh cases of crime against women were registered in 2017. With this, the figure shows an upward trend for the third consecutive year in crimes against women. While 3.2 lakh cases of crime against women were registered in 2015, 3,38,954 cases were registered in 2016.
Best performing states with respect to women’s security are Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, where cases against women were recorded in three digits. The figures from these states do not even contribute one percent to the national statistics.
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Uttar Pradesh tops the list of crimes against women followed by Maharashtra.
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Traditional English Driven Shoots Come to the Big Hole Mountains of Idaho
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Here at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the aromas of pine trees, sage brush and spent Holland & Holland shells mingle together in the Big Hole Mountains of Idaho where Lars Magnusson has introduced traditional English driven shoots on American soil.
We are at the luxurious Lazy Triple Creek Ranch. Lars’ organization, Blixt & Co., holds the exclusive hunting and fishing rights to 2,200 acres on the ranch. With many members of our shooting party wearing breeks and tweed, the eight of us likeminded shooting enthusiasts are here to experience the inaugural traditional driven shoot of the Blixt & Co. Syndicate.
Make no mistake about it, Lars is on a mission to up-end the American conceit of so-called driven shoots with his own highly orchestrated extravaganzas. Forget the tower shoots where pen-raised birds fly for the first time in their lives after being hand-tossed from a 50-foot high platform, or even shoots where just-released birds-in-a-box are driven towards a line of guns. Lars will make a convincing case as to why they are not traditional driven shoots.
One of the stunning views on the Lazy Triple Creek Ranch.
Under the banner of Blixt & Co., Lars is dedicated to faithfully replicating the driven shoots that you would find in Devon, Yorkshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. As carried out by Lars, an army of beaters marches through fields of wheat, corn and sunflowers to flush near-wild pheasants here in the reaches of Idaho for a limited number of eight guns per Syndicate shoot.
The magnitude of Lars’ enterprise would easily slip by most American shooters who have never drawn a peg on an English estate. There are only three places in North America that hold true English-style driven shoots – all of them invitation-only affairs. Two take place on private property in Canada while the third is restricted to an exclusive island north of Manhattan.
But Lars has thrown open the doors to American wingshooters with a penchant for Anglophile lifestyles. Although the Blixt & Co. Shooting Syndicate (and their Ladies Syndicate) entitles you to take part in various events at different shooting estates in the U.S, it is at the Lazy Triple Creek Ranch in Newdale, Idaho where Lars has laid the groundwork for his traditional English driven shoots.
Now, with two preliminary shooting seasons serving as rehearsals, the eight of us are ready to see what Lars really has to offer in the first Syndicate shoot conducted by Blixt & Co.
Who are these American sportsmen who signed up for Lars’ inaugural shoot?
There’s Scott, a hedge-fund manager in the Midwest; Greg, an independently wealthy media entrepreneur from the West Coast; Ed, a local advertising luminary now on his second career; and Ben, a retired telecommunications executive from the South. On the day of the actual driven shoot we are joined by one of the ranch’s partners. (Some of the men were accompanied by their wives who didn’t shoot but certainly savored the surroundings.) I drove to the Lazy Triple Creek Ranch from the Denver area, where I met up with Michael Sabbeth, a frequent contributor to Shotgun Life and other top shooting magazines.
In order to grasp what Lars has accomplished it’s important to appreciate what goes on behind the scenes. The Blixt & Co. commitment to traditional English driven shoots is the culmination of decades of experience.
Lars’ father and grandfather plied the famed Scandinavian hunting grounds where he was raised. His formal education in the shooting sport started in 1993 at Sweden's first shooting school. Two years later he was recruited by the West London Shooting School, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious.
Following his time with the West London Shooting School, Lars helped establish the West Stockholm Shooting School in Sweden. In 2003 Lars was approached by Griffin & Howe, one of the premier gun companies in the U.S. He became Managing Director of their shooting school at Hudson Farm in Andover, New Jersey. He held that position until 2006 when he went to assist in the establishment of a private shooting estate at Lazy Triple Creek Ranch. Blixt & Co. was formed with Lars’ desire to help new and existing land owners build and manage their own shooting estates. Lazy Triple Creek is a perfect example of where Lars has realized his vision of a traditional driven shoot on American soil.
Lars’ right-hand man is gamekeeper, Matt Whindle of England. Matt grew up learning the time-honored traditions and practices of the classic English country shooting estate. He has spent more than 20 years running some the most prominent shoots outside the U.S.
Being an expert in bird management; rearing, releasing and the execution of driving the birds on the shoot day, Matt was invited in 1997 to create an English-style driven pheasant shoot on the prestigious Vysoky Chlumec Estate near Prague, in the Czech Republic. This experience led Matt to positions as a consultant to exclusive shoots in Tuscany, Bavaria, New Zealand and now the US.
Jennifer Magnusson serves homemade cookies during the game parade.
Lars’ wife, Jennifer, is a native of nearby Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As owner of a successful ad agency and graphic design firm, she is the Marketing Director of Blixt & Co. but also gets into the hospitality logistics to ensure the satisfaction of the guests.
The crew of the Lazy Triple Creek ranch pitches in on a daily basis, and, as we were to discover, an eclectic group of locals dedicated to Lars’ success will rally to his side on shoot day. About 50 people – including beaters, loaders, dog handlers, game cart drivers and lodge staff – pitched in to create a spectacular experience for the eight guns and their companions.
The driven shoots actually begin months before a blast from the hunting horn signals that the march of the beaters is ready to commence.
Three-hundred acres of sage brush are plowed under to make way for the wheat, corn and sunflower fields planted on three adjacent ridges. The fields serve as a natural habitat for the birds. From the sprawling rear deck of the lodge, the high-altitude fields are a patchwork of gold, brown and green bejeweled by the pristine air and brilliant sun.
After the birds are delivered to the Lazy Triple Creek Ranch, Matt takes over their management. Several large pens near the crop fields hold hundreds of birds. The pens are equipped with a nipple-based water system. Sunflower heads and corn are grown inside the pens in order to create cover. The goal is to acclimatize the birds to their food source before releasing them.
Three to four days later, the birds are gradually allowed into the fields. This method mimics the way partridges are raised for driven shoots in the U.K. By the time the birds under Matt’s supervision reach 20 to 24 weeks, they have been exposed to predators and natural feeding – making the survivors plump, strong-flying birds. They also developed a homing instinct vital to the birds being successfully flushed by the beaters.
As Matt explains it, “You have to get the birds as wild as possible so that they run and fly as fast as possible. Because they are on the ground longer, they behave more a like a wild bird than one that just came out of the box.”
Tuesday, October 13th, was our first day of shooting, but it was with clay pigeons. Lars wanted us to practice for the actual shoot on the 14th.
Before heading out, we enjoyed one of the superb meals prepared by local chef, Mark Slawson – a student of the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and veteran of Jackson Hole’s many fine restaurants.
Fortified with heaping servings of elk chili, salad and fresh bread, we drove down the switchback trails to the five-stand course where Lars pulled targets in a continuous flurry. We then moved to the grouse butt where true pairs of fairly high incomers would familiarize us with the pheasants. Afterwards, we took positions at the simulated pheasant flurry. We practiced a drill where one of us acted as a loader, while the other shot at the high-flying clay birds, so that each gun got a sense of the driven shoot.
Naturally, we were making fast friends with our fellow guns – relationships that would warm quite nicely over cocktails, dinner and cigars.
The lodge Great Room.
With evening drawing in, the vaulted timber interior of the lodge took on a golden hue in the lamp light and fire crackling in the hearth. For cocktails, we congregated in the great room – the furnishings evocative of Ralph Lauren’s Santa Fe.
Moving into the intimate dining room, we enjoyed herb-roasted pork loin, sweet-potato gratin, sautéed char, a salad and creamy tiramisu for dessert. Wine was poured in abundance.
While most of us returned to the great room, I ambled out to the front porch for a cigar where I met Greg who was already enjoying one from his own collection. An easy conversation ensued until we decided to pack it in for the big day that started at 8:00 the next morning.
We girded ourselves with a satisfying breakfast of vegetable quiche, fresh fruits, bread and various breakfast meats in anticipation of the six scheduled driven shoots of the day.
We assembled on the back verandah to draw pegs and meet our loaders. I was matched up with a guy who had graduated from an Ivy League college. A wine connoisseur and local photography legend, he proved to be an able companion who stressed safety and was good for lively conversation during the occasional lull.
Low clouds and a mountain mist foreshadowed rain. While some of the shooters chalked it up to authentic British weather, the fronts that moved through the Lazy Triple Creek Ranch far surpassed the gloomy soaks of the U.K.
At this altitude and proximity to mountain ranges and the Teton Pass, the weather was a tempestuous diva. A succession of roiling clouds would arrive with their showers, only to quickly move on and bare a bluebird sky. The vibrant climate energized the day – and never dampened our spirits.
Once the eight guns and their loaders arrived at their pegs on the valley floor, Lars blew the hunter’s horn. All eyes rose to the tree tops. Beyond the crest, Matt had organized lines of beaters. Whipping orange flags, banging sticks, shouting and making a general commotion they slowly advanced through the fields under Matt’s strict command.
You could track the beaters’ movement by the direction that the pheasants flushed over the crest of the hill. The birds would come into view individually, pairs, or suddenly a covey would burst over the tree tops at 30-50 mph as volleys firing down the line struck the birds that collapsed and fell.
At about 11:00 am, we broke for elevenses – the traditional Commonwealth morning refreshment of hot beverages and snacks. The covered wagon brought us down to an old, rough-hewn woodshed for chicken consommé, coffee, biscuits and cheese. The rain had been falling for a while now, the guns and loaders huddled up with their steaming cups.
All told, we rotated through four driven shoots before lunch and everyone was famished.
Returning to the lodge we were rewarded with a rib-sticking lunch of elk shepherd’s pie, salad and “kitchen sink” cookies for dessert. Soon, we were back in the wagon for our ride back to the pegs in another lovely valley.
It was now our fifth driven shoot and the weather had cleared considerably. In the aftermath of the rain, winds propelled the birds to loftier heights and higher speeds. If the birds didn’t come across your peg, you could still hear shots elsewhere as Matt’s beaters combed the fields above the valley floor.
We were assigned different pegs for the sixth drive and this time fewer trees provided an unobstructed view of the ridge. As the birds seemed to catapult into view it was easier to get them early as you followed the line of belly, beak, bang.
The final horn of the day sounded at about 5:00 pm. The guns and loaders gathered together to share tales of the hunt in anticipation of the game parade. For American shooters unfamiliar with this European tradition, the game parade honors the game that had been shot on that day, and provides the opportunity for the guns to thank all the beaters, loader and dog handlers for their hard work.
We would find out later that our tally came to 181 pheasants and 10 partridge. With 929 shots fired, that gave us a shot ratio of five to one. And yes, there were still plenty of birds out there for the next day, when we would get another chance at them with our walk-up shoot. In the mean time, it was back to the lodge for cocktails and dinner.
It was too soon for Mark to dress the birds and so the dinner that arrived before us was a filet with fingerling potatoes and lake green beans, salad and a splendid dessert of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between blueberry and strawberry sorbet. With wine and a fire and the candle light the fellowship ran high as we knew it would be our last evening together at this wonderful table.
Once again, Greg and I found ourselves on the wide front porch smoking after-dinner cigars when Ed called us out to look at the Milky Way that stretched across the night. We went to the rear of the lodge and marveled at the universe in the autumn chill, until the
warm light from the great room became irresistible.
Mike Sabbeth (left) and guide, Glen Cropper.
I woke up early Thursday and started to pack. It would be time to leave the ranch after the half-day, walk-up shoot. We polished off another hearty breakfast of eggs, bacon and a hash of potatoes with elk and pork sausage. We then paired into parties of two. Mike and I were teamed up with guide and dog handler, Glen Cropper of Spring Slough Kennel in Idaho Falls.
Glen drove a six-wheel ATV with built-in custom kennels for four dogs. A bench seat was mounted high atop the kennels. Mike and I climbed the ladder up to the seat, giving us a stagecoach view of the property as Glen navigated down the switchbacks – the dogs directly under us making yearning sounds.
The morning cloud cover had broken by the time we arrived in a meadow of sage brush. The vistas were magnificent as the ridges rolled into the meadows under an expansive sky turning clear and radiant.
Over the next four hours, Mike and I would take seven pheasants, roosters and hens, flushed by Glen’s dogs. I shot the first two birds of the morning with my old Beretta Silverhawk, while Mike made a clean sweep, taking more than one impressive quartering away shot with that beautiful old Boswell of his.
For lunch, we were treated to a delicious pheasant gumbo stocked with meat from our quarry. While Scott rushed out to make an early flight in Jackson Hole, the rest of us lingered at the familiar table, reluctant to leave.
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Survey: McDonald's franchisees unhappy
A survey of 32 franchisees who own 215 restaurants shows record-setting unhappiness.
Survey: McDonald's franchisees unhappy A survey of 32 franchisees who own 215 restaurants shows record-setting unhappiness. Check out this story on shreveporttimes.com: https://usat.ly/1yyNpII
Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY Published 2:50 p.m. CT April 16, 2015 | Updated 3:31 p.m. CT April 16, 2015
A McDonald's restaurant in New York City.(Photo: Spencer Platt)
McDonald's is breaking the kind of records it probably doesn't want to break.
Even as its domestic sales have headed south, the six-month business outlook of its franchisees has fallen to a historic low — the worst in the 11-year history of a quarterly survey of store owner-operators by Janney Capital Markets. Store operators say their strained relationship with McDonald's corporate executives are the worst in the survey's history.
Even more concerning: The anonymous survey of 32 operators who own 215 restaurants took place in early April — more than one month after Steve Easterbrook stepped in as CEO. So the concerns are with the new leadership — not with the old. The survey results come days before McDonald's is scheduled to release its first-quarter 2015 earnings and March sales report April 22. Analysts do not expect positive results.
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Another said, "Relations between McDonald's corporations and operators are the worst I have even seen."
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McDonald's questions the survey results and notes they are based on a tiny sample. "Approximately 3,100 franchisees own and operate McDonald's restaurants across the U.S. Less than 1% of them were surveyed for this report. We value the feedback from our franchisees and have a solid working relationship with them," the company said in a statement emailed to USA TODAY.
In a note to investors, Kalinowski said McDonald's U.S. competitive set is changing — for the worse. "Keep an especially close eye on fast-rising, privately held Chick-fil-A, which we believe will be one of the top five largest restaurant chains in the U.S. by the end of the decade." The report criticizes the "bloated menu" at McDonald's — which it says slows down drive-thru service times.
Even though a new CEO is in charge, franchisees question the prospects for a turnaround any time soon. On a scale of 1 to 5 — 1 ranking "poor" and 5 ranking "excellent" — the six-month outlook averaged 1.81, the worst in the survey's history. Over 11 years, the survey's average outlook is 2.8.
Not one franchisee surveyed said the six-month outlook was "excellent."
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None of this surprises Richard Adams, a former franchisee and now a franchisee consultant and founder of Franchise Equity Group. "The anger is more dramatic today because we've suffered through two years of slow growth and negative news, and it's not getting any better," he says.
Franchisees have little faith in Easterbrook, Adams says, because his experience is in marketing — not restaurant operations. "U.S. franchisees don't know him — so it's hard to put blind faith in him."
Adams says many franchisees simply roll their eyeballs when they hear about the high-tech McDonald's of the future. "No one knows what that is."
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SU&SD’s Top 50 Games Ever, 2015! #20 to #11
weepinbell, fresh blood, soup stories, beautiful bratwurst
December 11, 2015SU&SD Special Features179 comment(s)
Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game, Galaxy Trucker, Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, Funemployed, Fury of Dracula (Third Edition), Two Rooms and a Boom, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak, Mysterium, Catacombs
Quinns: We are entering the teens! Steady as she goes, operator.
Operator: Sir, the site was never built for this! She’s going to buckle under the pressure!
Quinns: There’s no turning back now. We’d never make it. The only way out… is through.
#20: IMPERIAL ASSAULT
Review here
SU&SD’s unorthodox 6 player campaign variant here
Quinns: Matt, what’s going on with our copy of Imperial Assault? I heard you spilled something on it.
Matt: Uh, no! Everything is under control. Situation normal!
Paul: “Normal” is not how I’d describe Imperial Assault. Perhaps “Descent 3.0” is one of the more peculiar ways, but it certainly deserves a little more hyperbole. It has great miniatures, it has a flashy board, it has very snazzy custom dice but, most importantly, it has fast, exciting and sexy rules that define how you play with all these, that allow you to have blaster-filled adventures, that even allow you to explore a grand space opera campaign, across the stars. It’s really good.
Quinns: What happened?!
Matt: Uh… had a slight tea malfunction. And there was an incident with some dipping soup. For bread. You all have a single bowl of soup and share the bread by dipping it. But, uh, everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine! We’re all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
Paul: “Fine” is also not nearly good enough to describe a game that lets you play with a giant AT-ST, that also works as a separate skirmish miniatures game, that lets you build a character over time and watch them evolve through a campaign where the stakes rise ever higher and higher.
Quinns: I’m sending Leigh up.
Matt: Uh, negative! Large leak! Very dangerous.
Quinns: Who is this? What’s your operating number?
Matt: OKAY I ADMIT IT I’M THE SPY are we in a school?
Everyone: NO.
#19: DEAD OF WINTER
Paul: A lot of games try to wind narrative around their mechanics or attempt to grind it in like spices in a sausage, but most of the time they just can’t get the taste right. Usually you just end up with a theme or concept which, at best, explains what you’re doing, while story actually driving a game generally remains the preserve of tabletop RPGs.
But Dead of Winter makes a beautiful bratwurst. There’s an enormous deck of cards that might potentially squeeze out a new slice of plot every turn, most of them written in a way that introduces their events so very naturally. That in itself is great. Then there’s all your hidden objectives that have you sort of helping out, but not always. Then there’s the race against time. Then there’s the constant search for food and fuel.
Quinns: Yep. Some folks online have dismissed Dead of Winter now that the hype’s dissipated, but not us, simply because no other game so successfully pairs plot with puzzle. It’s not just a story sausage, there’s a satisfying wad of mechanical mashed potato, all of it sopping with the sauce of hidden roles, beautiful art, straightforward rules and adult stories.
Almost every table of people I’ve sat down to play any board game with will add dark or adult subtext to what’s happening in the game we’re playing. In another best-in-class award, Dead of Winter remains the only board game to admit that its players can probably handle some sex, drugs & rock and roll. And by “rock and roll” I mean “mothers running off into the frosty horizon because they caught a glimpse of their dead son”.
Matt: The only reason I haven’t bought this is the sheer talent of the team behind Dead of Winter, and the knowledge that they’re implementing a similar system of fragile alliances into the next Crossroads game, whatever it is.
The zombie theme in Dead of Winter feels tired, but I liked that the real foe seemed to be a blend of madness and ice – a pressure cooker of stress that’s expertly reflected by the increasingly strained relationships between the actual players. Giving everyone their own weirdly specific task for each game makes it so much harder to pinpoint traitors, and thematically I love the way it reflects the grey reality of survival – this idea that losing the plot and getting obsessive about strange things isn’t just the reserve of those who’ve turned a bit evil. The tight links between mechanics and theme are what make Dead of Winter hot for me, linking all those hot sausages together in… that thing where all the sausages are linked together by the casing. What do you call that?
Quinns: Sausages.
#18: GALAXY TRUCKER
Review here at 22:05
Let’s Play here
Matt: I can entirely appreciate why a lot of people really wouldn’t like this game. It’s all very well to try and explain that half of the fun is watching your creations getting torn apart by asteroids, but when your mother’s third spaceship falls apart within minutes and her cargo floats off into the vast void of space, there’s only so many times you can tell her that this is definitely fun.
Thankfully, no-one’s run of bad fortune lasts forever, and eventually you’ll find your unbelievably wonky space-creation sailing through the cosmos without a care in the world while the impeccably-crafted ships around you fall apart like wet paper bags. Galaxy Trucker isn’t fair, but that doesn’t stop it being tons of fun.
Quinns: It’s totally unfair! Your friend’s cargo pouring out into the vacuum of space, never to be seen again, isn’t intrinsically funny. What’s funny is that it could have happened to you, but didn’t. You’re laughing with relief.
But you’re also laughing because every disaster feels unique, which I think is Galaxy Trucker’s magic trick. Whether it was ironic or inevitable, whether it was because of hungry aliens or explosive batteries, whether something like this happened not 5 minutes ago or has never happened before, it’s always a joke you haven’t heard before.
Tell you what, though. It sure is hard work selling a game with that logo.
Paul: No go logo. I shouldn’t like Galaxy Trucker as much as I should, as it’s a game with a lot of very random nonsense, but I think it still manages to reward good ship-building, it surprises you at least once every round and, by being very obviously a hard game, it doesn’t make you feel so bad if you’re not very successful.
Quinns: Let’s not forget the rule in the manual that if anyone made any money during the game, they’re all the winner.
Paul: Yes! You’re supposed to struggle in space. It’s fine. Actually, it’s terrific. It’s still terrific, years on. Czech Games are one of the best makers of board games out there and it’s stuff like Galaxy Trucker that makes me so damn impressed, and the definitive Anniversary Edition is one hell of a collection.
#17: RACE FOR THE GALAXY & ROLL FOR THE GALAXY
Race review here at 14:30
Roll review here
Paul: Like a weary, battle-scarred veteran, Race for the Galaxy maintains its place in our top games, muscling many of its peers aside despite its age, despite its competition. I would say that it’s tough, like a piece of jerky, but it still has so much more flavour than that, so much more subtlety.
What do you think it is that still makes Race for the Galaxy good? Is it the sheer size? The variety of cards? The fact that you can now enjoy it as an enormous collection of expansions or as the new, independent and self-contained Alien Artefacts or Xeno Invasions versions, both revamped and revitalised angles? There so much Race for the Galaxy to choose from.
Quinns: You know, it’s like Dead of Winter- a perfect marriage of theme and mechanics, but as compact as Dead of Winter is broad. Everyone knows that Race for the Galaxy is an incredible game because of its masterful implementation of cards acting as locations in your tableaux and the currency you use to pay for them, but they’re also sweet nuggets of narrative.
Paul: Then Roll for the Galaxy came along and made me a very happy bunny. It has that same gradually growing tableau of planets, it has an INSANE amount of cute custom dice and, like Race, it has those very simple decisions about how to spend what you have. Perhaps that’s been the key in these Galaxy games all along. Simple decisions with a big impact. How appropriate, for space opera.
#16: FUNEMPLOYED
Podcast impressions here
Paul: This is it. This is our game of comedy and improvisation and jokes that are somehow conjured out of midair by just a handful of cards. A game about being a terrible, terrible candidate for a job interview already sounds like a great idea to me, but it’s executed wonderfully by this very, very simple framework. Cards with strange characteristics are your cues for what your character is like, but it’s up to you exactly how you reveal those, exactly how you execute them.
Maybe you start by hint at something that you only reveal on your final card, subtly teasing it while you go through all the rest. Maybe you play everything in an overblown way. Maybe you’re subtle, gentle in how you express yourself. It’s entirely up to you. Funemployed gives you the pieces, so many pieces, but it’s up to you how you want to put them together. There are so many joyful combinations.
Quinns: No game has made me laugh more. I honestly couldn’t tell you what I love the most- pitching my C.V., watching people pitch theirs, or being the interviewer, besieged by weirdoes.
Topically, Funemployed is finally available on Amazon here in the UK. That was touch and go for a second! Without a global release we couldn’t have featured it on this list, and that would have made me a sad (unemployed) panda.
#15: FURY OF DRACULA
2nd edition review here
3rd edition review here
Paul: This is it. This is our game of-
Quinns: Stop saying that!
Paul: This is our game of hidden movement! Of sneaking and slyness. I always liked the second version of this game, even if it had clunky combat, but now the third form of Fury of Dracula is smoother, sleeker, its cracks filled and its scuffs painted over. There’s so much tension to be felt playing Dracula as you sneak across Europe, hopefully leading those four hunters on a wild goose chase, quietly listening to their attempts to deduce and divine your location. Is Dracula in Germany today? How about Greece? No, it’s probably too sunny.
Matt: I AM A WOLF YOU CANNOT CATCH ME. Hello there, my name’s Dracula. Edward R Dracula. Thanks for coming and looking at my game. I like the bit where mysterious fog traps half of the hunters in London for two days, or the bit where I crush all of their puny human weapons with my fabulous vampire hands, or the bit where I drink their blood for fun/sustenance. I don’t like the bit where everyone works out that you’re basically just doing laps of Spain, pins you in a corner, and gets up in your grill with garlic-based problems. I am looking for a non-serious relationship with four weak hunters, must have poor quality weapons and GSOH.
Paul: I do love how tense combat is. A good fight might be the climax of the game, it could be the end of somebody, or it could be a brief battle from which one or both parties might flee to lick their wounds, ready to duel again another day. I really like you, Fury of Dracula, with your traps and your tricks and your doubling back. I’m very glad you’re back, better than ever. There’s some good hidden movement games out there but, oh my, you’re the best.
#14: TWO ROOMS AND A BOOM
Podcast impressions here and here
Quinns: Over the last year we got carried away by Two Rooms and a Boom. We’d reliably run it at conventions and conferences, assembling 20+ player games simply because we could. And you know what? Two Room and a Boom became less fun. I was filled with doubts. Were we wrong to champion it?
Of course we weren’t. We were just pushing it too far! In fact, just last month I had the best game of it I’ve ever had. We had a cool 12 players separated by a glass partition, and the twist that only 6 of the players belonged to the red and blue teams, while the other 6 were all mad grey roles playing their own games. It was perfect. A maelstrom of politics ensued, like a general election on fast-forward, and I remembered that I love this goddamn game.
More games we can play on our feet please, designers! All I’ve got in my collection is this and Panic on Wall Street, and I want more.
Matt: What surprised me most about Two Rooms and a Boom was how much fun you could end up having even when given a boring role. Prior to playing as just a RED TEAM or BLUE TEAM member I’d wrongly presumed that there wouldn’t be much that I could do. But the thing that makes this game so utterly fantastic is that the role you’re given at the start doesn’t dictate the nature of your game – that’s entirely up to you. I’ve seen players decide to devote all their time to trying to spy on players as they show each other their cards – that’s legal within the game rules so deal with it, suckers. I once spent a whole game having deeply misleading conversations with allies when I knew that members of the opposite team were in earshot. It worked – they got entirely thrown off the scent and put the bomber in the room with the wrong guy.
Hidden identity games can often fall flat if the people who end up being vital characters fail to dive in and embrace what they can do, but I think what makes Two Rooms so perfect is that you don’t need to be handed an important card to be instrumental in winning the game. Anyone at any stage can be as engaged or as passive as they wish to be. It’s probably the perfect party game.
Brendan: I concur. The most dramatic game of this I played at GenCon was when I got the vanilla Blue Team card and was lucky enough to find allies and the Prez quickly. After that, there was a perverse joy in putting our entire room on lockdown, yelling my suspicions and abuse at any new blood that walked in the door. I find there is a weird thing about hidden role games, like Resistance or Werewolf: The Law of the Loudest. The person who talks the most, the fastest, the loudest — they tend to be believed. And while this is still true of Two Rooms, it is also entirely possible to project the image of a quiet wallflower, yet retain a hefty amount of influence, pulling strings from the sidelines by making shady deals with the Neutral characters. It is pure politics. As far as games of trust and information go, this is the daddy.
Paul: It’s the best big game. It’s probably the best game for parties or for people who want to do that Resistancy, Werewolfy bluffing thing. It’s got all those optional roles you can swap in or out. It’s so good. Show me your card. C’mon, just show me your card. Show me.
Image courtesy of BoardGameGeek
#13: ONE NIGHT ULTIMATE WEREWOLF & DAYBREAK
Paul: I am increasingly okay with short games. I remember the day I first noticed that a lot of games had strict turn limits, and didn’t rely on total player elimination or complete, overwhelming success on one player’s part. I remember thinking “That’s good. It ensures you make the most of the playing time you have.” I always make the most of a round of One Night Ultimate Werewolf.
I’m not saying I’ve wholly fallen out with normal Werewolf, but I much prefer the idea of a tight game of rapid deduction and misdirection. And then you can do it all again immediately after.
Matt: As much as I love traditional Werewolf (i.e. Werewolf in top hats with cigars and brandy while the ladies make small-talk on the residence’s veranda) I can easily see the appeal of something much tighter. Part of what makes Werewolf magic is the post-game moments where you sit around dissecting the events that just unfolded. The randomised edge of elimination that tends to dominate the start of the game can easily end up making a round boring – wiping out interesting characters before things have even had time to warm up. Duff games once in a while aren’t too much of a problem, but I’ve had Werewolf sessions with new players fall totally flat just because of an unlucky run of less interesting scenarios. Considering everything I’ve heard about One Night Werewolf it seems increasingly awful that I’ve not yet played it.
Quinns: What?! But you were at GDC when we were demoing it all week!
Matt: I know, right?
Quinns: JESUS.
Obviously One Night Werewolf is good because it removes the player elimination from Werewolf. But it’s magic because it harvests the best 10 minutes from an hour of Werewolf and chucks away the rest. How did it do that? Magic!
#12: MYSTERIUM
Quinns: We removed Dixit from the list and placed Mysterium way higher. It’s like a pokemon evolved, and not one of the crap evolutions, either. This is like a Psyduck into Golduck.
(Kids who are too young for that particular pokemon: it’s from the original Gameboy version of pokemon, which also had the most unfortunately named AND shaped pokemon of all time, Weepinbell.)
Paul: Oh heavens, a pokemon evolving isn’t a bad way of describing it at all. I’ve got to say, though I do still like Dixit, my affections have swayed towards Mysterium. This year, I’ve played just one game of the former and at least half a dozen of the latter. The conclusion of any game of Mysterium with friends inevitably results in one of us going “Well if I was the ghost it’d go much better than that,” before finding out that, actually, we’re all crap ghosts. Being a ghost is a difficult job.
But it’s also a funny job. It’s a head-scratching job. It’s a job where you make the best of what you have. Man, I guess being a ghost isn’t going to be an easy thing for me to ease into, is it? Still, I already have so many good memories of Mysterium, memories of games where, for some crazy reason, a friend thought I would associate a particular thing withanother particular thing. Really? Really?! What were you thinking?!?!
Quinns: My favourite thing about Mysterium is bending the rule that the ghost player can’t talk. Watching my friends collapse into hysterics when I started banging my head against the hollow wall behind me was in my top gaming experiences this year. This is absolutely a game that explains why poltergeists get mad and throw things.
#11: CATACOMBS
3rd edition impressions here
Matt: It’s like the cheery nephew of Dungeons & Dragons started a band with Subbuteo’s son, and neither of them know how to play any instruments and yet they’re having tremendous fun. I’ve got a bag of coloured discs of wood that you wouldn’t believe. It’s whopping. That’s the only adjective I’m willing to accept.
The recent revamp of Catacombs just makes everything bigger, adding dollops of colour and three tablespoons of twee. You can play as a chicken! That’s a bit of a change since the original, no?
Paul: Ah yes, that original. That charming original, with its slightly bizarre art. But you know what? We didn’t care back then, either. All we really cared about was how much fun it was to play something that was a fine mix of dexterity and strategy, where one of those two could (and always would) undermine the other. Catacombs is a game where your cack-handedness can undermine your plans, but also where one expert shot can flip a game in your favour. It’s nothing like what you’d expect when you say “holiday board games,” but would there be any better, sillier, more slapstick way for family and friends to get together and cause chaos? No. The answer is no.
Matt: Yep, I adore the clash of strategic planning and the ease in which your fingers can mess everything up. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched as the healer accidentally storms right into the heart of a posse of orcs, the player who just launched it dropping their head into their hands. In most hands it’s a comedy of errors, but Catacombs is also a game of real skill – a bit of a rarity in the tabletop scene.
Quinns: Agreed. Pitchcar is the beloved dexterity game in the board gaming community, but the 3rd edition of Catacombs can (and SHOULD) knock into it and send it flying under the sofa, never to be seen again.
I love Pitchcar, but it needs to up its game. Imagine a new edition with the beautiful art, and the generosity and ideas of Catacombs! Then we’d have a real race.
Tomorrow: THE TOP TEN.
SU&SD’s Top 50 for 2015
The “also-rans”50 – 4140 – 3130 – 2120 – 1110 – 1
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Why Craig Counsell Should've Been Manager of the Year, Yelich's Case for MVP
Tom Verducci explains his vote for Craig Counsell as NL Manager of the Year and his unofficial picks for MVP and Cy Young.
Tom Verducci
As one of the 30 voters for the National League Manager of the Year Award, I did not expect the outcome Tuesday night. I thought Craig Counsell of Milwaukee was the clear choice.
While Counsell did receive the most first-place votes, he lost out to Mike Shildt of St. Louis. And Shildt’s incredible personal story makes him a very deserving winner.
Shildt is the first Manager of the Year who never played professionally. His award stands also as a recognition of a life dedicated to baseball. Only eight men since 1900 managed in the big leagues without playing in the minors or majors (and two of them, Judge Fuchs and Ted Turner, owned the team). Shildt is the only one with a winning record. He and Ed Barrow of the 1918 Red Sox are the only ones to guide a team into the postseason.
The other surprise to me was that Dave Martinez of Washington didn’t finish in the top three. I had Martinez second on my ballot and Shildt third. Martinez brought Martinez brought the Nationals back from 19-31 to a championship and did so with not only the worst bullpen in the league (5.68) but also the worst bullpen among all 442 teams that ever made the playoffs.
(Votes are submitted prior to the start of the postseason. And no, let’s not wait until after the postseason to vote for Manager of the Year. This is a regular season award in which all 30 managers should be eligible. The best manager in October has his own award already: it’s called the Commissioner’s Trophy, and Martinez got his.)
Nobody squeezes more wins out of a roster or manages more aggressively than Counsell. Here are a few reasons why I voted for Counsell, and how I would vote on the remaining awards:
• Based on their run differential of +3, the Brewers should have been expected to win 81 games. They won 89. It was the third straight season Counsell’s teams outperformed their expected, or Pythagorean, won-lost record.
• The Brewers were one of only four teams with nobody on the staff who threw 162 innings. The other three teams lost 90, 95 and 108 games (Angels, Blue Jays, Orioles).
• Milwaukee finished 22-8, including an MLB-best 20-7 September despite hitting .232. It led baseball with a 3.01 ERA in the final month.
• The Brewers lost MVP finalist Christian Yelich to a broken kneecap on his first at-bat of a game Sept. 10. They won 14 of their next 16 games without their best player.
• Milwaukee tied a franchise record by using 30 pitchers (also done in 2017 and 2018 under Counsell).
• Counsell used Josh Hader in a save situation an MLB-high 18 times when he pitched more than one inning–tied with Mariano Rivera (2001) for the most such outings in the past 25 years.
NL Cy Young Award: Jacob deGrom, Mets
He threw 21 ½ more innings than Hyun-Jin Ryu and 31 2/3 more innings than Max Scherzer, and did so with a better WHIP.
AL Cy Young Award: Justin Verlander, Astros
This is a razor-thin decision over Gerrit Cole. Verlander led the league in innings, WHIP, hits per nine and strikeout-to-walk ratio. Cole led in ERA, strikeouts, ERA+ and FIP. I thought I’d find an edge in how they pitched against winning teams, but there’s almost none there. Verlander was 7-3 with a 2.06 ERA in 13 games; Cole was 5-2 with a 2.09 ERA in 12 games. I went with the lower WHIP over more innings, as narrow as those margins are.
NL MVP: Christian Yelich, Brewers
I get Cody Bellinger’s edge in WAR. He is a fabulous defender. But Bellinger handled just 17 more chances in the outfield. The bigger difference is in how the two of them hit in the clutch. And I keep coming back to how Yelich–by far–made a bigger impact at the plate, based on big edges in RISP (.327-.298), late and close (.443-.260), games within one run (.332-.287), high leverage (.384-.314) and Win Probability Added (7.121-4.986). Yelich’s WPA was the highest of any player in the past four years–despite missing the last three weeks.
AL MVP: Mike Trout, Angels
Alex Bregman is a unicorn. He is the only qualified hitter with more walks than strikeouts, and he did so while hitting 41 homers. Sluggers like Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols in their prime do that, not a superb infielder who made plays at third, short and, when in a shift, the normal second base position. Don’t give me WAR, because whether you go bWAR or fWAR you could choose the stat that fits your argument. It comes down to this: even though Trout played 22 fewer games, he had more homers and led the league in on-base percentage, slugging, OPS, OPS+ and, yes, WPA.
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By Emma Baccellieri
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By Matt Martell
World Series Notebook: Houston's Mission, Verlander's Missing Mark and Fun Facts
Tom Verducci empties his World Series notebook as the series shifts back to Houston for Game 6 Tuesday night.
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Hinch became the first manager to win a World Series game using six pitchers to allow only one run.
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“Look good feel good, feel good play good.” This expression has been used over and over again within the sports world. College athletes take this seriously, while action sports stars take it to heart. Fortunately for the US Olympic Snowboard team, Burton is behind the design of the new uniforms and they look oh-so-good. Heirloom…
2016 Rio Olympics Looking For Big Sponsor Score
The 2016 Olympics are, amazingly, around 1,000 days away. The 2014 FIFA World Cup is even closer. With these two global events being held by Rio within a span of two years, some experts are saying the country of Brazil is in over its head. Violent street protests are raging because of Brazil’s poor schools, shabby…
Samsung Enhances The NBA With New Partnership
In a recent deal with the NBA, Samsung has officially become the league’s tablet, handset, and television provider. The new multiyear deal is reported worth $100 million and will provide the NBA with an enhanced product on and off the court. Samsung’s other recent endorsements, including partnerships with Lebron James and Jay-Z, will likely work…
Emirates Spans The Globe With Tons Of Sports Sponsorships
It seems almost crazy that an airline company such as Emirates has a fleet of just over 200 aircraft. This notion is in relation to the amount of sponsorships they hold in the sporting world and how they go about promoting them. Name a sport and Emirates probably has a sponsorship hand in it. With…
Barclays Center And Nets Strategically Partner With CBS Radio
Not only will the new partnership between Barclays Center, the Brooklyn Nets and CBS Radio expand its coverage of existing Nets games, but the deal looks to bring a vintage feel to New York. With CBS Radio broadcasting in many top markets, event promotions will be effective. Barclays Center, Nets, and CBS Radio to bring…
Tokyo Plans To Retrofit Buildings For 2020 Olympics
The last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics was in 1964. With a promise of “careful hands”, Tokyo has once again won the right to host the Games. The 2020 Olympics seem to be a long time away, but there is a lot of work to do. 2020 Olympics to Have “Retrofitted” Venues Year after…
Citi Makes Moves To Win Over Boston
This January, Fenway Park will once again become ice laden for fans and sports teams alike. “Frozen Fenway” is a two-week series of ice skating events that will include four college hockey games. A difference for this year is visitors will see the addition of Citi as the event’s title sponsor. Frozen Fenway began back in…
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Leadership in the Stacks
One reason I love to work in our bookstore is that there is no leader. We do have a boss, this is true, but Cassandra is always busy at her computer, inputting titles and data into our online lists. By the way, no one has better descriptions of their books…
Apocalyptic Poetry: excerpts from The Madwoman, by Roy Luna
Iris Cornelia Starkaugen sees better and farther than most people. She’s a homeless woman who cannot bear to be barricaded within walls for they produce static in her visions. She needs to be outside in the open, free to wander the streets of South Beach, even though this exposes her…
The Madwoman
The Madwoman: The Madwoman of Chaillot has a new avatar: she is the Madwoman of South Beach, and she patrols her territory with the same energetic and determined passion as her predecessor. Iris Cornelia Starkaugen is a homeless woman who wanders the streets of South Beach, saying nothing to passersby…
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Just Published: Exoskeletal
A new collection of poetry by C.M. Clark explores the timelessness of the ancient Spice Trails interconnected with the modern world. Here is proof that the past is truly not past for it clings to us like new skin and lives its indelible life inside our heads, as anachronistic anthropological…
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Iris Cornelia Starkaugen sees better and farther than most people. She’s a homeless woman who cannot bear to be barricaded within walls for they produce static in her visions. She needs to be outside in the open, free to wander the streets of South Beach, even though this exposes her to the dangers of such a curiously nomadic existence. To meet her is such an unusual experience that she has made it into several travel blogs, as if she were a monument or a scenic spot. Not only does she see in advance whom she will meet on a certain day, she prepares for them snippets of poetry in which she has written pieces of their future, along with the earth’s future. Many times these poems describe for the passersby the very moment of their death. Those who don’t understand, and there are many, call her a witch. Those few who do, those who come to believe her prognostications, heed her warnings and flee. The floods due to climate change are coming, faster than anyone anticipated, and South Beach is marked for sudden and complete inundation. Iris is handing out more and more of her poems, detailing destruction, prophesying multitude deaths that will all occur at the same time, and that moment is fast approaching.
Here are four of Iris’s poems as performed by Shameka Holloway, Derrick Skinner, and Nadia Rusakova.
“I saw a tree being cut down today” performed by Shameka Holloway.
Shameka Holloway is a communication enthusiast and lover of travel. She is currently a writer/on air talent for a Fortune 500 company.
“once upon a time waits for no one” performed by Derrick Skinner.
“There is no one left” performed by Derrick Skinner.
“To a lady walking her dog on 9th and Lenox” performed by Nadia Rusakova.
Nadia is a native of Saint Petersburg, Russia. She currently lives in Atlanta, GA, and works as a media production manager.
The Madwoman Dragonfly — New poetry from C.M. Clark Lord of Reason, by Roy Luna. A new novel from Solution Hole Press Poems from «Charles Deering Forecasts the Weather & Other Poems», by C.M. Clark
Roy Luna: Roy Luna is a retired French professor who dabbles in the arts, tinkers with music, reads heavily in fiction and history, but does not neglect biographies or science. His main efforts these days are devoted to writing a trilogy of novels based on events occurring during the years between the death of Voltaire (1778) and the French Revolution (1789-94), years rich in both enlightened human progress and dark, evil terror. Three times a week he volunteers at Dunbar Old Books, making sure orphaned books find their way to other readers. His library at home may have surpassed the 10,000 mark, and he valiantly tries to read them all… The one important thing to retain about Roy is his horror at the sins, the injustice, the atrocities, the crimes against humanity that are perpetrated and justified in the name of religion. Any belief system that condones such savagery has discarded its humanity, abandoned its compassion, and forsaken its principles of empathy, tolerance and love of one’s neighbor.
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ST59: Stephen Interviews Jen Grover
Jen Groover has been tagged by SUCCESS MAGAZINE as a “One-Woman Brand,” a “Creativi- ty and Innovation Guru” and a leading “Serial Entrepreneur” by Entrepreneur Magazine and ranked #8 by SAP in the Top 51 Influencers of Human Potential. Jen Groover’s name has quickly become synonymous with innovation, entrepreneurship and evolution. She was recently nominated as a UN delegate to the first ever Global Accelerator for the Global Entrepreneurs Council. She also made history at the NYSE, as a member of the first all-female group to ring the opening bell and made Forbes’ list of “50 Founders You Need to Follow on Twitter.” Jen’s energy and multi-faceted, diverse wisdom make her a highly sought after speaker on topics ranging from business to leadership, empowerment to emotional intelligence to healthy living, and enhancing productivity. Her influence and leadership has aligned her with amazing brands, such as USANA Health Sciences, Avon, Verizon and SkyMall, for which Jen has had various roles as a spokeswoman and consultant; and organizations such as Career Wardrobe, Wish Upon a Hero Foundation, Pride & Glory, Zee Mee, Vuid and CNN Hero award-winning non-prof- it, Back on My Feet, for which Jen serves as a board member.
Her success skyrocketed with the creation of the Butler Bag, the world’s first compartmental- ized handbag, that became a multi-million dollar brand, and has not stopped since. Jen spring- boarded the Butler Bag’s success into an entire lifestyle brand, found at a variety of price points and well known retailers, which led to the creation of subsequent lifestyle brands, Leader Girlz, and Empowered by Jen Groovers. Leader Girlz teaches young girls the importance of em- powerment through play, while the recently launched “Empowered by Jen Groover” brand, including her one-hour PBS special and forthcoming book, comprises a variety of consumer products that encompass her quotes and inspire people to live life with passion and purpose. The success and momentum of Jen Groover’s empowerment movement has led to the vision and launch of the Empowered Economy Initiative, which encourages corporations and uni- versities to combine efforts in order to educate and support small business owners and entre- preneurs in their communities, thereby stimulating the economy; as well as the development of Jen’s upcoming, highly integrated tech platform, “Empowered for Purpose,” which will serve as a foundation for further expansion of the ”Empowered by Jen Groover” brand. She is also an advisor/partner for a new company called Thuzio, started by Tiki Barber and Mark Gerson, that is an innovative business model blending sports management and sports entertainment.
Most recently, Jen launched the innovative economic and innovation movement for entrepre- neurs and small business owners Jumpstart StartUp, a first of its kind pop-up shop, which kicked off in Philadelphia in October, 2016, and is currently scaling to 10 cities nationwide. The groundbreaking venture features a curated matchmaking conversion of business experts, global brands and entrepreneurs, creating an inspired, unique experience to support small business growth and accelerate brands.
Jen is a top business and lifestyle contributor and content creator for major television networks such as ABC, CBS, CNBC, NBC, Fox News, Fox Business News, and the The CW. Jen also contributed editorial pieces to several prominent business magazines and online resources in- cluding The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, Positively Positive, The Daily Love, and HealthyStyle NY. Her products, brand and work have been featured in hundreds of media out- lets including O! The Oprah Magazine, Redbook, People, US Weekly, SUCCESS and En- trepreneur.
Coming in the Fall of 2017, Jen will be releasing three books – a relaunch of
her best-selling What If? & Why Not?, with update resources, Optimized Potential, and #Empowered (based on her PBS Special), with Make this Matter & CO Publishing.
Jen’s passion for inspiring others to realize their greatest potential on all levels, which was origi- nally realized in her first business right out of college in the fitness industry and as a
National level fitness competitor, continues as the driving force behind her many successful brands. Jen’s diverse experiences and businesses span many different industries and she has no desire to slow down anytime soon. She constantly motivates and inspires through her key- note speaking engagements for corporations, universities and organizations all over the world. Jen continues to strive toward her ultimate goal, which is to innovate in every industry she is inspired to play in, while empowering others to achieve their goals. Jen is more than a mul- tifaceted, multitalented individual – she is, undoubtedly, a force to be reckoned with. Jen be- lieves in active participation and lives by the belief that “if you are going to complain about something you better be willing to inspire change.”
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Adjudication: the importance of names
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” - Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
While Shakespeare’s famous quote may hold true for some, when it comes to adjudication it is not an entirely accurate statement.
When preparing a notice of adjudication, it is vital the parties to the contract are named correctly. If not, the parties run the risk of an adjudicator’s decision becoming unenforceable – a costly tragedy for the successful party. Whether such an event will occur however depends on the particular circumstances of the case.
In MG Scaffolding (Oxford) Ltd v Palmloch Ltd, the TCC were asked to consider whether the use of a party’s trading name, instead of its actual name, invalidated the notice of adjudication. Adjudication proceedings had been brought by MG Scaffolding against MCR Property Group - the trading name of Palmloch. During the enforcement proceedings, Palmloch argued that the adjudicator’s decision could not be enforced as MG Scaffolding had failed to correctly identify the parties to the contract in its notice of adjudication.
The TCC concluded that MG Scaffolding’s use of Palmloch’s trading name did not invalidate the notice of adjudication and that, as a result, the adjudicator’s decision was enforceable.
Speaking further, the Judge, Mr Adam Constable QC stated that the notice of adjudication must be “construed as a whole against its contractual setting, and…how it would have informed a reasonable recipient, concentrating on the substance rather than form.”
To the reasonable recipient, MG Scaffolding’s notice clearly communicated “beyond doubt” sufficient detail as to allow a reasonable recipient to identify Palmloch Ltd as the responding party despite the use of its trading name. Information within the notice included: express references to the property and project as well as additional details such as the initial quotation, pre-contract correspondence and various payment notices. Finally, the notice itself had been correctly delivered to the named individual dealing with the project who was familiar with the background of the development.
This judgment followed the previous decision in Total M&E Services v ABB Building Technologies, where an adjudication commenced in the name of Total Mechanical and Electrical Services Ltd rather than Total M&E Services Ltd was found to be a “clear case of misdescription” that did not affect the validity of the notice. Here both parties were aware of one another’s true identities and no one had been misled. While Total Mechanical and Electrical Services Ltd had been a different company, it had made use of various similar names during the course of the contract with the same employees acting as representatives for the project each time.
Had there been a genuine lack of clarity as to the parties to the construction contract, the risk remains that the adjudicator’s decision may not have been enforceable. In order to avoid any potential tragedy, parties should take care to identify the correct contracting party. Failure to do this might, as Shakespeare put it, may ultimately lead a party to “woe, ruin, destruction and decay” later down the line (or at least a potentially costly dispute before the courts) should the losing party seek to challenge enforcement.
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Stratasys Direct Manufacturing accelerates the launch of the first open source, 3D printed robot for Intel
R2-D2, the Terminator, RoboCop, Wall-E – We’ve come to know many robots over the years through science fiction and film, but the concept of robots walking and talking among us seems light years away. Intel is about to change the timeline and bring robots into our homes and everyday lives sooner than you think. Over ten years ago, Intel’s futurist, Brian David Johnson imagined an open source robot that would change the way we create, build and use robots. With the help of several makers, students, designers and engineers, the first iteration of the 21st Century Robot named Jimmy came to life.
"3D printing is the only manufacturing technology that allows individuals to easily customize and build their own robots from open source design files."
Jimmy is an open source robot whose programming and appearance is totally customizable. The purpose behind Intel’s initiative is to accelerate the adoption of robotic technology, not only for common uses like service, manufacturing and healthcare, but among consumers and students. A variety of smart phone applications run the hardware and personalize each robot’s programming and personality. The robot’s exoskeleton can also be adjusted to 3D print a customized look.
“The beauty of open source design and apps is they enable users to decide what they want their robot to do and how it will look,” said Johnson. “We don’t really know all of the things the robot can do. It’s really up to the users to decide and create the potential!”
3D printing the body
From the very first sketches of Jimmy, the developers knew that 3D printing would be the only accessible method to build a one-of-a-kind outer body. “3D printing is the only manufacturing technology that allows individuals to easily customize and build their own robots from open source design files,” said Johnson. Building one-off parts with traditional technologies, such as injection molding or CNC machining, would not be realistic for most consumers. With the growth of 3D printing service bureaus and economical desktop 3D printers on the market, 3D printing is more accessible than any other plastics manufacturing technology, giving people the opportunity to easily produce their own robot parts.
Various makers designed and built the first several iterations of Jimmy to find the best dimensions, materials and configurations as a starting point for users to build off of. The first physical assembly of Jimmy was led by Gui Cavalcanti—robot enthusiast, founder of popular Maker Space called Artisan’s Asylum in Massachusetts, former contestant on The Big Brain Theory and robotics professor at Olin College of Engineering. It was at the Olin Robotics Lab where Gui’s class started working on the first walking, talking Jimmy from which other generations of robots would stem from. Each student made their own design iteration and Gui took the best parts from each design and combined them to engineer a Super Jimmy. Gui explains his process in Brian David Johnson’s book, “21st Century Robot”:
“I started working on the Super Jimmy by reading science fiction, and reviewing the illustrations and 3D designs,” Gui explained. “I understood that Jimmy is a character. He had personality and he’s meant to be social. He has this cute look that’s really endearing to people. Then I went about trying to build in the motors, wiring and control, having to make slight adjustments but always trying to remain true to the initial designs.”
The Super Jimmy consisted of many motors throughout his body to give him human-like movements and a complex computer in his head to run those movements, cameras for his eyes, microphones for his ears and a speaker for his mouth. The 3D printed head required full range of motion for the three motors in his neck. The arm motors consisted of two in the shoulder, two in the elbow, one in the wrist and one in the hand to give his arms and hands flexibility to move up and down and left to right. The hips consisted of many small motors in a very small space to give him the full range of motion needed when he walks.
An additive manufacturing solution
The complex design of Super Jimmy’s internal hardware and mechanics required a complex exoskeleton design. The outer shell included over 20 parts that fit together with ball joints and fastening hardware. The part designs had holes, cavities and channels for the hardware and wiring to flow through – shapes that would be nearly impossible to build with traditional technology without multiple secondary operations.
Johnson’s team wanted to make sure the parts could be built on common desktop printers , so the first versions of the exoskeleton were printed on a Makerbot in around 168 hours. But multiple design iterations and a finalized design for the media tour required a network of large format machines to build parts in half the time—that’s when Gui turned to Stratasys Direct Manufacturing.
In early December 2013, Gui ordered the first set of Super Jimmy parts, including shoulders, wrists, thighs, fingers, feet, elbows, calves, PC mount, head, neck and torso. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing built the parts with Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) in ABSi white and ABS-M30 white for parts requiring higher tensile strength for thinner walls. Since he needed them for a design review, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing suggested filling some of the thicker part walls with sparse to accelerate build time. Sparse fill is a build option in which air gaps are widened between extrusion layers to form a lattice structure inside of an enclosed part, using less material, therefore taking less time to build than a solid fill.
After Stratasys Direct Manufacturing delivered the first round of parts, Gui assembled the robot and found time for some design improvements. He ordered the second round of parts in late December with only a week to spare before the media launch.
“Our large FDM capacity came in handy when the second order of 44 parts came through,” said James Grimm, account manager at Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. “We wouldn’t have been able to build all of the parts without multiple Fortus 900mc build platforms and sparse fill.” The Stratasys Direct Manufacturing finishing team sanded the parts to smooth natural layer lines left by the FDM process.
Similar to how younger generations can’t image a life without smart phones, Johnson hopes that children born after 2014 will never know a life without robots because of the Jimmy project. Elementary school students in New York City designed 10 of the first customized 3D CAD files for Jimmy’s debut at the 2014 World Maker Faire in New York City on September 20, 2014. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing donated the exoskeleton shown below to a student named Callim.
Go to 21stcenturyrobot.com to follow the 21st Century Robot story and to learn about availability of the robot platforms.
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Taylor Adair ('14) | SUU to Military Aviator
Originally published on June 18, 2018.
With his parents and many siblings being proud T-Bird alumni, choosing to attend Southern Utah University was an easy choice for Taylor Adair. With an impressive leadership scholarship, Taylor decided to join the SUU family tradition.
At SUU, Taylor majored in marketing. Along with his studies, he kept busy working as a member of student government, as well as becoming the first president of the SUU circle of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society. In addition to his extracurricular activities, Taylor worked for 5 different campus offices. He also worked as an intern for Congressman Jason Chaffetz in Washington, D.C. before graduating as Marketing Student of the Year in 2014.
The key to Taylor’s success was working hard.
“SUU gives you every opportunity to make a name for yourself if you're willing to work hard enough,” said Taylor.
Taylor’s work ethic and childhood dream led him to a career as a Military Aviator for the United States Air Force. He utilizes his leadership and communication skills everyday.
“As an Officer in the Air Force, my duty is as a leader first and foremost” said Taylor. “My specialty as a pilot is to fly military aircraft and lead a crew or team to carry out our missions, using our aircraft as a multi functional weapons system.”
Taylor attributes his success to the small personal class sizes and excellent instruction from invested faculty and staff.
“At SUU, I learned that I was capable of doing more than I had previously thought,” said Taylor. “I discovered a talent for leadership and organization. Each mentor I had contributed different advice and guidance that increased my personal growth.”
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TALAYNA FORTUNATO ('03) | SUU to Sports Illustrated
DR. MATTHEW TORRES ('10) | SUU to Dentistry
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THE PRODUCT RANGE OF SYNTHOPOL CHEMIE
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Iguana Illnesses That Need Immediate Attention
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Fibrous Osteodystrophy or the metabolic bone disease. This iguana illness comes as a result of extreme malnutrition especially when they are not fed well. Most of the shops selling the iguanas give out worthy nutritional tips and advices to the buyers of these reptiles. Most of the pet owners prefer to feed their pets with squash and lettuce. In truth, the lettuce is a water sponge-meaning there is no nutrition to be derived from it. Such shortcoming is again aggravated by the insufficient vitamin D3 and calcium intake by the reptile. When they get exposed to this dangerous situation, they might in fact die. Among the vital symptoms of the disease are a swollen lower jaw, listlessness, rubbery or soft face and lower jaw, difficulty in eating, and swollen limbs. At most times, the spine and the limbs also easily get fractured.
The paralysis of the back legs. This is the result of a deficiency in vitamin B1. The tail also gets affected. With this comes the injection of the essential minerals and vitamins to the reptile and a change in its diet is as well recommended.
The nose abrasions. The frequent attempts of the reptile to escape cause the abrasions and scratches to its face and nose. When they are in search for a way to escape, they often rub their noses on the enclosures of their tanks. The abrasions are often caused by the wire, glass, or plastic enclosures of their cages. When the nose abrasions remain untreated, ulceration of the rostrum, bacterial infection, and other deformities could result.
The thermal injuries or burns. The burns are usually acquired through the contact with the heat sources within the tank enclosures. Among the typical culprits are the hot rocks and light bulbs which are left exposed. The lights are advised to be placed above the enclosures which cannot be reached by the iguana.
The bacterial infection. There are several types of bacterial infection that can affect the iguana. The blister disease is caused by the repeated exposure to the filthy and damp environment. The dry gangrene of the toes and tails causes these body parts to turn dark gray to black, and then start to have it breaking off. The main root of these all is the insufficient sanitation. Mouth rot causes the occurrence of inflammation, swelling, and pus in the mouth of the iguana. Abscesses results in the formation of the pus.
The parasites. The parasites settle within the gastrointestinal tract just within the blood of the iguana. The parasites are the major causes of death in the iguanas which are taken captive.
Viral Infection. Researches are ongoing for the causes and cure of viral infections in iguanas.
Organ failure. Organ failure among iguanas is caused by its age or of an existing bacterial infection. The dominant symptoms are weight loss, loss of appetite, listlessness, bloating, and death.
Bladder stones. This causes the abdomen to be enlarged.
Egg-binding. This causes death among the female iguanas especially when they are unable to let the egg pass through their reproductive tracts.
These and a lot other iguana illnesses require medical attention if you do not want to risk the life of your iguana pet.
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This year’s education scandal saw parents shelling out megabucks to gain college admittance for their children. Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people with participating in a scheme to get their children into colleges by cheating on entrance exams or bribing athletic coaches. They paid William Singer, a college-prep professional, more than $25 million to bribe coaches and university administrators and to change test scores on college admittance exams such as the SAT and ACT. As disgusting as this grossly dishonest behavior is, it is only the tiny tip of fraud in higher education.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2016, only 37 percent of white high school graduates tested as college-ready, but colleges admitted 70 percent of them. Roughly 17 percent of black high school graduates tested as college-ready, but colleges admitted 58 percent of them. A 2018 Hechinger Report found, “More than four in 10 college students end up in developmental math and English classes at an annual cost of approximately $7 billion, and many of them have a worse chance of eventually graduating than if they went straight into college-level classes.”
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “when considering all first-time undergraduates, studies have found anywhere from 28 percent to 40 percent of students enroll in at least one remedial course. When looking at only community college students, several studies have found remediation rates surpassing 50 percent.” Only 25 percent of students who took the ACT in 2012 met the test’s readiness benchmarks in all four subjects (English, reading, math and science).
It’s clear that high schools confer diplomas that attest that a student can read, write and do math at a 12th-grade level when, in fact, most cannot. That means most high diplomas represent fraudulent documents. But when high school graduates enter college, what happens? To get a hint, we can turn to an article by Craig E. Klafter, “Good Grieve! America’s Grade Inflation Culture,” published in the Fall 2019 edition of Academic Questions. In 1940, only 15 percent of all grades awarded were A’s. By 2018, the average grade point average at some of the nation’s leading colleges was A-minus. For example, the average GPA at Brown University (3.75), Stanford (3.68), Harvard College (3.63), Yale University (3.63), Columbia University (3.6), University of California, Berkeley (3.59).
The falling standards witnessed at our primary and secondary levels are becoming increasingly the case at tertiary levels. “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses” is a study conducted by Professors Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. They found that 45 percent of 2,300 students at 24 colleges showed no significant improvement in “critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing by the end of their sophomore years.”
An article in News Forum for Lawyers titled “Study Finds College Students Remarkably Incompetent” cites a study done by the American Institutes for Research that revealed that over 75 percent of two-year college students and 50 percent of four-year college students were incapable of completing everyday tasks. About 20 percent of four-year college students demonstrated only basic mathematical ability, while a steeper 30 percent of two-year college students could not progress past elementary arithmetic. NBC News reported that Fortune 500 companies spend about $3 billion annually to train employees in “basic English.”
The fact that unscrupulous parents paid millions for special favors from college administrators to enroll their children pales in comparison to the poor educational outcomes, not to mention the gross indoctrination of young people by leftist professors.
Walter E. Williams is a Creators Syndicate columnist.
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It's often said by the oldies that the millennials are losing their hand at Grammar and Spellings because they rely too much on auto-correct. Regardless of how much we deny, but we all know the kind of spelling mistakes we are capable of doing. But that doesn't mean we have to lose the debate because Grammarly Keyboard is here!
Grammarly Inc. has recently released the Grammarly Keyboard for Android and iOS devices.The Grammarly Keyboard helps you to write mistake-free and with ease, in any app, you use on your smartphone. Along with a seamless integration with all the apps, the keyboard helps you to understand your mistakes and avoid them in future by showing you a short and clear explanation of each correction. Whether you’re sending an urgent email, important LinkedIn message, or essential Facebook post, you can write from your phone with confidence, because Grammarly helps you to write mistake-free content.
Grammarly Keyboard looks pretty much like any other keyboard available on the App store, but the most significant difference is the user interface, where most keyboards offer word suggestions, Grammarly Keyboard offers spell check and ways to improve your grammar. You can either just tap on the suggestion and corrections will be done in the text field, or you can tap the Grammarly logo. Doing this will give you the details as to why it has suggested the change(s). However, the Grammarly keyboard only supports American or British English but hopefully, more will be added soon in nearby future. There is one now-common feature this app lacks, and that is glide/slide input.
As far as the privacy is concerned, It says that what the user writes on their phone is private, so Grammarly Keyboard has encryption and several other measures in place to make sure it doesn't violate the user's privacy. Additionally, the Grammarly keyboard is blocked from accessing anything a user type in fields that are marked as sensitive, such as the credit card forms and passwords. So, the Grammarly Keyboard is safe, secure, reliable and helpful.
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The cruelest of mankind: Chickens too fat to stand; never see daylight; frequently die before they reach maturity and are left covered in their own faeces
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Warning this story is not for the faint hearted...
As the British government decide weather to import American Chickens to UK shops, horror story's of the treatment of these innocent creatures are hitting the British media.
Exposed: The REAL reason America's 'Frankenchickens' have to be washed with chlorine as US industrial farming practices are exposed.
Too fat to stand and their flesh rots while they're alive
Birds are crammed into warehouses and are so heavy they buckle under weight.
Chlorine-washed chickens to on go on sale in British shops in a post-Brexit trade deal last week has exposed the reason why American Chickens needs such drastic chemical treatment but that is just an indicator to the horrendous conditions these poor birds have to endure.
Now whistleblower farmers have revealed the full horror of the suffering to The Mail on Sunday, including how: Tens of thousands of super-sized 'Frankenstein' birds are crammed in vast warehouses.
The chickens, which weigh up to 9lb, often buckle under their weight and must live without natural sunlight.
Chickens frequently die before they reach maturity and many are left covered in their own faeces, turning warehouses into vile breeding grounds for disease.
Unlike in the UK and Europe, there are no minimum space requirements for breeding chickens in the US.
America also does not have any rules governing lighting levels in the sheds and, crucially, its farms have no maximum allowed level of ammonia, which indicates how much urine and faecal matter is present.
This means there is no limit on how much can fester inside the sheds.
There is no legal requirement to wash US chickens in chlorine or other disinfectants, but 97 per cent of its birds are cleaned in this way after slaughter.
'They spend 95 per cent of their time sitting on the litter, a mixture of pine shavings and faecal matter from that flock and prior flocks.'
He said 1,000 of the 30,000 chickens he raised every six weeks would die before they reached maturity.
Many become infected on the underside of their chest because of contact with the litter.
He added: 'Their flesh would rot and, when you have them crammed in so tight, they will walk over other birds if they want to get to the food or scratch the others and cause a wound.
It is awful.'
Mr Watts, a married father- of-three, quit the poultry business two years ago because he was disgusted by its practices.
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SAFB Observes American Indian Heritage Month
Sheppard Air Force Base honored the contributions that Native Americans have made while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces
SAFB Observes American Indian Heritage Month Sheppard Air Force Base honored the contributions that Native Americans have made while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces Check out this story on timesrecordnews.com: http://wtrne.ws/2hHgvR8
Torin Halsey, Times Record News Published 10:04 p.m. CT Nov. 4, 2017
Members of the Red River Intertribal Club demonstrate a traditional Native American drum beat and dance during a ceremony Thursday morning at Sheppard Air Force Base. The event marked National American Indian Heritage Month.(Photo: Torin Halsey/Times Record News)Buy Photo
Members of the Red River Intertribal Club and Comanche Nation dancers helped Sheppard Air Force Base in its observance of National American Indian Heritage Month Thursday.
Col. Scott Belanger spoke of historic contributions Native American service men and women have made in various armed conflicts the U.S. has been part of.
Four members of the Red River Intertribal Club participated in a wreath laying ceremony and Native American drum dance Thursday morning at Sheppard Air Force Base. The event marked the contributions American Indians have made to the U.S. armed forces. (Photo: Torin Halsey/Times Record News)
A wreath was laid in memory of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country and a special treat included a demonstration of a traditional drum dance with participants in full American Indian regalia.
Col. Scott Belanger addresses the crowd Thursday morning during an observance of National American Indian Heritage Month at Sheppard Air Force Base. (Photo: Torin Halsey/Times Record News)
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1. OpenTTD
OpenTTD is a Free-to-play, Strategy, Business Simulation, Single, and Multiplayer game developed by OpenTTD Team. The game offers exciting gameplay, in which you must build roads, airports, and stations to earn money via transportation passengers.
Decorate your buildings with hundreds of decorations and accessories to make them beautiful. Provide the best facilities to passengers and attract more to earn more. The game unlocks other structures, as you complete objectives.
Spend your earn money on buildings and make them more attractive. Control the flow of traffic, create airplanes to fly, build ships, and generate wealth. Manage finance, control each and everything in your city, and become a business tycoon.
Compete against other friends and show your skills. Start from an empty land and turn it into an exciting city with lots of buildings, restaurants, resorts, airports, harbor and more. OpenTTD offers vital features such as various Buildings, Earn Money, Keep happy Citizen, Create Public Transport, Control Departments, and more. Try it out, and you’ll surely enjoy it.
2. Game Dev Tycoon
Game Dev Tycoon is an addictive, Strategy, Business Simulation, and Single-player video game developed and published by Greenheart Games. The game offers the player to start his video game development company in the 80s. Create the best games and sell them to earn money.
Research new technologies and discover new game types. Become the game tycoon and gain fans from all around the world. In the beginning, you start your career from a small office with primary objectives like gain experience, unlock additional options, and create your game engine.
Focus on the specific area and complete quests to unlock advance and new possibilities. Move into your own exciting office once you released some games successfully. Hire staff from worldwide, train them, and unlock new features. Create large and complex games, open labs, and conduct industry projects.
Game Dev Tycoon offers core features such as Design and Create Games, Research Technologies, Bigger Office, Unlock Achievements, and more. Try it out, and you’ll surely enjoy it.
3. Prison Architect
Prison Architect is a Construction and Management Simulation created and published by Introversion Software. The game supports the single-player mode and makes it focus on building the prison, crafting objects, and sandbox elements.
It offers the top-down perspective and assigns a task to the player to build and run a private prison. The player is responsible for various aspects of his prison management like hiring staff (warden, guards, workers, cleaner and more), cell repairing, building facilities, planning utilities, and more.
The game unlocks other aspects as the player fulfills the requirements of each level. Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper, and Theme Hospital inspire the game. There are a variety of levels filled with different objectives. The player has to earn money by accomplishing tasks and investing them strategically to make a considerable profit.
It has two different modes, such as Story Mode and Escapes mode. The game includes lots of exciting features such as different Levels, Challenging Tasks, Prisons, Building elements, Construct new Units, and more. With superb gameplay, engaging graphics, and exciting soundtracks, Prison Architect is an excellent game to play and enjoy.
4. Youtubers Life
U-Play Online introduces a Simulation named as Youtubers Life that offers the brilliant combination of Business and Economic in which the player can play as a YouTube personality. The game allows the player to create different kinds of videos for his channel with managing his character social life and education.
When the game starts, it allows the player to create his team, hair staff, and grow his content network. It offers different opportunities to create videos such and earn money such as develop videos for friends, enable ads and making videos through advertisement agreement, etc.
It is the first title that allows the payer to conduct experiments in the real-time and have fun by playing an enjoyable game. Youtubers Life includes core features such as multiple levels, upgrades, unlockable achievements, and different music tracks, etc.
The game offers excellent game mechanics, quite addictive gameplay and brilliant graphics details. If you want to become a Youtuber, first try it out, you’ll surely enjoy it.
5. Transport Fever
Transport Fever is an Adventure-based, Management, Strategy, Economy, Sandbox, City-Building and Single-player video game developed by Urban Games and published by Gambitious Digital Entertainment. It takes place in the historic year of 1850 where the player aims to create a thriving transport company and prove himself as best for business.
The game allows the player to use his resources to build several airports, stations, harbors to earn money by connecting areas requiring transport services. It offers two different game modes, such as Endless and campaign mode. In battles mode, the total player numbers of missions and each complete mission will increase the complexity of the task.
These missions tell the history of American and European of the 19th and 20th century. In Endless Mode, the player has unlimited resources to create different buildings to increase his business. Transport Fever offers the most prominent features such as more than 120 different aircraft, busses, trains, and trucks.
Upgrades, achievements, different environment, and bounces, etc. are prominent features. The game offers excellent physics-based graphics, dynamic background music, and fantastic game mechanics.
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Democracy 3 is a Single-player Management Simulation created and published by Posteach Games. The game allows the player to play as Prime Minister or President of a democratic government to support different factions such as religious, capitalists, conservatives and liberals, etc.
As a Prime Minister, the player needs to introduce some policies in over seven different areas such as welfare, economy, transport, law, tax, foreign policy, and public services, etc. Each system affects the happiness of many voters as well as influencing factors of crime and quality. The player only aims to keep his people happy and prove himself as best Prime Minter in the world. The player can also try to maintain his budget and pay off the country’s debts without losing his votes.
It is an excellent game that offers enjoyable gameplay to immerse himself as best in the world. Democracy 3 offers addictive and quite engaging gameplay, fantastic game mechanics, and brilliant visual details. Do try it out, you’ll be amazed at all the things available in this exciting game.
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Theme Hospital is a Construction and Management, Single and Multiplayer Business Simulation created Bullfrog Production and published by Electronic Arts. The game lets the player get into the game world where he must design and build his private hospital.
The player must decorate his hospital, provide all facilities, equipped with advanced machines, keep his hospital neat and clean, and cure their patients. The player must create an environment to attract more patients with comical diseases, heal them to make them healthy.
Earn lots of money and spend it in the hospital to become it more famous, clean, and better. Hire Staff to provide facilities to patients, create ambulances, and more. The player must build and expand his hospital further and further and become himself as the best Hospital Tycoon.
Theme Hospital offers vital features such as different Buildings, Staff, Different Scenarios, Start with Empty Land, and more. With stunning visuals, addictive gameplay, and brilliant mechanics, Theme Hospital is the best game to play and enjoy.
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By Jon Shoulders
Timothy Boor Recalls Unique Journey to Opening the Award-Winning Bohemian Tattoo Club
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Timothy Boor takes his art seriously. Very seriously.
As founder of Bohemian Tattoo Club in downtown Kokomo, Boor and his staff approach every tattoo job fully aware that what they’re doing will be part of their customers’ lives forever.
“With this type of art you can’t afford to mess up and paint over it or re-sculpt it,” Boor says. “That makes it pretty intense, but that can be exciting and exhilarating too. We all love it at the end of the day and always try to challenge ourselves in different ways.”
Born and raised in Kokomo, Boor says he discovered a passion and talent for visual art back when he was around 11 years old and began honing his craft whenever he could find the time. He also played in several bands growing up and would draw posters to promote his upcoming live shows.
“I’ve been drawing or painting in some way or another for as long as I can remember,” Boor says. “I started taking oil painting lessons at a Main Street Kokomo art gallery as a young guy. I found that art was something I could do and do pretty well.”
Boor’s journey into tattooing came somewhat by accident. Nearly 20 years ago, one of his musical bandmates had decided to open a tattoo shop with a mutual colleague who had taken notice of Boor’s art — particularly some of his band’s promo posters. Before long, that colleague had asked Boor if he wanted to be an apprentice at the shop. Boor was working at a Kokomo Chrysler factory at the time and was unsure if tattooing was a world he wanted to explore.
“Originally, I said no because I thought it looked really hard and also because at the time I thought everyone around Kokomo was terrible at it,” says Boor, a Northwestern High School grad. “I was never against tattooing, it just never crossed my mind. I wasn’t really exposed to it in any way earlier on in my life. But I started to look into it after that invitation and I noticed there were some artists around who were starting to break out and do really good realism and stuff like that. So I decided to give it a try.”
A six-month apprenticeship in 2000 followed, during which Boor learned the basics of tattooing and familiarized himself with the tools of the trade. Boor began officially tattooing during that six-month stretch, and unbeknownst to him at the time, his very first tattoo customer would actually be himself.
“I was excited and nervous when my mentor told me I’d finally be doing a tattoo, and I had no clue he’d be having me tattoo myself first,” Boor recalls with a chuckle. “My daughter had just been born, and I did my daughter’s initials on my ankle. I figured that would be an easy spot to cross my legs and work on.”
In 2007, Boor left Chrysler and worked in several tattoo shops around Kokomo, and eventually got hired at New York City-based Last Rites Tattoo Theatre — one of the most famous tattoo shops in the country according to Boor.
“Getting hired at Last Rites was a huge pick-up in my career and gave me a lot of motivation to improve and be the best I could be,” Boor says. “I learned a lot from the owner Paul Booth, and he’s done a lot of tattoos for some of the most famous heavy metal bands out there.”
Boor spent three years at Last Rites before deciding in 2011 to move back to his native Kokomo and attempt to open up his own shop. He contacted a few former co-employees from shops he’d worked in, including Bradley Pierce and Matthew Davidson, both of whom still work at Bohemian.
“I always respected those guys, and they’re both different than a lot of tattooers — they don’t have egos, they take their art seriously and they treat clients well,” Boor says. “They joined and helped make the shop successful from the get-go.”
Bohemian officially opened in 2013, and Boor has added three more tattoo artists and a piercer as his business has grown. He and his staff have welcomed customers from as far away as Alaska, New York, Panama and Australia and, inside the shop, Boor and his employees strive to make each client feel as comfortable as possible. There are private rooms with flat-screen TVs, complimentary beverages for customers and customizable music for guests.
Boor and his staff regularly attend seminars and attend conventions to stay up on their craft and tuned in to the state of the industry, and Boor says each Bohemian employee takes their job as serious as possible.
“It can be a little stressful because you can’t have a bad day,” he says. “That keeps you motivated. I think this is the most intense type of art anyone could try to do because it has to be perfect and it’s permanent. But you get to be creative every day and meet a lot of people. I don’t work with headphones like a lot of other people, and I like shooting the breeze and getting to know people from all walks of life.”
Bohemian Tattoo Club is located at 206 North Main Street in Kokomo. Call 765-434-0066 or explore bohemiantattooclub.com for more information.
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Popular Farmers Market Vendor Opens First Brick & Mortar Location in Noblesville
Writer / Matt Keating
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Texy Mexy, with its delicious tamales and salsa, has so many fans that owners Sophie and Gerry Abell have expanded to a new location in Noblesville.
Over the last several years Texy Mexy has been very popular at catered events and the Farmers Market.
“We’ve solely done catering and pop-up events, as well as the Farmers Market,” Sophie says. “We entertained a food truck early on for just a bit, but at the time it was not a business direction we decided to take.”
Sophie moved to Noblesville 12 years ago to marry Gerry, who is from Indiana. She sold her salsa and tamales in Texas for many years before she moved to Noblesville.
“I had a very successful following in Texas,” she says. “One day, my husband approached me with the idea of letting me start up my dream of being a Farmers Market vendor. We really didn’t know what all it entailed to start up. I researched the permitting process, the health department requirements, sought out a commercial kitchen to use, borrowed a tent from a neighbor and we started.”
On day one, as Sophie and Gerry were giving out salsa samples and were selling it very quickly, they looked at each other and said, “We’re on to something.” They were also successful at The Saxony Fishers Market on Saturday mornings as well.
“Once we were accepted into the Noblesville Market, we found out that this was the most profitable option for us,” Sophie says.
The tamales are the customer favorites.
“From the beginning, my intent has been to take my late mother’s recipes and maintain the flavors that I grew up on,” Sophie says. “I also make tamales to cater to the vegetarian and vegan customers. I make pork, chicken, queso & green chilies, black bean corn and roasted butternut squash. Our tamales are all lard-free and gluten-free.”
One of her signature tamales is the roasted butternut squash.
“It is my original recipe,” she says.”When I first put it on the menu we had sold out of the others and this was the only option left. People tried it and loved it. It becomes their favorite.”
Another favorite is their breakfast tacos.
“They sell out fast,” Sophie says. “It’s a mixture of chorizo, potato, egg and cheese. We had customers that would stop by at the market and buy six to eight at a time as neighbors would send them for a taco run.”
Of course, their biggest seller is their salsa.
“Customers know that you must arrive early to get salsa at the market,” Sophie says. “What is known as Sophie’s Signature Salsa won the ‘Salsa 4 Salsa’ contest this year. You will be able to pick up our 16oz salsa containers at the new restaurant.”
Sophie’s favorite is the pork tamale.
“I make my pork tamale exactly the way my mom taught me,” she says. “It is a true Texas tamale with seasoned shredded pork. I pride myself in keeping to the recipes she taught me.”
Sophie believes their new 818 Logan Street location is perfect.
“We are excited to be a part of historic downtown Noblesville,” she says. “Our unique space is a 128-year-old building. We have a fun modern design, with minimal wall art, because the exposed brick walls are art. I had fun designing our space. We have several features inside the space. One of the features Gerry wanted is an Internet bar. We have the bar facing the beautiful brick wall with USB ports, offering a workspace for diners.”
Texy Mexy also has a dining bar facing the front window with a full view of the Noblesville courthouse. Texy Mexy is a fast-casual service restaurant.
“You line up to order from the counter,” Sophie says. “We are providing Texy Mexy yellow umbrellas for use if you happen to be in line outdoors. This is to protect you from rain, snow or sun. The umbrellas can be picked up and returned inside the vestibule, which has a heated tile floor for the winter months.”
Texy Mexy customers can also look forward to enjoying their favorite tamales and tacos anytime they want, instead of just seasonally.
“We will continue doing what we’ve always done, which is carry on our farmers market menu,” Sophie says. “We have customers that have their favorites, and they can be sure to see it on the menu. I’m excited to be able to expand the menu with more taco options, too. In the restaurant, I will be able to add fresh guacamole, queso, soups and tortas to the menu along with other items.”
Sophie and Gerry have two daughters, Jenn, 35, who lives in Texas, and Paige, 27, who lives in Noblesville. Sophie is originally from Fort Worth, Texas.
“I love our community,” Sophie says. “We live in Noblesville and are proud supporters of everything that makes this community great. I love the historic downtown feel. We have been in business for eight seasons at the Farmers Market, so we are looking forward to seeing many of our regular customers stop by and eat in our new space as well as meeting many new customers.”
Sophie says her loyal fans have made Texy Mexi a success.
“We are grateful for all the prayers, support and encouragement that we’ve had surround us during this process of opening our first restaurant,” Sophie says. “It has been an exciting time in our lives, and we could not have done this without help from so many people.”
Texy Mexy is located at 818 Logan Street in Noblesville. Visit them online at texymexyrestaurantnoblesville.com.
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The City of David is the birthplace of the city of Jerusalem,
the place where King David established his kingdom,
and where the history of the People of Israel was written.
It is within walking distance from the Old City of Jerusalem
and the Western Wall, and is one of the most exciting sites in Israel.
Visitors come from all over the world to see the strongest
physical connection between the stories of the Bible and reality,
the place where the Holy City started. In the year 1004 BCE,
King David conquered the city from the Jebusites and
established his capital here.
It was here where the People of Israel were united under
King David’s rule, here where the Holy Ark was brought forth
and here where the First Temple was built by King Solomon,
King David’s son.
Through the course of history, this part of Jerusalem was destroyed and forgotten.
Today it is one of the most important archeological parks and attractions in the city.
You can’t miss the City of David when visiting Jerusalem.
Royal quarter-area G
The stepped wall hillside of area G is the retaining wall
of what many archeologists believe to be the
“Citadel of Zion” mentioned in King David’s conquest
of the city (Samuel II 5:9).
In the middle of the wall, Area G hosts the impressive remains
of a First Temple Period aristocrat’s home known as
“Achiel’s House”, later destroyed along with the Temple
in 586 BCE. Judean and Babylonian arrowheads that were
found at the scene offer a stark reminder of the destruction
that befell the residents of this area. It was also in this area
that archeologists discovered 51 royal seals inscribed in
ancient Hebrew, including the seal of Gemaryahu Ben Shafan
– the Prophet Jeremiah’s scribe mentioned in the book
of Jeremiah 36:10.
Warren’s shaft
In 1867, the archeologist and treasure hunter Captain
Charles Warren uncovered a secret access tunnel that
led from the city, deep into the mountain, meeting a
13-meter shaft descending to the Gihon Spring.
Warren claimed this shaft was the place of the Biblical
“pipe” used in King David’s capture of the city, and was
used by the ancient Jerusalemites to draw their water from
the Gihon Spring.
Recent excavations have revealed that while Warren succeeded
in uncovering a significant portion of the secret system,
unbeknownst to him the secret tunnel continued another
ten meters through what appeared to be a solid rock wall,
leading to the massive Spring House and the true water
compound of the time.
This, in fact, may have been what King David was referring to when he challenged Joab Ben Zuriah
“and David said…he who conquers the Jebusites, grabs the pipe…” (Samuel II 5:8)
Fortification of the Gihon spring
In 1995, when the City of David Foundation began construction
of a new visitor’s center above the Gihon Spring, startled
workers uncovered an archeological treasure buried
deep underground. Construction was immediately halted
in favor of a massive archeological dig. To date, the
excavations have unearthed the remains of a massive
fortressed compound built in the Middle Bronze Period,
close to 3,800 years ago, whose function was to protect a
large pool that collected the diverted waters of the Gihon Spring.
A secret underground tunnel led the inhabitants of Jerusalem
deep into the earth to draw their water from this pool when
the city was under siege. A small shaft uncovered directly over
the source of the Gihon Spring sheds light on the story of the
coronation of the young King Solomon “on the Gihon” as
his mother Bathsheba, Nathan the Prophet and the People of Israel cheered on as recorded in Kings I, 1:38.
Hezekiah’s tunnel
When the city was defending itself from the approaching
Assyrian army in the 8th century BCE, King Hezekiah decided
to protect the water by diverting its flow deep into the city
with an impressive tunnel system. “Hezekiah also plugged
the upper watercourse of the Gihon waters and brought it
straight down to the West side of the City of David.
And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.” (Chronicles II, 32:30).
This engineering feat was accomplished by digging a
1,750-foot (533 meter) tunnel into the mountain.
An ancient stone carving found near the entrance describes
this incredible operation. Today, trekking through Hezekiah’s
Tunnel in knee-high water is a highlight for visitors to Jerusalem.
The Siloam pool
The small Siloam Pool, to which the waters of the Gihon
flow today, is part of a pool from the Byzantine Era.
Fragments of pillars which can be seen today in the pool,
appear to be remains of the Siloam Church that was built in
this location. Archeologists believe that during the Second
Temple Era the waters continued to flow south and were
collected in an additional, larger pool.
This pool was discovered during the summer of 2004 and
is continuing to be uncovered today.
During the time of the Second Temple, this pool was about
three square kilometer in size and had wide, central roads
leading to it. Archeologists believe that this pool was built
upon an older pool dating back to the First Temple Period.
It is to this pool that King Hezekiah diverted the waters of the Gihon.
From the City of David to the Western Wall and other attractions
The City of David is an active archeological excavation park.
There is always something new to discover.
From the underground water canal that leads to Temple
Mount and the Western Wall, to touring the oldest Jewish
cemetery in the world on Mount of Olives,
joining an active sifting project of dirt from Temple Mount,
or just enjoying a 3D film about the site.
The City of David offers all of these and other tours with
exports, lectures and courses during vacations and festivities.
https://www.cityofdavid.org.il/en
To reach the City of David from The Post Hostel you can take bus number 1 or 3 to the Western Wall.
Get down one station before the Western Wall close to the City of David.
By foot: you need to cross the Old City to the Western Wall area and exit Dung Gate and turn left
to the area of the City of David.
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Series | Process | Mar 5, 2018
Five Recommendations for Improving Administrative Government
Series of Essays
Scholars and officials highlight recent recommendations for improving regulatory and administrative processes.
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The search for ways to improve how government works may have become a little easier lately, thanks to five recommendations recently issued by a distinctive public–private partnership known as the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS).
ACUS—which operates as an independent federal agency—brings together more than 100 experts from the public and private sectors to identify solutions to problems facing government agencies. At least twice each year, ACUS publishes recommendations on how officials should design and implement administrative processes and regulations to improve their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
ACUS’s recommendation process begins with its members seeking to identify pressing challenges or opportunities for improvement. The agency then assigns outside experts or agency staff to conduct research, prepare reports, and draft recommendations for consideration by committees of experts. Only after extended deliberations among ACUS’s governmental and nongovernmental members—at so-called plenary meetings—will the agency issue any recommendations.
Last December, ACUS published its latest series of five recommendations addressing topics as diverse as agency guidance, market-based regulatory instruments, plain English drafting, regulatory experimentation, and the use of waivers and exemptions. This series in The Regulatory Review includes five essays authored by leading public officials and scholars who were involved in the development of each of the five recent ACUS recommendations. Although the recommendations cover a range of subjects, they raise a series of common themes of good government—accountability, consistency, and the need for sound evidence.
The authors and coauthors of the essays include: Nicholas R. Parrillo, professor at Yale Law School; Lee Liberman Otis, Senior Vice President and Director of the Federalist Society’s Faculty Division; Blake Emerson, professor at the UCLA School of Law; Cary Coglianese, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Todd Rubin, attorney advisor at ACUS; Jason A. Schwartz, legal director at the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law; H. Russell Frisby Jr., partner with Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP; E. Donald Elliott, senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP; Aaron L. Nielson, professor at Brigham Young University Law School; and Jennifer Nou, professor at the University of Chicago Law School.
The Regulatory Review is pleased to present this series of essays on ACUS’s latest recommendations.
Understanding and Addressing Controversies About Agency Guidance
March 5, 2018 | Nicholas R. Parrillo, Yale Law School, and Lee Liberman Otis, The Federalist Society
Although guidance is officially nonbinding, agencies are frequently under active and legitimate stakeholder pressure to be inflexible. An agency that departs from guidance in the case of one firm may put other firms at a competitive disadvantage and draw accusations of favoritism. The recent ACUS recommendation on agency guidance sets forth a series of measures to foster flexibility in the face of these challenges.
Using Plain Language to Draft Regulations
March 6, 2018 | Blake Emerson, UCLA School of Law
Plain language can advance core administrative law values, such as public participation in policymaking and the effective implementation of statutory goals. By identifying procedures and documentary formats that can advance those objectives, one of ACUS’s recent recommendations promises to deepen the federal government’s existing commitment to an effective and accountable administrative process.
Learning What Works in Regulation
March 7, 2018 | Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Todd Rubin, ACUS
Government officials increasingly recognize the value in experimentation and evaluation when it comes to a variety of government programs. The stakes to society are often high for regulation, so it makes sense for government agencies to test and measure the impact of the rules they impose on the economy. ACUS’s recent recommendation on Learning from Regulatory Experience can help regulatory agencies think more carefully and systematically about making their regulations work better.
Regulating Marketable Permits
March 8, 2018 | Jason A. Schwartz, NYU School of Law, H. Russell Frisby, Jr., Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, and E. Donald Elliott, Covington and Burling LLP
Billions of dollars’ worth of government permits are auctioned or traded in a wide variety of industries, from broadcasting to construction to fishing. The intended goals of marketable regulatory permits include lowering compliance costs, encouraging innovation, and easing administrative burdens. ACUS’s recent recommendations can help guide agencies on how to use marketable permits to harness the efficient decision-making powers of the market without undermining policy goals.
How Agencies Should Use Waivers and Exemptions
March 9, 2018 | Aaron L. Nielson, Brigham Young University Law School, and Jennifer Nou, University of Chicago Law School
Waivers and exemptions present a significant challenge: agencies often need to grant flexibility when circumstances require, but when abused they may result in arbitrariness and unfairness. How and when agencies use these tools is the subject of a set of recommendations recently adopted by ACUS.
Tagged: ACUS, Executive Agencies, Regulatory Permits, Waivers
Opinion | Process | Process | Process Oct 30, 2019
Interpretive Rules in Practice
Blake Emerson and Ronald M. Levin
A new ACUS recommendation on interpretive rules largely aligns with a prior one on policy statements.
The Future of Administrative Law Judge Selection
Jack Beermann
ACUS sets out new recommendations for agency hiring of ALJs.
Making Guidance Available to the Public
Cary Coglianese and Connor Raso
ACUS recommends agencies take steps to make their guidance more accessible.
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Under-fire Sarri blasts Abramovich: ‘If owner calls, I’ll be happy, I never hear from him’
Italian is under increasing pressure as Blues boss after watching his side crash to an embarrassing 6-0 defeat at Man City on Sunday
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CHELSEA boss Maurizio Sarri is further risking the wrath of chairman Roman Abramovich by appearing to aim a sly dig at the absentee Russian billionaire.
Sarri is under increasing pressure as Blues boss after watching his side crash to an embarrassing 6-0 defeat at Man City on Sunday.
Time might be up for Maurizio SarriCredit: PA:Press Association
The damning stats show that Chelsea are going backwards after dropping out of a top four spot.
Sunday's loss was their worst defeat since 1991 when they lost 7-0 at Nottingham Forest and it was also the first time they have conceded four or more in consecutive away fixtures since 1990.
Sarri's odds to be sacked before the end of the season tumbled yesterday and he hasn't helped himself once again.
When quizzed on whether he was expecting a call from Abramovich, Sarri sarcastically commented on how the pair never speak.
Roman Abramovich has not made contract with the Italian managerCredit: Rex Features
Chelsea were humiliated at Manchester City on SundayCredit: EPA
He said: "If the president calls, I’ll be happy, seeing as I never hear from him.
"To be honest, I don’t know what to expect. I didn’t see my football. At the beginning of the season it worked. Now we need to understand the reasons why it isn’t working. It is not easy."
Last week it was revealed how the owner and former boss Carlo Ancelotti still stay in touch over text.
And former Chelsea assistant manager Paul Clement believes it's only a matter of time before the axe is swung.
Sarri is under fire after Chelsea dropped out of the top fourCredit: EPA
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Speaking to beIN SPORTS, Clement said: "There's something going on that's wrong behind the scenes.
"What I do know for sure is that the club will not accept that. The owner will not accept that.
"History shows that when the team is not playing at the level that is required, and expected for a club like that and what they've achieved over the years, they do take measures. They will act."
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Episode-1581- Jim Steele on Challenging the Global Warming Myth
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Jim Steele Former California State Biologist Raises Serious Counter Points to Modern AGW Theory
Jim Steel is a former environmental educator and scientist who began his career in 1983. In 1983 San Francisco State University’s biology department wanted to close the Sierra Nevada Field Campus and use the savings to support more molecular and genetic research. In contrast the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, Dr. James Kelley, was an avid supporter of field stations.
Dr Kelley understood that students must immerse themselves in the environment they are studying. Otherwise they would be forever misled by limited observations and the resulting bad models.
Although Jim Steele was just completing his Masters Degree, Dean Kelley believed Jim Steele was the best person to resurrect and grow the Sierra Nevada Field Campus. Together they turned the rustic Sierra Nevada Field Campus into one of California’s leading environmental education centers.
His understanding of climate change evolved as he sought to understand the causes of the declines in local bird populations that he had studied each summer as part of the Sierra Nevada Neotropical Migratory Bird Riparian Habitat Monitoring project. He soon discovered maximum temperatures in the Sierra Nevada had declined since the 30s as observed at the nearby Tahoe City weather station that is part of the US Historical Climate Network.
It became clear that the Sierra Nevada were not overheating despite publications blaming wildlife extinctions on global warming. The most important factors affecting local climate change were the cycles of El Nino and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation as well as landscape changes that had greatly altered the regional microclimates.
Believing the politics of global warming have been misguiding conservation efforts, Jim Steele wrote the book Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism. And the lessons learned from his students helped shape his writing style, making the book’s science lessons most enjoyable and easily grasped by all.
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Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls.
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Episode-1581- Jim Steele on Challenging the Global Warming Myth — 56 Comments
Brent Eamer on May 26, 2015 at 10:48 am said:
The PDO was a factor in our record breaking winter in Prince Edward Island (551 cm) The other impact is the QBO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-biennial_oscillation
I watch the PDO every year, which for the layman usually means “Warm Gulf of Alaska”. If that’s the case, ridge west, trough east and watch out Atlantic Canada 🙂
If you want a great explanation; Dave Tolleris (wxrisk.com) is great at explaining these things
Brian Patton on May 26, 2015 at 12:42 pm said:
Today’s show seemed heavy on emotions and light on facts. This is one of the rare Survival Podcasts I have had to bale on……. 🙁
For the record, I’m neutral on the subject in that I believe “both sides” have merit. I’m unable to pull out objective information in today’s podcast that was added in a constructive way to the climate change / non-change discussion.
Modern Survival on May 26, 2015 at 12:56 pm said:
Light on facts? Wow, don’t really have much to say in response to that, it is likely saying the night sky is light on stars.
Richard Hasting on May 29, 2015 at 10:00 am said:
I thought that the illumination of so many “studies” as being light (not to mention selective) on facts might have been pretty significant.
Remember that this was an interview. As soon as the guest would start to go into significant detail, most people’s eyes glaze over. But I think that there were a lot of “facts” presented, but if you really mean “details”, you are just going to have to buy the book. It seems that the details are in there.
Jim Steele on May 26, 2015 at 2:15 pm said:
I provided lots of facts, but if you want peer reviewed references for what I put forth then go to my website. Each easy contains references or links to peer reviewed literature which provided my evidence.
http://landscapesandcycles.net
For those interested in the Allan Savory’s holistic grazing method here is a link to his TED talk. His method doesn’t work everywhere but in many places it has provided some spectacular results
ag2 on May 26, 2015 at 2:59 pm said:
As a guy who has personally launched dozens of weather balloons and profiled and analyzed the atmosphere (skew T diagram), I have never found any permanent trapping layers (inversions) holding the heat from Co2. lol Hot air rises………and dissipates.
Sorry Al Gore, planet earth and the sun together are self-regulating engines. (The oceans are the regulators, the sun is the fuel.) Back to the basics for a second: When the planet warms up a bit (from the sun), water from the oceans evaporate and condense to make clouds. Clouds then provide shade and reflect energy from the sun back out into space. Clouds then precipitate and send water back to the earth. Water flows back to the oceans and the cycle begins again.
Scientists have performed numerous ice core CO2 analyses and graphed the relationship between CO2 and temperatures. What they have found is the OPPOSITE of what Al Gore presented. “An increase in temperature is FOLLOWED by an increase in CO2” In other words, CO2 does not affect temperature, but rather, temperature affects CO2, with a time lag. This time lag (about 800 years!) is caused by ocean temperature changes. It takes hundreds of years for an ocean’s average temperature to change. There is a natural oscillation in average temperature changes and this does affect CO2 with a delay.
Bill on May 26, 2015 at 6:35 pm said:
Amazing episode. I consider myself to be an environmentalist. However, I don’t like being lied to and manipulated by the “Global Warming” crowd. If the government can convince us that “we” are the problem, they can sell authoritarian control. Global warming is a psychological ploy to cause us to accept the police state without question.
DrewfromOZ on May 27, 2015 at 12:08 am said:
Every now and then there comes along a podcast which starts really losing my interest…..by 33 minutes I was pretty much done.
Stayed to the end, because even though I put my opinions on climate change in a box on the shelf (as suggested by Jack on many other podcasts) and the belief that even in a poor podcast there is usually a nugget or two of useful stuff….but nope.
lol, fossil fuels not disturbing the ground. Helloooo Gulf of Mexico.
Way to take a claim out of context and claim to not be engaged in perception bias while be eaten up with it.
ag2 on May 27, 2015 at 10:12 am said:
Brian and Drew,
Think of the last time someone had you to their house for supper and dessert. Now imagine that supper is over and the table is being cleared for dessert. What would your nice host think if you if you said, “You know, dinner wasn’t that great. I really did not like it. The meat was undercooked and the vegetables were just bland. But what’s for dessert?”
That’s what you are doing here. Come on guys. Jack puts out a show almost every day of the year. Of course there’s going to be a few shows that don’t get you super excited. But shrug it off and move on. You don’t need to go to his house and pee on his lawn. That’s what you are doing here.
I loved the show, but not everyone has a meteorology background like me, so of course some of you won’t enjoy it. I have done extensive research on the global warming farce myself because it is something I enjoy.
If you take real prepping (not Hollywood prepping) seriously, then you know that not all of it is fun. It’s important to sharpen your mind and your awareness also. Jack does a great job of keeping us entertained. But it doesn’t hurt to push on through and listen to the content and try to force yourself to be curious, even when you do not feel like it.
Modern Survival on May 27, 2015 at 11:47 am said:
Ah I don’t mind the criticism much, it comes with the job. That said I mind the fallacies, such as a lack of facts, that is kind of insulting because it isn’t factual. Everyone is entitled their own opinions, no one is entitled to their own facts.
DrewfromOZ,
You illustrate one point made in the podcast. The argument against alarmists’ claim that rising CO2 is killing species is supported by many facts. That has nothing to do with pollution and our need to minimize/prevent it. Of course oil spills can be devastating and we should take steps to prevent them. We all agree with that. But that was never the issue in this talk. But for some bizarre reason you think that because I argue curbing CO2 will not stop droughts and restoring habitat is the key or that I demonstrate rising Co2 has not endangered any species, its loss of habitat, you then suggest I think an oil spill is OK?
If you are not just sniping and denigrating something you disagree with, at least provide a substantive criticism relative to the talk that can be discussed.
Raleigh Latham on May 27, 2015 at 3:06 pm said:
I listened to the entire podcast, and man was it hard. I had to put years of personal research and common environmental observation aside. I feel like there were alot of statements said that just drove me nuts, like “by the way, the arctic is actually cooling”….I can’t accept that when the permafrost is melting and arctic ice sheets the size of England are caving day after day. I can’t accept that when I see Sea Lion pups on the beach in California starving to death because they can’t find cold enough water along the coast.
THAT BEING SAID….I think what Jim said about the potential to restore regions locally is dead on. If we restored a billion acres of local microclimates across the world, then global warming would be a distant memory. While I wish Jim would acknowledge the existential, hyper wicked danger that global warming could wreak on future generations, I would rather work with him to restore ponds, forests, and lakes and actually do something in the here and now.
Raleigh first thanks for listening, second consider going to his site and reading the research behind his claims.
I do however agree with Mr. Steele on the need to restore ecosystem health and the points made by Jack on coal mining. Without looking at studies or data it seemes to me if remove a significant portion of mountains you will affect the local climate and potentially there might be a point where that can create affects on other climates. Certainly you affect a climate when you clear cut massive trees of deforest large swatches of areas.
As for the use of biofuel I think it can be responsibly done in the manner of Mark Sheppard.
Raleigh,
I will need to go back and listen, but I don’t believe I said the Arctic is cooling. I hope what I said was the recent warming measured in the Arctic, is due to ventilating heat from the subsurface when insulating ice was removed by the winds. To support that I relayed the evidence that the upper 700 meters of the Arctic Ocean are cooling as illustrated in this graph:
http://landscapesandcycles.net/image/92559374.png
from the MIT/Harvard study Wunsch, C., and P. Heimbach, (2014) Bidecadal Thermal Changes in the Abyssal Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-096.
I am not sure what your personal research was but I suggest reading about the Dansgaard Oechger events when air temperatures rose by 5 to 15 degrees C in a matter of decades every thousand years during the Last Glacial Maximum while CO2 hovered around 200 ppm. The growing consensus is those warm events were caused by heat periodically released from the oceans due to natural feedback mechanism. (Read Dokken 2013) The recent 20th century warming is very similar. If the recently lost ice was due to CO2 warming, the upper 700 meter of water should have warmed not cooled.
Regards baby seals and sea lions, I have witnessed a few here south of SF, but that’s what happens during El Nino events, and that is 100% natural. That you would blame such events on CO2 is pure speculation and likely a result of the constant media fear mongering and bombardment that every thing bad is due to CO2. The best models can not duplicate El Ninos when simply driven by CO2. We must understand natural ocean cycles and their effects before we can blame CO2. Climate changes naturally and when we better understand that, we can build a more resilient society.
I just checked out your website and applaud your efforts with greenthumb films and see us as allies, so that if we “restored a billion acres of local microclimates across the world, then global warming would be a distant memory.”
Having never heard of your efforts until now, I am curious of your sense regards how much media attention is given to such restoration success gets. How often are we given hope that we can act locally with great success. My sense is catastrophic climate change gets a few orders of magnitude greater coverage, creates far more fear and saps our belief that we can make a difference other than stopping CO2. Such climate hype commandeers funds that could better be used for habitat restoration at all levels. As I documented, climate fear mongering has even hijacked several conservation success stories for example:
http://landscapesandcycles.net/hijacking-successful-walrus-conservation.html
English butterflies
http://landscapesandcycles.net/hijacking-conservation-success-in-the-uk.html
Florida mangroves
http://landscapesandcycles.net/mangroves–hijacking-another-conservation-success.html
Jason on May 27, 2015 at 8:15 pm said:
Great Interview! Interesting, Informative, good follow-up questions.
Lavendarlou on May 28, 2015 at 12:16 pm said:
wow…and i was totaly engaged with this podcast. I plan to get your book and look through your site. something that was touched on, that really hit home was the comments about our young people and the spoon feeding of information with out opposing views. This could be a great textbook possibly for some home school projects.
I have a few family members that are heavy into the environmental movement. Perhaps they will be interested in your work. I will be sending them links.
For a guy making claims that others are being deceived by their perception bias he offered some generalized anecdotal evidence without specific objective evidence.
This is a logical fallacy known as affirming the consequent. If P then Q. Q therefore P. If you have perception bias then you are wrong. The climate scientists are wrong, therefore they have perception bias.
The great thing about peer reviewed science is that every aspect of a science paper can be analyzed, and retested to see if there are any errors in the conclusion. If there correlation of data and the hypoteses or hypothesis are proven wrong then one has an argument.
One science paper by one scientist does not damn all work, as that is also another logical fallacy.
By the way I have not made up my mind one way or the other. But I do know one thing, and that is one cannot judge the scientific merits of something based on what the government does or doesn’t do.
Yea well go to his site and READ the extensive research.
Its a difficult create a good balance between providing engaging generalizations that outline the important issues vs providing too much supporting details that overwhelms the reader/listener, especially in an interview format. It was an issue I grappled with every day.
The most common criticism I got from people who reviewed my book before I published it was that I provided too much detail. I cut nearly 200 pages of details to make the book more easily read by the layperson, while maintaining enough evidence and detail. Still I was criticized for providing too much detail. But those were people I knew and who trusted me and my previous conservation efforts. They trusted my first two lines of evidence, and did not care about reading additional supporting evidence.
People who do not know or trust me understandably want more evidence, and I apologize if it was insufficient. So I would be more than glad to provide you with more details regards any issue you thought was too general. My desire is to promote thoughtful discussion and promote better environmental stewardship. Please let me know what you thought was insufficient.
Lavendarlou,
Thanks for the kind words. I am in the midst of posting a 3 part essay on the drivers of natural climate change since the age of dinosaurs. I hope students will find it valuable and help people understand how the earth went from a “hot house” with 4000 ppm CO2 and no glaciers or ice caps to our modern “ice house” climate with much more variably climate and weather.
Before we can claim CO2 has altered climate, and if so by how much, we need a solid foundation in our understanding of natural climate change, and our students must become more aware of the natural drivers of change. The shifting continents and the resulting effect on how the oceans store, ventilate and redistribute heat are by far and away the most important drivers of global climate change. Those changes have made the earth’s global climate more sensitive to minuscule solar effects. Although it undoubtedly contributes, the least important factor is CO2. At the local level landscape changes are the most critical.
Once I post those essays I would love to have your feedback and your critique on how useful they were for students.
Russell on May 31, 2015 at 2:57 pm said:
Really? Climate change denial in 2015?
4 questions by the bloke who delivered that piece on trophic cascades you liked so much. The one about the wolves changing the deer behaviour and therefore the course of the rivers.
1 Does the atmosphere contain carbon dioxide?
2 Does atmospheric carbon dioxide raise the average global temperature?
3 Will this influence be enhanced by the addition of more carbon dioxide?
4 Have human activities led to a net emission of carbon dioxide?
By the way I am NOT happy about climate change, I’m not using it to push any political agenda, I do not want it to be happening. All the solutions seem to involve either a crash of the economy (something David Holmgren provocatively writes about doing on purpose) or way too much government for my liking.
To try to give you an idea of the extra energy due to CO2 is something like the equivalent of 4 hiroshima bombs per second.
That’s more than 2 trillion since 1998.
If that is still not enough have a quick look at ocean acidification on wikipedia and have a little think about how climate change and ocean acidification may affect trophic cascades.
You’re never going to really know what is going to happen but with the way things are looking if you haven’t got an eye on this, you’re not prepared.
I like your show very much, but you’re way off base here.
Answer yes, about one third of one percent to be exact. Most people don’t know how little CO2 really makes up the atmosphere. Did you?
Yes and initially a great deal! Up to about .030 percent at which time CO2 reaches an effective saturation limit. Here’s why it’s possible that doubling CO2 won’t make much difference. The carbon that’s already up in the atmosphere absorbs most of the light it can. CO2 only “soaks up” its favorite wavelengths of light and it’s close to its saturation point. It manages to grab a bit more light from wavelengths that are close to its favorite bands but it can’t do much more, because there are not many left-over photons at the right wavelengths.
The natural greenhouse effect is real, and it does keep us warm, but it’s already reached its peak performance. Throw more carbon up there and most of the extra gas is just “unemployed” molecules.
Even the true believer climate scientists will admit this because it is scientific FACT and has been largely understood for more than 100 years. The claim is that additional CO2 raises humidity and that causes warming, this is the actual official explanation but how many people such as yourself even know that yet you just believe it because the same people that say GMO Corn is safe to eat say so?
Effectively due to number two above and the answer is no. However yes sure if you put the atmosphere up to 20% CO2 it would be an extinction level event of a disaster but current use can’t even get close to pushing it over .5% that is 1/2 a percent.
Yes and it isn’t that big a deal due to everything I just said above. What is a big deal is the dozens of other far worse toxins created by fossil fuels at every level as they are extracted and produced. Again dioxins, trioxins, mercury, sulfur oxide, etc, etc, etc.
I have no doubt that man has done incredible harm to the earth and the overuse of fossil fuels is part of the harm, it just ain’t CO2 that is the big problem.
If you actually have an open mind I suggest these two videos,
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ew05sRDAcU&feature=youtu.be
Then ask yourself why you are told that there are two choices, you believe in AGW or you hate the planet and can’t in anyway be an environmentalist. Did you LISTEN to this show, did you actually hear what was said.
Do you really think it is a stretch that the same system that lies about voting, drugs, GMOs, pharmaceuticals, diet and war might be lying about this too?
FWIW, 10 years ago when I was LESS environmentally concerned I totally believed in global warming. Then I got educated, I looked at a lot of different things. The motivation, who was behind it, the real suppressed science and most of all the actual data of what has happened since we were promised no ice in the arctic by 2012!
I personally think that belief in this weak theory to the exclusion of anything and everything else has done far more harm to our environment then any other single thing in the past 20 years.
When you get done with all that, google Maurice Strong.
Then know this
1. He is an oil billionaire
2. His current job is consulting with the Chinese government on monetizing carbon credits
This ain’t what you think it is bro.
Russell on June 1, 2015 at 3:03 pm said:
And Maurice Strong? Carbon credits. This is a really bad idea. Too much government, too much money for the non real economy. It’s a shitty solution.
It is what I think it is, unfortunately, and wankers like this are going to make a shit-ton of cash from it, while doing too little, too late.
1 yup. 400 parts per million
2 Co2 effect does not saturate. You’ve been sold a pup.
There is some measurement done around 1900 which seem to show that this is the case but this science was superceded from the 1940’s on.
Co2 is mixed pretty well throughout the whole atmosphere (unlike water vapour- it’s dry up there) so what happens, to put it crudely, is that if you think of the atmosphere as layers, adding more co2 means more co2 in a layer above a ‘hot’ one. This mean that instead of the heat escaping into space, it moves up to that next layer and some of it is held in the atmosphere.
Effectively this means that when we add co2 the heat loss layer is higher in the atmosphere and the total heat in the atmosphere is increased. Do you see how this works? Air gets drier as you go higher which means less greenhouse effect, Co2 stays fairly constant proportionally. So adding more CO2 means more greenhouse effect higher in the atmosphere.
3 I’m not sure why you talk about 0.5%. Which is 5000 ppm.
More co2, more greenhouse effect. That’s the physics. Right there.
4. We’ll take the second video as a case in point. You REALLY are not paying attention here.
His graph at 1:55 shows quite clearly his source. You can build that graph yourself at woodfortrees.org
The vertical axis is the temperature anomaly. Yup that’s right, his own graph is showing a temp anomaly of about 0.5 of a degree.
The horizontal axis shows time from 1995 to present. Not even close to long enough. Also cherry picking. I mean really, you’re a smart dude and you get taken in by this?
Catch 22. No.1.
is a quick and dirty takedown of that nonsense.
Next graph at 2:19 graph begins at 1901. Again on a high point. Play with the graphs at woodfortrees.org Look at the noisy graphs, see the trend.
And yup they lie. They lie about wars and terrorists and drugs and democracy and all sorts of shit. But it’s the scientists here that are talking. The government doesn’t want to hear.
This is not a ‘my environmental disaster is bigger than your environmental disaster’ pissing contest. I’m not trying to score points, your vision for a better world as I understand it from your podcasts is very similar to mine. I ain’t fighting you, but I am telling you that you’ve got this one wrong.
Wow talk about cognitive dissonance. I was done when you got to claiming CO2 doesn’t have a saturation limit, given this is over 100 year old known scientific fact. I wasn’t sold anything, clearly you have been though.
And holy shit, you say this, “And yup they lie. They lie about wars and terrorists and drugs and democracy and all sorts of shit. But it’s the scientists here that are talking. The government doesn’t want to hear.”
You have to be out of your mind! The government has been salivating on taxing this shit for over a decade. 99% of the so called research being done here is being paid for with what? Public money. Good God, when someone wants to believe something they will damn sure convince themselves of it.
Russell,
Virtually no one argues against CO2 being a green house gas or that we have increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. The debate however is about climate sensitivity to CO2 and everyone will agree that CO2 COULD raise temperature by about 0.2 C. There is tremendous debate about the earth’s climate sensitivity to CO2, as witnessed by how models are all over the place and far warmer than observed reality.
http://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/CMIP5-73-models-vs-obs-20N-20S-MT-5-yr-means1.png
Back during the last glacial maximum from about 60 to 10 thousand years ago, the Dansgaard-Oeschger events caused 5 to 15 C increases and decreases in Arctic temperatures in just a decade or two. CO2 barely changed. When the Northern Hemisphere was rapidly cooling, in contrast CO2 was increasing. The causes of these climate events are still highly debated, but the EVIDENCE suggests CO2 is NOT the driver of those climate change events.
If you dont understand natural climate change, how can you blame CO2? The Dansgaard Oeschger events occurred with no more than a 10 ppm change in CO2. So why would you ever think that rising CO2 is causing the changes we observe now? What we are observing now is all about how the oceans absorb, ventilate and redistribute solar heated waters. The consensus based on Argo data shows the Pacific Ocean has not warmed in the past decade despite rising CO2. That suggests low climate sensitivity to CO2. Likewis the astern USA and eastern Antarctica have not warmed. Again that suggests low climate sensitivity to CO2.
Jim, we’re already at 0.6 degrees and would be higher if it wasn’t for the oceans taking up the heat.
The graph you linked to to is obviously to try to make the point that observations are not matching models.
Christy, who plotted the thing says this:
While there is much that can be discussed from these results, we wonder simply why the models overwarm the troposphere compared with observations by such large amounts (on average) during a period when we have the best understanding of the processes that cause the temperature to change. During a period when the mid-troposphere warmed by +0.06 °C/decade, why does the model average simulate a warming of +0.26 °C/decade?
Unfortunately, a complete or even satisfactory answer cannot be provided. Each model is constrained by its own sets of equations and assumptions that prevent simple answers, especially when all of the individual processes are tangled together through their unique complex of interactions. The real world also presents some baffling characteristics since it is constrained by the laws of physics which are not fully and accurately known for this wickedly complex system.
You will note from this a 0.06 degree per decade increase. Also you must know that the tropical mid-troposphere is only one part of the global climate.
There is no Dansgaard-Oeschger events in the holocene. (our current epoch which started 10 000 plus years ago, so no, probably not a dansgaard-Oeschger event.
And as to your statement:
So why would you ever think that rising CO2 is causing the changes we observe now?
The answer is that there isn’t anything else doing it! That’s it. End of the line. Looked and looked and looked. Nothing, zip, nada. Co2. Greenhouse effect.
Yes yes yes ,cold pacific ocean. Global trends, however, are up in the oceans as a whole. Why? Not sure. Doesn’t change the basic physics though.
Eastern usa, antarctica, blah blah blah, it’s cold outside therefore no global warming.
Really. Hand waving hand waving an misrepresentation. Your interview was all about habitat destruction, and therefore not climate change. Rather than the truth which is habitat destruction AND climate change.
Jim Steele on June 2, 2015 at 12:44 am said:
If you want to honestly discuss the issues, I suggest you use more evidence, instead of empty insults, such as “Eastern usa, antarctica, blah blah blah, it’s cold outside therefore no global warming. Really. Hand waving hand waving an misrepresentation”
Such comments reveal you would rather snipe than discuss. I provided those 2 regional examples that contradicted the idea of warming as a global phenomenon. Those examples illustrate how you must understand regional climate change before you can blame CO2, and how you must explain, not dismiss, blatant contradictions. But there are plenty more examples for those not blinded by belief. And if natural climate change is powerful enough to cool the USA and Antarctica despite rising CO2, it is powerful enough to warm the earth whether or not CO2 is a contributor.
Tree ring data shows no warming since the 1960s. Tree rings measure natural habitat, in contrast to the instrumental data increasingly recorded at airports. Much of the global avearge warming is due to minimum temperatures, not maximum, and the increases in minimum are best explained by landscape changes. The rate of warming in Greenland was greater in the 1930s (Chylek 2006). Records for the past few hundred years reveal cycles of warm water intrusions that warm the Arctic and transport southern fish.
References to a 0.6C degree warming deceptively implies CO2 is the driver of that century increase but for the whole USA maximum temperatures rose that much from the end of the Little Ice Age to the 1940s, and only due to a drought, just barely exceeded those past temperatures. The greatest rate of glacier retreat by far, at places like Glacier National Park , happened by 1940. The melt rate is slower now. The scientific consensus is CO2 concentrations couldn’t theoretically add any significant warmth before 1950. Despite more CO2, Argo data shows the upper 300 meters have not warmed or slightly cooled since 2003 (Xue 2012). Nor has the Pacific warmed in the last decade. And despite more CO2 satellite data shows no warming for the past 18 years.
Typically such contradictions would cause scientists to pause and reconsider a flawed model of climate change. And except for the alarmists who have hitched their funding and reputations to CO2 catastrophes, and their devoted internet snipers, more scientists are acknowledging the theory’s problems.
Dr. Hans von Storch is a prominent climate scientists and was a author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was interviewed in June 2013 and asked about the failure of global models to predict the current lull in the global warming trend. Dr. von Storch replied, “If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally wrong with our climate models. A 20-year pause in global warming does not occur in a single modeled scenario. But even today, we are finding it very difficult to reconcile actual temperature trends with our expectations.”
Yet Russell you say “The answer is that there isn’t anything else doing it! That’s it. End of the line. Looked and looked and looked. Nothing, zip, nada. CO2. Greenhouse effect.”
Obviously you did not look very deeply past the hype that supports your blind belief.
You confuse higher temperatures from ventilating heat versus the theory that Co2 traps and accumulates heat and raises temperatures. The greatest warming has happened locally in the Arctic Ocean. But it only happened after the shifting winds of the Arctic Oscillation blew ice out to the north Atlantic, which then allowed stored subsurface heat to ventilate. As a result the upper 700 meters of Arctic Ocean has cooled as referenced earlier but raised air temperatures. A similar change in sea ice around the Antarctic Peninsula also resulted in ventilated heat. Polar warming has nothing to do with CO2 and in fact Arctic air temperature were cooling in the 1980s and early 90s, until the ice was blown away.
I mentioned Dansgaard Oeschger events because they raised temperatures 10x greater than what has been recently witnessed, in just a tenth of the time, without rising CO2. You need to explain such causes of natural warming, not dismiss them. And if you honestly “looked and looked” you would know the same dynamics causing Dansgaard Oeschger events are considered to be working today, due to ocean ventilation of heat, but less dramatically because there is less ice.
Obviously you know little about ocean acidification. I suggest it is you that should have a “quick think” about the past. During the Cretaceous period, named for the abundance of global chalk deposits formed from the calcium carbonate deposits from coccolithophorids. CO2 was believed to be as high as 4000 ppm, yet coccolithophorids did not dissolve in theoretical acid, they flourished. Coccolithophorids also pump Co2 into the air as they do today. I suggest you read about cycles of acidification due to upwelling and the biological response http://landscapesandcycles.net/ocean-acidification-natural-cycles—uncertainties.html
To summaize, you are the only one here handwaving with empty insults, your cherry picked details that fail to explain the bigger complex picture, and dismissal of the abundance of contradictions regards climate sensitivity to CO2. And obviously you did not read the copious details showing how wrong you are to claim “Rather than the truth which is habitat destruction AND climate change” That is just another of your empty assertions. Read the details at http://landscapesandcycles.net and then try engaging in a more substantive debate.
But Jim you are not a scientist, oh yea, never mind. LOL
Russell on June 14, 2015 at 3:02 pm said:
Such comments reveal you would rather snipe than discuss. I provided those 2 regional examples that contradicted the idea of warming as a global phenomenon.
There is nothing to discuss here. It’s been done. And done to death. Regional examples do not contradict climate change as a global phenomenon.
The global system is complex and adding energy to the system will alter weather patterns as the system tries to stabilise. This will have different effects in different parts of the world.
Either you don’t know this, and therefore should not be commenting, or you do know this and are misrepresenting. Either way your message is spreading FUD. With no credible alternative explanation of what is happening. Even Anthony Watts thinks you are not worth listening too, and he’s desperate for anything to use against the ‘warmists’.
Nobody with any credibility supports your arguments.
And still no response at all on ocean acidification…
The Myth of Ocean Acidification by Carbon Dioxide
Not even slightly good enough Jack. This isn’t science, this is cherry picking and misrepresentation. Either all the scientists in the world are part of a vast conspiracy or he should publish his findings and win a nobel prize.
There will come a time when you’ll have to go on air and admit you are wrong about climate change.
That day will not make me happy. That day will make me sad that another human being has realised how badly we’ve fucked things up for those to come.
Modern Survival on June 15, 2015 at 9:04 am said:
Says the guy that read exactly zero of the research the MOUNTAINS of research on Jim’s site.
Curtis on June 6, 2015 at 5:51 am said:
I have been an avid climate change enthusiast, because it seemed to make sense, and I suppose got caught up in the hype, I see the micro-climate theory as very plausible idea to get behind as well, as I am an avid supporter of holistic management, restoration agriculture, etc etc. I am curious though many of your examples of restore micro-climates had to do with places that were going through more drought like conditions. Is there examples you can point me too where regions are experiencing more precipitation than usual, or in my case heavy than normal rainfall events on a regular basis, rather than drawn out shower conditions (with possibly the same total precipitation over the season). Does the micro-climate change theory support the increased extreme weather events idea, or is that idea also hyped up (somewhat of false flag like concept in politics?). Cheers, great work Jack, you never cease to blow my mind
Jim Steele on June 6, 2015 at 5:56 pm said:
Curtis,
There is a see saw pattern between regions with heavier rains and droughts driven largely by the El Nino/La Nina effect and Pacific and Atlantic Multidecadal Ocillation. To start a peer reviewed paper on the subject is The influence of the inter-decadal Pacific oscillation on US precipitation during 1923–2012 by Dai 2012. When the southwest USA gets droughts Indonesia gets rains and vice versa. For example in 1997/98 when California was getting extreme rains Indonesia had droughts and fires. The Sahel has been getting wetter while the southwest got drier.
These oscillations alter sea surface temperature patterns that also set up atmospheric blocking patterns that cause storm systems to linger causing more drought or more rain. So those natural variations set up oscillating patterns that often last for 20 to 40 years.
Much of the extreme rains hitting the USA are due to the paths of atmospheric rivers or hurricanes, both of which are affected by El Nino events. Because the nature of these rains rob one region of moisture while supplying another, looking at just one small region for only a few decades is misleading if you are looking for trends.
I am in the Sierra Nevada right now and just visited our restored meadows and despite California’s drought it is lush and wetter than it had been in the past 40 years.
Come on then Jack, lets do this.
I was done when you got to claiming CO2 doesn’t have a saturation limit, given this is over 100 year old known scientific fact.
Where did you get this fact from?
I have shit to do, I am done debating this and wasting time when people have religious faith in something there is no point. You go “do this” with someone willing to waste their fucking time on it.
As pointed out here in the show, neither Jim nor I claim that CO2 has no effect simply that the effect is minimal compared to what the main stream claims and that individual effects on bio regions individually are far more the cause of 99 out of 100 things currently blamed wholesale on global warming.
Now I am done, I am under no obligation to entertain your need of comment debate.
russell on June 15, 2015 at 9:48 am said:
You have shit to do? So do we all, Jack.
You do have an obligation to be correct, and prove you know what you are talking about.
The thing is that I can prove that the co2 saturation effect is bullshit, why it’s bullshit and that the level of bullshit that it is is analogous to claiming the earth is round.
I have no religious beliefs around this whatsoever, in fact, I don’t want it to be true.
But the facts are, this guy is a crank, you gave him a platform, and climate change is big, scary and will affect those you love and those I love alike.
Why not talk to Toby Hemmenway about this?
Modern Survival on June 15, 2015 at 10:24 am said:
Tell you what at this point you have reached the point where I tell you to go fuck off out of my face. I have my opinion, I have backed it up with facts many fucking times. I don’t have time for your shit. I will NOT tolerate you any further as to goating me on this. You want to state your views, fine as long as you follow the sites content and comment rules. You fucking tell me what I am OBLIGATED TO DO one more time and then next time you type in the tsp address you will find yourself looking at a blank screen. I point you to this and then kindly say one more time, go fuck off out of my face with your climate religion, http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/about-tspc/disclaimers-policies-2
Insidious on June 14, 2015 at 6:59 pm said:
‘For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.’
‘Always listen to people that say they are searching for truth, never? those that say they have found it’
‘The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.’
– Stephen Hawkings
‘Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.’
-Richard Feynman
‘Even if fifty million people say a foolish thing. It is still a foolish thing.’
-Anatole France
‘To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.’
‘Those who don’t read the news are uninformed, those who do are misinformed.’
russell on June 15, 2015 at 10:36 am said:
Talk to Toby, he’s more than scientist enough, anti-government enough and permaculturist enough.
I’m not trying to goad you, I’m not fighting you, I just can’t stand lies, and half-truths.
I’m not your enemy.
You seem to not comprehend “fuck off out of my face”. YOU WORRY ABOUT YOU! YOU WORRY ABOUT WHO YOU TALK TO. Got it?
The last straw I predict will soon fall!
You have NO FACTS you have only theory that is the current state of this all scientifically. I am done, if you choose not to be, you will be done soon at least here.
Jim Steele on June 15, 2015 at 12:29 pm said:
I suggest you offer more evidence, instead of insulting handwaving. There is a bit of a debate on what might constitute greenhouse gas saturation. However the IPCC implies it happens to some degree writing in their Physical Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse effect,
“The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere, nitrogen (comprising 78% of the dry atmosphere) and oxygen (comprising 21%), exert almost no greenhouse effect. Instead, the greenhouse effect comes from molecules that are more complex and much less common. Water vapour is the most important greenhouse gas, and carbon dioxide (CO2) is the second-most important one. Methane, nitrous oxide, ozone and several other gases present in the atmosphere in small amounts also contribute to the greenhouse effect. In the humid equatorial regions, where there is so much water vapour in the air that the greenhouse effect is very large, adding a small additional amount of CO2 or water vapour has only a small direct impact on downward infrared radiation.”
https://www.ipcc.unibe.ch/publications/wg1-ar4/faq/wg1_faq-1.3.html
Because their are less greenhouse gases in the polar regions (water vapor) CO2 alarmists focus on the loss of Arctic ice as “evidence” of Co2’s power, because the high humidity nearly “saturates” the tropical atmosphere.
65 million years ago in the Cretaceous when crocodiles lived in Arctic and palm trees were growing in the Antarctic, Tropical ocean temperatures were not much higher than today yet proxy evidence suggests CO2 was 10X higher at 4000. Even at those high concentrations, CO2 driven models fail to simulate the Cretaceous temperatures, underestimating the Arctic temperatures. That too suggests 1) the CO2 effect approaches saturation and 2) ocean heat transport is a more powerful driver of climate.
To clarify, I think more CO2 can presently still add some warmth but I doesn’t seem to be as much as alarmists’ claim nor is it catastrophic. I don’t think the atmosphere is totally saturated with CO2 but it is approaching that limit.
Regards catastrophic effects, is Russell arguing we would be better of in the Little Ice Age that ended in just 1900 in the USA? During the depths of the LIA trees were not sprouting for hundreds of years, and tree line in the Sierra dropped. Is Russell arguing the a longer growing season, whether natural or CO2 induced, is catastrophic?
Co2 is not approaching saturation. Not even slightly. It just doesn’t work that way.
Why don’t we start this from the beginning?
Lets start with Knut Ångström’s assistant Herr J. Koch experiment from 1900/01 where (and I shall paraphrase) he filled a tube with co2, measured the amount of radiation, removed 2/3 of the co2, measured the amount of radiation and found almost no change, thereby showing that the co2 effect was saturated.
Regarding the rest of your post; that’s a strawman argument and I won’t bite.
Jim Steele on June 15, 2015 at 7:07 pm said:
We are far from agreement. First your example is non-sensical and supports my argument. If 2/3 of the CO2 was removed and no change in radiation, then you are making an argument that changes in CO2 made no difference, and thus the test tube must have been saturated.
If you know the equation for how CO2 affects energy, then you would know that as the concentration increases the amount of back radiation from CO2 becomes increasingly less.
The formula for converting the change of CO2 to watts/m2 is a natural logarithm which plateaus. In other words it saturates.
Regards avoiding the rest of the supporting evidence, you seem quick to dismiss everything that contradicts your beliefs, by calling them cherry picking, strawmen, etc. Good science must address contradictions, not profess blind belief.
Russell on July 12, 2015 at 8:42 am said:
Sorry for the late reply, life is busy.
The point of the co2 tube experiment seems to show that Co2 can be saturated, but this is only true at so called ground level. The atmosphere is not a single unit, it isn’t a layer like glass or plastic in a greenhouse.
So this experiment which showed co2 effect saturating was a red herring and is where the problems with thinking it would saturate started.
In fact what happens is that the infrared radiation (heat) from the earth moves upwards and hits a greenhouse gas molecule, (co2, h2o or some other gas) and that molecule radiates energy in a random direction, or the energy hits the surrounding air molecule and transfers that energy, creating heat.
Adding more co2 simply moves more co2 higher into the atmosphere creating more opportunity for energy to be trapped in the earths system, rather than escaping into space. Thus the atmosphere heats up.
Either you agree with this science or you do not.
Your example of the concentration of co2 increasing, leading to less effect is what was observed in the Koch experiment.
You are right that the effect plateaus, but it doesn’t work that way in the atmosphere, because CO2 saturation at lower levels does not have an effect, since it is the layers from which radiation does escape that determine the planet’s heat balance.
CO2 theoretically will saturate, it’s just not how it’s working at the moment in the atmosphere.
wade lyons on July 14, 2015 at 2:23 pm said:
I have a question for you Jack. I have had a hard time remembering the plant that you said your Asian customers jumped right into buying due to how well they are known in the Asian countries. I was wondering if you said the plant was the plant mentioned in this episode the Li Jujube or if it was another one. Thank you for the help and thank you for the podcast Jack.
Modern Survival on July 16, 2015 at 8:10 am said:
Both Jujube and Goji but Jujube they go nuts over.
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Extraction / Extracted (2012) : Plot Ending Explained
Extracted is a story about a scientist who gets trapped in the mind of a drug addict. Sasha Roiz plays Tom, the scientist. Jenny Mollen plays Abbey, his wife. Dominic Bogart plays Anthony, the suspect. It’s a very good movie. The plot is not too complex but is neat and clean. Lots of non-linear storytelling pieced together to form a good climax. Here’s Extraction explained, spoilers ahead.
Plot Explained
I’m going to lay the story out in a linear fashion. This makes things boring but a lot more straightforward. Here we go.
Anthony is a normal kid raised by a single dad. His dad is shown to be a little manipulative, and he attributes this to protecting his son. For instance, when Anthony is young his dad gets a show dog. But he later gets a good offer for the dog and he sells it. He comes up with a lie so Anthony wouldn’t make a fuss about seeing the dog go. He tells Anthony that the dog was good for nothing and couldn’t obey even one command. Anthony ends up creating a visual memory of this – he imagines a scene with his dad in the garage trying to get his dog to sit but it just won’t. It is important to understand that this is a memory that Anthony creates in his head because his dad keeps telling him that the dog was no good. In reality the dog was a show dog, it knew how to follow commands quite well.
Years pass, Anthony eventually takes many wrong decisions in his life and becomes a drug addict. There is this one moment when Anthony and his accomplice, Eric, try to mug his own dad. They get busted and his dad finds out about him being the robber. That day haunts him forever. But it doesn’t make him a better man. Anthony continues to be a drug addict and a bum, so to speak.
Anthony gets into a relationship with a girl by the name Adrienne. She is a junky too. They seem to be having a good relationship. Eventually, and this Anthony does not know, Adrienne starts doing sexual favours for Erix in exchange for drugs. She gets extremely guilty about this and wants to do the right thing by ending her relationship with Anthony. She has also decided to kill herself. She sends Anthony a text – “I can’t be in your life any more”. Anthony goes to her house, high on drugs. Adrienne shoots herself in the head and dies. Eric who happens to be in the house to meet Adrienne, finds her dead and sees Anthony. Not knowing what to do, he whacks Anthony in the head and leaves. When Anthony gains consciousness he calls his dad who comes and picks him up.
Anthony’s dad decides that he needs to do something else his son his going to end up dead in an alley one day. He realizes that Anthony doesn’t remember anything from the previous night (thanks to him being on drugs). His dad sends an anonymous tip to the cops and he Anthony that he has murdered Adrienne. He sets his own son up. He does this because he feels that in police custody Anthony would have a better shot of cleaning up and at a life, than outside. The cops nab Anthony.
In parallel, Tom, a scientist has been working on a machine which can help dig deeper into one’s memories to help expose trauma if any. He’s looking to sell it. Richard is helping Tom find an investor. However, the prospect would like to use the machine to enter another person’s mind. Tom doesn’t like this but the investor is paying good money. Tom reluctantly agrees to the deal. The investor is the department of corrections. The person’s memory Tom needs to enter is Anthony’s. Anthony is pleading innocent. The cops want proof of his crime. Tom doesn’t know who the investor or the subject is yet.
A Starting Place, Minnie, The Program
A Starting Place is the memory you land up in using the machine. A place that exists in reality and memory. They pick the room where the procedure is going to happen as the Starting Place. After getting to Starting Place memory inside the subject’s head, you think of any memory and you land there. Quite simple. Minnie, is the voice of the program that helps navigate through the memories. Minne is in the subject by means of a chip.
The presentation is advanced by 6 weeks. Investors are in a hurry (aren’t they, always?). So the team fast tracks towards the procedure. Tom finds out about the investor on the day of the procedure, he’s not happy, but agrees.
Any gaps in memories are replaced with placeholders (a standard face or just white with a red cross). More the gaps, more the placeholders. Tom goes in. The memory shows Anthony with a gun assaulting Adrienne. He shoots her in the head. Anthony calls his dad. This confirms it for the cops but Anthony still pleads innocent. The memory ends, but Tom is still stuck in the Starting Place. They try self destructing the application. Tom doesn’t wake up. They can no longer talk to Tom inside Anthony’s head. Tom is stuck inside Anthony’s head with Minnie. No one knows this. Tom’s body lies in coma.
Years pass, Anthony is in prison
Anthony is convicted. Tom lives 4 years, 2 months 2 days – trapped inside Anthony’s head. He’s living inside all of Anthony’s memories. He has Minnie as a companion. Tom’s body lies in coma.
In the real world, Anthony’s dad visits him in jail and gives him some photos. His dad still acts disappointed with Anthony because he wants to ensure he doesn’t come out and go back to his old ways. Anthony has been clean for over 4 years now.
Tom is inside the memory of young Anthony and his dad in the garage. This is not a real memory as I earlier stated. This is the one Anthony has created because his dad constantly tells him that the dog was good for nothing. Anthony tries to get his dog to sit but can’t. Tom has been in this memory 430 times. But this time young Anthony sees Tom. Tom tries to replay the memory but young Anthony doesn’t see him in the subsequent plays of the memory.
How could Anthony see Tom inside the memory?
Minnie finds out that it was 4:15PM, in the real world, when young Anthony sees Tom. Tom visits that memory at 4:15PM (which is 5 min ago in the real world time). Anthony is seeing the photos. He sees the dog’s photo. Tom realizes that Anthony was thinking of that memory in the garage.
Here’s the deal – If Tom is in a memory and Anthony is recollecting that same memory at the same time, then Anthony can see Tom in his head. Simple enough?
Tom looks for a memory which Anthony keeps thinking of. The mugging. Robbing his own dad. That day haunts him. Tom waits at that memory. He keeps replaying the memory hoping that Anthony will sooner or later recollect that memory. Anthony, in the memory, keeps running past Tom without noticing him. This means Anthony, in the real world, has not recollected that memory. 2 weeks pass.
Tom finds Anthony
Anthony eventually recollects that memory. Anthony runs past Tom, but this time sees Tom. Tom is right about his theory. But Anthony leaves in fear. Tom continues to wait there, Anthony eventually comes back and talks to Tom. Note that all conversations between Anthony and Tom happen inside Anthony’s head.
Tom explains how he has been trapped inside Anthony’s head and he needs his help to get out. Tom asks him to reach out to Abbey. He gives him her number. Initially Abbey doesn’t believe Anthony. But Tom gives Anthony enough information for Abbey to believe him.
Tom tells Anthony that he’s not a bad guy. Tom asks him for help and he agrees. Abbey meets Anthony, brings her kid along. Abbey asks another question for confirmation and Anthony answers (Birdy). Tom realizes what might have happened on the day of the procedure, a part of the chip is still inside Anthony that’s why Minnie is still in there with Tom. They don’t go much into the details, but he knows how to get out.
The Swimming Pool Memory
Abbey gets clearance to get Tom out of the hospital. Abbey confronts the guy from the department of corrections. He wants the machine in return to release Anthony. Anthony picks a different memory for Tom and him to meet at. A more pleasant one. At a swimming pool with Adriene.
Anthony tells his dad about what’s going to happen. That Tom is still in his head and he’s going to help get him out. His dad is very reluctant about the procedure. This is because he’s set him up. His dad doesn’t want the truth to be known for Anthony might be released. Anthony goes ahead with the procedure.
Anthony’s Deal
The plan is to get Anthony to get Tom to a memory and they narrow down and pull Tom out. Quite simple. But, Anthony has a demand. He wants to prove his innocence. He wants to revisit the memory of the day of the murder. Tom is pissed and two have a confrontation. Anthony feels that he couldn’t have done it, the murder. Anthony remembers there was another person there that night and wants to know who it was. Tom has no choice but to help him.
They go through every element of the memory from that night of the murder. Anthony remembers entering the house and getting knocked out. They go to the memory. Most of it are placeholders, including the face of the attacker. But when Tom chucks the magazines to the floor he notices some content inside it. This is a fragment of a memory. They work together to unravel more information about that memory. The memory starts filling up with details. They start with the bathroom and work their way through the rest of the house. Eventually, they see the man who assaults Anthony, it’s Eric.
Tom survives, Anthony dies
In the real world, Anthony has his lead. He breaks out. He Goes over to Eric’s house. Shoots him in the leg to get information on why he was there in the house that night. Eric explains he was there to give Adrienne drugs. Eric confesses to the sexual favours Adrienne has been doing for him in exchange for drugs. Anthony is distracted and gets cornered and gets shot by Eric. Anthony begins to die. Minnie begins to malfunction inside Anthony’s head. Anthony chases down Eric. But he realizes that he’s going to die and decides to give up on his revenge. He chooses to do the right thing – to save Tom. After all, Eric means nothing now given Adrienne is dead and Anthony is going to be dead soon. Eric gets away (I would have liked to see some vengeance served here, but they don’t go back to Eric after this).
Tom leaves the swimming pool memory because of the malfunction, he goes back to the garage memory. Anthony can’t find Tom but remembers the memory where Tom meets his kid at the prison. Anthony takes a guess that Tom would show up there as it is a fond memory for him. He waits for Tom there, Tom shows up and they extract him out. Anthony dies.
Ending Explained : Anthony was innocent
Later Tom meets Anthony’s dad. They talk about the dog. His dad says that the dog was a show dog. But in the memories he remembers the dog to be unable to follow any instructions. His dad says that “if you keep telling a kid something, he’d believe it”. Tom now understands that Anthony ends up constructing a visual memory from what his dad tells him verbally.
This makes Tom question other visuals that he may have created as memories based on what he’s heard – including the night of the murder. Tom speculates a version where Anthony goes into Adrienne’s room and she has the gun in her hands and shoots herself in her head. Anthony was innocent after all. It was a suicide.
On one of the pictures he sees Anthony’s dad’s handwriting and matches the “A” with the “anonymous tip” (which gets Anthony arrested). Tom realizes that Anthony’s dad was the anonymous tip. His dad accepts this and explains that he did it to protect his son.
The movie ends with Tom meeting the girl who gave the voice of Minnie. He says he doesn’t know why he’s come to meet her, she says “Sometimes you just need to hear a familiar voice”. After all Minnie was the only voice he talked to for over 4 years. No he’s not cheating on his wife. It’s just the familiar voice, the only voice for 4 years, so hearing it gives him a sense of comfort. The film ends.
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(smoking, physical activity, diet, and weight) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure [BP], and glucose control) that contribute to cardiovascular health. The Statistical Update represents a critical resource for the lay public, policy makers, media professionals, clinicians, healthcare administrators, researchers, health advocates, and others seeking the best available data on these factors and conditions. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) produces immense health and economic burdens in the United (...) States and globally. The Statistical Update also presents the latest data on a range of major clinical heart and circulatory disease conditions (including stroke, congenital heart disease, rhythm disorders, subclinical atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease [CHD], heart failure [HF], valvular disease, venous disease, and peripheral arterial disease) and the associated outcomes (including quality of care, procedures, and economic costs). Since 2007, the annual versions of the Statistical Update have
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2. Frayar, D.C., Ervin, R.B. Caloric Intake From Fast Food Among Adults: United States, 2007–2010. NCHS Data Brief, No. 114, February 2013. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2013 (PubMed)
Frayar, D.C., Ervin, R.B. Caloric Intake From Fast Food Among Adults: United States, 2007–2010. NCHS Data Brief, No. 114, February 2013. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2013 24167755 2014 05 02 2014 09 01 2156-5376 4 5 2013 Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) Adv Nutr Frayar, D.C., Ervin, R.B. Caloric intake from fast food among adults: United States, 2007-2010. NCHS Data Brief, No. 114, February 2013. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2013. 578 (...) 10.3945/an.113.003889 McGuire Shelley S Washington State University School of Biological Sciences, Pullman, WA. eng Journal Article 2013 09 05 United States Adv Nutr 101540874 2161-8313 IM Adult African Americans Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Body Mass Index Diet economics ethnology Energy Intake Fast Foods adverse effects economics Humans Mexican Americans Middle Aged National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) Nutrition Surveys Obesity economics epidemiology ethnology etiology Risk Factors
2013 Advances in Nutrition
3. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2017 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
; and the dedicated staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion; the National Center for Health Statistics; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for their valuable comments and contributions. FOOTNOTES The views expressed in this document are those of the au- thors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Na- tional Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; the US Department of Health and Human Services; or the US Department of Veterans Affairs (...) Classification of Diseases ICD-9-CM International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification, 9th Revision ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey MI myocardial infarction NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NHAMCS National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHDS National Hospital Discharge Survey NHIS National Health Interview
4. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics?2016 Update
MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey MI myocardial infarction NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NHAMCS National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHDS National Hospital Discharge Survey NHHCS National Home and Hospice Care Survey NHIS National Health Interview Survey NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NNHS (...) and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee Originally published 16 Dec 2015 Circulation. 2016;133:e38–e360 You are viewing the most recent version of this article. Previous versions: Table of Contents Summary e39 1. About These Statistics e46 2. Cardiovascular Health e49 Health Behaviors 3. Smoking/Tobacco Use e68 4. Physical Inactivity e78 5. Nutrition e89 6. Overweight and Obesity e110 Health Factors and Other Risk Factors 7. Family History and Genetics e121 8. High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipids e127 9
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute computation based on National Center for Health Statistics annual data). Chapter 23 reviews current estimates of direct and indirect healthcare costs related to CVDs, stroke, and related conditions using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data. The total direct and indirect cost of CVD and stroke in the United States for 2008 is estimated to be $297.7 billion. This figure includes health expenditures (direct costs, which include the cost of physicians and other (...) None None Daniel T. Lackland Medical University of South Carolina None None None None None None None Judith H. Lichtman Yale School of Medicine None None None None None None None Lynda D. Lisabeth University of Michigan NHLBI ; NINDS None None None None None None Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Northwestern University None None None None None None None Diane M. Makuc National Center for Health Statistics, CDC None None None None None None None Gregory M. Marcus UCSF Astellas ; Baylis Medical None None None
6. Shields M., Carroll M.D., Ogden C.L. Adult Obesity Prevalence in Canada and the United States. NCHS Data Brief no. 56, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2011 (PubMed)
Shields M., Carroll M.D., Ogden C.L. Adult Obesity Prevalence in Canada and the United States. NCHS Data Brief no. 56, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2011 22332078 2012 05 31 2012 07 02 2156-5376 2 4 2011 Jul Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) Adv Nutr Shields M., Carroll M.D., Ogden C.L. adult obesity prevalence in Canada and the United States. NCHS data brief no. 56, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2011. 368-9 10.3945/an.111.000497 McGuire (...) Shelley S School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA. eng Comparative Study Journal Article 2011 06 28 United States Adv Nutr 101540874 2161-8313 IM Canada epidemiology Humans National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) Obesity epidemiology United States epidemiology 2012 2 15 6 0 2012 2 15 6 0 2012 6 1 6 0 ppublish 22332078 10.3945/an.111.000497 000497 PMC3125686
7. Obesity in children
. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts for the United States: improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics version. Pediatrics. 2002 Jan;109(1):45-60. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11773541?tool=bestpractice.com Worldwide, the definition of overweight and obesity changes; however, a BMI >85th percentile is defined as overweight or at risk for overweight in the US and UK, a BMI ≥95th percentile is variably defined as obesity or overweight, and a BMI >99th (...) Obesity in children Obesity in children - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice You'll need a subscription to access all of BMJ Best Practice Search Obesity in children Last reviewed: February 2019 Last updated: January 2019 Summary Behavioural and environmental factors are primarily responsible for the dramatic increase in obesity in the past two decades, although genes play an important role in regulation of body weight. Calculating body mass index (BMI) is the most widely
2019 BMJ Best Practice
9. Cancer statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2015. (PubMed)
of Central Cancer Registries and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Among Hispanics in 2015, there will be an estimated 125,900 new cancer cases diagnosed and 37,800 cancer deaths. For all cancers combined, Hispanics have 20% lower incidence rates and 30% lower death rates compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs); however, death rates are slightly higher among Hispanics during adolescence (aged 15-19 years). Hispanic cancer rates vary by country of origin and are generally (...) Cancer statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2015. Cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanics/Latinos, who represent the largest racial/ethnic minority group in the United States, accounting for 17.4% (55.4 million/318 million) of the total US population in 2014. Every 3 years, the American Cancer Society reports on cancer statistics for Hispanics based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North American Association
2015 CA: a cancer journal for clinicians
10. Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016 (PubMed)
Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016 29570750 2018 05 16 2018 11 14 1538-3598 319 16 2018 04 24 JAMA JAMA Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016. 1723-1725 10.1001/jama.2018.3060 Hales Craig M CM National Center for Health Statistics, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland. Fryar Cheryl D CD National Center for Health (...) Statistics, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland. Carroll Margaret D MD National Center for Health Statistics, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland. Freedman David S DS National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Ogden Cynthia L CL National Center for Health Statistics, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland. eng Letter
2018 JAMA
11. Ethical Considerations for the Care of Patients With Obesity
to be comprehensive. Referral to these resources does not imply the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ endorsement of the organization, the organization’s website, or the content of the resource. The resources may change without notice. References McGuire S. Shields M., Carroll M.D., Ogden C.L. adult obesity prevalence in Canada and the United States. NCHS data brief no. 56, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2011. Adv Nutr 2011;2:368–9. Flegal KM, Kit BK, Orpana H, Graubard (...) Cardiol 2014;63:3029]. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014;63:2985–3023. Ogden CL, Carroll MD, McDowell MA, Flegal KM. Obesity among adults in the United States—no statistically significant change since 2003–2004. NCHS Data Brief 2007;(1):1–8. Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Fryar CD, Flegal KM. Prevalence of obesity among adults and youth: United States, 2011–2014. NCHS Data Brief 2015;(219):1–8. Hales CM, Carroll MD, Fryar CD, Ogden CL. Prevalence of obesity among adults and youth: United States, 2015–2016. NCHS Data
2019 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
12. Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions
. 21. Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). CPSTF findings for obesity. The Community Guide website. . Accessed July 31, 2018. 22. Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Flegal KM. Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012. JAMA . 2014;311(8):806-14. 23. National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2016: With Chartbook on Long-term Trends in Health. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2017. Report 2017-1232. 24. Flegal KM (...) Needs and Gaps Further research is needed to examine the effects of interventions for obesity on longer-term weight and health outcomes (eg, cardiovascular outcomes), including data on important subpopulations (eg, older adults, racial/ethnic groups, or persons who are overweight). Psychosocial, quality of life, and patient-centered outcomes should continue to be evaluated in future studies. Well-designed pragmatic trials and improved reporting of intervention characteristics to enable evaluation
2018 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
13. Cancer statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2012. (PubMed)
and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2012, an estimated 112,800 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed and 33,200 cancer deaths will occur among Hispanics. In 2009, the most recent year for which actual data are available, cancer surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death among Hispanics. Among US Hispanics during the past 10 years of available data (2000-2009), cancer incidence rates declined by 1.7% per year among men and 0.3% per year among women, while cancer (...) Cancer statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2012. Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest growing major demographic group in the United States, accounting for 16.3% (50.5 million/310 million) of the US population in 2010. In this article, the American Cancer Society updates a previous report on cancer statistics for Hispanics using incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
14. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for Comprehensive Medical Care of Patients with Obesity
; CSS]; 4 [EL 3; SS]; 5 [EL 3; SS]). Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys show that roughly 2 of 3 United States (U.S.) adults have overweight or obesity, and 1 of 3 adults has obesity (1 [EL 3; SS]; 2 [EL 2; MNRCT]; 3 [EL 3; CSS]). The impact of obesity on morbidity, mortal- ity, and health care costs is profound. Obesity and weight- related complications exert a huge burden on patient suf- fering and social costs (6 [EL 3; SS]; 7 [EL 3; SS]). Obesity is estimated to add (...) ) Appropriate statistics Logical Selection bias Incompleteness Appropriate blinding Validity Using surrogate endpoints (especially in “first-in-its-class” intervention) Sample size (beta error) Null hypothesis versus Bayesian statisticsAACE/ACE Obesity CPG, Endocr Pract. 2016;22(Suppl 3) 9 guidelines for clinical practice. Individual patient circum- stances and presentations obviously differ, and ultimately, clinical management choices should be based on individual patients ’ best interests, including
2016 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
15. Identification of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk in Ethnically and Racially Diverse Populations
to have >100 million diabetic people by the year 2030. CVD is the number 1 cause of death worldwide. These grim statistics highlight the need for accurate identification of overweight and obese adults who are at high risk for obesity-related illnesses. Accurate identification of such people allows healthcare professionals, policymakers, and others to target prevention and treatment programs to those at the highest risk of morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, the tools and measures currently (...) , the American Diabetes Association. Overdiagnosis of Obesity in Some Groups People who are muscular but do not have excess adiposity have higher BMI, which allows a number of people to be inappropriately diagnosed as obese. Ode et al demonstrated in their study of athletes and nonathletes that the specificity of elevated BMI to diagnose excess adiposity in male varsity athletes, who have higher muscle mass, was only 27%. Using NHANES III data, Burkhauser and Cawley compared BMI with total body fat and %BF
16. Effect of supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids on hypertriglyceridemia in pediatric patients with obesity. (PubMed)
, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel study involving pediatric patients (10-16 years old) with obesity and hypertriglyceridemia was conducted. The National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) defines obesity as a body mass index (BMI) ≥95th percentile. Subjects with triglyceride concentrations ranging from 150 to 1000 mg/dL were randomized into two groups: those receiving omega-3 fatty acids (eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids) (n = 65) and those receiving a placebo (n = 65) for 12 weeks (...) Effect of supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids on hypertriglyceridemia in pediatric patients with obesity. Background The beneficial effects of treating hypertriglyceridemic adults with omega-3 fatty acids have been reported. However, information regarding omega-3 treatment of pediatric patients is limited. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of administering omega-3 fatty acids (3 g/day for 12 weeks) to children/adolescents with obesity and hypertriglyceridemia. Methods A randomized
2019 Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM Controlled trial quality: uncertain
17. Asthma and Obesity Diet Versus Exercise
asthmatic children. To calculate the HOMA-IR we will use the following formula: fasting glucose (mmol/L) x fasting insulin (mIU/L)/22.5. Weight in kilograms [ Time Frame: Baseline visit and and post intervention at 13 to 15 weeks ] Weight in kilograms will be obtained by standardized scale and weight values will be evaluated using standard National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth charts. Height in centimeters [ Time Frame: Baseline visit and and post intervention at 13 to 15 weeks ] Height (...) will be measured using stadiometer and evaluated by standard National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth charts. Eligibility Criteria Go to Information from the National Library of Medicine Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Layout table
2018 Clinical Trials
18. Challenges for Overweight and Obese Women
, Flegal KM. Prevalence of obesity among adults: United States, 2011–2012. NCHS Data Brief No. 131. Hyattsville (MD): National Center for Health Statistics; 2013. Available at: . Retrieved November 18, 2013. Raghuwanshi M, Kirschner M, Xenachis C, Ediale K, Amir J. Treatment of morbid obesity in inner-city women. Obes Res 2001;9:342–7. Ogden CL, Lamb MM, Carroll MD, Flegal KM. Obesity and socioeconomic status in adults: United States 1988–1994 and 2005–2008. NCHS Data Brief No. 50. Hyattsville (MD (...) ): National Center for Health Statistics; 2010. Available at: . Retrieved November 13, 2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adult obesity facts. Available at: . Retrieved November 13, 2013. Vital signs: state-specific obesity prevalence among adults —United States, 2009. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:951–5. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 2000;894:i-xii, 1
19. Severe Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Identification, Associated Health Risks, and Treatment Approaches
obesity that functionally define a group of children and adolescents with markedly worse healthcare issues lack robust epidemiological data because of the relatively new need for this category and other statistical issues. However, some work has been done to determine whether variations by age, race/ethnicity, and poverty exist in categories of severe obesity ( ). Table 1. Summary of Epidemiological Data With Application of Different Cut Points to Define Severe Obesity BMI ≥99th Percentile BMI ≥120 (...) with high medical and psychosocial risks. Introduction Despite recent data suggesting that the rate of increase of obesity among children and adolescents has slowed and overall prevalence has possibly begun to plateau, , a worrisome trend has emerged in the form of severe pediatric obesity. As the fastest-growing subcategory of obesity in children and adolescents, , , severe obesity afflicts between 4% and 6% of all youth in the United States and has both immediate and long-term health consequences
20. Appropriate Chemotherapy Dosing for Obese Adult Patients With Cancer
among obese patients receiving full weight–based doses. Most data indicate that myelosuppression is the same or less pronounced among the obese than the non-obese who are administered full weight–based doses. Clinicians should respond to all treatment-related toxicities in obese patients in the same ways they do for non-obese patients. The use of fixed-dose chemotherapy is rarely justified, but the Panel does recommend fixed dosing for a few select agents. The Panel recommends further research (...) in this Executive Summary The full guideline with methodology, comprehensive discussions of the literature, full reference list, Data Supplements, evidence tables, and clinical tool and resources can be found at . Patient information is available at . METHODS Section: Panel Composition An Expert Panel met once in person and considered data from a systematic review and interacted through e-mail throughout draft development. The Panel authored recommendations for clinicians who treat obese patients with cancer
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Guidelines
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Preview: Little Dog gets back into the ring for Season 2
January 16, 2019 Greg David
Life for Tommy “Little Dog” Ross isn’t getting any easier. In fact, it’s looking a lot tougher for him in Season 2. And, honestly, I wouldn’t want it any other way. That makes it all the more rewarding when he punches his way—literally or figuratively—out of a bad situation.
Returning for Season 2 this Thursday at 9:30 p.m. on CBC, Little Dog picks up moments after the Season 1 finale. Tommy “Little Dog” Ross (Joel Thomas Hynes) was on the run after winning his rematch with Rico “Havoc” St. George (Dwain Murphy). Why? Because that went against Tucker’s (Mary Walsh) wishes. The win also messed up Lowly’s (Stephen Oates) bet against his own brother. The result? Sylvia (Ger Ryan) lost her house.
When we catch up with Tommy, he’s in a bad way. Battered and bruised physically from the showdown with Rico and hurting emotionally thanks to his family turning against him, Tommy pedals into the night and seeks shelter in an old shack. Freezing and frustrated, he lashes out at a bird fluttering overhead and kills it. Shaken, Tommy adopts the now empty bird nest and its egg contents as his own. Finally, this is something he can control and care for and not even a bad canned spam will stop Tommy from mothering the eggs.
Show creator, executive producer Hynes and showrunner, executive producer Sherry White have created something truly special in Little Dog in general and Tommy more specifically. Hynes brings an incredible amount of hurt, longing and vulnerability to Tommy. It’s truly special. Amid the maelstrom of life in the Ross clan, he’s the sensitive centre, a guy who wants to be loved and cared for but gets dumped on at every turn. It doesn’t appear as though things will be getting any easier for Tommy. By the end of Thursday’s return, Tommy is introduced to the child he had with Pamela (Julia Chan), opening a new door for Tommy to stumble through: fatherhood.
I can’t wait to see how he handles that.
Little Dog airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on CBC.
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Hanmer Springs cut off by bushfire
8th Mar 2016 9:02 AM
A MASSIVE bushfire in New Zealand has cut off the South Island town of Hanmer Springs today.
Thirty residents have been evacuated to the town's sports pavillion.
Christchurch Police District Command Centre spokesperson Kath Pomfrett said all roads in and out of the southern town were closed due to the fire which broke out at 1.20am.
"You can't go in and out of the town," she said.
"The town is cut off."
At this stage residents of the township were not in danger.
"They have been moved to the sports pavillion," she said.
The town's power supply had also been cut.
The River Road to the north of the town and the 7A turn off to the south were both closed isolating the town.
She said the fire started in the scrub along a nearby river.
Fire Service Canterbury District Commander Dave Berry said the fire now spanned 50 hectares of steep land and burning out of control.
"We're awaiting dawn to attack with helicopters and there are five helicopters that have been ordered," he said.
Both the terrain and windy, gusty conditions were making it difficult to fight the blaze.
A couple of homes were also under threat.
"It's quite steep terrain with wind gusts coming through and we've got a couple of houses we're protecting," he said.
There were 17 fire crews fighting the blaze including rural tankers and urban fires and a command unit from Christchurch.
He said the initial call came in at 11.40pm when the scrub was seen on fire along the nearby Waiau River.
The Hurunui District Council has posted on its Facebook page that civil defence has activated an emergency welfare centre at the Rugby Pavilion.
It said up to 20 houses had now been evacuated.
MainPower was not likely to restore power to the township until after midday.
A number of poles had been destroyed and a decision was made last night to turn power off to the area due to the fire.
The Council Facebook page described the difficulties facing firefighters this morning.
"We've got a large fire in steep terrain in the dark with winds of 60-70kmh.
"We have a team defending the Ferry Bridge," read the post.
The district council said there were no reports of property loss at this stage.
Protecting life and property had been the priority overnight.
It said the fire service was concentrating its efforts defending the historic wooden Ferry Bridge which spanned the Waiau River.
Graeme Abbot - spokesman for the civil defence effort in Hanmer - told the Herald this morning that there are 70 firefighters, and 17 vehicles, currently fighting the 50ha blaze.
The alarm went off at 11.40pm last night, he said, and firefighters have been battling the fire since.
"They haven't been able to control it. What they have been able to do is to secure or make safe two houses that were in the immediate vicinity and also the Ferry Bridge - which is the connecting bridge from the main road into Hanmer Springs. Those are all safe."
Mr Abbot said four or five helicopters were about to take off to evaluate the situation.
The fire was in a very hard to get area.
He said there had been no injuries or houses damaged, but 20 had been evacuated.
Mr Abbot said a plan as to how to deal with the fire would be undertaken soon - once the helicopters have evaluated the site.
"The other issue we have is that the phone lines that take the power into Hanmer Springs have been burnt and are down. So there will be no power in Hanmer...until later in the day - that's probably the best update I can give."
He said understandably MainPower haven't been able to assess the power line damage properly yet because of the danger the fire still poses.
Mr Abbot, who is also the general manager of Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools, said everything is running pretty smoothly, given the situation.
"The full emergency services have been set up in Hanmer Springs, so there's an area the people have been relocated to and all the systems are under control."
Hanmer resident Karen McPhee told the Herald that despite it being dark she can see the fire from home - "on the ridge heading east from the bridge".
She said her power is out and that the fire was up on the hill about 4km-5km away.
"The wind is quite bad here at the moment - really strong. The wind's bad, so I just hope they can (stop the fire) because it's the only bridge in and out of Hanmer.
"So I guess we're not going anywhere."
She said the local emergency services were "awesome" and that they had already activated civil defence.
"So that's all in action to keep everyone safe and if anyone wasn't safe then they'll start plans to get people out by other means."
She said the fire was burning "right there on the hill as you come over the Hanmer Bridge."
"I can see some hot spots but it depends on the wind because the wind is pretty [strong]. I can see it making its way up the hill a little bit but it's really hard to tell because it's dark.
"I can see a bit of a hot spot that's gone up at the moment.
"All I know is that it's windy and we've got a fire on the hill and hopefully it doesn't cut out our bridge - that's the only way in and out."
Local residents are reacting to the blaze on social media.
Liza Brien wrote on Facebook: "The price we pay for living in paradise. Just a few kms from home. Bridge out of town closed. Hoping wind dies down or at least keeps blowing same way. Good luck Hanmer, love you."
Nikki McArthur wrote: "...we are in Hanmer Springs in North Canterbury. We got woken by massive gusts of winds so got up and looked out the window to see a massive fire on a hill surrounding Hanmer and to find us and all the neighbours have no power. I don't know exactly where it is but looks like it's at the entrance to Hanmer Springs. We are up on Conical Hill so this is looking across to the other side."
Sheryl Dennis said on Facebook that the fire was burning above the bungy bridge at Hanmer Springs.
A local café and bar in Hanmer Springs is serving breakfast for all emergency services personnel this morning.
Running on a large generator, the Fire & Ice Cafe Restaurant & Bar has been serving those helping to fight the fire breakfast from 7.30am.
Local resident Denise Smith has been posting on Facebook about the local efforts to help emergency workers.
"Tea coffee and girl guide bikkies for all workers and displaced residents outside maze by bridge," she wrote.
The Hanmer Hammer Hardware is open for any supplies that local residents may need, as is the local Monteiths bar.
Other bars and cafes, as well as local residents, have also been reaching out to offer their homes and businesses for those that have had to evacuate because of the fire.
The Hanmer Four Square supermarket is running on a back-up generator.
"We will be open as usual at 8.00am," the store wrote on Facebook. "We have limited supply of bread which I am holding out the back so please ask if you want some (we have kept some bread for the fire brigrade in order to feed them today)."
There have also been plenty of enquiries regarding the safety of the Hanmer Pet Retreat.
Jane van Keulen wrote on Facebook this morning that all pets were "happy and healthy".
"All is safe and sound down there. The fire is across the river and up on the hillside. Our thoughts are with all the emergency workers and families who have been working for hours. Also with families who have been evacuated from Medway Rd. Stressful night for all concerned."
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15 Best Day Trips from Cork
The seafaring city of Cork lies on the southern coast of Ireland and is second in size only to Dublin.
Though smaller than its larger counterpart, Cork boasts an infectiously lively atmosphere, characterised by its passionate affection for traditional Irish culture that is more noticeable here than in the capital.
From Catholic cathedrals to bustling markets and charmingly picturesque harbours, Cork is rich in cultural attractions that recall its long history and give visitors a glimpse of the “real” Ireland.
However, thanks to its position on the coast, the city is also within reaching distance of some truly spectacular day trip destinations.
Huge, impossibly majestic cliffs dominate the coastline, whilst to the north, east and west you can find charming towns, each with their own unique history.
Here are some of the best rural, cultural and historical day trips you can take from the Irish city of Cork.
1. Blarney Castle
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Positively bursting with fascinating and mysterious attractions, Blarney Castle is one of Ireland’s most beloved attractions, boasted about by locals and tourists alike.
Built over 600 years ago by an Irish chieftain, it’s home to the famous Blarney Stone.
The mythical stone is said to imbue the Irish “gift of the gab” to anyone who kisses it, so the stone understandably sees floods of visitors arriving to try their luck.
Besides this, the castle is surrounded by gardens, gorgeous meadows and other attractions such as the Witch Stone or the Wishing Steps.
As for the interior of the castle, you’ll have the chance to climb the battlements and explore the ominous dungeons.
Suggested tour: Blarney and Cobh Tour from Cork
2. Kinsale
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Widely recognized as one of Ireland’s most scenic resorts, the port town of Kinsale is an obligatory day trip for anyone who finds themselves on the southern coast.
The harbours are always populated with a multitude of dazzling white, bobbing yachts, while the coastline itself contains a mixture of ancient ruins, nature walks and of course the town itself.
Fresh seafood and homely fare can be found in the numerous restaurants around town, whilst people wanting to explore can pay a visit to the wine museum, the 17th century Charles Fort, or hire a yacht to admire the views.
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3. Copper Coast Geopark
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Copper Coast, Ireland
Known to few people, the Copper Coast is a dazzlingly beautiful hidden gem located around an hour to the northeast of Cork.
Whilst it is overshadowed by some of the household name family trips in other parts of Ireland, the coast is actually an area of stunning geological diversity thanks to the effects of the Ice Age.
Sprawling cliff faces loom over the sea and behind them, the network of rolling hills offer some of the best hiking routes in the country.
The area’s natural value has actually gained it UNESCO Global Geopark status, and those who come here will be rewarded with gorgeous views of both land and sea.
4. Garnish Island
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Garnish Island
Located in Bantry Bay, less than an hour’s drive and a short ferry ride away from Cork, lies the intriguing and above all, beautiful Garnish Island.
Thanks to its sheltered location in the harbour of Glengarriff and the resulting microclimate, a wildly diverse and rare assortment of flowers and plants grow here.
These are gorgeously exhibited in the form of Garnish Island’s beloved and famous gardens, which are laid out in various walks that are all accessible to the public.
Be sure to climb the Martello Tower on the south of the island to be rewarded with incredible views of the bay.
5. Blasket Islands
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Blasket Islands
One of the nearest and most fascinating pit stops on the famous Wild Atlantic Way route to the west of Cork can be found just off the Dingle Peninsula and is a must for adventurous nature lovers.
The Blasket Islands teeter on the very edge of Europe and are made up of 6 uninhabited islands that epitomise the rugged beauty of the Atlantic coast.
The fascinating history of the Blasket Islands is well documented at the Blasket Center which can be found on the mainland and tells of the famous evacuation of 1953, when the last islanders had to leave due to worsening weather conditions on the islands.
6. Galway
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Another cultural hub that proudly and accurately depicts this pocket of Atlantic Irish character is the small yet punchy city of Galway.
Less than three hours from Cork, the city is bursting with live music venues, incredible restaurants and the kind of relaxed atmosphere found in small towns instead of a bustling city.
Take in the sights of the Galway Cathedral or head down to the beaches and take a stroll along the Salthill Promenade.
This beautiful, blustery beach has sweeping views of the picturesque Galway Bay and is one of the best sunset spots on the Atlantic Coast.
7. Killary Harbour
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Killary Fjord Harbour
On the topic of sunset spots however, it’s probable that none compare with the spectacular display put on at sundown in the majestic Killary Harbour.
Claiming the title of Ireland’s only true fjord, the inlet runs in more than 15km from the Atlantic Ocean and results in truly stunning scenery reminiscent of the Scandinavian wilds.
Grass and wildflower-covered hills descend into the water while in the distance the Mweelrea Mountain sits in Mayo county.
Whether you embark on one of the many hiking trails in the area, or take a picturesque fjord cruise, you’re guaranteed to be blown away by the natural beauty of the area.
8. Limerick
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The city of Limerick provides a tempting abundance of historical sites as well as becoming a fast-rising foodie center in Ireland – and all less than two hours from Cork.
The 13th Century King Johns Castle provides over 800 years of history, whilst Lough Gur is an ancient folkloric village filled with standing stones and crumbling buildings.
Once you’ve worked up an appetite, head to the Milk Market in the city center, where you’ll find an open-air gastronomic haven filled with fresh produce.
9. Lough Ouler
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Lough Ouler
Surrounded by hiking options galore, Lough Ouler is a nature lover’s paradise, isolated from urban areas and ringed by rolling hills as far as the eye can see.
Set in the shadow of the Wicklow Mountains, the Lough (or lake) has been attracting curious passers-by for centuries on account of its startling resemblance to the shape of a heart.
The pretty heart-shaped lake can be reached after a steep climb up the base of Tonelagee Mountain and the sight of it, and the surrounding countryside below is a superb reward for a brisk walk.
10. Ballycotton Cliff
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Ballycotton Cliff
A mere stone’s throw away from Cork, you’ll find one of the best cliff walks on this stretch of the coast, which traverses the famous Ballycotton Cliff.
The trail makes its was around the gorgeous scrubland on top of the cliffs and the views, it goes without saying, are spectacular.
Lasting around two hours, it’s more than enough time for visitors to get their fill of nature with enough time to head back to town for lunch or on to another destination.
11. Cliffs of Moher
It’s places like the Cliffs of Moher than gain Ireland its status as a world-class destination for beautiful rugged coastlines and jaw-dropping untouched natural escapes.
Around 3 hours away from Cork, just before reaching Galway, you’ll find the impossibly majestic sandstone formations that make up the cliffs which stand over 200 meters tall.
With an abundance of viewpoints and hiking trails, it’s impossible not to be sucked into the grandeur of the area, and if you’re lucky to be there when the sun sets, it’s unlikely you’ll forget it in a hurry.
Recommended tour: Cliffs of Moher and More: Full-Day Tour from Cork
12. Ring of Kerry
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This mystical area of Ireland is home to majestic landscapes left behind by the Ice Age, as well as a plethora of ancient heritage sites, giving visitors a glimpse of Ireland’s past.
Though you can spend days exploring, there are tours that show you the very best sights in the space of a day from Cork.
Marvel at gorgeous coastlines at Dingle Bay and Inch Beach, or head over to Killorglin, a village with deep-rooted Celtic heritage and mystery.
Recommended tour: Ring of Kerry Full-Day Guided Tour from Cork
13. Cobh
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Famously known for being the Titanic’s last stop on her doomed maiden voyage, the town of Cobh is situated near Cork’s harbour and is home to a fascinating history revolving around the exodus of immigrants to the United States in the 1800’s.
The huge natural harbour can be explored by kayak, where you’ll have excellent views of the lines of brightly painted houses, or if you’d rather stay dry, you can visit some of the renowned attractions in town, such as the magnificent St. Coleman’s Cathedral.
14. Killarney National Park
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Situated within the Ring of Kerry, Killarney National Park offers adventurous travellers the chance to explore the unspoiled wilds of Ireland in one of its most popular national parks.
Here, you’ll find stunning natural attractions such as the serene Muckross Lake or the beautiful Torc Waterfall.
Those looking for a challenge can make their way to the questionably named Cardiac Hill in search of the rewarding view at the summit, or the more forgiving Torc Mountain.
15. Timoleague
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Timoleague Abbey
A short drive away over in West Cork and past Kinsale, you’ll find yourself in the charmingly quaint town of Timoleague.
More reminiscent of a village than a town, it’s characterised by lines of colourfully painted houses that make it a joy to wander around and unwind.
You’ll also find the 13th-century Timoleague Abbey here, where you can learn about the earliest Christians who settled here.
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California School to Add Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
By Dayna Evans
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At a Missouri high school this week, more than 100 students walked out to protest 17-year-old Lila Perry’s use of the women’s bathroom after school officials gave her permission to do so at the start of the year. Trans and gender-fluid students, like their adult counterparts, face abuse and trauma when it comes to simple human behaviors, like using the restroom. Although California passed a law in 2013 allowing students to use the bathroom of their choice, Miraloma Elementary in San Francisco is going a step further and plans to make gender-neutral bathrooms available.
SFGate reports that, after parents began raising the issue that the needs of their gender nonconforming and transgender children were not being met, the school’s principal vowed to adopt gender-neutral bathrooms over the next few years. There are gender-neutral bathrooms currently in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms, but principal Sam Bass told SFGate that the community is committed to getting the new bathrooms installed for all grades, no matter the cost.
This decision was made to accommodate several young children at the school who were struggling with having to choose a bathroom out of fear of facing bullying from other students. One mother of a gender-fluid first grader told the paper, “I think most people don’t think about how difficult it can be, going to the bathroom for someone like my son.” Before you think this is some hippie-dippy San Francisco thing, know that schools in Ottawa are also adopting more inclusive restroom setups. In this case, thanks, Canada.
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Home›Education News›Faculty at California State threaten strike
Faculty at California State threaten strike
A gap of three percent separates the California State faculty and California State officials. At least that’s the number that may end up causing a strike.
According to PE.com, professors and lecturers are asking for a bump in pay but CSU officials aren’t budging.
It is the fourth time in eight years that Cal State faculty so riled up about salaries that it is threatening an all-out strike. Today the school administrators will vote whether to listen to the demands, or risk the faculty refusing to work for wages they feel are too low.
The percentage that’s causing the squabble amounts to $2,900 for a full professor and $1,800 for a lecturer working full-time.
That’s not a lot of money on the front end, but with the size of the school’s faculty, the total comes to around $61 million.
The school is not completely against a raise for faculty members and has offered 2 percent. This is the same raise that other university employees were granted earlier this year.
The vote on whether to strike will take place today. Classes won’t immediately be cancelled though. If the faculty union does decide to strike, it won’t take place until the beginning of 2016.
I hope the school and faculty can come to some sort of agreement that means students won’t be impacted negatively. The top-notch professors are the reason Cal State is so sought after so the school should consider that heavily when looking over these salary demands. Talent and expertise should be compensated when possible for the benefit for student retention and success following graduation.
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Golf club cleaning franchise Club-Clean has joined the PGA Official Supplier programme. Club-Clean uses utlrasonic cleaning machines to clean a full set of golf clubs, heads and grips, in just a few minutes.
Club-Clean franchise owners operate mobile valet stations and work within their own territories on a 'pay as you go' basis, or for a fixed fee for the day for a corporate, charity and captains' golf events.
A Cheshire-based firm, Club-Clean is the latest to become part of the PGA's expanding portfolio of official suppliers - a network of some of golf's most respected businesses.
Club-Clean Managing Director Simon Towers said: "I think our conscientious and progressive approach has stood us in good stead and helped to bring about our success. This new relationship with the PGA is central to the development of our business and we will be working together to benefit all parties, including PGA professionals and our franchise owners."
Robert Maxfield, PGA Property and Commercial Director, said: "To play your best golf and get the most our of your equipment, every golfer needs clean clubs and Club-Clean offers an excellent service. We welcome them to the PGA Official Supplier programme and look forward to their continued success."
Towers added: "To be associated with the PGA, one of the most prestigious names in golf, is an honour and we very much look forward to working with them, and it's members, over the next few years."
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Myth – People Buy a Franchise Just for the Name
“Is the reason why people buy a franchise just for the franchise name?” We get asked this question quite often. And given that there are many established franchise names that over time have become branded in the world, it can seem daunting if you are wanting to franchise your business and realize that no one knows your name yet!
First of all, it’s important to understand what it takes to become a “brand name”. Regardless of how long a business has been operating in an area and whether it has one, two, three or even a dozen locations, a business doesn’t really become a brand or become known until it has a presence in other markets. And in order for a business to accomplish this kind of recognition, it really has to have a lot of successful operators. So when you really think about it, the REAL underlying reason why people buy a franchise is because there are proven methods, techniques, processes and best practices that have been developed, not just for the franchise name (to learn more see “Why People Buy a Franchise”). So this myth is FALSE!
The truth is that name (or branding of a business) becomes more valuable over time as there becomes a presence in different markets. Franchising is simply the catalyst to make that happen quickly (visit our main website to learn more about franchising a business). So if you are thinking about franchising your business you must have a business which is scalable, unique and easy to operate (learn what the key points are to building a successful franchise). And once that begins to happen, then slowly the name of your business becomes recognizable and gradually your brand starts to take shape.
People who buy a franchise typically want to get into a business quickly and learn how to do that business without having to try to figure everything out. This means that your responsibility as a franchisor is to teach these new business owners everything that they need to know about starting your business in their market. The whole idea is that these operators do not have to go through the same mistakes, trials and tribulations that you did when you first started your business (read more about how we help you structure your franchise training program). In other words, as a franchisor, you are going to fast track things so that a new business owner can immediately start your business in their market and immediately start generating revenue.
Another unit of measure for the franchise business is the value the business provides. Does the franchise business meet a need? Has the franchise business been proven to work (proof of concept) and has it been operating already?
But make no mistake… the true value of a franchise business is the methods, techniques, processes and best practices that you give to the new business owner (see if your business makes sense to franchise by reading “Can I Be a Franchisor?”). And as different franchisees operate the business in different markets, the name that is associated with the business becomes more valuable over time. Once there is a presence in other markets, then you gradually begin to become a brand. You could have the best name in the whole wide world, but that doesn’t mean anything if you don’t have something successful behind it. In order for a business to become a recognizable name that people are going to want, you first have to have a business model that works on all levels. That is the real value of a franchise business! If you are interested in wanting to make your business name a recognizable brand then provide us your contact information or call us directly at 1-877-615-5177 and we will be happy to explore if franchising makes sense for you.
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Household Finances
ROB CARRICK
No longer the darling: How to prepare for a falling loonie
Published March 24, 2014 Updated May 12, 2018
Your latest financial worry: The global economy is starting to get back to normal.
It means Canada's 15 minutes of fame as a model of economic fortitude to the world are done. The U.S. economy looks to have better growth prospects, and investment dollars are flowing there instead of to us. As a result, our dollar is no longer the darling it was during the financial crisis.
There are some moves you can make as an investor to profit from this shift, but your day-to-day finances are vulnerable. "For households, the lower dollar is almost entirely a lose-lose proposition," said Philip Cross, a former Statistics Canada chief economist who has written a report for the Fraser Institute on the impact of a falling dollar on our economy.
A falling currency makes Canadian resources and products more affordable in a world where the U.S. dollar is the reference currency. It also encourages foreign investors to buy Canadian assets, and maybe to manufacture things here. And yet, Mr. Cross believes the net effect of a falling dollar is negative.
A key reason: A falling dollar means higher prices for things such as gasoline, natural gas for home heating and groceries like fruits and vegetables. Mr. Cross summarizes a lower dollar as "a pure loss of purchasing power."
Recently, Enbridge Inc.'s gas distribution arm asked regulators in Ontario for permission to jack up natural gas costs by nearly 40 per cent, starting next month. A cold winter has depleted Enbridge's gas stocks and it must replenish them with gas that costs more both because of rising energy prices and our falling dollar.
Petroleum products may just be where the falling dollar hurts households the most. Mr. Cross cites Statscan numbers that show Canadians spent $73.2-billion last year on gasoline, and another $10.9-billion on natural gas and home heating oil. By his math, a 10-per-cent drop in the dollar to 90 cents (U.S.) costs households $8.4-billion directly in higher energy prices, a 15-per-cent drop would cost $12.6-billion and a 20-per-cent decline would cost $16.8- billion.
As it happens, the dollar is down roughly 10 per cent from its level of a year ago. Mr. Cross says economists are notoriously poor at forecasting what's ahead for currencies, but he did offer this nugget: When the dollar builds momentum in one particular direction, it tends to overshoot. In other words, the dollar could fall more than it already has.
As an investor, you can profit from this – just own U.S. stocks or equity funds. A 10 per cent decline in our dollar boosts your returns in these assets by 10 percentage points as long as you don't own funds that use currency hedging to mute currency fluctuations.
Barry Schwartz, chief investment officer at Baskin Financial Services, said our weak currency is part of a greater argument for buying U.S. stocks. "If the Canadian dollar goes lower, you win," he said. "If U.S. economy improves, you win. If the Canadian economy improves, you might win as well. Canada's only going to do well if the U.S. does well."
Here in Canada, companies in the energy, mining and timber sectors are obvious winners from a lower dollar, Mr. Schwartz said. He notes that all commodities are priced in U.S. dollars, which means a falling Canadian dollar is like free money for resource companies.
Mr. Schwartz agrees that a falling loonie will affect the purchasing power of households, but he mentioned last month's strong retail sales as evidence that people are doing okay. "On one hand you're going to be pinched because of the lower dollar, and on the other good things will be happening to pad your pocket."
In theory, the same will apply to the next phase of economic normalization, which is interest rates rising from today's depressed levels. Savers and investors will benefit from higher returns when they put new money in bonds, term deposits and bank accounts, while people who owe money will pay more.
The question we have to ask ourselves about rising rates and a lower dollar is whether better results from our investments can offset higher costs from gas, groceries and debt repayment. With the household debt-to-income ratio still at record highs, the answer for many households has to be no.
An economy that is back to normal will generate jobs and help incomes keep up with or even exceed household expenses. But a lower-dollar, higher-rate world will be a nasty place for households with lots of debt and shaky finances. The story of middle-class financial stress has legs.
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Gasoline price increases as the loonie falls
Economist Philip Cross uses 2012 average spending per household data to show the impact of a falling dollar on spending on gasoline. Average cost in 2012: $2,394
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Up and Coming Spotlight: Derik Duley
August 18, 2017 August 17, 2017 Benny SperlingGame Interviews, Kickstarter
Benny interviews up and coming game designer, Derik Duley. They discuss his roll & write game, Ancient Artifacts, and his plans for the future.
Benny: Welcome everyone, today I’m visiting with an up and coming game publisher and designer, Derik Duley. Derik is preparing to release his game, Ancient Artifacts, a roll and write adventure! Coming to Kickstarter August 2017
What inspired you to design Ancient Artifacts?
Derik: Well, over a year ago, Ryan Sanders (The Inquisitive Meeple) introduced me to roll and write games by asking me to make one. While it started on a sheet of paper, the project quickly exploded into cards and tons of tokens. He also made some notes in my private forum for the idea of players drafting dice and using them on a rondel. I “failed” but the seed was planted.
A few months ago, I heard about this game called Wurfel Pie. I reached out to the designer out of curiosity and was blessed with the opportunity to play a ton of Benny Sperling roll and write games. Then, I received Octodice (Alderac) – which uses a few tiles as a board – and my mind was BLOWN.
I wanted to tell a story – send players on a multi-stage adventure. Mr. Sanders’ note gave me an operation I could use a board for. The first draft was basically Mad Max traveling around the wasteland trying to gather supplies. It allowed me to build a rondel with several locations and different actions. Unfortunately, my desire for the board and direction the sheet was going didn’t make sense with the theme. So, I went to Twitter. Carla Kopp (TIGR’s own!) recommended Indiana Jones and it was PERFECT!
With my sights set on Indy, everything fell into place in about a day. As I fleshed out each step on the player sheet, I just kept asking myself “How would this work in OctoDice and Wurfel Pie?” No joke, “What would Sperling do?” fixed a few roadblocks 🙂 And that was it!
I’ve played AA, it’s a great game! How did you find the right mix of game mechanics for it?
That is very kind of you to say. Partly, dumb luck (also called persistence). I spent a lot of time analyzing OctoDice and Wurfel Pie, and came to the conclusion that the different ways to use the exact same dice were the key to their fun. And that’s what allowed the draft to be so good.
Drafting dice to choose your location was only a means to get to the sheet, though. I tried to keep the same mindset of dual purpose on the sheet but I was still carrying push-your-luck from the previous version. Building sets and runs were the only other things I knew how to do with dice, so I tried that out. Turns out, some results building gradually and other results being all-or-none worked thematically and felt really good, too.
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You’ve made a decision to self-publish under Lagniappe Games. What do you see as the benefits of this path versus a traditional publisher? Do you have any concerns?
I wish I could say I had a unique answer here. I went for the typical benefits: control over MY game, ability to publish anything else I want (because it’s unappreciated or touches my heart), and the chance to build a business I can poor my heart in to. Ugh, there are so many concerns, but they are almost all related to execution. Did I calculate shipping correctly? Did I withhold enough money for taxes? How accessible is this game? It can be a tad unnerving sometimes, but it’s an adventure I’m excited to be on.
Where does the name Lagniappe come from?
Lagniappe is a French word for a gift or bonus – “something extra”. I chose the name because I want the company’s priority to be people. Customers and designers should come away feeling like they got something extra – more than they paid for, even.
You have attempted a Kickstarter before. How will that your knowledge from that one help Ancient Artifacts?
Yes sir, I did. Hot Pursuit failed for a few distinct reasons which guide most every decision I will make for Kickstarter campaigns going forward. The game was a tough sell – sketchy player count (1-10), low components (32 cards), and a brain burning filler. Worse yet, I had almost nothing to share to generate interest: the cards only needed 4 illustrations, I only had two reviews, I didn’t take pictures at the two conventions I attended, and I didn’t even have how-to-play videos ready for launch.
I will never launch a campaign again without actually being ready. I HAVE to take pictures, share on social media, and feature eye catching illustrations. I think most importantly, though, I am now willing to let other publishers have some of my games when they clearly can handle them better than me.
How long have you been designing games?
Roughly 5 years. Up until recently, I’ve been too cautious to go anywhere/do anything with the work.
Do you have an heroes in the game design community?
Benny Sperling. This guy is crazy prolific, terribly nice, and excels with a component that I just can’t wrap my head around: standard six-sided dice. He has more than a few auto-buy games coming in the next year or two. (Author note: thank you for the kind words, Derik!)
Jason Dinger. Another awfully nice indie designer, Mr. Dinger broke onto the scene with a game that stopped me dead at work: Captains of the Gulf. He seems to excel at another thing I’ve failed to conquer in nearly 5 years: making games about Louisiana. This guy makes me homesick like no other. He also just happens to be a thorough and clever designer.
While these two have had a huge impact in my recent life, there are so many minor heroes, too.
You mention being home sick for the Gulf. Tell us about New Orleans, would it make a cool setting for a game?
Mon dieu! New Orleans is stupid hot and muggy and infested with mosquitoes. But it is also covered in old vegetation, surrounded by wildlife, and filled with a friendly mixing pot of people who celebrate incredible food, lively music, and the decaying old city.
While I love the place (I cried when I found my favorite author’s last books before he died were set there), it’s tough to gauge how other people will feel. The real challenge setting games there, as opposed to movies and books, is that we tend to really lean on the audience’s familiarity with the setting. Mr. Dinger and I were both pretty floored to see how many people jumped on board for Captains of the Gulf based on theme and story alone. To be fair, he does an amazing job of setting the theme in that game.
There are so many opportunities there, though. It has a long, notorious history of corrupt police, was a critical port and supply lane during the Civil War, and and, thanks to its history as a French, then Spanish, then French again, and finally US territory, had some fairly unique traditions. I’d love to make a game about the downtown tribes coming together every year to make a new suit for their chief and compete with dancing and singing; Mike Mullins was a finalist in last year’s Cardboard Edison Award with a game about street bands; and Mr. Dinger is even working on a farming game about sugar cane (Louisiana’s #1 crop).
What are your top 5 favorite games?
7 Wonders, Isle of Trains, Into a New World, Captains of the Gulf, and Santorini.
What is next for you on the design horizon?
Well, next for Lagniappe (after Ancient Artifacts) is a game from my friend Craig Chenoweth called Space Bacon. Players are pigs racing through SPAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!!!!!!!! I’m also trying to get my hands on pretty much anything from that Jason Dinger guy.
Personally, I’m still trying to make that Mad Max roll and write work, and I’m also trying to build a cyber-noir detective game with an expansive story, persistent game elements (Legacy-ish), and which (hopefully) teaches itself.
But I think I’m most excited about a series of pocket-sized book games that I’m working on. Each one has to be crazy cool and special to make the small format worthwhile. The first one is a solitaire roll and write civilization game featuring legacy-style progression and an evolving story. Stay tuned to find out more!
It’s interesting you mentioned wanting to get your hands on a Jason Dinger game to possibly publish. How does the developer hat suit you?
Oh my goodness I love it. I mean, I HAVE to design – if I don’t that creative energy builds up and festers within me. But developing just makes my heart happy. It’s the one activity which combines all my joys: playing, problem solving, finessing, and helping. That time spent working with someone else to make their pet project better is just… I will do everything I can to do that for the rest of my life.
Thank you so much for your time, Mr. Sperling! It means a lot to me that you have so much faith in/excitement for Ancient Artifacts. 😄
Thank you, Mr. Duley for bringing an excellent and challenging game like Ancient Artifacts to the board game table! Looking forward to your next great adventures!
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Undefeated Nurmagomedov makes long awaited return
Khabib Nurmagomedov looks to be all business this week as he competes for the first time in over a year at UFC 219 vs. Edson Barboza.
At 24-0, Nurmagomedov has established himself as one of the most dominant fighters in the sport. Now at the doorstep of championship contention, “The Eagle” takes on his toughest test to date in the veteran Barboza, who holds an impressive 87 percent takedown defense mark in 17 career UFC bouts.
Nurmagomedov is confident in his standup against the aerial artist who has some of the most iconic head kick finishes in UFC history.
Strawweight rising star gets next test in top 10
Cynthia Calvillo can put an exclamation on arguably the most amazing rookie year in in the history of the UFC with a win over former strawweight champ Carla Esparza.
The Team Alpha Male top female has gone 3-0 with a pair of submissions on her way to the No. 6 ranking in the 115-pound division. A win over Esparza makes four straight wins to open her UFC career in just a 10-month span.
If Esparza has anything to say about it, the hype train around Calvillo will get derailed. The first-ever strawweight champion has a huge opportunity to vault herself back into title contention if she’s able to steal Calvillo’s momentum in this high-stakes matchup.
Natural Born Killer is back – enough said
When Carlos Condit tweeted in September that he was set to make a comeback to the UFC, the entire community paused to give thanks.
We’re talking about one of the most must-see fighters of his generation and Condit is treated like a treasure in a sport that values entertainment value.
Against Magny – a fun fighter to watch in his own right – Condit gets the perfect matchup in his return as he kicks the rust off the tires in a Fight of the Year pre-fight contender.
Vegas’ Rountree searching for another KO
The heralded light heavyweight Khalil Rountree stumbled out of the gates with a pair of losses to begin his UFC career. He struggles against wrestlers and that was the early knock on him.
But after re-committing to his training and changing his mindset, Rountree has emerged as a rising prospect at 205 pounds riding a two-fight win streak (two first round knockouts) into his UFC 219 scrap with Michael Oleksiejczuk.
“Lord” is a striker known for KO power which all but guarantees a striking show in the main event of the FS1 prelims.
Matt Parrino is a digital producer and writer for UFC.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MattParrino
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Patriots' five biggest offseason issues: Uncertainty reigns in New England
Lorenzo Reyes
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The New England Patriots have been the most prolific dynasty over the past two decades. But Sunday's Super Bowl LII loss to the Philadelphia Eagles raised some concerns about the future, and the team will have five significant concerns to address in the offseason.
1. How will Tom Brady fare at 41 years old?
Brady won his third league MVP award Saturday night and remains one of the most productive and clutch passers in the NFL after breaking his own Super Bowl record for most passing yards. But he still will turn 41 this August, and questions remain about whether a drop-off could finally arrive. Brady, however, has said he wants to play to his mid-40s and has shattered expectations about what to expect from a quarterback of his age.
2. Will Gronk be back?
Rob Gronkowski raised some eyebrows after the Patriots' loss on Sunday night by stopping short of committing to play next season. If the all-pro tight end does decide to retire at 28, it would be a crippling below to New England's offense. No one creates mismatches like Gronkowski, who led the team with 69 catches, 1,084 receiving yards and eight touchdown receptions last season. The Patriots have to hope that Gronkowski just didn't want to address his future at the time, though the receiving corps will get a boost with the return of Julian Edelman.
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3. Staff change
The Patriots will have to replace defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, officially hired by the Lions on Monday, but the team was dealt a bit of a surprise when offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels elected to remain rather than the Indianapolis Colts' head coaching position. The contract of special teams coordinator Joe Judge is also expiring at the end of the season, per multiple reports. Though transition is inevitable, the Patriots like to promote from within and already have viable candidates as replacements. Assuming New England sticks with the in-house route, look for linebackers coach Brian Flores to lead the defense.
4. Hitting the market
Like all teams entering the offseason, the Patriots need to determine which of their impending free agents will be their priorities. The most interesting situations concern left tackle Nate Solder, 29, cornerback Malcolm Butler, 27, receiver Danny Amendola, 32, and running back Dion Lewis, 27. Butler seems like a lock to leave after his unceremonious Super Bowl benching. All players are key contributors. But New England, more so than any other franchise in the NFL, has been able to replace productive players with more affordable options.
5. Finding a successor
When the Patriots dealt former backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers prior to the 2017 trading deadline, they parted with any future the team might have at quarterback beyond Brady. Finding a young and talented backup option is not an imminent need given Brady's return, but it's undoubtedly something to be addressed in the near future. The Patriots have Brian Hoyer through the 2019 season, but the 32-year-old is at best a short-term solution. Beyond him, New England doesn’t have another passer on its roster. Look for the Patriots to strongly consider taking a quarterback at some point in the NFL draft. If an intriguing prospect at the position is available at the end of the first round, New England might take the leap.
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Discover the San Francisco Bay Area
Santa Cruz Wharf
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Take the family to this seaside playground on the Central Coast
Host to popular annual events such as April’s Jazz on the Wharf music festival and June’s Woodies on the Wharf classic car show, this 0.8 kilometre-long pier draws 1.5 million to 2 million visitors each year. Keep an eye out for resident sea lions frolicking beneath as you stroll the gift shops (check out Made in Santa Cruz for a local souvenir), belly up to the wine bar for a sunset view, and dine above the waves in one of the wharf’s 10 restaurants.
The wharf—the family-friendly counterpart to romantic, nearby Capitola Wharf—is also a hub for exploring the surrounding Monterey Bay, from fishing and whale-watching excursions to kayak and SUP rentals. The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, home to one of the oldest amusement parks in the state, is also just east of the wharf: Don’t miss a ride on the Giant Dipper, the park’s famed wooden roller coaster.
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A crimson bridge, cable cars, a sparkling bay, and streets lined with elegant Victorian homes—San Francisco is undeniably one of the world’s great cities. Located along the Northern California at the state’s distinctive bend in the coast, the region has an alluring magic that stretches beyond the bay to diverse cities with nightlife and trend-setting cuisine.
"I left my heart in San Francisco, High on a hill, it calls to me." –singer Tony Bennett
The Bay Area is also home to some of the world’s finest wine country, including Napa Valley and Sonoma, plus waterfront towns, dramatic beaches, and the tech-savvy southern end of the bay known as the Silicon Valley, where lunchtime ideas at Google, Facebook, and Apple, turn into the next brilliant innovation.
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This delightful little beach town possesses serious surf DNA and is just a short drive from San Francisco
Half Moon Bay is situated 45 minutes south of San Francisco on Highway 1, but it might as well be half a world away. Home to the world-famous...
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With her rolled-up sleeves, clenched fist, and polka-dotted kerchief, Rosie the Riveter rose to stardom as a 1940s graphic-art icon who symbolised...
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Luxurious spas, farm-to-table dining, and easy access to dozens of wineries—these Napa and Sonoma resorts offer the indulgent getaway you need
Ready for some “me time” in Wine Country? Reserve your spot at one of these spectacular Napa and Sonoma resorts.
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Sparkling bay, magic city
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San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth.
See one of the world’s most famous landmarks, spanning an elegant bay
With towers soaring 746 feet/227 metres into the sky, its span arcing across the mouth of San Francisco Bay, and all of it painted bright red-...
Spotlight: Napa Valley
Rock rolls into the wine country with this three-day event in Napa that features 2019 headliners Imagine Dragons, Neil Young, and Mumford & Sons. With more than 80 performers in the May 24–26...
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San Francisco has only one drawback - 'tis hard to leave.
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Explore ultimate wine country luxury in the land where Cabernet is king
Napa Valley reigns as the land of grand estates, luxurious tasting rooms, quaint towns and elegant...
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Escape to wine country with its secret vineyards, cosy inns and rich history
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Kid-friendly fun zones, special kids' menus & amazing wine for the grownups
Sure wine country is romantic, but now it’s a surprisingly great destination for families too, with a growing number of vineyards trading in elegant tasting rooms for kid-friendly fun zones that...
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Catalan Festival
Get the Spanish spirit at this colourful event. Stroll the grounds of Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards with a glass of bubbly, and take in a whirl of passionate music, flamenco dancing, and food...
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California's Celebrity Chefs
Taste the delicious dishes from these amazing California chefs
From a candy-coloured pastry shop to Michelin-starred dining rooms, top restaurants run by celebrity chefs dot the Golden State. And even if you don’t know these chefs from the TV...
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World-class accommodations in world-class locations
Head to the heart of California’s cities for luxurious stays at world-class accommodations. From San Francisco’s historic hotels to celebrity hot spots in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, California’s...
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Spotlight: Oakland
Edgy, artsy, diverse
It’s been called “San Francisco’s Brooklyn,” and San Francisco’s sister city, just across the water in the East Bay region, has the same kind of...
Top Bay Area Museums
Explore the cultural fabric of the Bay Area
Arts abound in this culturally diverse region, with different experiences and styles all over the Bay Area. Start in...
10 Top Farmers Markets
Farm-fresh produce, culinary adventures
Juicy heirloom tomatoes and just-picked strawberries. Super-sweet peaches shaped like mini UFOs. Artisanal cheeses, emerald-green olive oils, local wildflower honey—California’s farmers’ markets...
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Surf's up at NorCal's friendly beach getaway
This ultra-mellow beach town has a decided split personality—and both sides are cool. First, there’s the woo-hoo family fun of the Santa Cruz...
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Must-See State Parks
From Gold Rush history to 8th wonders of the world, visit these favorites
If there was ever a box of chocolates—and all of them delicious—it’s the rich collection of natural treasures, fascinating...
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12 Great Beaches for Kids
Make memories at some of California's family-favorite beaches
Sand, water, and kids—it’s a natural combination for easy family fun. This sandy dozen offers appealing, family-friendly features, such as calm water for new swimmers, tide pools for intrepid...
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Museums, music, and a hint of bohemia
Nested near the city’s cupola-topped City Hall, impressive performance spaces in San Francisco present some of California’s—and the world’s—...
Mill Valley Film Festival
A celebration of the best in independent and world cinema, this high-powered but low-key event always attracts major filmmakers and stars, as well as some of the hottest independent talents in the...
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Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival
Get into the spirit of the season at the self-proclaimed “World Pumpkin Capital” (expansive pumpkin patches surrounding this Central Coast town give the name some weight). Highlight of the weekend...
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Dig into a foodie heaven
Chef Alice Waters and her group of idealistic friends didn’t intend to spark a movement when they opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971; they...
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Spotlight: San Jose
Tech savvy, international flair
The first hit of this city’s unmistakable techy-ness starts right off the bat—if you get here by plane. Meet Space Observer, a 26-foot/7.9-metre-...
America's largest and most prestigious cycling event brings many of the world’s top riders to the Golden State. The 8-stage race changes it up every year, with new courses connecting cities and...
It's simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn't be anywhere else -- it's so beautiful, and there's that location, and the sense of the free spirit. ... Who couldn't become ravenous in such a place?
Dining Hot Spots
Sample ultra-fresh, hyper-local, and downright amazing
When you come to California, come hungry. This is a state that seriously knows how to cook. Amazing and innovative chefs sprinkled with Michelin stars work with local farms and artisanal food...
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If you don't believe us, just Google it
Welcome to California’s tech-centric brain pool. Wrapping around the south end of San Francisco Bay, the communities collectively known as Silicon...
Smaller Theme Parks & Attractions
Old-fashioned fun in the Golden State
Historic oceanfront playgrounds, classic city-park charmers, boisterous adventures—smaller theme parks and attractions offer an array of ways to play. These smaller parks offer old-...
Mavericks Challenge
Countdowns don’t get any more exciting than this. When conditions are just right, ocean swells pile up against an offshore reef, about three-and-a-half kilometres off the Northern California...
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According to legend, Winchester Mystery House's maze of passages and building oddities were designed to confuse the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles.
Family-Favourite Science Centres & Museums
Kids get an inside look at wildlife, space, and more
From cool ways for your kids to learn about wildlife, to an insider’s look at a space station, to a chance to walk through a rainforest or learn about the night sky, there’s a bumper...
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Special VIP Tours
Check these amazing experiences off your bucket list
Kiss a beluga, see cool movie props, and learn about Walt’s secret hideaway on exclusive and behind-the-scenes tours at California’s theme parks and attractions. Here’s a roundup of worth-the-...
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Cross the Golden Gate Bridge to the land of the giants
To experience one of California’s most unforgettable must-sees, visit this remarkable grove, a hop-skip north of San Francisco. Tucked into an...
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Unhurried charms east of San Francisco
This often overlooked wine country, a roughly 1-hour drive east of San Francisco, is one of those places that make you feel like you’ve (happily)...
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Abundant beauty, family fun, culture
Come visit and explore the Bay Area. San Francisco, the City by the Bay not only offers beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay, but an abundance...
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Lands End: San Francisco's Oceanfront Gem
Discover a window into the past and amazing views of San Francisco at this oceanfront playground
While most people beeline to the Golden Gate Bridge for their Instagram shots of San Francisco, some of the most amazing views of the City by the...
Shopping Hot Spots
Where to release your inner fashionista
Shopping is an art form in California. Whether you're in search of the perfect cocktail dress or an authentic Mexican piñata, you'll find it here. Want to sample fresh produce? Try our farmers...
Ranches, vineyards, and relaxed appeal east of San Francisco
With warm sun and wide open spaces cradling vineyards, ranches, and wine country estates, the Livermore Valley makes an appealing destination just...
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5 Best Walks near San Francisco
Take a fresh look at the Bay Area on these scenic walks
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John Muir National Historic Site
Explore the East Bay home of the legendary conservationist
After wandering the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains, conservationist and Sierra Club founder...
Discover Gold Country
You can learn a lot about a place from its name. Placerville, at the junction of Highways 49 and 50,...
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With hundreds of restaurants to choose from, Long Beach offers a diverse selection of dishes to satisfy any palate. Whether you’re looking for a family-friendly restaurant...
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The famously themed rooms at this historic 110-room hotel include plenty of kid-pleasers. Pint-size princesses will no doubt spin and twirl in the fairytale-like Old Mill...
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This region, in California's north-east corner, is know for its mountains, forests, waterfalls, and amazing, safe-to-visit volcanoes. The region, a 3-hour drive north of Sacramento, gets its name from the rugged Cascade Mountains and their signature peak the 4,322-metre Mount Shasta—yes, a volcano.
Spotlight: Pacific Crest Trail
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With crashing waves along the coast and soaring redwood trees blanketing kilometres of uncrowded parkland, this is one of California’s most spectacular regions. The largest city, Eureka, is roughly a 5-hour drive north of San Francisco—but what a drive!: see lush wine country, charming villages, spouting whales, and breathtaking sunsets.
Spotlight: Redwood National & State Parks
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The western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range, defining California’s eastern border, are known as the Gold Country, named after the rich Mother Lode discovered here in the mid-1850s. While gold is still found in the region, new riches include top museums and art in Sacramento, the state capital, plus whitewater rafting, tucked-away towns, farm-fresh dining, and award-winning wines.
Spotlight: Sacramento
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On the western oceanfront of Northern California, at the state’s distinctive bend along the coast, lies this breathtaking region. It’s framed by an unforgettable gateway—the iconic Golden Gate Bridge—spanning the mouth of San Francisco Bay. Explore diverse cities, picturesque hamlets, family-friendly beaches, coastal parklands, and wine country, including Napa and Sonoma wine country, 1½ hours north of San Francisco.
Nicknamed “California’s backbone,” this region of towering granite peaks defines much of the state’s eastern boundary. Visit Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, and the giant trees of Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks—all within a day’s drive of either San Francisco or L.A. In winter, enjoy snow sports; in summer, go hiking, mountain biking, fishing, or boating.
Spotlight: Lake Tahoe
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Running right down the middle of California, this broad region contains some of most productive farmland in the world. Wine country around Lodi features big, bold reds. Further south, Fresno has a lively arts scene.
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In this narrow strip of coastal hills and valleys, discover romantic towns, including Carmel by the Sea, historic Monterey, and elegant Santa Barbara, nicknamed 'the American Riviera.' The region’s classic drive along Highway One, linking San Francisco to Los Angeles, visits Big Sur, Hearst Castle, wine country, and kick back surf towns.
Spotlight: Monterey & Carmel
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This dramatic region takes up the southeastern half of the state. Remarkable desert parklands, including Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Anza-Borrego, provide an extraordinary chance to explore, while the oasis-like allure of Palm Springs, 3 hours northeast of San Diego, offers sunny resort-style getaways, with golf, tennis, spas, and high-end shopping.
Spotlight: Greater Palm Springs
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California Welcome Centres in the Deserts
This densely populated Southern California region has surprising alpine getaways, like Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead, in the impressive San Bernardino Range. On the region’s sunny east side, explore the inviting Temecula Valley wine region. The university town of Riverside is the region’s largest city. San Bernardino, the second largest city, has museums and impressive shopping, while Fontana has NASCAR racing.
Spotlight: Temecula Valley
California Welcome Centres in the Inland Empire
This sunny region along the state’s southern coast is California’s most populated region, best known as the capital of the entertainment industry. Here, film stars really do work in Hollywood, play in the surf at Malibu, and shop in Beverly Hills. Looping motorways make the car king, but the region also has a surprisingly good network of buses and light rail, a hassle-free way to explore.
Spotlight: Hollywood
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Tucked between San Diego and Los Angeles Counties, this region is known for flawless beaches and “the happiest place on earth,” Disneyland Resort. Anaheim, the theme park’s home, offers a surprisingly hip vibe in a refurbished downtown. Newport Beach has dazzling yachts, Huntington Beach has iconic surfing, and Costa Mesa beckons with top shopping.
Spotlight: Disneyland Resort
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This sun-and-surf region is known for some of the best weather and warmest water in the state. San Diego, the state’s second largest city, is home to the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, one of the world’s great urban parks. For family fun, play at SeaWorld San Diego and Legoland California. Inland, discover surprising mountain towns like Julian, known for orchards and apple pie.
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Lameplast Group's Barbara Reguzzoni speaks to Webpackaging about its 40 years of expertise in the pharmaceutical industry and how the company has developed from its beginnings as a manufacturer to the complete service provider which it is today.
Barbara, tell us a bit about Lameplast and what the company does...
Lameplast Group provides complete, flexible and integrated services for the manufacturing, filling and packaging of pharmaceutical products, medical devices as well as cosmetics, from the design of new containers to the finished product, worldwide
We do everything from the study of the materials to the design and production of the primary container: From the contract manufacturing service to the production of filling and sealing machines. We are the only group that stands as a single reference point and can boast a complete service ranging from the research and development of materials to the creation of a personalised pack, tailor-made to your needs. Lameplast Group is the ideal reference point for pharmaceutical companies as their partner in production - sharing their philosophy, and enabling them to make use of our highly specialised expertise to meet their marketing needs.
The Group offers the experience of 3 firms with different areas of expertise:
Lameplast is a manufacturer of plastic containers for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
C.O.C. Farmaceutici is specialized in services for the preparation, filling and packing of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare, personal care and cosmetics.
LF of America is a US-based company with vast experience in the filling and packaging of cosmetic products.
The Group guarantees maximum quality and safety at all stages of the production process. Every part of the production cycle, including packaging, takes place in a controlled environment and is guaranteed by the experience gained by the company through some 40 years working with the pharmaceutical industry.
What makes Lameplast stand out from other companies?
The group is known for having launched the first single-dose container for ophthalmic use over 35 years ago - an innovative pack that guarantees maximum hygiene and which does not require preservatives. Now we produce the single-dose plastic container on a large scale as it is required for a variety of uses from pharmaceuticals to cometics. Today we are specialized in the moulding of the single-dose containers in various plastic materials and in the filling of any type of sterile product in both single-dose containers as well as preservative-free bottles.
Lameplast Group is a single point of reference from concept to the finished product. Our products are 100% Italian and as I said previously, benefit from over 40 years of industry experience. Thanks to our comprehensive service, the know-how built up and the technology acquired, the wide range of catalogue products and an efficient service worldwide, we are today the most reliable manufacturer of our kind on the international market.
So, is Lameplast primarily a manufacturer?
First of all we are contract manufacturers for pharmaceuticals, personal care products and cosmetics. But over time, in order to meet the requirements of the market, we started to offer additional services to satisfy the needs of our customers and now we offer a total service. Lameplast is also able to offer a more complete service by directly supplying its customers with machines for the filling of single-dose containers (Pentafill). In addition, we can offer a complete line of medical devices ready for distribution with the customer's branding and logo. These are CE-branded and can be directly marketed across the EU and also overseas (subject to local registration), in single and multi-dose plastic containers, including ophthalmic preservative-free bottles.
What are your current locations and how are they strategically important?
We have three manufacturing plants, two near Modena and one near Bologna, in the heart of Emilia Romagna, an area that is well known as an important and highly productive manufacturing area in Italy. In this region we have some of the most renowned and appreciated brand in the world including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Blumarine, etc.
You mentioned before that your products can be directly marketed across the EU as well as overseas, what then are the principal markets for Lameplast?
The group is specialized in the manufacturing of single-dose plastic containers and in the filling of products without preservatives both in single-dose vials and in bottles. We sell our products worldwide - Europe including the Mediterranean area and emerging country markets in America, Asia and Africa. We also have a subsidiary in the USA (Florida) specialized in manufacturing and filling of cosmetic products.
In Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Middle-East we work as pharma & cosmetic contract manufacturer and customers appreciate our comprehensive service from preparing the container to having the finished product, ready to be marketed. In Asia and America we sell our empty single-dose containers and filling machines.
Our customer portfolio includes the biggest names in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors; large multinationals and important companies are our customers since years. A demonstration that quality, know-how and our service is always appreciated.
Can you tell us what its like to work Lameplast from a customer's point of view?
We've been working with a leading Asian pharmaceutical company specialising in ophthalmic drugs which needed a single-dose container with containers and caps in two different colours, in order to help their patients - especially elderly ones or those not able to read or see well - to associate a specific therapeutic effect of the ophthalmic product according to the colour of the cap (i.e. red cap and neutral vial, blue cap and white vial etc…)
Lameplast Group developed a unique and truly innovative strip made with 5 single-dose vials in two pieces, the caps and the bodies, joined together with an innovative technologies.
The other market plus in the project was a recloseable cap with seal ring that remains attached to the vial neck, signalling any tampering of the container and the 'reclosability pin' already inserted in the aperture, which enters in contact only with the product to guarantee greater hygiene.
It's a revolution in the packaging world and this primary container has been awarded with Italian, European and Worldwide Oscars for Packaging. Today it's one of our best-selling products.
What changes has Lameplast undergone over the last decade?
Thanks to our policy of expansion, the group has significantly increased the share of revenues from the foreign market by acquiring new customers, as well as in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and across America. Today we have customers in over 35 countries in the world and a constantly growing turnover.
How are things going for Lameplast and what do you have in the pipeline?
The year that just ended was very satisfactory - we opened new markets and have been consolidating those that have been opened in the last few years. Our sales force has increased and we are working strongly in this direction. We are also ready to be part of the first fair of the year - next week in Paris. Pharmapack is a very successful exhibition for us from the point of view of visitors, new contacts and prospects.
This year we will celebrate 40 years of activity having grown from a small local company to a Group able to sell all over the word. In recent years, substantial investments have been addressed to make the Group globally competitive with ever faster lines and a performance that meets the demands of the market. The new department for sterile products with high productivity, which opened in 2012, can accommodate up to 6 lines dedicated to fully automated sterile filling of single-dose containers and "preservative-free" bottles. In 2016 we would like to increase our customer base and open one or two new filling lines in our filling department.
At the moment we are also developing new products that will expand our portfolio of products available for distribution. These products are medical devices such as eye drops, nasal products and other personal care products that we grant to customers for distribution worldwide. Several formulations (ocular and nasal sprays), some with innovative molecules, will be available in the coming months.
You're going to Pharmapack. Will you be at any other shows this year?
Yes, we'll be at: Pharmapack Paris from February 10-11; CPHI/Innopack, Instambul from June 1-3; Afi Simposium, Rimini, Italy (an italian trade show focused on pharmaceutical sector) from June 8-10; CPhI-ICSE, Barcelona from October 4-6 and CPHI-PMEC India from November 21-23. With our subsidiary in the USA we will be at Westpack, Anaheim from February 9-11 and also at Pack Expo Int. Chicago from November 6-9.
Barbara, what is your position at Lameplast and what does that involve?
I am responsible for marketing and as a department we work daily with the R & D team looking for new ideas, new products and new innovative containers or plastic materials that may be interesting for a new way of use or innovation.
Every year we develop one or more publicity campaigns with press releases. Another key element of my work is a constant focus on the web and our website. A targeted participation in exhibitions around the world completes our strategy of image.
You've been working with Webpackaging for a few years now. How does it fit into your marketing plan?
We chose to be part of webpackaging because we think it is a portal rich in content and innovation, able to change with the rapid industry trends. The new version is even richer, easier to navigate and intuitive. Moreover, there are many of our competitors and customers. We appreciate the constant updating of content, the publication of the news, the frequent update of info and press releases. It's also important to have a person with whom to interact for every need.
Thanks Barbara, it's been great speaking with you!
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Tekni-Plex purchases Italian healthcare packaging manufacturer Lameplast
Tekni-Plex has purchased Italian healthcare packaging company Lameplast SpA from Milan-based private equity firm Aksìa Group. Lameplast will become part of Tekni-Plex’s global Tekni-Films business.
A palette of colours personalizes containers for pharmaceutical and medical use
Today, containers for pharmaceutical and medical use are coloured too. Lameplast offers a new possibility to personalize containers thanks to the use of safe pigments in compliance with the European Pharmacopoeia, 9th edition.
Lameplast launches a new bottle for ophthalmic products compatible with Aptar’s OSD
Lameplast’s offer of containers for ophthalmic use continues to grow. In order to make the use of ophthalmic formulations even more practical and efficient, the company situated in Rovereto sulla Secchia has created a 10ml plastic bottle compatible with Aptar’s OSD (Ophthalmic Squeeze Dispenser) device.
The Lameplast single-dose is smarter than ever: now with built-in applicator
The Lameplast single-dose is smarter than ever. Not only does it team practicality, safety and the right quantity of product; it also now comes with an applicator. For optimised results and to encourage correct product application, the applicator can be offered in a variety of versions.
Lameplast's new entry for winter 2018: Pentafill A25, the latest sterile filling technology and innovation
Increasingly dedicated and appealing products, increasingly diversified services. Lameplast is the corporate embodiment of the single-dose units. Not only can Lameplast boast an original pack, then, but also innovative filling, now specifically conceived for sterile filling.
Future and innovation: Lameplast Group opens up to Aksìa investors
To face the challenges of the future and make a qualitative leap on a global scale, Lameplast Group grows stronger with the entry of private equity fund Aksìa Group SGR, which has acquired 100% of the Group. The acquisition covers the three companies, Lameplast, COC Farmaceutici and the subsidiary LF of America, the overseas division based in Miami.
Lameplast anticipates the future of pharmaceutical packaging and embraces new investment
With over 40 years in the pharmaceutical packaging industry, Lameplast Group is actively looking to the future. So far, 2017 has seen the company grow ever stronger with the investment of Aksìa as the company embraces the globe with its new partners and continues to anticipate pharma packaging requirements. Barbara Reguzzoni explains what is happening.
Lameplast launches new single-dose strip with large area closing system
A new single-dose that allows storing an extensive amount of information. This is the latest breakthrough from Lameplast Group which, to cater to new market demands and increasingly more stringent international regulations, is launching its single-dose strip with even more space at disposal for printing and for the inclusion of product information.
Fratelli Carli's Mediterranea brand chooses Lameplast Group's green single-dose for new Olive line
The future of packaging is looking increasingly greener and more practical. That's why Fratelli Carli's Mediterranea brand has chosen the Lameplast Group's injection-molded single-dose container in Green Polyethylene (Bio PE) for its new 'Olive' cosmetic line which features a strip of five 10ml sized white single-dose reclosable containers, printed with bioplastics of vegetable origin.
Lameplast celebrates 40 years of research and innovation
On Friday 27 May, Lameplast celebrated its first 40 years with a big event attended by its founding partners – Giovanni Ferrari, Evro Fabbri and Antonio Fontana –, the authorities, employees and a number of international clients at its headquarters in Rovereto sulla Secchia. The event was an opportunity to remember the birth of the company, an experience that, thanks to the entrepreneurship of its founding partners, Giovanni Ferrari, Evro Fabbri and Antonio Fontana, has led to the innovation and excellence of Made in Italy around the world.
Lameplast Group gets the GOST-R Certificate of Conformity for Single-dose Units in Russia
The Russian market is now open for Lameplast Group as the company has recently received the GOST-R Certificate of Conformity for single-dose units.
Nuovi prodotti per la distribuzione in Private Label
Un autunno ricco di novità per il Gruppo Lameplast che in occasione del CPHI Worldwide 2015, ha presentato il nuovo portafoglio prodotti arricchito di interessanti novità.
Lameplast Group's entire range can now be moulded in Bioplastic
The future of packaging? It's green! And so is the future of marketing. After launching the first injection molded single-dose in Green Polyethylene (Bio PE), Lameplast Group is now able to offer a full range of bioplastic containers made from raw vegetal materials as an alternative to those made from oil-based plastic. Bioplastic is a 100% renewable source unlike oil-based plastic.
Lameplast Group's Pentafill: The single-dose worldwide experience
With more than 35 years experience and millions of single-dose units produced and filled for the biggest names in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, Lameplast Group is the most reliable manufacturer of its kind on the single-dose packaging market. Now the Group presents an even more comprehensive service, offering customers the opportunity to carry out their own final packaging, from wherever they operate with the Pentafill range.
Preservative-free ophthalmic preparations also in multidose bottles
Preservatives are a well-known drawback for ophthalmic preparations. This is why Lameplast Group has expanded the range of services offering production, filling and packaging services for preservative-free ophthalmic products also in multidose bottles thanks to its partnership with Aptar Pharma.
Lameplast Group is a member of Acticospack: a project to reduce or eliminate preservatives in packaging technology
Preservatives are used nowadays in a large number of cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food products. The most used are the parabens which are currently under revision in Europe. As consequence of evaluations of the existing safety data, the European Scientific Committees has recommended the reduction of the actual allowed contents.
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The Victorian Government has set a new long-term direction for managing Victoria's precious water resources.
Delivering Water for Victoria
Many new works and projects have been advanced in the two years since the plan was launched in October 2016. These range from flagship waterway projects that are protecting and restoring waterway health, to supporting farmers’ resilience with new infrastructure and skills, and building understanding of Aboriginal ecological knowledge in water management.
We are working in partnership with water corporations, catchment management authorities, the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Traditional Owner groups, local government and community partners.
Our approach focuses on strengthening local relationships and putting community at the centre of decision making and the delivery of priority water projects for Victoria’s cities, towns and regions.
A strong system of planning, governance and reporting is in place to make sure that the actions under Water for Victoria sustain and secure our water supply for the future.
This report details many of the significant achievements made since 2016.
Download Delivering Water for Victoria – Progress Report (PDF, 19.8 MB)
Download Delivering Water for Victoria – Progress Report (accessible) (DOCX, 101.8 KB)
Download At a Glance (PDF, 154.9 KB)
Water for Victoria is a plan for a future with less water as Victoria responds to the impact of climate change and a growing population.
The actions set out in the plan support a healthy environment, a prosperous economy with growing agricultural production, and thriving communities.
Download Water for Victoria (PDF, 27.0 MB)
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Recognising and managing for Aboriginal values
Realising the potential of the grid and markets
Water for Victoria was developed following extensive community consultation, including with the agriculture sector, business, Traditional Owners, recreational groups, water corporations and catchment management authorities.
The Water for Victoria discussion paper, published in March 2016, received 272 submissions. Over 700 people also contributed their ideas, knowledge and opinions on Victoria's water priorities at 27 community and stakeholder workshops across Victoria in April 2016.
We thank all those who participated and contributed to developing Water for Victoria.
We will manage water to support a healthy environment, a prosperous economy and thriving communities, now and into the future.
Water for Victoria sets a new long-term direction for managing our precious water resources as we deal with the impacts of climate change and a growing population.
It builds on past experience in managing water and makes the leap into new, smarter ways of doing more with less.
The plan gives prominence to some issues that haven't been considered in the past, including Aboriginal values of water and recreational values of water.
Community expectations have changed, which is why we will now consider all values of water. Keeping water affordable for everyone is vital.
Our challenge, and our opportunity, is to do more with less water and to reduce our reliance on traditional water sources.
Water for Victoria provides a long-term blueprint for investment in water-related activities and the water sector.
The Victorian Government will invest $537 million over four years to deliver Water for Victoria.
Just under half of that investment - $222 million - will help improve the health of our waterways and catchments.
Other investments include irrigation modernisation and improving on-farm water use ($59.6 million), upgrades of rural water systems ($58 million), preparing for floods and emergencies ($25 million), and support for Aboriginal participation in water decisions and access to water ($9.7 million).
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How to Identify Email Spoofing
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This article was co-authored by our trained team of editors and researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Together, they cited information from 11 references.
Email spoofing happens when someone sends an email to you that appears to be from another person. It's usually used in conjunction with phishing scams, where a bogus company is trying to get your personal information. If you suspect spoofing, check the email's header to see if the email address generating the email is legitimate. You can also find hints in the content of the email that it might be spoofed.
Reviewing the Email Header
Check the email address, not just the display name. Spoofing scams use a sender name that will look familiar to try to trick you into opening the email and following the instructions. Whenever you get an email, hover your mouse over the contact name and look at the actual email address. They should match or be pretty close.[1]
For example, you might get an email that looks like it's from your bank. So the sender name will be "US Bank of America." If the email address is something like "customerservice@nowhere.com," chances are you're being spoofed.
If someone's personal email address is spoofed, make sure the email address listed is the one you have for that person.
Look for the header. The header information for each email address is located in a different place for each email provider. Pull up the header so you can review the information. The email addresses in the header should match the email address it's supposed to be coming from.[2]
In Apple's Mail app, you can find header information by selecting the message you want to review, choosing "View" at the top of the app screen, then "Message," then "All Headers." You can also press Shift+Command+H.
In Outlook, select View/Options.
In Outlook Express, select Properties/Details.
In Hotmail go to Options/Mail Display Settings/Message Headers and select "Full."
In Yahoo! Mail select "Full Headers."
Check the "Received" field. Every time the sender sends an email or a reply, a new "Received" field is added to the email's header. In this field, you should see an email address that matches the sender name. If the email is spoofed, the received field information won't match the email address.[3]
For example, in the received filed from a legitimate Gmail address, it will look something like "Received from 'google.com: domain of'" and then the actual email address.
Check the return path. In the header, you'll see a section called "Return path." This is the email address that any reply will be sent to. This email address should match the sender name in the original email.
So for example, if the email name is "US Bank of America," the return path email address should be something like "customerservice@USBankofAmerica.com." If it's not, chances are the email is spoofed.
Checking the Email's Content
Review the subject line. Most spoofing emails contain alarming or aggressive subject lines to try to convince you to follow the links inside. If the subject line seems designed to scare or worry you, chances are it's a spoofing email.[4]
For example, a subject line like "Your account has been suspended" or "Take action now: account suspended" indicates the email is a spoof.
If the spoofed email is coming from someone you know, the subject line might be something like "I need your help."
Hover over links. If the email includes links, don't click them. Instead, let your mouse hover over the link. A small box should pop up that shows you the actual url that the link will take you to. If it looks suspicious, or isn't related to the supposed sender, don't click it.[5]
Look for spelling and grammar mistakes. Legitimate emails will be well-written. If you notice any spelling or grammar mistakes, you should be suspicious of the email.[6]
Beware requests for personal information. Most legitimate companies, especially banks, will never ask you for your personal information through an email. This can include usernames, passwords, or account numbers. Never give out this information through an email.[7]
Look for too much professional jargon. In contrast to poorly written emails, spoofing emails might also sound overly professional. If they overuse professional or discipline jargon that you don't recognize, they could be trying too hard to sound legitimate.[8]
Check the email's tone. If you're receiving an email from a company or client you work with regularly, there should be plenty of detail. Anything vague should make you suspicious. If the email is supposed to be from a friend, check to make sure it reads like their emails usually do.[9]
Look for contact information in professional emails. Legitimate communications from companies will include contact information for the person contacting you. If you can't find an email address, phone number, or mailing address in the email, chances are it's a spoof.[10]
Contact the sender directly. If you're not sure whether an email is a spoof, contact the sender it's supposed to be from. Check a company's website for their customer service contact information. Their customer service department should be able to tell you whether the communication is legitimate. You can call or text a friend you suspect of being spoofed.[11]
If you suspect an email has been spoofed, don't reply directly to the email asking for clarification. If you do, it's a good way for the person on the other end of the spoofed email to try to get more information from you.
Example Spoofing Email and Subject Lines
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Home PRESS RELEASES ‘Live Sustainably’: Miller Brewing Company Releases 2008 Sustainable Development Report
‘Live Sustainably’: Miller Brewing Company Releases 2008 Sustainable Development Report
Highlights Miller people driving meaningful progress on sustainable development priorities
MILWAUKEE, June 5 /PRNewswire/ — Miller Brewing Company today released its second annual Sustainable Development Report, entitled “Live Sustainably.” The report details the company’s progress against its global sustainable development priorities, including areas such as alcohol responsibility, water conservation, energy and carbon reduction, recycling, supply chain management and social investment. The report also features employees who are driving notable sustainable development efforts within the company.
“As you’ll see in these pages, Miller people are driving our progress on sustainable development,” said Tom Long, president and CEO. “I believe that our passion for sustainable development – when harnessed into sharper, bolder and faster approaches – will only make us stronger in our industry and in our quest to live sustainably.”
Available online at http://www.millerbrewing.com/, the 28-page report includes the following highlights and efforts by Miller employees:
— Reduced Miller’s water-to-beer ratio to less than 4:1. This reduction
is nearly two years ahead of schedule, as the company set this as a
2010 goal.
— Reduced fossil fuel consumption to 1.45 therms per barrel, putting
Miller well within reach of a 2010 target of 1.40 therms per barrel.
— Reduced waste to landfill by 2.5 million pounds over the last five
years. Miller currently recycles 99.9 percent of all packaging waste.
— Initiated a switch to energy-efficient fluorescent lights in all six
brewery facilities that will drive a nine million kilowatt hour
reduction across the company.
— Recycled brewery waste water to generate biogas at our Irwindale
brewery that produced enough electrical capacity to power 50 average
California homes.
— Expanded the Respect 21(R) Responsible Retailing Program into 10 new
markets and launched Keep Your Balance(R), a program designed to
educate motorcyclists about responsible riding.
— Tallied more than 1.7 million riders over the 20 year history of the
Miller Free Rides program that offers alternative transportation on key
holidays to help prevent drunk driving incidents.
— Made corporate social investments totaling more than $5.1 million
across our brewery communities, representing 1.4 percent of the
company’s pre-tax profit.
— Contributed more than $1.7 million since 2001 through the Miller
Brewing Company Employee Fund, a cross-functional committee of
employees who spearhead the giving campaign, establish a set of
criteria for non-profit funding and oversee the distribution of the
employee donations to local non-profits. In 2007, the fund contributed
$278,217 to 19 organizations that focus on hunger, at-risk youth and
domestic violence issues.
“Miller’s 153-year history is built on Frederick Miller’s unwavering commitment to uncompromising quality and his adopted home of Milwaukee,” said Kim Marotta, senior director of corporate social responsibility. “Today that tradition is alive and well in our community social investments across our brewery communities, and it serves as the foundation for our other priorities including alcohol responsibility and the environment.”
This year’s report also includes an external commentary from Corporate Citizenship, a third party assurance specialist; a tracking of Miller efforts against the United Nations Global Compact principles; and outside viewpoints from experts in the fields of alcohol responsibility, water conservation, AIDS and HIV and corporate social investment.
About Miller
Committed to creating strong communities across America, Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Company invests millions of dollars each year through community initiatives, taxes paid and local goods and services purchased. The company’s platform for corporate social investment and community partnership is Miller REACH(R), which focuses on five primary causes: Responsibility, Employment, AIDS/HIV, Cultural Diversity and Heritage Initiatives. Miller is a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller plc, one of the world’s leading brewers with a global footprint spread across six continents. For more information, visit http://www.millerbrewing.com/.
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All-cause age standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person years at risk from 5 years of follow-up from the Census of Population by household income quintile and sex for the household population aged 25 years or older for Canada and provinces.
7. Five-year mortality by educational attainment and sex
All-cause age standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person years at risk from 5 years of follow-up from the Census of Population by educational attainment and sex for the household population aged 25 years or older for Canada, provinces, and the territories combined.
8. Number of prevalent cases and prevalence proportions of primary cancer, by prevalence duration, cancer type, attained age group and sex
Number and proportion of prevalent cancer cases for two-, five-, ten- and twenty-year prevalence durations from January 1st,1994 to the most recent index date available. Included are all invasive cancers and in situ bladder cancer with cases defined using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Groups for Primary Site based on the World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICD-O-3). Random rounding of case counts to the nearest multiple of 5 is used to prevent inappropriate disclosure of health-related information.
9. Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017: Data Visualization Tool
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2019035
This data visualization tool highlights disability rates by age and sex for provinces and territories based on data from the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability. The survey provides data on the demographic, employment, and income characteristics of Canadians with disabilities aged 15 years and over.
10. Labour force status for persons with disabilities aged 25 to 64 years, by disability type (grouped)
Differences in the type of disabilities (grouped) persons with disabilities have in terms of those employed, unemployed, or not in the labour force, as well as the participation rate, the employment rate and the unemployment rate, between the ages of 25 and 64, Canada, provinces and territories.
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1. Care counts: Care receivers in Canada, 2018
The 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving collects information on Canadians who provide care to family and friends with a long-term health condition, disability or problems related to aging. The survey also covers individuals who receive this care and about the challenges both groups face. This infographic provides an overview of selected key findings for care receivers in Canada in 2018.
2. Socioeconomic disparities in life and health expectancy among the household population in Canada
This study uses the 1996 and 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts (CanCHECs), with a five-year mortality follow-up, to estimate the life expectancy (LE) of the household population. It also incorporates information from two national health surveys to estimate health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE). The objectives of this study are to examine LE, HALE and disparities in LE and HALE in the 1996 and 2011 cohorts at ages 25 and 65 for men and women, according to highest level of educational attainment and household income quintile; to examine these disparities according to the combination of education and income in the 2011 cohort; and to examine how education- and income-related disparities in LE and HALE changed over time.
3. Changing trends in thyroid cancer incidence in Canada: A histologic examination, 1992 to 2016
Using data from the Canadian Cancer Registry, this study examines thyroid cancer (TC) incidence from 1992 to 2016. It presents sex-specific incidence estimates according to age, histology and province for the most recent five-year period (2012 to 2016), and examines changes in rates over the entire period. These findings are supplemented with similar information on TC mortality and five-year net survival.
4. Health Reports: Life expectancy differs by education and income levels
5. Inequalities in life expectancy in Canada, 2011 to 2016
This infographic examines life expectancy and health expectancy of the Canadian population at age 25 or older by education and income.
6. Health Reports
Health Reports, published by the Health Analysis Division of Statistics Canada, is a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research. It is designed for a broad audience that includes health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The journal publishes articles of wide interest that contain original and timely analyses of national or provincial/territorial surveys or administrative databases. New articles are published electronically each month.
Health Reports had an impact factor of 2.768 for 2018 and a five-year impact factor of 2.905. All articles are indexed in PubMed. Our online catalogue is free and receives more than 500,000 visits per year. External submissions are welcome.
7. Support received by caregivers in Canada
Many Canadians are providing care or help to someone with a long-term health condition, a physical or mental disability, or problems related to aging. Support given to caregivers may help alleviate potential economic and health-related implications of caregiving. This study uses the 2018 General Social Survey - Caregiving and Care Receiving (Cycle 32) to examine the types of support provided to caregivers. It also examines the relationship between unmet support needs and some indicators of well-being.
8. Caregivers in Canada 2018
9. Care counts: Caregivers in Canada, 2018
The 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving collects information on Canadians who provide care to family and friends with a long-term health condition, disability or problems related to aging. The survey also covers individuals who receive this care and about the challenges both groups face.
This infographic provides an overview of selected key findings for caregivers in Canada in 2018.
10. Life expectancy of First Nations, Métis and Inuit household populations in Canada
In Canada, estimating the life expectancy of Indigenous populations is methodologically challenging since death registrations do not usually collect information on whether the deceased was Indigenous. For the first time in Canada, a series of census-mortality linked datasets has been created that can be used to estimate trends in life expectancies among Indigenous household populations enumerated by a census. The objectives of this article are to 1) estimate life expectancy for First Nations people, Métis and Inuit at various ages and by sex for 2011, and compare it with that of the non-Indigenous population 2) examine trends in longevity since 1996 for First Nations people, Métis and Inuit and the non-Indigenous population, and estimate whether the disparity between Indigenous populations and the non-Indigenous population has changed over time. In doing so, this study aims to fill an important information gap by providing a national picture of the life expectancy of First Nations people, Métis and Inuit.
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1. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: User Guide
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-00012019002
The User Guide for the Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) outlines uses for the index, as well as it provides a brief description of the methodology behind the development of the index. This User Guide also provides instructions on how to use the index, and lists considerations when using the CIMD data.
2. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: Dataset and User Guide
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-0001
The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) is an area-based index which used 2016 Census of Population microdata to measure four key dimensions of deprivation at the dissemination area (DA)-level: residential instability, economic dependency, situational vulnerability and ethno-cultural composition.
The CIMD allows for an understanding of inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being. While it is a geographically-based index of deprivation and marginalization, it can also be used as a proxy for an individual. The CIMD has the potential to be widely used by researchers on a variety of topics related to socio-economic research. Other uses for the index may include: policy planning and evaluation, or resource allocation.
3. Methods for Constructing Life Tables for Canada, Provinces and Territories
This document presents the methodology underlying the production of the life tables for Canada, provinces and territories, from reference period 1980/1982 and onward.
5. Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, Census of Population, 2016
The 2016 Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report deals with: (1) Aboriginal ancestry, (2) Aboriginal identity, (3) Registered Indian status and (4) First Nation/Indian band membership.
6. Health Regions: Boundaries and Correspondence with Census Geography
Geographic files and documentation: 82-402-X
Health regions are defined by the provinces and represent administrative areas or regions of interest to health authorities. This product contains correspondence files (linking health regions to latest Census geographic codes) and digital boundary files. User documentation provides an overview of health regions, sources, methods, limitations and product description (file format and layout).
In addition to the geographic files, this product also includes Census data (basic profile) for health regions.
7. 2016 Census Program Content Test: Design and Results
Notices and consultations: 92-140-X2016001
The 2016 Census Program Content Test was conducted from May 2 to June 30, 2014. The Test was designed to assess the impact of any proposed content changes to the 2016 Census Program and to measure the impact of including a social insurance number (SIN) question on the data quality.
This quantitative test used a split-panel design involving 55,000 dwellings, divided into 11 panels of 5,000 dwellings each: five panels were dedicated to the Content Test while the remaining six panels were for the SIN Test. Two models of test questionnaires were developed to meet the objectives, namely a model with all the proposed changes EXCEPT the SIN question and a model with all the proposed changes INCLUDING the SIN question. A third model of 'control' questionnaire with the 2011 content was also developed. The population living in a private dwelling in mail-out areas in one of the ten provinces was targeted for the test. Paper and electronic response channels were part of the Test as well.
This report presents the Test objectives, the design and a summary of the analysis in order to determine potential content for the 2016 Census Program. Results from the data analysis of the Test were not the only elements used to determine the content for 2016. Other elements were also considered, such as response burden, comparison over time and users’ needs.
8. A New Survey Measure of Disability: the Disability Screening Questions (DSQ) Archived
This paper describes the process that led to the creation of the new Disability Screening Questions (DSQ), jointly developped by Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada. The DSQ form a new module which can be put on general population surveys to allow comparisons of persons with and without a disability. The paper explains why there are two versions of the DSQ—a long and a short one—, the difference between the two, and how each version can be used.
9. Canadian Health Measures Survey: Information for Participants Archived
Introductory video for the survey provided to respondents at the household and posted on the Canadian Health Measures Survey Respondent relations (Statcan) website.
10. Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012: Concepts and Methods Guide Archived
The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem.
The 2012 CSD Concepts and Methods Guide is designed to assist data users by providing relevant information on survey content and concepts, sampling design, collection methods, data processing, data quality and product availability. Chapter 1 of this guide provides an overview of the 2012 CSD by introducing the survey's background and objectives. Chapter 2 explains the key concepts and definitions and introduces the indicators measured by the CSD questionnaire modules. Chapters 3 to 6 cover important aspects of survey methodology, from sampling design to data collection and processing. Chapters 7 and 8 cover issues of data quality, including the approaches used to minimize and correct errors throughout all stages of the survey. Users are cautioned against making comparisons with data from previous Participation and Activity Limitations Surveys. Chapter 9 outlines the survey products that are available to the public, including data tables, a fact sheet and reference material. Appendices provide more detail on survey indicators as well as a glossary of terms.
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718 Cayman GT4 is the perfect sports car for those who like to push the limits. For those who would rather ask ‘why not?’ than ‘why?’. For those who take fun seriously and who would rather sit in a sports seat than a leather armchair.
Design and aerodynamics.
No mild breath of air. No gentle breeze. The signs show a storm is brewing. A glance at 718 Cayman GT4 is enough to see: air resistance is not an issue.
Air resistance? Useless.
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718 Cayman GT4 concept
Rational. Irrational. Sanity. Insanity. Perfect. Perfectly crazy. The difference is sometimes extremely subtle. And sometimes it is as sharp as a razor.
The new 718 Cayman GT4 is the perfect sports car for those who like to push the limits. For those who would rather ask ‘why not?’ than ‘why?’. For those who take fun seriously and who would rather sit in a sports seat than a leather armchair.
For those people, we have fitted the new 718 Cayman GT4 with everything which makes your pulse race. 4.0-litre six- cylinder horizontally opposed and naturally aspirated engine with 420PS, manual transmission, rear wing. With a diffuser which demands respect, and extremely outputoriented aerodynamics. GT3 technology for the chassis and the interior – motorsport genes. The result is a brutal driving machine which has never even heard of autonomous driving.
Perfect? Perhaps. Irrational? Probably. The truth – like the engine – is in the middle. But in this case, this middle is not a compromise, it’s razor sharp.
The new 718 Cayman GT4.
No mild breath of air. No gentle breeze. The signs show a storm is brewing. A glance at the new 718 Cayman GT4 is enough to see: air resistance is not an issue.
The aerodynamics concept of the new 718 Cayman GT4 has been honed once more. Starting with the front apron. Its clearly defined form with the typical Porsche sweepback gives the headwind an explicit direction and a clear purpose: to produce optimum tyre contact pressure.
The highly distinctive front spoiler lip with an additional spoiler in front of the wheel arches provides aerodynamic downforce on the front axle. The central air intake in the front apron also optimises the aerodynamics and channels the air stream up through the air outlet in front of the front lid. Even the underside of the front spoiler lip has been aerodynamically optimised. Here, a special profile – similar to the surface of a golf ball – ensures as little drag as possible.
Air curtains in the front apron minimise the air turbulence created on the wheels and therefore minimise the drag by releasing the inflowing air precisely in front of the wheels from the wheel arches.
The new air intake grilles are equipped with a honeycombstyle surface finish, meaning they offer the headwind less drag, however, they still reliably protect the radiator from falling rocks – and eat flies for breakfast.
A further example of the performance-oriented design is the side air intakes behind the doors: the sideblades, embossed with the ‘GT4’ logo, create additional dynamic pressure. The result: a better supply of air and more efficient engine cooling.
The vehicle centre of gravity: low. The distance to the road: minimal. The new 718 Cayman GT4 is in close contact with everything that is important to it. Platinum-coloured 20-inch alloy wheels, which almost completely fill the wheel arches, ensure optimum contact. The wide track, in conjunction with the sports tyres, improves both the traction and the cornering performance.
The rear is dominated by the fixed, now single-piece wing with integrated sideblades and supports in aluminium. Its race track origins are unmistakable, it provides downforce on the rear axle and correspondingly high traction – not just when cornering. Simultaneously, it ensures clarity and tells all optimists who want to overtake the new 718 Cayman GT4: forget it.
Sporty end towards the tarmac: the new rear apron. The two black tailpipes of the sports exhaust system are positioned clearly further apart, creating space for the new diffuser. No visual frills, just super sports car technology which produces very fast air flow at the rear underbody and therefore even stronger negative pressure or 40% more downforce on the rear axle than the previous model.
The rest is silence. At least among the rivals of the new 718 Cayman GT4.
Horizontally opposed engine, naturally aspirated, positioned centrally. 4.0-litre displacement. Six cylinders. 309kW (420PS). Sounds crazy. It is.
The completely redeveloped six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine has direct fuel injection (DFI), integrated dry-sump lubrication and adaptive cylinder control. In addition, a variable intake manifold with switchable resonance valves provides the engine with optimum ventilation. It sounds technical and a bit dry, but it’s really the exact opposite.
With the 4.0-litre displacement, the engine generates a mighty 309kW (420PS) – 35PS more than the previous model. The maximum engine speed? 8,000rpm. The maximum torque of 420Nm is from 5,000 to 6,800rpm. Meaning the new 718 Cayman GT4 sprints from 0 to 100km/h in just 4.4 seconds. The maximum speed: above 300km/h.
A statement in itself: the sound of the new 718 Cayman GT4. Thanks to the new precise sports exhaust system with its two clearly separated black tailpipes left and right of the rear diffuser. For an even more powerful sports car sound at the press of a button.
6-speed manual transmission
The precise 6-speed manual transmission is fitted with a dual-mass flywheel and its optimally tuned gear ratios bring the high power output of the engine directly to the road. It also ensures a particularly sporty driving experience. Tight curve ahead, shift down, long straight, shift up: it’s in your hands – in the truest sense of the word. That is performance which is not only measured in power values, but also in all quantities of driving pleasure. And the dynamic throttle-blip function plays its part too in keeping you, and your endorphin levels, busy.
Is it wise to be jolted lap after lap? To feel every centimetre of the track, your heart rate always off the scale? Of course not. Which is precisely why it is so much fun.
And that is exactly why the adaptive GT sports suspension is more consistently designed for driving pleasure. The result: extraordinary agility, high driving safety and stable handling in the high-speed range. The basis: GT technology. The lightweight spring-strut axle at the front is designed in typical GT style, the lightweight spring-strut axle at the rear is adjusted to the high performance of the new 718 Cayman GT4 with additional reinforcements and helper springs as well as specific wheel mounts. Ball joints on both axles also connect the chassis to the body in a particularly streamlined way, enabling an even more precise wheel control. The height, camber, toe angle and the anti-roll bars of the chassis can be adjusted individually for the race track. You will quickly see what this means.
The electrically regulated system minimises perceptible oscillations and the vibration of the entire drivetrain, in particular the engine. It also adjusts the damping force and stiffness to the driving style and road surface conditions. So that the benefits of a hard and a soft engine mounting arrangement can be used. The handling is noticeably more stable and precise during load changes and in fast corners. At the same time, the vertical oscillations of the engine are reduced during acceleration under full load. The results are greater and more uniform drive force at the rear axle, increased traction and faster acceleration. Whenever a less assertive driving style is adopted, the dynamic transmission mounts soften to provide a heightened level of comfort. If that’s what you want.
This variable damping system offers continuous adjustment of the damping force on each wheel based on the current driving situation and your driving style. At the push of a button, you can choose between two sporty programmes: Normal mode for sporty driving on public roads and Sport mode for maximum lateral acceleration and the best possible traction on the race track. The body is also lowered by 30mm compared with the 718 Cayman for a low vehicle centre of gravity. As a result, the pitch and roll are reduced for increased dynamic performance and extraordinary longitudinal and lateral acceleration.
PSM is an automatic control system for maintaining stability at the limits of dynamic driving performance. In addition to the anti-lock braking system (ABS), it includes Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Traction Control (TC). Sensors continuously monitor the direction, speed, yaw velocity and lateral acceleration of the car. Using this information, PSM is able to calculate the actual direction of travel and initiate strategic braking of individual wheels to stop you from deviating from your intended line. What’s special about PSM in the new 718 Cayman GT4? The sporty tuning with extremely sensitive and accurate regular systems interventions. In addition, the systems can be switched off completely in two stages.
The 20-inch alloy wheels of the new 718 Cayman GT4 are painted in satin platinum, optionally available in satin aurum, satin black or silver-coloured. A striking detail: the wheel centres with the ‘GT4’ logo.
The dimensions of the road-approved sport tyres are performance oriented. Specifically, 245/35 ZR 20 on 8.5 J × 20 front and 295/30 ZR 20 on 11 J × 20 rear. Multiple contact surfaces and grip with the reduced tread depth increases, however, the risk of aquaplaning on wet surfaces.
The Tyre Pressure Monitoring (TPM) issues warnings in the event of a loss of pressure and also features a race track mode which takes into consideration the pressure and temperature conditions of the tyres when used on the circuit.
Looks good. Feels good. Sporty streamlined purism, customary Porsche high ergonomics. Everything perfect. Everything actually quite rational. Until the engine starts and makes the hairs on your arms stand up.
Immediately the centre of attention: the instrument cluster with three round instruments and a central rev counter, on which the yellow needle skyrockets, typical of the 718. The dial face in a titanium finish is marked with a ‘GT4’ logo.
The GT-specific sports steering wheel has top centre marking and black spokes including inlays. Alcantara® on the steering wheel rim and also on the gear lever ensures good grip. In addition, the material proven in motorsport is used for the door pulls in the door panels, the lid of the centre console storage compartment as well as A-pillars and the roof lining.
The decorative stitching, on the armrests in the doors and the seats, among other places, are upholstered in silver colour. As are the ‘GT4’ logos on the headrests and the door pull loops. The dashboard trim strips and the centre console in brushed aluminium highlight the sporty character of the new 718 Cayman GT4. The brushed aluminium interior package is also optionally available in GT-specific Anthracite.
A leather interior with extensive leather, stitching and Alcantara® items is optionally available. Visual highlight: the dashboard trim strips upholstered in brushed aluminium continue on the doors.
Together with the leather interior, the decorative stitching and the door pull loops can also be upholstered in contrasting colours, red or yellow. The seat belts can also be in matching colours if desired.
The seats of the new 718 Cayman GT4 also reflect its sporty appeal. The cover, in all seat variants, is in black leather, the seat centres in Alcantara®. The headrests are embroidered with the ‘GT4’ logo in different stitching colours according to equipment variant.
In the new 718 Cayman GT4, the Sports seats Plus, with their sporty, firm padding and elevated side bolsters, offer optimum stability. The backrest can be adjusted electrically and the seat height and fore/aft position can be adjusted mechanically.
The adaptive Sports seats Plus go a step further. They complement the Sports seats Plus with an electric 18-way adjustment so the seats can be optimally adapted to meet your needs in terms of seat height, squab and backrest angle, seat depth, fore/aft adjustment and four-way lumbar support. In addition, the side bolsters of the seat and the backrests can be adjusted individually. For tailored lateral stability when cornering and more comfort on long journeys.
Club Sport package
Think wisely, act absurdly. Simply human nature. The new 718 Cayman GT4 can therefore be optionally equipped with the Club Sport package for any eventuality. With its components derived from professional motorsport, the Club Sport package offers additional protection on the race track. A little wisdom here and there can’t hurt.
The Club Sport package comprises a steel roll cage with paint finish in black, screwed to the bodywork behind the front seats, and a six-point racing harness for the driver’s side including two shoulder belt designs for use with or without the HANS® safety device (Head And Neck Support).
The package also includes a fire extinguisher with bracket.
Despite all the driving pleasure, sometimes a little seriousness is required. Especially when it comes to quality and sustainability. And the most important thing: your safe arrival.
The new 718 Cayman GT4 shows maximum performance, not only when sprinting from 0 to 100 or more, but also when slowing back down to 0. This is provided by six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed calipers at the front and fourpiston units at the rear with red finish. For greater inherent stability and faster response when applying and releasing the brake, even under extreme loads. The composite brake discs at the front and the rear have a diameter of 380mm and are cross-drilled and internally vented – powerful braking even in adverse weather conditions.
The brakes also have efficient ventilation and cooling for high stability. This is ensured by distinctive cooling channels, as well as brake air spoilers and air guide.
Motorsport tested: the optionally available Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB). With their particularly large brake disc diameters, 410mm at the front and 390mm at the rear, they offer even greater braking performance. The use of yellow six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers on the front axle and four-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers at the rear ensures extremely high, and above all constant, braking pressure. PCCB enables shorter braking distances in even the toughest road and race conditions. The main benefit of the ceramic braking system is its extremely low weight. The brake discs are approximately 50% lighter than cast-iron discs of a similar design and size. As well as enhancing driving performance and fuel economy, this reduces unsprung and rotating masses. Which results in better roadholding and increased comfort, particularly on uneven roads.
In addition to the regular maintenance as part of the standard maintenance intervals, additional maintenance must be carried out for racing use.
So that you always know what’s coming towards you, the new 718 Cayman GT4 is fitted with Bi-Xenon main headlights with integrated LED daytime running lights as standard. Bi-Xenon main headlights in black including Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS) and LED main headlights with Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS Plus) are optionally available.
Airbags and Porsche Side Impact Protection System (POSIP)
Advanced airbag technology: integrated in the form of fullsize driver and passenger airbags, which are inflated in two stages depending on the severity and type of accident. Porsche Side Impact Protection System (POSIP) is also standard. This consists of side impact protection elements in the doors and two side airbags per side: a thorax airbag is integrated in the side bolster of each seat, while the door panels each contain an upwards-inflating head airbag.
Chrono Package and Porsche Track Precision app
Chrono Package including preparation for lap trigger
In addition to the analogue and digital stopwatch on the dashboard, the optional Chrono Package boasts even greater functionality: PCM is upgraded to include a special performance display, enabling you to display, store and evaluate recorded lap times. In this way, the driver can view the current lap time and distance, number of laps completed and other times achieved so far. It is also possible to view the current fastest lap and range until empty. Any travelled distances can be recorded and benchmark times defined.
The new Porsche Track Precision app
In conjunction with Porsche Communication Management (PCM) and navigation module including Porsche Connect, the new Porsche Track Precision app enables you to measure and evaluate your performance in even greater detail. The app’s user interface has been completely redesigned – and is now even easier and more intuitive to operate. The app enables your driving stats to be accurately displayed, logged and analysed on your smartphone. Laps can be timed automatically via a GPS signal from PCM and/or manually using the switch in the optional Chrono Package and compared on your smartphone.
On the race track, the app visualises your dynamic performance on your smartphone. In addition to sector and lap times, it also shows how the current lap compares with a defined reference lap. Graphical analyses of driving plus a video analysis help to further improve driving performance. Recorded stats, circuit and driver profiles can be managed and shared directly from your smartphone.
For even greater precision in your lap time measurements, like in motorsport, a lap trigger is available from Porsche Tequipment. This can be placed next to the start/finish line on the circuit where it will clock and share your lap times automatically. Please visit www.porsche.com/tequipment for more information.
On the race track or on the road: Porsche Connect expands the existing vehicle functions of the 718 Cayman GT4 with smart services and apps. All designed to make the connection between driver and car even closer. To intensify that Porsche fascination, and to make the challenges of everyday life quick and easy to overcome. You can also do without the audio and communication system, if you want. When the way there is your destination you don’t need a navigation system.
Porsche Communication Management (PCM) is your central control centre for audio and communication. In its latest generation with mobile phone preparation and audio interfaces, it also features a high-resolution 7˝ touchscreen display, enabling easy control of the majority of in-car functions. On the move, you can enjoy your favourite music via the CD/DVD drive, SD cards, internal 10GB hard drive (jukebox), the AUX input or the USB connection, for your iPhone®, for example. Or you can simply listen to the radio. Your 718 also enables you to use countless Car Connect Services via smartphone, such as vehicle positioning. The optional smartphone compartment in the centre console transfers your mobile phone signal to the external aerial of the car – conserving phone charge and providing optimum reception.
Thanks to Real-time Traffic Information, the optional navigation module including Porsche Connect gets you to your destination quicker, and offers you numerous Porsche Connect services. You can use all the online functions with the help of the integrated LTE communication module with SIM card reader. In some countries, an integrated LTE-compatible SIM card with data allowance is also included, with which you can use Porsche Connect services such as navigation and infotainment services.*
* Porsche Connect services include a free inclusive period of use, the length of which may vary by services package and country but shall not be less than three months. The full range of Porsche Connect services or individual services thereof may not be available in some countries. The Breakdown and Emergency Call services included in certain models are available in selected countries for ten years after the production date. Availability also depends on the country-specific variants of the vehicle. In addition, an integrated SIM card with data allowance for use of selected Porsche Connect services will be included in the price in some countries. For use of the WiFi hotspot and the other nonincluded Porsche Connect services, e.g. music streaming, via integrated SIM card, in these countries a chargeable data package is also available from the Porsche Connect Store. Alternatively, you can establish a data connection using a SIM card of your own. For further information on free subscription periods, follow-on costs and availability of individual services in your country, please visit the 'Availability’ area in the Porsche Connect store at www.porsche.de/connect-store or consult your Porsche Centre.
The new Porsche Track Precision app allows driving data to be displayed in detail, logged and analysed on your smartphone.
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Yet another Wyoming arts blogger
Uncategorized | Posted: December 31, 2008
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From a Casper College press release: The first play for 2009 on the McMurry Mainstage at Casper College will be Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” replacing the originally announced “Twelfth Night.” “I decided to change the play from ‘Twelfth Night’ to ‘King Lear’ for several reasons,” said Tom Empey, director. “I have always wanted to do ‘King
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"Winter with a Photographer’s Eye"
The Yellowstone Institute is offering a new arts course in 2009. “Winter With a Photographer’s Eye” will be held Jan. 15-18 at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Instructor is Tim Christie. Cost is $595 (members $585). The insitute’s web site has this description: Expand your digital photography skills with a pro in Yellowstone’s
"Winter with a Photographer's Eye"
Nelson & Larsen at Colo. Cowboy Gathering
Two talented Wyomingites — Andy Nelson (shown in photo) of Pinedale and Chuck Larsen of Saratoga — will be performing at the Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering Jan. 13-18 at the Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities in suburban Denver. Andy is on the Wyoming Arts Council’s artists’ roster. Here’s the line-up: Award-winning Utah singer/songwriter
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Shang Palace Pop-up Tours Shangri-La's Resorts in Maldives, Muscat and Mauritius
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): Shang Palace, the much-loved restaurant for Cantonese, Sichuanese and provincial Chinese delicacies is undoubtedly the jewel in Shangri-La hotels' dining crown.
With over 35 award-winning restaurants worldwide from mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai to Istanbul, Paris and London, Shang Palace is renowned for its delicious fusion of the Far East.
Boasting four one and two Michelin-starred restaurants and six Black Diamond Awards (China's equivalent to Michelin stars), Shang Palace is debuting the first-ever pop-up blending Asian dining values, gastronomic innovation and celebrated culinary talent.
The pop-up will visit three iconic Shangri-La resorts in the Maldives, Oman and Mauritius in 2020, showcasing traditional recipes as well as a bespoke menu curated by Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore's Michelin starred Chef Mok.
With over 40 years of culinary expertise and having prepared exquisite meals for dignitaries, royals and celebrities around the globe, Chef Mok's desire and dedication to promoting authentic Chinese fare is unrivalled.
These recipes will be brought to life at each destination by Chef Liu Shengquan. Born in Chongqing, China, Chef Liu Shengquan has over 20 years of experience. Specialising in Sechuan, Cantonese, Hunan and Northeastern Chinese cuisine, he passionately creates new dishes by combining regional Chinese flavours, which makes his cooking exciting, surprising and enriching.
Gastronomes will adore the mouth-watering delights including char siu bun, deep-fried stuffed crab shell and the famous Shang Palace fried rice, all crafted with meticulous attention to detail by Chef Liu Shengquan.
Shang Palace's exceptional haute cuisine will only be available for a limited time in each location so there's no better time to start planning that five-star holiday. The tour fittingly debuts at Shangri-La's Villingili Resort and Spa, Maldives, to celebrate the auspicious occasion of Chinese New Year from January 24 - February 8, 2020.
Guests will welcome the Year of the Golden Rat, with a sumptuous Shang Palace feast and festivities on the tropical hideaway, or catch it on its return to the resort for Golden Week during October 1 to 7, 2020. With al fresco dining, activities for all the family and the only nine-hole golf course in the Maldives, it's the perfect Indian Ocean haven.
Next stop is the exhilarating mountain retreat of Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa in Muscat from April 7 to 12, 2020, where the team will roll out the specially curated menu of Shang Palace favourites.
Reimagining Omani elegance and Asian hospitality, guests can soak up the tranquil ambience of the majestic mountain sanctuary surrounded by palms and traditional Dhofari architecture while enjoying Dine by Design concepts and a wealth of exciting experiences.
While Shangri-La's Le Touessrok Resort and Spa, Mauritius, nestled on the beautiful shores of Trou d'Eau Douce, will host the celebrated pop-up from October 24 to November 8, 2020. Blessed with six white-sand beaches, a private island retreat, trendy dining options and two golf courses including an 18-hole designed by Bernhard Langer, it's no surprise it's become the most exclusive address in Mauritius.
Elevating Asian cuisine onto a world stage while championing regional dishes, the Chinese chefs will be pulling out all the stops to ensure memorable dining moments set against the breath-taking backdrop of the Shangri-La resorts, during this unique tour.
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Long-Term Projects, 2nd prize
Omo Change
Indigenous Karo children play in the sand on the banks of the Omo River in Ethiopia. The Karo people are entirely dependent on the river for food: both for fish and crops grown in fertile flood soil. The forest seen in the background was cleared to make way for commercial cotton plantations.
The Gibe III Dam, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
A Borana woman stands inside a well, getting water for her cattle, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
A Chinese man buys cattle at a Bodi market, for use in the canteen serving workers building a new sugar mill, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The Bodi people, who traditionally raised livestock for their own needs, are now also supplying foreigners.
A man from the Mursi ethnic group prepares for a traditional stick-fighting contest against a neighboring village, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. For the past two decades the Mursi have been singled out for visits by tour companies. The Mursi surround tourist vehicles, are photographed, and ask for money.
The construction crew is dwarfed by one of the twin pumping tunnels for the Gibe III Dam, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
Members of the Hamar people drink in an informal bar in Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Turmi is a hub for tourists visiting the area, and is reportedly seeing a rise in the numbers of bars, where people from local ethnic groups spend currency earned from construction workers and tourists.
A Dassanech man drinks from the Omo River, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
A man, who has just sold a cow to foreign construction workers, counts his money at a local market. Until a few years ago, bartering was the predominant form of commerce at the market, or goods were sold for just a few Bir, but the influx of foreigners has led to an increase in the use of currency.
A member of the Konso ethnic group smokes beside the road to Arba Minch, the chief transit city for tourists visiting the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The development of the area and of Arba Minch has not yet brought substantial benefit to the local population.
Pipes suck water from the Omo River to irrigate cotton plantations. Exposed tree roots indicate the extent of the drop in water levels.
Hamar women with malaria lie in a clinic in the town of Turmi, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government claimed that the Gibe III Dam, built on the Omo River, would help reduce incidence of malaria by regulating water flow, but local data do not back this up.
Hamar men drive their cattle to pasture near the town of Turmi, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Some Hamar boundaries have been redrawn and their land cleared for sugar cane.
Dassanech children look on as a road passing just a few hundred meters from their village is asphalted, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. The road network in the Omo Valley was largely financed by Chinese investment, as was the Gibe III Dam.
New pylons from the Gibe III Dam hydroelectric complex cross over old electricity wires, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Only part of the power generated at Gibe III will be used locally, the rest is for export. Many local villages still lack electricity.
A Dassanech woman carries her child home after visiting the village of Omorare, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Diminishing land for grazing in the Omo Valley creates difficulties for the pastoral Dassanech.
Preparations are made to construct a water pump, at a bend in the Omo River, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Until two years ago the adjoining lands were covered in fluvial forest, but have now been cleared for cultivation that will require a high degree of irrigation.
A man draws water from a well in a dried river bed, near Kalokol, Kenya, downstream of the Gibe III Dam on the Omo River in Ethiopia.
A fisherman carries the day’s catch in the Ferguson Gulf area of Lake Turkana, Kenya—a critical fish-breeding area and key fishing ground of the Turkana people. Research based on satellite imagery, conducted by Human Rights Watch, indicates the shoreline in the area to have receded by as much as 1.7 kilometers since the start of operations of the Gibe III Dam, upstream in Ethiopia.
Bales of dried fish in a market in Kalokol, on the shores of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Market owners complain of a 30 percent fall in business in recent years as a result of shrinkage of the lake.
A husband and wife prepare freshly caught fish before drying it, beside Lake Turkana, Kenya.
A solar-powered lamp illuminates streets in Kalokol, Kenya. Despite the village’s proximity to the Gibe III hydroelectric plant, it has no electricity connection.
The Omo River Delta, where the river feeds into Lake Turkana in Kenya.
Mursi women, wearing bras given them by tourists, return to their village after fetching well water, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
Pastoral Dassanech people drive a herd across the main road to the Kenyan border, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. A report released by The Oakland Institute in California points to the devastating effect of the Gibe III Dam on pastoral communities whose lands are dependent on the nutrients brought by seasonal flooding.
Nyangatom men bathe in the Omo River, Ethiopia, near a bridge that will link their territory to that of the Karo.
Construction workers chew khat—a natural drug with euphoric effects—at the end of a working day, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
A Dassenach home in Omorate, the last village in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, before the Kenyan border.
A man with a woman, said to be a sex worker, in a bar in the growing town of Hana Mursi, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Alcoholism and prostitution are on the rise with the influx of soldiers and construction workers to the area.
A child plays in the sand near a government storage depot, in Omorate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
General News,3rd prize
Lives In Limbo
Fausto Podavini
2018 Photo Contest, Long-Term Projects, Stories, 2nd prize
Ethiopia is in the midst of an economic boom, with growth averaging 10.5 percent a year—double the regional average. One of the areas most impacted by this is the Omo Valley, an area of extraordinary biodiversity along the course of the Omo River, which rises in the central Shewan highlands and empties into Lake Turkana, on the border with Kenya.
Some 200,000 people of eight different ethnicities live in the Omo Valley, with another 300,000 around Lake Turkana in Kenya. Many are reliant on the river for their food security: on fish in the river and lake, and on crops and pastures grown in the fertile soil deposited by annual natural floods. Gibe III Dam—at 243 meters the tallest in Africa, and generating some 1,800 MW of hydroelectric power—was built with a dual aim: to provide energy for the booming economy and for export, and to deliver an irrigation complex for high-value agricultural development. It was also said that the dam would become a tourist attraction, of socio-economic benefit. Both Ethiopian and Kenyan governments support the dam and have disputed claims of a negative environmental impact, but critics point to such adverse effects as the cessation of natural floods, diminishing biodiversity, falling water levels in Lake Turkana, and the displacement of traditional peoples who have lived for centuries in a delicate balance with the environment.
The photographer visited the Omo Valley during the final years of the dam’s construction, with the aim of producing a meditation on how important investments can nonetheless put the human-environment balance at risk, and on how the changes brought about by the presence of such large amounts of money disrupt existing equilibrium.
His passion for photography began when he was 18, first as assistant and studio photographer, then working on ethnological and social reportage. In 1992, he worked at MIFAV, the ...
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In Phuket, hotels and beaches are two inseparable things. For a perfect sunset view at the hotel, make sure to visit 9 luxurious Phuket hotels on the beach.
Known for its abundant beaches, Phuket has become Thailand’s main tourist spot for a long time. Because of that, many Phuket hotels are built very close to these beaches, if not on them. However, if you’re looking for the ultimate beach hotels around Phuket, you need to know where to find them. Fortunately, there are 9 of the best hotels in Phuket here to help you immerse yourself for an unforgettable trip.
But first, know where to find the best hotels in Phuket
Believe it or not, Phuket is a massive island with the size of 1,000 square kilometres. Split into several towns and areas, some of them are meant to host the best Phuket hotels on the beach. Here are the recommended areas that host many best hotels in Phuket:
1. Patong
Patong is like the heart of Phuket, where most of the fun activities are. The beach is well-known globally for its beautiful sea water, pearl white sand, and natural ambience. It’s also where you can find other landmarks such as Phuket FantaSea Show and Simon Cabaret. No wonder many amazing Phuket hotels are built around Patong.
2. Kamala
Kamala is a less-obvious choice but still packs a lot of exciting things. For a start, its beach is just as amazing as Patong Beach, albeit less crowded. This gives you more privacy if you love a more personal trip. In addition, it’s just north from Patong, giving you easy access to Patong Beach and the areas around it. Pick Kamala if you love Patong but don’t like staying in Patong.
3. Kata
Similar to Kamala Town, Kata is a lesser-known town that has its unique charm. The beach is lively and just as beautiful as other beaches in Phuket with lesser visitors. Plus, it has access to several exciting landmarks, namely Khlong Bangla Park, Kokchang Safari, and the Big Buddha.
Here are the best 9 luxurious Phuket hotels on the beach
Before you continue, you should know that other beach areas in Phuket also host some of the best hotels in Phuket. These lesser-known areas might have the best surprise you don’t expect. So, carry on and look at these 9 best luxurious Phuket hotels for your beach trip:
1. Sri panwa Pool Villa Phuket
This list is raising the bar really high from the start, because this is one of the best hotels in Phuket. Located on the top of Cape Panwa, the scenery surrounding the villa is unmatched with turquoise blue water and islands within reach. To set the bar even higher, each villa comes with a personal infinity pool, bathtub, and minibar. Speaking of a bar, Baba Nest in Sri Panwa is one of the best rooftop bars around Phuket, so you shouldn’t miss that.
How much does it cost? For a villa in one of the best Phuket hotels, if not the best, a night will cost you S$444. It might look a bit too much, but believe it, your experience here will be so shiok, no other beach hotels can ever come close to it.
Source: Sri panwa Phuket
Address: 88 Sakdidej Rd, Vichit Muang Chang Wat Phuket 83000
Distance from Phuket International Airport: About 50km or 1 hour 30 minutes drive
2. Anantara Layan Phuket Resort
For a hotel that was built in 2014, Anantara Layan has already made a name for its own. Located in the distant north to Layan Beach, this hotel has the perfect mixture of jungle and beach. Every part of the hotel has Thai-inspired designs with elegance in mind, building maximum immersion that glues you to the hotel. Not to mention the villas have their personal infinity pool, butler service, and elegant scenery of the surroundings.
With charm and comfort like this, a villa with the price of S$221 feels like a bang for the buck. Once you’ve stayed here, your mind will want to return and chope a room for your next trip to Phuket.
Address: 168 Moo 6, Layan Beach Soi 4 Cherngtalay, Thalang District, Phuket 83110
Distance from Phuket International Airport: About 14km or 30 minutes drive
3. Como Point Yamu
Como Point Yamu is also a relatively new big player that debuted in 2013 with a distinct white and blue colour identity. The combination gives a peaceful vibe, enhanced with the specialties of Point Yamu such as Pilates and yoga classes. Its swimming pool is also remarkable, standing near Phang Nga Bay with a length of 100 metres.
Doubtless, its room quality is also amazing. With the colour identity and complete amenities, your stay will be a memorable one. Three exciting restaurants also complement your stay here, with all of them using organic and pure ingredients for your health. Because of that, the price tag of S$228 per night feels like a bang for the buck.
Address: 225 Moo 7, Talang, Paklok, Phuket 83110
4. The Surin Phuket
As one of the older Phuket hotels on the beach, The Surin underwent a massive makeover which resulted in a new modern look. All the 103 suites and cottages are designed with balanced indoor and outdoor feels, with their granite tiles and shuttered doors. Other nook and cranny around the rooms complement the fact that they’re all standing practically next to Pansea Bay.
Because of its exquisite presentation, remarkable comfort, and amazing facilities, The Surin stands among the best Phuket hotels around. No wonder its S$176 price tag feels sensible.
Address: 118 Soi Hat Surin 8, Choeng Thale, Thalang District, Phuket 83110
5. Trisara Villa and Residence Phuket
Despite being located on Patong Beach, Trisara Villa offers a highly personal experience thanks to its 40-minutes distance from the crowd. Furthermore, all the 39 cottages are secluded from each other, protected by tropical forests and amazing ocean sceneries. It almost feels like you own a home here, especially given the maximum amenities and private infinity pool.
Aside from privacy, Trisara Villa also offers a full-service spa, three exciting restaurants, and personal trainers. Therefore, as one of the best hotels in Phuket, its S$831 price tag is worth every penny.
Source: Trisara Villa and Residence Phuket
Address: 60/1 Srisoonthorn, Tambon Choeng Thale, Amphoe Thalang, Chang Wat Phuket 83110
6. Boathouse by Montara
If you’re a beach enthusiast, Boathouse by Montara is your best choice. Standing on Kata Beach, it has direct access to the privatized part of the beach. Patong and Kamala beaches are also only several minutes away, giving you three different beach experiences. Its rooms also don’t disappoint, with bright and light rooms packed with maximum amenities comforting your stay here.
But the best part of this hotel is the massive numbers of entertainment. You have exciting shows, nightlife, dinner restaurants, a wine cellar, a bar, outdoor pool, spa, and cooking classes, to name a few. Because of that, it’s one of the best Phuket hotels that demands you to stay more than a day. And that says a lot, for a hotel with the price of S$400.
Address: 182 Koktanode Road Kata Beach, Phuket, Kata, 83100
7. Avista Hideaway Resort & Spa
Standing on the southern part of Patong Beach, Avista Hideaway lives up to its name with its personal ambience. Traditional Thai-inspired room buildings are decorated with tropical plants, giving it a more natural experience. Despite that, it’s abundant with nightlife activities and other modern facilities like three swimming pools, putting green, a gym, spa, and an internet café.
The rooms offer a satisfying experience. Aside from a complete set of amenities, every room is equipped with a separate shower and bathtub. There’s also a balcony in each room, providing you with a satisfying panorama to look at while relaxing on the room. All of those are yours for the price of S$152.
Address: 39/9 Muen-Ngern Road, Patong, Phuket, Kathu, Phuket 83150
8. Banyan Tree Resort
Not the least of all other Phuket hotels on this list, Banyan Tree Resort is among the most recommended 5-star hotel in Bang Tao. Each of the 100 rooms has an outdoor jet-pool, sunken bath, mini bar, tropical garden, and dining patio. Inside the rooms, you have an en-suite bathroom with a personal dressing area.
Outside the room, you can enjoy the swimming pool, gym, golf club, library, spa, and cooking classes. There are also lagoon boats and shuttle buses to travel around Bang Tao and discover exciting spots outside of the resort. Even so, its Laguna Beach is close to Banyan Tree, giving you full access to this hidden gem already. All of them are priced at S$424, which is reasonably worth for what you get.
Address: Thalang District, Choeng Thale, Banyan Tree Phuket Main lobby, 33, 33/27 Moo 4 Srisoonthorn Road Cherngtalay Amphur Talang 83110
And the conclusion is…
Amazing is the simple word that describes the beach experience in Phuket. There are tons of amazing beaches with beautiful and clean personalities, with some being hidden while others being well-known. And with all these 9 amazing Phuket hotels on the beach, you can’t help but appreciate the wonders of Phuket even better. By staying at those hotels, you’re guaranteed to have the best sunrise and sunset experiences both on the beach and in Phuket.
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Posted on June 14, 2017 by Yoraikun
“Well now, that really was a splendid contest.”
“Yeah, I never thought it would be that extreme.”
A grinning Aleist and Eunius were discussing the beauty contest that had just come to a close. Luecke was nonchalantly nodding along.
“Those poses they struck in that last self-appeal session were nice. I never thought Izumi would make such a pose, but in the end, Millia won hands down.”
Right, it ended as Millia’s landslide victory.
To the end of the end, the tension born from her sheer embarrassment had caused her to fail. During her self-appeal session, she bit her tongue, and as she made a pose, she stepped on the long cloth wrapped around her waist.
By treading on that cloth, not only was it removed, her top bra was taken with it, making her pose one where she covered her chest with her hands. On its severity, she monopolized the votes of the male student body and won.
By the way, the runner-up was Fina, and following on from her, Izumi placed as well.
“Yeah, I’ll never forget that scene!”
Through his armor, Aleist clenched his fist victoriously. But as the beauty contest was over, of course, his fiancés had descended the stage.
Having changed from their swimsuits into their costumes, the girls were making dark smiles behind Aleist.
Luecke and Eunius decided to change location at once, going off to search for Rudel and Izumi. From behind, they could hear Aleist’s screams.
“Eh? No way! You were in it too? … That was a joke! I’m just kidding!! Aaaah!!”
Right as Aleist cried out, the two of them were able to spot Rudel and Izumi walking side by side.
‘Following on, it’s confession time!! Now that we’ve all got a spot of drink, everyone who wants to use this last chance at the academy to confess to the one they admire, raise your hands!!’
The mc was enthusiastic, but the hall wasn’t quite on board. Even if you asked them to confess at the end of the end, it would only be troubling.
In the first place, an extent of the students already had partners. If they were nobles, they’d have engagements, and based on the person, there were even some who, while students, surrounded themselves with numerous women.
First on that list were Aleist and Eunius.
The hall was enveloped in a dubious air, and there were only a few students who took part, half for fun. Within all that, some commoner students had gathered in a separate space.
Starting with Fritz, they were students of the three-year curriculum.
When it was decided Fritz would become captain of the royal guard, he had invited some of his close friends to join as well. Those who gathered with Fritz’ followers.
In that hall of dubious enthusiasm, he held a glass as he looked around.
“What’s wrong, Fritz? You’re not taking part?”
One of his classmates suggested that he take part in this side show. As captain of the royal guard, with more influence than the captain of a knight brigade, Fritz did have a certain level of popularity among the girls.
Especially the students who wanted to rise from commoners, and low-ranking nobles would often call out to him. But Fritz had Aileen, so he couldn’t participate in this sort of event.
“No, I’d rather not become a laughingstock in a farce like this. More importantly, this party isn’t free. Do those nobles really get it?”
While those around him exchanged jokes, Fritz alone hadn’t read the mood.
“Yeah, y-you’re right.”
Following on from Fritz, the commoner knights who dreamed of promotion forcefully sterned up their faces. In truth, they at least wanted to enjoy their last days at the academy.
The eyes of that group with a dicey air fell on Rudel in his costume and Izumi.
They were smiling as they looked over the students confessing to boys in jest, and the students receiving those confessions not knowing they were jokes.
Fritz instantly down the juice that filled the glass in his hands.
“The noble-for-hobby who ignored the palace’s orders to become a dragoon, and the foreign woman who seduced him. It’s rotten, the current Kingdom of Courtois.”
At a glance, Fritz’ opinion wasn’t correct, but it wasn’t wrong either. If someone who didn’t know looked at Rudel and Izumi, it certainly wouldn’t be strange if they imagined such a relationship.
No matter how those two thought of one another.
“Hey, did Rudel really reject enlistment in the royal guard? Is that really allowed?”
As a weak-willed-looking one of his followers mouthed something that could be taken as supporting Rudel, Fritz’ expression changed.
“We’re dealing with a noble, and an archduke at that! You should know it isn’t strange for them to do such a thing. Those rotten nobles have to do something for the sake of this country.”
On Fritz’ opinion, everyone nodded.
Even if he had an environment to learn, an environment to study, if he only looked at the information he wanted to believe, he could only strengthen his biased viewpoint.
Laughing (?) with his friends, Fritz glared at Rudel. But the two of them were exceedingly similar.
If Rudel didn’t have anyone to believe in, there was a possibility he would fixate on becoming a dragoon and ruin himself. The difference was whether they were able to accept others or not.
Rudel who saw dreams of dragoons, and Fritz who dreamed of heroes.
After coming so far, the gap had grown so large it could no longer be filled in.
“I’m definitely going to change this country.”
Glaring at Rudel who clung onto Izumi in his costume, Fritz muttered.
In the hall, making use of the confession time, Sophina had moved behind the scenes.
Obtaining the numbered tags that would be used in the king’s game, Sophina appeared before Fina. The two of them met hidden in a corner of the hall, hurriedly going into preparations.
“Princess, the preparations are complete.”
“You’ve done a splendid job. As expected of a high knight.”
“… I am glad I was able to answer to your expectations. (Even if you praise me over something like this, it doesn’t make me happy at all…)”
Swiftly sticking on a marker, Fina got a grasp of the characteristics of the other number tags. But that alone made her anxious, so she directed her face at Sophina.
Dropping her shoulders, Sophina quietly nodded.
‘Now that those confessions are behind us, it’s finally time to begin the king’s game!! And what a discourteously named game it is, but we have Fina Courtois-sama’s stamp of approval, so we’re going with that! Don’t be a stiff, and join in. Now then, Fina-sama will be participating in the first game.’
Alongside that enthusiastic introduction from the mc, Fina reservedly waved her hand as she walked to the center of the circle the students had made. To her side, Sophina escorted her as a guard.
“It is my pleasure.”
‘And while I’d like to put rank aside, we can’t start it off without our future archdukes!’
Being introduced, Rudel and the others stepped up as well. As Fina was taking part, they had selected out earnest participants who could read the mood for the first round.
While it was dubious whether or not Rudel could read the mood, there was no changing the fact he was earnest. But Aleist had been removed from the first round’s members.
‘Well then, you’ll all be drawing lots from this box! We’ll start off with Fina-sama.’
As he said that, the student on duty held out the box of numbered sticks to FinaThere were round tags stuck on the ends of each stick, and the tags indicated their number or king status.
“Then if you’ll beg my pardon (Fwahahaha!! I am the king!!)”
Picking out one of the sticks, Fina discreetly retrieved the marker she had stuck onto it. Pulling the king’s tag without issue, she resolved herself.
(Hmm, that was dangerous. I always lose focus when I get this far, and I was one step from doing something crazy. Today is my big chance to get master in my hands! If I fail here, it’ll be a real pain later.)
After Eunius and Luecke pulled numbers, Rudel was wearing his costume, so it was considerably hard to grasp one. On his gestures, Fina thought she would start drooling.
(Quit it, Fina! That’s just a fake fluffy. I have to hold a stalwart heart… and yet, I must hate myself for wanting to assault him!!)
Seeing Rudel grasp a stick in both hands and pull it, Fina fought the urges within her head. She thought her heart would be stolen by that cute appearance and bearing.
But even so, she didn’t let her guard down. She sent a glance at Sophina, who silently sent the signal to her high knight subordinates. One of the high knights stationed behind Rudel confirmed the number on Rudel’s lot.
For the sake of this day, she had stationed those with good eyes, even among all her subordinates. The abilities of these talented girls were being put to use in the king’s game.
‘Is everyone ready? Then who’s the king~!!?’
As the mc raised his voice, Fina laughed inside that she had been waiting for this as she softly raised her hand. From appearance alone, she was a reserved beautiful girl.
As she was doing that, Fina informed her of the number on Rudel’s stick. Carefully confirming it, Fina couldn’t stop her laughter within. But as she directed her eyes at Rudel, she noticed a certain something.
“Um, it looks like it’s me (Master’s number is five… then the order…?)”
Chatting amiably with Luecke and Eunius, Rudel’s outfit was cute, and there were no problems with his gestures. But something was lacking.
“The sort of order she gives in the first round will decide the flow for the rest of the game.”
“For real? Then even a kiss is safe, right?”
“With the princess? I think that’s completely out, Eunius.”
“No, she could order one number to kiss another. Aleist has a talent when it comes to these sorts of things.”
Luecke praised Aleist for proposing this game. But Aleist himself was currently receiving punishment for ruining his fiancés’ moods during the beauty contest.
“Sure enough, if it’s this game, then they could use it at the shops too. That guy just might be a genius!”
Eunius decided to start a trend at the shops he frequented. And with that, Aleist had left yet another legend.
“I don’t have talent when it comes to these things. I’m a bit jealous.”
Wearing his costume, Rudel made a bit of a thinking gesture. But even if Fina was satisfied with his appearance and cute gestures, she wasn’t satisfied with his speech.
If only his appearance wasn’t as cute, if only his actions weren’t so lovely.
(…… Unforgivable. That way of speech is unforgivable! If you’ve already gone that far, then do something about your speech!! Just a little more. A little more, and it’d be perfect!!)
‘Well then, Fina-sama, if you’ll please give an order!’
“Princess, your order please (Hah, forcing me to work in a party of young kids… I want to go home)”
Hearing Sophina’s spiritless voice, Fina saw the completion of her goal of kissing Rudel appear before her eyes. But within Fina, a new desire was being born.
(Kissing master… but it’s hard to abandon the thought of adding ‘woof’ to his sentences. Wait a second, Fina! You cannot be shaken here!)
As her heart came into conflict, the angel of her heart whispered out.
‘What are you doing!? Fulfill your initial objective. Use this opportunity to obtain master!!’
There, the demon whispered in her ears.
‘Hehe, are you sure? If you let this chance slip by, there might not be a next, you know? Kisses and sealing deals, you can do all manner of pervy things however you want afterward. Your authority exists to be abused, right? You have no choice but to add a woof to his words here and now!’
On the devil’s words, the angel within Fina voiced her approval.
‘Oh my, you do have a point. Then the right choice is to add ‘woof’ to his sentences! My word, this is splendidly arousing!!’
By the drooling angel and demon within Fina, her direction had been changed. Harding her resolve, Fina boldly handed down her order with expressionless face.
And at that moment, Fina was shaken.
“Erk, she told me to add woof to the end of every sentence, woof.”
“Isn’t that fine? I think it’s cuter that way.”
The king’s game continued, but taking the number of students into account, there were few who could take part in each game. Rudel had left the game early, switching out with the students waiting their turn.
Having come so far, Fina’s objective ended in failure. But she was satisfied, so perhaps it wasn’t a problem.
Rudel- forced to add woof to his words- and Izumi parted from the place the king’s game was held to have a hand at the food. Luecke and Eunius were still playing, so the two of them were killing time.
It went without saying that the two men had created time for Rudel and Izumi to be together.
“Even so, your swimsuit was surprising, woof.”
“Y-you think? They said the participants could keep the swimsuit afterward, so I chose out the one I liked… did you dislike that swimsuit?”
“Not at all! … woof. I thought it was really pretty, woof.”
Still wearing his dog costume, Rudel took Izumi’s hand. Izumi seemed happy Rudel had taken a liking to it.
“That’s good. I didn’t think it was a little extreme, but I’m glad I chose it.”
The one who chose the swimsuit was Izumi herself, and it seems she had considered it just a little extreme. Rudel went on to praise her swimsuit form.
“I got really excited. There was barely any string on your back, and it almost looked as if you weren’t wearing anything at all, woof! But if possible, I wouldn’t want you to show it to anyone else, woof.”
“Yeah, I’ll be careful.”
Giggling, Izumi found Rudel’s slightly frantic attitude to be quite pleasant.
There, having run away from his fiancés, Aleist came seeking help. He was wearing his armor, so when he moved, they could hear the sounds of clashing metal.
As Aleist was wearing something conspicuous, he decided to use Rudel, someone his fiancés couldn’t approach so easily.
”S-save me, you two! At this rate, I’m going to have a hole in my stomach.”
As Aleist appeared in lament, this time, Luecke and Eunius appeared. Both of them took Aleist in with weary eyes.
“Why don’t you read the mood?”
“Read the mood, dammit.”
To the words of the two who held the same impression, Aleist tilted his head. But even if he tilted his head in gold-horned black armor, it didn’t look cute at all.
The hall was growing rowdy over the king’s game.
A large number of students awaited their turn to take part, and Izumi had been detained by some underclassmen girls, separating from Rudel.
The four men had gathered by the wall, but Aleist had gotten some drink in him, and with his fatigue, he had fallen asleep against it.
“He really fell asleep.”
As Eunius made a game of prodding Aleist with his finger, Luecke let out a sigh.
“Just leave him be. After they stuck to him like that, of course he’d be tired… good grief, he’ll burn a hole in his stomach someday.”
“Sure enough, woof.”
As Rudel and the others said, Aleist’s fiancés had launched their attack. They had contained their usual pace but even so, it seems they were hard on him.
“Ah, but his shouts during Millia’s wardrobe malfunction were painful. He was chastised for them quite a bit, this guy.”
Eunius was talking about the time Millia lost her upper garments. Excited, Aleist had some drink in his system, and he ended up shouting out.
From atop the stage, his engagement partners were all watching him. There was no excuse.
“… Well, the way things are going, Millia will probably be engaged to Aleist too. Looking at the elves as a whole, this matter with Millia is a stroke of good luck. The talks should go forward regardless of her intent.”
Luecke tilted his glass, swishing the drink inside, and watching it move. Once talks turned serious, Eunius looked up at the ceiling.
Rudel alone, because of his costume, was unable to put out a serious air.
“Hah, becoming an adult means you’ve got to become a real stick in the mud, huh.”
Eunius down the contents of the glass in his hand, making a bit of a lonesome face.
“You can’t be a student forever. We’re the same. After this, we’ll be in service to the palace for a bit, but we’ve each got our factions.”
Originally, they were houses that were supposed to be in conflict. Even if Rudel was a separate story, the Arses House still held a faction. He couldn’t stay irrelevant.
“What a pain.”
On Eunius’ words, Luecke could give no response. But before that, Rudel had something he had to do.
His promise with the black fog… perhaps you could call it fate, if he didn’t fight against the large flow, he would never be able to move forwards.
“I’m a dragoon, woof. It’s customary to head to the border for a while… woof.”
“No, you’re special, so you’ll probably be serving at the palace, right? This sleeping guy is entering the defenders that were just put together, and he’s suddenly a candidate for captain.”
Eunius corrected Rudel’s statement, but Rudel had a vague understanding. There was a flow he couldn’t do anything against, and he was being swept up in its currents…
But he hadn’t given up on his struggle.
He had promised to fight against it, and it was one of the reasons he became a dragoon. Rudel suddenly felt as if the still-human Sakuya was standing beside him.
(I’ll definitely honor my promises.)
It was almost as if Sakuya made a bit of a sorrowful face. But the feeling she was there soon faded away.
“Well, as long as Rudel’s there, the Arses faction should build some momentum. We won’t be the two great factions for long. Rudel, you better prepare yourself. Even if you’re the dragoon, you’re the white knight. It’s not like there’s no possibility you’ll be the next king. No, among us, you have the highest chances.”
Luecke looked at Aleist just once. But he couldn’t imagine the man leaning asleep against the wall becoming king.
“If you become king, you’ll be clashing with us.”
Even if Rudel became king, if their politics collided, then the archdukes would oppose. Friendly relations from their school days wouldn’t mean anything there. No, those around wouldn’t let them have meaning.
The three fell silent, but on Izumi’s approach, Eunius opened his mouth.
“Well, it was fun. For now, I guess that’s enough.”
“Sure enough.”
“That’s right, woof.”
Rudel was faithfully upholding his order. And that was something Luecke and Eunius couldn’t help but laugh at.
The fact that they couldn’t keep it tense to the end left the three of them laughing.
In the academy where the graduation ceremony had concluded, the headmaster held his head.
Having come so far, the students’ guardians had come forth to complain that the party’s contents had been too extreme. The name of the king’s fame was approved by Fina, so it didn’t become a problem.
But in the beauty contest, boys aside, the girls and their parents came to complain. This was largely because of Izumi and Millia.
While they couldn’t approve of the contest itself, they complained that they couldn’t approve of those extreme pieces of swimwear either. Among them were some of the students who took part, simply being sore losers.
And while confession time did become a bit of a problem, among the students, there were some boys who jokingly confessed to one another, and it was praised as being funnier than the average comedy.
No one said anything particular about the costumes, but after that, the academy received a considerable number of complaints.
The fact that they were praised to an extent was the silver lining on a dark cloud. It was well known as a party where the students had made lasting memories.
Of the enrolled students, there were many looking forward to next year’s party.
“Come this far, to think my sense of relief would backfire… I never would have thought Izumi-kun and Millia-kun would…”
It’s not as if they hadn’t been wary of Rudel and co, but the problem had come from somewhere they had never even expected, making the headmaster hold his head.
“Hah… well, there’s only one year left in my term. It did make for a nice memory.”
Recalling when Rudel had come to the academy, his face went unusually lax. It was quite some trouble, but remembering how it was fun in its own way, the headmaster continued through his processing of complaints.
… But because of the problem child who paid visit to the academy two years later, the headmaster’s troubles would continue.
That the problem child would cause his term to be extended was something the headmaster had no way of knowing.
“Now then, I’ve got to do my best for my final year.”
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52 Responses to Dragoon 94: The End of School Life and a New Problem Child
GM_Rusaku says:
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macan48 says:
The 🐈 is behind a page?
zekkendo says:
ohhhh. I thought it was just a strangely shaped wall
Fukuda says:
Faisal MaTs says:
“So no one noticed. That the king’s game was the most problematic of all…”
That was the last sentence on chapter 92. What a let down… there’s nothing problematic at all.
In concept, not execution.
frenzy85 says:
That’s the trap. It slowly ramps up in level of problematicness; year by year by year by year.
By the time you realize its horror, it’s already too deeply ingrained in the academy’s culture and there’s nothing you can do to stop its momentum!!!
Countrymage says:
Two years later, so Lena?
And the headmaster was recorded in the annals of history as the most remarkable headmaster of all… Except he would have panic attacks whenever the word “Arses” was mentioned.
Yeah says:
Not only because of Rudel and Lena, but because of the knight known as Sir Mix-a-lot who liked big butts, and could not lie.
THankyouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
TamaSaga says:
Fina…you dropped the ball…but you might win the war from this small step.
Drakensji says:
Is the problem child Lena?
Neko MK2 says:
pay respect your elder
May grandmaster soul rest in peace
bladerain says:
Hmm… This is troubling. On one hand, I’d be happy to have my time as headmaster of a prestigious academy extended, but dealing with problem children is a headache I’d rather not have. You won’t get a night of peace with them around. That I’d be forced to extend due to experience with dealing with problem children is the worst tragedy of my life. I think that’s what I’d think if I were the headmaster. Hahahaha, I’m glad I’m not.
KozuKy says:
aaaa too sweet
Newface says:
Thanks for the chap!!
I almost got diabetus from Rudel and Izumi there…
and I probably know who the problem child is
blahto says:
RIP Headmaster like brother like sister….. what are the chances that the other sister is also a problem? xD
Fina missed Fluffadise. Tsk
I can’t wait for Lena and Fina to rampage together. *drools*
sodemaso says:
not withing schools grounds… Fina already graduated by the time Lena enrolled i think
silvabarroslucas says:
I thought it would release the izumi ban
Izumi wasn’t in the game, so she couldn’t order her
she could just order Rudel to ignore the Izumi ban
smoggythebear says:
I guess Lena is continuing the legacy?
Thanks for the chapter 😀
Thx for the chapter o/
such a sweat chapter i might have diabetes now~~
Diggydawg says:
Fina really dropped the ball on this one, woof!
Reaper Phoenix says:
Fina’s plans defeated by Rudel’s costume.
Kurlinni says:
“The name of the king’s fame was approved by Fina,”
I think that is supposed to be “game”.
Luecke and Eunius being such nice wingmen.
Dangnabbit Fritz, how often do you have to be beaten up to come to your senses?!
Yay foreshadowing of invincible Imouto!
I forgot something… The reason why the headmaster has a lot of problems was because of a “generation” of problem children, not just Rudel alone. He did a lot of damage and was often in the nurse’s station, allowed in the girl’s dorms and stuff but that’s not enough to give the staff trouble… In other words… the next generation, starting with Lena, was a new generation of problem children just like Rudel who had Millia, Aleist, Eunius, Luecke, Fritz, Fina, Chlust and other students. I can’t help but pale up at the thought of a new generation of problem children…
hezat says:
Thanks for the chapters yoraikun
Paps says:
Thanks for the chapter, I am betting that the problem child is Rudel sister with her battle jonky atitude. Even the Angel of Fina is a pervert totally seduced to the dark side!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Ryuutobi says:
Eunisu decided to start a trend at the shops he frequented. (Eunius)
Luecke tilted his lass, (glass)
“Y-you think? They said the participants could keep the swimsuit afterwards, so I chose out the one I liked… did you dislike that swimsuit?”
Izumi best girl confirmed. :) (She’s much bolder than I thought, before I thought someone convinced her to wear it).
Also the headmaster will most certainly look back and think he was once more naïve in thinking that all the troublesome events are over and done with once Lena joins in her first year.
Lewd Anon says:
Izumi is REALLY bold. But at least she has confidence in her figure; and chose a swimsuit that she felt was just “a bit extreme” for her “usual” tastes. Makes us wonder what her own definition of usual attire is, when it comes to undergarments and swimsuits.
That aside, it’s pretty hilarious that the academy ends up having permanent events that cannot be removed simply because the future students would be looking forwards to it. Lol at the parents/guardians complaining though.
The King’s Game result was disappointing, and so was the Public Confessions (which became a game in a game; guys competing but making a game out of it teasing other guys). I was hoping that Fina would at least force Rudel to go on a petting/stare spree, while in dog costume.
Fritz being a usual stick in the mud and fodder. A shame he didn’t get his arse handed to him again, even if it was from a challenge game.
At least Lena is confirmed to survive long enough to become a menace at the Academy in two years, so no need to worry about her becoming a casualty in the upcoming war.
Archus says:
….I’m imagining Fina’s angels and demons goes “guhehehehe” at the sight
Spamking says:
Lol Lena~in her defense, she’s saving jobs…..well one in particular XD
haniba says:
thank for the chapter
capslock128 says:
now that you mention Lena enter the academy, where is her elder sis?(almost forget her, even already forgot her name lol) don’t she suppose to enter the academy right around this time?
Lena & Erselica were actually born in the same year & there has not been any mention of who was older.
Fueee says:
Yoraikun where have you been?
Barko says:
Can’t expect him to do posts everyday. Assume he’s busy irl.
Hatsu says:
Not expecting that at all. We’re just gauging when to send the waifu rescue squad lol
Termt says:
Good god… Aleist’s fiances… do they really not realize that he has ZERO interest in them?
I know that it’s a relationship set up by the houses behind them and all that, but still… couldn’t Aleist’s house at least go “Hey, boy, do you actually plan on having this many wives/mistresses? Isn’t this a bit too much?”
Then again, upstart house, looking to raise its status and influence… they might just think “Eh, our kid’ll do FIIIIINE.”
ironyisnotdead says:
Harbinger of Lena’s enrollment
Keikeii says:
There were quite a few grammatical errors… but its not really affecting the story and can be guessed by checking a keyboard or using context…
Thanks for the chaps~!!!
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