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Program Would Make Transit Free for Commuters to Downtown Columbus
Downtown Columbus workers might soon have access to free transit. Photo: DowntownColumbus.com
Only about 5 percent of workers in downtown Columbus arrive by transit daily, according to census data. So Columbus — technically the fifteenth largest city in the U.S. — isn’t a huge transit city, by any means. But an innovative new proposal could help dramatically increase the share of downtown workers who arrive by bus.
A group of downtown property owners is experimenting with a program that would offer free transit passes to those who work in downtown Columbus. The initial 18-month pilot, which recently received final approval, includes just five major employers and about 1,100 employees.
But if it is successful, the plan is to expand free transit passes to employees in a wide area encompassing most of downtown. Marc Conte of Capital Crossroads, the downtown special improvement district leading the initiative, thinks it could at least double the number of people taking transit into downtown each work day.
Some cities, including Boulder and Salt Lake City, have experimented with downtown transit pass systems before, but never on this scale, says Conte. The program is actually modeled after Ohio State University’s BuckID program, which lets all students ride COTA buses for “free” (the cost of the service is included in student activity fees).
Capital Crossroads, a voluntary association of 550 downtown property owners, was grasping for a solution to parking demand. Downtown Columbus office occupancy rates are climbing, and parking lots were developed, but those trends were placing stress on the existing transportation system. Capital Crossroads members, many of them condo owners, “kept asking us to do something about the parking problem,” Conte said. “If you have a big chunk of employees to park anywhere, you can’t find them any parking.”
The city of Columbus built two 700-space downtown parking garages. But the city isn’t interested in additional bonding to build more spaces, Conte says, and market parking rates aren’t high enough to justify private garages.
At first, Capital Crossroads tried reaching out to individual human resource departments, asking that they, at minimum, equalize incentives between transit and parking. But there was resistance from many HR directors, who don’t seem to be in the habit of taking transit. Part of it was also the perceived hassle of dealing with monthly transit passes.
“There’s a lot of inertia from older generations,” said Conte. “But I think there has been a change.”
One thing that helps is that Columbus now has CoGo bike share and Car2Go, providing workers other options for mid-day trips, Conte said.
The way the program is designed also takes a lot of work out of administration for businesses. Participants will be issued an ID card that does not expire until their employment does. COTA will charge the program the regular $2 rate per ride from each card swipe up to the limit of $62, the cost of a regular monthly pass.
“The idea of the simplicity” was a big selling point for members, said Conte. “Once you get the pass it’s just activated forever and never gets shut off. I think that helps a lot.”
The pilot is being funded by a federal grant secured by the local metropolitan planning organization. But if it’s successful and the program is expanded, Capital Crossroads will assess property owners for the cost of the transit fares and those costs will be passed on to tenants. As a special improvement district, Capital Crossroads has the power to assess property owners for services, provided they are approved by at least 60 percent of members. Conte says it’s not clear yet if the owners will be willing to cover the entire cost.
Another unknown is whether COTA has the capacity to accommodate a new wave of commuters. The uncertainty is compounded by the fact that COTA is undergoing a major redesign of its bus routes, which is expected to boost ridership by 10 to 15 percent.
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True Story: Buying Transit Passes Is Cheaper Than Building Garages
By Angie Schmitt | Mar 24, 2016
Downtown Columbus, Ohio, is facing a parking crunch. But parking prices aren’t high enough in this city to make garage construction a viable private investment. Faced with this situation, a lot of cities would pour a bunch of money into a big subsidized garage or two. But in Columbus, several officials have hit on a smarter idea: providing […]
Columbus May Offer Free Transit Passes to All Downtown Workers
For the last year and a half, Columbus's Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District has been piloting a free transit pass program for 844 downtown workers. The share of workers in the program who commute via transit increased from 6 percent to 12 percent, and now it might be expanded to all 40,000 workers downtown.
How Columbus Doubled Downtown Bus Commuting
Free transit passed for downtown workers raised their transit-commuting rate from 5 percent to 10 to 14 percent.
Aspen Experiments With Paying People Not to Drive Downtown
Drivers who shift to transit, biking or carpooling will earn points that can be cashed out at local businesses.
The 2017 Streetsies: Best and Worst of the Year
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A Misguided Fix for Traffic Congestion in Silicon Valley
According to a recent study of transit riders in Denver covered by CityLab, people who work within a 15-minute walk of a rail station are more likely to commute by train than people who live close to transit but don’t work by a station. Network blog Peninsula Transportation Alternatives says the study underscores how a proposal aimed at reining in traffic in Palo […]
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Chapter 80: Nanchester's Suggestion
It was early morning on the road towards the Northern City Gate in Eternal Star City. A troop of city defense team's soldiers tactfully avoided a bunch of people standing in the vacant space ahead. They were also conscious in stopping other people from approaching the space.
"Be rest assured that I am not stupid enough to harm and kill the prince under the public eyes of the capital."
The Guardian Duke of the Land of Cliffs Region, Koshder Nanchester, was seen standing tall and upright in the middle of the road. He shook off the snow that covered the Great Deer Antler symbol on his cape as he said coldly, "I just want to meet him."
He stood in front of the continuous fleet of carriages and stared at the Jadestar Private Army, who had vigilant expressions on their faces while waiting for their master's reply.
Gilbert got down from the carriage and looked over at the Great Deer Antler carriage as well as few protectors of the Nanchester Family, who were close by. He also noticed that there was another carriage with a Tricolor Iris Flowers symbol, stationed at a distant spot. He furrowed his brows.
"Sir Nanchester, if you want to see the diplomat group off, you can wait at the Northern City Gate Stopping the diplomat group halfway is not the sort of manner the suzerain of a land ought to have."
Koshder looked unhappy and he pointed towards the carriage a distance away. "I am not the only one. That Tricolor Iris Flowers brat is also here."
Gilbert immediately pondered over the current situation.
Koshder shook his cape impatiently. "We all know that he is not some normal child even though he is only seven or eight years old. Pass the news to the second prince and let him make the decision."
The voice of a young child could then be heard from the third carriage.
"It is alright, Gilbert! Let me handle this."
Thales pushed the carriage door open and with the company of both the anxious Wya Caso and the guarded Midira Ralf, Thales walked towards Koshder with a calm, composed look on his face.
Koshder looked at the child with a perplexed gaze and stuck his chin out towards the direction of the roadside.
Thales inhaled deeply and nodded. He gestured towards his attendant and the Phantom Wind Follower before following Koshder to the side of the road.
"What kind of drama is this again?" The vice diplomat of the group and the prince's instructor, the thin Lord Putray, got down from his carriage impatiently. It was as though his lovely morning had been disturbed.
Gilbert shook his head. "Internal struggle of the kingdom."
"Why is it so peaceful?" Putray squinted his eyes and looked over at the two different figuresthe Duke of the Land of Cliffs and the second princewho were standing in the distance.
"Peaceful?" Gilbert glanced at his old friend with furrowed brows.
Putray pursed his lips and sneered. "It is so peaceful that I almost want to cry. You should go to the Eastern Peninsula, to Kirin Holy Capital. See the internal fights of the Chen Royal Family with the eunuchs and officials, who were given honorary titles in the Mane et Nox Dynasty.Of course, you have never been there, so it is normal for you to have such shallow knowledge and experience on this."
Gilbert snorted resentfully as he could not seem to find a valid argument to refute Putray's words.
'Damned bard.'
Thales stared at the Duke of Great Deer Antler, who was wearing a hostile expression on his face while he pondered about the duke's intention.
'He must have some sort of motive for coming.
'But we are already destined to be enemies.
'I have to be vigilant.'
"I did not expect you to be the first person to come," Thales said quietly.
Koshder snorted.
"I did not want to meet you before so many people since Fakenhaz's ridicules are very annoying." The One-Eyed Dragon stared coldly at him. "Brat, I know you are very intelligent, so I will cut the nonsense. Listen
"I do not like you. Never before has anyone dared to call me a hypocrite."
Thales helplessly spread out his hands. "Then, what do you want me to call you? A liar? Deceiver?"
'Or skilled actor? The best actor? The leader of the Mount Hua Sect, Yue Buqun [1]?
Koshder ignored his words. The scar on his blinded left eye was hideous.
"Nonetheless, I can still abandon my prejudice. In the future, the Land of Cliffs Region can fully support you to be the supreme king and suppress those restless nobles as well as suzerains with ulterior motives. The Great Deer Antler will serve you as our master, and Jadestar will continue to be the Royal Family."
Thales was momentarily stunned.
'What?'
Thales' brows wrinkled in confusion. "I thought the Great Deer Antler and I were already absolutely irreconcilable."
However, Koshder still did not pay any attention to him.
"There is only one condition," The One-Eyed Dragon said in an irrefutable manner.
Thales, who was frightened by the One-Eyed Dragon's abnormal behavior, let out a sigh of relief. "As expected, you would never express goodwill to me for no reason."
"War comes with a price, and victory comes with rewards [2]." Koshder narrowed his only eye. "This is Nanchester Family's motto, spoken in our native language."
The second prince lifted his head to meet the One-Eyed Dragon's gaze.
"So, what 'price' do I have to pay in order to get your 'reward'?" asked the extremely vigilant Thales cautiously.
"It's very simple," Koshder said in a strict manner.
"King Kessel has to step down from his throne, and you are to be crowned the king in advance."
'Step down coronation
'Wha What?'
Thales took an entire three seconds to understand what was just said.
Then, his face changed color due to agitation!
Koshder did not show any signs that he was joking, as he kept staring at Thales solemnly.
The two of them stared into each other's eyes for a full five seconds.
"Ha, how dare you attempt to incite discord between the only father-son pair in Jadestar." Thales laughed with his mouth wide opened. "Do you not know that the reason why I own everything I have now is all because of His Majesty my father?"
"This is not an attempt to incite discord. This is a sincere suggestion and invitation." The One-Eyed Dragon's expression remained the same and his tone was serious.
"What we fear and hate is not Jadestar, or you. Our grudges are nothing when it comes to the kingdom. What we fear and hate is your father, the Iron Hand King."
Thales stared intently at the One-Eyed Dragon with bright eyes.
Koshder was unprecedentedly serious when he continued speaking, "Why do you think the New Star was established? Do you think that Arunde's actions entirely stemmed from his personal hatred and dissatisfaction? The suzerains were doing this out of self-preservation! In order for the families that have existed since the country was founded to this day, to continue existing"
"Enough!"
Thales cut him off without a sign of hesitation.
'What a joke, this degree of provocation'
Thales replied coldly, "I can only see all of you persistently persecuting my father, and the Royal Family that is suffering. Questioning my identity, obstructing me from getting the power and authority I deserve"
The One-Eyed Dragon's suddenly appeared to be angry and cut Thales off with a loud yell!
He could be heard yelling, "Brat! If you can only listen to the story of the sorrowful king and the determined Royal Family, fed to you by the king's partisan, you might as well dig both of your eyes out and only leave your ears to do the job!"
Thales was stupefied for a moment.
The One-Eyed Dragon lightly exhaled a few times before saying to him word by word, "You underestimate your father, the Iron Hand King and underestimate the fear he brings upon the whole of Constellation."
Koshder slowly said, "Ever since the end of the Bloody Year, Kessel has become increasingly tyrannical. He is almost crazy about seizing power.
"From supporting the Duchess of Blade Edge Hill, who previously could only survive by relying on the Royal Family's prestigious reputation to indirectly controlling the two great clans of the southwest, then moving up to control Piranha of the Kingdom's Southwestern Coast and the wealthiest Sunflower.
"Then moving to breaking the rules and enlisting the Three Commanders as well as building the Royal Family's regular army to an astonishing scale.
"After that, he weakened each suzerains' Central Tax Bill, set up the Enlistment Bill, and greatly gave rise to the County Development Bill proposed by the new nobles.
"Not to mention his use of the National Conference, which is his favorite. He forced the suzerains to give in and hand over their power to the royal family by utilizing the pressure brought about by thousands upon thousands of public opinion. It was the same for the Desert War, and also the inheritance of the kingship. The combined voices of the suzerains during the Higher Parliament Meeting was useless. Only the king's voice and the cheers from the plaza could be heard when the final decision was made.
"He even wanted to interfere with the inheritance of the Six Great Clans and Thirteen Distinguished Families.
"There were even traces of his involvement in the internal fight of the Covendier Family two years ago."
Thales' heart trembled.
'What is this?'
Koshder continued with a dark expression, "Do you really think that we do not care about Constellation's survival, especially when no one is willing to send out their soldiers for the king even though war is imminent?
"Your father and his methods are too scary.
"If we let him do what he wants for another twenty years, he will completely swallow up the power, fortune, status, people and territories of all nineteen noble families We can only surrender or be destroyed, or both Constellation will return to imperialism! With the presence of such a king, how can we not be frightened, how can we not fight back, how can we not do our best to protect ourselves?"
Koshder's only eye was flaming with rage and he took an oppressive step forward.
"You saw The Northern Territory was forced to rebel, Blade Edge Hill had several parts of its territory become property of the Royal Family. The strength of South Coast Hill was greatly weakened due to its family feud, Eastern Sea Hill was so terrified they became cowards, Western Desert just barely managed to protect itself due to the importance of the Western Battle Line." His gaze was stern yet solemn. "As for the Land of Cliffs Region, we do not want to resign to fate.
"New Star taking advantage of Eckstedt's power in restraining Kessel's royal power was the last method we could use besides taking up arms when we were forced to a dead end."
Koshder clenched his teeth tightly together. "It was a small matter that we failed to succeed
"But if Kessel continues to act willfully"
Thales stared at the Duke of the Land of Cliffs in shock.
This was another version of Constellation's current situation that he heard.
It was totally different from the version Gilbert instilled into him.
Koshder's voice sounded mournful. "The Bloody Year changed him. Kessel became a true Emperor of the Empire. He wants to dominate everything in this nation.
"He treats every suzerain like his enemy and never shows mercy when he suppresses or schemes against them. He treats Constellation as his personal carriage, without controlling his usage of the horsewhip and spurs
"People whom he can take advantage of will become bargaining chips whereas people whom he cannot take advantage of will be suppressed or eliminated. Those who obey him shall flourish, and those who oppose him shall perish."
Thales was furrowing his brows tightly, recalling the few counts who questioned the king's power when the National Conference had just started.
"This is not something good, regardless of it is for us suzerains or Jadestar, or even the whole of Constellation
"If this continues, it will lead to a disaster sooner or later in this old nation!" Koshder gritted his teeth, his only eye gleamed as if there was lightning inside.
"You are heading to Eckstedt soon. This is not some good errand But it will make you view Constellation from another perspective. Go and take a look at how the children of the Northern Wind and the Dragon see us."
Thales lowered his head as he tried to calm his own breathing.
"Why did Tormond decide to rule with the suzerains? Was it not exactly because after two generations of tyranny, the Empire fell to its own final demise?"
Thales opened his mouth, but then, immediately swallowed the word 'calamity' back into his stomach.
He had a feeling that the end of the Empire was not as simple as 'an attack from the calamity', something which Gilbert claimed.
Koshder turned around coldly and tugged his cape tighter around himself. "If your goal is just to become a tyrant like your father, disregarding the possibility of Constellation's downfall, just pretend that I did not tell you anything today."
The One-Eyed Dragon stared at Thales with a complex gaze. Thales was already deep in thought. "But what you said the other day If you really care about Constellation's safety and stability, peace and prosperity If that is your wish instead of only becoming the supreme king
"Then, my suggestion is always in effect."
Duke Nanchester spoke his last sentence before he turned around and left.
"Have a safe journey. Do not embarrass Constellation."
Thales stared at the departing One-Eyed Dragon in a trance.
'This person'
This Koshder was totally different than the Duke of the Land of Cliffs at the National Conference, who coerced the king to appoint an heir.
Thales told himself, 'No. These are all ruses from the other party. Their motive is to ruin Kessel's image, to drive a wedge between me and my father'
'Also' A voice from a very long time ago sounded in his mind.
"Moving from a feudalistic country to a country that practices absolutism with centralized state power is a road that almost every European country has to take"
Nevertheless, Thales still clenched his fist lightly.
He lifted his head to watch Koshder, who was walking farther away, and also at Zayen Covendier, whom Koshder passed by.
"I hope I am not interrupting you." Zayen bowed gracefully.
Koshder replied coldly, "No. I will be perfectly satisfied if you stop being fooled by others, and stop thinking of me as the person behind the assassination."
Zayen's expression stilled as he watched Koshder walk into his carriage.
Thales, who was feeling a little faint due to how troublesome this matter was, sighed deeply. In a bad mood, he looked at Zayen and asked, "And what do you want?"
Translator's Notes:
Leader of the Mount Hua Sect, Yue Buqun: A character from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
The original version provided by the author in English was "War comes in price as victory comes in trophy", but it didn't quite make sense to us, so we tweaked it slight.
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Arrow’s 101st Episode (“What We Leave Behind”) Was Pretty Good Too
By Kelly Konda December 8, 2016 December 8, 2016
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A lot happened in Arrow’s mid-season finale “What We Leave Behind,” some of it good, some of it more WTF than anything else. It concludes a run of 9 episodes which ushered in a stunning creative rebound for a show which had fallen in the gutter, and then nuked the hell out of that gutter. The Arrow before us now is still a flawed affair, a fluffy lightweight in comparison to the more mature, superior storytelling on any of the Netflix Marvel shows or even Agents of SHIELD. However, it’s at least back to doing what Arrow does best: street-level vigilantism with just the right amount of soap opera. This is a world in which Oliver Queen is somehow mayor of a major city, and the world was invaded by aliens last week (in a surprisingly amazing episode, btw). As such, reality is but a distant relative to Arrow. However, the show actually takes itself seriously again, and even as it revisits familiar themes, such as the collateral damage Oliver brings to those around him and the corresponding guilt he feels about that, it’s doing so in an engaging way.
Case in point: “What We Leave Behind,” the episode where we were meant to learn Prometheus’ identity but instead learned his actual identity might not really matter. The true villain this season is not Prometheus but Oliver, whose heroic journey must now come full circle and force him and his loved ones to pay for his barbaric beginnings. Prometheus may or may not be the son of someone Oliver killed while crossing off names from his father’s hit list. That mask never comes off, meaning this new theory about Prometheus’ identity remains unconfirmed. It’s likely the show has another twist up its sleeve, such as a potential Dark Knight Rises turn where Oliver’s new hot reporter girlfriend who has pounced on him at his most vulnerable turns out to be the secret big bad. However, regardless of who Prometheus turns out to be it’s become clear the central argument of the season is whether or not Oliver deserves our sympathies or blame for all the consequences his actions have caused.
This is not too far removed from Oliver’s conflict with Deathstroke in the second half of season 2, pitting Oliver against a foe with a personal beef and plan to first destroy Oliver by eroding his support structure before moving in for the kill. Perhaps the reference is intentional, the show tweaking its own greatest hits in what might be its final season (it won’t be, but they’ve had to write it like it would be just in case the ratings didn’t turn around). However, this time it’s being pitched as more of an effort destroy Oliver’s legacy. It’s less about killing his mother in front of him (since Deathstroke already did that) and more about breaking down everyone around him, either turning them against him or making them suffer in such a way that his guilt is overwhelming (as with poor Felicity grieving the boyfriend Oliver technically killed in “What We Leave Behind”).
And to think, this time last year Oliver was quarreling with a scenery-chewing dude with magical powers and plan to paralyze Felicity. Look how far the show has come by mostly going back.
As for the rest of “What We Leave Behind”:
LAUREL’S BACK…MAYBE?
LAUREL IS BACK BITCHES #Arrow pic.twitter.com/KN4opOHwbB
— If love wins why can’t I (@normanikelly) December 8, 2016
Here’s the fiction: the Laurel we see standing in the Arrowcave before turning to our stunned hero and letting out a playful “Hi, Ollie” is either the real Laurel reincarnated somehow (Quentin/Talia al Ghul Lazarus Pit shenanigans?), the real Laurel returned due to Flashpoint or other such time travel trick, a Laurel doppelganger from one of the other Earths (most obvious candidate being Black Siren from Earth-2) or a vision/dream/hallucination/ghost.
Here’s the reality: Sometime around last April/May, Katie Cassidy, John Barrowman and Wentworth Miller each signed unique three-show contracts making them series regulars across the entire Arrowverse. Rumors dug up by TV reporters and quotes from the producers indicated the plans were for Cassidy to return for Arrow‘s 100th before rejoining the cast a week later to help shake things up at mid-season. Whether her return is for good or for a glorified guest star arc as a precursor to hopping over to Flash or Legends remains unclear.
Fiction and reality have finally met now. Laurel Lance or someone who looks just like her is back, and a whole lot of soap opera might be coming back into what has been a relatively grounded season (alien invasion notwithstanding). They’re playing with fire here, potentially undercutting all that business about Laurel’s death needing to stick to return consequences to this universe. Moreover, Laurel is a character who improved last season largely by standing still as everyone around her got crazier, but Arrow still hasn’t done this character full justice. For example, as anyone who’s seen her at conventions knows Katie Cassidy is a far more charismatic presence in real life than she ever has been on Arrow. Perhaps this is truly their chance to get it right this time.
If that’s that the real Laurel, of course, which I don’t believe it is. It’s not much to go on, but the way Cassidy plays her head turn and one line leads me to believe she’s Black Siren secretly escaped from STAR Labs. Maybe she’s now trying to pull one over on Oliver before Team Flash notices she’s gone. That could logically lead Cassidy back over to Flash for a bit, where she seemed to actually fit in better.
Ultimately, we know so very little about this, and in the grand scheme of things it’s but one unconnected minute in a far longer episode. Wait and see.
ARTEMIS PLAYS HER HAND
Evelyn, aka Artemis, betraying Team Arrow makes sense because she’s Artemis, and this kind of thing is what she’s known for in the comics. However, does Artemis’ betrayal actually make sense in the context of the show?
Yes and no. She wanted revenge last season, and Oliver talked her out of it by taking the moral high ground. This season, she learns Oliver’s moral high ground is complete bullshit because he used to be a remorseless killer but chose not to share that information with them. Oliver has always been an imperfect hero, stubborn (which this episode humorously lampshaded) and often hypocritical. You can see where one of his students might eventually conclude he is not to be trusted, the well-intentioned man who lies to himself and friends and whose mere presence invites chaos.
That’s not exactly how Arrow‘s playing it, though. While Evelyn does have the “need to save the city from you” line, it’s more telling how eager she is to be present when Prometheus finally kills Oliver. That’s not the eagerness of someone making the tough, but rational decision to do away with a hero who is doing more harm than good; that is the blood lust of someone who was denied their vengeance and has finally found a new target for her anger.
Perhaps Evelyn is in some way now lying to herself about her true intentions, which might also be why she’s turning such a blind eye to the trail of innocent bodies being left behind by her new boss. However, what’s more intriguing to me is how she got Team Arrow personalized Christmas gifts and referred to them as her only true family. Was this hint of one last supper for the team meant to simply play up her Judas status, or was it a true glimpse into how she feels about them, setting the stage for an arc where she tries to convert Rory, Wild Dog or Curtis to her side?
FELICITY AND CURTIS ARE NEWLY SINGLE AND NOT-SO-READY TO MINGLE
One of the single most effective emotional moments in the history of this show is an early season 1 episode-ending montage set to a beautiful Blake Neely score and Diggle speech about the consequences of Oliver’s actions. So single-minded has Oliver been in his pursuit of those names in his father’s book that he’s been blind to the emotional wreckage surrounding him, with the montage checking in on the other characters at their low points, most memorably Laurel retrieving a drunk Quentin from a bar.
That’s the same type of emotional punch “What We Leave Behind” was aiming for in its own ending montage serving as the visual exclamation point on the end of Oliver’s sentence about everyone around him suffering simply because of their association with him. Felicity and Curtis are an emotional wreck after having lost their respective spouses, and Diggle has been recaptured.
The problem with all of this is that for as much as I have enjoyed season 5 it feels like the herd needs to be thinned with the cast right now because most of these secondary relationships aren’t getting the development they need. For example, how long has it been since we’ve seen Curtis’ husband, and weren’t we just getting to finally kind of know Felicity’s boyfriend? And where exactly are Wild Dog and Rory by the end of all this? They’re conveniently missing from Oliver’s sad montage of broken friends because they don’t have any real storylines right now other than popping up as (admittedly effective) comic relief.
Nitpicks:
1. Don’t let anyone who wrote any of those “Rory Gilmore is a terrible journalist” essays catch wind of what’s happening with the hot reporter on Arrow right now, especially since she just slept with the man she’s meant to be investigating. Then again, Rory’s just Rory; the reporter on Arrow might be the big bad. Sleeping with Oliver might be part of her evil plan. Still, this is a very ugly trope Arrow is potentially falling into here.
2. That bit with Prometheus and the mirrors was supposed to be an Enter the Dragon homage, right?
3. Wild Dog attempting to understand Flashpoint is adorable.
4. Is Green Arrow wanted for murder now? Or are the authorities blaming Felicity’s boyfriend’s death on The Throwing Star Killer?
5. The concept of flashing back to some hinted at, but unseen season 1 adventure is solid on paper, and certainly built to an effective finale when past merged with present. However, it was also a tad fanservicey, particularly Oliver’s meeting with Felicity which tried to pay homage to those memorable early scenes between the two but came off as overly obvious imitation.
6. What if Curtis just went back to being Felicity’s computer tech back-up? Would that appease his husband? Frankly, Curtis seems better suited for that role anyway.
7. Where was Thea during the closing montage?
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Published by Kelly Konda
Grew up obsessing over movies and TV shows. Worked in a video store. Minored in film at college because my college didn't offer a film major. Worked in academia for a while. Have been freelance writing and running this blog since 2013. View all posts by Kelly Konda
Such a great episode. Arrow has come back to the top of the CW universe again. So much happened that you weren’t even able to talk how Diggle is back in jail. I like your point about Artemis and her ignorin the trail of bodies from Big P but still harping on Oliver’s past. Wild dog is slowly become my favorite side character. His mix of humor and tough guy attitude is pretty great.
This is my last comment since you don’t want to hear me ragging on this season of Arrow (as you can guess, I was only so-so on the 100th episode since it didn’t have the character elements I watch for and Felicity was once again a babbbling idiot):
The mid-season finale has always been a show-stopper. In season 2 it was the reveal of Slade, in season 3 the duel on the mountain with Ra’s, in season 4 and rollercoaster of menace from Damian Darhk ending with the shooting up of Oliver’s limo. Season 5 was…. okay I guess. We found out about Evelyn but the Prometheus reveal was meh. Justin Claybourne has no resonance for me (other than his line “You want to make Starling City great again? Business is the way to do it” which was awesome) so I hope Prometheus being his son is just a red herring and the season’s Big Bad turns out to be someone better.
Evelyn’s motivations make no sense. She accuses Oliver of having been a killer four years ago so instead of working with him now to clean up the city, she goes to a legit serial killer who kills innocent people? Even though we finally know something about it, it only serves to confirm her as a plot contrivance.
The Billy reveal at the end was a good moment. Poor Billy, still a plot contrivance.
The Olicity flashback was a sop to fans to keep them from bailing on the show. I still think Oliver and Felicity will lend up together at the very end but most of their fans will be long gone.
The Curtis/Paul break-up seemed so contrived.
The ending: As Oliver tells his team that he killed Billy, an innocent and good man, every one of the team including Felicity gather around him and tell him it’s not his fault. Meanwhile, no one seems to give a damn about Felicity, who is the person who lost Billy and who cries alone. But that’s not enough for Oliver, he goes to Susan to make himself feel better. She opens the door in a negligee in spite of the cold of winter (remember, we’re back to the 1950s), she moves in for the kiss, and then cut to the next scene. That’s pretty sociopathic, Oliver killing Felicity’s boyfriend and then going to have sex with another woman. This is the takeaway from the first part of the season. (I don’t count the Laurel scene because I’m tired of St. Laurel and it’s the Black Siren anyway.) Is it any wonder that female viewers and fans of Felicity don’t like this season at all?
” 7. Where was Thea during the closing montage?” Certainly not comforting Felicity, which is where she should have been. Or Rory, or anyone. Such a fail on the part of the writers and director.
Thea couldn’t be in the closing montage because knowing Oliver hasn’t ruined her life. Robert (directly) and Moira (indirectly) died because of their own associations with Malcolm Merlyn. Diggle was there because Oliver helped Lyla break him out of jail (should have listened to Felicity, guys), Curtis was there because Oliver trained him to be a vigilante which caused Paul to leave him, and of course Felicity was there because Oliver had just killed her boyfriend before going off to have sex with Susan… yeah, that will never not be disgusting.
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Mayo got 18 garda recruits since 2015; Dublin got 260 | Western People
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Mayo got 18 garda recruits since 2015; Dublin got 260
By Keith Bourke
Mayo and Roscommon/Longford have received the lowest number of Garda recruits in the country over the past five years.
Just 18 new garda recruits have been assigned to Mayo since 2015.
The divisions, which are set to merge under new restructuring plans, have each received just 18 recruits from the Garda training college in Templemore since recruitment to the force recommenced in 2015. The highest number of recruits went to the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) West, where 260 new recruits were deployed.
The paltry recruitment numbers for Mayo have been criticised.
“It is concerning. Gardaí are very thin on the ground in Mayo,” said Independent councillor and Mayo Joint Policing Committee (JPC) member Michael Kilcoyne.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is due to meet with the JPC in Castlebar on Friday. Cllr Kilcoyne said the recruitment deficit will be among a number of issues raised with Commissioner Harris.
“This is a question that we will be asking the Commissioner. The Mayo division will now be merged into a huge area taking in three counties while counties like Kerry remain untouched,” said Cllr Kilcoyne. “The West has always been the poor relation and this is further evidence of that. Sadly, I am not surprised that the West is being forgotten about again.”
It was recently revealed that Castlebar will be the headquarters of the new Mayo and Roscommon/Longford Division but councillors and JPC representatives are anxious to grill Commissioner Harris on the reshuffle.
The new recruitment figures show a significant discrepancy in the number of Garda recruits deployed to different parts of the country over the past five years.
Outside of Dublin, the Garda’s Louth division received more Garda recruits over the past five years than any other; a total of 136 personnel. The division is on the Border and has also seen a volatile gangland feud in Drogheda worsen since it began in July 2018.
The Galway division received an extra 50 recruits since 2015 while the Sligo/Leitrim garda division saw 31 additions.
Filed under: An Garda Siochana, garda recruits, JPC, Mayo gardai
By Orla Hearns
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Castilla y León 18 growing regions
Wine regions in Castilla y León
V.T. Valle de Benavente
V.T. Castilla y León
V.T. Vino de Zamora
V.T. Medina del Campo
V.T. Arribes de Duero
V.T. Vino de León
V.T. Ribera del Arlanza
V.T.Tierra de León
D.O. Arlanza
D.O. Arribes del Duero
D.O. Ribera del Arlanza
D.O. Tierra del Vino de Zamora
Description to Castilla y León
One of the 17 autonomous regions of Spain or historical landscape (also Old Castile, Spanish Castilla y León) with about 66,000 km ² in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, which is also known as the "Land of Castles". Once upon a time, this was the border region between the Christian and Moorish worlds, so many border fortresses were built here. It is considered the heartland of today's Spain. In 1492, the Moors were expelled and now Valladolid instead of Burgos raised to the capital. This remained until 1561, then King Philip II (1527-1598) chose Madrid as the new capital in New Castile. In the extremely eventful 16th century, the winegrowing boomed due to the needs of the royal court and the conquered provinces in the New world, Today, mainly red wine is produced, predominant grape varieties are the red Mencia. Garnacha Tinta and Tinto del País ( Tempranillo ) as well as the white ones Verdejo, Viura ( Macabeo ) and Palomino, As DO Classified in the region are the areas Arribes del Duero. Bierzo. Cigales. Ribera del Arlanza. Ribera del Duero. Rueda. Tierra de Leon. Tierra del Vino de Zamora. Toro and Valles de Benavente,
Classified producers: 36
Wines tasted: 1157
Classified wine producers in Castilla y León 36
Bodegas Hnos. Pérez Pascuas, S.L. Castilla y León, Pedrosa de Duero
Bodegas Vizcarra Ramos Castilla y León, Mambrilla de Castrejón
Bodegas y Viñedos Monteabellón, S.L. Castilla y León, Nava de Roa
Losada Vinos de Finca Castilla y León, Cacabelos (Leon)
Martínsancho Bodega y Viñedos, S.L. — Castilla y León 2018 D.O. Rueda Verdejo
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Pago Traslagares, S.L — Castilla y León 2018 D.O. Rueda Verdejo
Bodegas Ontañón SL — Castilla y León 2017 D.O. Rueda Verdejo "Dominio de la Abadesa"
Bodegas Naia — Castilla y León 2018 D.O. Rueda
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Walmart Brand Frozen Sausage Patties Recalled Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
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(George’s Prepared Foods via USDA)
The maker of Walmart's Great Value brand frozen, ready-to-eat pork and turkey sausage patties are encouraging customers to check the packaging before eating them as they may be under a new recall.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, Caryville, Tennessee based George's Prepared Foods has issued a voluntary recall of 6,444 pounds of the products due to a possible salmonella contamination after their "third-party cold storage facility had inadvertently shipped the ready-to-eat products to commerce." It's unclear whether or not George's Prepared Foods knew there was a chance the products were contaminated before being sent to the facility.
The following products are part of the recall and were made on April 19th, 2019, April 27th, 2019, May 7th, 2019 and May 9th, 2019, and feature establishment number “EST. M2206T or P-2260T."
24.92-oz. packages containing “Great Value Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties” with use by date of 10/16/19 and lot code 1091971894.
24.92-oz. packages containing “Great Value Fully Cooked Original Breakfast Turkey Patties” with use by date of 10/24/19 and lot code 1171971897.
35.6-oz. packages containing “Family Size Great Value Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties” with use by date of 11/03/19 and lot code 1271972894 or use by date 11/05/19 and lot code 1291972894.
Considering Caryville, Tennessee's relatively close proximity to the Tri-State, It's just under five hours away, approximately an hour north of Knoxville, it's entirely possible some of these products made their way into Walmart freezers here in the area.
If you find that you have one of the products listed above in your freezer (see the labels here), obviously don't eat it, or any more of it if you already have. Instead, throw it out, or return it to the Walmart location where you purchased it for an exchange or refund.
[Source: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service]
Categories: Food and Drink, News, Newsletter, Things You Need To Know, Tri-State News
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Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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Hebrews Outline
Animal sacrifices ineffectual (1-4)
Law, a shadow (1)
Christ’s sacrifice once for all time (5-18)
A new and living way of entry (19-25)
Not forsaking our meeting together (24, 25)
Warning against willful sin (26-31)
Confidence and faith to endure (32-39)
Or possibly, “men.”
Marginal References
+Heb 8:5
+Col 2:16, 17
+Heb 7:19; 9:9
The Watchtower,
8/15/2000, p. 17
Publications Index
it-2 603, 905; w00 8/15 17
hp 108-109; g78 6/22 28; g76 6/8 27-28; w74 176; g74 10/8 21; w72 127, 714-715; g71 10/8 27; w65 649; im 223; w63 138, 207; w62 40; w59 437; pa 80; sr55 38; w52 107; w51 249, 454; w46 107; w45 59
w72 700; w62 40
+Le 16:34
w62 40
w91 2/15 12
ka 96; w72 715; im 223; w62 40; nh 303; w52 107
The Watchtower (Public),
No. 6 2017 p. 8
it-1 249-250, 1206; it-2 1208; wp17.6 8; w00 8/15 18; w96 7/1 14; w90 10/15 12; w86 8/15 21
w77 584; gh 117; hs 167; w74 157-158; w73 274; ka 96; w72 623, 686-687, 714-715; dn 16; w71 273; ad 186, 834, 1648; kj 177; g68 11/22 27; li 90, 92-93; w65 650; im 265, 402; w62 142; pa 80; w57 630; w56 49; w54 136; nh 303
+Ps 40:6
w00 8/15 18; w90 10/15 12
w73 274; w72 686-687; w72 714-715; kj 177; g68 11/22 27; im 402; w57 630; nh 303
Lit., “in the scroll of the book.”
10/15/2012, p. 28
“All Scripture,” p. 105
it-1 249-250, 355; it-2 880; w12 10/15 28; w00 8/15 18; w95 3/1 14; w94 3/1 30; w90 10/15 12; si 105
w77 584; hs 92; ka 96-97; w72 606, 686-687, 714-715; kj 177; li 90, 93; g66 9/22 29; im 265; w64 718; w62 338, 550; w61 38, 749; ns 271; w59 465; yw 139; w57 630; w54 136; w53 101; nh 303
it-1 539
w74 221; w72 686-687; w72 714-715; kj 177; ns 271; w57 630; nh 303
+Ps 40:6-8
it-1 539; it-2 902; re 161
w73 327; ka 96-97; w72 686-687; w72 714-715; ad 1474; kj 177; w70 663; w62 335, 338; w61 749; ns 271; w59 580; w57 630; nh 303; rm 242; w50 204; w46 88, 365
+Ga 1:4
+Heb 13:12
it-1 85, 249-250, 539; it-2 1081; re 161; w96 7/1 14-15
w74 221; ka 96-97; w72 606, 686-687, 715; ad 186; kj 177; w57 630; w56 57; nh 303; w46 88
Or “to perform public service.”
+1Sa 2:27, 28
+Ex 29:38; Nu 28:3
+Heb 7:18; 10:1
w00 11/15 11
+Ro 8:34
go 107; sl 41-42; w74 331; po 155; w73 308-309; w72 628; pm 153; dn 23; w71 238-239; kj 233; w70 625-626; sv 19-21; w64 651; w61 360; w60 625; sw 19; w53 157; nh 206; w46 88; na46 20; pn 20; w40 189; w34 5; w31 222, 357
+Ps 110:1; 1Co 15:25
it-1 726; pe 136-137
sl 41-42; w74 331; po 155; w72 628; dn 23; w71 238-239; kj 233; w70 625-626; sv 19-21; w66 198; w64 651; w61 360; ns 274; w60 625; sw 19; nh 206; w51 600; w50 513; w46 88; na46 20; pn 20; w40 189; w34 5; w31 222, 357
+Heb 7:19
g64 7/22 27; w46 88; w34 132; jh 194
w34 132; jh 194
See App. A5.
+Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10
w84 9/1 14-15; w48 182
w48 182
Or “confidence.”
+Heb 9:8, 24
it-1 187, 1064, 1195; it-2 442, 668; re 161
w71 713-714; ad 1329; w68 367; w62 143; nh 317; w52 314
Lit., “inaugurated.”
+Mt 27:51
1/15/2000, pp. 15-16
it-1 187, 841, 1064, 1195; it-2 1081; re 161; w00 1/15 15-16; w96 7/1 15-16
w75 479; w74 222; w72 606; w71 713-714; ad 587-588; w68 367; w62 143; w61 99; nh 317; w52 314
+Zec 6:13; Heb 3:6
w71 713-714; w61 532; nh 317
+1Jo 1:7
+Eph 5:25, 26
it-2 1173; w00 8/15 19-20
w74 136; w72 414, 598; w66 709; w65 664; w63 139; w58 13
+1Co 15:58; Col 1:23
w00 8/15 20-21; w99 12/15 23; w88 1/1 22
w80 8/15 25-26; w79 5/1 7; km 7/75 1; w73 48-49; w72 696; w70 221; w65 664; w63 140; w62 198, 499; w61 54, 190; w57 214; w55 12, 584
Or “be concerned about; pay attention to.”
Or “motivate; stir up.”
+Col 3:23; 1Ti 6:18
Jehovah’s Will, p. 9
2/1/2009, p. 20
jl 6; w13 3/15 16; w13 8/15 19-21; w09 2/1 20; w02 3/15 24-25; w00 8/15 21-22; w99 3/15 11; w99 12/15 22-23; w98 3/1 14-19; w95 4/1 15-18, 20; kl 163; w93 8/15 8-9
tr 137-138; w80 8/15 25; w80 11/1 31; km 9/80 3; w79 5/1 19; w75 317; w73 48-49; w73 253; w72 403-404; w71 400; w71 529; w70 221; w69 263; w65 664; g64 5/22 4; w63 140; w62 459, 498, 756; g62 4/22 8; w61 10, 54, 190, 336; yb61 14; w60 560; w57 214; nh 363
+De 31:12; Ac 2:42
+Isa 35:3; Ro 1:11, 12
+Ro 13:11; 2Pe 3:11, 12
The Watchtower (Study),
11/2016, p. 7
Awake!,
7/2014, p. 15
8/15/2013, pp. 19, 21-22
11/15/2002, pp. 4, 6-8
w18.04 20-24; it-1 199; w16.11 7; g 7/14 15; w13 8/15 19, 21-22; w09 2/1 20; w02 3/1 16; w02 3/15 24-25; w02 11/15 4, 7-8; w00 3/15 16-17; w00 8/15 21-22; w99 11/15 20; w99 12/15 22-23; w98 3/1 14-19; g97 10/22 31; w95 4/1 15-16, 18-20; w93 8/15 8-9; w93 11/15 22; w91 9/1 22-23; w90 12/15 15-18, 20; km 5/90 7; rs 326, 328
tr 137-138; w80 8/15 25; w80 11/1 30-31; km 9/80 3; w79 5/1 19; gh 129-130; w75 317; w74 566-568; w73 48-49; w73 253; w72 403-404; w71 400; w71 529; w69 263, 634; is 188; g64 5/22 4; w63 107, 140, 337; w62 459, 498, 625, 756, 759; g62 4/22 8; w61 10, 46, 54, 190, 336; yb61 14; g61 7/8 4; w60 115, 414, 560; w57 118, 214; w56 629; w55 350; nh 363; w30 184
+2Pe 2:21
+Mt 12:32; Heb 6:4-6; 1Jo 5:16
12/1/2011, p. 24
it-2 792; w11 12/1 24; w08 11/1 10; w92 9/15 9
w80 11/1 30-31; w79 3/1 11; g78 2/22 28; lp 163-164; w74 370, 382; ts 181; w72 435; w69 511; w65 141, 543; w63 13, 359, 508; yb63 16; w59 679; w52 127, 146; w48 183; w38 377; g37 3/24 414
+Isa 26:11
lp 163-164; w74 382; ts 181; w72 435; w65 141; w63 13, 508; yb63 16
+De 17:6
it-1 562-563
w85 12/15 7; ad 406; w65 141; w63 14; yb63 18; w43 189; w40 283
+Mt 26:27, 28; Lu 22:20
+Heb 6:4-6
it-2 858; w90 2/15 23
w85 12/15 7; w80 11/1 31; g78 2/22 28; hs 46-47; w69 511; w65 141; w63 14; yb63 18; w56 57; w48 183; w46 87; w34 132; jh 194
+De 32:35, 36
it-1 727; w08 11/1 10
g74 3/8 4; ad 518; w65 751
+2Co 4:6; Heb 6:4
it-2 1089; w99 12/15 17; w98 1/1 9; w96 12/1 29-31
w63 15; yb63 19; w54 505
Lit., “were exposed as in a theater.”
Or “stood side by side.”
it-2 1089
ad 1591; w64 711; w63 15; yb63 19; w36 9
+Mt 5:12
+Lu 16:9
1/1/2006, pp. 22-23
w07 8/15 30-31; w06 1/1 22-23; w01 5/1 13-14
w85 6/15 26, 28; w73 43; w64 711; w63 15; yb63 19; wl 166
Lit., “freeness of speech.”
+Mt 10:32; 1Co 15:58
w72 304; w63 16; yb63 21
+Lu 21:19; Jas 5:11
w15 6/15 30-31; w96 4/1 32; w91 11/1 9
su 175; yb77 260-261; w76 752; w73 43; or 182; w63 16; yb63 21; w61 213; w59 435; w47 211
+Hab 2:3; 2Pe 3:9
w76 751-753, 756; w63 16; yb63 22
Or “my soul has.”
+Joh 3:16; Ro 1:17
+Hab 2:4
Jehovah’s Day, pp. 187-188
jd 187-188; w00 2/1 15; w99 12/15 20-21
w85 11/1 30; w76 758-759; g73 4/8 27; w63 16; yb63 22; g63 12/22 6; w62 754; w53 700; w35 151
Or “souls.”
“All Scripture,” p. 84
w06 10/1 17; w99 12/15 14-24; si 84
w83 2/15 22-23; w78 2/15 19; w76 759-760; w74 203; w73 467; w70 326-327, 338; w65 84, 146; w63 17; yb63 12, 22, 323; w62 754; w53 700; w52 613
Parallel Translations
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Heb. 10:1Heb 8:5
Heb. 10:1Col 2:16, 17
Heb. 10:1Heb 7:19; 9:9
Heb. 10:3Le 16:34
Heb. 10:6Ps 40:6
Heb. 10:9Ps 40:6-8
Heb. 10:10Ga 1:4
Heb. 10:10Heb 13:12
Heb. 10:111Sa 2:27, 28
Heb. 10:11Ex 29:38; Nu 28:3
Heb. 10:11Heb 7:18; 10:1
Heb. 10:12Ro 8:34
Heb. 10:13Ps 110:1; 1Co 15:25
Heb. 10:14Heb 7:19
Heb. 10:16Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10
Heb. 10:19Heb 9:8, 24
Heb. 10:20Mt 27:51
Heb. 10:21Zec 6:13; Heb 3:6
Heb. 10:221Jo 1:7
Heb. 10:22Eph 5:25, 26
Heb. 10:231Co 15:58; Col 1:23
Heb. 10:24Col 3:23; 1Ti 6:18
Heb. 10:25De 31:12; Ac 2:42
Heb. 10:25Isa 35:3; Ro 1:11, 12
Heb. 10:25Ro 13:11; 2Pe 3:11, 12
Heb. 10:262Pe 2:21
Heb. 10:26Mt 12:32; Heb 6:4-6; 1Jo 5:16
Heb. 10:27Isa 26:11
Heb. 10:28De 17:6
Heb. 10:29Mt 26:27, 28; Lu 22:20
Heb. 10:29Heb 6:4-6
Heb. 10:30De 32:35, 36
Heb. 10:322Co 4:6; Heb 6:4
Heb. 10:34Mt 5:12
Heb. 10:34Lu 16:9
Heb. 10:35Mt 10:32; 1Co 15:58
Heb. 10:36Lu 21:19; Jas 5:11
Heb. 10:37Hab 2:3; 2Pe 3:9
Heb. 10:38Joh 3:16; Ro 1:17
Heb. 10:38Hab 2:4
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To the Hebrews
10 For since the Law has a shadow+ of the good things to come,+ but not the very substance of the things, it* can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who approach perfect.+ 2 Otherwise, would not the sacrifices have stopped being offered, because those rendering sacred service once cleansed would have no consciousness of sins anymore? 3 On the contrary, these sacrifices are a reminder of sins year after year,+ 4 for it is not possible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take sins away.
5 So when he comes into the world, he says: “‘Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but you prepared a body for me. 6 You did not approve of whole burnt offerings and sin offerings.’+ 7 Then I said: ‘Look! I have come (in the scroll* it is written about me) to do your will, O God.’”+ 8 After first saying: “You did not want nor did you approve of sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings”—sacrifices that are offered according to the Law— 9 then he says: “Look! I have come to do your will.”+ He does away with what is first in order to establish what is second. 10 By this “will”+ we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.+
11 Also, every priest takes his station day after day to offer holy service*+ and to make the same sacrifices often,+ which can never take sins away completely.+ 12 But this man offered one sacrifice for sins for all time and sat down at the right hand of God,+ 13 from then on waiting until his enemies should be placed as a stool for his feet.+ 14 For it is by one sacrificial offering that he has made those who are being sanctified perfect+ for all time. 15 Moreover, the holy spirit also bears witness to us, for after it has said: 16 “‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,’ says Jehovah.* ‘I will put my laws in their hearts, and in their minds I will write them.’”+ 17 Then it says: “And I will no longer call their sins and their lawless deeds to mind.”+ 18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness* for the way of entry into the holy place+ by the blood of Jesus, 20 which he opened up* for us as a new and living way through the curtain,+ that is, his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,+ 22 let us approach with sincere hearts and complete faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from a wicked conscience+ and our bodies bathed with clean water.+ 23 Let us hold firmly the public declaration of our hope without wavering,+ for the one who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider* one another so as to incite* to love and fine works,+ 25 not forsaking our meeting together,+ as some have the custom, but encouraging one another,+ and all the more so as you see the day drawing near.+
26 For if we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth,+ there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left,+ 27 but there is a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a burning indignation that is going to consume those in opposition.+ 28 Anyone who has disregarded the Law of Moses dies without compassion on the testimony of two or three.+ 29 How much greater punishment do you think a person will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God and who has regarded as of ordinary value the blood of the covenant+ by which he was sanctified, and who has outraged the spirit of undeserved kindness with contempt?+ 30 For we know the One who said: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again: “Jehovah* will judge his people.”+ 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 However, keep remembering the former days in which, after you were enlightened,+ you endured a great struggle along with sufferings. 33 At times you were publicly exposed* both to reproaches and to tribulations, and at times you shared* with those who were having such an experience. 34 For you expressed sympathy for those in prison and you accepted joyfully the plundering of your belongings,+ knowing that you yourselves have a better and an enduring possession.+
35 Therefore, do not throw away your boldness,* which will be richly rewarded.+ 36 For you need endurance,+ so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the fulfillment of the promise. 37 For yet “a very little while,”+ and “the one who is coming will arrive and will not delay.”+ 38 “But my righteous one will live by reason of faith,”+ and “if he shrinks back, I have* no pleasure in him.”+ 39 Now we are not the sort who shrink back to destruction,+ but the sort who have faith for the preserving of our lives.*
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2. Data modification
Data Treatment techniques: hierarchical data
Aggregate data are usually presented as tables, though may also appear in map or graph forms. In the following discussion ‘aggregate data’ and ‘tables’ will be used interchangeably. Different types of tables can contain different disclosure risks and further disclosure risks may exist if users can access multiple tables containing common elements. For example, users could potentially re-identify a person by differencing the outputs of two separate tables to which the person contributes.
Each cell in a table contains the number of contributors (e.g. individuals, households or organisations). Disclosures could be made from a table where one or more cells have a low count (i.e. a small number of contributors). Assessments of whether a cell’s value is too low must be based on the underlying count of its contributors, not its weighted estimate.
Magnitude tables
Each cell contains summarising information of the numerical contributions to that cell (often in the form of a total or mean, but may be median, mode or range). A typical example of magnitude tables are those reporting total turnover for groups of businesses. Disclosures can occur when the values of a small number of units (e.g. one or two businesses with extremely high turnover) dominate the cell value.
Some common rules can help identify which cells may constitute a disclosure risk. By using these rules, a data custodian makes an implicit decision that all cells which break a rule are deemed an unacceptable disclosure risk, while all other cells are deemed non-disclosive. Each rule below provides protections against attackers trying to re-identify or disclose an attribute about a contributor. They also mitigate attacks where one contributor tries to discover information about another.
Recognising that strict applications of these rules may decrease the data’s usefulness, data custodians will need to set appropriate rule values that are informed by legislation and organisational policy, disclosure risk assessment and statistical theory. The advantage of using rules is that they are simple, clear, consistent, transparent and amenable to automation. They are ideally applied in situations where:
Data are released in a similar manner (for example when the same kind of dataset is regularly released).
Transparency is important to both data custodian and users.
Limited opportunity or requirement exists for engagement between data custodians and users.
However, strict application means that there may be situations where non-disclosive data are treated unnecessarily, or where non-treated data are in fact disclosive. The ABS is able to provide advice on these rules.
Frequency rule
Also called the threshold rule, this sets a particular value for the minimum number of unweighted contributors to a cell. Application of this rule means that cells with counts below the threshold are defined to pose an unacceptable disclosure risk and need to be protected. However, some things need to be kept in mind when using this rule:
There is no strict statistical basis for choosing one threshold value over another.
higher values will increase protection against re-identification but also degrade the utility of the original data.
A lower threshold value may be appropriate for sampled datasets compared to population datasets.
By implication, everything greater than or equal to the threshold is defined as posing an acceptable disclosure risk.
It may be that a cell below the threshold value is not in fact a disclosure risk, while a cell value greater than the threshold value is disclosive.
Judgement needs to be exercised when considering cells with no contributors (i.e. ‘zero cells’) or where all contributors to a row or column are concentrated in one cell (i.e. ‘100% cells’), as these may also pose a disclosure risk.
A hypothetical application of the frequency rule is presented in Table 1. Because a frequency rule of 4 is chosen for this example, any cell with fewer than 4 contributors is deemed a disclosure risk. In this example, the 25–29 year old age group has only 3 contributors in the Low Income cell, and therefore the cell needs to be protected.
TABLE 1: EXAMPLE OF THE FREQUENCY RULE IN AGGREGATE COUNTS (THRESHOLD VALUE = 4)
Cell dominance rule
This applies to tables that present magnitude data such as income or turnover. The rule is designed to prevent the re-identification of units that contribute a large percentage of a cell’s total value. Also called the cell concentration rule, the cell dominance rule defines the number of units that are allowed to contribute a defined percentage of the total.
This rule can also be referred to as the (n,k) rule, where n is the number of units which may not contribute more than k% of the total. For example, a (2, 75) dominance rule means that the top 2 units may not contribute more than 75% of the total value to a cell. As with the frequency rule there is no strict statistical basis for choosing values for the dominance rule.
P% rule
The P% rule can be used in combination with the cell dominance rule to protect the attributes of contributors to magnitude data. It aims to protect the value of any contributor from being estimated to within P% and it is especially helpful where a user may know that a particular person or organisation is in a table. Applying this rule limits how close, in percentage terms, a contributor’s estimated value can be from its true value. For example, a rule of P%=20%, means that the estimated value of any contributor must differ from its true value by at least 20%.
Using the Cell dominance and P% rules together
Below is an example of the dominance and P% rules used together where (n, k)=(2, 75) and P%=20%. Consider the data in Table 2a, which shows profit for Industries A–D.
TABLE 2a: EXAMPLE OF PROFIT BY INDUSTRY
Profit ($m)
Although at first glance the table does not appear to contain a disclosure risk, one does exist if information about the companies contributing the data to each industry is known.
This information could include the data in Table 2b which shows the companies contributing to Industry B. In this table, the two companies S and T contribute (150 + 93)/302 = 80.5% of the total. This exceeds the dominance rule value of k=75%, which means that this cell (Industry B) needs to be protected. Had the P% rule been applied on its own, the disclosure risk in Table 2a would not have been identified. If company S or T subtracted their own contribution to try to estimate the contribution of the other main contributor, in both cases the result would be more than 20% different from the actual value. For example, if company S subtracted its own $150m contribution from the $302m total, the resulting $152m would differ from company T’s contribution by (152 – 93)/93 = 63%. Therefore the P% rule would not be broken.
This shows that a combination of approaches may be necessary to identify at-risk cells. Even though Table 2b data should never be released (because it refers to individual companies), anyone familiar with Industry B may know that Companies S and T are the two main contributors. The summary data in Table 2a would therefore require treatment, even if at first glance it appears safe.
TABLE 2b: CONTRIBUTORS TO INDUSTRY B
Due to the diverse nature of data there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for managing re-identification risks through the treatment of aggregate data. The key however, is to only treat the cells that have been deemed to be an unacceptable disclosure risk.
The most common techniques are:
Data reduction (which decreases the detail available to the user).
Data modification (which makes small changes to the data).
How effective these techniques are depends on:
The structure of the dataset.
The requirements of the data users.
Legislative or policy requirements.
The available infrastructure to treat and disseminate the data.
When releasing aggregate data into the public domain, all reasonable efforts should be made to prevent disclosure from those data. While it won’t be possible to guarantee the confidentiality, this effort must satisfy legislative requirements (for example ABS legislation states that data may not be released “in a manner likely to identify”). This is important because once a table is made public, there are no further opportunities to control how the data will be used (e.g. to apply other confidentiality controls using the Five Safes Framework).
Data reduction techniques are generally easy to implement but can have significant confidentiality issues. By contrast, data modification techniques are harder to implement but generally produce tables that are less disclosive. These issues are highlighted in Table 3.
It is recommended that data custodians start by using simple techniques (i.e. data reduction) and only proceed to more difficult ones (i.e. data modification) if an objective assessment shows the results of the simple techniques have an unacceptable risk of disclosure. This assessment could be made at an organisational level, rather than repeated for every table. For example, the ABS has assessed that TableBuilder’s perturbation algorithm, despite its complex methodology, is safer than data reduction for frequency tables.
TABLE 3: COMPARISON OF TECHNIQUES FRO TREATING TABULAR DATA
Advantages Disadvantages
Data reduction
Relatively easy to implement
Requires minimal education of users
Does not reliably protect individuals from differencing between multiple overlapping tables
May reduce the data’s usefulness
The data custodian chooses what data to remove without necessarily knowing what is most important to the data users
Requires secondary suppression (to protect the original primary suppressed cells)
Even with secondary suppression, some suppressed cells may still be estimated
Generally does not affect the data’s overall utility
Generally protects against differencing, zero cells and 100% cells
May be automated, requiring minimal human input
Does not provide additivity within tables unless secondary modifications are applied
Requires some education of users
Entails significant setup costs
May reduce the data’s usefulness (particularly when analysing small areas/populations)
Methods for applying these different disclosure control methods are outlined below. Though potentially time-consuming, these methods can be used to allow data custodians to release data that would otherwise remain inaccessible.
Data reduction protects tables by either combining categories or suppressing cells. It limits the risks of individual re-identification because cells with a low number of contributors or dominant contributors are not released.
Data reduction involves:
Combining variable categories.
Suppressing counts with a small number of contributors (as per the frequency rule), and it considers suppressing higher counts for sensitive items.
Suppressing cells with dominant contributors (as per the cell dominance rule).
Combining categories:
This approach can be applied to Table 4a, where the value ‘3’ does not meet a frequency threshold of 4. This cell can be protected in either of two ways:
Combine the 20–24 and the 25–29 year old age groups to create a 20–29 year old range (see Table 4b).
Combine the Low and Medium income categories to create a single Low–Medium category (see Table 4c).
TABLE 4a: UNPROTECTED INCOME AND AGE DATA (THRESHOLD VALUE = 4)
TABLE 4b: TREATMENT APPLIED - AGE GROUPS COMBINED
TABLE 4c: TREATMENT APPLIED - INCOME CATEGORIES COMBINED
The choice of which categories to combine will depend on how important they are for further analysis and what the purpose is in releasing the data. For example, if researchers specifically want to analyse the ‘Low’ income range, collapsing it into a ‘Low–Medium’ range will prevent this. There is therefore no ‘right answer’ when choosing which categories to combine: in either case, the data’s utility may be affected.
Combining categories is often appropriate, but it is not foolproof. For example, if another table were produced containing the 20–24 year old row, the 25–29 year old values could be determined by subtracting the 20–24 row (in the new table) from the 20–29 row (in Table 4a).
Data custodians must carefully consider other tables, about the same contributors, that:
Are being released at the same time.
Are likely to be released in the future.
Have already been released.
This is not a trivial process and the ABS can provide advice on how these techniques can best be applied.
Suppression:
This approach involves removing cells deemed to be a disclosure risk from a table.
In Table 4a, for example, the ‘3’ could be replaced with ‘not provided’ or ‘np’. This is called primary suppression. Sometimes secondary, or consequential, suppression will also be required. For example, in addition to suppressing the ‘3’ cell, other cells will need to be suppressed to prevent the primary suppressed cell from being calculated. Table 5a provides an example of how primary and consequential suppression can be used to treat Table 4a data.
Other cell suppression combinations could be employed. Table 5b, for example, suppresses cells in the totals. The key is to ensure that the suppressed cells cannot be derived from the remaining information.
TABLE 5a: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUPPRESSION TO PROTECT TABULAR DATA
TABLE 5b: SUPPRESSION OF TOTALS TO PROTECT TABULAR DATA
Care needs to be taken when choosing the pattern of secondary suppression. In particular, the suppression of cells that contain a zero is generally not recommended. For example if the two zeros in Table 5a were suppressed, then it is quite apparent from the row total and the Low Income 15-19 year old cell that they are in fact zeros. In addition, it may be the case that a value must be zero by definition (often called structural zeros, for example the number of pregnant males in a population).
There is a large body of literature as well as commercially available software for determining the optimal pattern of secondary suppression.
Limitations of data reduction
As with combining categories, it is possible that other available tables may contain cell values or grand totals that could be used to break the suppression. For example, if tables 5a and 5b were both publicly available, the suppressed ‘Medium’ income values in Table 5a could be replaces with the unsuppressed values from Table 5b. Table 5a would then contain enough information to deduce all of the remaining suppressed values.
In some cases, the results of data suppression may appear safer than they truly are. Tables 6a–c illustrate how suppressed cell values can be deduced using techniques such as linear algebra. That is, while the data in Table 6b appear safe, someone could assign a variable to each of the ‘np’s to create Table 6c—the consequences of which are explained below.
TABLE 6a: INCOME DATA BY AGE (BEFORE DATA SUPPRESSION)
TABLE 6b: INCOME DATA BY AGE (AFTER APPLYING THRESHOLD = 4)
TABLE 6c: INCOME DATA BY AGE (WITH VARIABLES ASSIGNED)
With variables assigned to Table 6c, the values in rows 1–2 and columns 2–3 can be used to generate the following equation:
(a+b+c+5) + (6+d+e+7) – (b+d+7+11) – (c+e+8+15) = 11 + 18 – 23 – 28
The variables b, c, d and e cancel out in this equation to give:
a – 23 = –22
Therefore, a = 1
This is the correct and disclosive value (from Table 6a) that the suppression (in Table 6b) was meant to protect. Thus linear algebra and other techniques such as integer linear-programming can be used to calculate or make reasonable estimates of the missing values in tables. In fact, the larger the table (or set of related tables available) the more accurately the results can be estimated. As computing power increases and more data are released, these sorts of attacks on data will become easier.
Three other practical problems arise with suppression:
The usefulness of the data is reduced (for example, Table 5a has lost one third of its data). Specifically, there are cells that aren’t disclosive per se, but have been suppressed nonetheless.
It can be difficult and time consuming to select the best cells for secondary suppression (for large tables especially). Software packages are available that will optimise the suppression pattern in the table or set of tables that are provided to these packages.
The data is no longer machine readable (because the table now includes symbols ['>'] or letters ['np']).
Although it can be relatively simple to suppress cells or combine categories, data custodians must still take care that they are confident their outputs are not disclosive.
In contrast to data reduction techniques, data modification is generally applied to all non-zero cells in a table—not just those with a high disclosure risk. Data modification assumes that all cells could either be disclosive themselves or contribute to disclosure. It aims to change all non-zero cells by a small amount without reducing the table’s overall usefulness for most purposes.
The two methods discussed below are:
Perturbation (global or targeted).
The simplest approach to data modification is rounding to a specified base, where all values become divisible by the same number (often 3, 5 or 10). For example, Table 7 shows how original data values (from Table 1) would look with its values rounded to base 3.
TABLE 7: EXAMPLE OF INCOME BY AGE (WITH ROUNDING TO BASE 3)
Income (original values)
Income (rounded to base 3)
It should be apparent that the data are still numerical (i.e. containing no symbols or letters) which is a practical advantage for users requiring machine readability.
Though the data loses some utility, rounding brings some significant advantages from a confidentiality point of view:
Users won’t know whether the rounded value of ‘3’ in Table 7 is actually a 2, 3 or 4.
Users won’t know whether the zeros are true zeros. This mitigates the problem of group disclosure, whereas the original values showed that all 15–19 year olds were on a low income.
Even if the true grand total or marginal totals were known from other sources, the user is still unable to calculate the true values of the internal cells.
These advantages are not universally true and there may be situations where rounding can still lead to disclosure. For example, if the count of 15-19 year olds in Low Income was in fact 14 in Table 7, then the rounded counts for this row would still be 15, 0, 0 (total = 15). Now, if the true total was somehow known from other sources to be 14, then the true value of the low income category must also be 14 (it can’t be 15 or 16 since this would necessitate a negative number in one or both of the other two income categories).
The main disadvantage to rounding is that there can be inconsistency within the table (e.g. in Table 7, the internal cells of the 25–29 year-olds row sum to 24, whereas the total for that row is 21). Although controlled rounding can be used to ensure additivity within the table (i.e. that the totals add up), it may not provide consistency across the same cells in different tables.
Graduated rounding can also be used to round magnitude tables, which means the rounding base varies by the size of the cell. Table 8 shows how data could be protected by rounding the original values to base 100 (Industry A, B, C and Total) or 10 (Industry D). Again, the total is not equal to the sum of the internal cells, but it is now much harder to estimate the relative contributions of units to these industry totals.
TABLE 8: EXAMPLE OF PROFIT BY INDUSTRY (WITH GRADUATED ROUNDING)
Original values
Rounded values
A second approach to data modification is perturbation. This is where a change (often with a random component) is made to some or all non-zero cells in a table.
For count data (frequency tables), a randomised number is added to the original values. This is called additive perturbation.
For magnitude tables, the original values are multiplied by a randomised number. This is called multiplicative perturbation.
For both table types, this can be further broken down into targeted or global approaches.
Targeted perturbation is the approach taken when only those cells that are deemed a disclosure risk are treated. Often this will require the application of secondary perturbation in order to maintain additivity within a table.
This approach is used by the ABS to release some economic data. An example (as shown in Table 9) would be to remove $50m from Industry B and add $25m to Industries A and C.
TABLE 9: EXAMPLE OF PROFIT BY INDUSTRY (WITH TARGETED PERTURBATION)
There are two key advantages of this approach:
The total does not change (this is an important feature when the ABS releases economic data which then feed into National Accounts).
Generally, there is minimal loss of information
A disadvantage is that some data that are not disclosive per se are being altered to protect another cell (for example, the value of Industries A and C in Table 9). An alternative then is to place the $50m that was taken from Industry B and place it in a new sundry category. Although some of the processes for targeted perturbation are amenable to automation (such as using a constrained optimisation approach), there is often a significant manual effort required (more so, when it is considered that all other tables produced need to have matching perturbed values).
This requirement for manual treatment means targeted perturbation often requires a skilled team to maintain the usefulness of the data (such as those specialising in releasing economic trade data in the ABS). If this is not feasible for data custodians, and particularly when the data are not economically sensitive, then a global perturbation approach may be more appropriate (as it can be automated). An important feature of global perturbation is that each non-zero cell (including totals) is perturbed independently. Perturbation can also be applied in a way that ensures consistency between tables, but it cannot guarantee consistency within a table (i.e. the marginal totals may not be the same as the sum of their constituent cells). This methodology is applied to TableBuilder, an ABS product used for safely releasing both Census and survey data.
Table 10 shows how data might look before and after additive perturbation is applied.
Here the user has no chance of determining that the count of low income 15–19 year olds is ‘1’. They can, of course, still make reasonable estimates of the true value, but they will be unable to have confidence in their guesses. Because perturbation only applies small changes and applies changes to every cell, the results will be unbiased and for most purposes, the overall value of the table is retained.
TABLE 10: INCOME DATA BY AGE (WITH ADDITIVE PERTURBATION)
Income (original)
Income (with additive perturbation)
Perturbation can also be applied to magnitude tables (assuming targeted perturbation was not appropriate or viable), but in these cases it is multiplicative. This is because adding or subtracting a few dollars to a company’s income is unlikely to reduce the disclosure risk in any meaningful way. With multiplicative perturbation, the largest contributors to a cell total have their values changed by a percentage. The total of these perturbed values then becomes the new published cell total.
Table 11 shows how data might look before and after multiplicative perturbation is applied.
The total has been changed by only about 6%, but the individual values of companies S and T have been protected. An attacker will not know the extent to which each contributor’s profit has been perturbed or therefore how close the perturbed total is to the true total.
TABLE 11: TOP 3 CONTRIBUTING COMPANIES TO AN INDUSTRY (INDUSTRY B) - WITH MULTIPLICATIVE PERTURBATION
Table 12 shows how data from Table 11 might be combined with other industry totals in a released table. As with rounding the table no longer adds up, but there is robust protection of its individual contributors. For magnitude tables it may also be necessary to suppress low counts of contributors (or perturb all counts) as an extra protection.
TABLE 12: EXAMPLE OF PROFIT BY INDUSTRY - WITH MULTIPLICATIVE PERTURBATION
An important issue to keep in mind with all perturbation is that the perturbation itself may adversely impact on the usefulness of the data. Tables 10 and 12 show perturbation where the totals are quite close to the true value, but individual cells can be changed by 100%. When data custodians are releasing data, they need to clearly communicate the process by which they have perturbed the data (although they shouldn’t provide exact details on key parameters of perturbation that could be used to undo the treatment). This communication should also include a caveat that further analysis of the perturbed data may not give accurate results. Of course further analysis done on the unperturbed data should be carefully checked before being released into the public domain to ensure the analysis and the perturbed table cannot be used in conjunction to breach confidentiality. On the other hand, it should also be recognised that small cell values may be unreliable (either due to sampling or that responses are not always accurate).
All of the methods described above are limited in how they deal with hierarchical datasets (these are datasets comprising information at different levels). For example, a file may comprise records for each family at one level and below that separate records for individual family members. The same structure could apply to datasets containing businesses and employees, or to health care services, providers and their clients.
In hierarchical datasets, contributors at all levels must be protected. A table that appears to be non-disclosive at one level may contain information that a knowledgeable user could use to re-identify a contributor at another level. For example, a table cell that passes the cell frequency rule at one level may not pass the same rule at a higher level.
The following hypothetical situation shows a summary table (Table 13), which is derived from detailed information in Table 14.
On the surface, Table 13 appears non-disclosive (for example, it doesn’t violate a frequency rule of 4). However, a closer look at the source data reveals the following disclosure risks:
The summary count of ‘Pathology’ in the ‘Private’ sector in ‘East’ location (61) is based on only 2 providers (Lisa and Stu). Thus, both Lisa and Stu could subtract their own contribution to determine the income of the other.
Only one company (Clinic D) is represented by this same cell.
The summary count of ‘Surgery’ in the ‘Public’ sector in ‘West’ location (5) is from only 2 patients and 1 provider (Pru). So other companies will be able to use the service charge value to estimate Clinic E's income for ‘Surgery’.
All of these scenarios are confidentiality breaches. In a real-world situation Table 14 would not be released because it contains names. But it should be assumed that someone familiar with the sector would know the contributors and may even be one of them.
TABLE 13: SUMMARY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICE COUNTS (BASED ON TABLE 14 DATA)
TABLE 14: COUNTS OF HEALTH CARE PATIENTS AND SERVICES
Bulk Bill Services
Service Charge ($)
Company Q
Clinic D
Clinic B
Clinic C
Company R
Clinic E
Company P
Clinic A
The example above shows the need to protect information at all levels. With hierarchical data, data treatment must be applied at every level, and any consequences of these changes need to be followed through to other levels. For example, if the number of providers in Table 14 is reduced to zero, then the count of services (in Tables 13 and 14) also needs to be zero.
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August 2016, 10(3): 689-709. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2016017
An efficient projection method for nonlinear inverse problems with sparsity constraints
Deren Han 1, , Zehui Jia 1, , Yongzhong Song 1, and David Z. W. Wang 2,
School of Mathematical Sciences, Key Laboratory for NSLSCS of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China, China, China
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798 Singapore
Received July 2015 Revised March 2016 Published August 2016
In this paper, we propose a modification of the accelerated projective steepest descent method for solving nonlinear inverse problems with an $\ell_1$ constraint on the variable, which was recently proposed by Teschke and Borries (2010 Inverse Problems 26 025007). In their method, there are some parameters need to be estimated, which is a difficult task for many applications. We overcome this difficulty by introducing a self-adaptive strategy in choosing the parameters. Theoretically, the convergence of their algorithm was guaranteed under the assumption that the underlying mapping $F$ is twice Fréchet differentiable together with some other conditions, while we can prove weak and strong convergence of the proposed algorithm under the condition that $F$ is Fréchet differentiable, which is a relatively weak condition. We also report some preliminary computational results and compare our algorithm with that of Teschke and Borries, which indicate that our method is efficient.
Keywords: weak and strong convergence., sparsity, self-adaptive, nonlinear inverse problems, Projection method.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90C33, 94A08, 97M5.
Citation: Deren Han, Zehui Jia, Yongzhong Song, David Z. W. Wang. An efficient projection method for nonlinear inverse problems with sparsity constraints. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2016, 10 (3) : 689-709. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2016017
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Published on Sunday, April 8 2018
Former NHLer Savard fires back at controversial columnist Steve Simmons
Surprise, surprise… Steve Simmons ends up looking like a complete jack ass yet again.
Oh Steve Simmons… when will you learn that when you pick a fight with the big boys, they just might hit back.
In case you’re unfamiliar with the Toronto Sun columnist, he’s a veteran sportswriter based in the Toronto area who regularly covers the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Blue Jays for the Sun and TSN1050 Radio. He’s also one of the country’s, and by extension hockey’s, most controversial reporters.
You may recall that Simmons earned some notoriety for himself when he made the erroneous assertion that then Toronto Maple Leafs star Phil Kessel frequented a hot dog stand outside his Toronto condominium every day. If this doesn’t ring a bell, here’s a recounting of the events courtesy of Simmons’ very own Wikipedia entry:
In 2015, Simmons created a controversy when, in a column he wrote for the Toronto Sun,[9] he claimed that NHL forward Phil Kessel frequented a hot dog vendor located outside of his apartment on a daily basis. The column attracted the attention of ESPN personality Keith Olbermann, who awarded Simmons the title of "Worst Person In The Sports World".[10] Within days, the accuracy of Simmons' column was called into question when contributors to a Toronto Maple Leafs related blog known as Pension Plan Puppets determined that Kessel did not live near where Simmons claimed he did.[11] While participating as a guest on a local radio program, Simmons attempted to clarify the matter by claiming that there was a miscommunication with his source regarding the location of the hot dog vendor.[12] He has yet to respond in print to address concerns about the accuracy of that column.
Yeah… he’s that guy. Oh… you may also remember Kessel’s response after winning his second Stanley Cup championship with the Pittsburgh Penguins last summer:
We love you, Phil. Don’t ever change.
Well, now that you’re re-acquainted with Simmons, you’ll be unsurprised to hear that he’s at the center of yet another controversy after calling out former NHLer Marc Savard.
In his weekly column for the Sun, Simmons takes a shot at Savard saying, “Marc Savard basically disappeared when his career ended in Boston. Media called. Nobody answered. Now suddenly Savard is a media guy. My advice: If he calls, don’t answer.”
Pretty classy, there Steve. Taking pot shots at a guy who had his career ended due to a traumatic brain injury.
But, here’s the beauty of it all… despite having full license to rip back at Simmons, Savard elected to take the high road in his response.
Savard’s full statement reads:
“I’ve never been one to let negative media posts get to me but this one has hurt because for me this is extremely personal. After my concussions in 2011, I spent many years dealing with some serious mental health issues and post-concussion symptoms. I did not withdraw myself from hockey or the hockey world by choice. I was not in a good place! I needed those years to heal. Thankfully, I was able to make a full recovery with the support I received from my family, friends, advisors and medical professionals. Today I feel happy, healthy and very lucky! I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given lately to raise awareness for mental health issues and concussions as well to give back to the game I love, the great game of hockey.”
Incredible. Good on you Marc for taking the high road. Simmons could certainly learn to take a page out of your book…
Source: Marc Savard · Photo Credit: Zuma Press
Breaking: Flames give update on Mike Smith's status
Devastating news for the Sens and rookie Tkachuk
That takes some wind out of the sails...
Breaking: 1st rounder manages to land desperate PTO contract
Suspension coming for Vegas’ Perron?
Oh man… if Wilson gets off free and Perron gets busted, Vegas fans are going to lose it!
Leafs fans shut out from playoffs, as team releases less than 100 tickets to public
Unless you’re either rich, lucky or both, chances are you won’t be attending any Leafs games this postseason…
Report: Mitch Marner is on fire lately!
Is this finally the end of his sophomore drought?
There is now a high alert on the Tavares matter!
Breaking: Golden Knights ink new player Pacioretty to hefty contract!
Report: JVR seeking a HUGE new deal with the Leafs!
Breaking: Kovalchuk makes shocking statement about signing with the Rangers!
Blue line help coming for Leafs
NHL team could finally take part in first outdoor game of its history!
Hurricanes GM search down to five individuals
Report: Pens assistant coach Martin eyeing other coaching jobs
Breaking: 1st rounder placed on buy out waivers!
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DAY THREE: AS IT HAPPENS – SCOTLAND v IRELAND, MALAYSIA v COLOMBIA & FRANCE v REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Posted December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019 Matt Coles
Lobban Secures Scottish Qualification
Scottish No.1 Greg Lobban seal qualification through to the knockout stages for his country after he defeated Sean Conroy in their first match with Ireland.
Lobban knew that a win would mathematically put the Scottish team into the knockout stages, even if they were to lose to Ireland on the final day of pool play.
He came through for his country, putting in a fine performance to seal victory in just over half an hour, winning 11-7, 11-5, 11-6.
“We feel really good. We were on a high after yesterday after outstanding performances from Rory [Stewart] and [Alan] ‘Clyney’. I was keen to get on there today to do my part, to win 3-0 and set the tone for the rest of the match,”
“We came into today wanting to set down a stall, win 3-9 against Ireland and keep our confidence high. If we do win the pool, then we get a bye in the last 16 and we get a slightly more favourable draw. We finished 8th two years ago, and that was our aim for this time round, but we are looking much further as well.
Stewart Seals Top Spot For Scotland In Pool D
Stewart (left) and Richardson in action
Rory Stewart took victory over Ireland’s Steve Richardson to seal top spot in Pool D for Scotland, and a bye through to the quarter finals.
The Scots had already secured their passage through to the knockout stage with Lobban’s win, but Stewart’s victory over Richardson in four games seals top spot.
Stewart took the first two games rather comfortably, only for the 47-year-old investment banker to come fighting back in the third game. However, it would be Scotland that took the win to take an unassailable two-game lead.
Clyne Seals Whitewash Win For Scotland
In the final match of the all-Celtic tie between Scotland and Ireland, Alan Clyne secured a clean sweep for the Scots, beating Oisin Logan.
He restricted the Irishman to just 13 points across the entire match, winning out 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 in a 36 minute battle, with Scotland finishing top of the pool.
Greg Lobban (SCO) bt Sean Conroy (IRL) 3-0: 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 (31m)
Rory Stewart (SCO) bt Steve Richardson (IRL) 3-1: 11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-2 (41m)
Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Oisin Logan (IRL) 3-0: 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (36m)
Ng Gives Malaysia Perfect Start In Crucial Clash
Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng has put his nation ahead in their crucial tie with Colombia, after he defeated Miguel Rodriguez at Squash on Fire.
All four games were tough, with no more than three points between the pair at the end. The first saw Ng take the early lead with an 11-9 victory, and he then took the second on a tie-break 13-11.
It looked like the Malaysia would wrap it up in the third game, but Rodriguez saved four match balls, winning it 15-13 to push the match into a fourth. However, Malaysia would take the win 3-1, to move ahead in this crucial tie.
“I feel great. That was for the team, mostly. I was really focussed and willing to fight for the team. It was really tough towards the end, and maybe if it was not a team match, I would have given in at the end, but I had the team behind me,” the Malaysian admitted.
“I really have no idea what I was thinking after the third game. My mind was just blank at one stage but I just believed in myself, and especially because those four points went away so quickly, I did not have change to focus on what happened.”
Kamal Secures Malaysian Qualificiation
Kamal (fore) and Palomino facing off in Washington, D.C.
Malaysia’s Mohammed Syafiq Kamal secured qualification through to the knockout stages for his country after beating Colombia’s Ronald Palomino.
Kamal took the first game 11-6, but Palomino, who was coming off the back of a monster victory in day two, fought back to take the second.
It would be the Malaysian that eventually took the victory, though, winning out in four games, to seal Malaysia’s place in the knockout stages on Wednesday.
Vargas Downs Yuen In Last Match
Juan Camilo Vargas put Colombia on the board by winning the final match of his country’s clash with Malaysia, downing Ivan Yuen.
It was the Malaysian who took the lead twice in the match, as he won both the first and third games, but Vargas fought back to send the match into a fifth and deciding game.
The fifth was going Yuen’s way, but the Colombian saved four match balls before going on to win it on a tie-break 12-10, securing the victory, but Malaysia win overall 2-1.
Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bt Miguel Rodriguez (COL) 3-1: 11-9, 13-11, 13-15, 11-8 (61m)
Mohammed Syafiq Kamal (MAS) bt Ronald Palomino (COL) 3-1: 11-6, 13-15, 11-8, 11-9 (55m)
Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS) 3-2: 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 12-10 (57m)
Marche Gives France Early Lead Over Korea
Marche and Ko on court at Squash on Fire
Gregoire Marche set France up with a perfect start to their tie against the Republic of Korea, as he overcame Youngjo Ko in just 27 minutes.
The Frenchman had to battle to win the first game, taking it on a tie-break 12-10, before then showing his dominance in the second, allowing Ko just a single point.
Marche then won the third to give France the victory, and the 1-0 lead in their Pool C tie with Korea, with the European country knowing that they will top the group no matter what happens today.
Masotti Beats Hwang To Secure Third French Victory
France sealed a third consecutive victory in the pool stages of the 2019 Men’s World Team Championships, after Baptiste Masotti overcame Joong-won Hwang.
The Frenchman was making his first ever appearance at the World Teams, and he proved why he was picked, with a confident victory over the Korean No.3 seed.
The World No.45 took the win in just 26 minutes to secure the overall victory for France in the tie, and showing their power ahead of the quarter finals.
“It feels very good. We knew since the start that our pool would be tough, but we were able to do the job across all three games. We knew the Koreans were good players so we kept it serious to win 3-0,” Masotti said.
“It was a dream for me [to appear at the World Teams]. When I was young, I could not imagine that I would play with Gregory Gaultier, for example, because he is my hero. I am over the moon to play this event, especially as the first half of the season has been good.”
Castagnet Seals 3-0 Win For France
Mathieu Castagnet secured a whitewash victory for the French team over the Republic of Korea, thanks to beating Chang-Wook Woo.
The World No.26 restricted the Korean to just seven points across the first two games of their clash, and although Woo fought back, Castagnet was able to wrap up the match inside three games, to seal France’s perfect record in the pool.
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Youngjo Ko (KOR) 3-0: 12-10, 11-1, 11-7 (27m)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt Joong-won Hwang (KOR) 3-0: 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (26m)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Chang-Wook Woo (KOR) 3-0: 11-3, 11-4, 11-9 (25m)
⟵DAY THREE: AS IT HAPPENS – NEW ZEALAND V SINGAPORE
DAY THREE: AS IT HAPPENS – USA V SWITZERLAND⟶
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Dear KAG!: 20191114 Open Topic
trumpismine Dear KAG!, General November 14, 2019 November 13, 2019 1 Minute
This Night before Daughn THURSDAY 20191114 Open Thread is very open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!).
the Continental Congress
What would our founding fathers think of today’s Disgraceful Democrats Display of Debauchery?
You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.
Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.
Keep it SOMEWHAT civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.
Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways.
Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible. Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.
SPEAK THE FIVE WORDS BOLDLY TO OUR PRESIDENT!
“I AM PRAYING FOR YOU!
Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics:
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2019
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TONIGHT: I'll be on @LouDobbs to talk about the latest on impeachment and yesterday's #ImpeachmentHearings. TUNE IN to @FoxBusiness at 7:25pm ET/6:25pm CT!
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) November 14, 2019
Federal Judge Rules Woman Born in New Jersey Who Joined ISIS is NOT an American Citizen https://t.co/S8rMzlXigd
— Cassandra Fairbanks 🕊✌️ (@CassandraRules) November 14, 2019
MAGA Mom says:
this is fantastic news – not just on the topic of ISIS/terrorist fighters that leave the US and want to come back but VERY interesting toward the abuse of 14A and anchor babies. Hope this goes to the SCOTUS as could have HUGE implications!
The old man’s not happy about something, that’s for sure.
George Soros’ Foundation Demands Fox News Ban Joe DiGenova https://t.co/uqunRjcLVJ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) November 14, 2019
phoenixrising37 says:
Cabal’s days of telling us what to do are coming to an end…
andyocoregon says:
Well, if I was over 80 years old, I’d feel as though my days are coming to an end.
Oh, sorry, I forgot.
Oh Great! (Sarc)
Thirteen new joint military projects have been announced by the EU, including the creation of new warships. Will the Project Fear liars, whose economic forecasts have all been totally wrong, admit that the EU is moving full throttle towards a truly dangerous military union?
— Leave.EU (@LeaveEUOfficial) November 14, 2019
It’s no more than a dream. The hardware the EU has available to it, for the more part, doesn’t work. Airbus transport/freight planes don’t work right, helicopters don’t stay up, most of the fighter jets are out of commission, and we’re low on spare parts, tanks that should be impregnable, aren’t, and, speaking of pregnancy, we have uniforms for pregnant INFANTRYWOMEN!, but no appropriate winter clothing for anyone else. On top of that, the single working German sub (ironic, I know) is down for repairs after having hit a dock (!) (dockkexed?).
So a pan-European military is a pipe dream. And the new “Kommisar” of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is the person who made Germany’s military such an awful mess. France’s isn’t much better, if at all (and don’t forget all those Moslem soldiers…). von der Leyen is a flaming globalist, as well, so just look at Davos (World Economic Forum) and Bilderberg to see what her “marching orders” will be…
Nolte: Impeachment Backfire – Trump’s Numbers Rise as Biden’s Crater https://t.co/3vrkkupHJj via @BreitbartNews
— All-American Alison (@Alison4Trump) November 14, 2019
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OK – this goes out to all of the very fine ladies of the Q Tree – long but worth it, IMO.
THE ONE FLAW IN WOMEN
By the time Lord made woman, he was into his sixth day of working overtime. An angel appeared and said, “Why are you spending so much time on this one?” The Lord answered: “Have you seen my spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not plastic; have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable and able to run on diet Coke and leftovers; have a lap that can hold four children at one time; have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart; and she will do everything with only two hands.”
The angel was astounded at the requirements. “Only two hands??? No way! And that’s just the standard model? That’s too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish.”
But, “I won’t,” the Lord protested. “I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick AND can work 18 hour days.” The angel moved closer and touched the woman. “But you have made her so soft, Lord.” “She is soft,” the Lord agreed, “but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish.”
“Will she be able to think?” asked the angel. The Lord replied, “Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason and negotiate.” The angel then noticed something and, reaching out, touched the woman’s cheek. “Ooops, it looks like you have a leak in this model. I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one.”
The Lord said, “The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride.” The angel was impressed. “You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything! Woman is truly amazing!”
And she is! Women have strengths that amaze men. They bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and joy. They smile when they want to scream, they sing when they want to cry, they cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous. They fight for what they believe in and they stand up to injustice. They don’t take no for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have, they go to the doctor with a frightened friend. They love unconditionally and they cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get rewards. They are happy when they hear about a birth or a wedding. Their hearts break when a friend dies and they grieve at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart. Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors. They’ll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you. The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning. They bring joy, hope and love and they have compassion and ideals. They give moral support to their family and friends. Women have vital things to say and everything to give.
However, if there is ONE flaw in women, it is that they forget their worth!!!
ForGodandCountry says:
The one flaw in good women is that they will 100% believe anything even remotely negative or critical about them (particularly as regards their looks) and will question/doubt/outright reject anything positive that is said about them…
….unless, of course, they are a democrat like Hillary Clinton and then the reverse of this holds true.
Blaaahahahaha! I couldn’t have said it better!
It is part of a sinful world, consequences of sin. Women are cursed to desire their husbands – we want their attention, approval and so much of ourself rests in our husbands thoughts and treatment toward us (or men in general for the unmarried). Gen 3:16
The curse for women, if there is one, is that they are slaves to their emotions, particularly negative ones.
We’re trained to be that way. Seriously. It’s a play on what we have that men don’t, and it really is exploitive.
Ha,Ha!
I’ve seen this, too.
IMO, that is what is meant by “forget their worth.”
A lot of women are so busy trying to just get through the day, they don’t have time to consider their worth.
I guess I was never brought up to think about it. We are what we are.
Is that really a flaw, or a sign of humility?
Looks…that’s always subjective, although that realization comes with age.
“The New York Times edited a reference which accurately described the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as a terrorist group from a Nov. 12 story, the Committee for Accuracy In Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) found. This story appeared following an Israeli attack in Gaza that killed PIJ leader Baha Abu al-Ata.
“The group is listed as a terrorist organization by many countries, and is supported by Iran,” the first draft of the Times story said.
Inexplicably, that reference disappeared later in the day.”
https://www.investigativeproject.org/8163/new-york-times-deletes-islamic-jihad-terror
Read at my mother’s graveside services over 27 years ago. Afterwards the minister came up to me requesting a copy because he had never heard it…imagine he used it countless times thereafter.
First time I’ve ever seen it.
This is the one I framed for Piper – she has it on her desk in her room.
Did you read that tome at your mother’s graveside, N.B.?
Considering what you posted about her recently, I just wondered.
I guess there’s always The U Tree for information.
Oops, s/b N.F. not N.B.
Finger fart.
ROFL – Babylon Bee
“WASHINGTON, D.C.—In honor of the impeachment hearings beginning this week, the Capitol Building has been decorated to look like a giant circus tent.
As soon as congressional maintenance staff heard that the impeachment hearings were going to begin, they went into storage and got out “the Big Top,” also used during the Kavanaugh hearings last year.”
https://babylonbee.com/news/capitol-building-replaced-with-giant-circus-tent-for-duration-of-impeachment-hearings
Babylonbee is so often close to home in their satire as to be almost not funny
Dual purpose . . . can also be used for fumigation.
“Please give me specifics, she asked.
I’ve been noticing an increase in the number of readers who want more information on how they can actually fight back against a tide of, for lack of a better description, progressive political activity including election victories by the Open Borders Left intent on changing America by changing the people.
First and foremost remember they have been working away at their progressive agenda for years, for decades! Community organizing is in their DNA!
They get up every day—day in, day out—planning their transformation of America into what they think will be a socialist/communist nirvana once they get enough people on their side.”
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.org/2019/11/14/a-reader-asks-what-should-we-be-doing-now-answer-get-the-president-re-elected/
Hadn’t noticed that Ann had reactivated her old site. I guess the new and old are now mirrors of each other. She’s doubling down 🙂
This warms my heart! More than just upset – time for action! Love it! Encouraging
The answer is simple.
Refuse to talk about what democrats want to talk about.
When someone mentions impeachment, ask about the Durham criminal investigation (where the REAL news is).
When someone wants to talk about healthcare, ask them about how Trump has lowered the cost of prescription drugs (and how).
In short….live above and outside the moment….be the predator not the prey…..CONTROL THE CONVERSATION with a purpose and an awareness most others do not employ.
kalbokalbs says:
Yepper. Cite the goodness President Trump delivers across the spectrum of issues. AND, how much moar could be accomplished IF D-Rats cared about Americans. Which of course, D-Rats hate America.
SERIOUS VERSION OF EPSTEIN DIDN’T KILL HIMSELF!
Meanwhile, in Syria… 🤔
"Assad claimed that Epstein was part of a broader conspiracy by Western powers to kill high-profile people who knew lots of secrets, including Osama bin Laden and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi."https://t.co/LXIpCPrG6Z
— M3thods (@M2Madness) November 14, 2019
See there? Even Assad over on the other side of the planet knows Epstein didn’t Arkancide himself.
Right?!!!! BIG!
Hi there FG&C!!!
Hi M! 🙂
Hey…ICU t3….I’m very sad we don’t get your posts any more! They lifted me up!!!!! So many times!!! However,…Get it! Much love from…..Me😘💖💖
We continue to monitor the terrible events at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California through our ongoing communications with Local, State, and Federal Authorities….
….We send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those tragically lost, and we pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded.
Their back up plan was the shooting in CA https://t.co/tzBdluislI
— Anon_Decoder (@Anon_decoder) November 14, 2019
The stupid criminal kid was barely 16 as of today, his Bday. I seriously doubt any Dem operatives convinced him to murder those kids and shoot himself. He was just another psycho with a gun.
It’ll be interesting to hear, if we do, how he obtained that .45 caliber pistol.
Yep, he missed his psychology class due to self-termination. I wonder what he was taught in that psychology class?
840WHAS, Louisville, 7PM news report:
Well, it’s over for MATT BEVIN. The recount “canvass” of the voting machines in Kentucky proved that the Democrat won. Bevin conceded late this afternoon.
AG BARR MEETS WITH TRUMP IN WHITE HOUSE WHO THEN CALLS IN MULVANEY, CIPOLLONE, GRISHAM, GIDLEY..
LEFT FOR BOSSERT CITY RALLY 45 MINUTES LATEhttps://t.co/cyuqjF7lti
— The Gray One (@silentrunning12) November 15, 2019
How do I get a job watching other Americans through their windows.
I love knowing the case of the shits this news undoubtedly gives democrats.
Saluti you can read it here: Thread by @prayingmedic: "1) This is my thread for November 14, 2019. Q websites with working links to the research board are hard to find. […]" #Qanon https://t.co/bthC8NA94w
Have a good day. 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) November 15, 2019
Nicely put. (From PM thread)
16) The following are questions for your consideration—hypothetical scenarios based on the unconfirmed idea that Project Looking Glass afforded certain individuals the ability to view possible events (timelines) of the future.
17) Do the elites know that the probability of future events occurring in a given society can be determined by the collective choices of that population?
18) Do the elites know that a population’s choices—and therefore its future—can be controlled by manipulating the emotions (and therefore the choices) of that population?
19) Were experiments done to confirm the theory that manipulating emotions and choices could be used to cause certain desired events to happen?
20) Do the elites use politicians, Hollywood, academia, the church and the media to influence the general population to believe that certain things are true?
If so, why?
21) If a society was programmed to view a country as an existential threat and they believed that war against that nation was justifiable, would that increase the likelihood that the society would choose to support such a war, making that war a likely future event?
22) How many past events of global significance do you suppose were brought about by the collective choices of a society whose free will was unknowingly manipulated to increase the future probability of those events happening?
So glad you’re still here… we need you!
Everyone is needed!
An old HS friend posted this from a Gizmodo piece elsewhere. Wow is all I can say. The Milky Way over Yellowstone.
https://gizmodo.com/the-milky-way-over-yellowstone-is-impossibly-beautiful-1719201635?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_facebook&fbclid=IwAR0u436pZbYiFtIz8HRteE0ToSj2Lf1r4wqafSD_90pno2OYvtPXprum9p0
Stunningly gorgeous Dep Pat
OH! thank you so much for sharing! My favorite place in the world are the geyser basins (other than home!). My favorite time of the year to be there is fall. Just lovely.
The place is fascinating. The geothermal features…I kept putting my face over the steam for facial purposes.
realsauce says:
Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 000000 No.7355626
Nov 14 2019 19:39:27 (EST)
AUS, IT, UK co-op DOJ (Barr, Durham, CLAS 1-4)
HUMINT, SIGINT, etc.
Non_FVEY official chan [US senior person(s) req given sensitive nature of ‘target’ re: presidential nominee(s) – POTUS + Cruz [CLAS 1-4]]
Who gave the order(s)?
Who signed?
Papered per normal NATSEC?
Comms to/from F + Domestic?
F2F 1-4 US person(s) initiate scope memo.
US AMB 1 & 2 NSA unmask req.
NSA > US AMB 1 & 2 > AUS, IT, UK
[special order per DIR [CLAS 1-9] AUTH unmask per US AMB]
[EACH UNMASKING REQUIRES APPROVAL / SIGN [‘KEY’]]
C_A domestic assist w/ rogue FBI to avoid US law [non_op domestic]?
C_A HUMINT domestic placement > T campaign [1-3 jumps primary target], T WH spy_insertion NATSEC C, personal advisor(s), cabinet?
C_A organized under DNI?
2010 – 2017 [Clapper] [bulk]
2017 – 2019 [Coats] [sleeper/prevent [black op] release of incriminating docs]
gil00 says:
Q map doesnt have this up. Where did you go?
Q Map was about 6 minutes behind.
Eager to see analysis of this one!
Sounds like reconfirm what we have discussed.
That was my impression as well.
https://qanon.pub/
…and Q Alerts Lite app
Taki g a very long time to load, but it did. Ty.
How is everyone enjoying the democrat’s on-going game of “Trump is guilty unless he proves his innocence”?
Funny how that’s all the media wants to talk about and DEFINITELY NOT “Why has John Durham’s investigation turned into a CRIMINAL investigation?”.
Are you enjoying the panic and desperation on display?? Are you enjoying the pathetic attempts to keep POTUS on the media defensive and not allow even a moment to ask questions about Durham’s CRIMINAL investigation??
How did you like Pelosi accusing POTUS of bribery today in a naked ploy to keep the focus on Trump instead of Durham??
Are you playing into the democrat’s outrage trap and talking about Adam Schiff and democrat’s outrageous conduct when you should be talking about John Durham, Gen. Flynn, et al.?
Just a few questions to ponder as I pass through to touch base. Hope everyone is well and Epstein didn’t off himself.
Will we see you at the Rally?
Loved how OANN kept repeating “Joe and Hunter Biden’s Corruption” most of the day.😆
“The Hallmark Channel may be known and loved for its slate of holiday movies, but this year, the network is taking its Christmas cheer one step further.
The channel brought out all the stops to transform the small town of David City, Nebraska into a full-fledged winter wonderland as part of its new Hometown Christmas initiative, which honors towns each year where “the Christmas spirit knows no bounds.”
David City, home to just 2,900 people, certainly fit the bill, and for one very special reason: it’s the hometown of Hallmark Cards founder Joyce C. Hall, who was born there in 1891.”
https://people.com/human-interest/hallmark-channel-creates-winter-wonderland-hometown-hallmark-founder/
Cool story! Thanks for sharing.
I have been to Beatrice many times.
Grandmother born there over a 100 yrs ago. Had family there for decades.
NB is a special place.
Wow! Small world! My sister lives in Diller, halfway between Beatrice and Fairbury. Yes, NE is special – it will always be my home.
Not sure how/if this….
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/its-happening-breaking-president-trump-meets-with-ag-bill-barr-in-oval-office-then-delays-departure-and-calls-in-top-aides-and-communication-team/
Relates to this…..
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/here-we-go-giuliani-under-federal-investigation-for-possible-campaign-finance-violations-and-failing-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent/
but if it does…could it be a case of…
How do you get evidence introduced into a investigation?
Sounds like it…
wrt Guilly, isn’t this what they did to FLYNN?
Not legit until Podestas are equally prosecuted. why did they get a heads up and why were they allowed to retroactively register, etc.? Unequal justice is NOT justice at all!
Democrats Scramble, Switch Impeachment Narrative to ‘Attempted’ Crimes After Lackluster Hearing https://t.co/C1m0kWYqMO via @BreitbartNews
— Doc Wins (@JWWins) November 15, 2019
mollypitcher5 says:
Hollywood. Not surprising.~~
https://www.independentsentinel.com/el-chapos-wife-to-appear-in-a-reality-show-glamorizing-cartels/
The entertainment industry needs to have some “corporate responsibility, former DEA chief Derek Maltz believes. ‘Cartel Crew’ is a made for VH1 docuseries on cartel life, currently in its second season, and El Chapo’s wife, Emma Coronel, is set to appear in it.
“We are in the worst drug crisis, the worst national security crisis, and border crisis the country has ever seen and now we are going to glamorize the cartel wives,” Maltz said.
The only thing to talk about is the death and destruction, Maltz says.
While the United States is inundated with drugs and other horrendous crimes are perpetrated by cartels, his wife will be elevated with the added effect of minimizing what cartels do.
The cartels are terrorists and what they do is not only our crisis, but it’s also a Mexican crisis.
Funny how Hollywood wants to do things like outlaw guns, even as they seek to make millions profiting off of movies like “John Wick” which could not be made without guns.
Burn Hollywood to the ground. Better yet…
5. Since the latest drop mentions spy insertions, thought I'd add these past drops re: plants. Note that on 9 Aug, it says "think several" and "what if others placed connect to….(future)". Wondering if this is in reference to this Ukraine mess & [EC]. I'm sure there are more! pic.twitter.com/x0neOAWqa2
— Lisa Mei Crowley (@LisaMei62) November 15, 2019
3. Anon breakdown (with names of key players broken out) from 9 Aug 2018 post outlining the Spy Op ordered by Hussein. Thanks, @spz74! https://t.co/PrrDSax714 pic.twitter.com/cPpclGvPXr
New Q (14 Nov): Aus, Italy & UK cooperated w/Barr, Durham, & 4 others (classified). Provided Human & Signals Intel. Non-FVEY (Ukraine?) used as official channel for targeting of POTUS, Cruz, & 4 others (classified). Guessing Brennan gave the order & Clapper signed off on it. pic.twitter.com/yCKVZSaCpt
My sincere apology… was trying to listen to Rally and cut and paste Lisa’s THREAD…
Made a mess, tweets are totally out of order – you might do better to simply click on
one of her tweet and read all of the Thread at her site…………….
6. Re: drop 3595. I originally stated that I believed Brennan gave the order re: spying on POTUS, Cruz, & 4 others (classified). This 4 Mar 2019 makes it clear Hussein gave the order to start the spy campaign. He even bragged about it in a tweet. pic.twitter.com/RgHYmrI5Gj
Unroll:
Which Cruz is he talking about? Lyin’ Canadian Ted????
OK – brain fart here – he was spied on – got it.
The new Q drop if true makes tmws hearing with the FORMER UKRAINE AMBASSADOR a MOAB for the Republicans….
Jordan will DESTROY her….
She is the KEY TO THE SPYING on candidates of TRUMP AND CRUZ through UKRAINE INTELLIGENCE!!!
OMG MOAB!!
SCHIFF has walked right into a trap!
— GREAT DANE SMR🇺🇲🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🇺🇲 (@realstevemries) November 15, 2019
Very possible. In fact, statistically probable, given the past 3 years. After all….
These people are stupid.
We know everything.
And Epstein didn’t kill himself.
Oh…barf.
Liberal host Cenk Uygur officially running for Katie Hill's vacant congressional seat https://t.co/xonz5B7kKE via @getongab
— GabTrends.com (@getongab) November 15, 2019
Wont happen without fraud.
THAT ^^^^ makes me laugh!
Isn’t he the one with the very foul mouth? He pledged on election night to take action for the Dems, and I think he’s been working on things. But if he can’t watch how he talks, that could hurt him.
Yeah, he’s the one with that Youtube show, ‘Young Turks’.
He was born in Turkey.
Well, he DOES have the typical Dim look! LOL
He is the one with a foul mouth. He’s a foul person. But apparently that won’t be a problem since he is a Dem.
For those that dont know who this D-bag is….
..A bit of Election night amusement
I just love watching reruns of that night.
This is my favorite video – the meltdown!!!
Wheatie !
Look how many are running for that seat
Candidates now running for #CA25:
David Rudnick (D)
Christopher Smith (D)
Christy Smith (D)
Cenk Uygur (D)
Mark Cripe (R)
Mike Garcia (R)
Stephen Knight (R)
George Papadopoulos (R)
Charles Patron (R)
Angela Underwood Jacobs (R)
— The Drivel (@The_Drivel) November 15, 2019
Here’s Ali with his take
CA-25 Is the race of the decade! Cerno V Cenk? Here’s the MATH! https://t.co/SbDjFO8jCu
— Ali Alexander (@ali) November 15, 2019
At the Federalist Society annual gala tonight, Rod Rosenstein refused to stand when Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the keynote speaker, was introduced. Recall that Rosenstein allegedly offered to wear a wire against Trump and refused to testify under oath about it.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 15, 2019
Kavanaugh received a standing ovation from the Federalist Society crowd, making Rod Rosenstein’s decision to remain seated throughout all the more conspicuous.
This picture told me everything I needed to know about Rosenstein……. pic.twitter.com/NA5GDlQ6OL
— Long little doggie (@54Doggie) November 15, 2019
Rosenstein is a slimy snake. This one exchange tells it all…
It seems odd to me that someone would be that publicly obvious when they are still newsworthy. I know what it looks like, but we don’t *know* why he didn’t stand.
That’s a huge disappointment. Not so much if some of us are wrong on RR, have no way of knowing for sure right now, but the fact that Rosenstein would be disrespectful to a Supreme Court Justice – and Kavanaugh had nothing to do with RR anyway – well that’s just bad manners.
The evidence against a Rosenstein is more than circumstantial, and it can only be a disappointment if one DOESN’T think Rosenstein is the slimy snake he continues to demonstrate he is.
I had been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, because I simply didn’t know for sure what was true and what was false. Obviously, something is wrong.
Rotten Rod. Perhaps he’s feeling the heat…a named person in a truly negative way in FISA IG Report…:-)
Maybe Rosenstein is planning to run for office as a Democrat.
More PROOF that Democrats lied to you & are waging an illegitimate coup against @realDonaldTrump!
UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: “I have never seen a direct relationship between investigations and security assistance.”https://t.co/Uji0ZfU5mf
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) November 15, 2019
Well of course democrats are lying.
I ask again…
When can we stop being outraged by slime that WANTS us to be outraged….as a method of distraction and diversion…..
….and focus instead on the topics democrats are DESPERATE to keep us from focusing on and talking about??
Everyone here should be sleuthing for the latest info on Durham, Horowitz, Flynn, etc…
….not the latest on this silly, going-absolutely-nowhere, fake impeachment drama.
More Media spin machine
They are panicking. My testimony behind closed doors over a year ago outed all of them. Draining time! https://t.co/5rz69fCDGP
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) November 15, 2019
Yes. Let’s talk a lot more about this!
Spinning spinning spinning…. Smearing Horowitz, Smearing Barr. Nuland even blamed spygate on Trump campaigners for not reporting all the entrapment approaches to the FBI(we had to spy on u cuz you didn’t report entrapment to the people who were entrapping you??)🙄🤦♀️
Piles of spin to be expected prior to IG report released. MONDAY IS 🎯!!! 🙏
[They] are panicking and pushing the narrative of potential "inaccuracies" in the IG report to the sheep who still believe their propaganda. https://t.co/W11jsXmFdN
Spin is a given.
But spin can fail….esp. when documents (like emails and text mssgs, for example) undermine the spin.
“POTUS (Obama) wants to know everything we are doing.”
– Lisa Page to Peter Strzok
TOP SECRET (yea right ): Justice Dept. deep state lacky won’t let witnesses give written feedback on the long-awaited, still-classified report about FBI’s Russia probe, with goal of sparking fears of inaccuracy
Fixed it……
There was something different about President Trump tonight at his rally.
A sense of urgency and purpose…didn't ad lib a lot and seemed to get finished sooner than normal.
— Major Patriot (@Q2ndWave) November 15, 2019
I noticed that, too. We know that meetings with Barr and others delayed his arrival, and those were not planned meetings. Something was/is up. I was sorry that he had to try to be “up” for the rally, and I speculate that that was the last thing he wanted to do at that moment. I don’t know how he carries on. I hope the people’s support tonight provided a little encouragement.
Me too TheseTruths… the man has tremendous inner strength…
I pray for him often… that’s all we can do.
His meeting today with Barr…
….I am mildly concerned that Barr is not going ALL the way THERE and told POTUS so this afternoon.
So am I FG&C … didn’t want to say so… but feel the same
Better not to speculate. We have no idea, and it can only cause us distress to guess about this. So much is going on. I counted up at least 17 names from the Obama era that might be named in that IG report. Apparently the IG is not accepting any written responses from the principals at this time – because their lawyers would cause further delay.
9) Lawyers, legal teams, and DC-based PR consultants for: Sally Yates, John Carlin, Mary McCord, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Hillary Clinton, James Baker, Michael Kortan, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, Chris Steele, Glen Simpson, cont…
10) …Nellie Ohr, Bruce Ohr, John Brennan, James Clapper and many more will all be working at courtroom rates to control any report damage for their clients.
I believe POTUS can overrule Barr if that’s necessary or warranted. No doubt heavy discussions are going on all around, but there are so many possible issues, we can’t possibly know which one is priority right now.
A few thoughts…collectively I think we, I any way got a sense of where things are going our way…
– President Trump spoke of breaking the Bush Dynasty and Clinton Dynasty. Has done that a few times recently.
– AND, President Trump spoke of taking out the Obama Gang tonight. Or similar words. That is HUGE, me thinks.
– AG Barr meeting unscheduled? Goes long. Then a meeting with key WH players…
– DOJ apparently NOT allowing written feedback from those named in IG report. WILL take verbal statements. ME THINKS, DOJ is playing the bad guys. Get them to on the record say something stoopid, albeit true. Bad guys lawyers don’t get to buff up bad guys BS statements.
Finally, not allowing written rebuttals by bad guys speeds releasing IG Report.
I remain quite hopeful good things will result from this IG Report…indictments, arrests…
President Trump WILL Insist on full accountability. Rightfully so.
– This also plays into, perhaps, the toll taken by his family…the investigations, spying on them, lying MCM…
well, he was off schedule… left D.C. later than planned… Not bc of meeting w/ Barr, but bc of what happened in the meeting to prompt an unscheduled meeting with Press Sec’y, Chief of Staff and (iirc) an atty.
He seemed exasperated … if I were being hounded as he is, I would be throwing things (long before now)…
I’m reading that DoJ is stonewalling IG report… ‘course that’s coming from FAKE NEWS…
But it’s a dang long time since April…………………….
AND, is there resistance in DoJ (Barr meeting today) to POTUS releasing the transcript of FIRST phone call?
He spoke a lot about Republicans WANTING him to let the hoax Schiff is presenting as Impeachment Hearing go on as it is increasing their coffers and votes apparently… he reiterated again and again that he didn’t want to do that.
Y’all jump in anytime…
I’m just throwing stuff out there.
Lou Dobbs mentioned that McCabe’s hearing has been postponed to February. Related??
I took the comment about Republicans wanting sham impeachment to keep going as tongue in cheek. The point was that they’re raising money off of it and their popularity is growing.
I hope there is no problem with Barr. That would surprise me very much. Barr might have been reporting some other problem, which could be anything. Or maybe the fact that Dems are going after Giulianni is an issue. I wish we could get Pres. Trump out from under the fake investigations, indict perps, and have clear wins (with Dems weeping and gnashing their teeth, and some of them in jail).
I’ll second that… !
Me thinks it is all coming together.
Tonight President Trump spoke of taking out the Obama Gang. Words along those lines.
Doubt if President Trump would allow playing games with the impeachment hoax to raise money, RepubliCON cohesiveness. President Trump KNOWS far too many RepubliCONS would turn on President Trump IF it better the individual RepubliCONs standing.
AG Barr and Horowitz are doing what they need to do. Not allowing written rebuttal, but take verbal recorded statements is, in my opinion, brilliant. Get the bad guys to say something they’ll later regret.
Yes, the “verbal recorded statements” strategy is brilliant. It speeds up the process and gets them on tape in their own words.
Sara May have jumped the gun. Hill article says Johnson is working with Grassley on a plan. Johnson says he can and will subpoena if necessary.
#BREAKING:
.@SenRonJohnson will subpoena:
– Joe + Hunter Biden
– Adam Schiff
– The Whistleblower
via @WSAU #BenArmstrong
Developing: https://t.co/cWChhALGS6
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) November 15, 2019
Yikes https://t.co/KzOUAQnHHK
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 15, 2019
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-ethics-committee-announces-probe-into-dem-reps-tlaib-hastings.amp
“The document dump was related to the committee’s ongoing ethics probe into Tlaib, which the panel said on Thursday would be “expanded” based on a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).
Texts and emails released by the Ethics Committee show Tlaib frantically contacting members of her staff for financial help.
The OCE also attached scans of checks made out to Tlaib from her campaign, totaling thousands of dollars.
….(the) OCE unanimously recommended the Ethics Committee investigate Tlaib.”
Haven’t heard much from “the Squad” lately. It’s good for the country that two of them are getting very bad press.
I hope they are politically destroyed. They are each a cancer in the House and have no business holding public office….
….and that goes for Alcee Hastings, too.
Wow. @RashidaTlaib is under an ethics investigation for a few reasons but the most glaring is that she PAID HERSELF $45,000 from her campaign donations! She has refused to comply with investigation so far, why is that? #AbuseOfPower #NoOneIsAboveTheLawhttps://t.co/JUoI93k20J pic.twitter.com/5FuJaSXtxH
— Rosie memos (@almostjingo) November 15, 2019
Rep. Chip Roy STUNS with a story about a boy who was supposed to be aborted, but only survived because his parents refused to listen to the doctors pushing them to carry out the abortion.
The room goes silent as he points across the room and says the boy now works for him. pic.twitter.com/yxGqwHKjDi
— Caleb Hull 🎅🏻🎁 (@CalebJHull) November 14, 2019
I’ve never seen one of these before.
Amazing looking little critter.
The Armadillo Girdled lizard pic.twitter.com/EiAMZKvqFg
— badluck (@badluck_jones) November 15, 2019
Ever seen a Horned Lizard, aka Horny Toad? We used to catch them all the time when I was a kid in Tulsa, but they’ve pretty much disappeared from there, too. Wonder why?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/10/horned-lizard-texas-endangered-threatened-species-video-news/
Yep…I remember Horny Toads.
They used to be all over the place here.
Horns on their backs…but very soft bellies.
They think that Fire Ants have killed them off.
🥺😩
blueridgemtsva says:
Don’t you think the cause is agricultural chemicals like Roundup?
Another member of the Squad with campaign finance violations.
Ethics Committee releases messages showing Tlaib asking for money saying she was "struggling financially" & "sinking"
"So I was thinking campaign could loan me money. A one time payment of $5k"
https://t.co/NvTKZUiKDd
— Rising serpent (@rising_serpent) November 15, 2019
“Utah teacher headed to prison for making child porn.” What a devastating headline and what a devastating violation of trust. May we remember and support the victim family. https://t.co/gW9MD5RhJ7
— U.S. Attorney Huber (@USAttyHuber) November 14, 2019
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/forgotten-study-abuse-in-school-100-times-worse-than-by-priests
Forgotten Study: Abuse in School 100 Times Worse than by Priests
By James Tillman and John Jalsevac
WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the last several weeks such a quantity of ink has been spilled in newspapers across the globe about the priestly sex abuse scandals, that a casual reader might be forgiven for thinking that Catholic priests are the worst and most common perpetrators of child sex abuse.
But according to Charol Shakeshaft, the researcher of a little-remembered 2004 study prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, “the physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests.”
After effectively disappearing from the radar, Shakeshaft’s study is now being revisited by commentators seeking to restore a sense of proportion to the mainstream coverage of the Church scandal.
According to the 2004 study “the most accurate data available at this time” indicates that “nearly 9.6 percent of students are targets of educator sexual misconduct sometime during their school career.”
“Educator sexual misconduct is woefully under-studied,” writes the researcher. “We have scant data on incidence and even less on descriptions of predators and targets. There are many questions that call for answers.”
In an article published on Monday, renowned Catholic commentator George Weigel referred to the Shakeshaft study, and observed that “The sexual and physical abuse of children and young people is a global plague” in which Catholic priests constitute only a small minority of perpetrators.
While Weigel observes that the findings of Shakeshaft’s study do nothing to mitigate the harm caused by priestly abuse, or excuse the “clericalism” and “fideism” that led bishops to ignore the problem, they do point to a gross imbalance in the level of scrutiny given to it, throwing suspicion on the motives of the news outlets that are pouring their resources into digging up decades-old dirt on the Church.
“The narrative that has been constructed is often less about the protection of the young (for whom the Catholic Church is, by empirical measure, the safest environment for young people in America today) than it is about taking the Church down,” he writes.
Weigel observes that priestly sex abuse is “a phenomenon that spiked between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s but seems to have virtually disappeared,” and that in recent years the Church has gone to great lengths to punish and remove priestly predators and to protect children. The result of these measures is that “six credible cases of clerical sexual abuse in 2009 were reported in the U.S. bishops’ annual audit, in a Church of some 65,000,000 members.”
Despite these facts, however, “the sexual abuse story in the global media is almost entirely a Catholic story, in which the Catholic Church is portrayed as the epicenter of the sexual abuse of the young.”
Outside of the Church, Shakeshaft is not alone in highlighting the largely unaddressed, and unpublicized problem of child sex abuse in schools. Sherryll Kraizer, executive director of the Denver-based Safe Child Program, told the Colorado Gazette in 2008 that school employees commonly ignore laws meant to prevent the sexual abuse of children.
“I see it regularly,” Kraizer said. “There are laws against failing to report, but the law is almost never enforced. Almost never.”
“What typically happens is you’ll have a teacher who’s spending a little too much time in a room with one child with the door shut,” Kraizer explained. “Another teacher sees it and reports it to the principal. The principal calls the suspected teacher in and says ‘Don’t do that,’ instead of contacting child protective services.”
“Before you know it, the teacher is driving the student home. A whole series of events will unfold, known to other teachers and the principal, and nobody contacts child services before it’s out of control. You see this documented in records after it eventually ends up in court.”
In an editorial last week, The Gazette revisited the testimony of Kraizer in the context of the Church abuse scandal coverage, concluding that “the much larger crisis remains in our public schools today, where children are raped and groped every day in the United States.”
“The media and others must maintain their watchful eye on the Catholic Church and other religious institutions,” wrote The Gazette, “But it’s no less tragic when a child gets abused at school.”
In 2004, shortly after the Shakeshaft study was released, Catholic League President William Donohue, who was unavailable for an interview for this story, asked, “Where is the media in all this?”
“Isn’t it news that the number of public school students who have been abused by a school employee is more than 100 times greater than the number of minors who have been abused by priests?” he asked.
“All those reporters, columnists, talking heads, attorneys general, D.A.‘s, psychologists and victims groups who were so quick on the draw to get priests have a moral obligation to pursue this issue to the max. If they don’t, they’re a fraud.”
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The EyeTheSpy twitter account is…gone.
This is the last tweet from them, I hope it posts.
https://twitter.com/TrueEyeTheSpy/status/1195192706248650752?s=20
EyeTheSpy
@TrueEyeTheSpy
RELAYED: THIS account.
Deactivated, kept on ice like RBG.
Name retained. Follow count retained.
WILL rise again. Right here.
STAY Patient fam.
Lo, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil.
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Will it be under new account? “Deactivate” – just pausing, or will another be able to overtake that name, too, as the other accounts? Patriots want to reconnect
! Stay safe, my friend!
@j_lifeexplorer just tweeted this:
Our Patriot friend will return!
Pray, pray, pray!
We Fight A Sacred Fight!
Against Evil!
Those Who Know Cannot Sleep!#SaveOurChildren pic.twitter.com/AfUvhSQIiu
— Jexplorer (@j_lifeexplorer) November 15, 2019
Long overdue! https://t.co/I4cs5PfmaE
— Wyatt (@SayWhenLA) November 14, 2019
They used to but then they killed JFK. Now entirely communist & have no country but Evil & lust for power. Corruption and despotic behavior suffer no limitations, respects no law, and honors no person or tradition. They are the epitome of hypocrisy and iniquity. "Control" hungry. https://t.co/68BJMytLUy
Haaaa…this is what she did to that Antifa professor.
Sometimes there’s just no other choice 🤷🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/3KJWVL9z30
— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) November 15, 2019
For all the Virginians. there is a recall petition on Gov Babykiller Gun Grabber. If you are a Virginian, please sign this petition.
https://virginiaconservatives.net/recall-radical-ralph-northam
Posted by Chris Barth on FB:
.RULES OF RURAL NEBRASKA ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Listen up City Slickers!
1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head isn’t crooked.
3. Let’s get this straight; it’s called a’ gravel road.’ I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are cattle. They’re live steaks. That’s why they smell funny to you. But they smell like money to us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-80 goes east and west, Highway 81 goes north and south. Pick one.
5. So you have a $80,000 car. We’re not impressed. We have $500,000 combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. So every person in rural Nebraska waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while an 8-point buck and 3 does are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah, we eat taters, gravy, beans and cornbread. You really want sushi and caviar? It’s available at Jim’s bait shop..
9. The ‘Opener’ refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.
11. No, there’s no ‘vegetarian special’ on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.
12. When we fill a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use four seasonings – salt, pepper, ketchup and ranch. Oh, yeah…. We don’t care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat … IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring ‘coke’ into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice.
14. You bring ‘Mary Jane’ into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
15. College and high school football are as important here as the Cavs and the Knicks… and more fun to watch.
16. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards — it spooks the fish.
17. Colleges? We have them all. We have State Universities , Community Colleges, and Vo-techs. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come for the holidays.
18. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain’t music, anyway. We don’t want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers. Refer back to #1.
19. Four inches of snow isn’t a blizzard – it’s a flurry. Drive in it like you got some sense, and DON’T take all our bread, milk, and bleach from the grocery stores. This ain’t Alaska . Worst case you may have to live a whole day without croissants. The pickups with snowplows will have you out the next day.
A true NEBRASKAN will send this on!!!
20. By the way…. if you want to talk to God in Nebraska, it’s a local call.
Of course, he goes on to claim it was a Western conspiracy that included killing Bin Laden and al Baghdadi!
“President Bashar Assad of Syria said he believes that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself.
“American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was killed several weeks ago, they said he had committed suicide in jail. However, he was killed because he knew a lot of vital secrets connected with very important people in the British and American regimes, and possibly in other countries as well,” Assad said Thursday, according to Newsweek.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/syrian-president-assad-jeffrey-epstein-did-not-kill-himself
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A fight in the bar at Clyde’s at Reston Town Center ended with a man stabbed with an unknown object…
A fight in the bar at Clyde’s at Reston Town Center ended with a man stabbed with an unknown object and taken to Reston Hospital Center.
Fairfax County Police said they were called to Clyde’s about 1:21 a.m. on Sunday for a report of an aggravated assault.
Witnesses told police the suspect has been flirting with the victim’s girlfriend. The woman told the suspect she was not interested. The victim told the suspect to step away, and that is when the suspect assaulted the victim, police said.
The victim was cut during the struggle, but police have not identified a weapon. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect, who was described as Hispanic, wearing a black jacket, a white shirt and blue jeans.
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How will Tanzanians vote on Sunday 25 October? The Battle for Bunge
Yovanka ARI
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ARI Senior Researcher, Nick Branson, looks ahead to Tanzania’s legislative elections, identifying where the opposition could win new constituencies and erode CCM’s parliamentary majority. As he argued in a recent Briefing Note, “What’s in it for me? Personalities, enticements and party loyalties in Tanzania’s 2015 elections”, predictions are extremely difficult given declining turnout in recent elections and a high number of first time voters. What follows is an assessment of constituencies where local developments, political scandals or party defections may lead to more closely fought contests than in 2010.
For the first time, Tanzania’s main opposition parties have united behind a common list of candidates for both the presidency and parliament, improving the prospects of those standing on behalf of Umoja wa Katiba ya Wananchi (Coalition of Defenders of the People’s Constitution) or Ukawa. The alignment of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), the Civic United Front (CUF), National Convention for Construction and Reform (NCCR-Mageuzi) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) will reduce the number of wasted votes by ensuring head-to-head competition of Ukawa candidates with those from the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).
One might ask why this matters. As ARI documented in “Bunge Lenye Meno: A Parliament with Teeth”, Tanzania’s legislature has grown in assertiveness, restraining a powerful executive. Parliamentary committees have come to play an important role in investigating corruption scandals, and in scrutinising the budget. In conversation with ARI, Dr Brian Cooksey, an independent member of Transparency International, argued that “in recent years, Bunge has become a space for more meaningful debate. There are likely to be many new legislators from outside the ruling party in the new parliament and this can only contribute to the institution’s independence and its effectiveness. Still a lot remains to be done to enforce accountability, as the continued prominence of discredited politicians shows.”
To reiterate, what follows is not an attempt to predict how many seats the opposition will win, but rather an assessment of constituencies where Ukawa is most competitive.*
Northern Zone
Ukawa’s presidential candidate, Edward Lowassa, can count on a huge support base in Arusha Region, a relatively urbanised and prosperous province hitherto divided between CCM and Chadema. At municipal elections in November 2014, Chadema won 75 council seats and CCM 73. Lowassa’s subsequent defection to Chadema has induced a flurry of defections from CCM regional heavyweights, including former deputy minister of lands, Goodluck Ole-Medeye, MP for Arumeru West; regional chairman, Onesmo Ole Nangole; and publicity secretary, Isaac Joseph. Of the seven parliamentary seats in the region, not one has a CCM candidate incumbent standing again. The opposition could sweep the board, although CCM has responded to the challenge in Arusha Urban by putting up Philemon Mollel, a candidate with pockets deep enough to challenge Chadema’s Godbless Lema.
In Kilimanjaro Region, Ukawa should perform strongly thanks to the alliance between Chadema and NCCR-Mageuzi, whose party chairmen, Freeman Mbowe and James Mbatia, both have roots in the area. Lowassa is also popular among local voters and has managed to entice local CCM cadres to defect. These include CCM regional youth chairman, Freddy Mushi; national executive committee member, Paul Matemu; and regional treasurer, Jerome Komu. Chadema will hope to hold on to Moshi Urban, despite Philemon Ndesamburo standing down; but CCM’s candidate, Davis Mosha, is a wealthy local businessman. Chadema will be looking to take Moshi Rural from Cyril Chami, who was dismissed as minister of industry over corruption allegations in 2012. However, four CCM incumbents will pose a formidable challenge in the region: Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, minister of water; Aggrey Mwanri, deputy minister of local government; Anne Malecela, wife of a former prime minister; and David Mathayo David, former minister of livestock. All won more than 60% of the vote in their constituencies in 2010. In Vunjo, Augustino Mrema, a former NCCR-Mageuzi presidential candidate who now chairs the Tanzania Labour Party, will defend his seat against NCCR leader, James Mbatia.
In Manyara Region, Chadema will count on attracting new supporters following the defection to Chadema of former prime minister, Frederick Sumaye. In addition to his former seat of Hanang, Chadema should win the two Mbulu seats following the division of the constituency into urban and rural parts. This task would have been easier had Chadema’s former presidential candidate, Dr Wilbrod Slaa, endorsed Lowassa rather than quitting the party. Slaa could yet act as a spoiler in Mbulu, where he was born. Chadema will also be targeting Babati Rural, which was won by CCM with only 44% of the vote in 2010.
Tanga Region remains a CCM stronghold, but the opposition could improve its showing in Tanga Urban, where CUF made inroads at municipal elections in 2014. Having won the seat with 56% of the vote in 2010, CCM’s Omari Nundu was dismissed as minister of transport over a corruption scandal in 2012. Lowassa’s rally at Tangamano grounds on 28 September was so popular that at least 50 people fainted.
The centre of the country is CCM heartland, with Dodoma Region its stronghold. Opposition parties failed to put up candidates at all in two of nine constituencies in 2010, but Lowassa’s personal popularity in the national capital may cause a few surprises. Ukawa is targeting Dodoma Urban, where incumbent David Mallole is standing down and local district commissioner, CCM’s Anthony Mavunde, hopes to succeed him; he faces a challenge from Chadema’s Kigaila Singo Benson. The division of Kondoa into urban and rural constituencies might provide another opening for the opposition.
A forthcoming ARI guest post by Michaela Collord will focus on Singida Region, where Chadema’s legal mastermind, Tundu Lissu, has led a sustained opposition challenge in traditional CCM territory.
Tabora Region provides a few openings for the opposition. In 2010, Igunga was won by Rostam Aziz, a Tanzanian billionaire and then CCM treasurer who is closely associated to Lowassa. Aziz stood down in July 2011, triggering a by-election that October. CCM’s Dr Dalaly Peter Kafumu only narrowly won the seat and the results were disputed in court, exposing dubious campaigning by the ruling party. Sikonge provides another opportunity. Said Nkumba, who won 64% of the vote in 2010, has defected from CCM to Chadema. Ukawa might have stood a better chance in Tabora City had Prof. Ibrahim Lipumba not resigned as CUF national chairman rather than endorse Lowassa – Lipumba hails from Tabora.
Kigoma Region, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, is a major chink in CCM’s armour, but the opposition is divided. In 2010, the region returned four NCCR MPs, three CCM MPs and the charismatic Zitto Kabwe, then representing Chadema. A former chairman of the parliamentary accounts committee, Kabwe was expelled from Chadema and established his own party, Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo). In July 2015, he persuaded Moses Machali, the NCCR MP for Kasulu Urban to defect to ACT. Machali may struggle to retain the seat, which he won with only 45% of the vote in 2010; however, Kabwe can be certain of his own victory in Kigoma Urban. Another battle to watch will be in Muhambwe, where NCCR incumbent Felix Mkosamali faces a challenge from his brother Edgar, standing for ACT.
Lowassa supporters thronged Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital, when he collected his election nomination forms and for his opening rally. However, the opposition faces a significant challenge in capitalising on its support. Biometric voter registration (BVR) was problematic in the city resulting in a much smaller electorate than anticipated: 1.8 million of an estimated 4.5 million residents. Many of those who failed to register are young people, who typically side with the opposition. The youth vote will also be supressed because the city’s dozen universities are due to be closed during the election, with many students who registered to vote in the city in effect disenfranchised.
Despite the defection to Chadema of former CCM regional chairman, John Guninita, the ruling party has resilient incumbents in four constituencies: to the north of the city, in Kinondoni; in downtown Ilala; and in the southern constituencies of Temeke and Kigamboni. Ukonga, where the CCM incumbent, Eugen Mwaiposa, died in June 2015 could have fallen to the opposition had the ruling party not found a strong candidate in Jerry Slaa, a former local mayor. However, the neglected area of Segerea may elect Julius Mtatiro, a youthful campaigner and former CUF deputy secretary-general; and two newly-created constituencies, Mbagala and Kibamba, are realistic opposition targets, with Chadema deputy secretary-general, John Mnyika, likely to take the latter. CCM is targeting the seats of Ubungo and Kawe by launching the first phase of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) before polling day. In Kawe, Chadema’s Halima Mdee faces a challenge from Kippi Warioba, son of the former prime minister and attorney general who chaired the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC). In 2010, Mdee had to defeat both CCM and James Mbatia, leader of NCCR-Mageuzi; this time she is the sole Ukawa candidate.
The political landscape in Pwani Region has shifted given the absence – for the first time since the Nyerere era – of a CCM presidential candidate from the Coast. Pwani has rapidly urbanised over the past decade, partly thanks to the largesse of President Kikwete. Ukawa candidates may struggle to gain traction in Kikwete country, but CUF could mount a credible challenge on the island of Mafia, where CCM’s Abdulkarim Shah is standing down.
In Lindi Region, CUF already holds the cities of Lindi and Kilwa and these should be retained by Salum Barwany and Selemani Bungara, respectively. CCM ideology and publicity secretary, Nape Nnauye, is contesting Mtama, hoping to inherit the seat of outgoing foreign minister, Bernard Membe. Nnauye has mobilised President Kikwete and his predecessors, Mkapa and Mwinyi, to address local rallies, but local branches of the ruling party have been beset by defections.
Morogoro Region is unlikely to leave CCM hands. It remains primarily agricultural, despite rapid urbanisation, and local party structures have responded to changing demography – and potential opposition threat – by selecting youthful candidates across the region. Kilombero was the only seat where the ruling party failed to secure more than 50% of the vote in 2010.
Mtwara Region is particularly difficult to predict. At the 2010 general elections, the province was a CCM stronghold, with CUF only winning about 25% of the vote. However, in the November 2014 municipal elections Ukawa won 53 seats compared to CCM’s 58. The groundswell of support for the opposition follows protests over the government’s decision to pipe natural gas more than 300 miles to Dar es Salaam rather than build a refinery in Mtwara. Residents view the US$1.225bn pipleline as a snub, depriving the region of a new employment opportunity. They also demand a greater share of the proceeds from the gas than the promised 0.3% and generally resent the lack of transparency or community engagement in the placing of contracts associated with the project. Lowassa’s promise to review all natural gas contracts may generate incremental support for CUF in Mtwara City by capitalising on the discontent.
Lake Zone
In the newly-established Geita Region, CCM hopes to mobilise otherwise uninterested voters having selected a local as their presidential candidate. John Magufuli was made an honorary tribal chief of the country’s largest ethnic group, the Sukuma, which predominates along the shores of Lake Victoria. Magufuli has eagerly addressed his kin in their native language, rather than KiSwahili, and his name on the presidential ballot will certainly help CCM in Geita. The only constituency likely to fall to the opposition is Bukombe. This was carved out of Shinyanga Region and was won by Chadema’s Kulikoyela Kahigi in 2010.
A close contest is expected in Kagera Region, where Antony Mbassa will strive to retain the Biharamulo constituency he won for Chadema in 2010 (but which first elected Magufuli in 1995). In Bukoba Urban, numerous CCM councillors and youth members have defected to Chadema, undermining the chances of Khamis Kagasheki successfully defending the seat against Wilfred Lwakatare. The response of voters in Muleba South to the sacking from Kikwete’s cabinet of local star, Prof. Anna Tibaijuka, will be a test of CCM’s ability to “get out the vote”.
Mwanza Region will provide a barometer of Magufuli’s popularity nationwide. After Dar es Salaam, it is the second most densely populated area of mainland Tanzania. The number of inhabitants of Mwanza City grew by one third in the decade to 2012, and the challenges posed by its rapid growth will challenge old loyalties. Chadema already has sitting MPs in Ilemela and Nyamagana. On Ukerewe Island, Salvatory Machemli defected from Chadema to ACT, while the new Ukawa candidate, Joseph Mkundi, is a former chair of the local council, raising the possibility that the opposition vote may be split. The incumbent for Sengerema, CCM’s William Ngeleja, was sacked as minister of energy in 2012 over corruption, while the opposition has recruited Lawrence Masha, a former CCM interior minister and prominent local businessman. Ukawa will also be looking to win the constituency of Magu, which CCM won with 46% of the vote in 2010 and where the sitting MP, Festus Limbu, is standing down.
Newly-formed Simiyu Region, Tanzania’s most rural province with an average household of seven, will also provide a bellwether for CCM support in the Lake Zone. Chadema already holds the seats of Meatu, Maswa East and Maswa West securely; it could add the reformed constituency of Itilima (formerly Bariadi East) held by John Cheyo. The party might also hope to take the adjacent constituency of Bariadi, whose MP, former attorney general Andrew Chenge, was implicated in a recent energy scandal but remains determined to retain his seat, seemingly at any cost.
In Shinyanga Region, despite – or perhaps because of – the selection of Magufuli as presidential candidate, CCM’s regional chairman Khamis Mgeja defected to the opposition; as did the MP for Kahama, James Lembeli. This follows the defection of Fred Mpendazoe, MP for Kishapu, from CCM to Chadema in 2009. Shinyanga Urban will also be on Ukawa’s list of key targets, following success in last year’s municipal elections in which opposition parties collectively won 29 seats and CCM 26.
Situated between Lake Victoria and the opposition stronghold of Arusha, Mara Region could mark a fault line between CCM hegemony and Chadema expansion. Six weeks prior to polling day, youth activists clashed in Tarime, just prior to Magufuli’s arrival for a rally. The incident resulted in one death, five hospitalisations and the destruction of a Chadema candidate’s car. In 2010, CCM took Tarime with only 38% of the vote, but it has since been divided into two constituencies, complicating predictions. Musoma Urban is the only opposition constituency in the region, held by Chadema’s Vincent Nyerere, nephew of Tanzania’s first president. Bunda Urban will see septuagenarian CCM grandee, Stephen Wasira, face Chadema’s Esther Bulaya, who is half his age and defected from the ruling party. Ukawa’s prospects may be dented by intervention from the other side of the border: former Kenyan prime minister, Raila Odinga, has publicly endorsed Magufuli and called on local Luo and Kuria communities to vote for CCM.
CCM will continue to dominate in the Southern Highlands. The party’s only weak spot is Mbeya Region, which has rapidly urbanised over the past decade. Chadema will be counting on retaining their two MPs in Momba (David Silinde) and Mbeya Urban (the rapper Jospeh Mbilinyi, better known as Mr II/Sugu). Of the 13 seats up for contention, only in four are CCM looking to return incumbents, complicating predictions.
Lowassa’s decision to launch Ukawa’s campaign in Iringa, and his apparent ability to draw massive crowds in a region traditionally held by CCM, have represented a serious challenge to the ruling party in its heartland. Iringa Urban looks to be a three-way marginal with Chadema incumbent Peter Msigwa facing Fredrick Mwakalebela, a former secretary-general of the Tanzanian Football Federation, and Chiku Abwao, a former nominated “special seats” MP standing for ACT. Reverend Msigwa and over 60 Chadema activists were arrested at the end of September, with the candidate and three others charged with breach of peace in early October. CCM has re-selected incumbents in all five seats it won in 2010, and hopes to parachute Cosato Chumi, a foreign ministry official, into the newly-created constituency of Mafinga Urban. He faces opposition from Chadema’s “Big Willy” Mungai.
The opposition may make headway in what remains of Rukwa Region, challenging in Sumbawanga Urban where their candidate, Sadrick Malili, is a prominent local businessman.
Katavi Region is Tanzania’s smallest by population, albeit growing rapidly, and may not receive much attention during the campaign.
In Ruvuma Region, towards the border with Mozambique, candidates from Chadema, CUF and NCCR, with their support bases in urbanised areas of the north, east and west of the country, respectively, might struggle to engage with rural voters.
Njombe Region, adjoining Lake Nyasa, remains CCM territory. The new constituency of Makambako might be vulnerable to Chadema, if the town’s young population can be mobilised. There is also scope for a Chadema challenge in the regional capital, Nyombe City, where the outgoing Speaker of Bunge, Anna Makinda, is stepping down.
On the Isles, voters will cast a ballot not only for the Ikulu in Dar es Salaam and Bunge in Dodoma, but for Zanzibar’s executive and its legislature, the House of Representatives. The latter comprises 50 directly-elected seats; 10 seats nominated by the President of Zanzibar; and 20 special seats reserved for women whose appointment is overseen by the president. The ability of the executive to “pack” the House in effect prevents a government of cohabitation – and raises the stakes in the presidential election. This will be a close competition between the incumbent, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein, and his deputy and perennial challenger, Seif Sharif Hamad, CUF secretary-general. They were separated by less than 3,500 votes in 2010, fewer than the number of spoilt ballots. Following a constitutional amendment to form a Government of National Unity (GNU) on Zanzibar, the two men have shared power for five years at the head of a coterie of CCM and CUF ministers.
Following a fractious debate over the katiba, CUF will hope to retain all 18 seats it won in 2010 on the northern island of Pemba; and at least double the four it won on the southern island of Unguja by targeting the urban districts of Mji and Magharibi, where it made inroads in 2010. If this strategy is successful, CUF could win 26 of the 50 elected seats, two more than it did in 1995. However, any assumptions or predictions are hazardous given that the competence and impartiality of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) has already been called into question.
*The outgoing parliament had 239 directly-elected seats. Since the 2010 elections, 26 new parliamentary constituencies have been created, while numerous others have been altered. Bunge also includes nominated “special seats” to guarantee 30% female representation. The number of additional seats allocated is impossible to determine until the proportion of men and women elected is known. In 2010, only 21 women were elected to represent constituencies with the result that 102 special seats were allocated. Of these, 67 went to CCM; 25 to Chadema; 10 to CUF. (Women also accounted for two of the five seats awarded to members of Zanzibar’s House of Representatives; and one among the 10 appointed by the president). This brought the total number of MPs to 357 (239 directly elected; 102 special seats; five from Zanzibar; 10 appointed by the president, and the Attorney General, ex-officio).
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Project: ristav CUBE, Karlsruhe area, Germany
In 2018, the Vollack Group built a custom-designed office and residential building, the “ristav CUBE,” for the customer ristav GmbH using the BIM working method.
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The design, planning, and execution of industrial and office buildings using a progressive working method is a core competence for the Vollack Group. The desired goal is to offer their clients tailor-made solutions with unique features using these methods. They are to support the customer and also work with a view to securing repeat work for future developments. The construction project “ristav CUBE” is a classic example of a project with customer-specific features.
Construction began in 2017 and the planned completion date is summer 2018. ristav GmbH is a medium-sized company from the Karlsruhe area, which has a plot Germanyin the newly developed Karlsruhe industrial park, Kirchfeld-Nord. They were planning the new office and residential building here and commissioned the Vollack Group to design it. The building was designed to be a hybrid structure made of timber with reinforced concrete, and in addition to office space, is also to house an underground parking garage, a residential unit, and an archive area for files. The handling of files is a large part of everyday work in the company. This is why the archive is a key area for the client. To meet their requirements, the archive was included in the design process.
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The first challenge was to create space for the files as well as sufficient office space. Secondly, the focus of the development process was about optimizing the working environment, by linking work processes and creating short travel distances within the building. In addition, the project’s energy goals and the pre-defined working method Building Information Modeling (BIM) played a major role for Vollack. The goal was to create a highly energy-efficient office building by using only the BIM working method. Since Vollack already had extensive experience in the field of BIM and in building energy-efficient buildings, they were an ideal fit for the ambitious construction project.
The Vollack Group has been using ALLPLAN software products for many years for its design work. They use Allplan Architecture and Allplan Engineering to create three-dimensional building models. These later serve as the basis for the quantity and cost calculations. The collision check within the models was undertaken using the open BIM platform Allplan Bimplus, and the Vollack Group created tender documents using NEVARIS bidding software.
Approach and solution
The design of the “ristav Cube” uses a sustainable timber construction with solid wood walls and ceilings, combined with a reinforced concrete core as thermal storage. The building has a gross floor area of 2,660 square meters spread across four levels: Basement with underground parking, a ground floor, a first floor with office use, as well as a penthouse on the top floor. The latter has a residential unit and the surrounding roof areas have a terrace and a photovoltaic system. In addition, it is planned to place solar collectors on the roof areas of the first floor.
These systems are part of a building services concept which was developed using Allplan Add-ins AX 3000. Thanks to this method, the building is largely energy independent and achieves the energy standard KfW-55. In addition to the solar collectors and a photovoltaic system, there is an ice latent heat storage system for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer. This modern technology allows for maximum use of the regenerative energy produced in advance. In order to keep the energy consumption low, the structure is also equipped with energy-saving LED lighting.
The exterior is a traditional WDVS facade with mineral insulation. The southern exterior facade of the building design was inspired by the topic of files and takes on the form of vertical metal slats. In terms of design, these correspond to the folder backs of the files and act as permanently installed shading elements. The layout within the building was designed according to thermal and lighting aspects.
Access is via the south side and continues inside via a spacious ramp staircase. The inner access is via the open staircase, or alternatively, is accessible via an elevator. The archive and the associated storage rooms, as well as the supply core, form the center of the building over two stories. The supply core contains technical systems and utility lines, but also kitchenettes, sanitary and changing rooms, as well as storage and copy rooms. The office space and the accesses are arranged around this center. No office spaces were created on the southern side of the building in order to avoid high thermal gains and unfavorable light exposure, especially in the summer.
To be able to take such aspects into consideration in detail, the architects and engineers at Vollack use the software from ALLPLAN during the design phase, and in certain cases, even adapt it for individual needs. 3D models are created at Vollack with Allplan using their own CAD component library and are enhanced with smart data. In addition to wizards and attributes developed in-house, specially programmed quantity reports are also used. The quantities contained in the 3D model can be easily transferred to NEVARIS for tenders at the push of a button. The necessary thermal simulations are performed with AX3000 and Sefaira. The requirement for Building Information Modeling was actively addressed by Vollack Group from the start with this procedure. Separate CAD standards were defined and a cross-location core BIM team was established within the group of companies. Vollack's long-term goal is to work using the openBIM working method.
The Vollack Group has very pragmatically answered the question of whether Building Information Modeling offers design benefits. Together with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the company set up a study where the traditional 2D working method was compared with a CAD program such as Allplan Architecture, a table calculation program such as MS Excel, and a tender program for the 3D/BIM working method. Afterwards, the productivity increased by 50 percent compared to the traditional 2D working method. Vollack also sees a key challenge for BIM with the question: How do I convince everyone of the benefits? Because for many employees at Vollack, the transition from 2D to 3D was a big challenge at first. The company is aware of this and offers experienced professionals the opportunity to train further at their own academy and combine their long-standing expertise with the new working method.
„The goal of BIM for us is a simple increase in efficiency in the process, but of course also an increase in quality and an acceleration and improvement in efficiency.“
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Top 10 scene-approved bangers to save you from the mid-week slump
Commandeer the aux cord and throw on these timeless tracks.
[Photos via Spotify]
Call it “neon punk,” call it “Myspace-core,” call it something even nastier, but we won’t stop listening to the top 10 from the weird-ass genre that emerged in the mid-2000s. Some of these artists went on to have huge mainstream success and others, well, you can’t delete anything off the internet, right? Bring the party on, studded belt and all.
1. 3OH!3 – “PunkBitch”
3OH!3 are a neon mainstay that have lasted past the era’s peak, finding success in a genre where most others have lost their steam. The duo’s standout party anthem “PunkBitch” sums up what it means to be a club hit: stabbing electronic beats, DGAF antics and booming bass hits that’ll make you want to drop it while sippin’ on some gin and poppin’ mad bottles—as one does.
2. Cobra Starship – “Bring It [Snakes On A Plane]”
We know you’re still mending your paint-splattered heart since Cobra Starship announced their departure from the scene last year. Nurse the pain with a few spins of the band’s essential jam, “Bring It [Snakes On A Plane].” With every “oh, I’m ready for it” and “kiss me goodbye” in the chorus, nostalgia for the Decaydance-era and whiffs of neon-pink nail polish simultaneously become stronger.
3. Millionares – “Alcohol”
Myspace mavens Millionaires have a résumé filled with club-ready bangers, and their hit “Alcohol” is the perfect concoction of pulsating electro-pop with pop-rap vocals destined for any and every night out. The track combines infectious, synth-smashing instrumentals with bubblegum brazen lyrics, proving that this is the track to blast when you just want to “get fucked up.”
4. The Medic Droid – “Fer Sure”
Ah, the song that was the autoplay soundtrack to everyone’s Myspace in 2008. From the shouted lyrics over electro-beats to the song-defining “JK JK JK LOLOLOL” breakdown in the middle, this track from the Medic Droid will live on in infamy, if only for being the reason your mother soundproofed your room.
5. Breathe Carolina – “IDGAF”
Breathe Carolina do genre-bending in the best way. Layering a few rough screams over hook-laden choruses (C’mon, who isn’t singing along to “I don’t give a fuck/I don’t give a fuck!”) makes their 2009 effort Hello Fascination last long beyond the synthesizers.
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6. Jeffree Star – “Louis Vuitton Body Bag” [featuring Matt Skiba]
Jeffree Star the makeup overlord is not a far cry from Jeffree Star the musician. The name of the game is luxury and glam wrapped in a neon pink bow—that happens to be splattered with blood and sprinkled with shards of a poisoned lollipop. Star joins forces with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio for this display of gore and opulence.
7. Metro Station – “Shake It”
It seems like only yesterday Hot Topic clad their walls with colorful Metro Station shirts. Eight years later, “Shake It” remains the neon-punk classic that never fails to get stuck in your head. The smooth electronic beats at the front of the track don’t prepare you for the tongue-twisting chorus and classic “shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it,” a deadly combination that iwill live in your head for days after even just one listen.
8. Brokencyde – “Get Crunk”
Brokencyde vomited out “crunkcore” in a neon-colored wave, much to the world’s chagrin. It might be offensive, but it has it’s merits. First of all, it gave us something to dance to—reluctantly. Also, it encapsulated a moment in time littered with glitter, large hair bows, asymmetrical haircuts and pig-squealing. Bree bree, y’all!
9. Cash Cash – “Party In Your Bedroom”
Before this Jersey three-piece were performing with Busta Rhymes and doing remixes for Katy Perry, there was Take It To The Floor. Cash Cash’s 2008 debut album catapulted them into a heavy touring circuit with scene faves Forever The Sickest Kids, Boys Like Girls and Hey Monday, as well as a stint on Warped Tour. “Party In Your Bedroom” was the song even kids’ parents were humming. It probably still closes out middle school dances somewhere in the Midwest.
10. Family Force 5 – “Love Addict”
Do yourself a favor and take a minute to check out the music video for this: Sometimes we need reminding of what our scene actually looked like in the mid-2000s. Coordinated outfits and rhythmic gymnasts aside, Family Force 5 brought weirdness to new levels with their debut album Business Up Front/Party In The Back. (Note: Referencing mullets in your album title? A-okay in our book.) Don’t worry, though—they’re still cranking out incredible beats to this day.
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No War But the Class War. Public Meeting. Newcastle.
June 7, 2018 June 7, 2018 ACG
“By any criteria the world is in a problematic state. There are ominous signs of worse to come. The rise of Trump and other populists is the outcome, not the cause, of a life-threatening crisis for world capitalism which started decades ago and which has seen the working class share of GDP decline ever since. Since the 2007/8 financial crash the pretence that international bodies like the UN can keep the peace or that the IMF can resolve the problem of a world economy paralysed by debt has worn more than thin. The ground is now being prepared for the ‘final solution’ to the crisis: war – large-scale, world war. There isn’t a set of progressive policies which can alter this course.”
“But the alternative is not to do nothing. The alternative is not to be dragged into support for the lesser imperialism. The only alternative to capitalist barbarism and towards a civilised future is for the working class of the world to raise its head and reject all war but our own class war for a new world of peace and prosperity where borders, wars, states, and the financial speculation and production for profit which cause them, are a thing of the past.”
“The capitalists think the working class is dead as an international political force. But there is a groundswell preparing to challenge their complacency. If you are interested in being part of this, come and discuss how we can launch No War But the Class War in the North East.”
Organised by the Communist Workers’ Organisation.
Public Meeting.
Friday 9th of June.
Hosted by Communist Workers’ Organisation.
Bar Loco. 22 Leazes Park Road.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
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19 June, 2014 - 03:10 aprilholloway
Archaeologists recreate Elixir of Long Life recipe from unearthed bottle
Beneath a construction site for a glassy, 22-story hotel in New York, archaeologists unearthed a history of drinking, eating and lodging, along with a tradition of consuming cure-alls and potions for good health, according to a report in DNA Info . The discovery included a two hundred-year-old glass bottle that once contained the “Elixir of Long Life”. Now the research team have tracked down the original German recipe used to create the elixir for fending off death.
“We decided to engage in our own brand of experimental archaeology,” said Alyssa Loorya, the president of Chrysalis, a company regularly hired by the city to oversee excavation projects. Loorya enlisted researchers in Germany to track down the recipe in an old medical guide, which revealed that the potion contained ingredients such as aloe, which is anti-inflammatory, gentian root, which aids digestion, as well as rhubarb, zedoary, and Spanish saffron – ingredients still used by herbalists today.
The raw ingredients for an ‘Elixir of Long Life’. Photo credit: DNAinfo/Irene Plagianos
In addition to the Elixir of Long Life, archaeologists also discovered two bottles of Dr Hostetters Stomach Bitters, a once-popular 19 th century medicine, which contained a complex mixture of ingredients including Peruvian bark, which has malaria-fighting properties, and gum kino, a kind of tree sap that is antibacterial. Loorya and her team are have recreated both types of elixir, which they say taste very bitter.
The search for the Elixir of Life has been the supreme quest for many. In medieval times, there are accounts of the alchemists looking for the philosopher’s stone, believed to be required to create the elixir but also to convert lead to gold. Bernard Trevisan, an alchemist of the 15th century said that dropping the philosopher’s stone into mercurial water would create the elixir, and we have multiple cases of alchemists who claim to have found the Elixir of Life, including the infamous Cagliostro or Saint Germain.
Images depicting the Elixir of Long Life
Ancient references to immortality, or extremely long life spans, can be traced back thousands of years. The 4,000-year-old Sumerian King’s List , for example, refer to rulers who reigned for tens of thousands of years. Even the Bible refers to individuals who lived for hundreds of years, prior to the ‘Great Flood’.
Ancient myths and legends from numerous cultures around the world refer to special food or drink that were reserved for the ‘gods’ and kept them immortal. For the Greek gods it was ambrosia and nectar, in Zoroastrian and Vedic mythologies, we can see reference to a special drink known as Soma and Haoma respectively. In Egyptian mythology, Thoth and Hermes drank ‘white drops’ and ‘liquid gold’, which were said to keep them immortal. In Sumerian texts, we have references to the Ninhursag’s milk, which was drunk by the kings of ancient Sumer. In the Hindu religion, the gods would harness a milk called Amrita, a nectar that was collected and drunk by the gods to give them immortality, but forbidden for humans to drink. In Chinese mythology, we have the ‘peaches of immortality’. Are all these references simply the imagination of our ancient ancestors? Or were their cultures that really achieved significant longevity? Perhaps there is at least some truth behind the Elixir of Long Life…
Jeff Marzano wrote on 22 July, 2014 - 02:30 Permalink
That book about Fulcanelli is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read about mysterious subjects.
I agree the book doesn't answer all the questions about alchemy.
If the legends are true alchemy is a secret art that is revealed to only a very few people.+
There's some corroboration for alchemy in another great book which is 'Initiation' by Elisabeth Haich.
Elisabeth's book is an account of a past life she experienced in ancient Egypt.
She said alchemy was one of the subjects the initiates learned about.
Elisabeth mentioned something called the universal solvent.
I guess this is some sort of substance that can disintegrate any other form of matter.
Fringe author Joseph Farrell says some interesting things about alchemy also.
However with Farrell you have to sift through some of his other far out ideas.
I have enjoyed his books though.
[Paperback – July 28, 2000]
by Elisabeth Haich (Author)
The Philosopher's Stone: Alchemy and the Secret Research for Exotic Matter
[Paperback – April 1, 2009]
by Joseph P. Farrell (Author)
Methusela wrote on 2 July, 2014 - 02:02 Permalink
The thing about Fulcanelli's book is that it provokes more questions than it provides answers.
I found greater insight into this subject through the study of Ayurveda and from the unwritten oral history of various Sadhus and gurus that I met that shared things with me on my travels.
Ayurveda, means the science of life. Ayur means science and Veda means life and in it bitter herbs feature very strongly.
ancient-origins wrote on 29 June, 2014 - 23:12 Permalink
Thank you Jeff for your comment. We will look into Fulcanelli. Very interesting!
Jeff Marzano wrote on 1 July, 2014 - 23:35 Permalink
Well that's an interesting question about whether there are people around today who still know those ancient secrets.
There are theories that Moses was a member and initiate of the ancient and secret Egyptian priesthood.
Some of the events in the Book Of Exodus in the bible may involve alchemy such as the story about the golden calf.
Moses ground the golden statue into a powder, mixed this powder with gold, and told the Hebrews to drink it.
A subject that is very interesting for me right now is the human body's ability to regenerate itself.
The following message talks more about this.
Jeff Marzano 10:06 PM
There seems to have been a very advanced form of science and other mystical information that existed on planet Earth at some point in the distant past.
People are now starting to realize that the pyramids were machines like power plants.
I had read about strange legends where the priests in Egypt could cause the human body to regenerate an arm or leg that had been lost and warfare.
These priests using devices called 'energy rods' which generated light and sound which are vibrations to stimulate the human body's regenerative powers.
These arcane healing arts were practiced in the utmost secrecy in the Egyptian temples. Even the people who worked in the temples didn't know where the secret healing chambers were.
It's very interesting because doctors today now realize that this legend is true.
Regeneration is the new frontier in medicine today. Rather than create artificial limbs and do organ transplants doctors are trying to use stem cells and pig tissue to trigger the body to recreate itself.
Right now they are taking tissue from pig bladders which they form into a sort of mesh.
If this mesh is applied to for example a leg that has had the muscle tissue destroyed the body will try to recreate the lost muscle and replace the mesh with the new tissue.
It is probably also possible to stop and reverse the aging process and prolong physical life indefinitely.
That's one of the alleged powers of alchemy's Philosopher's Stone material.
This type of knowledge was kept secret from the general population. The Egyptian priest and pharaohs were the keepers of those ancient secrets that the gods brought to this world.
The examples in this web article are mainly simpler versions of inventions we use today.
The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt
[Paperback]
by Christopher Dunn (Author)
Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy
by M.D. Brian L. Weiss M.D. (Author)
Edgar Cayce on Vibrations: Spirit in Motion
by Kevin J. Todeschi (Author), Edgar Cayce (Author)
Methusela wrote on 30 June, 2014 - 03:49 Permalink
You mention, Fulcanelli: Master Alchemist: Le Mystere des Cathedrales, Esoteric Intrepretation of the Hermetic Symbols of The Great Work.
There are some still in possession of the old knowledge and practicing it in the modern day, of this I am more than sure.
24 July, 2018 - 18:56 Alicia McDermott
Over 20,000 Have Petitioned to Drink the ‘Pharaoh Punch’ of the Black Sarcophagus
The strange story of the black sarcophagus found in Alexandria continues… In an unexpected turn of events, over 20,000 people who have signed an online petition requesting permission to drink the red...
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15 June, 2018 - 02:03 Mark Oliver
How the Search for Immortality Killed the First Emperor of China
No man had ever risen as high as Qin Shi Huang. He was the first emperor of China - the first man to conquer its seven kingdoms and rule them all. There was only one threat left for him to overcome:...
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10 February, 2018 - 18:55 dhwty
Seeking Life but Finding Death: Deadly Chinese Elixirs of Immortality
The elixir of immortality (known also as the ‘elixir of life’) is a legendary substance found in many ancient cultures. This elixir is expected to grant eternal life to the person who consumes it...
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20 January, 2018 - 18:48 dhwty
When Concubines Fought Back: The Plot to Eliminate a Mad and Sadistic Emperor
The Renyin Plot was an assassination attempt carried out on the sadistically violent Jiajing Emperor, who was the ruler of China’s Ming Dynasty during the 16th century. The assassins almost succeeded...
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22 May, 2016 - 14:41 dhwty
The Secret Substance Soma: Bringing Human Beings Closer to the Gods
Soma is both the name of a god and a substance that is found in Hindu mythology. As a deity, Soma is one of the most important gods in the Rigveda . Soma is also considered to be a primeval being,...
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28 March, 2016 - 21:54 mrreese
Making a Magical Substance for Health and Wealth - Discovery of Alchemy Transcripts by Newton
A recent auction has led to the discovery of one of Isaac Newton’s alchemy transcripts, which may just be one step towards creating the magical substance known as the philosopher’s stone. According...
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Mexican’s wear modern western-style clothing, although this tends to be a little more formal and modest than in the USA. In rural and interior areas, women don’t often wear shorts, and men almost never do. It's advisable to avoid revealing clothes, especially when traveling alone. Lightweight pants and long skirts are good options, as are blouses and tops that cover the cleavage and midriff. Cropped shorts, short skirts and tank tops would be unacceptable to visit a church in, but longer shorts and t-shirts would be fine. Ensure you pack comfortable walking shoes if you're going to visit archaeological sites and a closed-toe shoe is best for climbing surfaces that are uneven.
Cultural differences:
When Mexican women greet each other in social situations they pat each other on the right forearm or shoulder, they don’t shake hands. Men will shake hands if they don’t know someone well, but will hug friends that they are more aquatinted with, generally including much back-slapping.
It is considered polite to not use first names until you are invited to. If you are invited to a Mexican's house you’ll be expected to take a gift for them with you, something small like flowers or sweets. Some flowers should be avoided however, marigolds symbolise death, or any red flowers, which also have negative connotations. White flowers are a safe bet as they are considered to be uplifting.
Gifts are opened as soon as they are presented, and an enthusiastic reaction is considered polite.
If you are invited somewhere, be aware that arriving on time is considered ill mannered. Normally 30 minutes late is considered best practice, but it can be worth checking if you are unsure.
Spanish is most widely spoken and then there are 68 Amerindian languages. Nahuatl is the most-widely spoken Amerindian language, spoken by nearly a quarter of Mexican Native Americans.
Tipping:
With USA so close, tipping in Mexico is to be expected. Mexico tends to follow the general guidelines of the US for tipping. So, it is standard to leave a 15% tip when dining out. Sometimes a tip may be included so look out for ‘propina’ on your bill.
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Vinpocetine, The Superior Cerebral Enhancer And Protector By James South MA
Vincamine (VCM) is an alkaloid extracted from the Periwinkle plant, Vinca minor. Vinpocetine (VPC) is produced slightly altering the VCM molecule. VPC is more technically referred to as “ethyl apovincaminate.”
VCM and VPC have been widely researched and used clinically for over 25 years, in disorders ranging from cerebral arteriosclerosis and senile dementia, to Meniere’s disease, tinnitus, and diabetic retinopathy.
Research has gradually shown VPC to be the superior Vinca alkaloid, usually having a few (and minor) if any side effects and a greater range of clinical and metabolic benefits than VCM.
Vinpocetine’s actions
VPC has been shown to be a cerebral metabolic enhancer and a selective cerebral vasodilator (1,2). VPC has been shown to enhance oxygen and glucose uptake from blood by brain neurons, and to increase neuronal ATP bio-energy production, even under hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions (3,4).
VPC has been shown to reduce the cell death that normally occurs when a brain region is temporarily but severely deprived of blood flow (5).
The human brain and its energy
To fully appreciate the medical and life enhancement importance of these key aspects of VPC pharmacology, it is first necessary to review some basics of brain physiology and biochemistry.
The human brain typically weighs about 3 pounds (1-3% of total body weight). The brain is generally estimated to contain 10-100 billion neurons (electrically active nerve cells), and approximately 10 times as many glial cells, which are structural and nutritional support cells surrounding neurons. The brain normally receives 15-20% of the body’s total blood supply, and uses 15-20% of the body’s total inhaled oxygen.
The brain must use this oxygen, along with its chief fuel- glucose- to produce and use 15-20% of the body’s total ATP energy.
Unlike most other cells, which can burn either fat or sugar (glucose) for their energy production needs, neurons can only burn glucose under normal, non-starvation conditions, and they typically consume 50% of the total blood sugar. Unlike liver and muscle cells, which can store large amounts of sugar as glycogen, neurons can only store at most a minute or two’s worth of glucose, and so they are dependant upon a continuous and uninterrupted blood supply to maintain normal energy metabolism and avoid injury or death.
Most other cells (except heart and skeletal muscle cells) reproduce continually throughout a lifetime yet after the brain reaches a full complement of neurons (birth to 2 years of age), neurons never reproduce, they are an irreplaceable essential of life.
Under normal conditions of adequate oxygen supply, neurons convert glucose into energy (ATP) through a 3-phase process.
The first phase occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell (the gel-like stuff between the nucleus and outer cell membrane), and is called “aerobic [oxygen using] glycolysis.” As each molecule of glucose is metabolized through aerobic glycolysis, two molecules of ATP are produced. In addition, two other by-products result which are used to make further ATP in the next two phases of energy production.
The “ash” from aerobically burning glucose is pyruvic acid, which is then converted to acetyl-coenzyme A (ACoA).
ACoA is then metabolized through the Kreb’s or citric acid cycle to generate more ATP. The Kreb’s cycle occurs inside the mitochondria, the “power plants” of the cell. The other energy-rich substance produced through aerobic glycolysis is NADH- the active coenzyme of vitamin B3.
Aerobic glycolysis produces two molecules of NADH for each molecule of glucose burned. The NADH is then transported to the mitochondria, where it serves as a fuel in the third phase of energy metabolism- the electron transport side chain (ETSC). Each NADH run through the ETSC, with adequate oxygen, produces 3 molecules of ATP. Eventually, through the successful interaction of aerobic glycolysis, the Kreb’s/ citric acid cycle, and the ETSC, a single molecule of glucose can yield a maximum of 38 molecules of ATP bio-energy, assuming adequate oxygen for both glycolysis and mitochondrial “respiratory” metabolism.
When neurons are under-supplied with oxygen, however, different forms of sugar burning occurs- anaerobic (without oxygen) glycolysis.
For each molecule of glucose burned, anaerobic glycolysis yields two molecules of ATP. However, instead of producing the valuable Kreb’s cycle fuel, pyruvic acid, anaerobic glycolysis produces the somewhat toxic waste product, lactic acid. And anaerobic glycolysis yields no bonus of NADH to be converted to ATP through the ETSC. And with inadequate oxygen, mitochondrial metabolism proceeds poorly, it at all.
Thus anaerobic glycolysis produces a total of only two ATP’s for each glucose burned. In other words, when glucose brain fuel is burned without adequate oxygen, it produces only 5% as much ATP energy as when glucose is burned with adequate oxygen!
There are 3 main uses for ATP inside neurons- the “housekeeping-maintenance,” electrical and neurotransmitter functions. Since neurons don’t reproduce and must last a lifetime, they are continually expending energy to repair or replace various cell components- cell membrane segments, microtubules, mitochondria, etc.
Neurons also use ATP to produce, transport, package, secrete and reuptake neurotransmitters, which provide cell to cell communication. And massive amounts of ATP are necessary to facilitate the frequent discharges of electrical energy from the receiving end of the neuron- the dendrites- through the cell body, where signal processing occurs, and down the transmitting end- the axon. For this electrical process to occur there must be a rapid and continuous exchange of sodium and potassium ions back and forth across the neuronal membranes.
This exchange process depends on sodium-potassium pumps, powered by sodium-potassium ATPase enzyme systems.
Some physiologists estimate as much as 45% of a neuron’s ATP may be used to power the sodium-potassium pumps.
It should now be evident why unconsciousness rapidly occurs if breathing stops, or brain blood flow is interrupted even briefly.
As the delivery of oxygen to the brain halts, neurons rapidly shift from aerobic to anaerobic energy metabolism, with a consequent drop in energy production, up to 95%!
There will simply not be enough ATP energy to facilitate neuronal electrical activity and neurotransmitter discharge- the electrochemical basis for consciousness. And if aerobic metabolism ceases for too long, eventually either irreparable damage or even cell death may occur, as even the “housekeeping-maintenance” neuronal activities fall behind or fail due to energy shortage.
For most of us, falling unconscious or suffering brain death due to cessation of breathing or brain blood flow is not a regular problem to contend with! However, a more subtle, insidious, slow-developing form of brain energy crisis can and does occur in most people to some degree over a lifetime, in the form of cerebral arteriosclerosis, ministrokes, or transient ischaemic attacks (brief interruptions of brain blood supply, often due to blood vessel spasm).
In its early stages, this brain energy crisis may lead to only the slightest of symptoms- subtle memory impairment, occasional confusion or lapses in concentration, slightly more difficulty in learning etc.
At a more advanced stage the brain energy crisis may show itself as senility or senile dementia, and eventually may terminate in coma or death.
Thus as Branconnier notes “…the severity of the dementia is directly correlated to the loss of functional brain tissue, independent of the primary neuropathology. This view is consistent with evidence from studies of cerebral blood flow, oxygen uptake, and glucose utilization that have shown that brain carbohydrate metabolism (BCM) is impaired in a variety of dementias and that the degree of reduction in BCM is correlated with the severity of the dementia…” (6)
Orthomolecular psychiatry pioneer Abram Hoffer has suggested that when the brain oxygenation becomes chronically deficient enough, neurons switch to anaerobic glycolysis as their main energy source. This may provide (barely) enough energy for the neurons to survive, but it will not provide enough energy to power their functional roles as electrochemical signal processors/ transmitters. Then the affected neurons will be “off-line,” in an electrically quiescent “idling” state.
However, if normal aerobic metabolism is restored before irreparable cell damage or death occurs, then the neurons and their functions can be restored (7).
Vinpocetine’s clinical trials
Both animal experimental and human clinical research have shown VPC to restore impaired brain carbohydrate/ energy metabolism.
In 1976 Vamosi and colleagues reported their favorable results comparing VPC with Xanthinol Nicotinate in treating 143 patients with various cerebrovascular diseases.
They measured a large number of blood and cerebrospinal fluid variables before and after treatment, such as glucose, lactate, pyruvate, oxygen, pH, electrolyte levels, etc. They concluded from their study “Though not all the changes are significant statistically, yet connected with each other they prove that Cavinton [VPC] enhances both glycolytic and oxidative reactions of glucose breakdown in CNS [brain]. The changes in the concentration of K [potassium] and Mg [magnesium]… may be considered a sign of recovery of the energy metabolism of the nerve cells.” (1)
Vamosi’s study also demonstrated a superior clinical efficacy of VPC over Xanthinol Nicotinate.
In his review on the use of Vinca alkaloids in dementia, Nicholson observed that “…vincamine increases mitochondrial respiratory rate in mitochondrial suspensions…, indicating that vinca alkaloids can increase the rate of ATP synthesis… In addition, elevation of cortical cyclic AMP levels may increase ATP availability… and this may contribute to the metabolic activity of vinpocetine.” (8)
Karpati and Szporny resulted favorable results of VPC used to treat anaesthetized dogs. Anesthetics reduce brain aerobic metabolism and ATP production- this is a key aspect of their ability to produce unconsciousness. Based on their experiments they note that “Increase of cerebral arterial-venous oxygen difference, cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen and cerebral oxygen utilization indicate that RGH-4405 [vinpocetine] affects cerebral metabolism, with a dose-dependant rise in endogenous respiration of cerebral tissue… Our results indicate that rate of cerebral [energy production] metabolism is increased by [vinpocetine].”
Karpati and Szporny conducted a study with cats that were subjected to repeated episodes of brain hypoxia. They reported that “… transitory and partial interference even with normal cerebral circulation caused an increase of Neurochemical disturbances due to hypoxia… deficient formation of intermediaries in the Krebs cycle was observed, mainly due to shortage of oxygen.
These and cytological studies refer to a selective failure of mitochondrial metabolism… RGH-4405 [VPC] had favorable effects on these parameters… It seems probable that the effect of RGH-4405 [VPC] is even more pronounced in vascular insufficiency…” (9) These are just a few of the many reports indicating the ability of VPC to safely and effectively restore failing neuronal energy metabolism, even under hypoxic or ischaemic (poor blood flow) conditions.
Vinpocetine’s unique and selective affects
VPC has also been shown to be a unique, selective cerebral vasodilator. Solti and co-workers reported their results using VPC with 10 men suffering from cerebrovascular disorders (average age: 49). They conclude; “Cavinton [VPC] belongs to the rather few drugs which exert a potent, favorable effect on the cerebral circulation. The effect of Cavinton [VPC] on the cerebral circulation has two main features;
It strongly reduces cerebral vascular resistance, which is typically high in cerebral vascular disease;
2. Cerebral fraction of cardiac output is increased. No marked effect on systemic circulation, blood pressure and total vascular resistance decreased very slightly on acute Cavinton effect. Since the drug, far from increasing RATHER reduces effort of the heart, its effects may be assumed to be favorable in cerebral alterations associated with heart disease and hypertension.” (2)
Hadjiev and Yancheva also reported favorable clinical results with 50 patients suffering cerebral circulation impairment. They noted that VPC does not elicit the “steal effect” that occurs with non-selective vasodilators. (The “steal effect” occurs when a vasodilator opens up blood vessels in brain regions that do not suffer from reduced circulation even more than it opens up blood vessels in regions suffering damaged circulation. This causes a net shift of cerebral blood flow away from the injured area, causing even further damage to the already blood starved part). (10)
Vinpocetine and the eyes
In another study with 100 patients suffering from poor blood circulation to the eye, Kahan and Olah note VPC’s inhibition of platelet aggregation. The microvessels that feed neurons in the brain and retina are smaller in diameter than a single red blood cell- they are easily “clogged up” by clumps of platelets, impairing local microcirculation. This provides another mechanism of action for VPC’s ability to enhance cerebral blood flow- inhibition of unnecessary platelet aggregation, which may be triggered by a high fat diet, magnesium deficiency, and stress hormones, among other factors (11).
Vinpocetine and brain aging
Another key benefit from VPC derives from its activating effect on the noradrenaline nerve cluster in the reticular activating system called the “locus coeruleus.” Olpe and co-workers have shown that VCM and some of its derivatives (VPC) to be some of the most effective activators of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons. This small group of neurons extends its noradrenaline-secreting nerve fibers diffusely throughout the cerebral cortex (the thinking, planning, integrative brain).
Olpe notes that LC neurons decline in number with increasing age, with degeneration advancing slightly faster in men than women. The lessening number and activity of LC neurons that occurs with aging is known to play a significant role in the reduction of concentration, alertness, and information processing speed and ability that occurs with aging. Thus VPC’s ability to improve the cerebral cortical activating power of remaining LC neurons makes it a true “cognition enhancing” agent (12).
Vinpocetine, EEG and aging
Saletu and Grunberger have published considerable pioneering research on EEG correlates of vigilance, and the effects of various drugs on EEG recordings. They report that “Human brain function as measured by… electroencephalogram (EEG) shows significant alterations in normal and pathological aging characterized by an increase of [slow wave] delta and theta activity and a decrease of alpha and … beta activity [fast wave] as well as by slowing of the dominant [EEG] frequency.
These changes are indicative of deficits in the vigilance regulatory systems, [which includes the LC neurons]. By the term vigilance we [mean] the… dynamic state of total neural activity… Elderly subjects with bad memory exhibit slower [EEG] activity and less alpha and alpha-adjacent beta activity than those with good memory… Antihypoxidotic/ nootropic drugs such as… vincamine-alkaloids [VCM and VPC] induce interestingly just oppositional changes [to the age related slowing of EEG waves] in human brain function, thereby improving vigilance.” (13)
Vinpocetine’s side effects
VPC thus possesses a unique profile; Potent metabolic enhancer; selective (non “steal effect”) cerebral blood flow enhancer; neural oxygenator; anti-platelet aggregation blood thinner; locus coeruleus activator; EEG normalizing vigilance enhancer. And yet human and animal studies consistently show a remarkable safety profile and freedom from side effects. Thus, in a study on VPC’s ability to improve sensorineural hearing disorders, Ribari and colleagues note that “The drug [VPC] has no side effects.” (14)
In their extremely detailed examination of VPC use in 100 patients with neuro-vascular diseases Szobor and Klein report that “Laboratory tests, urinalysis, blood picture, blood sugar, liver function, SGOT, SGPT, CN, electrolytes, cholesterol and total [lipids] did not change… The glucose tolerance did not deteriorate in the diabetic patients.” (4)
In a highly successful double-blind placebo study of VPC with 84 elderly patients suffering from chronic vascular senile brain dysfunction, Balestreri et al, found only 12 adverse effect reports in the VPC group (mostly digestive complaints) versus 17 in the placebo group! No significant adverse laboratory findings were found in either group (15). A major Japanese study by Otomo and colleagues with 207 patients suffering various cerebral disorders found only a 2% incidence of mild adverse side effects- anorexia in 2 patients, hives and stomach pain in 1 and hot flashes in 1. No significant adverse laboratory findings occurred in the 207 VPC patients (16).
In their summary of various animal safety tests, Cholnoky and Domok found the oral LD50 for VPC (the dose lethal for 50% of the test animals) to be 534mg/ Kg of body weight for mice, 503 mg/Kg of body weight for rats.
This would equate to approximately 35,000mg for a 150 pound human. The usual therapeutic dose for VPC for humans is 15-30mg per day!
Because of side effects at high doses when used with pregnant rats (uterine bleeding in some), Cholnoky and Domok caution against using VPC in pregnant women, or those trying or expecting to get pregnant (17).
Overall, VPC side effects reported in the literature are rare, usually minor, frequently disappear with prolonged use, and rarely require discontinuance of the drug. Stomach/ GI upset; dry mouth, rapid heart beat, low blood pressure, and rash/ hives are the main (rarely occurring) reported side effects.
Who might benefit from Vinpocetine?
Anyone over 40, cerebral arteriosclerosis is less well known to the public than heart disease, but it is just as common, and develops gradually over a lifetime. By the time serious symptoms develop, as with heart disease, the blood vessel occlusion is usually well advanced. VPC can minimize the structural/ functional damage to brain neurons that may accompany gradually developing cerebral arteriosclerosis.
Anyone who has noticed a decrease in memory, alertness, concentration, learning speed/ ability, neuro-muscular co-ordination and reaction time, vision, hearing, or who suffers from tinnitus.
Anyone who suffers from, or is known to be at risk for, various cerebral disorders- cerebral hemorrhage, stroke, senile dementia, transient ischaemic attacks, chronic cerebral circulatory insufficiency, etc.
Anyone wishing to use a generally very safe, low side effect, brain metabolism enhancing, vigilance enhancing, cognition activating “smart drug.”
Vinpocetine’s doses and uses
VPC is normally taken orally, 5-10mg, two or three times daily. Some people report feeling “over-revved” from higher/ more frequent dosing, and report as little as 2.5mg once or twice daily to be useful but not over-stimulating. Mild and transient nausea, though rare, is more likely to occur when VPC is taken on an empty stomach.
Sublingually VPC may allow lower dose (2.5mg) use, with quicker and sometimes more noticeable effect.
While VPC may need to be used for weeks or months before seeing major improvement in medical situations, the cognitive enhancement benefits may be noticeable from even a single dose, or within the first several days’ use. Improvements in cerebral disorders and in hearing and vision problems may last only as long as the drug continues to be taken.
Because VPC enhances cerebral blood flow, it may potentate other nootropic/ cerebro-active drugs taken simultaneously, thus allowing/ requiring then to be taken in lower doses.
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(2). F. Solti et al (1976) “Effect of Ethyl Apovincaminate on the cerebral circulation” AF(DR) 28, 1945-47.
(3).E. Karpaty & L. Szporny (1976) “General and cerebral harmodynamic activity of Ethyl Apovincaminate” AF(DR)28, 1908-12.
(4). A. Szobor and M. Klein (1976) “Ethyl Apovincaminate therapy in neurovascular disease” AF(DR) 28, 1984-89.
(5). D. Sauer et al (1988) “Vinpocetine prevents ischaemic cell damage in rat hippocampus” Life Sci. 43, 1733-39.
(6). R. Branconnier (1983) “The efficacy of the cerebral metabolic enhancers in the treatment of senile dementia.” Psychopharm Bull 19, 212-19.
(7). A. Hoffer & M. Walker, Smart Nutrients, Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1994.
(8). C. Nicholson (1990) “Pharmacology of nootropics and metabolically active compounds in relation to their use in dementia.” Psychopharm 101, 147-59.
(9). K. Biro et al (1976) “protective activity of Ethyl Apovincaminate on ischaemic anoxia of the brain” AF(DR)28, 1918-20.
(10). D. Hadjiev & S. Yancheva (1976) “Rheoencephalographic and psychological studies with Ethyl Apovincaminate in cerebral vascular insufficiency” AF(DR)28, 1947-50.
(11). A. Kaham & M. Olah (1976) “Use of Ethyl Apovincaminate in ophthalmological therapy” AF(DR)28, 1969-72.
(12). H. Olpe et al (1985) “Locus Coeruleus as a target for psychogeriatric agents” Ann NY Acad Sci 444, 399-405.
(13). B. Saletu & J. Grunberger (1985) “Memory dysfunction and vigilance; neurophysiological and psychopharmacological aspects” Ann NY Acad Sci 444, 406-27.
(14). O. Ribari et al (1976) “Ethyl Apovincaminate in the treatment of sensorineuronal impairment of hearing” AF(DR)28, 1977-80.
(15). R. Balestreri et al (1987) “A double blind placebo controlled evaluation of the safety and efficacy of Vinpocetine in the treatment of patients with chronic vascular senile cerebral dysfunction.” J. Am Geriatr Soc 35, 525-30.
(16). E. Otomo et al (1985) “Comparison of Vinpocetine with Ifenprodil Tartrate and Dihyroergotoxine Mesylate treatment and results of long term treatment with Vinpocetine.” Curr Ther Res 37, 811-21.
(17). E. Cholnoky & L. Domok (1976) “Summary of safety tests of Ethyl Apovincaminate” AF(DR)28, 1938-44.
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The City of Aventura Presents a Smart Stage Matinee Performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” at The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center on February 7
AVENTURA, Fla. (January 2, 2020) – The City of Aventura presents a Smart Stage Matinee performance of The Diary of Anne Frank on Friday, February 7 at 10:30 a.m.
In 1941 Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne Frank goes into hiding with her family from the Nazis. For the next two years, she never leaves the attic where her family is concealed. With fear of discovery ever present, she finds solace writing in her diary, capturing the daily lives of the secret annex's inhabitants – from the horrors of war to the excitement of first love – with wit, determination, and idealism. With a multicultural cast, National Players brings the true story of this incredibly insightful young girl, that is often read in school, to the stage in hopes of inspiring the next generation to stand up for justice rather than sit back in apathy.
Recommended grade levels: 7-10. For group sales, please call 954.660.6307 or email [email protected].
Tickets are $10. Ticketmaster is the only official ticketing service of the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. Buy tickets online at aventuracenter.org, by phone at 877.311.7469 or 954.462.0222, or in person at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center box office Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and 90 minutes prior to each performance. For Group Sales, please call 954.660.6307.
The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at 3385 N.E. 188 Street in Aventura.
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts manages the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, a 14,864-square-foot, 330-seat waterfront complex that hosts performing arts, cultural and educational programming for all ages.
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Free parking is available in the lots adjacent to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center in front of the Aventura Community Recreation Center and the Aventura City of Excellence School. We also offer valet service for ticketed events at $10 per vehicle, cash only.
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SUNY Buffalo Upgrades Audio to Overcome Design Limits
SUNY College at Buffalo recently installed a Yamaha AFC (Active Field Control) system in its 200-seat Ciminelli Recital Hall. The recital hall, located within Rockwell Hall, has been designed to accommodate small ensemble and solo performances by students of the Music Department and research in multi-channel sound diffusion.
Rockwell Hall is one of four of the original buildings encompassing Buffalo State and houses the departments of music and art conservation as well as an 850-seat performing arts center.
“The recital hall is located in a section of an existing building that had limited height," said AVL’s Seth Waltz. "The room also expanded during design and became quite long. Room design was targeted to provide a diffuse sound field, but even with our best efforts, it was apparent from the models that the design would not allow extended low frequency warmth or good lateral energy in the back of the room due to the limited cubic volume and length of the space. The length of the room was also challenging, as we wanted the experience in the rear seats to mimic the front sections. The Yamaha AFC System was introduced to allow tuning for RT60 as well as added ER (early reflection) and lateral ER to the rear of the room, which would be missing due to the length.”
The Buffalo State Music Department also offers a minor in Digital Music Production with a track in Electronic Music Composition and a track in Sound Recording. This program also features a Digital Music Ensemble that uses state-of-the-art electronic instruments. The growing popularity of the minor is steering the department into offering a major and a Master’s degree in Music Technology. “The Ciminelli Hall with its 52.1 surround system is a great addition to the department’s facilities, one which will attract students nationwide,” added Henriques.
AVL Design of Penfield, NY designed the initial system with installation assistance from subcontractor AV Solutions (Rochester, NY). Boynton Pro Audio of Norwich, NY provided the system components. Joe Rimstidt of Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. and engineers from Yamaha Japan completed the final AFC design, and with assistance from colleague Steve Seable, completed system tuning in late August. Brian Wittmer, head of the College’s facilities department, functioned as project manager.
The AFC3 system designed specifically for the Ciminelli Recital Hall includes four permanent microphones, 38 speakers plus 2 subwoofers. Some of the speakers serve multiple purposes, being AFC speakers when in AFC mode, and being part of the hall’s 7.1 Surround system when in that mode. The original design included four AFC2 processors, but after the release of AFC3, the school opted to upgrade two of the AFC units to AFC3. In total, there are five AFC units, five IPA8200 amplifiers, three Dante cards, and one AD8HR mic preamp. The school was very interested in being able to route signals to individual speakers for their electronic music program so the Dante cards were added to the AFC units to allow them to route signals that would be mixed with the AFC signals and output to any of the individual AFC speakers they may select.
The complete system includes both an early reflection system and reverberation enhancement system. The two systems are intertwined so the 20 audience speakers can receive a mix of the ER and REV signals. On the stage/ performance area, there are six speakers on the sidewalls that receive ER signals only and 12 speakers overhead for the reverberation enhancement.
Several Yamaha DME (Digital Mixing Engine) units equipped with various MY cards facilitate an extensively flexible routing system enabling signal routing from various consoles or computers to the recording studio, the AFC speakers, or any of the speakers in the house surround system.
“This is no ordinary AFC3 system, states Tom Kostusiak, production manager for the Performing Arts Center who also teaches classes in sound recording and reinforcement for the Music Department. The recital hall is in a renovated art gallery space on the third floor of Rockwell Hall. The ceiling height was limited to 16 feet, so there was no way to achieve the "space" required to allow natural acoustics to occur.”
When not being used for its intended purpose (AFC), Kostusiak said they would have the ability to address each speaker independently over the Dante network designed by Yamaha. “This is going to allow our electronic music faculty to utilize the speakers as a 52.1 Surround mix system directly from Tomas Henriques’ (head of the Digital Music Program) computer as well as our Yamaha DM1000 or Avid SC48 consoles. In fact, we will be able to utilize multiple computers as well as both consoles as input devices feeding directly to any speaker in the room. In addition to the AFC3 system, we can also use the room as a 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 mix room and, of course, the 52.1 configuration. The associated recording studio at Rockwell Hall allows the school to use the recital hall as a live room for sound recording classes as well.”
“We have given the Music Department access to each and every one of the speakers in the space, so they are composing for a multi-channel audio system,” said Mickey Ames, one of the project managers for AV Solutions. “You can isolate the clarinet in speaker 42 and the drums in speaker 10, for example, and that is what makes this particular installation so incredibly unique.”
The initial idea of converting the space to 52.1 developed out of a suggestion from Henriques. “The modification of Yamaha’s AFC system to allow the integration of all the speakers in the Ciminelli Recital Hall as a 52.1 surround system, effectively turns the hall into a unique space for research in sound diffusion as well as a performance venue for works that feature multi-channel sound, Henriques states. The 52.1 surround system will enable student composers to write film scores that use a high number of discrete output channels, a trend increasingly found in today’s movies. It will also provide the means for the Music Department to foster international conferences and colloquia in the area of sound diffusion, virtual acoustics and psychoacoustics.”
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Life & CultureSculptor Helaine Blumenfeld Presents Largest Solo Exhibition at Canary Wharf
Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld OBE will present the largest solo exhibition of her work to date at Canary Wharf next spring from 16th March – 26th June 2020. The collection will transform London’s contemporary commercial hub into an urban sculpture park.
Helaine Blumenfeld OBE (b. 1942) is one of the leading contemporary sculptors in Britain with a career spanning over 50 years. She has created more than 90 large-scale sculptures for private collections and public spaces around the world including Lincoln Center, New York; The St Regis Hotel, Hong Kong; Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai; The Lancasters, Hyde Park, London; and Canary Wharf, London.
Helaine Blumenfeld, Fortuna, 2016 Photo © Henryk Hetflaisz
At Canary Wharf, Blumenfeld will present over 25 sculptures on view in the Lobby of One Canada Square and in outside spaces around the Estate. Looking Up will feature works made in Blumenfeld’s signature materials – Carrara marble, terracotta, cedar wood and bronze – and will trace her artistic development over five decades through a diverse selection of sculptures dating from the 1970s to the present day.
Represented by Hignell Gallery, Helaine Blumenfeld will present monumental works across the Canary Wharf landscape including the three-part sculpture Taking Risks. Carved from Carrara marble, the work highlights the sculptural vocabulary that she has refined throughout her career, testing the limits of the material in which she works.
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Indoors at One Canada Square, Looking Up will feature a number of pieces including seven new works created especially for the space. Highlights include the marble Toward The Precipice and cedar wood Flight and Aurora which reflect the artist’s concerns about society and the need for regeneration.
Helaine Blumenfeld, Ascent, 2018, Photo © Henryk Hetflaisz
Helaine Blumenfeld says: “The opportunity to exhibit my sculpture in Canary Wharf is, in many ways, the culmination of efforts I’ve made throughout my career to bring sculpture into public spaces where it can affect people in their daily lives. I hope my sculptures will offer the millions of workers and visitors who pass through Canary Wharf the opportunity to look up and see the world that surrounds them, elevating their spirits and creating a shared sense of community.”
Looking Up highlights Helaine Blumenfeld’s passion for bringing sculpture to the people and reveals the artist at the height of her powers, as she continues to develop her own widely recognised oeuvre. The exhibition follows the 2016 addition of the five-metre bronze sculpture Fortuna to Canary Wharf Group’s permanent art collection. Looking Up will coincide with an exhibition of the artist’s work at Hignell Gallery, London, details of which will be announced in winter 2019.
Helaine Blumenfeld
Hignell Gallery
See also: Leonardo da Vinci Bronze Horse and Rider For Auction by Guernsey’s of New York
Canova and Thorvaldsen: The Birth of Modern Sculpture at Gallerie d’Italia, Piazza Scala, Milan
Photographer Mirella Ricciardi to Exhibit Iconic Works at Augustus Brandt Gallery
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Vanke Hefei – Light of the City
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Large urban retail developments can often feel like concrete jungles, but our latest project in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui shows how well-considered urban landscapes can not only respect a site’s surrounding green assets but also enhance the way people interact with both nature and retail environments. We were recently engaged by the Vanke Group to design the landscape for their landmark Light of the City development, which consists of a podium shopping mall and a high-rise office tower. Located in Hefei City in China’s Anhui Province, the site has a small river at its south side, which separates the retail development from the adjacent residential developments. Hefei’s dry climate attracts locals to the riverfront area for relaxing and socialising, so the development’s landscape needed to respond to this tradition. We worked closely with the client team to develop an integrated framework of people-orientated experiences and functions to meet both the social and commercial needs of the project. Inspired by the flowing nature of the River, the design was developed to stimulate visitor experience and to encourage movement and connectivity. The design framework has a spatial rhythm, which is aided by flowing lines of paving to direct people to move into different spaces of the site. Our design was developed using 3D technology to maximise the visual effect and nature feeling. There are green public spaces, activated retail frontages and inviting public plazas. There are also two key entry plazas for events and gatherings with interactive water jets and public art and the natural world is further evoked through plantings, lighting and water features. The landscape provides ample opportunities for people to connect in a vibrant retail environment and a sense of nature pervades the entire design. A central plaza features a vertical garden and balcony spaces are enlivened with climbing and hanging plants. The inner retail street also has flowing planting islands and an abundance of seating for relaxing and socializing. A combination of standard square paving modules has been used to achieve the “curve line” effect. Our team was on site to guide the contractors overseeing the implementation to ensure the project vision and details were realised with the highest quality design outcome. The Light of the City development provides many opportunities for the community to come together for a variety of experiences in a green urban retail development. It’s a vibrant and inviting retail hub that is designed for people and place.
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Case Study of Royal Australian Air Force P3B Orion Aircraft Ground Oxygen Fire Incident
In Jan. 1984, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) experienced a ground fire incident that destroyed a six million dollar P3B Orion Aircraft (A9-300). The incident occurred during removal of an onboard oxygen cylinder, one of three that supply the Orion flight crew. Examination of the aircraft's oxygen system revealed that the fire had initiated in an oxygen manifold check valve (MCV) assembly. The primary cause of the incident was a leaking poppet valve, which allowed oxygen stored at 12 MPa (1800 psi) to escape to atmosphere. Deterioration of the silicone rubber seal and galvanic corrosion are believed responsible for the valve failure. Contributory causes to the fire were system contamination and failure to bleed the oxygen system before cylinder disconnection. A thermite reaction involving the aluminum MCV assembly, metal particles, and metal oxide particles was the most likely cause of ignition. RAAF investigations revealed similar contamination throughout the entire fleet of P3B/C Orion aircraft; iron oxide dust was the major contaminant found. Oxygen system filters were also examined, and trials aimed at improving particulate matter filtration are currently being conducted. Extensive cleaning of both aircraft oxygen systems and ground support equipment was also undertaken.
RAAF findings, supported more recently by the U.S. Navy investigations, indicate the need to consider using materials other than silicone rubber in oxygen systems. Further research into the ignition of aluminum and other candidate materials through metal particle impingement in the presence of metal oxides in a high-pressure oxygen environment is also required.
ground fire, Orion aircraft, oxygen, silicone, galvanic corrosion, contamination, thermite reaction, metal oxide, filtration
Grubb, JW
Squadron leader, Staff officer aircraft equipment engineering, Royal Australian Air Force, Embassy of Australia, Washington, DC, NW
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As a firm comprised of innovative problem solvers who disrupt the status quo to change the world and improve the lives of those they serve, Attain was thrilled to work with a large nonprofit ($100M+) when it’s leadership selected us as a partner to transform their long-standing organization and streamline key operations including Fundraising, Marketing, and Incident Response/Case Management. This important organization has a history of service spanning over a hundred years and a mission that is of particular importance in the current climate of the country, focused on fighting hate and helping advance education to prevent hate-driven incidents and discrimination.
The client came to Attain with a unique and challenging set of objectives, including retirement of several key legacy systems housing many years of constituent, fundraising, marketing, advocacy, and other data types across a national headquarters office and more than 20 remote offices. Powered by extreme automation, Attain leveraged our holistic, agile, secure, and customer-centered approach to digital transformation to architect a comprehensive and cohesive solution to address these objectives and subsequently build, test, and implement across four major releases, each building upon the prior, to enhance and expand our client’s capabilities as well as create a robust foundation for future growth and transformation.
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As a key part of its mission, our client needed to shift from a purely manual process for capturing information around potential activities and cases of hate across the U.S., to an automated one that supported real-time data reporting and modeling. To accomplish this, the Attain team outlined a solution leveraging the Salesforce Nonprofit Service Pack (NPSP) and Service Cloud.
Attain worked closely with our client to identify key data elements and processes necessary to intake, as well as properly route, assign, prioritize, and determine actions necessary as cases came into the system. The automations that Attain implemented led to an easier information capture and reporting capability that resulted in an increase in excess of 60% of reported cases. The automations allow the client’s team to take timely and appropriate action for each case as well as provide critical statistical data. In addition, the data captured through the process is a critical input and allows the organization to continue to inform policies and support its mission to educate and advocate based on emerging trends within the data. The client also used the data from the system we implemented to build other information visualizations of their data including dashboards and mapping displays that show similar cases across the entire country. This interactive, customizable map is the first of its kind and provides valuable information regarding existing hate cases, as well as areas that may become future threats.
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In partnership with our client and Salesforce.org, we implemented a holistic solution to manage the full lifecycle of fundraising and development operations, empower the client’s ability to engage constituents through a broad set of channels, and manage and leverage its constituent data via a unified platform for the first time in its history. We accomplished all of this with a focus on donor experience becoming increasingly more personalized and tailored to specific interests.
In total, the Attain team migrated tens of millions of records across close to 500 individual sources, onto a common platform that leverages a combination of the Salesforce NPSP, Marketing Cloud, and Classy (an AppExchange solution) for its event management, campaigns, and online donations. We then worked collaboratively to onboard and train 25 individual offices on the Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, and Classy platforms. We also worked closely with the client’s Brand and Digital Marketing leadership team to build email templates that have strengthened brand consistency, timeliness of communications, and ease of audience engagement. Along with the aggregation of data and the use of a common platform, our client also saw their overall email deliverability rate increase from 48% to 94%, has sent over five million emails on the platform since it launched and realized other significant operational improvements through this initiative.
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By conceptualizing and implementing a holistic digital transformation solution, Attain helped our client achieve impactful results with the foundation to continually improve and transform the organization and operations going forward. After working with Attain to transform, streamline, and automate its organizational processes (data collection, managed cases, fundraising campaigns, etc.), our client is positioned to continue to support its mission in a way not previously possible. Additionally, as a direct result of their digital transformation in partnership with Attain, our client raised in excess of $5M via online giving in the first year after implementation and ranked in the top 10 organizations for fundraising on Giving Tuesday in 2018. We are extremely proud that Attain’s digital transformation work created such a positive impact for our client as they strive to accomplish such an important and influential mission.
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The Empty Bed
The Burial Society Series, Book 2
By: Nina Sadowsky
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Eva Kaminsky
Categories: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang,Eva Kaminsky
The Burial Society
A psychological thriller of obsession and betrayal, where three characters are set on a collision course: Natalie, a grieving daughter with a history she dare not reveal; her brother, who has some dark secrets of his own; and a beautiful woman named Catherine with a talent for making people in trouble disappear.
Audible "page-turner"
By Cupcakecat on 03-03-18
By: Marie Benedict
Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.
Fantastic— one sitting listen
By Syd Young on 01-12-20
By: Jane Shemilt
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
Over the course of a long, hot summer in London, the lives of three very different married couples collide when their children join the same tutoring circle, resulting in illicit relationships, shocking violence, and unimaginable fallout. There’s Eve, a bougie earth mother with a well-stocked trust fund; she has three little ones, a blue-collar husband, and is obsessed with her Instagrammable recipes and lifestyle.
By lisa on 01-10-20
By: Catherine Steadman
Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
When a man is found on a British beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him, to international medical experts who are baffled by him, to the national press who call him Mr. Nobody, everyone wants answers. Who is this man? And what happened to him?
Enjoyable though some frustrating parts
By Tiffany on 01-10-20
By: Joseph Finder
Narrated by: Holter Graham
Nick Heller is at the top of his game when he receives some devastating news: His old army buddy, Sean, has died of an overdose. Sean, who once saved Nick’s life, got addicted to opioids after returning home wounded from war. Then, at Sean’s funeral, a stranger approaches Nick with a job, and maybe also a way for Nick to hold someone accountable. The woman is the daughter of a pharmaceutical kingpin worth billions. Now, she wants to become a whistleblower, exposing her father and his company for burying evidence.
another great book in the Heller series
By Rob on 01-26-20
By: Amy K. Green
Narrated by: Alex McKenna, Taylor Meskimen
Days after a young pageant queen named Jenny is found murdered, her small town grieves the loss alongside her picture-perfect parents. At first glance, Jenny's tragic death appears clear-cut for investigators. The most obvious suspect is one of her fans, an older man who may have gotten too close for comfort. But Jenny's half sister, Virginia - the sarcastic black sheep of the family - isn't so sure of his guilt and takes matters into her own hands to find the killer.
Wow! Such great twists
By Emma Ross on 01-15-20
By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Peter Giles
Length: 6 hrs
Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. McEvoy investigates - against the warnings of the police and his own editor - and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. But his inquiry hits a snag when he himself becomes a suspect. As he races to clear his name, McEvoy's findings point to a serial killer working under the radar of law enforcement for years.
Sisters by Choice
Blackberry Island, Book 4
By: Susan Mallery
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-town life reveals a big problem: She can’t grow unless she learns to let go. If Sophie relaxes her grip even a little, she might lose everything. Or she might finally be free to reach for the happiness and love that have eluded her for so long. Kristine has become defined by her relationship to others. She’s a wife, a mom. As much as she adores her husband and sons, she wants something for herself - a sweet little bakery just off the waterfront.
By: Liz Moore
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling. Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit - and her sister - before it's too late.
Has no heft
By Marion on 01-15-20
When You See Me: A Novel
FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems to be deeply wrong.
I Wish It was Longer!!
By AK Raven on 01-29-20
Hidden Salem
By: Kay Hooper
Length: 10 hrs
Nellie Cavendish has very good reasons to seek out her roots-and not only because she has no memory of her mother, and hardly knew the father who left her upbringing to paid caregivers. In the eight years since her 21st birthday, very odd things have begun to happen. Crows gather near her wherever she goes, electronics short out when she touches them, and when she's upset, really upset, it storms. At first, she chalked up the unusual happenings to coincidence, but that explanation doesn't begin to cover the vivid nightmares that torment her.
The Quaker
By: Liam McIlvanney
Narrated by: Angus King
It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the worst winter in decades, yet it is something else that has Glaswegians on edge: a serial killer whose name alone is enough to make them tremble with fear. The Quaker has killed another victim, snatching a young woman from a nightclub and dumping her body like trash in the back of a cold-water tenement. He leaves no clues, and the investigation has led police down one blind alley after another.
By Cathy J Hunter on 01-12-20
Her Last Whisper
Detective Katie Scott, Book 2
By: Jennifer Chase
Narrated by: Lisa Rost-Welling
When a cold, naked body is discovered by a couple on a jog through the lush woodlands of Pine Valley, California, new recruit Detective Katie Scott is stunned to discover the victim is Amanda Payton - a much-loved local nurse and the woman at the heart of an unsolved case she’s been investigating whilst getting a grip on her crippling PTSD. Weeks earlier, Amanda had run, battered and bruised, out into the headlights of a passing patrol car. She claimed to have just escaped a kidnapping, but with no strong evidence, the case went cold. The Pine Valley police made a fatal mistake....
More please
By Debra wilson, Florida gulf coast on 10-30-19
A Small Town
By: Thomas Perry
Narrated by: Christina Delaine
In A Small Town, 12 conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town - burning down homes and businesses. An immense search ensues, but the 12 who plotted it all get away.
Thomas Perry does it again!
Masked Prey
A Prey Novel, Book 30
By: John Sandford
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
The daughter of a US senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures...of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants from a motley variety of extremist groups. When the FBI is called in, there isn't much the feds can do. With nowhere else to turn, influential senators decide to call in someone who can operate outside the FBI's constraints: Lucas Davenport.
A Doc Ford Novel, Book 26
By: Randy Wayne White
Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's now-grown offspring have tracked him down, seeking answers about their roots...but Doc quickly grows suspicious that one of them might be planning something far more nefarious.
By: Isabel Allende
In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires.
An Classic
A Twisted Psychological Thriller
By: Natalie Barelli
Narrated by: Susie Berneis
When Claire sees Hannah Wilson at an exclusive Manhattan hair salon, it's like a knife slicing through barely healed scars. It may have been 10 years since Claire last saw Hannah, but she has thought of her every day, and not in a good way. So Claire does what anyone would do in her position - she stalks her. Hannah is now Mrs. Carter, living the charmed life that should have been Claire's. It's the life Claire used to have before Hannah came along and took it all away from her.
By Kelli avid listener on 01-04-20
Catherine excels at helping desperate people disappear. But now she must use her unique skill set to find a missing woman in this electrifying novel from the author of The Burial Society.
Eva Lombard is being followed. Or so she suspects....
Eva and her husband, Peter, are in Hong Kong on a romantic getaway from London when Peter wakes up in their hotel room to an empty bed, his wife gone without a trace. His worst fears are confirmed: Eva wasn’t imagining things. Suddenly, he finds himself the number-one suspect in his wife’s disappearance, trapped in a foreign country with no one to turn to. He calls his boss, Forrest "Holly" Holcomb, who enlists the help of Catherine, his ex-flame and the enigmatic operator behind the darknet witness-protection program known as the Burial Society.
As a favor to Holly, Catherine sends her team of highly trained Society members on a dangerous chase through Hong Kong to find Eva - while Catherine takes care of pressing business at home. Not only is she tasked with a mission in Mexico City, protecting a family that knows too much from a vengeful pharmaceutical company, but an FBI agent tracking down the missing wife and child of a charismatic businessman is about to come dangerously close to exposing the Society’s secrets.
In these intertwining story lines that converge in unexpected ways, not everyone is who they appear to be - and not everyone who is lost wants to be found.
©2020 Nina Sadowsky (P)2020 Random House Audio
"There’s a definite cinematic vibe to Sadowsky’s novel, especially as the characters rush around Hong Kong in Jason Bourne-type chase scenes. Catherine and her mysterious network are impressively connected and intriguingly motivated, and the woman herself is a fascinating study of power, empathy, and efficiency.... Surrender to the action and intrigue...and enjoy this whirlwind adventure in Hong Kong." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Entertaining." (Publishers Weekly)
"A sly, wry look at privilege and the price it can exact...a globe-trotting, jet-setting quest to avenge some of society’s most pressing ills...Nina Sadowsky thrills again with her filmic vision of a troupe of unlikely superheroes." (Jenny Milchman, USA Today best-selling author of Cover of Snow and Wicked River)
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Pope visits Thailand
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Pope Francis will give a Holy Mass at Bangkok's National Stadium and meet His Majesty the King, the supreme Buddhist patriarch, Catholic leaders and students during his visit from Nov 20-23.
Six more infected
Another six Chinese nationals entering Thailand were found to be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus.
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Extremely unsafe levels of fine dust were detected in the northern province of Lampang and nearby provinces this morning, with the worst in Lampang's Mae Mo district, the Pollution Control Department rep;orted.
Fifth coronavirus case in Thailand
Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutecha has confirmed a fifth case of coronavirus infection has been detected in Thailand - a 33-year-old woman tourist from China.
Thailand leaps up global democracy rankings
Thailand was the biggest mover in The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Democracy Index, rising 38 places in the global rankings to become a "flawed democracy" rather than a "hybrid regime".
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Thailand is expected to see a less than 5% increase in overall foreign tourist arrivals this year due to a global economic slowdown, intensifying competition and a strong baht, a tourism body said on Wednesday.
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Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province have stepped up checks at the Poipet border with Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo following reports that a Chinese tourist to Thailand had been confirmed to be infected with a new pneumonia-like disease.
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National League becomes MANARAMA
MANarama National League
For a second successive season, The National League has once again changed its competition name on a temporary basis in support of official charity partners Prostate Cancer UK.
The League’s sponsors and long-time supporters of Prostate Cancer UK, Vanarama, have again agreed to use their sponsorship in support of the leading men’s health charity until November 9th.
Last year, the MANarama campaign raised over £150,000 to help stop prostate cancer being a killer and earned a host of industry awards.
The rebranding to MANarama features a change of competition logo for each division and will help draw attention to the fact that every forty-five minutes a man dies from prostate cancer.
Vinnie Jones, renowned football hardman and former Wealdstone midfielder, has also been signed up by Vanarama to support the campaign as an ambassador this year.
Jones met Prostate Cancer UK ambassadors Kevin Webber and Errol McKellar on Tuesday afternoon, two men affected by the disease, who will play a key role in the campaign.
Saturday’s clash between Dover Athletic and FC Halifax Town on BT Sport will be the featured match of the MANarama opening weekend.
Starting today, Webber will be walking from Bromley FC to Saturday’s match at Crabble. Webber will be a familiar face to BT Sport viewers after delivering the match ball on the final day of the MANarama campaign in October 2018, at Halifax.
Commenting on the rebrand, The National League’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Tattersall, said: “We were extremely pleased with the reaction to our temporary – and historic - rebranding to the MANarama National League during the 2018/19 campaign. It was fantastic to see so much money and awareness raised to aid the fight against prostate cancer.
“We are proud this will be taking place over a 45-day period for a second season.
“Prostate Cancer UK are our official charity partners and we couldn’t think of a charity that better reflects our football values.
“This deadly disease has no boundaries, so it’s been incredibly inspiring to see Kevin Webber raise so much awareness. He’s a remarkable man doing remarkable things and we will continue to stand alongside him, and everyone affected by prostate cancer.”
MANarama ambassador Vinnie Jones said: “I am beyond proud to back this MANarama campaign. It combines two things which are so important to me; grassroots football and fighting cancer.
“I started playing football in Non-League so I know that these clubs are at the heart of local communities. I don’t need to explain why the fight against cancer is so important for me.
“Non-League football is proper football and I’d urge all Non-League clubs and all the proper supporters out there to raise some proper money for this brilliant cause.”
Prostate Cancer UK Chief Executive, Angela Culhane, added: “Last year’s brilliant MANarama campaign really caught the imagination and we’re delighted to strengthen our long-standing relationship with Vanarama ahead of another exciting few months.
“Money raised will help us fund more ground-breaking research and find the tools needed for a screening programme, in order to catch more prostate cancers early and save more lives.”
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Listed below are comments made by RoyOfTheRovers between Saturday, 26th June 2010 and Tuesday, 9th January 2018.
42537815 10:44pm on 09 Jan 2018 @114
No, its because City fans, like United fans, don't actually live in Manchester.
39668405 9:58pm on 21 Apr 2017 @126
I agree, Chelsea are a very average side.
39283420 4:52pm on 16 Mar 2017 Its pretty clear that Coleman is marking his territory and claiming Woodburn. Any rational person can see that.
But its equally clear that if Woodburn would rather play for England than Wales, then he would have rejected Coleman's call up so that he could keep his options open. Jack Grealish did it, why couldn't Woodburn have done the same? There's always the chance that Coleman won't play him.
37092824 11:27pm on 19 Aug 2016 244. Posted by romseybbcfan
Totally agree, who would replace Wenger? Hodgson? Anybody with a proven track record for winning silverware is already managing another team. Sacking Wenger at this stage would be counterproductive. Though I understand Arsenal fans' frustrations. All of Arsenal's rivals have strengthened, while Wenger remains complacent in the transfer market.
36486410 00:31am on 17 Jun 2016 Phil, have you ever tried to smile in one your pictures? Why do you always have to look so bloody serious all the time?
36516830 6:38pm on 13 Jun 2016 @677 mb14
Venables didn't stick by Shearer, he was forced to play Shearer. Les Ferdinand was England's clear no. 9 heading into Euro 96. The only reason Shearer played the opening match was because Ferdinand wasn't quite fit from injury. It was only after Shearer scored against Switzerland did Venables decide to stick with him. Otherwise Shearer would have been dropped.
England feeling at home at Krakow training base 4:52pm on 22 Jun 2012 @567
I see Walcott is *still* being overlooked then lol
Will the GB football teams be united at 2012? 4:55pm on 24 Mar 2011 263. At 16:18pm on 24th Mar 2011, er-yir-macaroon wrote:
So presumably England fans won't be upset when FIFA abolish the England team and impose a permanent GB&NI one instead? That is the sole principle behind this argument. End of.
LOL! On the bright side, we'd have access to a larger pool of decent players to choose from. It might give us a chance at actually winning something!!
Will the GB football teams be united at 2012? 4:49pm on 24 Mar 2011 I don't really understand the "dangerous precedent" argument. The precedent already exists! Fletcher's article clearly points this out. Up until 1960, the British Olympic team fielded a football team in the Olympics on a regular basis. They even won gold in 1912.
If that isn't precedent, then what is?
FA faces questions over 2018 World Cup bid 7:47pm on 04 Dec 2010 But enough of this already.
We all need to get past this failure. At the end of the day, it is what it is and there is nothing anyone can do about it. FIFA are set in their ways.
Now, is the time to move on and focus on something that should be our number 1 priority - developing the game at grassroots level. Remember that? Remember our poor showing in South Africa? We need to get back to producing world class players capable of winning the World Cup. Once we can win it again, we won't need to host it.
FA faces questions over 2018 World Cup bid 7:35pm on 04 Dec 2010 To #29 Anna Pitt,
Arrogance? The Prime Minister, the future King of England, and Sir Golden Balls were practically BEGGING FIFA members to vote for the England bid. I don't really see how that's arrogant.
Expecting to win the right to host the World Cup because you waved wads of oil money in the faces of FIFA members? Now *that* is arrogance. And in this case, it worked!
What do Panorama allegations mean for England? 02:53am on 30 Nov 2010 "Its in the public interest" is not a viable explanation to millions of people in the country who actually want the World Cup.
"Its in the public interest" is nothing more than a standard legal defense in a defamation lawsuit. The BBC isn't concerned with what the public thinks since already know the general public are against the timing of this programme. They're more concerned with the possibility of being sued.
"Its in the public interest" isn't an explanation, its a preemptive response to a lawsuit that could come.
Rooney saga leaves sour taste 8:54pm on 22 Oct 2010 @Twirlip:
Yes, sticking up his club for a big raise makes Rooney look so much better, doesn't it?
Don't really know who the bigger sourgrapes is, you or Phil!
Rooney didn't get more money, Fergie was clear on Tuesday that was the best deal the club could offer him. Besides, the fact that he's signed a new 5 year deal has already placated many of the fans who were ready to burn his house down.
Does it make Rooney look better? Compared to other news, yes it does.
Rooney saga leaves sour taste 8:00pm on 22 Oct 2010 @198:
I love how your comment HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC AT HAND!!!
Now kindly step down from your soapbox and get back to talking about Wayne Rooney.
Right, I suspect all of this was an elaborate hoax to divert attention away from other things. Rooney has been in the news a lot lately for all the wrong reasons. Naturally, United and Rooney would want to put things right. What better way to do it than a major diversion like this.
It was just yesterday where you, Phil, commented that Rooney had done everything he possibly could to burn every bridge with United. And within seconds of that, a new contract is agreed and set in stone. THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!!
Why the Argentine rollercoaster fails to thrill 6:55pm on 20 Sep 2010 @Yorkieyra:
The reason for this system is to protect the big clubs. If any of the big clubs has a very poor season, they can prevent being relegated by relying on points from the previous 2 seasons assuming, of course, their previous seasons were good ones.
Brazil job will test Menezes' inner calm 5:06pm on 29 Jul 2010 @#73, Yes I watched all of Brazil's games, and I saw no lack of flair or creativity. Did the team struggle to open up the Koreans? For the most part yes. But that wasn't because of a lack of quality from Brazil, but because the North Koreans played hard, with heart and determination. You don't give the Koreans enough credit, you underestimated them. But eventually, like all world class teams, Brazil managed to find a way to win the game by scoring two beautifully set up goals.
As for the Portugal game. That game was set up to be a stinker anyway. Neither team needed a win to progress from their group. So it would have been foolish to spend any energy or risk an injury through playing hard if both teams' fates were already set.
Maicon and Elano provided plenty of flair for Brazil. Maicon's goal against North Korea was a goal nobody saw coming because of the difficult angle he was forced into shooting, and Elano scored Brazil's second goal in the same game. Then you had Kaka, Robinho, and Fabiano providing lots of fun football for the fans. There was plenty of flair there, but you chose to ignore it. The problem isn't with Brazil's players or coach. It lies with its fans and media. There is too much pressure, too much expectation.
Dunga led Brazil to Olympic, Confederation Cup, and Copa America glory, and he won 40 matches to just 6 losses - and he still gets fired and ridiculed. Its disgusting to watch and hear about the amount of disrespect Dunga received.
Brazil job will test Menezes' inner calm 8:01pm on 28 Jul 2010 Tim, correct me if I'm wrong, but Dunga isn't the only Brazilian to ridicule the 1982 World Cup side. According to you, that team, upon its return to Brazil, was heavily ridiculed and criticized for failing to win the World Cup by journalists and fans despite the fact that they played football the true "Brazilian" way. Better to lose playing beautiful football than to win ugly indeed!
The Brazilian manager's job seems to be an unforgivable poison pill. If anything, Dunga wasn't fired because of his failure to win the World Cup, but because he was forced out by the media mob. No wonder Ramalho turned down the CBF's offer, he gets to keep his successful reputation intact!
But I honestly don't get all this "pragmatist" trash. Apart from the 45 minutes of disaster against Holland, Brazil played great football during the World Cup. To say they lacked flair and creativity is nonsense. Robinho, Kaka, Maicon, Elano, and Fabiano all provided plenty of examples of Brazilian flair and verve. In fact, I would argue that they fell apart against Holland because they lacked "pragmatism!"
I'm sure there are plenty of Portuguese, English, French, and Italian fans who would have loved to have seen their respective teams replicate Brazil's form and playing style.
Spain worthy winners on a tough night for Webb 09:57am on 12 Jul 2010 BOTH TEAMS PLAYED CYNICAL FOOTBALL!
Both teams put in bad tackles. Both teams tried to deceive Webb. The only reason the Dutch got the butt end of the criticism is because their tactics were more blatant (Van Bommel & De Jong). However, Spain were just as much at fault as Holland were for playing dirty tactics and dirty football.
The only criticism I have of Webb is that he didn't show more red cards! He had to deal with two teams who did everything they could stop the other from gaining any kind of rhythm.
Poor final. Neither team deserved to win it.
Goal-line technology moves a step closer 10:00pm on 08 Jul 2010 For the love of God, you don't need sophisticated technology like Hawkeye or Cairos system! Just use video replays - there, problem solved!
Competing interests hamper youth development 4:45pm on 06 Jul 2010 There is a simple answer to all of this: hand over control of the England team to the Premier League. Make the Premier League responsible for the national team.
If the England team fails, then that will be a reflection on the poor quality of the Premier League. This will motivate the Premier League to produce young English talent, since good PR is the key to selling the League abroad to foreign fans.
A failing England team controlled by the Premier League isn't good PR for the League itself.
Capello set to stay in charge 8:05pm on 30 Jun 2010 I'm not really comparing Mourinho to Capello. I'm comparing the two situations. Two foreign coaches. Two different outcomes.
Should I come up with different example? Very well. How is it that Carlo Ancelloti, an Italian manager, can guide Chelsea, a multinational team, to a double winning season?
Capello set to stay in charge 7:11pm on 30 Jun 2010 All this talk of "a manager's nationality must match the nationality of the team" is absolute rubbish. How is it that Jose Mourinho, a Portuguese manager, could guide Inter Milan, a multinational team, to a treble winning season???
Will FA back or sack Capello? 5:28pm on 28 Jun 2010 @Rich Indeed:
While you raise a valid point, sacking Capello isn't going to change or fix the problem. England were indeed unprepared for Germany's counter attacking strategy, but when you look at England's defense during the match its no surprise England were ill prepared.
Germany recognized that England were lax at the back and took advantage of it. It was Terry's job to make sure that defensive line held, and he failed miserably. England and Capello knew, going into the second half, that they had to get an early equalizer (especially after Lampard's goal was disallowed). So they had to push forward. Even if Capello had told the players to watch out for a German counter, I don't think it would have made any difference.
Our defense played terribly bad, no amount of preparation would have fixed that. Germany's strategy took advantage of that, and fair play to them.
Will FA back or sack Capello? 4:09pm on 28 Jun 2010 Its not Capello's fault! He should stay. Look at what he did with the team during the World Cup qualifiers. So many people, Beckenbuer included, stated that England were one of the favorites before the tournament. Even during the World Cup, right before the Germany match, Joachim Loew proclaimed that England were a powerful team. Capello managed to turn the England team around after the Euro 2008 debacle.
The problem isn't a lack of quality. Germany managed to get by even though two of their top players such Podolski and Klose aren't good enough to even break into their clubs starting lineup regularly! No, this isn't issue of quality.
There were two reasons Germany won:
1) Self-belief
2) Solid strategy
Nothing more, nothing less. People need to accept that on the day, Germany were just the better team. Nothing will change that. Sacking the manager, overhauling the youth system, introducing caps on foreign players won't change that nor will it change anything for future World Cups. Holland have never won a World Cup. Spain have never won a World Cup. None of those countries hit the panic button when they failed to live up to expectations.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This time we lost. Get over it and move on.
Can England beat Germany? 03:21am on 26 Jun 2010 People need to separate English football fans from the British Media Mob. It wasn't English fans who gave us the infamous EASY headline, it was the Media Mob. It wasn't English fans who poo pooed Beckham's "there are no easy games in the World Cup" statement, it was the Media Mob.
The Media Mob are the arrogant ones here. English Football fans are no different from any other passionate sports fan. They support their team with passion and fervor, but English fans never underestimate the opposing team.
Saying, "England will win" isn't a sign of arrogance, its a sign of support for the team. There's nothing wrong with believing your team has the ability to achieve great things. England fans know the Germans are tough. No one is taking anything for granted here. But don't confuse support for arrogance.
COME ON ENGLAND!!! WE'RE ALL BEHIND YOU CAPELLO (except for the Media Mob)!!!
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City without Sterling against an ebullient Liverpool
Last updated: September 8, 2017 by Leon Marshal
Kick-off: Saturday, 12:30pm
Coverage: Sky Sports
Home Team Form: WDW
Away Team Form: WWD
Last Meeting: Man City 1 – 1 Liverpool
Competition: Premier League
It’s one of the silliest things in modern football. You score a goal, and in the throes of passion, you jump into the fans. But you already have a yellow card so now you have to be sent off. What has turned into a moment of joy now could cause problems for the next game. This is precisely what happened to Sterling, who after scoring a scrappy winner against Bournemouth to win the game 2-1, launched into the crowd, and was sent off. Now, facing their biggest rival yet against Liverpool, Sterling’s absence may be the difference between winning and losing.
A game between Liverpool and Manchester City is primarily dictated by pace. We do not expect defensive, Chelsea-style play which breaks the game down. Instead the key question is: Who can provide the most flair, speed and finesse to defeat their opponent? Sterling is a player who knows the Liverpool defence and has the speed to confuse them. Therefore Jesus will have to come on and do a lot more of the heavy lifting. He is still – even with an impressive 8 goals in fourteen games for the club – an unknown quantity, and could surprise us. The problem for City is that Liverpool have an even more unknown quantity who could easily become one of the finest players in the League.
This man is Mohamed Salah, who looks nothing like the ghost he was for Chelsea. Reinvigorated by his time in Italy on loan, he is possibly the fastest player in the league, and has the composure to boot. His performance against Arsenal was a great case in point – nicking the ball, creating chances, scoring a goal and bagging an assist without breaking a sweat. If he manages to improve his finishing in the final third, then we could be talking about the best bargain of the transfer window. I would recommend Man City to get Mendy to man-mark Salah all game to frustrate his play.
The Citizens haven’t been the better team recently and could do with a more defensive strategy. With Liverpool so lethal on the counter-attack, they should hope to make it a cagey affair and squeeze out a late goal. But they probably won’t so I think we can expect a thriller with lot of goals.
Over the international break, Man City and Liverpool players have traveled a grand total of 185,904 miles. To put that in perspective; the moon is 238,900 miles away.
Liverpool, for reasons only God will know, have signed Oxlade-Chamberlain, for £35 million. He reported fit this Wednesday for training.
Former City star Joleon Lescott says that Liverpool have the edge. As he says: “But there’s no weak defence out of those two, I would say. At this moment in time probably Liverpool (have the better defence) because they’ve played with each other a lot longer than Man City.”
Vincent Kompany is still a doubt for the game after missing training on Wednesday. He is suffering from a calf problem.
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Mendy, Stones, Otamendi, Walker; D.Silva, Fernandinho, De Bruyne; Aguero, Jesus, Bernando
Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Mangala, Delph, Sané, Zinchenko, Touré
Injured: Gundogan
Doubtful: Kompany
Not available: Sterling
Liverpool (4-3-3): Mignolet; Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Moreno; Can, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino, Mane
Subs: Karius, Milner, Sturridge, Grujic, Klavan, Solanke, Alexander-Arnold
Injured: Lallana, Clyne, Bogdad
Manchester City So Far This Season
Liverpool So Far This Season
4th League Position 2nd
2 (2) Wins (away) 2 (0)
2-0 vs. Brighton & Hove Biggest Win 4-0 vs. Arsenal
1 (0) Draws (away) 1 (1)
— Biggest Defeat —
Sterling (2) Top Goal Scorer Mané (3)
Y7, R2 Discipline Y6, R0
67% Both Teams to Score Games 33%
33% Over 2.5 Goals 67%
67% Under 2.5 Goals 33%
Aguero has a record in sight against Liverpool this weekend. If he finds the net, he will become the fourth Premier League player to score in six consecutive home games against the same opponent after Henry, Hasselbaink and Shearer.
Liverpool are the second highest scorers in the league with eight goals in three games, while City have conceded in two of their three. The chances of at least one Liverpool goal are high here.
Manchester City have had red cards in two of their three games so far. Against a pacey Liverpool, there’s every chance city’s poor discipline record so far this season will continue.
Despite their two clean sheets so far, Manchester City haven’t failed to score yet. The Reds will be hard pressed to prevent City scoring here.
Last Five Competitive Meetings Between The Sides
19/03/2017 Man City 1 – 1 Liverpool Premier League Milner 51′ (pen)
31/12/2016 Liverpool 1 – 0 Man City Premier League Wijnaldum 8′
02/03/2016 Liverpool 3 – 0 Man City Premier League Lallana 34′
28/02/2016 Liverpool 1 – 1 Man City (Pens: 1-3) League Cup Final Fernandinho 49′
21/11/2015 Man City 1 – 4 Liverpool Premier League Mangala 7′ (og)
Conclusion & Betting Tips
With this kind of game there are tens of different possibilities to rack up some serious cash. The first thing to consider is simply betting on the team to win. Quite surprisingly, Manchester City have much lower odds than Liverpool; at 17/20 versus 3/1 at William Hill. Therefore, if, like me, you believe that Liverpool can win, it’s a very good bet to have. Additionally, if you still want to back Manchester City as the team to win, we would recommend betting on them with Jesus to score anytime at 13/8.
Another thing to consider is how Liverpool games always seem to be relatively high scoring compared to other teams. With over 2.5 goals a game 67% of the season so far, placing a large stake on that outcome at odds of 4/9 could be a huge return. Additionally, things start really racking up once you consider that result with Liverpool to win too. Therefore my bet of the week: Liverpool to win and 3 or more goals in the game!
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· Biotechnology being an interdisciplinary field involves combined scientific research projects involving disciplines such as microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, chemistry, food science, agriculture and engineering.
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3. National Institute of Technology- NIT or National Institute of Technology is one of the pioneering institutes that offer biotechnological courses. There are 31 NIT’s in India that provide technical courses.
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6. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamilnadu
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8. School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University
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Advance Diploma in Plant Genomics
Advance Diploma in Bioinformatics
9. Shoolini University, Himachal Pradesh- Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences is a non-profit multi-disciplinary private university. Ranked 2nd amongst India’s private biotech institutions by BioSpectrum 2012 & 2013.
M.Sc. Microbiology
M.Tech biotechnology
M.Tech food technology
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10. Jaypee University- The Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics has been ranked 1st among all private universities and institutions in India for the last four years.
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जीवित कोशिकाओं पर लागू तकनीकों का एक बंडल जिसे हम जैव प्रौद्योगिकी कहते हैं। जैव-प्रौद्योगिकीविद् इंजीनियर इन जीवित कोशिकाओं पर बेहतर गुणवत्ता के विशेष उत्पाद का निर्माण करने के लिए काम करते हैं। जैव प्रौद्योगिकी मानव जाति के लाभ के लिए बेहतर गुणवत्ता के उत्पाद का उत्पादन करने के लिए सूक्ष्मजीव और आणविक स्तर पर प्राकृतिक संसाधनों का शोषण है। जैव-प्रौद्योगिकीविद जो काम करते हैं वह विभिन्न प्रकार के क्षेत्रों में होता है। जैसे कृषि, फार्मास्यूटिकल्स, चिकित्सा, पर्यावरण आदि।
प्रोफ़ाइल-
जब अधिकांश लोग जैव प्रौद्योगिकी में करियर के अवसरों के बारे में सोचते हैं, तो वे जीवन की गुणवत्ता में सुधार करने के लिए एक प्रयोगशाला विकसित दवाओं में एक सफेद कोट में एक वैज्ञानिक के बारे में सोचते हैं। हालांकि, जैव प्रौद्योगिकी में बिक्री और विपणन, अनुसंधान और विकास, विनिर्माण और गुणवत्ता नियंत्रण और आश्वासन से लेकर कैरियर के अवसरों की एक विस्तृत विविधता है।
· जैव प्रौद्योगिकी वैज्ञानिक अनुसंधान का संचालन करने के लिए प्रयोगशालाओं में बड़े पैमाने पर काम करते हैं।
· वे विभिन्न प्रकार के क्षेत्रों में काम करते हैं। कृषि, फार्मास्यूटिकल्स, चिकित्सा, पर्यावरण, रासायनिक अनुसंधान, ऊर्जा प्रबंधन, आनुवंशिक इंजीनियरिंग और उद्योग।
· जैव प्रौद्योगिकी एक अंतःविषय क्षेत्र है जिसमें सूक्ष्म जीव विज्ञान, प्रतिरक्षा विज्ञान, आणविक जीव विज्ञान, आनुवंशिकी, जैव रसायन, रसायन विज्ञान, खाद्य विज्ञान, कृषि और इंजीनियरिंग जैसे विषयों से जुड़े संयुक्त वैज्ञानिक अनुसंधान परियोजनाएं शामिल हैं।
· कृषि जैव प्रौद्योगिकीविद् फसल, पशुधन, वानिकी और मत्स्य पालन में सुधार के लिए अनुसंधान करते हैं। उनके काम में उत्पादकता बढ़ाने, गुणवत्ता, कुशल प्रसंस्करण और कृषि रसायनों पर कम निर्भरता के साथ उत्पादों के उपयोग के लिए जैव प्रौद्योगिकी तकनीकों को तैयार करना शामिल है। जैव कीटनाशकों, जैव-रसायनों और ऊतक संस्कृति के विकास में जैव प्रौद्योगिकीविदों का योगदान रहा है, जिन्होंने कृषि विज्ञानों में लगभग क्रांति ला दी है।
· जैव प्रौद्योगिकीविद् चिकित्सा और स्वास्थ्य देखभाल अनुसंधान में भी काम करता है।
जैव प्रौद्योगिकी दवा अनुसंधान, नए टीकों के विकास और नैदानिक प्रक्रियाओं के अनुप्रयोग विकसित हुए हैं।
· पर्यावरण बायोटेक्नोलॉजी का उपयोग औद्योगिक अपशिष्ट के उपचार के लिए कई विश्लेषणात्मक और नैदानिक तकनीकों का उपयोग करके सीवेज और माइक्रोबियल प्रक्रियाओं के पुनर्चक्रण के लिए किया जाता है।
· बायोटेक्नोलॉजिस्ट आनुवंशिक सुधार में भी काम करते हैं। यह कृषि, पशु और मानव आनुवंशिकी को शामिल करने का एक व्यापक क्षेत्र है।
रोजगार के अवसर
जैव प्रौद्योगिकीविदों और बायोटेक इंजीनियरों में कार्यरत हैं: -
जैव-प्रौद्योगिकीय कार्यों में शामिल संस्थानों और उद्योगों के अनुसंधान और विकास विभाग।
आनुवांशिकी, जैव रसायन और जैव रासायनिक इंजीनियरिंग और उन सभी क्षेत्रों में काम करने वाले अनुसंधान प्रतिष्ठान जहां ये प्रक्रियाएं निहित हैं।
बायोटेक इंजीनियरों के रूप में इन उद्योगों के उत्पादन विभागों में।
बायोटेक उत्पादों के लिए व्यवसाय विकसित करने के लिए विपणन विभागों में
खाद्य, रसायन, जैव-प्रसंस्कृत उत्पाद आदि का उत्पादन करने वाले उद्योगों में।
सरकारी प्रयोगशालाएं अनुसंधान वैज्ञानिकों को रोजगार देती हैं।
तकनीकी और प्रबंधकीय पदों में निजी क्षेत्र में।
समुद्री जैव तकनीक, जैव चिकित्सा, पृथ्वी विज्ञान, बायोमेडिकल इंजीनियरिंग, कृषि और पर्यावरण जैव प्रौद्योगिकी आदि के शैक्षणिक विभागों में।
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People who cannot speak English well are more likely to be in poor health (Latest release)
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2011 Census: Detailed analysis - English language proficiency in England and Wales, Main language and general health characteristics (Latest release)
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Language in England and Wales: 2011 (Latest release)
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Using data from the 2011 Census, we take a closer look at language within England and Wales. Those who reported English (or Welsh in Wales) as their main language accounted for 92.3% of the population, except in London where proportion was much lower. Those who reported another main language accounted for 7.7% of the population, with Polish topping the list of "other" main languages. London and the West Midlands saw the highest percentage of people who could not speak English "well" or "at all".
Keywords: 2011 Census, census analysis, analysis, Welsh language, Polish language, languages spoken in the UK, cymraeg
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Check out: Shah Rukh Khan receives doctorate from Hyderabad’s Maulana Azad University
Created: Dec 26, 2016 - 5:50 pm IST
We had reported that Shah Rukh Khan was going to be honoured with a doctorate from Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for his extraordinary contribution in promotion of the Urdu language and culture through his films. The convocation ceremony took place on Monday afternoon in Hyderabad.
MANUU Chancellor Zafar Sareshwala conferred Shah Rukh Khan with the degree. Shah Rukh Khan donned a suit with a graduation gown and sunglasses. In his brief acceptance speech, SRK thanked the University for the Honour. He said his parents would have been happy to see the moment especially his mother as Hyderabad was his mother's birthplace. He said that his father was a follower of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. "I heard my father also contested an election as an independent candidate and forfeited his deposit," he said.
Shah Rukh Khan further added that his father was fluent in Urdu and Persian. "Whatever little knowledge I have about how to speak, it is because of him," he said. He further added, "I think it is a very big responsibility in the field of education and in the field of Urdu and languages. Through my work, whatever little I can do, I promise, I will make sure that I take it to the best of my capabilities."
On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan will be seen in Rahul Dholakia’s film Raees which is slated to release on January 25, 2017.
Dr. Shah Rukh Khan giving speech at the convocation ceremony at Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/GYTljeqXNh
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Please, be my valentine
My second baby was due on St.Valentine’s Day. I flirted with the idea of giving him or her Valentine as a middle name. It was silly really, but it seemed a special day to be born and V was quite a nice initial.
But all this was just chat. Bravado and filibuster to prevent speculation about the really scary stuff: when the baby would be born and if it would be too early. My first baby had been born at 28 weeks, and so there was big anxiety about this second baby. In the hospital this meant careful monitoring, lots of tests and reassurance, taking things one week, even one day at a time and trials of progesterone. In terms of friends and family, it meant we didn’t tell anyone when the baby was due. I just said vague things like “spring”. I was stressed enough myself without other people counting weeks and discussing possibilities and statistics. We knew he was a baby boy, but we kept that secret too: our families were quite knowledgeable about prematurity now, they would know that a premature boy’s chances were less good than a premature baby girl’s.
We had secret targets. Getting further than last time. That was good; it felt certain the baby would live. Getting to 30 weeks was a big milestone and I began to think the baby might be born at Christmas. I could call him Christmas, I daydreamed, Kit for short.
Christmas was just over 32 weeks, and I was still pregnant. In ante-natal clinic on Christmas Eve with the hard core of high risk patients, his little heart beat was loud and regular and I realised he was not going to be Kit.
Naming babies is a huge responsibility, I think. The name must go with the surname. It must not be shorten-able to anything ugly or horrid. The initials mustn’t spell anything. It must be a name for a grown-up as well as for a baby. When our first son was born very early, we didn’t have a name. We had called him Buster because he kicked so much but when he lay shaking with every breath the ventilator took for him, Buster seemed like a sick joke. And I in the darkest moments, I feared he would die without a name, with only a hospital number round his tiny ankle.
Valentine might be unusual, but it was a name about love and we loved this baby.
But he isn’t called Valentine, because we didn’t get that far. We managed, maybe thanks to the progesterone, another week after Christmas. On Hogmanay I was struck with terrible pain and terror, called an ambulance, broke up the appletizer party in A&E and had the first baby of the New Year.
I was alone when I first staggered along to see him in intensive care. Who do you get to babysit at three minutes notice just before the bells? I sat beside his little cot. He looked enormous (he was only 5lbs, but our first son was 2lbs). The nurse asked me if I had a name for him. We did. He wasn’t Valentine. We didn’t call him Hogmanay, obviously. Or even Happy New Year. We called him Cormack. But we did write Happy New Cormack on his christening cake.
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Fiona Mylchreest was born in the beautiful middle of nowhere in Scotland, and stayed there for 18 years. She went to teach in China and then to Oxford, where she read Classics and English. She planned to be an art historian, but gave it up and went to work for a medical charity in Calcutta until she ran out of money. She joined the Overseas Development Administration (now DFID) where she managed aid programmes to India, negotiated EU banana policy and ran the programmes for Poland and Romania, during which she did an MSc in Culture, Gender and Society. Secondment to the Foreign Office as Private Secretary to Malcolm Rifkind and then Robin Cook was fascinating but frustrating so she left and went to Chelsea School of Art. Photography and combined media was wonderful but abandoned instantly when her first son Finn was born at 27 weeks. After three more premature babies and about a person-year in NICU, she started a BSc in Health and Social Care, finished in Josephine Barnes Ward waiting for her fifth baby. By this time, Finn had been diagnosed with autism; his catatonia responded only to music therapy, so the family began supporting the music therapy department (and still are, 11 years on). Now all the Fabulous Five are at school, she does some communications work for her local church, co-Chair of Governors of Finn’s school and delighted to be part of Borne. In-between times and all the time, mother of five, carer to two tortoises and an energetic black spaniel. And now she has unwittingly taken on the role of backroom support for stupid people walking to the Arctic …!
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Borne funds two research programmes led by Professor Mark Johnson at Imperial College facilities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Delaying preterm labour
Once labour starts, it cannot be stopped. But if we can prevent preterm labour from starting, we can keep babies in the womb for longer, improving their chances of survival and a life free from disability.
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Air Peace Honoured for Foiling Child Trafficking by Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria
One of the highlights of the 27th edition of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) annual lecture and awards, in Lagos was the honoring of Air Peace’s Crew for thwarting efforts by two women to traffic a three-month old boy from Lagos to Banjul.
Sunday Odita, President, Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) said at the presentation: “We are elated as reporters to observe in the course of our duties that some people are doing things worthy of writing home about. When we noted that an Air Peace Crew demonstrated commendable professionalism and humanness by frustrating the attempt of two women to traffic a three-month baby-boy on a Lagos-Banjul flight on June 4, 2018, we penned it down as something worthy of reward. Hence, today, I am privileged to fulfil what our members patriotically resolved over a year ago.”
The CRAN President commended his members “for voting nem-con to bestow the Most Security Conscious Crew Award on Air Peace Crew, even when it was tabled before the house for voting repeatedly.” This he added, shows that the honour is well deserved and well thought out.
While calling on people in all walks of life to emulate the uprightness demonstrated by the Air Peace Crew, he encouraged the winners to “be proud of the award because it is coming unsolicited from the conscience of the society.”
An elated, Stanley Olisa, Corporate Communications Executive, Air Peace, while thanking members of CRAN, explained that the airline trains its cabin crew to be very security conscious. “It has proved worthwhile as the airline had in recent times prevented three acts of child trafficking. Our flight attendants are always security aware and we will continue to partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIPS, to report any suspected act of child trafficking”.
Recounting how the incident happened, he said, “One of the flight attendants noticed that a baby was crying endlessly on board and approached the supposed mother who refused to breastfeed the child. The whole thing became suspicious and on arriving Banjul, the crew alerted the authorities who questioned the two women. It was subsequently discovered that the child was not theirs and it was obviously a case of child trafficking”.
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Tell a joke and shame the devil: 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art
By Vladimir Vidmar 29 Jul 2019
We stopped asking ourselves whether truth can set us free a long time ago. In the era of post-truth, fake news and the like, when such metaphysical entities as the Truth seem harder to grasp than ever, we are forced to find solutions for our contemporary aches in the less exalted ground. Plagued by problems direr and darker than ever before in history, and more disillusioned than ever, we turn to our everyday to find fragments of inspiration that could potentially ignite the spark of change. Such is this case with the 33rd Biennial of Ljubljana, entitled Crack up, Crack down, where its curators, the artist collective Slavs and Tatars pose a question: In the era of post-truth, can a joke set us free?
And where better to pose new questions than at a biennial that is determined to reinvent itself. Founded in the depths of the Cold War, its role was one of an intermediary, similar to that of Yugoslavia, between the two antagonist blocks of the era. Established from the initiative of Zoran Kržišnik, then Director of Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art, who pragmatically opted to rely on the logistically untroublesome graphic medium, the Biennial was able to establish itself as the platform where (modernist) East met (modernist) West. Following Yugoslavia’s third way course of foreign policy, better known as the non-aligned movement, the Biennial not only accommodated the unprecedented selection of the Western cannon’s giants in dialogue with the masters of the opposing political block, but also provided a platform for artistic representation of the developing world. This was all in the Biennial’s heyday, the 1960s and 70s, which seemed all but lost with the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
Lin May Saeed, Reiniger (2006). Photo: Vladimir Vidmar.
The nonchalant yet scholarly approach of Slavs and Tatars must have struck a chord with the International Centre of Graphic Art, the Biennial’s organizing institution, eager to have its great tradition re-imagined in the context of our present concerns. Slavs and Tatars work both as an artist collective and a research platform, pulling from oblivion and cross-referencing diverse cultural forms and phenomena from the vast geopolitical pool “East of the former Berlin Wall and West of the Great Wall of China known as Eurasia”. And thus Crack Up, Crack Down was born, the 33rd reiteration of the Ljubljana Graphic Biennial. Dealing with satire, a genre that brings together graphic arts and humorous political critique has both a rich history and a vibrant present. One could almost claim that with every repolarization of political views, satire finds new ground and self-awareness. What Slavs and Tatars want to reflect on is the question of whether satire is really all it’s cracked up to be. Pun definitely intended. We know that humour has a political sting, but it is also true that works both ways: remember both political progressives and reactionary moralists of the past used satire to get their messages across. And we need no reminders that as hilarious as anti-Trump memes are, the alt-right is just as at home (if not more) with the critical instruments of satire.
Giorgi Xaniashvili, Untitled (2019). Photo: Vladimir Vidmar
What the Biennial poses as its central question is how does humour really work? Sly, slippery and seditious. There’s plenty to choose from in the ICGA’s baronial mansion and five other venues around the city. Take Georgian artist Giorgi Xaniashvili’s amazing woodcuts: produced from the same blocks of wood used by the artist at his day job, painting Eastern Orthodox icons, the reliefs show salacious love scenes worthy of Kamasutra. Reverence subtly turning to irreverence.
Such is also the case with monumental prints of Xiyadie, where phytomorphic strings of male bodies in the act of lovemaking are unceremoniously inserted in the intricate vegetative patterns of centuries-old craft of paper-cuts. This is a leitmotif we follow throughout the show; the surface carrying both its opposites, being the place of representation and at the same time, without any apparent changes in its logic, destabilizing its own credibility. Lin May Saeed’s moving sculptural odes to the suffering wildlife work with the same strategy: her Styrofoam animal Pieta’ scene both exalts cheap material and indicts its petroleum-based structure. Slavs and Tatars’ points on humour seem to be skin deep, but not in the least less penetrating on that account. Their question on what makes us laugh and what is disturbing about our very own language being used against us.
Endre Tot, Zero Series (1973/2019), detail.
Text-based works of KRIWET, a self-taught Dusseldorf pioneer of media art, are hypnotic circular visual poems that link words together into a whirlpool of infinitely expanding and ever quainter neologisms, challenging the intent of meaning. Infinity is at work again in the work of yet another conceptualist legend, Endre Tot, whose Zero series takes shape of a monumental wall poem at the very entry to the exhibition. Tot’s Ten Questions are standing in for the Ten Commandments, giving us playful combinations of voids, where they were once prescribed certainties.
One could say that Crack up, Crack down is less about taking on the political strongmen of our day and age through satire, and more about the mechanisms of humour in dealing with power, but also in dealing with ourselves. There is a definite existential angst throughout the show that many of the works relate to. Nowhere is it more apparent than in Amanda Ross-Ho’s series of huge emoji-like ideograms of anguished faces. Taken from a pain rating scale, these intricately sown giants mesmerize and perplex, inviting with their textures and familiar shapes, while disturbing with their suffering expressions and anguished titles. Ross-Ho’s work best encapsulates the essence of the show: notwithstanding its physical flatness and popular visuals, its puzzling codes don’t give themselves away easily. Not at all.
Amanda Ross-Ho, Dozie Kanu, Equrna Gallery, Crack Up – Crack Down, 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, 2019 Photo: Jaka Babnik / MGLC Archive
Despite all its stimulating visual splendour, there is a certain impenetrability that pervades the show, which seems to be central to the curators’ very point on the workings of humour. Humour seems to work best when one can’t immediately reach it, when it slides through layers of visual and verbal messages. So to return to the initial question of whether a joke can set us free, the potential answer that the shows seems to allude to is: only when you don’t expect it to.
Apart from several worthy exceptions (i.e. 1980s Sarajevo comedy collective Top lista nadrealista), there are few references to the realpolitik in the show, which implies that the political sting of humour stems from more than politician puns. Humour works in as much as its disrupts our lines of communication and manages to get its message across, whatever that may be. It’s like in Honza Zamojski’s installation The Gathering and The Meeting, a Gulliver-like scene of enigmatic heroism where there is no intent, only free sliding of meanings.
Opaque as such an ending might sound for a review of a show that deals with such a merry thing as humour, don’t be fooled: in order to crack us up, humour must first work through cracks of the seemingly smooth surface of our every day and mess it up. It is here that slips, dreams, deflections and diversions work their charm.
33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art
Crack Up, Crack Down
7 July – 29 September 2019
Curated by Slavs and Tatars
Vladimir Vidmar is a curator based in Ljubljana. He is currently running Mala galerija, the official gallery space of the Ljubljana University. Previously, he was the Artistic Director of Škuc Gallery and curated the shows of Tadej Pogačar, Becky Beasley, Nikita Kadan, Nika Špan, Mladen Stropnik, Katalin Ladik, among others. Vidmar also (co-)curated a number of group show, including Crises and New Beginnings: Art in Slovenia 2005-2015 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova in Ljubljana.
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How to Communicate Sustainability Through Pac
How to Communicate Sustainability Through Packaging
Packaging is one of the most visible and pervasive parts of your organization's identity. Used correctly, it can help your company tell a stronger sustainability story to connect with the growing number of eco-conscious consumers.
Today's consumers are increasingly aware about the sustainability efforts of the brands they purchase from, and are actively looking to support brands that support the environment. Millennials, the largest consumer group in the United States, are driving the trend. They are more likely than Baby Boomers to change shopping habits based on environmental impact and are willing to pay for products that contain environmentally friendly or sustainable ingredients.
A 2017 study of 20,000 adults from 5 countries by Unilever found 33 percent of consumers choose to buy from brands they believe are doing environmental good. One of the most eye-opening aspects of the study is that there is an estimated €966 billion (over $1 trillion USD) opportunity for brands that make sustainability credentials clear.
How you communicate sustainability through packaging is a critical question to ask at the earliest stages of the packaging design process. Packaging is the first impression customers have of your brand when they see your product, and transparency about sustainability matters. The Fashion Revolution 2018 Consumer Survey Report of 5,000 people in 5 EU countries found 72 percent of consumers said it is important for clothing, shoes and accessories brands to communicate about their sustainability practices on packaging.
Certain qualities in packaging can convey sustainable efforts and make you stand out. From primary packaging that touches the product, to secondary packaging surrounding the product, to tertiary packaging that is delivered to retailers, here are some examples of how to communicate sustainability through packaging.
Primary packaging is the packaging that touches the product. Examples include beverage bottles and food containers, shoe boxes, medicine containers and packaging for office supplies. According to research firm Daymon Worldwide (a global retail market data research analysis firm) to communicate sustainability, primary packaging should be:
Minimal: Made from recycled content and free of excess layers and waste
Appealing: A contemporary style using natural colors with a matte, non-glossy finish
Informative: Conveying sustainable ingredients, certification and recyclability
Versatile: Reusable, resealable or multi-use
Convenient: Easy to open, store and use, and takes up minimal storage space
Good for the environment: Has beneficial end-of-life qualities, such as being recyclable, refillable or reusable
Some ways to convey these qualities on primary packaging include:
Use colours inspired by nature's palate, such as browns, greens and pale blues
Add recognizable sustainability symbols, like the recycling logo or USDA Organic sign
Favour elegant, minimalist aesthetics
Use natural packaging textures, like cartonboard and corrugated materials
Feature photos and visuals that convey sustainability
Primary packaging is more than the first impression – it's also the last impression a consumer has with your product. Featuring sustainable qualities that are found inside the packaging and within the package strengthens the environmental narrative for your brand.
Secondary packaging is packaging included with the product but that doesn't touch the product. Some examples include a box holding several products or padding surrounding a box. Secondary packaging details can also make an impact on sustainability-minded consumers. Primary packaging that is considered sustainable will lose its meaning when it is surrounded by additions that do not convey sustainability.
Walmart uses a sustainable packaging playbook with best practices for sustainable packaging. For its corrugated boards, which are used most often for ecommerce shipping boxes that hold products, Walmart stipulates that these secondary packaging systems:
Are a natural colour
Are made from certified responsibly sourced fibre and/or recycled fibre
Contain no coatings or clay coatings
Have graphics that are directly printed on the corrugated board, not added with foils or metalized
Contain minimal adhesives and tape
Feature shipping labels that are paper or direct printed
Include padding that is from tree-based fibre options or that is PE film pillows and cushioning
Walmart is one of the most powerful retailers in the world, and it is setting sustainable packaging standards. With global retail ecommerce sales projected to increase from $3.4 trillion in 2019 to $4.1 trillion in 2020, according to eMarketer, secondary packaging surrounding the actual product will play an important role in how consumers view brands' sustainability.
Tertiary/Transport Packaging
Tertiary packaging, also known as transport packaging, is packaging that bundles items together during shipment. It's the packaging retailers encounter before they sell individual products to consumers.
Sustainable transport packaging considerations are important because retailers who want to be viewed as sustainable brands to their consumers will place importance on sustainability at all packaging levels. A 2018 report by Stanford Social Innovation Review found 90 percent of CEOs state sustainability is important to their company's success. Consumers are driving the demand for sustainability, which is touching all parts of business operations, including at the supply chain level.
Similarly to translating sustainability in primary packaging, Packaging Digest suggests ways to do so with tertiary packaging:
Display recycling logos
Include messaging about how to maximize end of life use for packaging
Design tertiary packaging from single materials to make it easier to recycle
Minimize the product-to-package ratio to reduce packaging waste
Avoid glues and laminations, which can negatively impact recyclability
Cleary mark packaging component materials
Tertiary packaging is the first and last impression a retailer has of their inventory provider, and may also make an impression on consumers who order products online. From the consumer’s perspective, made-to-fit packaging is more environmentally friendly since it reduces the amount of packaging materials needed to ship their purchases. In one study, 77 percent of consumers said that the packaging a company uses for e-commerce shipments was viewed as being reflective of its environmental values. By eliminating unnecessary packaging, right-sizing can help brands tell a better “sustainability story” that resonates with today’s eco-conscious consumer.
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Your packaging is a reflection of your brand. If you value sustainability and want to show that to your customers, communicate sustainability in packaging through materials, graphics and end-of-use functions. BillerudKorsnäs can help at every level.
From sourcing and procurement of sustainable packaging materials to design, prototyping and packaging testing, we make the complex world of sustainable packaging simple. BillerudKorsnäs is also a leading provider of sustainable packaging materials, including Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified materials. FSC materials from BillerudKorsnäs feature FSC logos, which help to strengthen the sustainability narrative for those who receive our packaging materials.
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Kuju announces 'To End All Wars'
Written by Joe Martin
Tags: #chemistry #dark-messiah #kuju #tournament #unreal-engine-3 #ut #world-war
Companies: #three #unreal
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm frankly very glad that the new Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare, is confirmed to feature a modern-day setting. The whole World War II setting was great at first but it's been getting a little predictable as the market is swamped with Nazi-slaying stories.
Still, game developer Kuju may revitalise the war theme just yet by placing a game in a WWI setting.
Announced today, To End All Wars is to be developed by the Chemistry Studio, a new division of the main Kuju company, and will be published by Ghostlight.
Running on the Unreal 3 Engine, the game is currently set for release in summer of 2008 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and according to the press release will have a new and wholly different focus to games like Call of Duty 2;
"...experience the gritty combat in the trenches, the fear of charging across no man's land, deadly secret excursions to enemy outposts in the dead of night and the heart stopping terror of pounding artillery guns will be central to the gaming experience."
"By blending Kuju's specialism on Unreal Engine with this great theme we've created a new & exciting formula for an amazing game experience that brings to life the visceral and demanding struggle that was The Great War" said Studio Head, Simeon Pashley in a press statement.
According to the developers, To End All Wars will focus on being starkly realistic, which could be a very good or very bad thing. Hopefully the game will be able to build a unique gameplay feel by developing on the stark differences between The Great War and The Second World War, such as the focus on trench warfare and suicidal charges in true Blackadder-esque fashion.
Is it wrong to derive entertainment from real-life atrocities? Do we really need another war-based shooter? Answer these and other questions in the community discussions.
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We go hands on with the new Call of Duty game and come back with an in-depth report on how it is shaping up. Has Call of Duty survived the move to a modern setting or is it just another old codger trying to look cool in a young man's clothes? We find out!
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Consultation on introducing New Fair Deal into the Local Government Pension Scheme
What are the key reforms to the LGPS proposed in the government’s consultation and draft Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019?
On 10 January 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a new consultation paper on bringing New Fair Deal principles into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), together with draft regulations. The paper also includes proposals introducing ‘deemed employers’ and reforms to the way mergers and takeovers of LGPS scheme employers affect exit payments.
The consultation paper seeks to address concerns raised during a 2016 consultation under which the government first proposed introducing New Fair Deal principles and replacing the current protection offered by the Best Value Authorities Staff Transfers (Pensions) Direction 2007, and Welsh equivalent.
Incorporating New Fair Deal into the LGPS
Under the proposals, local authority and other protected staff that transfer to private sector bodies must be provided with continued membership of the LGPS rather than a broadly comparable scheme. The aim is to afford more protection to staff who are compulsorily transferred to private sector companies following an outsourcing (the LGPS being assumed to provide better security for members than private sector pension schemes). The protection will apply even if the service is sub-contracted or transferred out again, so long as the employees remain employed on the delivery of the service or function transferred.
Responses to the 2016 consultation expressed concern that the 2016 proposals protected future employee transfers but not employees who had been previously transferred and enrolled in a broadly comparable scheme. However, the new proposals provide that when past service contracts are next re-tendered, the transferred staff will become 'protected transferees' under the LGPS Regulations and gain a right to membership of the LGPS. These employees will also have the right to transfer their accrued benefits from the broadly comparable scheme to the LGPS. It will be important for contractors who participate in broadly comparable schemes to consider the impact of this change.
Risk Sharing and ‘Deemed Employers’
The government is also proposing an option whereby contractors need not become admission bodies in the LGPS and no admission agreement would be needed; instead, the outsourcing authority could decide to take on 'deemed employer' status. The result would be that, for transferring staff, their 'scheme employer' for pension purposes would not be their new private sector employer but would remain as the outsourcing authority. The old employer would retain the main scheme employer responsibilities such as making pension contributions and taking on funding risk. However, the parties could contractually agree to share and allocate pension risk in whatever way is commercially preferred.
The 'deemed employer' proposal aims to allow outsourcing authorities greater flexibility when transferring services to external providers, maintain continuity for LGPS members and allow small and medium-sized contractors to tender for contracts where previously they would have been deterred by the pension risk. The government also sees it as a method to limit the numbers of scheme employers, relieving some administrative burden on LGPS pension funds. The proposal may, however, result in some increased complexity for funds as, in practice, funds may end up having to communicate with two employers rather than one in order to administer benefits.
Mergers and Takeovers
Under the current regime, when an LGPS scheme employer ceases to employ active members an exit payment may be triggered. The consultation paper proposes that when a scheme employer is 'merged into', or 'taken over' by, another body, the responsibility for the former employer’s pension liability transfers automatically to the successor body, thereby avoiding any exit payments. The government considers that these proposals should allow mergers and takeovers to occur efficiently, without unintended exit payments being triggered. However, in our view, the terminology used in the draft regulations is not clear and may lead to uncertainty around when the provisions should apply. Also, the removal of any fund discretion to require an exit payment may be problematic in some circumstances.
We would hope that this aspect of the government proposal will be developed further before any implementation of the draft regulations.
This article was written by Ed Curtis (Associate) and Ellie Alveyn (trainee solicitor).
Please contact the pensions team or your usual Burges Salmon contact with any questions.
Michael Hayles Partner
+44 (0) 117 939 2248 michael.hayles@burges-salmon.com
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Olympic hope for Truro businessman
A businessman from Truro has been shortlisted to be part of the Torch Relay in the run up to next year’s Olympics.
MPAD managing director Mark Picken was nominated by the company’s graphic designer, Matt Hollands.
Picken, who has a one in 14 chance of carrying the torch, will find out in early December if he has been successful.
“It was a complete surprise when I received the email,” said Picken.
“I had no idea that Matt had nominated me, but it is something that I’d really love to do if I am lucky enough to be chosen.”
A panel of judges will whittle down the 28,000 nominations to 2,012 individuals who have the most inspirational stories of personal achievement and/or contribution to the local community.
They will then become part of the 8,000 torchbearers who will make up the Olympic Torch Relay carrying the torch around the country before the games in London start.
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The 10 Best Colleges For An Awesome Winter Experience
Peter Jacobs
Jan 8, 2014, 8:30 AM
While climate shouldn’t necessarily play into a student’s decision as to where to attend college, there’s a lot to be said about the classic beauty and serenity of the snow-covered campus.
Of course, there are also downsides to a school that has more traditional seasons — mostly the cold temperature. But things like snowball fights and ski slopes should more than make up for a little chilliness.
From easy access to top slopes to great winter traditions, here are the 10 best colleges to get a true winter experience.
Reed College -- Portland, Oregon
While the slopes may be over an hour away, Reed students can take advantage of their college's exclusive ski cabin on Mt. Hood -- open for any student, faculty member, or alumnus to reserve.
The recently refurbished cabin is maintained by Reed's physical eduction department and its amenities include a full kitchen and sauna.
Virginia Tech -- Blacksburg, Virginia
One of the oldest traditions at Virginia Tech is the annual civilian vs. cadet snowball fight -- an event that draws more than 1,000 students.
At the first big snowfall of every year, 'a fire alarm sounds indicating the immediate start of an all campus snowball fight on the Drill Field,' according to IvyWise.
University of New Hampshire -- Durham, New Hampshire
UNH students seem to love the winter -- the school's Ski and Board Club is the largest registered club team on campus, according to ESPN.
Besides running weekly trips to nearby mountains every Saturday, the club also hosts skiing-related movies throughout the year, including the warmer months.
Sierra Nevada College -- Incline Village, Nevada
Sierra Nevada offers its students a unique opportunity as the only school in the country with a major in Ski Business and Resort Management.
Outside of the classroom, the Sierra Nevada Ski & Snowboard Team has long been a powerhouse -- especially the snowboarders -- and the team's home mountain is only two minutes from campus.
University of Utah -- Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah student skiers have two big perks -- 'the campus is within 40 minutes of seven ski resorts, and the powder is considered some of the best in the country,' according to about.com.
Additionally, ESPN points out that Salt Lake City has an international airport for easy access to mountains around the world, something that other collegiate ski towns lack.
Middlebury College -- Middlebury, Vermont
Middlebury students act as patrols at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl, a ski facility with 17 trails that is owned and operated by the school.
Middlebury also has a special tradition for its February graduates -- called 'Febs' -- where students ski down the Snow Bowl before receiving their diploma.
Michigan Technical University -- Houghton, Michigan
Years ago, Michigan Tech held the Guinness World Records for three wintery feats -- the largest snowball fight, most consecutive snow angels, and largest snowball.
While each record eventually was beaten, MTU students recently retook their top spot in one, banding together to roll a snowball with an almost 33-foot circumference.
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Singapore dollar's slide approaching band limit, Barclays says
Thu, Jan 07, 2016 - 1:52 PM
Singapore's dollar slid to a six-year low after China's central bank reduced its reference rate for the yuan by the most since August.
PHOTO: ST FILE
[SINGAPORE] Singapore's dollar slid to a six-year low after China's central bank reduced its reference rate for the yuan by the most since August. Barclays Plc said further declines are set to slow as the island-state's currency is probably close to the bottom of the central bank's policy band.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore guides the local dollar against an undisclosed basket of currencies of its major trading partners and competitors. The currency is "pretty close to the bottom end of the band" based on Barclays' calculations, said Mitul Kotecha, the bank's Singapore-based head of Asia currency and rates strategy.
"The Singapore dollar is one of the currencies that's more susceptible to a depreciation of the yuan," Mr Kotecha said. "I'm a bit more skeptical of further sharp declines in the Singapore dollar given the fact that we're already where we are trading relative to the band."
The local dollar tumbled as much as 0.5 per cent on Thursday to S$1.4431 against the US currency, the weakest level since September 2009. It pared declines to be little changed at S$1.4349 as of 12:15 pm in Singapore amid speculation China's central bank had propped up its currency in the offshore yuan market.
Singapore's central bank intervenes to keep the exchange rate within an unspecified band and changes the slope, width and center of that band when it wants to adjust the pace of appreciation or depreciation of the local dollar.
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Cameron Poetzscher's Sports Blog
A Look Ahead to the Distance Events in Rio
5000m + 10000m - It’s All About Mo
Mo Farah was one of the golden boys of the 2012 London Olympics, and now the proud British Somali immigrant is preparing himself for one of the toughest races of his career. Following two Olympic gold medals and five world championship titles, Farah became the first athlete to achieve the distance ‘triple-double’ – winning the 5000m and 10,000m at the Olympics, then two world championships in succession.
Winning back-to-back gold medals over distance events at Rio would place Farah in rarefied air, but he will face stiff competition from a host of runners, especially Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki. The duo recently beat Farah at the world half-marathon championships, and it’s not only form Farah needs to contend with but also the combative tactics of the Kenyans. Kenyans are famous for running as a team and employing team tactics to combat their opposition and mitigate their strengths.
Team Tactics in Distance Running
Tactics are a fascinating part of any distance race, and they have been instrumental in shaping Olympic and World Championship competitions throughout history. It’s not only Kenyans who employ team race tactics, but they have certainly mastered this discipline. It’s common to see one teammate set the pace while his compatriots sit back and conserve energy, knowing when to kick as part of a predetermined race plan.
At the 1968 Mexico Olympics, the Kenyan team successfully employed team a strategy to defeat the favorite and world record holder, Jim Ryun. Kip Keino was able to run to victory after teammate Ben Jipcho sacrificed himself by running at a breakneck pace to counter and weaken Ryun’s famous kick. Jipcho set an intense pace, eventually wilting Ryun’s ability to kick and win: while Keino ran on to take gold, Ryun would win silver while Jipcho finished tenth.
Interestingly, you won’t see these sort of tactics employed by U.S. or British runners. Why? USA athletes are accustomed to serving their own interests, it’s an individual sport and they have coaches, sponsors and other commitments to meet. Kenya follows a model similar to team cycling, where one runner is promoted for the better good of the country. Expect to see more of the same throughout the 5000, 10000, steeplechase and marathon events in Rio.
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I am excited to see the events unfold! Hope everything has a positive outcome in the end.
HannahV
The races should be awesome, as usual. I didn't even notice these tactics being used -- very informative!
Austin Kline
The Olympics this year will be very interesting. I believe that the running in this Olympics will be the most exciting and it's certainly something that I'm looking forward to seeing.
Kevin G
Awesome article! Looking forward to the events.
Doris Clay
Distance Runs are one of my favorite Olympic sports. So excited!
This is going to be a great year, can't wait to see all the events I wish I could be at rio to see in person
Caroline Kaugher
How interesting! By the time I finished reading this I wasn't even sure I was still reading about runners, and not their respective governments. Fantastic insight, gives me much to think about for the day.
Interesting article! I'll be looking forward to the events this year.
Jerry Wilson
I couldnt be more excited! I cant wait to see all of their hard work pay off!
Very informative! Good luck in Olympics running!
Vincent Agosta
Cant wait to see the event. Long Distance Running is fun to watch and the summer Olympics are going to be great.
John Willz
I was always curious about what went into the strategy for running relays besides being fast. For instance, where do you put your fastest runner? The tactics of it are interesting.
Cameron Poetzscher is a Harvard Business School graduate with extensive M&A, business strategy and operations experience.
He is the VP of Corporate Development at Uber, and is passionate about sport.
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Drugs and Health Products
Applications and Submissions - Drug Products
Guidance Documents – Applications and submissions – Drug products
Drug and Medical Device Databases
The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive list of Health Canada’s drug and medical device databases.
These guidelines are designed to facilitate access to these databases and to inform stakeholders on what information is available. These databases include information on prescription and non-prescription pharmaceuticals, biologics and radiopharmaceuticals for use in humans and animals as well as medical devices. This document does not cover databases related to drug products regulated as natural health products.
This document provides a brief overview of the information available in each database. However, it does not provide an in depth description of all the information they contain and their every use. In this document, a link to each database is provided in order to help readers access the databases and to learn more about what the database offers and how to search it.
Health Canada’s drug and medical device databases are intended to increase transparency and to make information accessible to stakeholders and the general public. Although some information on drugs and medical devices can be accessed via alternate channels, Health Canada encourages stakeholders to use the databases as a primary means of accessing information.
Drug Product database
Drug and Health Product register
Submissions Under Review list
Drug and Health Products Inspections database
Drug Submission Tracking System - Industry Access
List of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need
Notice of Compliance database
Notice of Compliance with Conditions listing
Product Monograph Brand Safety Updates table
Patent register
Register of Certificates of Supplementary Protection and Applications
Register of Innovative Drugs
Side effects, recalls and safety alerts
Recalls and Safety Alerts database
Canada Vigilance Adverse Reaction online database
Medical Devices Active Licence listing online query
Medical Devices Establishment Licence listing
The Drug Product database provides information on drugs authorized for sale in Canada.
Search the database to:
see if a drug is approved in Canada
view product monographs for human drugs
view labels for animal drugs
Learn more about the Drug Product database.
The Drug and Health Product register provides information on marketed drugs for human use and is the main source of information available to the public about health product safety and use in Canada. This includes information on medical devices, applicable drugs and natural health products.
Search the register to:
view reported side effects of a drug
access information on drug use and drug safety
learn about warnings, precautions and interactions of a drug
access drug and medical device summary reports including summary basis of decisions and regulatory decision summaries
Learn more about the Drug and Health Product register.
The Clinical Trials database provides information on clinical trials involving human pharmaceutical and biological drugs in patients in Canada.
find the sponsor of a clinical trial
determine the trial status and study population of a clinical trial
find clinical trials that are relevant to a specific medical condition
Learn more about the Clinical Trials database.
The Submissions Under Review list provides information about submissions currently under review and certain drug submissions formerly under review.
Refer to the list to:
make better decisions about your health
identify substances accepted for review in Canada
Learn more about the Submissions Under Review list.
The Drug and Health Products Inspections database provides information on establishment licences and inspections.
access information on inspections for the different inspection programs
view the inspection report card summary of establishments that have been inspected
learn which establishments for health products are currently licensed or registered in Canada
Learn more about the Drug and Health Products Inspections database.
The Drug Submission Tracking System - Industry Access provides sponsors with access to information about their own drug submissions. Access is granted via user names and passwords.
Sponsors can search the database to view:
the review target dates of the sponsors submissions
the screening or review status of the sponsors submissions
The list of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need is a list of drugs not approved for sale in Canada that are allowed to be imported into Canada and sold in the notifying jurisdiction for one year.
learn what urgent public health needs exist in Canada
find out if an unauthorized drug is available in Canada for an urgent health need
find out the intended use or purpose of a drug available in Canada for an urgent health need
Learn more about the list of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need.
The Notice of Compliance database provides Notice of Compliance information on drugs approved for sale in Canada.
find out if a drug has received a Notice of Compliance
find out if conditions associated with a Notice of Compliance with conditions have been fulfilled
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This Rover 220 Turbo Tom Cat is rather special and is one of two pre-production cars that Rover built especially to break a number of speed and endurance records in 1992. This was the most powerful production car built by Rover capable of 150 mph and 0-60 in just 6.2 seconds. In the summer of 1992 two pre-production cars were stripped back to a bare shell by the Rover development team, checked and rebuilt with various modifications including a roll cage, large capacity fuel tank, racing seat and various safety devices in readiness for the speed records on the 29th August 1992 at the Millbrook test track in Bedfordshire. The entire team working on the car had also been involved with the development of the production model. The speed and endurance records they broke were previously held by Porsche, BMW and Bentley and Alfa Romeo. These cars were set up to run at a top speed of just under 160mph. Six speed records were broken and ratified by the RAC ranging from an average speed over 10 miles of 155.53 mph to averaging 138.43 mph over 25 hours. Some of this was done in conditions of poor visibilty which can be seen in the video of the event which can be viewed below. The only mileage that the car is believed to have done was on the testing grounds when it achieved the record and this amounts to approximately 7,000 miles. This is all documented on a video taken of the team and cars in action during the record attempt.
It is finished in white with the relevant advertising decals of that time. Other than a few miles driven on normal roads it remains the same today as it was at the time of the record breaking event. The overall condition of the car remains superb as you would expect of a car that has had such limited use
On file we have several data sheets showing recorded times as well as a promotional photograph of the car outside the test centre and a letter from the RAC ratifying the speed record. This car is not registered for road use, but we have a vin number and it should be possible to register it if need be which will be the responsibility of the next custodian should they wish to do so.
Performance is certainly very quick and smooth !
Here is a full video that was taken of the speed record and the cars in action.
This is a very rare opportunity to buy a piece of motoring history which has been fully documented. Given its provenance, in years to come this car can only advance in value. This is the first time this car has been available for sale for the best part of two decades. After the record attempt it spent some time in a museum and has had the same private owner since then
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Facebook among tech companies giving paid time off to protest
Posted: Apr 24, 2017 6:51 PM CST
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Can you imagine asking your boss for paid time-off to protest? If you work for a growing number of Bay Area tech companies, chances are your boss will say yes.
Facebook is just the latest, giving employees leave on May 1st, which of course is a traditional day of protest about one issue or another.
The social media giant told the Los Angeles Times it makes for an inclusive workplace where employees are comfortable expressing opinions and speaking up.
“I would assume that they are not telling you what to protest or what to say. But again it’s a way that you can attract and retain creative, smart and engaged talent and that’s what tech companies are all about right now,” KCBS technology analyst Larry Magid said.
Google and some smaller tech companies including Fauna, Buoyant, Jelly Industries and Atipica have opened the door to paid public protest by employees.
The next time President Donald Trump complains of “paid protesters,” he may be correct.
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10 great songs over 6 minutes long
As someone who writes songs that tend to hover around the 2 and a half minute mark, I've always been critical of songs that are 5 or 6 minutes but don't seem to go anywhere. I have begun to think of 6 minutes as an anchor for song length. If you're going to write a longer song you have to earn that length and not just cram a bunch of extra choruses at the end. You want your song to create a feeling, set a mood, entertain, and then finish before overstaying its welcome. Here are 10 songs that have absolutely earned their right to push past that 6 minute mark.
Check out the "10 Great Songs Over 6 Minutes" Spotify playlist at the bottom of this post!
the War On Drugs - An Ocean In Between the Waves
This whole album by The War On Drugs is chock-full of great rock songs over 6 minutes. By layering electric guitars and keyboards with clever fills and brilliant solos, each track feels like an epic journey. Despite having a frantic energy to it, An Ocean In Between the Waves is in no rush to lay out every surreal detail. Adam Granduciel's gruff voice is especially passionate here and everything leads to a guitar solo that is absolutely stellar.
fionn regan - bunker or basement
Fionn Regan's debut album The End of History is one of my favorite folk albums of all time. Son of a classical guitarist, Fionn Regan stole my heart with his stunning melodies and by turning fingerpicking into an art form. The entire album is full of shorter folk songs but the last track Bunker of Basement is different. When the song is nearly complete, Regan's acoustic guitar and the piano play off each other in an outro that demands your attention with its emotional resonance.
Lucy Dacus - Map On A Wall
I could listen to Lucy Dacus' silky voice all day. This song has a beautiful vulnerability to it, especially her repeated refrain of "oh please don't make fun of me." The opening guitar takes its time, letting each verse land and setting the scene for the song for 3 minutes before upping the intensity with the full band. The key to the arrangement of this song is to add just enough from the band to enhance the performance while backing off enough to let Dacus' vocals shine.
damien jurado - silver donna
Damien Jurado has one of the most unique voices; always wavering with emotion. On Silver Donna he layers his vocals to wailing extremes over heavy hand drums and a funky bass line to create an intensity that fits right in with his created land of Maraqopa. There may not be a traditional verse/chorus structure and the bass line never changes but there is so much to enjoy and unpack in this song you will be far from bored.
Any doubts about Radiohead's place in music history were quickly erased when the band released their grammy winning breakout album OK Computer in 1997. One of the main singles, Paranoid Android, feels almost like a punk song; albeit one played with unbelievable skill and centered around an acoustic guitar. Each musician in this band is a master of his craft and they built a perfect rock anthem. Thom Yorke's voice emits attitude yet never loses its beautiful allure, the melody is catchy, and the guitar solo knocks your face off.
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Chicago, Sufjan Steven's early masterpiece, proves that arrangement matters. Playing many instruments himself, his epic score builds on just four chords and three melodies. Despite a string section, horns and a children's choir, Sufjan's hushed vulnerability in his vocals are the most captivating part of a song with plenty to offer.
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The Jerfs - BAD LUCK
Bad Luck, my favorite from The Jerfs' album Hypervigilante, covers three melodic ideas brilliantly. Their traditional rock band line up is enhanced with thoughtful arrangements, solid instrumentation and the unbelievable chemistry of the two singers Amy Braun and Laura DiMonte. They begin with anguished harmonies over a lone ukulele before moving to lighter, syncopated vocals over heavy toms - a moment to make The Tuneyards proud. Finally the song culminates into a kick ass outro.
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Deerhunter uses two different vocalists very well. The solid baritone of Lockett Pundt paired with Bradford Cox's eerie tenor is startlingly beautiful. Like Bunker or Basement the instrumental jam at the end really gets me.
Dirty Projectors - useful chamber
The Dirty Projectors produce some of the best vocal arrangements I've ever heard. Singers Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman operate as instruments with their surreal layers of harmonies. Rather than repeat the same melody in a verse/chorus format, this song has motifs and references the melody throughout with different arrangements and styles. Their music is no doubt chaotic but it's grounded in such talent and cleverness.
Kurt Vile - Lost My hEAD tHERE
This song is just fun. Kurt Vile mixes quirky lyrics with a basic piano progression in a song about songwriting through depression. As Vile himself says "I don't wanna, talk about it, yell about it oh no. Me I just wanna sing about it." He punctuates his throaty voice with the occasional high pitched "oooops" as he sings about losing his head. The outro gets increasingly surreal as he "levitates."
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All Girls Weekend
Director(s) : Scott MARSHALL
Writer(s) : R.a. WHITE, Scott MARSHALL, Jeffrey Ray WINE
Cast : Christina RICCI, Owen BENJAMIN, Ann-Margret ,Matthew LILLARD, Cedric The ENTERTAINER, Louise GRIFFITHS, Sandra TAYLOR, Martin KLEBBA
Producer(s) : Michael MENDELSOHN, Scott REED, John THOMPSON
Synopsis: A football jock (Owen Benjamin) is sentenced to participate in a medieval renaissance fair by his college professor (Cedric The Entertainer) in order to pass his class. Set in the world of a Renaissance Faire, "All's Faire in Love" is a light-hearted romp, a romantic camp comedy, falling somewhere between "Shakespeare In Love" and "Meatballs". After years of performing together, a rag-tag theatre troupe is about to lose its prime gig at Ye Olde Times Renaissance Faire when the Faire's owner threatens to hand over their stage to a rival troupe of conceited, classically-trained Shakespearean actors. The gonzo group must revive their act and find help from an unexpected source - their two new backstage hands, a young actor and actress (Christina Ricci) who must overcome all manner of subterfuge and opposition to prove their worth, win the day, and - perhaps - fall in love.
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Published: 20:38 Updated: 20:39 Wednesday 15 January 2020
A row has broken out over whether a housebuilder can be relied upon to ensure a new estate in Chorley does not pose a flood risk.
Redrow was granted outline permission last September for what is now a 53-home development between Lucas Lane and Town Lane in Whittle-le-Woods. The approval was subject to conditions meaning the developer will have to demonstrate that it has designed a surface water drainage system capable of coping with a one-in-100-year “critical storm”.
Redrow have been given approval for the plot of land in Whittle-le-Woods (image: Google)
Those plans will be put forward before building begins, but as the application came back before Chorley Council’s planning committee to deal with separate details about the design of the dwellings, locals seized upon the opportunity to revisit their concerns over flooding.
Paul Newall, speaking on behalf of Whittle-le-Woods Residents' Association, said flood mitigation measures on Redrow’s completed Lucas Green development nearby “have not worked well, if at all”.
“Existing residents were assured that there would be reliable systems to avoid any increase in the flood risk. These included balancing ponds, expected to capture and control surface water run-off,” Mr. Newall explained.
“But during heavy periods of rain, gardens are being eroded and flooded. For these reasons, residents are suspicious that a similar attenuation system at the [new] site...may not be entirely effective.”
Redrow has told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that it has never received reports of flooding at its previous Whittle development.
The residents' association also commissioned a hydrology consultant to assess the flood risk report presented by Redrow for its latest site. That concluded that the surface water flooding risk had not been “adequately addressed”.
But the company which compiled the report for Redrow rubbished that claim. The committee was presented with a statement from Waterco which said that although the wider Whittle area had experienced flooding, records showed “no historical flooding had affected the [Lucas Lane] site”.
It added that the drainage plans were designed to mimic or even reduce existing water run-off rates from the current greenfield plot, so that “there should be no adverse effects downstream”.
Responding to concerns that residents would be “cut out” of the next stage of the flood assessment process when Redrow’s plans are presented for final approval to Chorley Council officers, the authority’s planning services manager, Adele Hayes, said that the relevant matters would be discharged in “the public domain” - with an opportunity for locals to comment. However, the issue will not return to the plannign committee unless members opt to "call-in" the plans.
Following the meeting, Craig Ward, technical director for Redrow Homes (Lancashire), said: “We understand the concern of local residents, but all flood mitigation measures for our proposed new development in Whittle-le-Woods were presented at the outline planning stage, with support from the Lead Local Flood Authority [Lancashire County Council].
“We will agree all measures with the regulators and implement them in full accordance with the planning approval. Once complete, the development will not contribute any further surface water to the system than is currently experienced and, in addition, measures will be put in place to store surface water during periods of above average rainfall so it can be released at a restricted rate.
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“We believe that flood prevention measures implemented at our previous Lucas Green development have been effective and, certainly, we have not received any reports of flooding at that development.”
The planning committee approved the ‘reserved matters’ relating to the design and layout of the new development - which included a reduction in the overall number of properties from the 83 originally planned. Members heard that there were a number of “constraints” in developing the site - including its topography and measures to mitigate noise from the nearby M61 motorway.
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Don't Worry, Philadelphia Isn't Actually Bubbling With Radioactive Waste
Henry Grabar
At least, that's not what's going on in this widely circulated photo of a sinkhole filled with bright green ooze.
Here's where we figure out who the real infrastructure geeks are.
Last week, photographer Steven Reitz captured this photo of a sinkhole in Philadelphia that appeared to be filled with a Ghostbusters-esque green ooze. When the image exploded on Reddit, there was naturally some talk about sludge, slime, and pending mutations to the local population.
The explanation, depending on how you feel about wastewater systems, is cooler or less cool. The Philadelphia Water Department, according to NBC 10, uses harmless dyes to trace the connections of sinkholes underground, in an effort to detect their relationship with other underground water deposits. Neon green, obviously, is a particularly visible hue, though the department also uses red and blue.
Anything to get the people interested in water management, right?
Top image by Steven Reitz.
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Henry Grabar is a staff writer for Slate’s Moneybox and a former fellow at CityLab. He lives in New York.
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Craik, Neil (2015): International EIA Law and Geoengineering: Do Emerging Technologies Require Special Rules? (forthcoming)
Craik, Neil (2015): International EIA Law and Geoengineering: Do Emerging Technologies Require Special Rules? (forthcoming).
"This article explores the adequacy of the international rules on environmental impact assessment (EIA) to contribute to geoengineering governance with a focus on three fundamental challenges. First, the near universal trigger for EIA is the likelihood of significant environmental impact, which may prove to be insufficiently precautionary in light of current risk preferences surrounding geoengineering. Second, the scope of EIA has traditionally focused narrowly on the assessment of direct physical impacts, however many of the concerns that geoengineering research raises relate to environmental and social risks associated with downstream technological implications."
Read more » Craik, Neil (2015): International EIA Law and Geoengineering: Do Emerging Technologies Require Special Rules? (forthcoming)
Crook, J.; et al. (2015): A Comparison of Temperature and Precipitation Responses to Different Earth Radiation Management Geoengineering Schemes
Crook, J.; Jackson, L. S.; Osprey, S. M.; Forster, P. M. (2015): A Comparison of Temperature and Precipitation Responses to Different Earth Radiation Management Geoengineering Schemes. In J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., pp. n/a-n/a. DOI 10.1002/2015JD023269
"We compare six different radiation management schemes that use surface, troposphere and stratosphere interventions in a single climate model in which we projected future climate from 2020 to 2099 based on RCP4.5. We analyze the surface air temperature responses to determine how effective the schemes are at returning temperature to its 1986-2005 climatology and analyze precipitation responses to compare side effects."
Read more » Crook, J.; et al. (2015): A Comparison of Temperature and Precipitation Responses to Different Earth Radiation Management Geoengineering Schemes
The Grist: Can Geoengineering Save Us from Climate Change?
"Despite the cleverness of geoengineering, one frequently encountered counterargument is that geoengineering alone is not a sustainable solution in the long term, as it does nothing to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere and can often have negative side effects on the environment."
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Grandey, B. S.; Wang, C. (2015): Enhanced marine sulphur emissions offset global warming and impact rainfall
Grandey, B. S.; Wang, C. (2015): Enhanced marine sulphur emissions offset global warming and impact rainfall. In Scientific reports 5, p. 13055–13055. DOI 10.1038/srep13055
"Artificial fertilisation of the ocean has been proposed as a possible geoengineering method for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The associated increase in marine primary productivity may lead to an increase in emissions of dimethyl sulphide (DMS), the primary source of sulphate aerosol over remote ocean regions, potentially causing direct and cloud-related indirect aerosol effects on climate."
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The Conversation: No Escaping the Blue Planet
"So from the cruel fantasy of Plan C we are obliged to return to Plan A, and do all we can to slow the geological clock that has ticked over into the Anthropocene. If, on this Earthen beast provoked, a return to the halcyon days of an undisturbed climate is no longer possible, at least we can resolve to calm the agitations of “the wakened giant” and so make this new and unwanted epoch one in which humans can survive."
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Eureka: 'Diamonds from the sky' approach turns CO2 into valuable products
"Finding a technology to shift carbon dioxide (CO2 ), the most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas, from a climate change problem to a valuable commodity has long been a dream of many scientists and government officials. Now, a team of chemists says they have developed a technology to economically convert atmospheric CO2 directly into highly valued carbon nanofibers for industrial and consumer products."
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Phys.org: Study finds geoengineering technique would not stop sea level rise
Media response to Applegate, Patrick J.; Keller, Klaus (2015). "Albedo modification, an emerging technology with the potential to offset some aspects of climate change, shouldn't be counted on as a short-term solution to stop rising global sea levels, according to a new study from Penn State geoscientists."
Read more » Phys.org: Study finds geoengineering technique would not stop sea level rise
Applegate, Patrick J.; Keller, Klaus (2015): How effective is albedo modification (solar radiation management geoengineering) in preventing sea-level rise from the Greenland Ice Sheet?
Applegate, Patrick J.; Keller, Klaus (2015): How effective is albedo modification (solar radiation management geoengineering) in preventing sea-level rise from the Greenland Ice Sheet? In Environ. Res. Lett. 10 (8), p. 84018–84018. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084018
"Here, we assess AM's ability to reduce GIS sea-level contributions over decades to centuries, using a simplified ice sheet model. We drive this model using a business-as-usual base temperature forcing scenario, as well as scenarios that reflect AM-induced temperature stabilization or temperature drawdown."
Read more » Applegate, Patrick J.; Keller, Klaus (2015): How effective is albedo modification (solar radiation management geoengineering) in preventing sea-level rise from the Greenland Ice Sheet?
Bozzi, E.; et al. (2015): Mimicking biochar-albedo feedback in complex Mediterranean agricultural landscapes
Bozzi, E.; Genesio, L.; Toscano, P.; Pieri, M.; Miglietta, F. (2015): Mimicking biochar-albedo feedback in complex Mediterranean agricultural landscapes. In Environ. Res. Lett. 10 (8), p. 84014–84014. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084014
"However, some side effects of large-scale biochar application need to be investigated. In particular a massive use of a low-reflecting material on large cropland areas may impact the climate via changes in surface albedo. Twelve years of MODIS-derived albedo data were analysed for three pairs of selected agricultural sites in central Italy."
Read more » Bozzi, E.; et al. (2015): Mimicking biochar-albedo feedback in complex Mediterranean agricultural landscapes
Call for Abstracts: Climate Change, Capitalism, Geoengineering (ISA)
Deadline: 30. September 2015
CfP for the International Sociological Association Conference. "This session addresses many of the questions that are left out of the discussion, such as: What is the relationship between capitalism and climate geoengineering? Is geoengineering a necessary consequence of capitalism or can it be avoided in an ecologically modernized regime of ‘green’ capitalism?"
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Microsoft Abandons Controversial Employee Review System
By David Roe | Nov 13, 2013
Microsoft is abandoning its controversial stack ranking employee review and compensation system, which encourages workers to compete rather than work collaboratively. The move comes just months before Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to retire.
If you were cynical, you might think the review system and Ballmer's imminent departure are related. Is Ballmer unwilling to review his controversial 13-year tenure at the helm? Maybe, but it is probably pushing the analysis of this change a little too far.
The Ballmer Question
No matter what happens between now, the announcement of a new CEO and Ballmer's exit, there have long been questions about the leadership at Microsoft. Ballmer, in fact, has been a subject of considerable discussion and conjecture, with a lot of the reviews trending from negative to critical.
However, the abandonment of the stack ranking seems to have less to do with Ballmer and more to do with the One Microsoft policy introduced earlier in the year. That policy is designed to break down silos, make divisions of Microsoft more interconnected and, more importantly, make them more sensitive to customer and market demands.
It is also designed to develop internal talent, something which has been very difficult by the top heavy style of management current in Microsoft and the practice of stack ranking. Under the system, Microsoft ranked employees along a bell-curve with five points between good and poor performers.
It was designed to weed out poor performers, but also forced managers to grade workers against each other — a practice that proved controversial, since the rankings were also used to allocate bonuses, equity awards and salary.
Employees claimed it created power struggles at the management level and impeded innovation among the rest of the workforce. It also resulted in haphazard rankings and pay awards that some employees argued reflected internal rivalries more than professional achievements.
Lisa Brummel, head of human resources at Microsoft, said the system was designed for the old Microsoft — a company that was based on individual achievements. The new, restructured Microsoft depends on interdepartmental cooperation and team collaboration to develop products and releases faster.
Microsoft Restructured Workforce
News of the changes were revealed in an email sent to employees yesterday and addressed to “Global Employees” and republished in full in the Wall Street Journal.
It said the changes were based on feedback from thousands of employees in the past few years. It also follows a review of numerous external programs and practices. There are four key elements to the changes:
Emphasis on teamwork and collaboration: This encourages workers to be more collaborative and assesses how they use ideas and input from others.
Employee growth and development: This will involve “timely” feedback and meaningful discussions with employees through a process called Connect. This is intended to help employees develop at a pace that suits their place in the company.
No more curve: While there will still be a rewards system for all employees, managers will be given the principal role in deciding who merits what bonuses or pay within the limitations of allocated budgets.
No more ratings: Focus on will be on progress across individual projects.
The Change Starts Now
The change to the new system will begin immediately — good news for Microsoft employees, none of which are likely to be sorry to see the stack ranking system go. But don't think the stack ranking concept itself is dead.
Yahoo's Marissa Mayer just introduced something similar, according to reports in AllThingsD. The same report claims more than 600 Yahoo employees have been fired in the past few weeks for twice failing to make the grade. Some Yahoo employees are complaining that using a bell curve is forcing managers to give some workers low ratings, even if they are performing adequately.
At Microsoft, however, the end of the ranking system seems to be a positive move. The company is changing rapidly and tensions in the workplace created by such a system can only hamper the shift to a more agile and streamlined company.
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Rick Springfield played to a packed house Thursday night at the Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
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TULSA, Okla. — They were on their feet cheering before he ever graced the stage. And once he did, they knew every lyric by heart.
Rick Springfield played to a packed house of lifelong fans Thursday night at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
The Grammy award winner was walking on rose petals at the first beat of “Affair of the Heart” and fans continued giving him the rockstar treatment as the band rolled into “Light This Party Up” without missing a beat.
Springfield brought his personal brand of power pop to The Joint, and played all the songs from his four decade career that fans were dying to hear.
Springfield has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody” and “Human Touch.”
In 2019, Springfield released his 17th studio album, “Orchestrating My Life,” a revisitation of a lifetime of his hits. It includes the new song “Irreplaceable,” dedicated to his mother who passed away in 2017.
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Is Marvel Unlimited Worth It In 2020?
January 3, 2020 by Dave 23 Comments
Now that I’ve written reviews of Marvel Unlimited for most of the decade, I’m well aware that most “Is Marvel Unlimited Worth It” conversations can be quite succinctly summed up by a simple one word: YES!
In an increasingly crowded digital comics streaming landscape, though, this question isn’t quite so simple. Although Marvel Unlimited continues to offer the single best value for digital comics subscriptions by several thousand miles, the service has historically had notable limitations that truly reduce new users ability to actually read their comics.
An evaluation of pros and cons is well worth it before you commit your money.
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What Is Marvel Unlimited Exactly?
For the uninitiated, Marvel Unlimited is the digital subscription service offered by Marvel Comics. For a monthly fee of $9.99, or an annual fee of $69.99 (or $99.99 for Marvel Unlimited Plus), you get access to the Marvel Unlimited digital library of comics on your desktop or mobile app.
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In short, it’s a Netflix or Spotify “all-you-can-eat” style service strictly for Marvel Comics.
I’ve detailed what’s in the Marvel Unlimited library here, but essentially you can read the entire history of Marvel Comics, and well over 30,000 comic books, at whatever pace you choose. Seriously, the library of comics is immense, to the point that Comic Book Herald’s reading club (and podcast!) covers Marvel Comics published in every year from 1961 through present day with more than enough to read, and only very minor gaps.
The question has come up several times, so note that Marvel Unlimited is different from reading comics on the Marvel Comics app. Once you have subscribed to Marvel Unlimited, you do not need to pay for individual comics on the Marvel Unlimited app.
Why Wouldn’t You Sign Up For Marvel Unlimited?
Honestly, if you’re interested in getting started with Marvel Comics, or catching up on series you may have missed, Marvel Unlimited is a fantastic value.
Seriously, for the price of an annual subscription you could purchase maybe 7 new trade paperbacks of Marvel stories, totaling something like 42 issues of comics. As a reminder, Marvel Unlimited has well over 30,000 comics plus the Star Wars comics universe.
It is insanely good value.
As such, I find it easier to discuss the reasons you might not want Marvel Unlimited. Since I brought it up in the intro, we’ll look at technical issues first.
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Following the launch of the Marvel Unlimited app in 2013, there were a number of years where app functionality was the primary setback for MU.
At this point in time, that’s largely a thing of the past. Both Android and iOS apps are generally easy to use and operate, with fewer of the quirks that prevent you from reading comics. I do definitely have some strange ticks reading Marvel Unlimited through my Kindle Fire. For example, the bottom rail menu frequently disappears while I’m using the service, giving me a huge headache trying to navigate or download issues for offline reading.
Now, since Marvel Unlimited isn’t actually available through the Kindle store, I’m a little less surprised by technical misfires. I do wish Marvel would commit to a Kindle friendly version of the app, though, instead of leaving it up to owners figuring out how to add Google Play to their tablets.
Throughout the years Marvel Unlimited has also sported strange password issues, making it a challenge for users to log in and out. This concern comes and goes, but it’s worth noting that the service has more preventative bugs than I’ve ever encountered with apps like Spotify or Netflix. There are times when I feel like I need to re-enter my password dozens of times a week just to use MU and that’s solvable, but annoying.
Marvel Unlimited does have a support team, and while they have improved at responses (particularly on Twitter), it can be a challenge to get hold of a fix when locked out.
Heading in to the year, I’ve been happy with my ability to access Marvel Unlimited, and with very limited downtime. Mileage may vary, but fingers crossed this trend continues.
You Only Want To Read The Newest Comics
Marvel Unlimited is most useful for anyone who wants to catch up on a vast, overwhelming library of 30,000 plus comics. It’s for readers who want to consume every story ever told.
It’s not great for readers who want to keep up with the latest and greatest in Marvel publishing. If you want to know what’s going on in Amazing Spider-Man right now, Marvel Unlimited is not the service for you. Your best bet is going to be picking up Amazing Spider-Man issues from your local comic shop, or digitally through Amazonology .
For the most part, Marvel Unlimited adds new comics 6 months after their publication date. For example, Marvel’s War of the Realms began publication in May 2019, and by the end of the year the first issues from the initiative are appearing in the Marvel Unlimited library.
It’s worth noting as well that the Marvel Unlimited team has gotten very effective at adding more comics to the library over the past few years, filling in everything from 90’s X-Men to 70’s Tigra! New comics are added weekly, so the library is constantly expanding.
You Use a Kindle or Surface (Or non iOS & Android compatible device)
I’ve enjoyed reading comics on a Kindle Fire for well over a year now, but as I mentioned one of the biggest downsides is there is no Amazon compatible Marvel Unlimited app.
Tech savvy comic fans will point out that you can sideload Marvel Unlimited onto your Kindle. For a long time this sounded like brain surgery to me, and not necessarily a risk I wanted to run on my tablet. I can assure you now it’s very achievable for even those who don’t consider themselves tech savvy.
It’s unclear whether Marvel has any plans to add compatible app versions for Kindle, Surface, and the other outsiders. It’s possible Amazon’s ownership of Comixology makes Marvel less likely to play within their ecosystem, although that’s purely conjecture. If you’re home on WiFi or have plenty of data, you could also always use the desktop application of Marvel Unlimited, although I certainly prefer the in-app experience on a mobile device.
Why I Love Marvel Unlimited
If you’re comparing services, Marvel Unlimited offers full runs of series it includes, separating it tremendously from the sampler platter mentality of Comixology Unlimited.
DC Universe is interesting competition (finally!), and did launch with the immediately superior ability to download comics. Nonetheless, the comic offering is following Marvel Unlimited’s lead in every other way, and lags behind on user experience, navigation, and filtering. I’m excited DC Universe exists, not least of which because it pushes Marvel Unlimited to improve. But make no mistake that MU is still the best game in town, regardless of preferred content.
If you’re into my other favorite digital comic library service, Hoopla Digital, Marvel Unlimited offers a perfect complement, since Hoopla will carry various Marvel collections, but not the depth of full runs in MU.
I’ll continue happily subscribing Marvel Unlimited, and expect that their team is hard at work improving a service that has only gotten better in the decade I’ve been using it.
There’s no other way to enjoy Marvel Comics so easily so despite its flaws…
Make mine Marvel Unlimited!
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When working, Marvel Unlimited is a 5 star value, and the best paid digital comic library in the game.
Unfortunately, technical issues and account freezing can seriously limit certain users. Until the problem is fixed across the board, it’s a warning subscribers deserve to hear.
For the patient willing to put up with this, though, Marvel Unlimited remains a highly recommended way to read Marvel Comics.
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Roger Casselman says
I subscribed to Marvel Unlimited for a year. I found it to be a total ripoff. Support was useless and virtually non-existent, The interface was terrible, really had a lot of trouble getting back to where I was. Had a lot of trouble reading older books. The index I liked but it kept disappearing and I was bombarded with marketing of new books I did not want to read. It was like they were saying ” we know what you want to read but we want you to read this instead…and we want you to pay for it”. I thought that by paying a subscription fee I could read the books that were free online that I wanted to read. No… extremely frustrating. I have been reading Marvel books for decades but I don’t recommend their online service. Don’t waste your money or your time.
Virtual Oasis says
I’m considering this but as of April 2019, DC Universe has 800,000 comics. They have every issue according to what I’ve read minus the past 12 months. That and the inclusion of all the new TV series, every Superfriends episode ever, lots of modern cartoons, and more makes Marvel look like Marvel “Bullet Holes” instead of Bullpen.I’ll join when they list everything. Until then I’m not going to “Make My $10 a Month Marvel.”
halsted welles says
Marvel Unlimited is overpriced, that’s why I get my comics from Hercsdvds dot xyz. He has a huge library of digital comics with better deals, his sets are complete and up to date for a fraction of the cost on comixology or marvel unlimited.
yk says
No FLIPPING WAY! Thanks dude or dudette, I just read this i heard of MU but considered it a paid service or useless value. My ignorance is clearly visible. This thing sounds great. HOLY FLIP BRO THX.
Steven Whyton says
Since I joined at the start of 2019, my experience is nothing but positive with MU so I can only assume that, since this piece was written, that things have improved. There is the very occasional ‘cannot load’ message but that sort of thing happens with pretty much every online digital service… you”re kind of at the mercy of your data network.
So, I now while away my bus commute with my new iPad pro; the comics look amazing and the responsiveness is extremely impressive as is the size and scope of the catalogue.
I have been away from comics for a long, long time; it is only recently that my interest has been re-kindled and so I use my MU subscription for two reasons:
1. To wade thru Marvel’s back catalogue, using the reading guides here to decide what I’m interested in… the major events and also my favourite characters from when I was a teenager
2. To read the latest comics.
The latter might sound odd because you do point out the 6 month gap between hard-copy publication and digital publication and that MU isn’t ideal for the latest and greatest. The question that I had to ask myself is whether or not I’m bothered about being 6 months behind the ‘bleeding edge’ of comic book story arcs… and the answer was … not really! I’m perfectly happy to consume just about every comic book that marvel produces while being sometime behind the story lines… but I appreciate that this approach is not for everybody.
Whatever you use it for, I’d happily recommend MU as I think it offers tremendous value for money, great enjoyment, a pretty stable service and on any modern tablet computer the books themselves just look amazing… honestly… they’re stunning.
Mormegil says
2018 was bug free for Marvel Unlimited. I use it regularly and never had an issue.
Andrew Buckle says
Pondering about re-starting my subscription especially as they have added a lot of great comics of late such as many old Daredevil issues + Sub Mariner (finally) but the technical issues have been a concern – the password issue is a frustration, can’t see why they haven’t resolved that as surely they must receive many e-mails telling them about it (I know I was one). Still, it is great value (just a pity DC doesn’t have a comparable service)
Dave D says
1990s Ghost Rider is missing issues 21-25 and then 28-92. And everything after 93. It’s a real big bummer to me – that was my favorite book as a teenager. But there’s all the X-Men anyone could ever want… sigh.
Silly me, 93 is the last one from that series. Still, years and years of gaps before that. I hope they digitize those eventually.
Cam T says
It’s a good deal, but don’t expect the backlog to be as robust as the author says. There are huge gaps in a lot of the popular titles. Notably in the early 90s when the new school artists (Liefield, Lee, Macfarlane, Silvestri) were in their prime. If you’re looking to fill in the blanks on any X or Spider-Man stories… not going to happen.
Mariano Cholakian says
Oh… it has its blanks? I thought it was really complete…
Before the 2000s, there are plenty of gaps, which makes sense given a lot of these comics would need to be scanned page by page as there would have been no original digital file for it.
If you look at Modern Marvel comics, it feels like you’ll find a gap only 0.1% of the time
Mark Boersma says
What about all of the Marvel Masterworks reprint hardcovers? I would think digital copies of all of those would be available to Marvel?
Chris Burns says
Unlimited doesn’t offer trades, only single issues. Most (all?) of the stuff found in the Masterworks books is there in single issue form though.
Honestly I’ve found very few holes in their library in 3 years of using the service. The only ones I can remember are Power Pack and any of their Marvel MAX (adult content) books like Alias.
They’re over 20,000 books now. You have to work pretty hard to find stuff that isn’t here.
Adam Hill says
Just a datapoint.
I use the iOS app primarily. (6sPlus, 9.7″ iPad 2 and 12.9″ iPad) I have never gotten a “Stopped working” dialog or has it ever asked me to reset my password.
My largest issue has always been older comics where Smart panel was broken (zooming way too far into a panel) and if you click very quickly on the RHS or LHS to advance pages, Smart panel will turn off.
MU is an insanely good value and is the app I use to show off why my 12.9″ iPad Pro is not “too big” 🙂
I find I get very few issues with the app. I’d say it works well 95% of my time (running it on two android devices). If anything, it’s my tablet that will screw up more than the app.
Away from that, Marvel Unlimited has been great value for me. I started off as a comic newbie 6 months ago, and now I’ve read about 100 comics per month. I’ve been making my way through comics from early 2000s with my goal of finishing at Secret Wars, at which point I’ll go back and read specific series in their entirety.
I guess you could say, when Marvel claims their app has over 17,000 comics, I see that as a challenge to read them all.
Trey Conrad says
I’ve sideloaded MU on my Kindle and it really wasn’t that hard and I haven’t had a lot of issues with it. I’ll even go so far to say that between my phone, my Kindle and my PC it seems to be less buggy on the Kindle. It’s really slow but still it’s there and it works consistently.
Altair says
Planning to get MU in this week.Already subscribed to Comic Book Herald’s reading club hope I will start reading MU from this week
Andre says
It’s hard, really hard. I love the value we get for the price but right now, with the reading club starting again I have so many problems with the app on my IPad Air 2.
I always have to download the comics because it doesn’t load the just to read the online.
The loading takes sooooooo much time….
But the weirdest or worst or I don’t know is, that there are great HD like looking comics (f.a. X-Man #60) and at the same time there are really bad looking ones (uncanny x-men from the some time period). I like to read in smart panel mode but for some it works perfect and for some It just fails. It’s almost as if there are two totally different modes sometime. One that’s new and working without a flaw and a second which is …. can’t read anything.
Yeah, this is exactly it. The irony is that MU’s biggest upside (value) is perpetually undermined by software issues that devalue. That’s been the story for years. Nothing really beats even the possibility of all those comics at your fingertips, though.
My general sense of smart panel reading is it works quite well for any comic added to the Marvel Unlimited library after 2013. Anything earlier – especially those late 90’s through early 2000’s books – it’s basically unusable.
André says
Tried it on my Android Phone abd there the loading works far better. Seems like the apple app is not as good as the google store app?!
Brandon Harbeke says
I have not seen the “Unfortunately” screen above. What platform/app are you on when you see that?
The main problem I have had is when I get the sample instead of the full comic. To solve that, I generally have to log out, then log back in. This is irritating, but it only happens for the first comic of the day at most.
Really, the value is amazing, and I have gotten to read so much that I would never have sought out in print. 2015’s addition of almost the entire Star Wars output from Dark Horse was a major positive change in the service.
Android tablet gets that error a bunch. Usually I just try, try, try until finally something clicks. Really just a matter of patience, but not something I experience with other apps.
I get the sample problem a bunch, too. I’m always signed in when it happens which is bizarre. I’ve been lucky enough to just click back to the comic details and when I reload the issue it takes me to page 4 as if nothing happened. Logging out terrifies me because I’m worried I won’t be able to log back in without resetting my password!
Like you say, though, I wouldn’t love Marvel Comics like I do without Marvel Unlimited. Not even close. Also, I’d be completely, wholeheartedly broke.
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You are a living bridge between India and the World, President tells diaspora
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Pradeep Rana Wednesday, January 23rd 2019
The three-day long PBD 2019 concluded today with conferring of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards on 30 Indian diaspora members, with President Ram Nath Kovind calling them "a living bridge between India and the world."
President of India Ram Nath Kovind (centre) presenting the Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan Award to a chosen winner as EAM sushma Swaraj (left) looks on during the final day of the convention at Varanasi today. Photo courtesy: Rashtrapati Bhavan
"[I am] happy to have conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman on 30 members of our diaspora. We value your committed efforts to promote India and to work for the welfare of Indian community abroad. You are a living bridge between India and the world," said President Kovind, who presided over the valedictory session which saw poignant moments of homecoming, nostalgia and reunion of many first-timers whose forefathers left the soil centuries ago.
Tomorrow all are headed to Kumbh Mela, the grandest and biggest congregation of Hindu devotees at Prayagraj and then to Republic Day in Delhi on January 26.
Special Guest and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardee Mr. Himanshu Gulati from Norway delivered the acceptance speech on behalf of all the awardees at #PBD2019 pic.twitter.com/mR1ulDe2mV
— PBD Convention (@PBDConvention) January 23, 2019
Of 30 recipients, 28 are individuals and 2 are organisations comprising diaspora – Indian Community Association in Egypt and Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, which got honour for their community service. All recipients are from 23 countries.
The full list of all 30 awardees is as follows:
Graphic: connected to India
"It is a great honour here being in Varanasi and for many of us of Indian origin living abroad. I would like to thank India government and the people who have been involved that Pravasi Bhartiyas are also being honoured like this and are being involved in India's future," Gulati said in acceptance speech of the awards.
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Here's Dr. Sanjana Jon winner of the 'Nari Udyami Award' 2019 sharing her optimism on women power at #PBD2019 pic.twitter.com/Q1N2knonJZ
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred by the President of India as a part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conventions on a Non Resident Indian (NRI), Person of Indian Origin (PIOs) or organization or institution established and run by NRIs or PIOs, who have made significant contribution in one of the following fields:
Better understanding abroad of India; support to India’s causes and concerns in a tangible way; building closer links between India, the overseas Indian community and their country of residence; social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad; welfare of the local Indian community; Philanthropic and charitable work; eminence in one’s field or outstanding work, which has enhanced India’s prestige in the country of residence; or eminence in skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in that country (for non-professional workers).
President Kovind with the PBSA winners in Varanasi. Photo courtesy: PBD Convention
From 2003 till 2015, 15 PBSAs were awarded during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention every year. Since 2015, PBD Convention is being held bi-annually and the number of PBSAs have been increased to 30.
Since 2015, PBD Convention is being held bi-annually and the number of PBSAs have been increased to 30. Photo courtesy: PBD Convention
A committee of officers constituted by MEA examines the nominations received with a view to ensure their completeness & draw up a short citation on each nominee to facilitate the work of the Jury-cum-Awards-Committee. The Committee comprises Vice President of India - Chairman, Minister of External Affairs - Vice-Chairman, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister - Member, Home Secretary - Member, Foreign Secretary - Member, five members nominated by the PM, Secretary Overseas Indian Affairs in MEA as Member Secretary.
PBD Convention delegates listening to the President's Address. Photo courtesy: PBD Convention
This time 30 awards have been conferred by the President on the Indian Diaspora from diverse fields, including Administration, Arts and Academics, Business and Entrepreneurship, Community and Social Service, Engineering, Medical Science, etc.
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Shri Banwarilal Satya Narayan Goenka received the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from #PresidentKovind at the Valedictory Session of #PBD2019 in Varanasi - today pic.twitter.com/dAiVlqjTXu
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CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi for being conferred the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award for his exemplary contribution. A proud moment for Indian Diaspora in Switzerland. #PBD2019 #PravasiBharatiyaDivas2019 @PBDConvention @SwissMFA @SICCOFFICIAL pic.twitter.com/F1vVze82as
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Pradeep Rana – Senior Correspondent
Pradeep Rana has worked as a journalist with news agencies UNI and PTI, newspapers Indian Express and The Times Of India, and television channel NHK as South Asia Correspondent. He has also worked as Media Analyst at US Embassy, and edited several magazines and a medical handbook.
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Expedition to ‘island of sharks’ gathers hundreds of hours of new ocean data
By Monika Naranjo Gonzalez
Tags: biodiversity Central America Climate Change Cocos Island coral reefs Costa Rica fisheries protected areas Science sharks video
Editor’s note: Last December, a scientific team began the rocky 36-hour boat journey from Puntarenas, Costa Rica, to one of the world’s best dive sites: Cocos Island National Park.
In a project developed jointly with the University of Costa Rica, 18 scientists specializing in diverse fields of marine biology made the trip as part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the health of the underwater ecosystems surrounding the island, a World Heritage Site that Conservation International (CI) has supported for 12 years.
Over the next week and a half, the team would log 310 dives — the equivalent of one diver spending more than 10 straight days underwater. Here are some highlights from the busy expedition.
A tiger shark investigates a net filled with bait on a recent scientific expedition to Cocos Island off the coast of Costa Rica. By documenting which species are attracted to it and how they interact with it, scientists are learning more about predator numbers and behavior around the island. (© Mario Espinoza/University of Costa Rica)
Our main objective was to assess the status of pelagic fish stocks — the species that spend most of their time far from coasts and the seafloor. Monitoring the health of the reefs surrounding the island was also a priority. CI and the University of Costa Rica created a baseline years ago; since then scientists have been assessing changes that have occurred in this natural laboratory and exploring the influence of different factors, such as El Niño, illegal fishing, climate change or the implementation of better protection measures within the park’s waters.
But our scientists weren’t just comparing the past with the present. They were also implementing new research experiments never before conducted in Cocos Island’s waters.
‘ARMS,’ urchins and algae
The researchers installed autonomous reef monitoring structures (known as ARMS) at different points on the reef to take an inventory of marine life that collects on them over one year. The data will then be compared with other sites around the world. They also collected water samples to analyze their chemical composition. These data will create a baseline against which to compare the acidification of the island’s waters in the years to come.
Other researchers conducted the first analysis of sea urchin ecology in the Cocos Island region. The urchins serve important functions within the reef ecosystem, so assessing their populations and determining the extent to which they serve as a food source for other organisms is fundamental for understanding the health of the island’s reefs.
Part of the seabed is covered by a thin layer of algae, the composition of which we still do not know. A UCR student on his first visit to Cocos collected samples that will give us a first look at this unique component of a complex ecosystem.
University of Costa Rica diver Celeste Sanchez surveys coral cover using a quadrant near Cocos Island, Costa Rica. (© Conservation International/photo by Edgardo Ochoa)
Diver holding a tagged sea urchin for an experiment on sea urchin predators near Cocos Island, Costa Rica. The scientists collected different sized urchins and tied them in front of a camera trap in order to observe which organisms would prey on them. (© Conservation International/photo by Edgardo Ochoa)
The secret lives of sharks
As Dr. Mario Espinoza of UCR has spent 10 years studying sharks, visiting a place known as the “island of sharks” for the first time was a big moment for him — and an important place to document what predators are doing when divers aren’t around.
Espinoza placed five baited underwater camera stations on the seabed at various points around Cocos Island. A sixth hung off the stern of the boat, waiting for predators near the surface.
The operation of these instruments is simple: a net filled with bait is attached to the end of a PVC arm. A camera then documents which species are attracted to it and how they interact with it. Espinoza learned this technique working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, where these data helped create a picture of predator numbers there over a 10-year period.
 
On the first day of our expedition, the pelagic trap (the one floating behind the ship) returned to the ship very damaged. The next day, three of the depth traps returned without bait … and missing an arm. The crew and the scientists gathered on the boat to watch the videos. We saw snappers, whitetip, silvertip and blacktip sharks, Galápagos sharks, trigger fish, even rays investigating the net. But we were thrilled when the “star” of the show made an appearance: a huge tiger shark. Now the damage to the traps made more sense. Still, Espinoza was surprised. In all his years working with sharks, this was the first time that his research instruments have suffered damage like this.
Espinoza is not only interested in identifying the species that appear in the videos, but also the interaction they have with the bait and the effect that some species may have on other animals. In the case of the tiger shark, the hierarchy is clear: as soon as he approaches the bait, the prize belongs to him. No other fish was visible when the tiger furiously attacked the trap. Back on land, special software will use this video to provide more data on factors including species abundance and interaction.
Not always smooth sailing
About halfway through our expedition, a storm formed on the horizon. This threat forced us to make a decision familiar to all marine scientists: should we leave, or see if the weather clears up? We decided to delay diving until conditions improved, after which we were able to continue with our work. Later in the week, this would not be the case; we were forced to cancel several dives due to poor weather.
Doing science in the ocean is a privilege, and it’s not easy. In places where the current is strong, you descend by clinging to a line attached to a buoy. The currents, visibility and other conditions can change multiple times a day, demanding vigilance from even the most experienced diver. Cocos Island is one of the best dive sites in the world, but not all divers are up to the challenge.
CI’s Monika Naranjo González uses a line to fight strong currents as she descends into the waters of Cocos Island, Costa Rica. (© Conservation International/photo by Edgardo Ochoa)
“Each hour of diving produces about seven days of lab work once we get ashore,” CI Marine Safety Officer Edgardo Ochoa estimated. That means the work is just beginning. The experts returned to land with suitcases full of samples waiting to be processed as part of the endless effort to better understand one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet: coral reefs.
The Cocos Island expedition team. The expedition was conducted by Conservation International and the University of Costa Rica. (© Conservation International/photo by Marco Quesada)
Data collected on previous expeditions to Cocos Island and elsewhere in Costa Rica have been used to support numerous policies, including: the creation of two marine protected areas and the expansion of another one; the drafting of a national coral reef protection decree (currently in the final stages of approval); the banning of shrimp trawl fisheries in the country; and presently, the installation of an enforcement radar system in Cocos and a process to evaluate a potential increase in Cocos Island’s no-take zones, which would make more of the island’s waters off-limits to fishing.
The new data collected on this expedition will not only strengthen the case for increased protections of these waters, it will also expand our knowledge of how to do it.
Mónika Naranjo González is a communications consultant for CI Costa Rica.
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9 Foods You Should Always Buy Frozen
These frozen foods are healthier and tastier than fresh.
By Isadora Baum
The debate still stands—frozen or fresh? While there are certain instances to purchase foods fresh, such as when they are on sale or in peak season, you really can’t go wrong with buying frozen foods year-round.
What’s more, research suggests that keeping foods frozen can actually preserve nutrients better than fresh, as nutrients degrade over time when fresh foods are stored in the fridge. And more vitamins and minerals means better health for you and your family.
While you can buy fresh, opt for frozen when it comes to these foods. They’ll taste great and work well in the kitchen, no matter what you’re cooking.
Spiralized Veggies
Fresh containers of spiralized vegetables, like zucchini and beet noodles, are all the rage at grocery stores. “They're great because they are lower in carbs than pasta, so I like having them in my fridge when a craving strikes,” says Maggie Michalczyk, MS, RD. Yet there’s an issue—fresh versions often go bad before you get a chance to eat them.
“The good news is that they're in the frozen section, too! Defrost and re-heat when you're ready to use, and put the rest back in the freezer without waste. It’s especially great if you're cooking for one,” she says.
Berries are picked and frozen at the peak of freshness, and they retain all their nutrients. “Raspberries are especially delicate, so before you shell out $4 for a container skim the frozen section to find them at half that price or more,” says Michalcyzk. And consider using them in warm recipes, too. ”They are just as nutritious as fresh, and sometimes even add a better texture and juicy taste when warmed up from frozen vs. the fresh ones,” she says.
“We know that broccoli has a wealth of nutrients like calcium, fiber, vitamin C and A, but unfortunately after it's been in your fridge for a while its nutrition content starts to decrease,” says Michalczyk. Opt for frozen instead and use it sparingly in veggies bowls, with pasta, or as a side to your protein. If you're going to eat your green veggies, don't you want to get the most out of them?
There’s no denying that butternut squash takes some serious work in the kitchen. “Buying butternut squash frozen in my book is completely worth it for the convenience factor. Frozen to reheated can happen in five minutes but peeling, cutting and roasting from fresh can take a whole afternoon,” says Michalczyk. If you need it for a recipe, or just want it as part of your dinner, buy frozen to save time and extra money.
Blueberries are one of the best fruits to purchase frozen when out of season. “Their antioxidants are preserved when they are picked and immediately frozen while fresh blueberries out of season lose antioxidant capacity in their transport across the country and while sitting on grocery shelves,” says Kelly R. Jones MS, RD, CSSD, LDN. You can then add to smoothies, juices, oatmeal, salads, and more.
“Spinach is one of the most nutritious green foods out there, so you don't want to miss out on all of its antioxidant, vitamin and mineral benefits when your leaves lose freshness,” says Michalczyk. Instead, buy frozen spinach and use it freely in all of your meals, whenever you need it. It's a lot cheaper in the frozen section and will last you so much longer.
“Frozen avocado is becoming more available in stores. It's perfect if you like to add avocado to smoothies or use it in dressings and sauces,” says Jones. You don't have to wait for the perfect level of ripeness in order to get that desired creamy texture, and you also won't need to risk waiting too long and letting them spoil.
If you like to eat bell peppers cooked over fresh, then frozen sliced bell peppers will retain more vitamin C and antioxidants than chopped fresh bell peppers will, says Jones. “Once chopped, Vitamin C is oxidized, so if it is frozen right away, the nutrient is preserved vs. if it is chopped and packaged fresh at the grocery store,” she explains. They also tend to be a bargain compared to buying whole fresh peppers, which is of course another plus.
“Frozen kale is often less intimidating to consumers since it is cooked the same way as frozen spinach and can be added to a variety of dishes,” says Jones. Since fresh kale can be very bulky and tough, people may attempt to eat it raw without cooking or massaging and then determine they do not like it, she cautions. However, frozen kale is delicious. “With frozen, the texture after cooking is more palatable,” she says.
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Spanish Court Says Ex-Catalan Vice President to Stay in Jail
January 5, 2018 January 5, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
referendum, Spain
Sacked Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras arrives at the National Court for questioning by a National Court judge investigating possible rebellion charges, in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)
MADRID (AP) — Supreme Court judges Friday ruled against allowing ousted Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras out of jail while he is investigated for rebellion and other charges stemming from the restive region’s recent drive for independence from Spain.
In the decision, the judges said there was a risk that Junqueras might again commit crimes as there was no sign he intended changing his ways.
The pro-secession Junqueras was one of several members of Catalonia’s sacked government jailed on provisional charges after regional lawmakers declared independence on Oct. 27. Other ex-officials, including former President Carles Puigdemont, are fugitives in Brussels.
Junqueras had hoped to be released to take full part in Catalonia’s new parliament following elections imposed by Spain in which secessionist parties won the most seats.
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Three charged in massive hack scheme against JP Morgan Chase, others
US prosecutors on Tuesday announced charges against three men accused of running a cyberfraud enterprise that targeted 12 companies and led to the exposure of personal information of more than 100 million people.
Mike Segar/Reuters/File
A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. Corporate headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City in this May 20, 2015 photo. US prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled charges against three men accused of running a cyberfraud enterprise that targeted JP Morgan Chase and other companies, and caused the exposure of personal information of more than 100 million people.
By Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond Reuters
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit.
Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron, and Ziv Orenstein, all from Israel, were charged in a 23-count indictment with alleged crimes targeting 12 companies, including nine financial services companies and media outlets including The Wall Street Journal.
Prosecutors said the enterprise dated from 2007, and caused the exposure of personal information belonging to more than 100 million people.
"By any measure, the data breaches at these firms were breathtaking in scope and in size," and signal a "brave new world of hacking for profit," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said at a press conference in Manhattan.
The alleged enterprise included pumping up stock prices, online casinos, payment processing for criminals, an illegal bitcoin exchange, and the laundering of money through at least 75 shell companies and accounts around the world.
Tuesday's charges expand a case first announced in July, and according to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch target "one of the largest thefts of financial-related data in history."
The charges are also the first tied to the JPMorgan attack, which prosecutors said involved the stealing of records belonging to more than 83 million customers, the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution.
Authorities said Shalon and Aaron executed that hacking, using a computer server in Egypt that they had rented under an alias that Shalon often used.
E*TRADE, TD AMERITRADE, NEWS CORP
A separate indictment unveiled in Atlanta against Shalon, Aaron and an unnamed defendant said the brokerages E*Trade Financial Corp and Scotttrade Inc were also targets, and personal information of more than 10 million customers was compromised.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp and News Corp's Dow Jones unit, which publishes The Wall Street Journal, said they were also targets. Fidelity Investments was also a target, a person familiar with the matter said.
Other targets could not be immediately verified.
Shalon, 31, of Savyon, Israel, and Orenstein, 40, of Bat Hefer, Israel, were arrested in July. Aaron, 31, a U.S. citizen who lives in Moscow and Tel Aviv, remains at large and is the subject of an FBI "wanted" poster.
Another defendant, Anthony Murgio, 31, of Tampa, Florida, was charged separately over the bitcoin exchange, Coin.mx. He was originally charged in July, and faces an arraignment on Friday. A co-defendant in that case, Yuri Lebedev, is in "discussions" with prosecutors, Bharara said.
Lawyers for the defendants were not immediately available for comment.
JPMorgan on Tuesday confirmed that the latest charges relate to the 2014 attack, and said it continues to cooperate with law enforcement efforts to fight cybercrime.
It also said that only contact information such as names, addresses and emails was accessed, and that account information, passwords or Social Security numbers were not compromised.
E*Trade said it has contacted 31,000 customers who may have been affected. News Corp said the indictment relates to a breach that targeted subscribers, and which was disclosed on Oct. 9.
LIKE DRINKING VODKA
The new charges portray Shalon as the ringleader, having orchestrated hackings since 2012 against nine companies, and along with Orenstein having since 2007 run at least 12 illegal Internet casinos.
Prosecutors said Shalon and Orenstein also ran payment processors IDPay and Todur, through which they collected $18 million of fees to process hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions for criminals.
Shalon was also accused of running the illegal bitcoin exchange Coin.mx with Murgio, and concealing at least $100 million in Swiss and other accounts.
Prosecutors said the illegal proceeds included tens of millions of dollars from manipulating the prices of stocks sold to customers whose information had been stolen, and who the defendants arranged to be cold-called.
According to prosecutors, Shalon was sure this would work because Americans liked buying stocks. "It's like drinking freaking vodka in Russia," he allegedly told an accomplice.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta indictment said that after Scottrade's computers were breached in late 2013, Shalon expressed a desire in an online chat to see credit card and trade data for customers, so "they will know that we know info about them for real, and they will trust us more."
Aaron was identified in the FBI poster as the "front-man" in the scheme where, using the alias "Mike Shields," he conspired to drive up stock prices and dump shares at inflated prices.
"Securities fraud on cyber steroids," as Bharara put it.
The indictment against Shalon, Orenstein and Aaron includes counts of computer hacking, securities and wire fraud, identity theft, illegal Internet gambling and conspiring to commit money laundering. Not all counts were brought against all defendants.
Murgio faces seven counts including wire fraud, money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitter.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission previously filed civil charges against Shalon, Aaron and Orenstein.
The cases are U.S. v. Shalon et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 15-cr-00333; U.S. v. Murgio in the same court, No. 15-cr-00769; and U.S. v. Shalon et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, No. 15-cr-00393. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond in New York; Additional reporting by Jim Finkle and Ross Kerber in Boston, and David Henry, Olivia Oran and Jessica Toonkel in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Meredith Mazzilli)
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Canadian women finish runner-up in Dubai rugby 7s, men place 10th
The Canadian Press Staff
Published Saturday, December 7, 2019 1:21PM EST
Canada's Karen Paquin is tackled by New Zealand's players in the final match of the Emirates Airline Rugby Sevens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Dec.7, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- Gayle Broughton's late try lifted New Zealand to a hard-fought 17-14 win over Canada in the women's final at the Dubai Sevens on Saturday.
It marked the second straight year the Black Ferns had beaten the Canadians for the rugby sevens title. New Zealand won 26-14 the year before.
The Canadian women led 14-5 at the half on converted tries by Karen Paquin and Julia Greenshields. But Stacey Waaka's second try of the game started the New Zealand comeback.
Canada advanced to the final by beating France 19-7 in the Cup quarterfinal and Australia 26-12 in the semifinal.
The U.S., winners in the opening women's event of HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Glendale Colo., in October, downed Australia 26-21 to finish third.
Canada, which finishing a disappointing sixth in Gendale, moved into fourth spot with 28 points in the overall standings New Zealand and the U.S. both have 36 with Australia at 32.
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Cloudy with periods of rain. High 51F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch. Locally heavier rainfall possible..
Voters use electronic voting machines at the Schiller Recreation Center polling station on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. Eligible Ohioans headed to the polls Tuesday, to decide whether to make marijuana legal for both recreational and medical use.
John Minchillo/AP Photo
Ohio votes down legalizing pot for medical, recreational use
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a single stroke, Ohio voters rejected a ballot proposal Tuesday to legalize marijuana for both recreational and medical use.
Failure of the proposed state constitutional amendment followed an expensive campaign, a legal fight over its ballot wording and an investigation into the proposal’s petition signatures.
The measure known as Issue 3 ballot would have allowed adults 21 and older to use, purchase or grow certain amounts of marijuana. The constitutional amendment would have established a regulatory and taxation scheme while creating a network of 10 growing facilities. That feature was a target of opponents as well as a separate ballot question aimed at preventing monopolies from being inserted into Ohio’s constitution for the economic benefits of a few.
The pro-legalization ResponsibleOhio campaign spent at least $12 million on ads. But it faced opposition from a well-organized, diverse coalition of opponents that includes children’s hospitals, business organizations and farmers.
Critics said the proposal’s arrangement would amount to an economic monopoly designed for personal gain.
Turnout was low as early presidential politicking largely overshadowed campaigns and exacerbated voter disinterest that generally accompanies an off-year election.
At an elementary school in the northern Cincinnati suburb of West Chester, Beth Zielenski, said she voted no on the marijuana question. The mother of one from West Chester cited concerns about how marijuana and edible pot products would be regulated.
Timothy Shearer, 47, said he voted for the initiative. “I don’t think it will cause more problems,” he said.
Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska, along with the District of Columbia, have legalized recreational marijuana.
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Clayton Kershaw confuses the Cardinals in…
Clayton Kershaw confuses the Cardinals in Dodgers’ victory
The left-hander strikes out nine batters en route to his 11th win of 2019
By J.P. Hoornstra | jhoornstra@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: August 6, 2019 at 10:13 pm | UPDATED: August 6, 2019 at 11:32 pm
Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Joc Pederson, right, is congratulated by starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw after making a catch on a ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals’ Andrew Knizner during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Joc Pederson makes the catch on a ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals’ Andrew Knizner during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong fields a ball hit for a single by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson, right, scores on a double by Justin Turner as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Andrew Knizner stands at the plate during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
St. Louis Cardinals’ Dexter Fowler, right, dives into third as Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner takes a late throw after Paul Goldschmidt flied out during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas throws during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
St. Louis Cardinals’ Paul DeJong, right, scores on a single by Matt Carpenter as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith stands near the plate during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger dives for a ball hit for an RBI single by St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES – Clayton Kershaw has faced the St. Louis Cardinals five times in the postseason. He’s still looking for his first win.
The Cardinals haven’t seen this version of Clayton Kershaw in October, however, and they haven’t figured out a way to beat him since the 2014 National League Division Series. Kershaw’s latest triumph came Tuesday, when he limited the Cardinals to one run over seven innings in the Dodgers’ 3-1 win.
Kershaw allowed four hits – two doubles and two singles – en route to his 11th win of the season. He struck out nine batters, one short of his season high, using a fastball that never exceeded 92 mph. Five of his strikeouts came on sliders.
“That third inning, he got into a rhythm,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Kershaw. “His tempo picked up. He was really, really good. The slider was really good, had the depth.”
For most of his career, the slider has served Kershaw better than any pitch. He introduced a new dimension Tuesday.
According to MLB’s Statcast technology, Kershaw threw Tommy Edman a 79-mph slider in the fourth inning – the slowest he’s thrown the pitch all season. He threw Dexter Fowler an 89-mph slider in the first inning. The 10-mph variance between his slowest and fastest sliders was his largest in a game this season, possibly ever.
From Roberts’ seat at the end of the Dodgers’ dugout, that made a difference.
To Kershaw?
“It was on accident, I guess,” he said.
Kershaw allowed his only run in the second inning, when Paul DeJong led off with a double and scored on a single by Matt Carpenter.
In the bottom of the second, Corey Seager led off with a double off Miles Mikolas (7-12). Seager scored on a two-out single by Kristopher Negron – his sixth RBI in his seventh game as a Dodger. Negron’s seven-game hitting streak is a career high.
Justin Turner had two of the Dodgers’ seven hits, including a third-inning double that scored Joc Pederson to break a 1-1 tie. The Dodgers never trailed again.
The score was still 2-1 in the seventh inning when Kershaw flirted with danger. With one out, he issued his only walk of the game to Carpenter. With two outs, Andrew Knizner hit a deep fly ball that would have scored Carpenter easily if it fell for a hit. Pederson turned and sprinted to the warning track, then snared the ball in the tip of his glove after a long run.
His day complete, Kershaw walked off the mound and waited outside the top step of the dugout, where he rewarded Pederson with a glove-tap at the end of another long run.
“That was awesome,” Kershaw said. “I didn’t expect (Pederson) to get to it and he did. … Obviously a huge play for us. Probably the difference in the game.”
Max Muncy’s RBI single in the seventh inning completed the scoring. The Dodgers won their fourth consecutive game before an announced sellout crowd of 53,070.
St. Louis threatened to make it interesting with Kershaw out of the game. Left-hander Adam Kolarek allowed a poke-check single by Kolten Wong that snuck through a shifted infield. Pedro Baez relieved Kolarek and allowed a one-out single to Jose Martinez, sending Wong to third base.
After getting Paul Goldschmidt to line out softly, Baez walked Marcell Ozuna to load the bases. But he came back to strike out DeJong on a 97-mph fastball at the letters, ending the inning.
“I tried to focus on throwing my best pitch,” Baez said. “That’s the fastball. I tried to make a good pitch and put it in the right spot.”
Kenley Jansen threw a scoreless ninth inning to record his 26th save.
The Dodgers (76-40) lead the all-time series against the Cardinals (58-54) by a 1,031-1,030-16 margin. They’ll try to sweep the series in a rare noon Wednesday game behind rookie Dustin May, who is looking for his first major league victory.
All of Kershaw’s 164 career wins have come with the Dodgers. That’s one behind Sandy Koufax for fifth on the franchise’s all-time win list. Kershaw passed Koufax in strikeouts in his previous start. He fanned Jose Martinez in the third inning for the 2,400th strikeout of his career.
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As the milestones pile up, it’s easy to forget that Kershaw has not missed a start since beginning the season on the injured list, never once throwing fewer than six innings.
“As a starting pitcher, your goal is to just try to be consistent,” Kershaw said. “Try to go out every fifth day and, as cliché as it is, give your team a chance. To do that, you go deep in the game, six or seven innings. Six obviously is kind of the bare minimum. You get to that seven, eight inning mark, you’re doing a good job. I haven’t done eight. Seven is good enough right now. Especially with the way that (Baez) and Kenley are throwing the ball.”
“This guy is the best pitcher of our generation,” Roberts said of Kershaw. “To count him out or think he can’t do something, you’re not going to hear it from me.”
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Tyson Fury's dad 'won £100k in bare-knuckle fight' and 'wanted to kill rivals'
John Fury was a big name in the 1980s and 90s
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Tyson and Tommy Fury’s dad won £100,000 in a bare-knuckle fight and “wanted to kill” rivals.
John Fury was a big name in the 1980s and 90s and came close to landing the British heavyweight title eventually won by his boy Tyson.
But on the streets, the Irish-born 55-year-old traveller was unbeatable.
John revealed: “In 1992, I fought the so-called champion at the time, an Irishman whose name I can’t even remember, over in Ireland.
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“With stakes and everything, I came up over a hundred grand.”
John, who coached Tyson, 31, and Love Island star Tommy, 20, told of the brutal bouts of his past.
He said: “The fights I had were usually over within seconds.
“I weren’t an especially big puncher, but, once I got going, I’d not stop swinging until they were out cold.
John coached his son Tyson, 30
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“I’d not come up for air. I just wanted to kill. I’d hit them with fists, elbows, head, teeth and feet until they dropped and give best [surrendered]. If they didn’t, I’d kick their face off, it was up to them. Afterwards, shake hands and on to the next one.
“In my twenties I was a really formidable force.”
John’s scrapping skills were so legendary, people would often bet huge stakes on his fights.
He added: “I probably had 20 knuckle fights with a stake involved.
But the former boxer has also seen his share of controversy.
John served four years of an 11-year sentence for partially blinding his ex-pal at a car auction
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He served four years of an 11-year prison sentence for partially blinding his ex-pal Oathie Sykes at a car auction in 2010 after an 11-year feud.
John was later barred from entering the US to watch Tyson fight because of his past conviction.
He admitted: “I’ve been a naughty boy and there is no point hiding it.
“I’m not allowed in the country.”
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Traditionally, banks have provided the bulk of American mortgages. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, two government-sponsored enterprises, may back these mortgages, but it’s been established lenders with a national reach that actually extended the credit to many millions of homeowners.
Now that the economic crisis has demonstrated that big lenders may not have been doing a good job, the landscape of the mortgage lending industry may change. Credit unions may pick up some of the mortgage-lending opportunities left behind by the sub-prime crash.
As smaller lenders, credit unions tend to have less available capital than big banks. Credit union experts often point to the smaller portfolios of these local lenders and explain that a credit union may be much more risk-averse than the big national banks.
This has kept many credit unions out of the real estate lending market, but their promoters say this might be about to change. Bankrate is one source of financial advice recommending that consumers seeking a new mortgage should at least talk to a credit union, especially if they already are members.
Opportunities for Credit Unions
The American Credit Union Mortgage Association is a group that champions the entrance of credit unions into the mortgage lending industry. News reports from this group show that many credit unions are evaluating whether they can fill a “vacuum” that resulted from the mortgage-lending pullback by big banks, as well as the collapse of many sub-prime lenders in recent years.
These events have left a lot of room in the mortgage market for credit unions. Their enthusiasts also point out that many big banks are distracted by recent problems with their mortgage-lending operations: these might include buybacks from government-sponsored enterprises, as well as technical difficulties with mortgage servicing and inefficiencies in mortgage departments.
Beyond that, mortgage experts point out that new government regulations may make it easier for credit unions to get in on what many consider a “cash cow” of the lending field. Because of the unique fees mortgages generate, real estate lending can be a significant source of income for a financial institution. It remains to be seen whether America’s credit unions will take advantage of the opportunity.
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Hollis, E. "Exploring Options Managing Interest Rate Risk – the NCUA is Giving Us a Break." Credit Union Business. (2012, February 1). Retrieved from: http://www.creditunionbusiness.com/2012/02/27/exploring-options-managing-interest-rate-risk-the-ncua-is-giving-us-a-break/
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Dec 12, 2014 14:11 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff
US House Armed Services Committee Chairman-elect Thornberry announced subcommittee chairs: Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Joe Wilson [SC – was Thornberry]; Seapower and Projection Forces: Randy Forbes [VA – same]; Military Personnel: Joe Heck [NV – was Joe Wilson]; Tactical Air and Land Forces: Michael Turner [OH – same]; Strategic Forces: Mike Rogers [AL – same]; Readiness: Rob Wittman [VA – same]; Oversight and Investigations: Vicky Hartzler [MO – was Joe Heck, she’s the only new entrant]. All Republicans of course since the GOP controls the lower house.
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The 2nd of 4 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates under construction in Russia was launched today [TASS]. The lead ship in project 22350 is expected to be commissioned soon now.
Ukraine’s defense Minister Stepan Poltorak asked parliament for a 50 billion hryvnias ($3.2B) defense budget for 2015, as well as an increase in the number of troops. That’s a sizable increase, but financing will be more difficult than ever as the country is again on the verge of bankruptcy. Interfax Ukraine | Russia’s TASS | Deutche Welle.
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Today’s video was released earlier this week by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research and shows tests that proceeded aboard USS Ponce during a deployment in the Persian Gulf between September and November. The CRS has a good backgrounder [PDF] on shipboard lasers. Sadly the Iranians missed an opportunity to test their “US designed” UAVs in the process.
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Three Tops stores in Monroe County have closed earlier than previously announced
Lake Avenue, North Winton Road and Perinton Square locations shut down earlier than previously announced.
Three Tops stores in Monroe County have closed earlier than previously announced Lake Avenue, North Winton Road and Perinton Square locations shut down earlier than previously announced. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/10/29/three-tops-stores-monroe-county-have-closed-roc-perinton/1806086002/
Marcia Greenwood, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 11:15 a.m. ET Oct. 29, 2018 | Updated 9:29 a.m. ET Oct. 30, 2018
No signs of life at the Tops Friendly Market in Perinton Square mall.(Photo: Marcia Greenwood/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)Buy Photo
In Monroe County, three Tops Friendly Markets — which company officials previously said would close by the end of November — already have shut down.
Stores at 710 Lake Ave. and 175 N. Winton Road in Rochester and one in Perinton Square Mall, 6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Road, all have closed signs on their doors. The lights were on and workers could be seen inside the two Rochester stores when we visited this morning, but there were no signs of life at the Perinton Square Mall store — even the building's signage had been removed.
Tops, which has more than 100 grocery stores in New York, northern Pennsylvania and western Vermont, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February, saying in a statement the move would allow the company to “eliminate debt and position the chain for long-term success.” (In Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a company is protected from litigation by creditors as it tries to reorganize and keep the business alive.)
Previously, Tops officials said 10 stores in New York would close by the end of November. But the store in Perinton (pictured) and two in the city of Rochester already have shut their doors. (Photo: Marcia Greenwood/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
In August, the chain, based in Williamsville, Erie County, announced it would close 10 under-performing stores in New York. The other seven are at 33 Forgham St. in Lyons, Wayne County; 381 Hamilton St. in Geneva, Ontario County; and in Syracuse, Elmira, Fulton and Saranac Lake. Ten Tops stores will remain open in Monroe County, including two in the city of Rochester.
In September, Tops indicated that more than 275 workers at Rochester-area stores would be laid off. Prior to that, CEO Frank Curci said the company would “work with” impacted employees to transfer their jobs to nearby stores.
Earlier this month, Tops proposed giving $3.6 million in bonuses to high-ranking executives as an incentive to see through the bankruptcy and reorganization plan.
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Michigan needs insurance reform badly: Statewide, rates are among the highest in the nation, and in Detroit, where as many as 50% of drivers are believed to be without insurance, rates are outrageous.
But Gov. Rick Snyder's proposition to change Micigan's no-fault insurance system can't really be called reform.
Snyder's proposal, announced Thursday, would save each Michigan driver $125 a year. That's $10 a month. And in exchange for these paltry savings, Snyder would dismantle a safety net that is the best in the nation.
Snyder is proposing changes to a unique component of Michigan auto insurance: personal injury protection. In our state, insurers cover claims for auto-related injuries up to $500,000; costs exceeding $500,000 are paid - with no cap - by the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association. Drivers fund the MCCA with a $175 annual fee, set to increase to $186 on July 1.
The MCCA has said its system is unsustainable and has justified its rate increases by saying the system can't afford to pay the claims made. Yet it has refused to publicly release financial information to prove its assertions. A group called the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault has sued the MCCA to make that information public; a judge ordered the MCCA to release the records, but the association is appealing that decision.
Snyder's plan would phase out the association, replacing it with a nonprofit, and would cap benefits at $1 million. Further costs would be paid by Medicaid, which is facing its own shortfall; that budget hole would be filled by an insurance premium and the extension of a 1% tax on some medical insurance claims. The governor says that even with the changes he's proposing, Michigan's system is still the most generous in the nation.
But Snyder offers no evidence to suggest that this reform would result in any significant reduction in costs for Michigan drivers.
And there is evidence aplenty to suggest that eliminating unlimited care for catastrophic injuries could have a devastating impact on Michiganders.
A 2011 study by Public Sector Consultants - coincidentally, the firm once helmed by Bill Rustem, Snyder's director of strategy - found that 94% of personal-injury claims were less than $50,000. The average cost of the .5% of claims exceeding $400,000, the study found, was $1.4 million.
Capping benefits at $1 million would affect a small number of people. But those dollars could mean the difference between a lifetime of invalidism and rehabilitation and a return to functionality.
Moreover, the data that would justify such changes haven't been made public.
That's where this needs to start.
If the MCCA is unsustainable, if that system truly needs reform, if Snyder's proposed changes could bring the cost of auto insurance down by more than $10 a month, show us the numbers.
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Host trouble again?
Chris is in Florida, Tax Day ended, last chance for those who owe to file paperwork and send money, and somehow the hosting went tits-up right at the stroke of midnight… What a coincidence.
It gave me the “Slow down. You’re commenting too fast” bit when I first tried to do a comment. Odd. (Yeah, first comment by me.)
Yup, there’s a DNS attack on it every so often.Also, if you get dbd via email, you can’t get the article link, you have to go to the site direct.Thanks!
Yeah, doesn’t work in my RSS aggregator, either. 🙁
That DNS happened last night. I figured it was just a glitch, but if it lasted a week, I’d run the flag up the flagpole.
Fox2!
Sic javier on ’em.
R Daneel
Even then it does not come up. Using Chrome (yeah, I know)
“click for 4 article”? 😉
When grammatical shortcuts collide…
It’s not that really important as long as the intended audience gets it.
Think of it as targeting the SMS crowd with a version they can comprehend. Making it a bi-lingual sentence.
Sort of like having Country AND Western music.
Other than the Kirkpatrick article, the site seems to be a typical post-modern anti-Israel/ZOG/ Holocaust denier lot.
Pardon my French, but fuck them.
It seems the Unz bit is primarily a re-publisher of articles elsewhere. And some of those articles are… distasteful, at best. There’s “Trump Dances to Israel’s Tune” and “‘Lone Wolf’ Myth Covers Up Possible Mossad Role in New Zealand Terrorist Attack”. Then “Uncle Tom’s Empire” calls Assange a “publisher” and talks about exposing “America’s war crimes”. Several bits about low IQs among non-whites.
But, it also republishes what appear to be actually insightful pieces. (The ones from James Kirkpatrick seem to fall into this category.) So, go figure.
Maybe he’s just trying to cover all points of view. You know – let you think for yourself by exposing all this stuff to the light of day.
An open mind is like an open window. Don’t complain when the cats, bats, and rats take up residence.
Coercive advertising, aka propaganda, is no longer an art form but is now a refined science. They really can make just about anyone believe anything they want, when done as “nudges”, tiny shifts, as they move you where they want too gently for you to notice.
So sites that are “just covering all points of view” can be very dangerous as they encourage you to consider this then this then this little bit more until you’re at what was unthinkable.
yup, there’s some good stuff there, and some…extreme stuff as well.
Found the ADL report. One of the examples, using additional info I found on Wikipedia, is on Dec 7, 2017 when 21-year-old William Atchison went into the Aztec HS in Aztec NM, his former school but he didn’t graduate. He killed two, then himself. He posted on Daily Stormer and other sites, joking about school shootings. Police autopsy found SS and swastika tattoos. Victims were two Hispanics.
So that must go in the “bogus” pile and doesn’t count as authentic White Nationalist violence, for unclear reasons, for the count to hold.
#Jexodus #Blexit #WalkAway
BTW – for a while there was an ad here at DBD for a book called The Longview Chronicles. Thanks HL, and Wow!! Best sci-fi I’ve read since Heinlein.
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The ADL was taken over by Left Wing hacks years ago. Just like all the reform congregations.
The ADL is sadly no longer about defending the Jewish people, but about advancing leftwing power.
And, yeah, I’m getting two actual “white supremacy” (as actual racist incidents) and a questionable one. A lot seem to be ‘friendly-fire’ of some sort – internal squabbles. At least two appear to be the exact opposite of white nationalism. One is a prison gang fight and one is a prison escape. (As informed people already know, it seems that “supremacists” and “nationalists” of the racist sort are actually not very superior themselves, involved in a lot of crime and have a lot of interpersonal issues. Yes, you should stay away from them.)
I wonder if anyone has ever done this sort of silly bean counting based on weight or height or hair color. Because that’s all the correlation they did with that list – “Hey, how many crimes involving violence can we find that have ‘nationalist’ in the report?”
(BTW, the link doesn’t work with the cartoon on the comments page, it seems.)
It seems to me like the leftists are busily conflating white nationalists and white supremacists (along with inflating the numbers) much like they conflate illegal migrants with legal immigrants… When deliberately confusing things is their best argument… but then again, we knew they lost the war of ideas decades ago.
Exactly their plan to conflate the two and thus silence whites by manipulating the language.
Their plan? The white supremacists call themselves white nationalists. You fell for the Alinsky playbook, they’re accusing their “opposition” for what they themselves are doing, to conceal themselves and trick others trying to use the term into supporting their “cause”.
Remember how many went to the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, at most proud of their European heritage, and found themselves fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with dedicated “white nationalists”. They just have to trick you long enough to make you think you have no choice but to support them, then you are lost.
In trying to keep track of the turmoil generated by the LOUDS on the Left – so-called Liberals who are not even a teensy bit liberal – the noise generated by anger over something is like an amoeba searching for a speck of protein. The amoeba is formless but has boundaries, wants sustenance but sponges off all the other single-celled organisms, and (yes) wants to swallow up everything in its path.
There seems to be no real purpose in anything the libidiots/lefterds do, other than getting attention like kindergarteners, and grabbing everything for themselves while shoving out everyone else. (That’s generalizing, but trying to be brief.)
Just keep a weather eye on them, because surprises can be unpleasant but can also be avoided. Haven’t Zed and the others shown that?
I’m afraid the real problem is that the group in question, the self-styled “Progressives” have a real problem.
They have nowhere left to “progress” that government action has not already addressed, thus they are randomly picking out directions to attack just to see what happens. The present general trend is “Postmodernism” a direct denial of Western Culture cooked up by socialists when socialism proved itself incapable of delivering Utopia.
It is pure nihilism of course, which is the natural result of the loss of, and denial of, morals. The microcosm of this are the School Shooters who can see no point in their lives and decide to go out with a bang. The macrocosm manifests itself in the Intersectional Left, a “faith” with an internally contradictory dogma that was designed from the beginning to create nothing by conflict and chaos.
Our problem is that this bogus “faith” is being foisted onto clueless teenagers at great expense to us and to our future.
Let’s Postmodernism progressiveness, leftism, Marxism, Islam, and other various nefarious movements. That might get a result closer to Utopia than any of their efforts.
Do field studies like they do across the world.
The ADL is to American Jews as the NAACP is to American blacks…
wholly owned subsidiaries of Leftists R Us.
But their erstwhile constituencies, taken for granted for so long as precounted votes and shunted aside in favor of adding up their immigrant replacements, are awakening. They really are mathematically challenged…an unknown quantity minus a known one is a net negative.
We’ll see how that all adds up by 11/20.
Spin Drift
Just so that you don’t get confused, I’m a United States of America Nationalist, no color needed to join. As long as you believe in the “American Experiment” and the “Shining City on the Hill” then you can defend your country against those enemies, foreign and domestic, who would sell or destroy your children’s inheritance.
Also just an aside but didn’t the first homestead ranch burn to the ground last week? Eerily prescient that Chris guy is.
United We Stand, Divide We Fall.
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Well horse pucky.
I am White by coincidence of birth.
I am a Nationalist as I love this country.
Again by coincidence of birth here.
But my storeroom of “Give A Shiite” for what some self anointed social whiners think about me is been empty for so long even the rats asses are gone.
White American Male by pure luck.
Proud Deplorable Patriot by choice.
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I’m surprised at you confusing the ADL with mainstream Jewry; and greatly disappointed. Once you’ve allowed the Socialist-Progressives to write the dictionary, you’ve lost the debate
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Ok, thanks, all! email is ok. 🙂
Fell free to use that “bolt” however you want. I shot that pic and hereby relenquish rights an control of it to you.
Not like it’s handy for anything. But do with it what you please.
(I was just amused by the fake “man cave” decoration)
Here is the current leader of the Magyars, of the 7 tribes, that moved into Europe and have been defending Europe for a thousand years. (Never mind about that 75 year streak of plundering Europe at will from Constantinople to Spain to Scandinavia to the Rus areas.)
He is a nationalist.
He is pro European.
Racists and migration conquest supporters hate him.
Those who seek to destroy the diversity of way more than 150 separate tribes, nations, language groups, cultures, and local historical groups found in a quick look at Europe seek to destroy and genocide all that he defends.
https://youtu.be/gUbGvWQ7KZk
The Magyars, aka Hungarians, were seven tribes but three Turkic tribes, organized as the Kabar, joined the Magyars around 881 AD.
“The joining of the three tribes to the previous seven created the On-ogur (Ten Arrows), one of the possible origins for the name Hungarian.”
Among the Kabar were at least some Jews, as found by Judaic symbols on artifacts and other references. If this “leader of the Magyars” wants to date his authority before the “Jewish influences” joining the Magyars, ignoring the real history of his alleged people, that is rather suspicious right there.
Modern medical science is incredible.
Democratic 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg announces that he and his husband are planning to have a child soon.
No announcement on which one is carrying it. After that one goes trans will they then become the wife or are they switching back right afterwards?
“Carrying it?” They’ll probably pick it up at Costco.
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The Firefighters in Paris, on entering Notre Dame after extinguishing the fire, witnessed a miracle;
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Currently, there are three threads covering the Cathedral Fire. The above link shows the Photo in the ‘A Call for Restraint’ thread.
Another thread shows several photos of the fire, including one shot from a helicopter that shows what miracle it is that the damage was not total and complete destruction.
Finally! They’re going to abide by the “values” they want to impose on us.
Democrats Announce All 2020 Candidates Will Forego Armed Security To Protest Gun Violence
Tell me you’re spoofin’ the spoof dude…
Today Duke Nukem Swalwell stated he’s not gonna take guns from law-abiding citizens. He’ll just be changing the laws first and “Weapons of war will be no more.” Thus they’ll only be taking them from the millions of felonious criminals they created who are refusing to hand them over.
Two wrongs don’t make a right but three lefts do. How long can a spoof chain go before it’s reality?
I dunno, you’re the one that said upthread that inculcation is insidious…has perception morphed into your reality yet?
Toxic Deplorable B Woodman
It’s the Babylon Bee. A satire site that packs quite a sting.
But they write so well, you’d swear it was real. Or wish it was real. Either one.
I wonder if the name is a spoof of the Sacramento Bee.
Was Sacramento State pellet gun shooting death a ‘freak accident’ or a sign of a problem?
Practically a spoof all by itself.
“…they write so well…”
For third graders maybe. That second paragraph? Good grief.
If you’re gonna do satire, at least rise to the level of them you’re satirizing.
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Life On Distant Hill Blog ... Trillium & Dwarf Ginseng
Native Woodland Wildflowers
A Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum), growing in the Alstead woods of Distant Hill Gardens.
Trillium are spring ephemeral perennials. It is a genus of over 40 species native to temperate regions of North America and Asia. We have two species of Trillium growing in the woods at Distant Hill Gardens:
Trillium undulatum - Painted Trillium or Painted Lady.
Trillium erectum - Purple or Red Trillium, Stinking Benjamin, Wakerobin, Birthroot.
Interesting Facts About Trillium
It is illegal to pick and/or transplant trilliums from public lands without a permit in Michigan, Minnesota and New York.
Trillium is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants. Trillium seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. The ants take the seeds to their nest, eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their garbage where they germinate.
The above ground parts of Trilliums are scapes with three large, leaf-like bracts. The true leaves are technically the underground papery coverings around the rhizomes.
Trillium erectum is also known as Stinking Benjamin because the flowers have the smell of rotting meat, which attracts flies as pollinators.
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum), and Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolium), sharing the forest floor at Distant Hill Gardens.
Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius) also known as Groundnut, is a springtime herb native to eastern North America. Its distinctive tubers can be eaten raw or boiled. Native Americans drank tea made from the whole plant for medicinal purposes. It was used as a remedy for a large number of ailments, from colic to rheumatism and tuberculosis. The root was chewed for headaches, shortness of breath and fainting.
Different Soils...Different Native Plants ?
It is worth noting that Painted Trillium, which needs acidic soils to thrive, grows only on the twenty-one acres of land at Distant Hill Gardens in the town of Alstead. Both Red Trillium and Dwarf Ginseng, liking a richer soil, are found almost exclusively on the thirty-seven acres of Walpole land. Is it just that the soils are different from one town to the other? I think not.
The Alstead property has been virtually untouched by humans for at least the past 100 years. The Walpole property's forest was managed for timber and maple syrup since it first became a farm in 1790. The vegetation found on either side of the town line is like night and day. Everything we humans do, or don't do, to the land has a profound effect upon what will grow there and the health of the forest. Doing nothing is sometimes not the best course of action. In this case, the biodiversity of the property has been increased because of the difference in human interaction with these two adjacent parcels of land.
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An Ogre and His Cake - Digital
Christopher Walz, Emmet Byrne
Suggested Price $5.00
An Ogre and His Cake is available in print here.
A charitable adventure for young heroes ages 5+
"There aren't enough 5th Edition products aimed specifically at kids, and it's a delight to see somebody finally producing something for that market. It also helps that this is a really fun, well-written adventure." - Loot the Room, an ENnie nominated RPG blog
"It was a great kid's adventure! It was a My Little Pony story about the Magic of Friendship." -@merlinofchaos
The young heroes are invited to Massie Littlefoot’s birthday party before she departs for wizarding school in Waterdeep. At the height of the party, Clonker, an ogre known to live nearby, steals Massie’s cake! The heroes must brave the forest and get Massie’s cake back before everyone goes home. This introductory adventure is designed for level 1-2 characters.
An Ogre and His Cake is an introductory 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure built for and tested by kids. It is every parent or guardian's dream to share their passions with the young ones they love. We hope Clonker, the lovable ogre, opens these doors for you.
We also want to support children and families who are unable embark on every adventure. All of our creator royalties (50% of what you pay, with the other 50% supporting the upkeep of the Dungeon Masters Guild and Wizards of the Coast) will be donated directly to Extra Life, a non-profit organization focused on supporting children's hospitals through communal gaming events.
A beautifully designed single-session module with full-color artwork and cartography. A Printer Friendly version is also available.
Tips on how to run Dungeons & Dragons for young players.
Three original magic items.
Stat blocks for all NPCs and monsters.
High quality DM and player maps for easy printing or virtual tabletop use.
Specially crafted Kid Friendly Character Sheets, including a color-coded option.
Four premade characters for easy game night preparation.
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About the Creators: Christopher Walz has been playing and running Dungeons & Dragons for over 14 years. His first memory of D&D is looking at the pictures in his brother’s Monstrous Manual before he could read. His favorite thing about tabletop roleplaying is watching his players take a world and make it their own, right before he mercilessly kills them with an intellect devourer.
Emmet Byrne has been role-playing and Games Mastering for almost 20 years. He got his start reverse engineering the second edition AD&D rules from the Baldur's Gate PC RPG and hasn't looked back since. He's played every edition of D&D between then and now as well as a multitude of other weird and wonderful tabletop RPG systems, and was involved in the AGE system content for Kobold Press's Midgard Campaign Setting.
Neven M June 09, 2019 3:18 pm UTC
I've ran this today as an introduction to D&D with three of my young brothers (8, 10 and 11 old) and they absolutely loved it! Even our 3 year old baby sister had fun just being around, rolling dice for the enemies, and commenting from time to time!
I couldn't ask for a better child introductory D&D adventure!
I wish there are more products like this!
That being said, I had to translate the adventure to my native language (Croatian), which wasn't a big deal, but I couldn't translate the character sheets entirely, because the fillable PDFs are fillable only on certain sections. Here's an image preview of a Human Fighter: https://i.imgur.com/6y9XNot.png
So, the creators, is it maybe possible if you can include completely editable character sheets, or maybe point me in the right direction of how can I edit the blank PDFs? Which software have you used to make the sheets, or anything useful at all? :)
Cheers, and thanks again for this amazing...See more adventure.
Matthew C October 27, 2018 7:12 pm UTC
Does this have a sequel? IIRC you guys were working on one.
Christopher W October 28, 2018 3:41 pm UTC
Hey Matthew! Thanks for your continued interest in An Ogre and His Cake.
We shifted gears a little bit and instead of a true sequel, we are launching a collaborative project where a lot of fine Guild creators are producing family-friendly content. Clonker will have his own commentary on each adventure.
We just launched the project today, actually, so don't expect it anytime *too* soon, but the wheels are turning!
Michael P September 12, 2019 2:09 am UTC
Since its almost been a year, I was wondering where I could find an update on this. Definitely tracking. I ran this with my kids and our neighbors as a joke, 6 months later we are all still playing.
Christopher W September 16, 2019 8:03 pm UTC
It has certainly been a while. We saw a number of production setbacks, but Clonker's Guide to Being a Hero is here!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/288955/Clonkers-Guide-to-Being-a-Hero
Lynn R October 10, 2018 3:38 pm UTC
I ran this with my three nieces ages 8, 11, 12 last weekend. It was the first D&D experience for the 8 & 11 year old and it made a great introduction for them! There are a lot of options for interactions in the module, I didn't use all of them but was able to modify them appropriate to our time and experience level. I printed some pictures of baby creatures for the menagerie such as owlbears and griffons and had them roll for the creature reactions to feeding and petting which they got a kick out of. And now these three young magic users have an NPC ogre friend who they might invite on a future adventure to provide a little muscle to back them up! Great job on this content, would love to see more like it.
I'm happy to hear you all had fun! There will definitely be more adventures like this in the future and little bit more Clonker.
christopher S July 17, 2018 10:16 am UTC
This is great. As a parent with three young ones that are interested these themes are well suited to them and a good introduction to fantasy and role playing.
Christopher W July 18, 2018 1:42 pm UTC
Awesome! I am glad we hit a positive note with you and your children. Let us know how their adventures go!
Jim B July 04, 2018 4:38 pm UTC
I really don't like products designed to 'talk down' to kids, like they're somehow lesser. I play tested my brother's DND campaign material at 8 years old, playing stuff written for a much older age group. And the whole reason I so quickly fell in love with it was that it felt so real and (for want of a better word) adult, not dumbed down. So I really don't see the point in a product like this-I'm sure it is great, but equally sure it is misguided. A real world with real stakes and freedom is what children want, not this.
Marc B July 06, 2018 8:24 pm UTC
Do you have children? My daughter's face lit up when she met a pair of fairies in this adventure, and the tone, length, and setting of the adventure were all right up her alley. For her at least, and for me as a parent, both the execution and the intent were perfect. I never felt like the adventure 'talked down' to her; it appealed to her tastes.
Also, I think comparing an adventure like this to a homebrew campaign or a campaign setting book is inherently flawed. I've DM'd a campaign for my daughter and other kids (all below age 10), and we do play in a world with "real stakes and freedom." This is more accurately compared to a one-shot or an Adventurer's League module. It could certainly be expanded into a full campaign with all of the grown-up decision making that we all enjoy in D&D.
Craig W July 08, 2018 12:12 pm UTC
I don't understand why you'd be pessimistic about something designed to be more kid-friendly? I'm about to use this to get my 5 year old into gaming. It's not about "dumbing down", but it IS about bringing things to his level. He's 5. He's not going to play D&D like I do, or even like older kids do. Cynicism is really unnecessary. If a particular module can help get more kids into the game, how can it be a bad thing???
Nicholas C July 10, 2018 5:58 pm UTC
Wow, have you heard of terms like ‘Parentified’ for example? The notion that kids are still building up their mental faculties and still haven’t fully develop to understand like how we adults do. Kids just needs time to grow up in their own terms, and this module is perfect for them.
Eric M June 29, 2018 11:21 pm UTC
I love this! I have some cousins who want to play d&d so this would be perfect for them! I would love to see more stuff like this.
Christopher W June 29, 2018 11:47 pm UTC
Thank you so much for supporting this cause!
We would love to continue making kid-focused products if there is a demand. I know this was an absolute joy to write.
Nephew had a great time with it! Now he wants a full campaign, I've not tried writing my own campaign before so hopefully I can find something! Thank you so much for this! [...]
Þórgnýr T.
Somewhat experienced DM here. Finally started a group with my 8 years old daughter and a few of her friends. The storyline is easy and the DM tips in the document were helpful. My approach to DM'ing werent' that different as with adult players, storyli [...]
This adventure was both my first time playing 5e and the first game I ever DM'd. I ran it for my kids and a friend and the structure of this adventure made it so incredibly easy and intuitive to follow for a first time DM. It's a lighthearted adventure [...]
Jason T.
I haven't ran an adventure since 2nd ed, this one was a cakewalk to run from a DM's perspective. I loved roleplaying the different characters and with low violence it's perfect for younger players. My daughter had an absolute blast playing it and has [...]
Ed C.
Great little story! I played it with my 8 year old and an experienced D&D player friend of ours. All three of us had fun. Our campaign has grow out of the hooks in this story adventure (specifically the goblin threat.) We followed up with [...]
Emmet Byrne, Rob Walz
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Young inventors urged to follow passion at MTSU event
MTSU: The world is waiting for solutions created by 480-plus “brilliant” Midstate youngsters at MTSU's Invention Convention.
Young inventors urged to follow passion at MTSU event MTSU: The world is waiting for solutions created by 480-plus “brilliant” Midstate youngsters at MTSU's Invention Convention. Check out this story on dnj.com: https://on.dnj.com/1QLSA0q
The Daily News Journal Published 5:50 p.m. CT Feb. 26, 2016
Teachers and family members join some of the 230-plus Midstate youngsters preparing to demonstrate their inventions at MTSU's 24th annual Invention Convention, held Thursday, Feb. 25, in the university's Student Union. Twenty of the winners will move on to the first national Invention Convention this May in Washington, D.C. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)(Photo: Andy Heidt, Middle Tennessee State Universit)
MURFREESBORO — The time-crunched, stressed-out world is waiting for the solutions created by 480-plus “brilliant” Midstate youngsters at MTSU's 24th regional Invention Convention Thursday, observers and guests unanimously agreed, according to a university release.
Asked to invent games and items to "make life easier," the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders responded with hundreds of gadgets, contraptions and devices that could easily fuel a bidding war among potential reality-show investors, the release stated.
How about a fishing-lure extractor to rescue a favorite streamer or jig from some underwater cedar crag? Maybe a toothbrush to cut the dentist-mandated two minutes to an efficient 30 seconds would help?
A cutting board that protects the chef's fingers would be a welcome addition to any home, as would a "Daily Dog Feeder," a remote-controlled trash can or even a shovel marked with depth measurements to make gardening more precise.
Artist-craftsman Alf Sharp of Woodbury, Tennessee, encourages the young participants at MTSU's 24th annual Invention Convention to "find what you love to do and then do it" during the Feb. 25 event. Sharp, who designs, reproduces and handcrafts fine furniture and whose commissioned pieces are in service and on display at The Hermitage, the Tennessee State Capitol and the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, was the guest speaker for this year's event. (MTSU photo by Gina E. Fann) (Photo: MTSU)
MTSU graduate student Rachel Matthews, left, who served as a judge for the 24th annual Invention Convention Feb. 25, listens to T.W. Hunter Middle School sixth-grader Elana Ayers of Hendersonville, Tennessee, explain her invention, the "I PB&J." Ayers's invention brought home a third-place trophy in her grade's "Makes Life Easier" competition. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt) (Photo: Andy Heidt, Middle Tennessee State Universit)
“It’s evident from your creativity and your ambition and your drive and your initiative to create these marvelous inventions and present them to the judges … that I want to encourage each and every one of you to follow your passion,” said artist-craftsman Alf Sharp of Woodbury, the event’s guest speaker, who designs, reproduces and handcrafts fine furniture.
Sharp, whose commissioned pieces are in service and on display at The Hermitage, the Tennessee State Capitol and the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, told the young inventors to “find what you love to do and then do it, no matter how strange it may seem to other people.
“If you pursue what you really love to do, you will become very good at it. And when you become very good at something, the world will find its way to your door.”
The Invention Convention participants are public- and private-school students from Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and Wilson counties, according to the news release. More than 120 received ribbons or trophies for this year’s creations, and 20 of those winners are headed next to a new national Invention Convention set for May in Washington, D.C.
“It’s really fun to see so much being done by creative minds,” said Melissa Goostree of Hendersonville, whose sixth-grade son, Andrew, is the avid angler and first-time Invention Convention attendee who came up with the fishing-lure aid.
“There are so many great ideas here that you wouldn’t even think about but would use every day.”
Andrew Goostree’s demonstration of “The Ultimate Lure Retriever” for the judges earned him an Individual Champion award in the sixth-grade “Makes Life Easier” category to take home to Knox Doss Middle School.
Fellow inventor Brayden Antoniak of Smithville wanted to follow house rules and save time, so his triple-sided "30-Second Brush" fit the teeth-cleaning order.
“My parents always tell us to go brush for two minutes, and one time I said, ‘I’ve got a great idea!’” the DeKalb West sixth-grader recalled with a grin. “I came back with an egg-shaped brush that brushes your top and bottom teeth and your tongue all at the same time.”
Oscar Stoffer and Riley Wilson's cutting-board idea bloomed when Stoffer’s grandmother sliced her thumb while mincing garlic. The Winfree Bryant Middle School classmates from Lebanon came up with a cunningly simple way to make the “Bloodless Board” safer.
“All of a sudden, I heard a little ‘eek!’ and I looked over and my grandma’s thumb had a slit on the top of it,” Stoffer explained as Wilson looked on. “She has very soft skin! We didn’t want anybody else to get hurt like that.”
MTSU’s Invention Convention is the brainchild of elementary education professor Tracey Huddleston. She began the program in 1993 in tribute to her mother, a longtime fifth-grade teacher who conducted "Invention Convention"-type events at her school.
Huddleston announced that this year will mark the nation’s first national Invention Convention “finals,” thanks to a pair of Connecticut supporters and the new nonprofit STEMIE Coalition, which aims to boost K-12 invention and entrepreneurship education. Its acronym incorporates the STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — emphasis in education and combines it with invention and entrepreneurship.
State Farm Insurance is the longtime local sponsor of MTSU’s annual Invention Convention.
"I am so proud of all of y'all," Huddleston told the convention participants. "What you have brought with you today did not exist just a few weeks ago. Can you believe that?"
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Joseph Joshua Ishvar Ravindran ASA
Joseph is an aspiring surgeon turned accountant, who said that he will always remain a doctor at heart. "I changed my mind about medical school as the number of students taking up medicine at that time was staggering. I would pursue the dream given the chance. At the end of the day, I feel passion should meet its purpose," said Joseph.
The 25-year old is currently an Audit Associate with KPMG Malaysia and is completing his final CPA Program subject in addition to working at a Big Four firm. "Audit is rough and challenging but it is in audit that we strengthen our fundamental accounting knowledge. Life is definitely not a bed of roses but it comes with invaluable experience," said Joseph, adding that he would like to move into an advisory role and help clients improve their businesses.
He is currently the auditor in charge of several audit accounts and has managed to close deals with the companies concerned. Joseph was among the select few who were chosen to participate in the Khazanah Kembara program, an initiative led by Khazanah Nasional aiming to transform youths beyond skills. "The focus session we had with the two senior vice-presidents of Khazanah Nasional was a rare and enlightening experience," said Joseph.
In addition, Joseph is a chess buff and public speaking extraordinaire who has won several state and national competitions. He was the valedictorian for the Class of 2013, University of Hertfordshire (INTI campus), and graduated with First Class Honours.
Joseph grew up in a household where serving others was an important characteristic upheld by his parents. "I have always gained satisfaction from sharing my knowledge and helping others. This is my passion. I hope as an accountant, I will have the opportunity to serve others. My motto and philosophies are vital in keeping me focused on the task at hand and to motivate me when it’s necessary," he said.
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5 Classic Games You Didn't Know Had WTF Backstories
Steve Blair ·
A lot of classic arcade games have straight-forward, logical plots that drive them: Turtle dragon stole your woman, stomp mushrooms until he gives her back. That's cool; we're on board with that. But some of these other classic, seemingly self-evident games actually hid madness and dementia behind their fun, childish veneers.
Via Video Game Obsession
What we thought was going on:
We all know the story of Donkey Kong, right? It's just the plot of King Kong, Japanified: Giant ape escapes, kidnaps a woman, runs to the top of someplace high, is put in its ape-place by a plumber who isn't entirely clear on his job description.
"Well, there's your problem."
The WTF Backstory:
Except that Mario is the villain in Donkey Kong.
According to the game's manual, Donkey Kong was actually Mario's pet ape. Without even venturing into the shaky moral and legal issues of primate ownership, it gets way worse from there: The reason Donkey Kong escaped in the first place was only because Mario was abusing him. That's not our accusation; the manual spells that out, plain as day: "[Donkey Kong] is actually [Mario's] pet who was mistreated." The manual doesn't get really specific as to exactly how DK was being abused -- presumably because even jaded 1980s game designers figured that was some heavy shit to lay on a kid -- but it's not hard to fill in the blanks: Here's a screengrab of Mario sticking Donkey Kong in a cage, chaining him up, and what's that in his hand? A whip?
Isn't this basically how the Planet of the Apes got started?
The poor beast suffered years of physical abuse and neglect, can you blame him for reacting poorly when he finally got his shot at freedom? We don't blame the abused dog if it bites the mailman, can we blame DK for grabbing Mario's girlfriend, Pauline (safe to assume also an animal abuser, if only by proxy) and simply running away? He didn't even hurt anybody, he just ran. And we all know what happens next: Mario, possessed by the invincibility of rage, hurdles every obstacle in the pursuit of his frightened pet -- barrels will not stop him, fireballs will not stop him, ramshackle construction sites will not stop him, nothing will stop him, not even death (he's got extra lives) -- until he slowly but surely chases down the cornered, abused, terrified monkey, and drops him from the top of a skyscraper.
Teaching children around the world a valuable lesson about pet care.
We should probably tell you that the Donkey Kong of today -- the one seen happy and healthy in all the current Nintendo games? Rare made a very specific point of mentioning that he's not the original DK; that's his son. Now, they're not outright saying what happened to the original Donkey Kong, but it's best not to look too closely between the lines.
Because you'll probably find Mario there, covered in ape-blood, screaming in unearthly fury.
"When they talk to you, you just fell down the stairs, right?"
A bunch of characters fighting one another in a martial arts tournament. That's a wholly encapsulated backstory right there: Here are some dudes (and dudettes). They are in a tournament. They would like to win said tournament, and plan on doing so via the liberal application of punching. It's like Bloodsport, but with fireballs. We're done here, right?
Although we wouldn't mind learning the backstory behind that one-piece.
You get hints of crazy throughout the game (especially if you were the kind of lonely child who played fighting games single player and actually saw the endings) but the depth and complexity of Street Fighter's completely needless backstory still might surprise you. To find it, you need to grab the character bios from the obscure Street Fighter role playing game. Here's a glance to give you a hint of the scope of M. Bison's backstory, for example:
We always assumed his backstory began and ended with "steroids".
M.Bison, the man holding the tournament, who you thought was just kind of a dickhead -- maybe a dickhead with some kind of military background -- actually has a larger agenda: He's only hosting the matches in the first place so he can corrupt the street fighters with his psychic abilities.
All that crazy shit he can do in the game, like flying horizontally, bursting into flame, or wearing absurd power-lesbian shoulderpads? It's all the result of psychic abilities that he's developed ever since he found a meteor in a cave and started sleeping above it.
Step 1: Sleep on a rock. Step 2: Burn half-naked women with your thoughts.
Bison also heads an evil organization known as Shadoloo, which he took over with the help of his power-meteor, and the whole point of his plan to psychically corrupt martial artists is to eventually recruit them into said organization. How does this weirdness affect the actual gameplay? Well, let's look at Cammy:
Ok, that's long enough -- she's a cartoon, you sick freak.
If you're the kind of person who worries about spoilers for a twenty year old fighting game, you should probably click away now (we suggest visiting whatswrongwithmypriorities.com).
If you beat the game with Cammy, she's revealed to be a double-double agent -- that is to say, she thought she was working for the British Special Forces as an undercover agent in the competition, but that's only because she has amnesia. In reality, before she lost her memory, she actually was a member of Shadaloo, as well as M. Bison's brainwashed lover.
Above: The least appropriate use of a cheering crowd in video game history.
When Street Fighter takes place, Cammy is 19. According to her backstory up there, she suffered her bout of amnesia -- the one that made her forget her torrid love affair with Bison -- starting at age 18. Which means that fun little fighting game round you just played? Where you thought the story was "beat that guy because you're supposed to beat that guy"? Yeah, that was actually the brutal revenge of a psychologically traumatized amnesiac with sexual identity issues (punching dudes while wearing a thong falls a little outside of even Great Britain's freaky sexual norms) against the psychic pedophile that hypnotized and molested her as a child.
Wasn't that fun? Put another quarter in, kids!
Centipede was a typical 1980s top-down shooter -- kind of a Space Invaders variant. The player controls a small ship at the bottom of the screen, and the goal is to shoot a giant centipede that descends toward you from the top of the screen. In the player's way are a bunch of mushrooms that can be blown up to clear space to hit the thing, and some other bugs like spiders, scorpions, and fleas.
And of course, everything was colored LSD-neon.
The arcade game itself offers no story, and why would it need to? You're a spaceship fighting freaky alien bugs. Nuff said. But then the console version came out, and it included an official comic book that explained the plot in surprising depth.
See, in reality, your "ship" is actually an elf with a magic wand.
According to Atari, the elf -- your ship -- is named Oliver, and he lives in a magical forest with his pals the centipede, the spider, the flea, and the scorpion.
Oh, no. What?
This is a game about murdering your friends?
All of your bug-pals turn evil when a wizard decides he wants your wand, and hypnotizes the creatures of the forest into attacking you and stealing it for him. Now, you're not a monster -- these are your friends here, after all -- so your magic wand doesn't outright kill them; it only transforms them into toadstools. You know, toadstools, like the ones you have to shoot through and... explode... to hit the centipede... before it reaches... you...
Just shoot the colored dots, asshole.
So all that fun you were having just now, blasting away, nimbly dodging bullets and raining hellfire into your enemies? Well the only reason there weren't tears streaming out of that tiny elf-ship the whole time is because there wasn't enough memory to render them back then.
Oh, and the wizard that causes all of this? Nowhere to be found in the game. Even though the comic gets a happy ending, at no point does that happen in the actual gameplay. There is no final boss scenario here -- no ultimate showdown with the guy who ruined your life -- there's just an endless cycle of death and tragedy as you mow down wave after wave of the things that used to be your friends.
So, in a way, Centipede was the very first survival horror game.
Via Meulie.net
Two brothers, Billy and Jimmy Lee, wander through the streets of New York, headbutting punks until they died from too much headbutting, because it was the '80s; that's just a Tuesday night. As added incentive, the punks also took your girlfriend, and you really want her back because she never wears a skirt that covers her entire butt.
Above: how half of you got your first erection.
The enemies in Double Dragon aren't just another example of 1980s Japan misunderstanding what the punk movement was about: The game is actually supposed to take place in the post-apocalypse. And Billy and Jimmy aren't just chisel-jawed dudes who like ass as much as they like tanktops -- they're both supposed to be martial arts masters protecting a sacred and secret style. And the woman? She's not just your helpless girlfriend: She's also an instructor named Marian who also teaches at the martial arts school... presumably as master of Flashing Buttcheek Style. The manual also makes a specific point of mentioning that, though she's Billy's girlfriend, Jimmy has a thing for her too.
Although the setting and character relationship changes do explain some things, now that we think about it: If we're talking post-nuclear war, then these freaks...
...suddenly make a hell of a lot more sense. We just chalked them up as Sloth rip-offs, what with pop-culture of the time still riding high off The Goonies and all.
And then there's the fight at the very end. After the Lord Humungus analogue up there goes down in flames to your totally spiritual Repeated Face-Kneeing Karate Style, this happens:
"No, Steve, I get the knife this time. You promised!"
It seemed totally random at the time, and as kids, we just rolled with it because "fighting is the best!" However, in one of those text scenes that our impatient thumbs flew past, it's revealed that Jimmy is the one who secretly kidnapped Marian. So what you saw through child's eyes as a fun little section where you finally got to fight each other, you now know was a (possibly post-rape) struggle between brothers in a society that collapsed, leaving violence and death as the only laws. Suddenly, there's something just a little less innocent about the tied up woman on the wall wearing 2/3 of a skirt.
The Road: The Video Game.
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It's single player Tetris-pong. This can have a story?
We were all sticky-fingered, not-yet-Ritalin-addled kids, so we were too busy mashing the start button to ever watch an intro, but if you watched the one for Arkanoid, you'd know that the "paddle" is actually supposed to be a space craft called the Vaus, which is "trapped in space warped by someone."
You'd also know that "Arkanoid" was the name of the destroyed mothership where all of your friends and coworkers just died, and that the block breaking is actually your attempt to escape "space warped" -- some kind of metaphysical quantum hellprison -- which, due to graphical limitations, looks like a bunch of shipping containers in a grass field.
This is basically the Event Horizon.
Imprisoned and abandoned, you're forced to fight your way to "Doh," the mysterious "someone" that initially trapped you in "space warped." After 32 levels of bouncing a ball off a paddle, Doh finally appears as a giant head.
Made of Jello.
So if you did just mash that start button -- foolishly thinking you didn't need a sci-fi novel to understand your ping pong game -- and still managed to reach the last level, this is how it went down: There you were, just cruising along, thinking you've got a pretty good sense of the game (it's basically just destructive handball, right?) and then BAM! Smug space head out of nowhere! Wait, what? Literally everything up to this point has been in block form, what the hell is this head thing? Now it's attacking you?!
And if you did keep it together enough to overcome your stunned confusion and defeat the head, the game abruptly ends and this pops up:
And then your brain implodes.
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Misano Test: Rossi, Vinales try carbon fibre swingarm, 2020 engine
Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales get a carbon fibre swingarm, new exhaust and 2020 engine upgrade during start of Misano test... but no major breakthrough.
Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales had new parts for both this season and next during day one of the Misano MotoGP test.
With just two race wins since Assen 2017, Yamaha has often been criticised for not offering enough significant new parts for the race team to try.
However, there was plenty on the agenda for Rossi and Vinales on Thursday, including the debut of a carbon fibre swingarm and new exhaust for the current M1, plus an updated engine for the 2020 prototype first seen at Brno earlier this month.
But neither rider felt any of the developments offered a major breakthrough, despite finishing fourth (Vinales) and fifth (Rossi) on the timesheets, within just 0.3s of Petronas Yamaha pace setter Fabio Quartararo.
"We need to keep working, it's not the step I think we could make," a downbeat Vinales said of the new parts.
"It's been a difficult day. I struggled to find grip. I didn't feel comfortable on the bike. Tomorrow we need to find another set-up or other things to improve the bike."
Rossi was more positive and, if all goes well with the carbon fibre swingarm on Friday, looks likely to try the part during his forthcoming home grand prix at the same track in mid-September.
"We had some interesting things to try and it was a good day of tests, because I was quite strong all day," said the Italian. "We started with the 2020 bike and afterwards we worked on this year's bike, which also had some different things. All the stuff was quite good and our pace was not so bad."
Definitely Maybe: Carbon fibre swingarms in MotoGP
Ducati has used a carbon fibre swingarm since the end of 2009. Honda then became the first of the Japanese manufacturers to switch away from aluminium last season, when Aprilia also began developing a composite swingarm.
With KTM successfully debuted the part from Le Mans this year, only Yamaha and Suzuki were without the option of a carbon fibre swingarm.
That was especially surprising for Yamaha given the M1's tyre and traction issues, which carbon fibre is widely credited as aiding, but Rossi had confirmed it was in the pipeline last Sunday at Silverstone:
"I asked for it a lot of times. I think the carbon swingarm can help us, so I hope Yamaha bring it as soon as possible. I think that in not a long time we can see it…"
Indeed, the carbon fibre debut turned out to be just days away.
As well as being lighter than aluminium, carbon fibre can be better tailored to provide different stiffness properties in each direction, by changing the number of layers and orientation of the fibres.
That opens up a huge, but potentially overwhelming, range of new design possibilities compared to aluminium. However, a difference in natural damping between the two materials also needs to be understood, while crash damage is harder to detect with carbon fibre.
Meanwhile, the latest 2020 Yamaha engine upgrade got a lukewarm response on Thursday, both riders suggesting it was only a small step in the right direction and that much more is needed,
"We are in a good way, but we need to improve more. It's not the big step we need, but it’s in the right direction," Rossi said of the latest engine.
With Franco Morbidelli second on the timesheets, Yamaha riders filled four of the top five places on day one. Only Honda's world champion Marc Marquez could break the M1 dominance, in third.
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Washington Insider -- Monday
2/4/2019 | 6:28 AM CST
By DTN's Washington Insider
Here's a quick monitor of Washington farm and trade policy issues from DTN's well-placed observer.
Push to End US Steel, Aluminum Duties Against Mexico, Canada Continues
Two groups this week will urge the end of metal tariffs on U.S. allies Canada and Mexico.
The Alliance for Competitive Steel and Aluminum Trade plans to meet with lawmakers Feb. 4-5 and press on the need to remove U.S. metal tariffs on Canada and Mexico before congressional vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
USMCA supporters say the steel and aluminum tariffs are diverting industry attention that should be focused on getting the new agreement with Mexico and Canada passed. The metal industry alliance includes businesses ranging from automobile manufacturing to pet food makers and farm groups such as the U.S. Grains Council.
The group Tariffs Hurt the Heartland is leading its own effort Feb. 6-7 with a message that tariffs are a bad weapon to use in trade skirmishes because consumers and industries are hurt.
Major associations participating in this second group include the National Retail Federation, Toy Association, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, National Fisheries Institute, American Chemistry Council, and the American Apparel and Footwear Association. Businesses participating include IBM, Hasbro Wicked Cool Toys, Walmart, and Hewlett Packard.
AFIA Updates Biosecurity Guidance Due To ASF Outbreak
Updated biosecurity guidelines were released by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) amid outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) -- including one currently affecting China.
The recent ASF outbreaks motivated AFIA to "create a multi-pronged action plan," the group said. The effort aims to develop "science-based solutions for mitigating the risks of virus transmission through feed" and the "communicate any new information and recommendations to the industry and producer groups." Updated biosecurity guidelines are one product of the effort.
"AFIA's biosecurity guidelines were originally written to help safeguard manufacturing facilities following 9/11, but were always meant to serve as a 'living document' that could be updated based on what we know about new and emerging threats," said AFIA Director of Quality, Animal Food Safety and Education Paul Davis. "While some threats aren't at the back door yet, it doesn't mean we can leave the door unlocked. Our industry must be vigilant about continually improving its biosecurity programs for the protection of animal and human health."
To develop the updated guidelines, AFIA collaborated with the pork industry, government and academia. It incorporated changes "based on new information regarding how viruses can potentially spread throughout the feed manufacturing process."
Washington Insider: Bated Breath in DC
There's an unusually significant moment for the United States ahead of Tuesday's State of the Union Address. That highly-charged address, delayed by the aftermath of the government shutdown, now falls on week jam-packed with U.S. and global economic and political reports, announcements and speeches.
For one, this week marks Jerome Powell's first anniversary as chairman as the Federal Reserve. The chairman, Bloomberg reminds us with reporting, is under pressure to deliver on his commitment to "explain what we are doing and why we are doing it."
His anniversary comes amid uncertainty over U.S. economic and trade policies, tough negotiations with China and significant global decisions about important policy positions. Powell will host a town hall meeting with educators in Washington on Wednesday, a day after he celebrates his anniversary.
He does so after a year, which witnessed four interest rate hikes by the Fed, and numerous unappreciative tweets from President Trump. The year did end with policy makers delighting markets by signaling they may not tighten monetary policy again for a while.
Powell's Feb. 6 appearance will be live-streamed to the public who will also be able to join the discussion via social media. It gives the Fed chairman a chance to flesh out his reasoning for the dovish turn amid questions over what necessitated such a dramatic shift.
"Monetary policy makers may have been spooked by economic and financial developments at their first meeting of the year, but the labor market remains on very sound footing," said Carl Riccadonna, chief U.S. Economist at Bloomberg Economics. "Policy makers will be satisfied to let the data do the heavy lifting, rather than Fed communications, in terms of convincing market participants of the need for further action."
Powell isn't alone in speaking. Loretta Mester of the Cleveland Fed is scheduled for Monday and Vice Chairmen Randal Quarles and Richard Clarida speak on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. James Bullard of the St. Louis Fed has an appearance on Thursday and Mary Daly of the San Francisco Fed speaks Friday.
Elsewhere, there are monetary policy decisions in the UK, India, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and across eastern Europe.
Data delayed by the government shutdown in the U.S. are scheduled to be published in the near future, while numbers in the euro area will shed more light on how fast its economy is slowing.
Bloomberg notes the U.S. will start to publish economic reports delayed by the shutdown, including the Census Bureau's November's trade balance.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg project the deficit will narrow to $54 billion from $55.5 billion the prior month. Eyes will also turn to the imbalance with China as the two largest economies continue to negotiate the future of their trade relationship. Those talks are likely to come up in Trump's State of the Union address tomorrow and the final reading on November factory orders is scheduled for release Monday.
Bloomberg highlights additional industrial data from Germany along with services purchasing managers index from Italy and Spain that will provide the final such readings for the region and a further glimpse into the health of the euro-area economy after a torrid end to 2018. The European Commission will also release fresh economic predictions.
In the UK, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will present his final set of forecasts on Thursday before Brexit is due to happen on March 29, although they will be clouded by the unknowns of what that might entail. Iceland, Poland, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Russia and Romania all set rates too although the betting is each will make no changes. Turkish inflation is seen staying around 20.3%.
In addition, Venezuela will continue to capture the headlines with pressure mounting on Nicolas Maduro at home and abroad. On Wednesday, Brazil's central bank is expected to keep its key interest rate at a record low of 6.5% in what is likely the last meeting under President Ilan Goldfajn.
The next day, Mexican policy makers are set to keep their benchmark at the highest level in a decade as they meet for the first time since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's two appointees joined the board. They will have new inflation data that comes out that day. In Canada, consumer confidence data on Monday and the employment report on Friday will signal how soft the economy is.
Those are a dizzying amount of data points on the state of the global economy to pack into a week. Combine all that with the possibility the U.S. government could again be closed if the administration's recommendations for border policies are not followed, and you have a lot of developments producers should pay close attention to as the week progresses and debates emerge and intensify, Washington Insider believes.
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Child taken to hospital with serious injuries after crash
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Ambulances were called to the scene of the crash in Downham Market Picture: Archant
A child has been taken to hospital after they were involved in a collision with a car.
It happened just before 8.30am on Lynn Road, Downham Market.
Police said the road was closed near the Jet garage while emergency services dealt with the incident.
The child is believed to have suffered serious but not life-changing inujuries.
An East of England Ambulance spokesman said: "We were called at 8.21am with reports of a collision in Lynn Road, Downham Market.
"We sent an ambulance, ambulance officer and rapid response vehicle.
"A child was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further care."
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Home >> A News >> Farm To School, Digging Into The Growing Trend Of Schools Growing Their Own Food
Farm To School, Digging Into The Growing Trend Of Schools Growing Their Own Food
Arkansas students at Jonesboro Health, Wellness and Environmental Studies magnet school are finding some extra veggies on their lunch trays these days that they can be especially excited about. The school currently has three gardens where students tend to everything from tomatoes and lettuce to radishes and herbs, that they later harvest and get to eat. "I really like the oregano we have and getting to watch it grow,” Layla Sanders, a fourth-grader said. The school is one of a growing number that has started growing and serving its own food.
With October being national Farm to School month, it’s a perfect opportunity to look at the perks of these programs that are steadily growing in schools across the United States. They function both as a way to educate students about everything from science and agriculture to food prep and healthy eating.
“Our objective is to integrate the greenhouse and garden into our school culture and into what the kids are learning in the classroom,” Whitney Ciancetta, the greenhouse coordinator at Trenton Elementary in Trenton, Maine said. Ciancetta said that since the program started a year ago, teachers and cafeteria staff have noticed that the students are eating more vegetables. Whether that’s because the homegrown veggies taste better or because the students are just extra proud of their harvest is up for debate, but Ciancetta sees any program that a second-grader excited about kale as a good thing.
A variety of crops including cucumbers, carrots, onions, cabbages, potatoes and peppers are grown in the greenhouse that was designed with the help of seventh-graders last year to maximize growing space. The school has begun working with FoodCorps, a branch of the AmeriCorps national service program to educate students on healthy eating and regularly has a monthly “taste test” with students of their crops.
The gardens at Trenton Elementary and Jonesoboro HWES are just two of more than 7,000 school garden programs, according to the 2015 USDA Farm to School Census. The gardens don’t simply provide a space for kids to learn about local insects and plant life while developing a green thumb and enjoying a few strawberries at snack time, but help to lay the groundwork for healthy eating into adulthood. Farm to school programs result in children developing a willingness to try new foods and an increase of 44.2 percent of students eating more fruits and vegetables, according to Farm to School Network, a networking hub that works to educate on the benefits of school gardens.
In addition to more kids eating fruits and veggies at school, roughly 22 percent of school districts with school gardens also server their crops in summer food programs. Often times, these school farms function as farm to summer vacation programs to help keep kids active and learning throughout the summer months.
To learn about establishing a farm to school program visit the National Farm to School Network’s resources here.
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Tsunami tragedy hits East and West of the world
We receive and publish a segment of the latest newsletter from the Danish Shortwave Club International:
Dear friends, December 29, 2004
On Dec 26 the worst Earthquake on Earth in 40 years happened underwater southwest of Aceh Province, Sumatra. Enormous seismic Sea waves (in Japanese called Tsunami) hit the coasts in most countries around the Indian Ocean, causing devastating damages and more than 60000 people at the beaches killed or disappeared into the Sea. This natural catastrophe came without warning and all media covered this tragic event. On Sri Lanka alone, more than 22000 people are reported dead.
Our member, Victor Goonetilleke, living 10 km inland south of Colombo wrote on Dec 27: ” All of us are OK here. Trying hard to organize some emergency communications (Victor is also a very active radio amateur! Ed) and also doing some food distributions and things like that. Since the affected areas are so widespread things are very hard. Everyone within 1000 metres or so of the coast have been badly affected right along the coast from North to South on the eastern side of the island. In some areas as far in as 2-3kms. On the Western side not so bad, about 100 metres from the coast, as the quake was on the Eastern side of the island and the tidal waves came from the East/ S. East. You would have seen the vast destruction. Frightening.. Regards , Victor”.
He further reported in Dxplorer on Dec 27 via Wolf Harranth and Christoph Ratzer: ”Some heart breaking stories are emerging. Just got back after a hectic day. We are sending a radio amateur team to the worst affected area to link on HF and try VHF through one of our functioning repeaters. And a coordinating centre will be set up tomorrow at "Temple Trees" at the Prime Ministers official residence in Colombo. We have some more volunteers who would go, but we have a shortage of portable equipment, transport, etc., to the affected areas, etc. I hope our efforts tomorrow to link Hambantota which is in the deep South are successful as it has been cut off since the first waves hit. Thank you all for writing - excuse this common note as I am exhausted after a very heavy day. Regards, Victor”
We are happy that at least you and your family are safe, Victor, and that you are doing such a great effort in the rescue work! We do our best to assist through humanitarian aid via the relief agencies. Before the catastrophe, on Dec 20 Victor furthermore sent the DSWCI a long list of loggings which is published in Miscellaneous.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew, 6. 33
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Email: mmsmith4@eiu.edu
Magie Smith is the Associate Professor of Clarinet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where she has taught applied clarinet, general education courses, and directed the Community Music Program for eleven years. She is an active recitalist, chamber and orchestral musician, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States. She earned Master's and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in clarinet from The Ohio State University. While at Ohio State, Dr. Smith was the recipient of the prestigious University Fellowship, served as the graduate teaching associate for the clarinet studio, and held responsibilities in the music education department. Her principal teachers include James Pyne, Tod Kerstetter, John Carmichael, and Lee Levine. Dr. Smith has been recorded on the Naxos label and has performed with numerous orchestras in the United States. These include the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, the Springfield (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra, the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and the Danville Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2011, she was selected to play principal clarinet with the Franco-American Vocal Academy chamber orchestra in a production of Jacques Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, in Périgueux, France and surrounding villages throughout Aquitaine. She and colleague Rebecca Johnson have been performing together for 9 years. In 2012, they were chosen to present their research project, “Flute and Clarinet Music for Young Musicians,” at the 2012 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Over the summer of 2014, Dr. Smith traveled to Quito, Ecuador as a guest artist and lecturer for the XXIV Convención Internacional de Flautistas en el Centro del Mundo. Dr. Smith has served as clarinet faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp and at the CICA International Summer Music Festival.
Dr. Smith is a dedicated pedagogue and educator. She takes personal pride and interest in each of her students. She holds a high standard of excellence in her studio and thrives on helping her students set and reach goals. Her former students have become successful music educators and performers across the country. In her free time, Dr. Smith enjoys cooking, storytelling, and traveling.
D.M.A, The Ohio State University
M.M., The Ohio State University
B.M., Western Kentucky University
Selected Conference Presentations
2012 Midwest Clinic
"Flute and Clarinet Music for Young Musicians"
with Rebecca Johnson
2013 IMEA Festival
"Inspire Your Ensemble! Incorporating chamber music in your band and orchestra classroom"
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