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ALEXANDRA REIMANN
"Palm placement", 2015
Is about the importance of placement.
What and when are there consequences of placement?
On the sidewalks in Los Angeles I noticed trees bursting through the pavement.
The roots were causing havoc both on the surface, making it difficult to maneuver around, but also underground, creating problems with the piping. Which then led to problems in the adjacent buildings.. It made me think of how shortsighted the city planners were back when they planted the trees. Maybe they didn’t think that it would stay that way for very long. A lot in LA seems temporary or on the verge to become something else.
Yucca palm, cement, 25x25x60 cm
I invited my friends to do a group show with me in Copenhagen. All of the artist were or had recently been placed outside their home country.
Emil Keller Skousen (DK) from Bergen Academy of Art & Design (NO)
Cecilie Hundevad Meng (DK) from Royal Institute of Art (SE)
Iselin Forslund Toubro (DK) & Emma LaMorte (CA) from Royal Institute of Art (SE)
"Placement" at Udstillingsstedet Q, Copenhagen, DK
Kopenhagen.dk came by at the opening
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"Mofo" song lyrics by U2
The sixth single flogged from the supposed deadhorse Pop, the lyrics in part refer to Bono's mother, whom he lost at the age of fourteen. This song is one of many songs penned by Bono that reference a band member's mother or father.
Being the sixth single from Pop, it didn't chart too well around the world - U2 however totally believed in the song and they played it as the opening piece for every night on the very popular Popmart tour.
Mofo lyrics by U2:
Lookin' for to save my, save my soul
Lookin' in the places where no flowers grow
Lookin' for to fill that God shaped hole
Mother, mother sucking rock and roll
Holy dunc, spacejunk comin' in for the splash
Been around back, been around front
White dopes on punk staring into the flash
Lookin' for baby Jesus under the trash
Mother hopping sugar popping dropping rock and roll
Mother, mother, mother
Mother, am I still your son
You know I've waited for so long to hear you say so
Mother, you left and made me someone
Now I'm still a child but no one tells me no
Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world
Lookin' for the father of my two little girls
Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade
Still looking for the face I had before the world was made
Bubble poppin', sugar droppin' rock and roll
Mother sucking, fucking rock and roll
Soothe me mother
Prove me father
Move me brother
Woo me sister
Move me father
Show me mother
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Check out some more of the singles released from the Pop album, If God Will Send His Angels and the quirky Discotheque.
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Garry Stevens No Comments
Dear Burgesses
As you may be aware it was the 700th anniversary of the Stocket Charter granted by Robert the Bruce to Aberdeen on 10th December 1319. “By our present charter confirmed to our Burgesses and Community of Aberdeen” Many visitors to Aberdeen are familiar with the statue of Robert the Bruce outside Marischal College holding aloft said Charter. The Forest of the Stocket, together with certain additional areas, comprises what is known as “The Freedom Lands”.
The observance of boundaries or marches and the preservation of landmarks are of remote origin and go back to the time when man took one of his early steps along the path of civilization. At first, no doubt, the landmarks were natural objects, such as hills, trees and streams, and the rough tracks or highways of the time, but as early society grew in complexity, the necessity for marks of artificial construction arose, and with these came the collateral necessity of guarding against their removal. A riding of the Marches at frequent intervals was undertaken for the purpose of ensuring that the landmarks were not moved, or if moved, that they were restored to their original position.
There is a total of 66 March Stones marking the boundary of the Freedom Lands. The Burgesses have responsibility for ensuring that each of the stones has an allocated Guardian(s). The role of a Guardian is not onerous, apart from ensuring they remain in place, the main role is to ensure they are kept in reasonable order, free from being overgrown with grass, and weeds, and kept in as clean a condition as possible.
We currently have a number of stones which do not have an allocated Guardian, and these are listed below. If you would like to undertake the role, please contact Clerk Garry Stevens at clerk@aberdeenburgesses.com indicating which stone is your preference.
We are hoping to have events throughout this year to celebrate the 700th anniversary which will involve the Guardians in some shape or form, further information will be posted to the website once finalised.
Stones without a Guardian:
3,4,5,23.28,29,33,37,41,42,43,44.45,50.53,55,56,57,58,59,60, Omega,
The attached March Stones leaflet, which will be updated this year gives locations on all of the stones
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Excellent lunch held at RNUC on Wednesday 22 January with over 60 attendees with guest speaker Hon Lt Men Gurung giving a fascinating talk reflecting on his life. Born in the Gorkha district of Nepal which is a big recruiting ground for the Gurkha regiment which he joined in 1986, Men served them proudly for 20 years, then on leaving his regiment subsequently settled in Aberdeen and formed the North East of Scotland Gurkha Association (NESGA) Following his presentation, through Lord Provost Barney Crocket, an Honorary Gurkha, Men presented the Lord Dean with a commemorative plaque to the Burgesses from the NESGA which was gratefully received.
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Lord Dean, Men and Lord Provost
Reminder below of forthcoming lunches held at RNUC. If you wish to attend please email Clerk Garry Stevens at clerk@aberdeenburgesses.com Cost is £14 and payment can be made via cheque sent to – Garry Stevens, Clerk to the Burgesses, 6 Craigarbel Crescent, Inverbervie, Montrose, DD10 0SJ or via online banking to sort code 826011, Account no 50325609 Ref Surname/Lunch.
Guest speakers are Ian Grosz/Steve Smith. Trading Faces was an independent, collaborative Social Documentary project between writer and researcher Ian Grosz, and photographer Steve Smith, which set out to document the lives of Traders at Aberdeen Market during 2018 / 2019. Initial funding to undertake the project was through an Aberdeen City Creative Funding Grant to carry out the research phase. The work was subsequently brought to exhibition through a commission by Look Again Aberdeen. Ian’s role during the project was to conduct audio-based interviews with traders to record their stories and experiences. These recordings were edited down for an audio installation, which worked alongside large-format film portraits taken by Steve Smith. The audio told individual life stories, as well as giving the public a sense of the challenges faced by traders with the market building under threat of redevelopment at a dynamic time of change in the city’s evolution, and documenting the dramatic changes to retail shopping habits seen over the last decade. Overarching contextual narrative text for the exhibition was also provided.
Please click on the link below for details on the annual jazz lunch.
Jazz Lunch invite 20220 (1)Download
In a discussion yesterday the Lord Dean and Clerk were wondering what would be a suitable name or names for a street name recognising the Burgesses of Guild. What might you suggest ? We may have an opportunity through Aberdeen City Council to have street name or names linked to the Burgesses of Guild.
Suggestions to Clerk Garry Stevens at:
Places are still available for the Charity Burns Supper which is being hosted by fellow Burgess Charles Henderson. The link below gives full details.
Hearts of Gold Charity Burns SupperDownload
Welcome to New Burgesses – Admitted Monday 10th December 2019
Atli Arnason, Managing Director, Proposed by Lord Dean of Guild, Seconded by Sylvia Halkerston
Seonaidh Baker, Operations Manager, Proposed by Albert Thomson, Seconded by Ronnie Watt
Gary Catto, Engineer, Proposed by Lord Dean, Seconded by Jennifer Catto
Dr Duncan Cockburn, Director of Policy and Planning, Proposed by Dr Chris Croly and Seconded by Shona Croly
Anne Donald, Retired Teacher Proposed by Alison Skene, Seconded by James Donald
John Dunn, Marine Research Scientific Officer (Retired), Proposed by Alan Silver, Seconded by Alistair Ritchie
Ronald Findlay, Retied Police Officer, Proposed by Alistair Ritchie, Seconded by Raymond Mack
Fraser Henderson, Administrator Financial Services, Proposed by Charles Henderson, Seconded by Sharon Findlater
Geoffrey Marston, Retired Police Officer, Proposed by Alistair Ritchie, Seconded by Raymond Mack
Forbes McCallum, Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Aberdeen, Proposed by Jennifer Shirreffs, Seconded by Beverley Graham
Dr Olga Runcie, Consultant Psychiatrist, Proposed by Rita Stephen, Seconded by Ronnie Watt
David Strachan, Company Director, Proposed by Dr Trevor Runcie, Seconded by Sylvia Halkerston
Annual Burgess Quiz – 2019
10 Teams attended Aberdeenshire Cricket Club on Tuesday 26th November to battle it out in the Annual Burgess of Guild Quiz. Fellow Burgess Stuart Robison set some challenging questions over 10 rounds with the eventual winners being the Team Captained by Alan Towns.
As always it was a very enjoyable and fun evening, with special thanks to Stuart for being our quizmaster and also the Cricket Club for their as always excellent buffet and hospitality.
That ends our social events for this year, we are working on a line up for next year, and will post details to the website once finalised.
Burgess of Guild Lunch – Prof George Boyne
The Burgess lunch held on Wednesday 13th November was attended by over 60 Burgesses to hear an interesting and informative presentation by Prof. George Boyne, the new Principal and Vice Chancellor of Aberdeen University. The presentation focussed on the history of the University, its 525 anniversary next year (lots will be happening across the city to celebrate it) current and future initiatives and collaborations. Prof Boyne’s presentation can be downloaded from the link below:
This brings an end to our lunches for 2019. Work is already underway with our guest line up for first six months of next year, along with some Social events. Our last social event of the year will be our annual fun quiz on Tuesday 26th November at Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. Not too late to enter a team of up to 4 including one Burgess
Prof Boyne PresentationDownload
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Utility Projects
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
New solids handling equipment was installed to improve treatment, safety, and efficiency at our Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) over the last few months. Wastewater flows include paper products, such as toilet paper, and other solid materials that we normally remove from the water prior to the biological treatment process. The WWTP Screening Upgrades included a new in-channel grinder at the headworks (where flows enter the to remove these solids and deposit them in a dumpster where they are then transported to the local landfill. A new air handler was also installed in the Screening Building to improve air quality and avoid equipment deterioration.
Work was also completed on one of the clarifiers, large basins used for treating water prior to discharge in the Kansas River. The concrete floor of the clarifier was refurbished, the steel structure was painted the main drive that operates large rotating equipment within the clarifier was rebuilt for preventative maintenance purposes.
Total Project Cost was $270,000
Storage Tank Painting
Painting work has been completed on one of our 1 million gallon storage tanks (ST1) to restore interior paint protection. The tank was cleaned and a section of the exterior was painted last fall. It was during this process that we discovered severe paint delamination on the roof panels and upper side wall sections and subsequently scheduled the repainting process. The tank was constructed in 2000 and normal life expectancy for industrial paint is 20-25 years, so since the tank was in its 17th year, repainting the interior provides the best solution rather than just painting the roof area.
Staff authorized some additional repairs to the upper beam structure and column pipe, both of which provide support for the steel structure. This additional work increased the project cost, but the benefits to ensure sustainability of this vital infrastructure outweighs the expense. The tank was placed back in service extensive testing to ensure safe Drinking Water.
Project cost was $150,000.
New Pressure Control Valve Installations
Two (2) new Pressure Control Valves (PRV) facilities were installed within the northern pressure zones of our water system. One PRV facility was installed on 134th Street, just south of I-70 to control flow on an emergency basis between the north pressure zone and central pressure zone. The other PRV facility was installed in the far northeast section of the north pressure zone where we have an interconnect with Board of Public Utilities (BPU) water system. This PRV will provide flow control from the BPU system during an emergency situation or if high demands require additional water flows.
These PRVs facilities were installed to improve water supply sustainability thus ensuring that water can flow freely from our emergency interconnects with BPU. The central and northern pressure zones are maintained by pressure regulated pumps located at our storage tank facility. If the pumps were to fail, for any reason, the PRV facilities will operate automatically to maintain flow and pressure into these pressure zones. We regulate flow and pressure when needed during high demands to ensure that our residents maintain acceptable water pressure, especially in cases of a waterline break
Total Project Cost for both PRV facilities = $125,000
Replacement Waterlines (Cornell, Emerson, Sheidley & Clark)
We have finally released this major infrastructure project for construction bidding. The work will begin this fall. This large waterline replacement project was delayed in order to include new sidewalks and make improvements to the sanitary and storm sewer systems along with anticipated replacement of the Clark waterline. The Project encompasses Cornell between Morse and Spring, Emerson between Morse and Murphy, Sheidley between Murphy and Pine (Insley), and Clark between Morse and Murphy. New sidewalks will be constructed on Cornell and Sheidley. The existing four-inch (4") cast iron and older PVC pipes will be replaced with new six-inch (6") and eight-inch (8") pipes, which will improve flow, pressure, and fire protection. The Project is expected to take 20-26 weeks to complete. Sidewalks will provide "walkability" and safety for the area residents and especially our City's children.
The Total Estimated Project cost is $900,000 to replace 3500 feet of pipe and the associated service lines to the meter service for each house, including new meter pits; new sidewalks, improved stormwater inlets and street repaving. Once completed, this new construction will provide years of reliable water service for residents, safe walking, and good roads. Eventually, the entire area in this section of the City will have similar work completed to provide clean, safe drinking water walk-able areas and safe, good roadways of the citizens of Bonner Springs.
Residential Trash & Recycle Services
Utility Fact Sheet
I have a raccoon getting in my trash. What can I do?
My neighbor's dog barks constantly. What can I do?
If I've lost (or found) a dog / cat, what's my first step?
What incentives does the City of Bonner Springs offer to potential businesses and developers?
What licenses and permits do I need in order to move a business into an existing building?
Bonner Animal Rescue
Low Cost Spay/Neuter
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Patients with disorders of consciousness in India: Preliminary results from a pilot survey
Davide Sattin1, Nirmal Surya2, Caterina Pistarini3, Paolo Tonin4, Hitav Someshwar2, Milena Caputo1, Matilde Leonardi1
1 Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit – Coma Research Centre, Department of Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta Milan, Italy
2 The World Federation for Neurolabirintite - RVP South Asia, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Neurorehabilitation, Istituti Clinici Scientifici S. Maugeri –IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
4 Department of Neurorehabilitation, Istituto S Anna, Crotone, Italy
Date of Submission 13-Aug-2018
Dr. Caterina Pistarini
Via Missolungi 14 16167 Genova-Nervi
DOI: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_355_18
The epidemiological data of Indian patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC), specifically vegetative state and minimally conscious state, have not been investigated. The present study sought to explore the current state of the art in India for patients with DOC promoting a pilot survey. An ad hoc questionnaire was sent to a total of 400 Indian professionals who are affiliated to various centers; 59 professionals completed the questionnaire and 52 of them declared that their centers hospitalized patients with DOC in the last year for rehabilitation/medical treatments. The majority of the professionals were from Maharashtra region. The main preliminary findings showed that the prevalence rates of traumatic and nontraumatic etiologies were equally distributed, that the rate of use of the coma recovery scale-revised was low, and that the rehospitalization was always or frequently possible in neurological and rehabilitation units. The extrapolated estimated rate of patients with DOC hospitalized in the centers involved in 2017 was equal to 4 per million of population in Maharashtra region. More than 50% of the professionals declared that there were neither sufficient nor adequate services for caregivers' support. Even if the present pilot survey has some limitations, the present article offers the first preliminary data on patients with DOC in Indian country.
Keywords: Disorders of consciousness, epidemiology, India, survey, vegetative state
Sattin D, Surya N, Pistarini C, Tonin P, Someshwar H, Caputo M, Leonardi M. Patients with disorders of consciousness in India: Preliminary results from a pilot survey. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2019;22:485-7
Sattin D, Surya N, Pistarini C, Tonin P, Someshwar H, Caputo M, Leonardi M. Patients with disorders of consciousness in India: Preliminary results from a pilot survey. Ann Indian Acad Neurol [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 29];22:485-7. Available from: http://www.annalsofian.org/text.asp?2019/22/4/485/249725
There is an increasing number of patients who survive after severe brain damage and enter into a vegetative state (VS) or minimally conscious state (MCS), generally defined as disorders of consciousness (DOC).[1],[2] Organization of healthcare services for those patients requires different information, among which epidemiological and clinical ones are fundamentals. However, available epidemiological data are mainly from the US or some European countries (classified as high-income countries) whereas, for the Asian continent, there is only an old study about the epidemiology of DOC in Japan that reported a prevalence rate around 18.8 persons/per million of population (pmp) at the moment.[3]
Given this lack of data, it is very important to develop studies that try to unveil the condition of the patients with DOC in countries that are highly populated and that are increasing the health systems performance, such as India. To our knowledge, studies on hospitalization rate for persons in VS and MCS in India are still lacking, although this a middle-income country is the second most populous nation in the world and is also going through a period of rapid economic growth.[4]
The present pilot study aims to collect preliminary information about Indian patients with DOC, as well as to provide a first raw estimated hospitalization rate of this clinical condition in the country.
This survey was developed through collaboration between Italian and Indian members of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (WFNR) from December 2017 to February 2018. Considering the limited funding available, authors opted for a pilot study to collect preliminary data on the complex reality of patients with DOC in different areas of India. An ad hoc questionnaire [Questionnaire 1] was developed by Italian and Indian researchers according to previous explorative surveys made in European countries.[5],[6] The questionnaire was implemented online using Google Forms by the Indian team, and its link was sent to a total of 400 members who are affiliated to various centers in India through e-mails. In detail, participants are members of the Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation (IFNR), of the Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) and/or the Neurological Society of India. Fifty-nine professionals (each one from different centres) completed the questionnaire. Several centers from different regions of India are represented in this survey, but majority of the responses are from the Maharashtra region (120.68 millions of people in 2017).[7] Considering that India has approximately 51 physicians per 1,000,000 persons according to the WHO,[8] this pilot survey covered a wide percentage of centers in Maharashtra region.
Only aggregated data were collected. Consent was obtained from each participant that accepted to answer the form.
Continuous variables are presented as medians and interquartile ranges and categorical variables as numbers and percentages. The calculation of the total number of patients hospitalized in the last year was inferred considering the median value for each category reported in the question B.1 (How many patients with the diagnosis of VS or MCS have you/your unit managed in the last year?) by each center. Raw hospitalization rate estimation was calculated considering the total number of patients hospitalized in Maharashtra centers which declared to admit patients with DOC, divided by the total regional population. Analyses were performed using SPSS 24.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
A total of 59 professionals completed the questionnaire [Supplementary Figure 1] and [Supplementary Figure 2] and 52 of them hospitalized patients with DOC in 2017 for rehabilitation and medical treatments. A total of 741 patients with DOC were hospitalized in these centers involved.
Regarding the instrumental examinations, most used for differential diagnosis between VS and MCS were reported the structural magnetic resonance (25 centers use it in >80% of patients), computed axial tomography (20 centers >80%), and EEG (19 centers >80%). The survey also showed as the most clinical assessment scale used in the respondent centers were the Glasgow outcome scale (48/52 centers used it), then the Disability rating scale (25/52 centers) and the functional independence measures (22/52 centers). Only 9/52 centers used the coma recovery scale-revised (CRS-r) during the assessment procedures for the clinical assessment of patients with DOC
[Table 1] reports information on patients' hospitalization by all the centers which completed the questionnaire. Considering only the 52 centers that declared to admit patients with DOC in 2017, 22 centers reported that the most etiology found in patients was nontraumatic brain injury (n-TBI), whereas 23 centers reported that it was TBI. Seven centers reported that the two etiologies were equally distributed.
Table 1: Types of units involved in the survey and data on hospitalization of patients with disorders of consciousness
Considering the features of the pathways of care, at the question “Can patients be hospitalized again for a second, third, etc., hospitalization if they need treatments?,” the 75% of professionals reported that it was “always” or “not always possible but frequent” to re-admit a patient in the same center, whereas the other 25%of them that it was “rare” or “very difficult” to hospitalize a patient again. Considering the difference between units, the possibility of readmission declared by professionals (”always” or “not always possible but frequent”) was equal to 69.7% in neurological units and equal to 75% for rehabilitation units.
In [Figure 1], we show the descriptive results about the refunding of health costs. In detail, we represent the 57 professionals' answers at two questions as reported in the note of the figure, differentiating the results for patients admitted in centers and patients at home. Direct payment was the most cited refunding method in our pilot survey.
Figure 1: Health care coverage costs. Note: The diagram showed the professionals' answers to the questions “Hospitalization costs in the place where you work are covered by?” and “The health costs for patients in vegetative and minimally conscious state at home are covered by?” The graphical representation must be read considering that the sum of light gray percentages indicates the 100% of professionals' responses for patients at home subdivided for the different types of coverage of costs, as well as for the sum of the lead-gay columns that represent the 100% of the professionals' evaluations for patients admitted in their centers
Regarding the results from the other questions of the questionnaire, the evaluation of the health services provided, the sum of “inadequate” + “not sufficient responses” was more than 50% for caregivers' support. Furthermore, neurologists and medical doctors from rehabilitation units are the professionals who showed the higher probability to visit patients with DOC also at home (60% and 24.4%, respectively).
Considering that the total number of patients with DOC hospitalized in centers placed in Maharashtra region was n = 488; a raw extrapolated rate of 4 hospitalizations/pmp/year was estimated for this area.
This survey, although with several methodological limits, shows preliminary data from professionals working in 52 healthcare centers hospitalizing patients with DOC. Regarding clinical assessment of patients, a very low prevalence of CRS-r use was found, in contrast to international guidelines which indicated the CRS-r as the gold standards tool for behavioral assessment and research purposes.[9],[10] Data on etiology did not confirm the trend reported in the scientific literature for the European countries [5],[6] in relation to the main prevalence of n-TBI with respect to the TBI ones. The raw estimated hospitalization rate for Maharashtra region is 4/pmp/year.
This final result could underestimate the real prevalence of patients with DOC because the majority of the population resides in the rural areas, and the rural patients are covered by the government health care setup where qualified neurologists or neurosurgeons are not easily available, so patients with DOC are not seen by them (they could be managed by other health care professionals who were not included in this survey).
Moreover, for interpretation of the result, we need to take into account that health insurance in India typically pays for only inpatient hospitalization and for treatment at hospitals. According to La Forgia and Nagpal 2012,[11] >25% of India's population gained access to some form of health insurance by 2010, up from 55 million in 2003–2004. More than 180 million of these were people below the poverty line.[8] Indian population estimate is >1.300 billions in 2017.
This pilot study has some limitations. First, the response rate of professionals involved was very low. It is impossible to estimate how many of them hospitalized patients with DOC, but our estimations of the health coverage were quite good, considering that a lot of professionals who hospitalized patients with DOC in Maharashtra region are members of the IFNR or of the IAN and that the rate of professionals/population seems to respect the numbers reported in the methodological section. This hypothesis lets authors to calculate the hospitalization rate only for Maharashtra region although the original aim was to collect information on a wider area of India.
Despite of these limitations, our study highlighted the high number of centers who offer readmission of patients guaranteeing the access to health services for these patients also after the first rehabilitation phase. However, the relationship between hospitalization rate and outcomes has to be investigated seriously for patients with DOC, also considering the influence of family support, clinical conditions, and healthcare services for rehabilitation outcomes.[12],[13]
We are grateful to all professionals involved and WFNR and IFNR organizations.
Research supported by an unrestricted grant from Istituto S. Anna di Crotone to WFNR and IFNR, in memory of Prof. Giuliano Dolce.
Questionnaire 1
(1) Where do you work (mainly)?(only one answer is allowed)
(2) Please insert the address of your work place (street and city)
(3) Do you mainly work with adults or with pediatric patients?
[ ] <18 years old patients
[ ] >18 years old patients
[ ] Both
(4) How many patients do you see every month?(Mean number considering the last six months)
(5) Which are the most recurrent diagnosis? Please refer to ICD10 diagnosis if possible
(6) Have you managed patients with a diagnosis of vegetative state or minimally conscious in the last year?
To ensure comparability of responses, we provided a working definition of the vegetative state, adapted from the 1994 report of the US Multi-Society Task Forceand asked respondents to bear this definition in mind when completing the questionnaire. The vegetative state was defined as patients presenting with:
No evidence of awareness of self or environment
All responses are reflex in nature
No meaningful or voluntary response to stimulation (visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory or tactile).
No evidence of language comprehension or expression
Intermittent sleep-wake pattern
Variable preserved cranial nerve reflexes
Sufficiently preserved hypothalamic and brainstem autonomic function to permit prolonged survival with medical and nursing care.
If NO, thank you very much for your attention.
SECTION B - Epidemiological information
(B.1) How many patients with diagnosis of VS or MCS have you/your unit managed in the last year (from January 2017 to today)?
(B.2) How many of those patients are in VS and in MCS? (indicate percentage)
(B.3) Please, could you indicate the percentage relative to traumatic and non-traumatic etiologies?
(B.4) Please, indicate the average time (mean value) that occurs from patients' acute event to your first visit/clinical consulation? (days)
(B.5) How many of the above patients changed their functional and diagnostic level in the last year? Please, indicate a percentage
SECTION C - Clinical managing information
(C.1) Have you used any of the following examination for making diagnosis in your patients in VS or MCS? (more than one answer is allowed)
EEG-electroencephalography
Structural magnetic resonance
Functional magnetic resonance
CAT-computed axial tomography
PET-positron emission tomography
SPECT-single photon emission computed tomography
MEG-magnetoencephalography
(C.2) Do you usually use one, or more than one, of these clinical assessment tools? (more than one answer is allowed)
FROM HERE THERE ARE 2 SUB-SECTIONS IN ACCORDING TO ANSWERS PROVIDED TO QUESTION NO 1
(ONLY FOR MEDICAL DOCTORS WORKING IN A HOSPITAL UNIT)
(C.3.1a) Do you have the following specialists for diagnosis treatment and care of patients in VS or MCS in your unit? (more than one answer are allowed)
(C.3.2a) How long do patients stay in your unit? Please indicate mean time considering only first admission in hospital (days)
(C.3.3a) Can patients be hospitalized again for a second, third, etc., hospitalization if they need treatments?
(C.3.4a) Hospitalization costs in the place where you work are covered by? (more than one answer are allowed)
(ONLY FOR FAMILY PRACTITIONERS/DOCTOR WORKING IN MEDICAL OFFICES/PATIENTS' HOME)
(C.3.1b) If in your patients' group you have patients in VS and MCS at home, how many times did you manage to see each of those patients in the last year? (Please indicate the mean number of visits made and divided it with the no of patients visited)
(C.3.2b) If a patient needs a medical consultation/expert opinion from specialists is it easy to obtain it?
(C.3.3b) How would you rate the health services provided to patients?
(C.3.4b) The health costs for patients in VS and MCS at home are covered by? (more than one answer are allowed)
(C.3.3d) How would you rate the health services provided to family/caregivers of your patients in VS or MCS?
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Eagles By Laws
Football - Pee Wee
Football - Juniors
Football - Seniors
SAFL New Player Registration Form
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Release & Indemnification Agreement
Player Contact Form
General Rules & Guidelines
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Belchertown Granby Eagles Youth Football
BY- LAWS Revised Form: August 2013
Article I- NAME
The organization shall be known as Belchertown Granby Eagles Youth Football Organization, hereinafter referred to as “BGEYFO.”
Article II-AFFLIATION
BGEYFO shall annually apply for or renew affiliation with a League Organization comprised of other Youth Football organizations, currently the Suburban Amateur Football League, hereinafter referred to as “SAFL”.
Article III- OBJECTIVES
The primary objectives of BGEYFO are to teach football skills while implementing the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and respect for ones self and others and to keep the participants free from any adult personal agenda, ambition, and or glory.
To achieve these objectives, BGEYFO will provide a supervised program under the Rules and Regulations as set forth by the SAFL, the BGEYFO By-laws, and the BGEYFO Participant Handbook. BGEYFO shall operate exclusively as a non-profit educational organization providing a supervised program of competitive football.
Article IV- BGEYFO BY-LAWS
The BGEYFO Board of Directors will approve By-laws stated herein by a simple majority vote.
By-laws will be reviewed annually and approved In Accordance With (IAW) Article IV Section 1.
Article V – BGEYFO Participant Handbook
The BGEYFO Board of Directors will approve the BGEYFO Participant Handbook stated herein by a simple majority vote. The Participant Handbook will be distributed one per family at the time of participant member registration. It will also be available throughout the year upon request.
The BGEYFO Participant Handbook will be reviewed annually and approved IAW Article V Section 1.
Article VI – MEMBERSHIP
Eligibility; Any individual residing within the Towns of Belchertown and Granby or surrounding town that does not have an affiliation with the SAFL.
(a) Participant Members: Any child meeting the requirements of BGEYFO, and who resides within the authorized boundaries of BGEYFO as set forth herein, shall be eligible to compete for participation but shall have no rights, duties or obligations in the management of in the property of BGEYFO. Any waivers for Participating Members shall follow League guidelines AND must be approved by the President and Vice President.
(b) Regular Members: Any person upon registering their child (ren) to play in BGEYFO and during the term that their child (ren) remains a Participant Member is a Regular Member. Residents of the BGEYFO community with a demonstrated commitment to the objectives and goals of BGEYFO but do not have children playing in the program, or individuals with children formerly in the program may also become regular members by approval of the Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as “BOD”. Only Regular
Members in good standing, Board Members, Coaches, and Officers are eligible to nominate, vote, and hold an office or any other elected or appointed position in the BGEYFO. The Secretary shall maintain the roll of membership to qualify voting member; a copy will be given to the President and Vice President on a monthly basis during the season or as requested.
(c) Sustaining Member: Any person not a Regular Member who makes financial or other contribution(s) to BGEYFO may by majority vote of the BOD become a Sustaining Member, but shall have no rights, duties or obligations in the management or in the property of BGEYFO.
Participating Members may not actively engage in the participation, promotion or operation of any other football program during the fall season, except for football programs sponsored by BGEYFO, without a majority vote by the Officers for a waiver application.
Suspension or Termination resulting from Extreme Violations
In some disciplinary actions, membership may be terminated by resignation or action of the BOD as
(a) The BOD, by majority vote of the quorum present at any duly constituted meeting, shall have the authority to discipline, suspend, or terminate the membership of any Member, Coach, Officer, or Board Member when the conduct of such person is considered detrimental to the best interests of BGEYFO and/or the League. The individual involved shall be notified by certified letter of such a meeting, informed of the general nature of the charges and be given the opportunity to appear at the meeting to
answer such charges.
(b) Any member, player, parent or otherwise, Coach, Officer, or Board Member who is ejected from a game, involved in activity deemed to be detrimental to the best interest of the BGEYFO and/or League or in violation of the objectives herein stated, must appear before the BOD or duly appointed committee thereof, which shall have full powers to suspend or revoke such Members right to future participation. A parent or legal guardian will accompany any minor child (ren) required to appear for a disciplinary
review. Failure to appear before said committee shall not preclude the committee’s ability to discipline, suspend or revoke the player(s), parents, Coach, Officer, or Board member rights to future participation.
(c) If the participation by any Coach, Officer, or Board member poses a conflict of interest (i.e.; family member: child, parent, spouse, etc.), he/she will not be able to participate in such case.
(d) In the absence of Board approval, all rights of any member in BGEYFO and its property shall cease on the termination of such membership. Termination shall not from any obligation for charges incurred, services or benefits actually rendered, fees of assessments arising from contract or otherwise. BGEYFO shall retain the right to enforce any such obligation or obtain damage for its breech and any member whose membership is terminated by revocation shall have no claim against BGEYFO, its Officers or
members for any accruals that may be alleged to exist.
(e) Any person suspended or terminated for disciplinary reasons cannot be considered for a leadership position in BGEYFO including but not limited to Coach, Assistant Coach, Officer, or Board member for a period no less than one (1) year,
ARTICLE VII: FEES
Participant Members: a reasonable participation fee will be assessed each year to ensure the operational continuity of BGEYFO. A $25.00 fee will be assessed for a check returned for non-sufficient funds.
Financial Assistance: All financial assistance must be approved by the Officers. Applicants seeking financial assistance must show proof of assistance: Mass Health; food stamps; reduced lunch; section 8. Those applicants receiving the funding assistance will receive a $50 registration discount per child. Players will be responsible for payment of remaining registration balance and any jersey/uniform fee. Any player that receives the financial assistance, his/her parents and/or guardians are required to
volunteer at least ten (10) hours in program activities. Payment plan arrangements can also be made with the Treasurer.
Refunds: Request for all types of refunds must be made in writing to the Treasurer by the parent/guardian and must provide reason for refund. Each case will be considered by the Officers and will be judged on a case-by-case basis. With all BGEYFO property returned and in good working order, a refund may be given prior to August 1st at 100%, and prior to the weigh in date at 50% of the registration fee (not including jersey fees). After the weigh in date, no refunds will be given. The refund will be issued by the Treasurer once all BGEYFO property has been returned in good order.
Multi-participant discounts: BGEYFO offers discounts to families with more than one (1) sibling participating in football and/ or cheerleading. The first sibling will be charged full price. Additional sibling(s) will receive $15.00 off the fee. This deduction is per sibling.
ARTICLE VIII: PLAYING RULES
Rules and Regulations shall be consistent with these By-laws. BGEYFO will follow such rules and regulation as set forth by the League (currently SAFL) Books & Guidelines. According to SAFL Article 22-playing rules: Games of the SAFL will be played under amateur rules, specifically those of the latest revision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and those rules modifications by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, in addition to any special rule included in the by-laws or passed by the League governing body.
The Coach responsible for failure to conform to the SAFL Rules of Play is subject to discipline in accordance with the disciplinary process outlined in the SAFL By-laws, Constitution and Rules of Play Handbook.
ARTICLE IX: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
The fiscal year of BGEYFO shall, unless otherwise decided by the BOD, end on the 31st day of December each year.
The BOD shall approve by majority vote, all matters pertaining to the finances of the BGEYFO and shall place all moneys in a common Association Treasury. Directing the expenditure of funds in such manner as will give no individual or team an advantage over those in competition with such individual or team. Officers, by majority vote may approve expenses under $200 for non-budgeted items, other than items required for day to day purchases.
The BOD shall not permit the contribution of funds or property to individual teams except where the Equipment Manager shall need equipment due to financial loss or physical loss of property.
The BOD shall not permit the solicitation of funds in the name of BGEYFO unless all the funds so raised are placed in the BGEYFO treasury.
The BOD shall not permit the disbursement of BGEYFO funds for other than the conduct of BGEYFO activities in accordance with the rules and policies as set forth herein.
No Board Member, Officer, Coach, or Member of BGEYFO shall receive, directly or indirectly, any salary or compensation from BGEYFO for services rendered as Board Member, Officer, Coach, or Member.
All monies received shall be deposited to the credit of BGEYFO in a local bank and all disbursements shall be made by check or debit card, signed by the authorized Treasurer or President. All purchases must be approved by both the Treasurer and President prior to purchase.
At the beginning of each season, the Equipment Manager and Coaches will review equipment needs. The Equipment Manager and the Treasurer will submit a budget to the Officers and BOD for the upcoming season’s projected expenditures. This budget must be submitted by the end of April. The BOD will approve any additional expenditure during the season on a case-by-case basis.
The President and Treasurer shall be authorized as check signers.
Section 10:
Upon dissolution of BGEYFO and after all outstanding debts and claims have been satisfied, the Members shall distribute the property of BGEYFO to such a Federally incorporated entity maintaining any objective similar to that set forth.
ARTICLE X: INSURANCE
The Officers shall obtain the following yearly insurances:
(a) according the League (SAFL) guidelines
(b) Coaches insurance through USA Football
(c) Property liability insurance
ARTICLE XI: ELECTIONS
The Elections will take place at the annual meeting on the second Wednesday of December each year. Notice of any change of the date shall be given to all members via any distribution method; handouts, mail, or electronically.
At the annual election Officers and Board members shall fix the number of Board Members, and elect that number. The number shall not be less than five (5) and no more than eleven (11). At any meeting, the Officers and Board members than in office may increase the number and elect new Board members to complete that number so fixed, or may decrease the number but only to eliminate vacancies.
All parties interested in volunteering for a position should make it known. Nominations are not needed, individuals may volunteer.
All votes, whether it is for an Officer or a Board member position will be by closed written ballet. If the voter cannot make the meeting, and they so choose, an electronic vote may be sent to the President and Chairman of the Board to be cast. The President and the Chairman of the Board will tally the votes together. If either of those positions is in transition/being voted on, that task will defer to the next available Officer in the order of Vice President, Treasurer, and then Secretary. Voting outcomes will be announced at the meeting.
If the participation in a vote by any Board member or Officer poses a conflict of interest (i.e.; family member: child, parent, spouse, etc.), he/she will not be able to participate in such vote.
Elections begin with the Board members once it is determined how many positions there are to be filled. Individuals can be nominated or volunteer. Each interested party will have an opportunity to speak, and votes will be cast as described above in sections 4 and 5. Once votes are tallied, the final BOD is set.
Once the Board member positions are set, individuals can be nominated or volunteer for the Chairman of the Board position. Each interested party will have the opportunity to speak. Votes for this position are cast as described above in sections 4 and 5. Once votes are tallied, our Chairman of the Board will be announced.
Once the Chairman of the Board is announced, individuals can be nominated or volunteer for the Officer positions. Each interested party will have the opportunity to speak. Votes for this position are cast as described above in sections 4 and 5. The voting order of Officers shall be Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and then President. Once votes are tallied, the Officers will be announced.
All candidates will have an opportunity to speak if they so choose. If an interested party cannot attend the annual meeting, it can be rescheduled once within 7 days to allow the candidate the opportunity. If the individual still cannot attend, they can either forfeit the speech, or send one to the Chairman of the Board or an Officer to address those in attendance on their behalf.
After individuals have completed their speeches, there is an opportunity for those in attendance to ask questions to the candidates.
In the event of a tie, the final vote to break the tie will go to the Chairman of the Board. In the event that the Chairman of the Board is unable to vote, it will defer to the President, then to the next officer in line if so needed.
At the meeting to vote in the Head Coach positions, all Head Coach candidates should step out of the votes.
ARTICLE XII: BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
The management of the property and affairs of BGEYFO shall be vested by the Officers and BOD.
The Board members shall be elected at the annual meeting as outlined in Article XI: Elections. Upon election, the Board members shall assume the duties immediately.
Vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining Board members due to death, resignation or otherwise at any regular or special meeting called by the President, Vice-President, or Chairman of the Board.
Term of office is set at two (2) years. There shall be no limit set on the number of terms a Board member may serve.
A quorum of the BOD shall consist of a required majority of members present to vote. Votes shall require a majority vote to pass. Each Board member shall have one vote. Votes can be cast electronically to all 6 Officers if a board member cannot attend the meeting where the vote is taken. If all Board members consent to the action in writing, they are entitled to vote on a matter in writing in lieu of a meeting for the vote to be held.
Board members shall be familiar with these By-lays and BGEYFO handbook. Each Board member shall devote their energies to promote the purpose of BGEYFO and the SAFL.
Special meetings that deal with administrative issues will be closed to everyone other than Officers and other Board members as needed.
Board members are expected to attend BGEYFO meetings. Upon missing three (3) consecutive meetings without notifying the Chairman of the Board, President, or Vice President with a valid excuse, that board member may be dismissed.
ARTICLE XIII: OFFICER’S DUTIES:
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The management of the property and affairs of BGEYFO shall be vested by the Officers and the BOD.
The Officers shall be elected at the annual meeting as outlined in Article XI: Elections. Elected officers of the BGEYFO shall coexist as President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and other members (Equipment Manager, Concessions Manager, Registrar, and SAFL League Representative) as appointed. The transition of an outgoing to a newly elected officer must take place no later than 30 days after the election. The outgoing officer will continue in office until such transition takes place.
The President may appoint such other officers as it may deem needed (Appointed Officers). Appointed positions are made by the President and approved by a majority vote of the BOD. These positions are but not limited to Cheerleading Coordinator, Coaching Coordinator, and Parent Advisory committee.
The term of any appointed position is set at one (1) season and must be re-appointed on a yearly basis. There shall be no limit set on the number of terms an Officer may serve.
An Officer may resign by delivering his/her written resignation to any Officer. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt (unless specified to be effective at some other time). Acceptance shall not be necessary to make it effective unless it so states.
A member may be suspended or removed with cause by a vote of two-thirds of the Officers in office. A member may be removed only after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard.
Vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining BOD due to death, resignation, or otherwise at any regular or special meeting called by the Officers or Chairman of the Board. Each successor shall 7 hold office for the unexpired term or until he/she sooner dies, resigns, is removed, or becomes disqualified.
Meetings of the Officers shall be held monthly. Any Officer, whenever he/she deems it advisable, shall notify the other Officers at least three (3) days prior to a meeting. Special meetings may be called by any Officer or the Chairman of the Board.
Officers shall be familiar with these By-laws and the BGEYFO handbook. Each Officer shall devote their energies to promote the purpose of BGEYFO and the SAFL. Each Officer shall be prepared to report on his/her respective area of responsibility as needed. '
Special meetings that deal with administrative issues will be closed to everyone other than Officers and Board members as needed.
Officers are expected to attend all BGEYFO meetings. Upon missing three (3) consecutive meetings without notifying the President or Vice President with a valid excuse, that Officer may be dismissed.
The fiscal year of BGEYFO shall commence on January 1st of each year and conclude on the last day of December in that calendar year.
The President shall:
(a) Conduct all affairs of the BGEYFO and execute the policies established by the Officers, BOD, and the SAFL.
(b) Preside over all meetings.
(c) Coordinate with the BGEYFO SAFL League Representative and Registrar.
(d) Act as spokesperson with input/direction for BGEYFO in all matters that Officers are authorized to act.
(e) Communicate to Officers and BOD such matters as deemed appropriate, and make suggestions in the best welfare of BGEYFO.
(f) Be responsible for the conduct of BGEYFO in strict conformity to the Policies, Principles, Rules and Regulations of the league as set forth in the BGEYFO By-laws and Participant Handbook.
(g) Make arrangements for practices, games and scrimmages with assistance from coaches.
(h) Investigate complaints, irregularities and conditions detrimental to BGEYFO and report his/her finding to Board of Directors.
(i) Appoint committees as necessary to complete BGEYFO objectives as stated in these By-laws. (Coaches Selection, Fundraising, Discipline).
(j) Give notice by mail or email of all meetings of BGEYFO and the Board of Directors.
(k) In the event the President cannot perform his/her duties outlined above, the Vice-President shall convene a meeting of Officers and BOD for the purpose of selecting a replacement.
Vice-President: shall:
(a) Review budget submitted by Treasurer and Equipment Manager prior to presentation to BOD.
(b) Assist the Registrar with player and coach’s applications and supporting documents for proof of age of every player candidate and certify residence and age eligibility before the player is accepted in BGEYFO.
(c) Oversee and assist Concessions Manager with all concessions related activities for home games.
(d) Participate in any Parent Advisory committee if such one is appointed.
(e) Perform such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the office of Vice President.
(f) In the event the President cannot perform his/her duties outlined above, the Vice-President shall convene a meeting of Officers and BOD for the purpose of selecting a replacement.
Secretary shall:
(a) Be responsible for recording the activities of BGEYFO and maintain proper files, mailing lists, and necessary records.
(b) Keep minutes of BOD meetings and cause them to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.
(c) Conduct all correspondences (news letters, directions, and thank you letters) not otherwise specifically delegated in connection with said meetings and is responsible for carrying all orders, votes and resolutions not otherwise committed.
(d) Perform such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the office of Secretary.
Treasurer shall:
(a) Receive all monies and securities, and deposit it in depository approved by the Officers and BOD within 7 business days.
(b) Keep records for the receipt and disbursement of all moneys and securities of BGEYFO. Approve payments from allotted funds and draw checks therefore in agreement with the policies and agreements by BOD. All bills to be paid by check or debit card, and all payments must be made by either the Treasurer or President.
(c) Prepare an annual budget with the Equipment Manager/Coaches for approval by BOD and which will be presented at the spring meeting.
(d) Prepare a written report to the BOD, including status of accounts payable and accounts receivable semi-annually.
(e) Have BGEYFO books, accounts and records in condition for audit at all times and ready to turn over to his/hers successors in the office of Treasurer. All accounts; payable and receivable, shall be balanced and closed for the end of the fiscal year prior to the new board taking office.
(f) Insure that all accounts are properly designated and that there shall be no commingling of personal or non-league assets.
(g) Perform such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the office of Treasurer.
Equipment Manager shall:
(a) Inspect all BGEYFO equipment before, during and after the season
(b) Replace old and damaged equipment as needed.
(c) Keep an accurate and up-to-date inventory of equipment and BGEYFO property and supplies.
(d) Ensure that helmets inspection is within the equipment safety guidelines. Ensure that helmets are sent out for inspection at the least every other year, if the helmet manufacturer or league rules and regulations make no other recommendation.
(e) Set up and distribute to each player the necessary equipment and uniforms. Coordinate equipment returns within 1 week of the season ending.
(f) Provide equipment and supplies as may be needed during practice and on the sidelines at games.
(g) Provide equipment and supplies to the Coaches at the beginning of the season and collect it all at the end of the season.
(h) Responsible for having equipment and BGEYFO property at the field on home game days. Assure set up and take down before beginning and following home games.
(i) Work with Coaches to establish equipment needs, and assist and submit budget with Treasurer.
(j) Perform such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the Equipment Manager.
League (SAFL) Representative:
(a) Represent BGEYFO at all league meetings and league games.
(b) Have a complete knowledge and understanding of League and BGEYFO By-laws, Constitution, and Rules of Play.
(c) Advise and communicate with the Officers and BOD with issues related to league including rules and regulations.
(d) Advise and communicate with BGEYFO coaches and represent them regarding any problems or concerns the coaches may have directly related to rules and regulations of play.
(e) Perform such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the position of League Representative.
Registrar shall:
(a) Assist in Registration sign-ups
(b) Collect all required documents as required by the SAFL
(c) Collect coach’s applications and Player Registration forms.
(d) Attend required Officer, BOD, and league meetings
(e) Be BGEYFO Representative at SAFL official weigh ins.
(f) Perform such duties as herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are
customarily incidental to the position of Registrar.
Public Relations/Fundraising Director shall:
(a) Work with the Officers in relation to the needs of the budget.
(b) Submit fundraising schedule and projection to the Officers and BOD at the spring meeting.
(c) Submit notices of events to the media (local newspaper and local access TV.
(d) Chairperson of all fundraising. Organize and oversee committees for the fundraising events.
(e) Perform all such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the position of Public Relations/Fundraising Director.
Concessions Manager shall:
(a) Work with the Treasurer in relation to the needs of the budget.
(b) Work with the Officers and BOD on the concessions schedule, inventory needs, and projected funds prior to the opening of the concession stand, and throughout the season.
(c) Manage and coordinate all home concessions.
(d) Perform all such duties as are herein specifically set forth, in addition to such other duties as are customarily incidental to the position of Concessions Manager.
ARTICLE XIV: AWARDS BANQUET
The awards banquet will be held at the conclusion of each season. The Officers and BOD will determine the date and location of the banquet.
All properly registered players/cheerleaders who complete the season, are paid in full, and have returned all uniforms and equipment in good condition are permitted to attend the banquet free of charge. Coaches, Officers, Board Members, and any family members and friends who wish to attend the banquet will be charged a fee that will be determined by the Officers and BOD once the banquet has been arranged.
The following awards will be given to the appropriate person(s)/business for their commitment and dedication to the BGEYFO. The awards listed below may not be the only awards presented at the BGEYFO Banquet. Coaches are allowed, within reason, to award players/cheerleaders for their outstanding abilities as they deem proper.
(a) Trophies: These are given to all properly registered players and cheerleaders who have completed the season.
(b) Head Coaches/Assistant Coaches awards: These may be given to all football and cheerleading Head coaches and may be given to all Assistant coaches to show appreciation for their dedication over the season.
(c) Six Year Player award: This is given to any player/cheerleader who has participated in the BGEYFO program for all 6 years.
(d) Retirement award: A token of appreciation may be given to an elected official or coach who has decided to retire from our organization under honorable conditions. This is given in recognition of the time and effort these people have given to the BGEYFO. The Officers will decide who the recipient(s) of this award will be at the end of each season.
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Dani Bošnjak and Ana Batinica on the concert Minestrone all'Italiana
Flutists Dani Bošnjak and Ana Batinica will present contemporary Italian compositions at the Minestrone all'Italiana Concert to be held in Lauba in Zagreb on Monday, 16 December.
The two musicians have been collaborating for many years, as Dani is Ana’s teacher and mentor, and gave us a short interview in which we talked about their current collaboration and the preparations for the December 16 concert.
Samobor Music Festival and Cantus Ensemble
Eight years ago, the Samobor Music Autumn Festival, along with the Ferdo Livadić International Competition of Young Musicians, started the New Note International Composers Competition.
The 2019 competition was called with the Cantus Ensemble in mind as they will be the ones to first perform the winning composition.
Cantus Ensemble at the festival La Biennale di Venezia performs Matteo Franceschini
The musical segment of the program of the Biennale di Venezia, one of the most important and most prestigious modern festivals, will be held from 27 September to 6 October 2019.
Cantus Ensemble together with the Icarus Ensemble from Italy will perform Matteo Franceschini’s work as part of the award ceremony on which Franceschini will receive the Silver Lion for music in 2019.
Concerts for 2019/20 Season of Cantus@Lauba Cycle Announced
After a brilliant previous season, the Cantus Ensemble announced a new concert cycle for the 2019/2020 season to be held at the Lauba in Zagreb, which will include five concerts performed from September 2019 until June 2020.
From the September 2019 until the June 2020, Ensemble will present music that is arriving from Canada, Italy, Mexico, French and Austria.
The season will open on 23 September with the first concert dedicated to contemporary music from Vancouver, and appropriately titled Maple Syrup.
Olja Jelaska’s remarks on her chamber opera "Searching for the Blue Bird"
The chamber opera in eight images Searching for the Blue Bird by Olja Jelaska, to the libretto by Sanja Ivić, was produced and commissioned by the national festival 44th Osor Musical Evenings 2019 and was also first performed at this festival. The Cantus Ensemble, as the heart of the entire production, was joined by a series of national opera singers of various generations, such as Lidija Horvat-Dunjko, Tanja Ruždjak, Matija Meić, Irma Dragičević, Martina Menegoni, Toni Nežić and Siniša Galović.
The performance was led by Maestro Berislav Šipuš. The members of the Osor-Lošinj Čikat klapa ensemble also played a role in the premiere of this opera.
Before the premiere, we have asked Olja Jelaska several questions about her new opera and her musical activities.
Music Biennale Zagreb Nominated for the Prestigious EFFE Award!
The European Festivals Association (EFA) and the International EFFE jury led by Sir Jonathan Mills announced the 24 laureates competing for the 2019-2020 EFFE Award and the 30th edition of the Music Biennale Zagreb is among them!
The award winners will be announced on 26 September 2019 at a ceremony held in Brussels’ Center for Arts.
Croatian composers competing for representation at the ISCM World Music Days in 2020!
The internal committee of the ISCM Croatian section selected six composers in the preselection for the WNMD 2020 which will be held in New Zeland.
Among them is also Berislav Šipuš, artistic director and conductor of the Cantus Ensemble! Congratulations!
International Music Festival Milko Kelemen
Cantus Ensemble and guests on the 10th of October will open the 25th International Music Festival Milko Kelemen. Ensemble will perform Kelemen's Concertino for cello and strings, with Tonka Javorović as a soloist. More about the festival and program on the link.
Chiles en Nogada / concert cycle CA@Lauba
Proxima Centaury - Bordeaux Métropole
Coq au vin / concert cycle CA@Lauba
Croatian Musicians in Vienna
Sachertorte / concert cycle CA@Lauba
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London Arrests Seven More As Bombing Cell Collapses
British investigators captured another seven suspects in a raid earlier today connected to the July 21 bombing attempts. Even though Britain and Italy feel that they have all four would-be bombers in custody, they continue to raid locations and make arrests, indicating that their earlier captures may have resulted in a wealth of new intelligence:
Police arrested seven people Sunday during a raid on an apartment in southern England, bringing to 21 the number in custody in the relentless hunt for accomplices in the failed July 21 transit bombings.
Investigators determined to prevent further attacks also were probing possible ties between two of the bombing suspects and Saudi Arabia, British newspapers reported. Police were searching for anyone who may have recruited and directed the attackers and built the explosives.
Police arrested the six men and one woman during a search of two buildings in Brighton, on the southern coast, said a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman, speaking on condition of anonymity because her department does not allow her to give her name. So far, 18 people have been arrested in Britain and three in Italy.
She said police believed there were more people at large who were involved in the July 21 attacks, in which four bombs partly exploded, and the deadly July 7 suicide bombings.
Police have discovered several connections between the bombings and Saudi Arabia, which seems certain to reignite the debate about the role the Saudis have in fomenting and promoting Wahhabist terrorism. One suspect called Saudi Arabia shortly before his arrest, and another spent a month there in 2003 receiving what he told his friends was “training”. That may or may not have happened before May 2003, when al-Qaeda first attacked the Saudis themselves and forced the desert kingdom to confront the Islamist terrorism it had harbored, either deliberately or through its own neglect.
Italian investigators also arrested two brothers of the bombing suspect it captured a few days ago, Osman Hussain. It turns out that Hussain gave the Brits a false name and passport when he emigrated to Italy. His real name is Hamdi Isaac and he comes from Ethiopia, not Somalia. He lied in order to get political asylum in Britain. His brothers Fati and Remzi had allegedly harbored him after the abortive bombing attempt, which is how his true identity apparently became known.
He has told Italian authorities that the July 21 bombers had no affiliation with al-Qaeda and did not intend on killing anyone. The entire stunt was designed as a protest about Britain’s involvement in Iraq, he now claims. That seems rather unlikely; why go to all the effort to fake a passport, claim asylum under the fake identity, and then pull a stunt like the July 21 bombing attempts for a mere political protest? Further, Isaac and his Italian attorney also claim that the bombing conspiracy came together at the last moment. That also seems unlikely, as the bomb technology reportedly matches what AQ uses and would have to have taken some time to develop independently of any terrorist support groups.
Isaac plans on fighting extradition to the nation for which he created a false identity to enter. He will need better arguments for that to succeed than his assertion that the failed July 21 attacks amounted to nothing but a benign statement of dissent.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories War on Terror1 Comment on London Arrests Seven More As Bombing Cell Collapses
Dafydd: Flipper the Duck
Patterico has noticed an astonishing claim by Howard Dean — no, I mean astonishing even on the Dean Scale — a few days ago (I can’t find the exact date).
Here comes Mr. Chairman:
The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is “okay” to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is.
Let us all ponder this audacious argument. My old dictionary defines “chutzpah” as Lizzie Borden pleading for mercy from the judge on grounds that she’s an orphan. But next year’s edition will eschew written examples in favor of a photo of Chairman Dean.
What Dean has done, of course, is simply to flip the political identity of the justices on the Court; in Dean’s world, it was the “right-wing” caucus on the Court — Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, Souter, and Kennedy — that ruled in favor of the city of New London, CT, in the Kelo case; while the “left-wingers” (Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist, and O’Connor) desperately tried to stick up for the little guy. It’s Howard Dean through the looking glass!
Patterico has also noticed the thundering sound of a million crickets chirping in the MSM auditorium; or as Paul Simon (the successful singer, not the lefty senator) wrote, the “sounds of silence.” It’s hard to imagine so many quiet noises if it had been Bill Frist or Tom DeLay who casually flipped left and right; Dana Milbank in particular would have gotten at least four op-eds out of it.
In honor of Howard “Flipper” Dean, herewith, offered for your approval:
They call him Flipper, Flipper, quick to the cameras,
No-one you’ve seen, spins faster than Dean,
And we know Flipper, lives in a media bubble,
Truth lies in rubble, watch Howard preen!
MSM loves the king of the twist,
Tripe that he shoves they cannot resist,
Tricks he will do when cameras appear,
Sneer, smirk, slither, and smear!
He’s a hot tipper, Flipper, makes the news fright’ning,
Giddy they seem with “I Have a Scream,”
They know their Flipper feeds them the soundbites to plotz for,
Cheap dirty shots whore, he’s on their team!
Author DafyddPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories DeanWatch, Humor, Judiciary, Media Watch3 Comments on Dafydd: Flipper the Duck
Iran Calls Europe’s Hand
The mullahs of Iran moved today to push the nuclear nonproliferation talks into further crisis after a unilateral deadline they set for a European proposal expired. Iran announced that they will once again begin processing uranium ore, a step that likely will bring an end to the EU-3’s efforts to reach accommodation with Teheran:
Iran has announced it will resume its controversial nuclear programme imminently in the face of a European Union appeal to wait for talks.
Officials said they would inform UN nuclear inspectors of the move on Monday and then begin converting raw uranium at a plant in Isfahan.
The UK, which is leading EU attempts to negotiate a compromise, said the move would make further talks difficult.
In fact, diplomats tell the BBC that offering any new proposals while Iran processes uranium will be pointless, and they expect Europe to defer to the IAEA instead. That will force the agency to find Iran in noncompliance with the nonproliferation pact to which Teheran is a signatory and prompt the United Nations Security Council to review the dispute. This means that the US now can take the lead on pressing for further economic sanctions on Iran, a step long desired by the Bush administration in order to curtail Iran’s involvement in terrorist operations.
The UNSC will probably see a tremendous fight over this issue, one which will look very similar to the debate on Iraq. Again, France, Russia, and China all have commercial and military ties to the Islamic republic and have vested business interests in keeping sanctions off of Teheran. However, they can hardly recommend no action at all for Iranian instransigence on nonproliferation; to do so would send a green light for other nations so inclined to start arming themselves with nuclear weaponry. Russia hardly wants to see the Central Asian republics that formerly comprised the Soviet Union to get ideas about countering Iranian nuclear power. For that matter, neither would China.
So what will happen, if Iran does not back down and Europe pulls out? I suspect that France, Russia, and China will agree to some form of economic sanctions only after referring the matter back to the IAEA once for renegotiation while Iran continues working on the bomb. After that, they will work once again to undermine the sanctions and keep their commercial interests alive in Iran, just as they did with Iraq.
The one wild card will be the Anglo-American partnership that took matters into their own hands in Iraq after the UNSC refused to act after sixteen formal demands for Iraqi compliance on their cease-fire agreement. The three other veto-wielding UNSC members will recall that their obtuseness led to a war despite their best efforts to prop up their last client state. It might convince them to put enough pressure on the Iranian mullahcracy to reconsider their position. It probably won’t work, but they will certainly want to try.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories Iran
Conclusion Jumping At CQ
On July 25th, I wrote that leftist vandals piled flags from the yard of a family mourning the loss of a son-in-law who died serving his country in Iraq. An arsonist had piled all twenty flags adorning the yard of the Wessel home under their daughter’s car and set them on fire, totaling the vehicle and narrowly avoiding setting their house on fire. I had assumed that only someone who wanted to stage a protest to the war would do something that stupid and dangerous to make a point.
Well, I was wrong. It turned out to be pointless after all:
Two teenage boys were charged Thursday with burning 20 small American flags set up in honor of a soldier who died from injuries suffered in the Iraq war.
Police said the boys apparently did not know the significance of the flags they took from the yard and set afire under a car belonging to the soldier’s sister-in-law. The vehicle was destroyed.
To be honest, I’m not sure what’s worse — being wrong, or knowing that teenage boys consider the flag only suitable for kindling. It still sounds suspicious to me, as it hardly takes all twenty flags to set a car on fire. Like Glenn Reynolds, I think that the fact that every single one of the flags went into the flames meant something, even if it turns out that the Wessel home was just one stop on a night of destruction and debauchery for these two unsupervised morons.
Libby says that a simple sorry from bloggers such as myself would suffice to correct the conclusion-jumping of last week. She’s right, and I am sorry for reaching that conclusion before all of the facts came in. I blew this one, and I do apologize.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories Weblogs
Mark Kennedy, Northern Alliance, And A Troll
The Northern Alliance broadcast yesterday from the first Patriot Picnic, a listener-appreciation event from AM 1280 The Patriot. John Hinderaker has already posted a couple of pictures from the event from his first-hour appearance. He had to leave to join his family for a vacation, but he did get a chance to listen while we — lovingly — skewered him for his partial defense of the Kelo decision. (John, we can tell you apart from Karl Marx and Fidel Castro, even if our listeners can’t. You’re the one without the beard.)
As you might sense, we had a terrific time at Staring Lake Park yesterday for our live show, and we had a great crowd on hand. In our second hour, Rep. Mark Kennedy dropped in for an interview, and he sounded fit and ready to take on the Senate race to replace Mark Dayton next year. Kennedy gave our listeners a taste of his passion and encyclopedic grasp of the issues facing Congress, and turned in what I felt was his most impressive media performance of his career.
This free picnic had its share of comedy outside of the NARN, too. One of the local trolls decided to come out of the woodwork. He decided to cleverly disguise himself in garb that he apparently thought would help him blend into the Patriot’s crowd:
This clown actually rented this tricorner hat from a costume shop, a fact he revealed to Brian “Saint Paul” Ward when he got up to ask Kennedy a question. Anyone at the picnic not wearing a tricorner hat (IOW, all the rest of the humans there) could see that he appeared one musket short of a Minuteman, and when he attempted to harangue Kennedy, he removed all doubt. Of course, the streamers he attached to his hat tipped us off — one says “TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH”, another says “TORTURE”, and the third says “TREASON”.
Kennedy, unsurprisingly, issued a smack-down on the three-part question that Mr. Troll had obviously prepared. Brian even let him ask a follow-up question, something we don’t normally do, but Mr. Troll refused to leave the stage for at least fifteen minutes afterwards. I’m sure he went off and told his friends that we SILENCED HIM AND DENIED HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH. The last we saw of Mr. Troll, he followed in Kennedy’s wake as he left the amphitheater.
All in all, we had a great time and enjoyed hanging out with our many friends from The Patriot, as well as the terrific food from Three Sons Catering. We were even happy to help the local costume industry get a bit more business as well as relieve a local lefty of cash that could have gone to International ANSWER or MoveOn. A fine success!
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories Northern Alliance
Roberts Papers Reveal The Conservative Within
Today’s Washington Post editorial on John Roberts, “Young Lawyer Roberts”, reviews the documentation released so far by the Bush White House on their Supreme Court Nominee — and finds that (surprise!) Roberts will not transform into the second coming of David Souter. However, beyond branding Roberts as an unabashed conservative, the Post doesn’t do much except excerpt passages from long-passed legal debates within the Reagan administration, passages that hardly show him as the reactionary that Democrats desperately want people to believe:
While it’s dangerous to make judgments based on a quick and necessarily spotty reading of quarter-century-old documents, the picture that emerges from the first wave of papers, including a huge batch unveiled from Judge Roberts’s tenure as an adviser to President Ronald Reagan’s attorney general, shows a lawyer fully in tune with the staunchly conservative legal views of the administration he was serving — and indeed, at times to the right of some of its leading conservative lawyers.
Those who fear or hope, depending on their political positions, that Judge Roberts might be a stealth nominee in the mold of Justice David H. Souter — a supposed conservative whose performance on the bench turned out to be far more moderate than predicted — will find no support for such predictions in the papers that have emerged so far.
It doesn’t take long for the Post to try to gin up a bogeyman, however, as it describes Roberts as “expressing hostility to affirmative action programs and to a broad application of the Voting Rights Act.” Expressing hostility? That’s editorial-speak for opposing interpretations of both not grounded in the law. The use of emotional language in describing Roberts’ position doesn’t appear accidental. The next sentence states that Congress should craft legislation that outlawed practices that did actual harm to minority voters in the proposed VRA instead of creating an amorphous, subjective standard of judging the “effect” of policies that would give courts wide latitude in arbitrarily creating new law through precedent. In short, he wanted Congress to write the law intelligently and clearly so that its interpretation and application could objectively apply regardless of which court ruled on it.
That doesn’t sound like hostility; it sounds like common sense.
Another point which disturbs the Post was Roberts’ objection to state prisoners using federal habeas corpus to file lawsuits. In 1981, that effort had tied up federal courts with a slew of ridiculous and inane court actions from inmates who literally had nothing better to do with their time than appear in court. It got them out of the prison yard and extra time at their facilities to prepare their cases. They mostly represented themselves or got pro bono representation, so it cost them nothing. Roberts made sensible arguments for curtailing the access, something the Post even acknowledges was needed — but then blames Roberts for “the high court and Congress hav[ing] since gone too far.”
So Roberts got Congress and the Supreme Court to go too far just by writing this one little memo? Is that what the Post wants us to believe?
The Post needs to rethink its approach to judicial criticism and quit issuing hysterical rants based on advisory memos, especially by applying emotional language where it doesn’t belong to juice up an exceedingly weak case. It should take heart in Roberts’ assistance to Sandra Day O’Connor in her confirmation process instead of treating it as an indication of some latent dishonesty, especially since the media has spent the last few weeks extolling O’Connor as a judicial saint. It won’t make any difference in the confirmation of John Roberts, but getting a grip would have a salutory effect on the Post’s credibility.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories Judiciary1 Comment on Roberts Papers Reveal The Conservative Within
Scotsman: Sham Iranian President Heralds Military Junta Against Liberals
In a rare moment for European media, the Scotsman published a powerful article today about the “sham” election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iranian president and the effect it will have on liberating influences on the Islamic Republic. The first fruits of this election, swayed by an increasingly powerful Revolutionary Guard, showed themselves in the execution of political prisoners this week:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incoming Iranian “elected” president, will assume his post next month, but his presence is already felt in the political circles and on the streets of Tehran. Since his election, under the banner of a renewed Islamic revolution, the clerical regime hanged six people and sentenced another to death in the space of seven days. …
Indeed, the real story of this election is the metamorphosis of the Guards Corps from an ideological army to an omnipresent political/military powerhouse. With Ahmadinejad’s win, the IRGC is now able to spread it wings over all key centres of power in Iran. This may account for the most major power realignment within the ruling theocracy since Ayatollah Khomenei’s death in 1989.
The first success of the IRGC’s resurgence took place during national municipal elections in 2003. Then, in the February 2004 parliamentary elections, at least 40 former IRGC commanders won seats. Shortly after, Khamenei appointed a top IRGC general as head of Iran’s national broadcasting.
Ahmadinejad’s election has triggered more than just these executions. The new national chief of police has ties to the IRGC. Supreme Leader Ali Khameini has also put the intelligence/terror services under the control of the IRGC, and their nuclear weapons program has also ome under their direction. The Governing Council even put IRGC leaders in charge of newspapers and other Iranian media, as well as municipal councils and the like.
For a nation flirting with nuclear weapons, the establishment of a military junta with such extreme ideological philosophies does not bode well for peace in the region. It looks like Iran may have decided to prepare for total war, if these accounts are accurate. They rigged an election to ensure that a hardliner would be their point man while the Governing Council consolidates power through the use of their military in all domestic areas of Iranian life. Student protests have increased as a result, and some consider this hopeful as it might finally wake Iranians to the threat of military dictatorship in the name of Islam, finally dropping the illusion of democracy from their eyes. By the time that happens, however, it may be too late to stop Iran from going to war.
What enemy awaits the creation of Fortress Iran? The mullahcracy probably thinks the US plans to attack it as part of the war on terror. Certainly Iran qualifies, as a big supporter and host of Islamofascist terrorists. They may decide to press the issue themselves by attacking Israel and holding Europe hostage through its Shahab rockets, which could deliver nuclear warheads to the capitals of the Continent now.
One thing is certain. Military juntas do not make these kind of preparations without an end goal in sight. The mullahcracy plans on doing something with its military control over Iran. We need to find out what it is and stop it while we can.
Rethinking Saint Colin
Today’s Washington Post contains a glowing profile of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the changes she has made in the nation’s foreign-policy arena. Robin Wright and Glenn Kessler note her many substantial and subtle changes at a department often seen as an obstacle to carrying out George Bush’s foreign policy goals. In doing so, an undercurrent of unspoken criticism of Rice’s predecessor seems apparent:
Now six months on the job, Rice has clearly wrested control of U.S. foreign policy. The once heavy-handed Defense Department still weighs in, but Rice wins most battles — in strong contrast to her predecessor, Colin L. Powell. White House staff is consulted, but Rice designed the distinctive framework for the administration’s second-term foreign policy.
In short order, she has demonstrated a willingness to bend on tactics to accommodate the concerns of allies without ceding on broad principles, what she calls “practical idealism.” She also conducts a more aggressive personal diplomacy, breaking State Department records for foreign travel and setting up diplomatic tag teams with top staff on urgent issues. …
In the interview, Rice said she discovered on her first European trip that, particularly on the Iran issue, “somehow we’d gotten into a position where it was the United States that was the problem . . . that was not a good place to be.” So she formulated action that put the onus back on Iran and, later, North Korea.
“Sometimes the power of diplomacy is not just saying no, but figuring out a way to protect your interests and principles to help the other guy — or in this case the other countries — move forward as well,” Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said. “It is the kind of diplomacy some of our critics had felt we were no longer capable of, that we were a kind of superpower saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ but not anywhere in between.”
When Rice first got nominated to this position, Democrats and editorialists expounded on the dangers of the president eliminating dissent from his Cabinet. They held Colin Powell as the last person of stature that would keep honest debate on policy occurring at the highest levels of the administration. Rice, by comparison, represented an attempt to surround the President with “yes men”, so to speak, that would simply do his bidding without argument. The results in Rice’s case, these experts predicted, would be further isolation and withdrawal of cooperation from allies around the world.
This started towards the end of Powell’s reign at State. Media organization love Colin Powell, and for good reason: he looks and sounds impressive, he served his country honorably for decades in and out of the military, and he communicates his clear and precise thinking with a moderation and gravitas that undoubtedly attracts attention. The media decided that Powell, who they had earlier derided for not airing his personal and policy differences with Bush publicly, was the Oracle of all wisdom on foreign policy and repeatedly featured him in article after article during Rice’s confirmation period and for a short time thereafter.
Now, however, the Post appears to have changed its mind, although one would have to have some familiarity with their previous coverage of Powell to recognize it. First, the article states several examples of Rice acting what many suppose Bush’s policies demand. She initiated one-on-one contact with North Korea in order to get the multilateral talks back on line. She overrules Donald Rumsfeld on foreign-policy efforts. Rice reinvented the policy on Iran, working with Europe to set a slate of incentives that the US would back in exchange for a verifiable cessation of their nuclear program. She even found a formulation that the Bush administration would not veto at the UN which allowed the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in the Sudan.
Rice did all of this in six months. Powell, for all his gravitas and supposed opposition to Bush, could not do this in four years, a fact only obliquely referenced by Wright and Kessler on the fact that Powell couldn’t get the Bush administration to even drop the “axis of evil” connotation for Iran. The Post also notes with a heavy helping of snark that Rice may “break … State Department records for foreign travel[.]” Certainly the notoriously home-bound Powell never threatened to do that in his tenure at State.
Once again, the media has “misunderestimated” George Bush. First, Powell may never have provided the dissent that his aides proclaimed through anonymous leaks to journalists. If he did, he certainly didn’t dissent very effectively. Second, this calls into question whether these positions that Rice has reversed ever were Bush’s policies or Powell’s. If Bush insisted on them, Rice certainly has changed his mind — something that Democrats and the media tried to convince Americans that could never happen without Powell at the helm at State.
The Post appears to have decided that Condi Rice has the right stuff to lead State, and even gets Senator Joe Biden, one of her critics during her confirmation, to grudgingly agree. They also seem to realize that Rice’s spectacular success calls into question all of the fawning coverage given to Colin Powell, especially towards the end of his time at State. They don’t have the courage to do this re-evaluation overtly, but they leave enough subtle clues to make this conclusion quite easily reached.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories National Politics3 Comments on Rethinking Saint Colin
Leftists Stage Backlash While Air America Admits Its Theft
Brian Maloney has the latest installment of the Air America disgrace that revealed the liberal radio netlet’s misuse of government funds under founder Evan Cohen’s direction. Leftist bloggers have begun their inevitable backlash defending Air America, calling the story “phony” and irrelevant to Air America by trying to distingush between AA and its original owner, Progress Media — which only had the one asset and whose chief executive sat on the board of the non-profit it helped to bankrupt through this “loan”.
Well, the Left simply hasn’t caught up to reality. Air America said in its second press release on this matter that it planned to pay back the money, a very strange thing to do if it didn’t take it in the first place. As I pointed out yesterday, it’s also a very convenient position to take — considering that Gloria Wise has gone bankrupt and closed its doors. Apparently that little detail didn’t go unnoticed by Air America’s other critics, and the netlet’s spokesperson told Fox News this:
“We’re committed to paying this money and the terms are being worked out… We are awaiting direction from the investigation into how to proceed.”
That certainly indicates that AA believes it took the money improperly, and also that it has had contact with the investigation into Gloria Wise’s collapse and possible malfeasance with its grant monies. We know that Air America has had problems finding competent management (and an audience), but I doubt they’d be anxious to cough up $480,000 for no reason, especially in their present financial condition. It hardly sounds like a “phony” story to me.
Barbara O’Brien claims that the story is so obscure that she had difficulty tracking it down. On that point, she may be right. I wonder why that may be. Can anyone here at CQ come up with a reason that the Exempt Media might be disinclined to report on a story that shows Air America misusing government funds and taking money from poor kids and Alzheimers patients? Anyone at all?
Oh, let’s not see the same hands …
UPDATE: Brian Maloney, not Mulroney. I’m suffering from Canadian withdrawals at the moment. (h/t: Tory, GOPinion’s editor) Also, the Politburo Diktat explains Google to Barbara O’Brien.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 31, 2005 Categories Radio3 Comments on Leftists Stage Backlash While Air America Admits Its Theft
Jimmy Insults American Military On Foreign Soil
At one time, people considered Jimmy Carter the most successful ex-president, building a far better reputation through his philanthropical work than he ever did in his single term in the White House. However, over the past ten to fifteen years, his meddling in foreign policy and continuous left-wing stridency has dimmed the luster of his charitable efforts. Despite being out of office at the time, he may wind up most responsible for North Korea having nuclear weapons.
One would think that would give him a legacy unmatched in recent times. Today he did what most of us thought impossible — he actually made his reputation worse. Carter took an opportunity to castigate the American military for its treatment of terrorist detainees while traveling overseas ona visit to our most strategic ally:
Former President Carter said Saturday the detention of terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay Naval base was an embarrassment and had given extremists an excuse to attack the United States.
Carter also criticized the U.S.-led war in Iraq as “unnecessary and unjust.”
“I think what’s going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A.,” he told a news conference at the Baptist World Alliance’s centenary conference in Birmingham, England. “I wouldn’t say it’s the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.”
I have covered the Guantanamo Bay dispute for the past several weeks, even before Dick Durbin attacked the joint task force of our military at Gitmo and their administration of the camp and treatment of its prisoners. Over and over again, the notion that Gitmo has done anything to “embarrass” the United States has been thoroughly debunked. The only people with egg on their faces are the politicians like Durbin and Ted Kennedy who bloviate about abuses in order to puff up their political credentials. An independent investigation confirmed that only three violations of American law and Geneva Convention standards had occurred at Gitmo in the thousands of interrogations that have taken place and the hundreds of detentions.
Carter’s second notion, that Gitmo has given terrorists a reason to kill, disputes not only common sense but history as well. Gitmo didn’t take in detainees until after the Afghanistan operation collected terrorists by the dozen in the field of battle. Before that had happened, Islamofascist terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center twice (1993 and 2001), Khobar Towers, two of our African embassies, and the USS Cole. Since we opened Gitmo, how many times have AQ terrorists attacked US assets, at home or abroad? And how does Gitmo explain attacks on Madrid, Istanbul, Morocco, and now London? The British should have laughed him off their island.
But even beyond the folly of Carter’s assertions, the fact that he decided to attack the military and the American administration while abroad marks him as particularly despicable. He went to the soil of our strongest ally and attempted to undermine their support for the war effort in Iraq. If he succeeds, then American soldiers will wind up facing even more danger in the country at a time when we hope to be readying the Iraqis to stand on their own. No American should do such a thing during wartime, especially an ex-President — even one as relentlessly clueless as Jimmy Carter.
Carter has long shredded his charitable reputation by reminding us how inept his grasp of foreign policy was and is. Now he has revealed himself as a man of low character and relative loyalty. That may surprise few at this point of his post-office career, but the extent of his perfidy still disappoints nonetheless.
Author Ed MorrisseyPosted on July 30, 2005 Categories War on Terror4 Comments on Jimmy Insults American Military On Foreign Soil
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Portinatx Pirate Tower.
Ibiza has always been a popular destination for visitors welcome or unwelcome. The islands position in the Mediterranean meant that people travelling between Europe and Africa often used it as a stopping off point during the journey. During the growth of Ibiza during this time the island also became a target for invaders and pirates who attacked the island due to it's trade links, fertile soils, salt which was a valuable commodity, harvests and population which was spread across the island and difficult to protect, often these were sold in to slavery after capture.
As time went by the islanders developed a series of lookouts from high points along the coast, and by the 16th century these had started to be developed in to the pirate towers which are scattered around the island today. The first ones were built around the main population centres Ibiza Town, San Antonio and Santa Eulalia. By the 18th century there was approx. 15 towers around the island including the one that still stands at Portinatx.
They were primarily built as shelter for the lookout but were stocked with muskets, shot, gun powder and small cannon. They usually had there entrance built approx. 10 feet above the ground accessible via a rope ladder that would be raised at the first sign of trouble. Because of the high access boiling water / oil was sometimes poured upon attackers trying to climb the outside walls. The warning was done via smoke signals during daylight and fire through the night. Some of the walls were built 10 feet thick and no tower was successfully taken when attacked. Despite most towers having been restored, they are now mostly closed off to the general public with only the outside areas accessible. This is due to vandalism and there even stories of ritual suicides having taken place within some of the towers.
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Professional Standouts - By: Marcos Lara
Marcos Lara
As a producer and a comedian, I'm always excited to work with comics who go above and beyond the call of duty. It's this type of professionalism that sets them apart from the hundreds of other comics in the Chicago/Midwest area and most importantly - keeps them working.
This scene is full of funny people, but exceptional professionalism is a rare trait. With all of the negativity that has been cluttering the Facebook groups and Twitter feeds lately, it seemed like a good time to list some examples of the type of exceptional work that keeps comics in demand.
Ali Clayton
Ali Clayton:
Clayton does not punch out when she gets off the stage. The numerous times I've booked her, she has always stuck around afterward mingling with the crowd, sharing hilarious stories, etc. One time she even stuck around and performed some karaoke... turns out she has a great voice. The country singing world's loss was our gain.
Lance "B-Rich" Richards:
Richards came out to an open mic at a library all the way in Rockford that took place during the library's regular hours. He didn't complain about the distance he had to drive to perform in such a non-traditional scenario, instead he just got on the mic and killed. Two other producers were at that mic and all three of us booked him for several more shows, all of which were paid. Lance has delivered each and every time. Lance's consistency, work ethic, and overall positivity have made him a name that draws audiences.
Martin Morrow
Martin Morrow:
Morrow puts integrity above easy laughs. I booked him for an show recently and even though this was not a "clean room" and we had a anything goes policy, Martin noticed there was a grade school kid in the crowd. He made it a point to self censor a bit and while performing a joke using the "n-word" because he didn't want this boy growing up thinking that it's "cool to use it." While other comics had used the word at previous shows without causing any offense, I truly respect that Martin has certain standards for himself that he does not compromise.
Pares Ratliff:
Ratliff not only puts on a hilarious high energy show, he also does a great job of promoting shows for which he is booked. Pares was booked for a show in Rockford and he brought a van full of people from Chicago with him. On top of that, he even arrived an hour early. Pares demonstrated a mastery of the three most important elements of the business, being funny, being reliable, and drawing a crowd.
There's a plethora of comics out there with whom it's a blast to work with, even if I didn't mention them here, I still remember them when it comes time to book paid gigs. For the sake of this post, I just wanted to mention a few performers from the Chicago scene who have left a lasting impression.
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100 Fake Professors Uncovered In Nigerian Universities – NUC – Complete News
The National Universities Commission, NUC said it has uncovered about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities.
In the November edition of the NUC bulletin, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, stated that the commission published the details of the fake professors on its website and also sent the names to the various universities for verification.
According to the bulletin, Rasheed stated this at the 2019 retreat for Vice-Chancellors by the NUC Strategy Advisory Committee.
The NUC boss said, “The updated version of those documents will be published by December 2019 and professors in their respective universities uploaded their CV on the website which was used in the compilation of the directory. About 100 fake professors also uploaded their details but we detected them.
“This measure helped in identifying fake professors in the system. The fight against fake professors is a collective responsibility.”
The Executive Secretary informed the vice-chancellors of a recent meeting held with the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, where the latter complained that some corps members’ degree certificates purportedly obtained from some prestigious universities were questionable.
The NUC boss directed that VCs should check the excesses of their affiliated institutions, noting that universities must spearhead the fight against academic corruption which must be tackled by all stakeholders.
The bulletin stated that the committee published a directory of full professors in the Nigerian university system, statistical digest of the NUS 2017-2018; refinement and modernisation of instruments for accreditation of undergraduate, postgraduate, part-time, affiliate, open and distance learning programmes as well as the state of university education in Nigeria 2017- 2018.
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 'did a good job' with their fake romance
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Lady GaGa and Bradley Cooper joked they ''did a good job'' pretending to be in love for 'A Star Is Born', as people believed they were actually dating.
The 33-year-old singer and actress starred alongside Bradley in the romantic musical movie last year, and their performance as on-screen lovers Ally and Jack led some people to believe Bradley - who was dating now ex-partner Irina Shayk at the time - and Gaga were romantically involved off screen too.
But now, Gaga has said the relationship rumours that circled the pair - who performed an emotional rendition of 'Shallow' from the movie at the Oscars earlier this year - just prove they put on an excellent ''performance''.
Addressing the rumours, she said: ''Quite frankly, I think the press is very silly. I mean, we made a love story. For me, as a performer and as an actress, of course we wanted people to believe that we were in love. And we wanted people to feel that love at the Oscars. We wanted it to go right through the lens of that camera and to every television that it was being watched on. And we worked hard on it, we worked for days. We mapped the whole thing out - it was orchestrated as a performance. In truth, when we talked about it, we went, 'Well, I guess we did a good job!' ''
The 'Bad Romance' hitmaker is good friends with the 44-year-old actor - who also directed the movie - and has praised his parenting abilities to two-year-old daughter Lea De Seine, whom he has with Irina.
She added: ''He's a beautiful father.''
Gaga won the Oscar for Best Original Song for 'Shallow', and says she saw ''a lot of pain'' looking at the trophy, because she had to ''relive'' parts of her career whilst playing Ally.
Speaking to Oprah Winfrey for ELLE magazine, she said: ''The character of Ally stayed with me for a long time. I had to relive a lot of my career doing that role. I don't know how you feel when you've acted, but for me, I don't view it as filming a movie. I film it as living the character, and it's a moment in my life, so I relived it all again, and it took a long time for it to go away.
''When I won the Oscar for 'Shallow', I looked at it, and a reporter asked me, 'When you look at that Oscar, what do you see?' And I said, 'I see a lot of pain'. And I wasn't lying in that moment.
''I was raped when I was 19 years-old, repeatedly. I have been traumatised in a variety of ways by my career over the years from many different things, but I survived, and I've kept going. And when I looked at that Oscar, I saw pain. I don't know that anyone understood it when I said it in the room, but I understood it.''
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Katy Perry ordered to pay over half a million dollars to Christian rapper in copyright infringement case
Published 02 August 2019 | Christian Today staff writer
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Singer-Songwriter Katy Perry arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 7, 2018.
Katy Perry has been ordered to pay $550,000 to Christian rapper Flame after a court upheld his copyright infringement claim.
The California jury found in favour of Flame, real name Marcus Gray, earlier this week when it ruled that the 2013 song "Dark Horse" copied the underlying beat from his 2009 song "Joyful Noise", featuring rapper Lecrae.
Flame first launched a legal challenge in 2014, saying that the beat from "Joyful Noise", which appeared on his Grammy-nominated gospel album Our World: Redeemed,had been used without his permission.
"Defendants never sought or obtained permission from plaintiffs to use the 'Joyful Noise' song in creating, reproducing, recording, distributing, selling, or publicly performing defendants' song," the complaint reads.
"Plaintiffs never gave any of the defendants permission, consent, or a license to use 'Joyful Noise' for any purpose, including creation of a derivative work based on 'Joyful Noise'."
Although the legal proceedings related to the beat, the court determined that Perry, her producers and songwriters were also liable.
Called to give evidence during the trial, Perry claimed she had never heard of Flame or "Joyful Noise" before recording "Dark Horse".
Flame has been awarded $2.7m in total, with most of that amount falling to Perry's label Capitol Records.
The US court ordered Perry to pay $550,000 (around £454,000) from the money she made off "Dark Horse", which came from her album Prism and sold 13.2 million units worldwide, making it the second biggest selling single in 2014.
Flame was hoping to be awarded considerably more, up to $20m, the BBC reports.
His attorney Michael Kahn told the court: "These defendants made millions and millions of dollars from their infringement of the plaintiffs' song."
Perry's attorney Christine Lepera called the decision a "travesty of justice". Her legal team plan to appeal.
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Salford Royal NHS Foundation trust (SRFT) recently procured the refurbishment works of a further two operating theatres (theatres 5 & 6) via Construction Impact Framework (CIF). The works are part of a longer term strategy to ensure Salford Royal Hospital’s operating theatres are able to support the rise in surgical activity the hospital has witnessed in recent years. The theatres, therefore, are crucial in guaranteeing patient’s timely access to surgery.
The following CIF supply partners were selected to deliver works and services under the programme:
John Turner Construction Group (Refurbishment Works)
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We are pleased to report that refurbishment works on Theatre 6 are now officially complete, and the results are fantastic…
Construction Impact Framework is a value based socially driven framework; please have a look at our social impact case studies to see how Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Construction Impact Framework are changing lives through procurement. In the past, such investments made in partnership with SRFT include the provision of specialised wheelchairs for use by the volunteers service at Salford Royal Hospital, as well as the sponsorship of 20 places for young people on the Prince’s Trust Volunteers Programme. We are excited about the potential impact we can make on other people’s lives through future investments with SRFT.
The above video walkthrough was kindly provided to Construction Impact Framework by John Turner Construction Group who carried out refurbishment works on Theatre 6.
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How does personal mood affect writing?
Anthony Trollope wrote seven pages a day, seven days a week.
And would actually begin a new book if he came to the end of one before his day’s quota had been met. – David Markson, This is Not a Novel
Mood affects everything we do, how we interact with other people, affects our productivity at work, affects how personal relationships, our energy levels. When we are in a sour mood (angry, sad, depressed, frustrated, etc.) our productivity at work suffers, we don't feel like working or interacting with other people, others' good moods will aggravate us, seeing tiny little moments of joy from others will annoy us and make us wish that person would leave. We probably don't want to create music, art, literature, cook, etc. Likewise when we are in a happy mood, when we are excited, content, we are more prone to creativity, our productivity increases, our interactions with others is more affable, tiny instances that will usually aggravate us (the copier being out of ribbon, the cat knocking over our glass of water, the next door neighbor mowing his lawn at 8p when we're trying to enjoy a book or our favorite TV show) we can shrug off.
But how does mood affect writing, or any art for that matter, assuming of course that we have mustered up the courage to write in the first place, that we have been able to see past our elation and attention devouring ecstasy, past our lethargy and depression to focus on writing?
One wonders if Anthony Trollope had this problem. As shown in the Markson quote above, Trollope clearly did not have a problem in garnering the motivation to write. However, what was his output like on those days he did not feel quite so creative, on those days he just didn't feel enthusiastic about the writing process, those days when he would have rather just stayed in bed with a bottle of wine and asked his servants to bring him a ham sandwich, he was not getting out of his sleeping gown? Was his output more dour, did he decide to work on stories or scenes that would reflect his mood? If he woke up in a foul mood one morning, but if in the novel he was working on at that moment he was presently working on a blissful wedding scene, would he have been able to push aside his own negativity and create the scene the novel demanded? Or did his mood alter the scene? Would he have to go back and revise what he had initially written as a crashed wedding, a blasphemous affair into something more mood appropriate? And vice versa. If one is in an elated mood, are they more capable of accessing the dark recesses of their mind, of their heart, if they are working on a murder scene or a scene of heartbreak, or emotional turmoil?
Does the act of writing itself allow us to focus not on ourselves but on the work? Is the outlet enough to allow us to compartmentalize our private lives from our writing lives? Or does our personal mood affect the output of what we write?
A writer friend wrote a while ago that when she is in the midst of writing an emotional scene in her book or her story that she can't help but become emotional as well, that what the characters are going through affect her. After completing the scene, she feels emotionally drained. And perhaps this is a symbiotic nature of the work itself. I haven't asked her, but I'm assuming she went into her writing that day knowing that the piece would be emotional, but that earlier she was probably in a good mood. As she began writing the events themselves began to affect her, her writing, the scene affecting her mood, her mood reflecting in her writing, scene and personal disposition mirroring each other, fiction reflecting life reflecting fiction reflecting life reflecting....
I cannot say this has happened before. In one of my stories (as yet unpublished) I wrote the scene of a young man watching the death of his mother, the two of them sharing a cigarette in the kitchen after she collapsed while they waited for the ambulance. At the risk of sounding immodest, it is a very powerful scene. However, when I was writing it, I only felt pleasure that I was able to capture an emotionally wrenching scene with such authenticity. The writing did not leave me emotional for my character; I did not feel saddened afterward, nor was my mood being reflected in the story itself. However, I did know the night before that I would need to be a bit more alert to write the scene. Once I arrived at the point of the mother's death flashback, it was 3am, and my eyes were sagging to the floor. I realized I would need to be of full alertness to properly convey the emotional intensity of the scene. But during the writing of it, I felt nothing but placidity, an unwavering equanimity. What my character was going through did not affect my mood. Or did it? Would I have been able to write so authentically as my character had I lost my job earlier in the day? Would I have been able to render the devastating power conveyed by the shared cigarette had I won the lottery earlier that afternoon? (Would I even have been writing if I had won the lottery earlier that afternoon?) It's possible that my mood of calmness was portrayed in the calm manner by which I wrote. We can never be sure.
Eric Maisel wrote in his book Deep Writing about how to best access our deep feelings, how to allow ourselves to become free of our inhibitions and fears through writing about them, how writing can be a form of therapy. He wrote of how our own years-long issues can be a catalyst for our stories and be re-explored through story. At the beginning of the book he quoted a former patient who believed that a healthy sense of self and well-being was needed to create art:
When I am completely healthy, completely healed, will there be more art in me? I think there will be and maybe it will be some of the best. That sense of wholeness and well-being must be a wonderful place to make art from. I hope I get a chance to be there, even if only for a while.
Alison Taylor-Brown
Interesting discussion, Darren. But I'm thinking that Trollope knew how to step through that door into the world of his writing, and when he did, he left his own world behind. I find that the crappier my day, the more I long to escape to my fictional world, and, I think, the more completely you escape, the better your work.
Many great writers and artists had dreadful lives. They wrote, painted, composed in the midst of illness, poverty, prison. Way worse than a bad mood. Perhaps what hinders our work most is not our problems but our entertaining distractions, not the bad moods but the contented ones, where we just want to loll in the sun like a cat.
You're probably right, Alison. And I think that's an important aspect of mood affecting writing that I should have addressed.
When faced with the sort of adversity other artists have faced, our creative endeavors are often the only things we can control and usually do serve as a salve.
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Home > Exhibitions > Past > Bertha Jaques: Eye on America
Bertha Jaques: Eye on America
Bertha Jaques, Jackson’s Hollow – Spring (also known as Springtime – Epworth, Iowa), 1897, drypoint, museum purchase, 90.15.4
Accomplished printmaker and photographer Bertha Jaques is perhaps best known for her prints of wildflowers and ferns. Her interest in this subject matter grew out of her desire to present something that was not only beautiful to behold, but also promoted wildflower preservation. Jaques’ interest in environmental issues was only one way in which she was a pioneering woman artist. Not only did Jaques succeed in a field dominated by male artists, she helped popularize etching in America. Jaques’ full impact on printmaking and photography at the dawn of the twentieth century is still under-recognized and ripe for reappraisal.
Born Bertha Clausen in Covington, Ohio in 1863, Jaques lived in Cedar Rapids from 1885 to 1889. She did not come to printmaking until she was in her 30s when, in 1893, she attended the Chicago Columbian Exposition where she saw prints by such notable artists as James Abbott McNeil Whistler, James Tissot, and Anders Zorn. She became immediately interested in the etching technique and her surgeon husband (an 1883 graduate of Cornell College whom she met in Mt. Vernon) fashioned tools out of surgical instruments so she could etch copper printing plates. With the purchase of a printing press, Jaques made her first etching in Chicago in 1894. Her interest in printmaking never waned and her home and studio were the setting of many artistic events. Jaques was one of the founders of the Chicago Society of Etchers in 1910, serving as its secretary/treasurer for 27 years. During her 46-year career, she created 461 prints and more than 1,000 cyanotype photographs. Although largely self-taught, Jaques was an influential teacher and mentor, authoring a book, Concerning Etchings, in 1912. Also an accomplished poet, Jaques self-published a number of volumes of her poetry.
As a graphic artist, Jaques’ body of work can be divided between black-and-white prints of landscapes—both Midwestern and from her foreign travels—and her botanical prints, many of which were hand colored. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is fortunate to possess not only nearly every print Jaques created, but also several states of certain prints, which allows viewers to see the evolution of Jaques’ thought process within a single print. In addition, the collection contains many cyanotypes of botanical subjects as well as Jaques’ archive, filled with personal photographs, correspondence, and essays and lectures.
In 2013, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of her birth, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art will present three successive exhibitions: one of her botanical prints and cyanotypes, one of her images of foreign locales, and one of her domestic scenes, including her beloved Chicago. In this way, repeat visitors will be able to gain a better sense of the artist’s breadth and depth of production. Only then can a proper re-appraisal of her place in the history of printmaking be properly considered.
This exhibition has been made possible in part by the Momentum Fund of The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.
on 12/02/15 Wow, wasn't that a reunion! It was great spnenidg time at the epicentre of our shared experience and getting to know folks better, regardless of when we lived in Metz or what schools we attended. As noted by others, Doug Pincock was the glue that held us together over the months leading up to the reunion, and he kept us on time, on target during the reunion itself. He deserves our eternal thanks for leaving us all with outstanding memories. The dogged determination to track down Jacques Delisle, the Crazy Canadian, as our tour guide was truly inspired, and David Godwin and Doug again deserve full credit. Jacques breathed life into Metz's history, and added a profound dimension to our previously superficial knowledge of what is truly a wonderful city. John Orr's newsletters, and the efforts of our own paparazzi, Dave Rippon and Steve Morris, to record the reunion with their cameras contributed immensely to building momentum and now in cementing our memories. A special thanks to John Tarzwell for his DVD slide show that he played at the ABC Brasserie. It was another very important ingedient for the reunion recipe that brought us closer together and will be a treasured keepsake. Thanks to everyone else who contributed in some way through their efforts or by their presence. Merci, merci a tous! Cheers, Tony http://dyuvbqclrck.com [url=http://dpffxvltrdk.com]dpffxvltrdk[/url] [link=http://rleypiemwtu.com]rleypiemwtu[/link]
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on 03/02/14 I own two signed Bertha E Jaques prints.
East Lilies and Spring Flowers. I've had them for years and never researched her until now. I'm blessed to own such wonderful prints.
My question is: What are they worth?
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HomeExternal NewsEssex – Sex Offender still missing
Please can we share this article about missing Levi Paige. He is wanted sex offender that has not been seen after being allowed to visit another area of Essex for the day .
Levi Paige, 52, was released from prison on March 14, 2017, and was then taken to approved premises.
He was last seen on March 16, 2017, when he was authorised to go to Southend Police Station to pick up some property.
He has not been seen since.
Paige, who also goes by the name of Michael Clough, is white, 5’7” in height with a slim build and brown hair.
He has a Yorkshire accent and tattoos on his neck and arms.
He is known to frequent the Southend area where he has been known to sleep in tents.
He is also believed to have travelled across the country in the past.
Anyone who has seen Paige or has information on where he might be should call Essex Police on 101.
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Haverhill, Suffolk – Scout worker arrested after a six month long investigation
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DMC 3rd Anniversary Celebration
It was a great moment of success marking the opening of a new meditation centre in Regina. We celebrated DMC’s third anniversary February 25, Saturday, with an event attended by local dignitaries and members of Regina’s developing spiritual community.
Speaking at the event, Mayor Michael Fougere noted that “this centre is here for peace, tranquility, and meditation,” and that while “there is lots of turmoil, division, and conflict within our world, it’s a breath of fresh air to know that in Canada and in Saskatchewan, we have a great place that really is here for tolerance and understanding.”
“I have a suspicion” mused Hon. Minister Mr. Ralph Goodale, “[that DMC] will become a very important part of this community as the years go by and more and more people learn about the benefits of participating in the contemplation and meditation that the centre offers, in terms of peace, equilibrium, and enlightenment.”
“Dhammanjali Meditation Center is a blessings for the people of Saskatchewan”, according to Hon. Mark Docherty, MLA Regina. “It will ensure social harmony among many communities based on the Buddha’s teachings and his timeless wisdom.”
“Canada has been maintaining our openness and inclusively. Our multi-culturalism is a good thing” said Hon. Erin Weir MP, “we can go further than that to help people, and recognized the DMC has the potential to become a spiritual hub”.
“When I did little bit of research on good work done by inclusive community beings to DMC,” said Hon. Chief Mr. Evan Bray, Regina police service, “I feel the DMC community has demonstrated each and everyday men and women at work like Regina police service. Things like kindness, compassion, teachings, truth, respect, peace and inclusiveness. That is what is important to this community and important to us.”
“It’s a great achievement and an opportunity for the Reginian, Chakma people in particular to have a meditation centre of their own,” Dr. Aditya Dewan DMC’s Director said. “Now they will not have to go to the temples belonging to other communities.”
“This is a good opportunity”, added Dr. Talukdar, DMC’s Patron, “to connect with each other in the area, to work together to improve the community life in our world.”
“The only path to well-being and happiness… lies in the purity of the mind, which is produced through the regular practicing of mindfulness meditation.” We continue to develop our good relationships with our members from different backgrounds and enjoy and respect the multicultural community we serve.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in this remarkable day.
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Pierre Henry says of Labyrinthe - "For the first time during my journey and ventures into the world of creation, I dreamt of a breath of fresh air deriving from the electronic realm." Ten amazing tracks from this pioneer of electronic music.
M Chion writes: Without him, I could have never elaborated upon the notion, which is often used today, of “fixed sounds’ a notion which seems to me to characterize the essence of this genre. But these few lines are above all meant to express my esteem and admiration for the work of a composer whose world is personal and intense. The music of Patrick Ascione possesses a unique character, which comes not from any particular outside process, but directly and authentically from within. It speaks to me like a multi-voiced expression, fantastical, haunting. At least to my ears; others may find it more abstract and plastic, and others still in a completely different way. It is due to its richness that this music is at the same time both fleeting and captivating.
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Locations & Overview
Elephant Mountain Gold Project, Alaska
Reliance Gold Project, B.C.
McCord Gold Project, Alaska
Shareholding - Inventus Mining Corp
Rattlesnake Hills 2% NSR, Wyoming
Bandito REE-Niobium Project, Yukon
Flint Lake Gold JV, Ontario
Property Location Map
McCord Gold Project, Livengood District, Alaska
Endurance Gold Corporation owns and has an option to earn 100% interest in 24 Alaska State lode mining claims encompassing 2,640 acres located next to the Elliott Highway in the Fairbanks Mining District, Alaska. The McCord property is located in the eastern extension of the Livengood gold district and adjoins International Tower Hill's ("ITH") prefeasibility-stage Livengood Gold Property on the eastern side. ITH have reported an in-situ measured and indicated resource of 11.46 million ounces of gold (see the ITH website for complete disclosure).
The McCord Property was originally located to cover the stream catchment area for two encouraging gold anomalies (110 and 61 parts per billion ("ppb") gold) in stream sediment samples collected from McCord Creek in 1982 and re-analysed by the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 2005. The Livengood gold district has not been glaciated and therefore the stream sediment gold anomalies are interpreted to represent a source area within the McCord Creek drainage catchment.
Since acquisition of the initial claims, 467 soil samples and 73 rock samples have been collected from an area east of the current option. These earlier programs identified seven multi-element soil anomalies, associated with multiple anomalous gold values (>100 ppb), which are considered to be of exploration significance. The two largest multi-element soil anomalies, exceeding 10 ppb gold, are approximately 1,500 by 400 metres, and 1,100 by 500 metres in size. The maximum soil value exceeds 100 ppb gold, which is the upper detection limit for the analytical method used. The two largest soil anomalies shed into the McCord Creek drainage.
In 2017, the Company optioned nine (9) claims ("Optioned Claims") and staked an additional eleven (11) claims. These claims are located southwest of the Company's pre-existing claims that formed the McCord Gold Project. The Company's exploration focus at McCord has now shifted to these 2017 claims and the Optioned Claims. The Optioned Claims have been evaluated by the vendor solely for their placer gold potential largely with auger drilling. This program discovered one location in the McCord Creek valley where the auger drill has recovered fine gold, gold-in-quartz, gold-in-oxide wad, and significant amounts of cinnabar in concentrates from auger drill samples down to a depth of 20 feet. The gold samples have low abrasion characteristics suggesting proximity to source. To the best of the Company's knowledge, aside from some historic and current placer mining activity, this area of McCord Gold Project has never been previously evaluated with systematic exploration involving soil sampling, geophysics and diamond drilling.
Since acquisition of the Optioned Claims, the Company conducted another soil sampling program on the lower portions of the McCord Gold Project. The Company is also monitoring placer-auger drilling on the Optioned Claims conducted by the vendor. An additional soil sampling program and a follow-up program of geophysics, and possibly auger, reverse circulation or diamond drilling should be conducted to advance this project.
Under the terms of the 2017 letter agreement with the private vendor of the Optioned Claims, Endurance can earn 100% interest by completing a total of US$50,000 in exploration expenditures in the area, and US$40,000 (US$4,000 paid) in cash payments by December 31, 2024. An additional bonus cash payment of US$20,000 is payable if the Company wishes to exercise the option earlier than October 1, 2024. The option is subject to a 2% net smelter royalty ("NSR") and Endurance can purchase half of the NSR at any time. The vendor has the right to conduct placer mining activity during the term of the option and will work with the Company in identifying target areas to test with the vendor's auger drill. The geology in the area is interpreted to consist of Proterozoic to Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks near an ophiolitic thrust assemblage of mafic volcanics that has been cross-cut by Cretaceous-aged intrusives. Portions of the McCord Gold Project are also underlain by Early Cretaceous clastic sediments in thrust and fault contact with the ophiolitic assemblage. This geological setting is similar to ITH's adjoining property.
Robert T. Boyd, P.Geo. is a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and supervised the compilation of the information forming the basis for this summary.
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Daily Cancer Journey
Fri Sep
This is going to be difficult but I think it will help me personally to write again so here goes. Life is hard. I have struggled this past year and my kids have struggled. It’s easy to put on a happy face so everyone thinks we are fine but the tears keep surfacing and the grief keeps swelling.
The pain of this life would be absolutely unbearable without one constant thing… the love of God and his endless daily mercies. I have truly seen them and felt them for me and my children. If you are reading this, you are probably one of the people who have carried out those mercies and somehow made this past year easier for us. Thank you.
As most of you know, my husband was a saint. I know it’s easy to idolize and immortalize those who have passed on, but Amos was simply a hero. He was everyone’s favorite. The way he lived his life was pure inspiration. He served God first, his family second, everyone around him third and never forgot those most important priorities. He loved to serve and I suspect he is still doing just that. I hope he can look in on us once in a while too. He would be so pleased with the way his children are growing to be like him.
Wednesday night we returned to America’s Got Talent to see the Semi Final results show. The memories flowed back and Evie was so happy to be there.
Simon Cowell spent commercial breaks with us and was so kind. It was an unbelievably beautiful gesture for him to take so much time and care with us. It was healing somehow. While he was talking to Evie, he asked her what she learned through her experiences. She struggled with a good answer on the spot but has been thinking of them ever since that moment.
I know we have grown as a family and learned to depend on each other and manage without daddy. He was the in-house psychologist so emotionally and mentally we have been a little lost without him at times but have often felt his love seeping through and guiding us.
The holidays this year will be very different. It hasn’t been announced yet, but Evie got a big long term show in Reno so we will be doing some juggling to partially relocate there from November to January.
Porter is preparing for his mission call that should come in less than a year. He also has offers from almost every Ivy Leauge University but thinks he may want to go to Yale after his mission. He has been such an incredible help to me this past year. I love that kid so much.
Kirra, Ruth and Blakely are all about student council this year. They are serving diligently and leading their school with courage and kindness. Daddy would love to see that.
Evelyn has been traveling everywhere performing for all kinds of events. Her light has definitely reached many. This one audition video alone has reached quite a few people.
She loves singing for and speaking to youth groups about holding on to her faith trough troubled times. She inspires me every day. She released an original album called Okay Day that is beyond words. It hit the top 50 on the iTunes pop album chart and it continues to inspire people all over the world.
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Water & Waste Waster Engineering
Industrial Piping Division
Product Recovery Systems
From the environmental point of view, by-product/waste recovery is an efficient method of waste reduction and pollution control. In the past, only a low percentage of by-product/waste could be recovered. Felix offers new-generation, higher-efficiency Product Recovery Systems, enabling maximum recovery at the most economical ways possible (so that acceptable levels of impurity concentrations are not decided in view of transportation costs).
Oil & Grease Removal system
Oil and grease are found in wastewater, either as an emulsion or as free-floating agglomerates. Chemicals such as detergents and solvents, and mechanical agitation, can cause oil and grease to become emulsified. Triglycerides are glycerol esters of fatty acids. Fats are mixtures of various triglycerides, with a small percentage of monoglycerides and diglycerides. Triglycerides that are liquid at room temperature are often referred to as oils.
According to the Water Environment Federation’s Manual of Practice FD-3 on Pre-treatment of Industrial Wastes, “Grease is a general classification for grouping such materials as fats, oils, waxes and soaps, according to their effect on wastewater collection and treatment systems or their physical (semisolid) forms.”
Felix Industries Limited has introduced an ‘Oil & Grease Trap’ which helps reduction of oil & grease in Wastewater
Reject Handling and Processing
There are various kinds of industrial rejects – RO rejects, effluent rejects, rejects with high TDS contents, etc.
Felix undertakes handling and processing of all these rejects, employing various technologies most suitable for the respective purposes.
Retrofitting & Upgrading of Plants and Systems
Retrofitting consists of adding new solutions to existing plants, replacing obsolete or dated technologies with new solutions and also giving new life to parts which need replacement, while reutilizing plant parts which still have a valid life span. Felix undertakes Retrofitting & Upgrading of all running ETP, STP or ZLD plants.
Customized Treatment Solutions for Complex Effluents
Different effluent-based companies need to treat their effluents differently. Felix provides a consolidated common solution for treating these complex effluents under the same roof, employing proven technologies.
The company has a highly successful track record of providing efficient and economical solutions for Multiple Effluent Companies.
Cold Lime Softening
This is a complex combination of Flocculation and Clarification/ Sedimentation Systems in a single compact unit, and works on Particle Density Difference Chemistry.
This process uses ‘precipitate water softening’, which works typically at ambient temperatures. It effectively removes hardness, and most Heavy Metals. During this process, Calcium ions [Ca⁺²] and Magnesium ions [Mg⁺²] are converted to less soluble salts such as CaCO₃ and Mg (OH₂), which can be settled and removed in the form of sludge.
Hot Lime Softening
This is the most efficient way of ‘precipitate water softening’, which works typically between a temperature range of 85 to 110°C. It effectively removes part of the COD, hardness and most Heavy Metals in lesser hydraulic retention time, with better results compared to the conventional Cold/ Warm Lime Softening process, as the softening reaction speed is higher. During this process, Calcium ions [Ca⁺²] and Magnesium ions [Mg⁺²] are converted to less soluble salts such as CaCO and Mg (OH), which can be settled and removed in the form of sludge.
Advanced Micro Filtration
Tubular Membrane Separation system is an inside-out, cross-flow membrane separation process, in which a semi-permeable PVDF membrane is used to separate contaminants like Suspended Solids and Solutes of higher molecular weight from the influent water. However, this process cannot remove Ions or Dissolved Salts from the influent. The pore sizes of the openings on membranes are used to define their respective characteristics.
Spent Acid Regeneration
Felix Industries Limited is a proven performer in spent acid regeneration, having developed and commissioned dozens of specialized treatment processes in the segment.
The company’s specialized know-how and technology enable it to provide safe, reliable plants that offer the latest innovations in process and equipment design. Felix® itself has developed a number of processes to purify and concentrate acid from a large variety of sources.
These processes concentrate the acid, recover valuable by-products and minimize effluents and energy consumption. In many cases, several process options are combined to provide a custom-made process. Felix’s capabilities range from carrying out engineering studies to undertaking large turnkey projects.
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Anticyra
Title: Anticyra
Subject: Dion of Cyparissus, List of moths of India (Notodontidae), First Sacred War, Ozolian Locris, Cyparissus
Antikyra or Anticyra (Greek: Ἀντίκυρα, Antíkyra) was an ancient Greek city in Phocis located within present-day Antikyra.
Name and Mycenaean past 1
Hellebore 2
Classical and Hellenistic periods 3
Roman period 4
Middle Ages 5
Modern times 6
Citations 7.1
Bibliography 7.2
Name and Mycenaean past
Until the early 20th century it was called "Aspra Spitia" (Ἄσπρα Σπίτια), a name given after 1960 to a wholly new adjacent settlement, 3 km to the East; in Phocis, on the bay of Anticyra, in the Corinthian gulf; some remains are still visible. It was a town of considerable importance in ancient times.
It is identified with the Homeric Kyparissos, appearing in the Catalogue of Ships,[1] from where the Phokian fleet sailed to Aulis and then to Troy. In Roman times still existed in Antikyra the grave of Schedios and Epistrophos, the admirals of the Phokian fleet. The name Kyparissos was due to the city's mythical founder, Kyparissos, who was son of Orchomenus and brother of the king Minyas.
According to a different tradition the city was named Antikyra after another mythical hero, Antikyreus, who cured Herakles' mania with hellebore.[2]
Hellebore was the main reason for Antikyras' fame all over the ancient world. The city was famous for its black hellebore (helleborus niger), and for a drug elaborated from the base of white hellebore (veratrum album).[3] Both species of hellebore are herbs which grew in the vicinity of Antikyra and were regarded as a cure for insanity. This circumstance gave rise to a number of proverbial expressions, like Αντικυρας σε δει or "naviget Anticyram," and to frequent allusions in the Greek and Latin writers. Hellebore was likewise considered beneficial in cases of gout and epilepsy.
Classical and Hellenistic periods
Antikyra was destroyed by Philip II of Macedon during the Third Sacred War, in 346 BC.[4] It recovered however quickly its prosperity, as one can judge by the construction of an Artemis temple and the commissioning of the cult statue to the famous sculptor Praxiteles,[5] already by 330 BC. Later Antikyra has been besieged and destroyed several times during the Roman-Macedonian conflict. In 198 BC was captured by Titus Quinctius Flamininus, who choose it as winter base for his army.[6] During the 2nd century BC Antikyra struck autonomous bronze coins with the head of Poseidon on the obverse and Artemis bearing a torch and an arch on the reverse.[7]
Pausanias, who visited the city during the third quarter of the 2nd century AD, gives a detailed account of it: a temple of Poseidon in the city with a bronze statue of the god in the familiar “Lateran type”, two gymnasia, one with a statue of the Olympic winner Xenodamos (winner in pangration during the delayed Olympic games of 67 AD, due to the participation of emperor Nero), an agora with many bronze statues, a sheltered well, the grave of Schedios and Epistrophos, and two temples of Artemis extra muros, one dedicated to Artemis Diktynna and the other (with the Praxiteles sculpture) to Artemis Eileithyia (according to a recently found inscription).[8]
In early Byzantine period the city was a bishopric, and a large five-nave basilica with mosaic floor has been unearthed during the 1980s. It seems that major destruction of the city and its buildings occurred around 620 AD by a mighty earthquake. During the 14th century the city was a fortified port of the Catalans, named Port de Arago and probably belonging to the dominium of the county of Salona (mod. Amphissa).
The city was identified with the ancient Antikyra in 1806 by William Martin Leake, who found the first among the several known inscriptions mentioning its name. Latter investigations by Lolling, Dittenberger, Fossey, the 10th Archaeological Ephorate and the 1st Byzantine Ephorate brought to light several testimonies of Antikyra’s glorious past. Among the most noteworthy remains is an Archaic temple of Athena, in which a fine bronze late Archaic / Sever style statuette of the goddess has been found, a large part of the 4th century BC isodomic ashlar fortification walls of the city with two rectangular towers, and an early Christian bath with hypocaustum, as part of a large house.[9]
^ Iliad 2, 519
^ Pausanias Χ 3.1, 36.5. Ptolemaeus, Geogr. Hyph. ΙΙ 184. 12. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. «Aντίκυρα»
^ Theophrastus, HP ΙΧ 10.2-4; Dioscorides, De materia medica IV 148-152, 162; Plinius, HN XXV 48-52
^ Diodorus Siculus XVI 59-60; Pausanias Χ 3.1-3.
^ Rizzo G.-E., Prassitele (Milan – Rome 1932), p. 13. Lacroix L., Les reproductions de statues sur les monnaies grecques (Liége 1949), pp. 309-310; Corso A., Prassitele. Fonti Εpigrafiche e letterarie. Vita et opere, vol. 1 (Roma 1988), pp. 182-184. Rolley C., La Sculpture Grecque 2, La période classique (Paris 1999), p. 244.
^ Polybius XVIII 28, 45.7, XXVII 14, 16.6.
^ Sideris 2001, pp.122-3.
^ RE, s.v. “Diktynna”, col. 584-588. Dasios F., Antikyra, ADelt 52 (1997) [2003], p. 450.
^ Sideris 2001, pp. 114-120
"Anticyra", , 9th ed.Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. II, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 127 .
Sideris Α., "Antikyra: An ancient Phokian City", Emvolimo 43–44 (Spring–Summer 2001), pp. 110–125 (in Greek)
Sideris A., Antikyra. History and Archaeology, (Athens 2014), ISBN 978-618-81336-0-0 (fulltext book online, bilingual GR & EN edition)
Articles to be merged from July 2015
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Populated places in Phocis
Phocis
Usb, Charles Dickens, Ram, Lan, FBReader
Greek alphabet, Greece, Cyprus, Armenia, Christianity
Roman Empire, Athens, Philosophy, Plato, Classical Antiquity
Turkey, Trojan War, Bronze Age, Iliad, Pergamon
Dion of Cyparissus
Olympic Games, Nero, Phocis, Eusebius of Caesarea, Stadion (running race)
List of moths of India (Notodontidae)
India, Notodontidae, List of moths of India, Lepidoptera, Phalera torpida
First Sacred War
Delphi, Sicyon, Ancient Greece, Kirrha, Amphictyonic League
Ozolian Locris
Plutarch, Phocis, Aetolia, Attica, Ancient Greece
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Four Hands in the Crossroads: Amplification in Times of Crisis
The chapter 'Four Hands in the Crossroads: Amplification in Times of Crisis' in The Dream and its Amplification, discusses dreams and amplification in times of crisis and turmoil, observing and explaining the increased synchronicity that may take place under such circumstances.
The upstretched hands of Tanit at Tel Hazor.
Collection of Israel Antiquities Authority, photo copyright Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The following is excerpted from the introduction to the chapter:
In amplification, we reach out beyond the boundaries of our ego, beyond the realm of ego consciousness, which by definition is temporary and limited. We humbly admit that our ego-identity is not the one and only, the grand-all and be-all. By amplification we recognize that the images that arise from the unconscious have a life of their own, and that the world of matter and psyche exists in itself, even when out of the beholder’s sight. The “I” of my awareness is not the grand creator of the image, but partakes, sometimes actively, in that greater whole, in a reality of spirit and matter that exists and lives, even if I am absent. When in dialogue with the living image, I neither deny its existence, nor do I believe that I am its sole creator.
Thus, amplification does not only entail seeking parallels to one’s personal experience in mythology and in the history of humankind, but it implies a shift of focus from ego-centeredness to a dialogue between personal consciousness and the objective psyche. Consequently, when amplifying, we consciously reach out and recognize the image’s existence in itself, as well as allowing the image and its symbolic energy to enter consciousness.
Just like the Self seeks its realization in the ego, the objective psyche seeks to manifest itself in the world of consciousness. Amplification facilitates this process, whereby the Self of the objective psyche gains access to the ego of the individual psyche. By means of amplification, the Self, as archetype of meaning, anchors the personal ego in substance and significance.
If the images of the objective psyche are too compelling, and the ego and its defenses are too weak, the archetypal world will implode and crash into consciousness, destabilizing the psyche. In psychosis, the archetypal unconscious has unmediated access to the individual psyche. The complexes have sometimes not constellated well enough to carry out their teleological, purposeful process of personalization. In a psychotic condition, the complexes are unable to connect between the realms of archetype and ego, to mediate archetypal substance into the area of the ego and to regulate its assimilation in such a way that archetypal energies mold into personal manifestations. When the ego is too weak and does not have solid enough boundaries, it becomes inundated.
Individuals react to crisis and turmoil in a variety of ways. On the one hand, some are paralyzed by anxiety, while in others Martian energy is triggered, leading to an increased capacity to act. In times of upheaval and disorder, the objective psyche, the archetypal unconscious, is activated and set in motion. Potentially traumatogenic archetypal matter is heated up and energized, boiling in the vessels more closely beneath the surface. Archetypal forces and images will more easily penetrate cracks in the ego’s defenses, triggering collective fears and complexes, such as the fear that the Holocaust may be repeated.
Activated archetypal material will find its way and sometimes emerge in the psyche of the person whose doors to the unconscious are open, as happened to Jung prior to World War One. In other instances, the archetypal forces that have been set in motion will penetrate into the psychologically unprepared or unsophisticated individual, as in the case of the young soldier below, and sometimes in the psychologically sensitive and conflicted person, as in the officer, whose dream is also described.
cover image A Giant Dream from an original painting by Howard Fox
The Dream and Its Amplification unveils the language of the psyche that speaks to us in our dreams.
We all dream at least 4-6 times each night yet remember very few. Those that rise to the surface of our conscious awareness beckon to be understood, like a letter addressed to us that arrives by post. Why would we not open it? The difficulty is in understanding what the dream symbols and images mean. Through amplification, C. G. Jung formulated a method of unveiling the deeper meaning of symbolic images. This becomes particularly important when the image does not carry a personal meaning or significance and is not part of a person’s everyday life.
I. The Amplified World of Dreams: Erel Shalit & Nancy Swift Furlotti
II. Pane e’ Vino: Learning to discern the objective, archetypal nature of dreams: Michael Conforti
III. Amplification: A Personal Narrative: Tom Singer
IV. Redeeming the Feminine: Eros and the World Soul: Nancy Qualls-Corbet
V. Wild Cats and Crowned Snakes: Archetypal Agents of Feminine Initiation: Nancy Swift Furlotti
VI. A Dream in Arcadia: Christian Gaillard
VII. Muse of the Moon: Poetry from the Dreamtime: Naomy Lowinsky
VIII. Dreaming the ‘Face of the Earth’: Myth, Culture and Dreams of the Mayan Shaman: Ken Kimmel
IX. Coal or Gold?: The Symbolic Understanding of a few Alpine Legends: Gotthilf Isler
X. Sophia’s Dreaming Body: The Alchemical Mirror of the Night Sky: Monika Wikman
XI. “The Dream Always Follows the Mouth”: Jewish Approaches to Dreaming: Henry Abramovitch
XII. Bi-Polarity, Compensation, and The Transcendent Function in Dreams and Visionary Experience: A Jungian Examination of Boehme’s Mandala - Kathryn Madden
XIII. The Dream As Gnostic Myth: Ronald Schenk
XIV. Four Hands in the Crossroads: Dreams in Times of Upheaval - Erel Shalit
XV. Dreams and Sudden Death: Gilda Frantz
Paperback: 220 pages (Large Page Format 9.25" x 7.5")
Publisher: Fisher King Press; 1st edition (June 15, 2013)
ISBN-10: 1-926715-89-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-926715-89-6
Available at Amazon and Fisher King Press.
Posted by Erel Shalit at Saturday, September 17, 2016
Labels: active imagination, Amplification, analytical psychology, complexes., dream, dreams, jung, Jungian
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FAITH DOING JUSTICE
Could their telly be worse than their soccer?
Juliette Hughes
‘Do try and get out a bit when you’re there,’ said a concerned friend. ‘You know what you’re like about British telly.’ ‘Quality with a capital Kwer, wasn’t it?’ said another, sipping the cuppa I’d just made her. I quelled her with a glance before launching into a list of all the things I expected to see in Britain that were not actually bounded by a TV screen. Then I started putting them right about the British TV thing. Unbiased news coverage, I said. Free and independent commentary, I said. Intelligent quiz shows, said I. Brilliant new comedies and adaptations of great works, I continued. I must have gone on a bit about it because when I eventually finished they were in deep conversation, being horribly kind about an absent friend, something I was also about to become quite soon.
Well, they’re being reasonably kind to me now I’m back: they love being vindicated. To put it mildly, most of British TV makes you understand why they like Neighbours and Home and Away so much. There is a kind of bad TV that is compulsively watchable, and there is a kind of bad TV that sends you out to look at the tourist sites even when you are only there to visit relatives: British museums and monuments and markets are doing great business.
First the good stuff. Patrick Kielty’s Almost Live was a clever, vicious Backberner type of show that flayed Bush and Blair with a potted history of the bin Laden/Taliban/CIA/Bush Snr./Gulf War/oil connection that any child could understand. And I was able to save about 40 zillion dollars not going to Covent Garden because the Royal Opera House’s latest (David McVicar) production of the opera I wanted to see, Mozart’s Magic Flute, was televised on BBC2. There was some really good singing, particularly from Simon Keenlyside (a fantastic Papageno) and Dorothea Roschman as a bang-on-accurate Pamina—and Colin Davis was conducting. And it was fun to sit there and bag John MacFarlane’s truly awful po-mo ragbag costumes and the dreary black stage sets while appreciating Davis’ wise, singer-friendly tempi making Mozart’s music even more humane and gorgeous. But Roschman should never forgive MacFarlane for putting her well-rounded soprano form into a boned bodice which was strapless and kept threatening to become topless whenever she took a deep breath. In ‘Ach, ich fühls’ it was touch and go. And the skirt was of layered grey-brown tulle that looked as though it had been through a dogfight. The effect was very much the battered ballerina, a sylphide down on her luck. The Three Ladies were all done up in drag-artist ballgowns. The Queen of the Night (sung competently but rather thinly by Diana Damrau) was more of the same but was allowed a pointy vampire hairline. Papagena was dressed as a 20th-century Amsterdam hooker, while all the blokes were allowed to swan around in 18th-century brocade dressing gowns and knee breeches—except for Papageno and the Three Boys, whose garb was puzzlingly and tastelessly Warsaw ghetto. But Thomas Allen was the Speaker of the Temple and it doesn’t get much better vocally than that.
But oh deary me, the debit side. The really old movies at prime time (Dances With Wolves, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Last Action Hero); the terrible morning shows; the witless cooking shows; the interminable soaps; the scarily boring game shows; the endless array of reality TV shows. One of the last-mentioned was called Wife Swap. Two families, hand-picked for deep emotional incompatibility and class conflict, swap their wives and mothers for a fortnight. In the episode I saw, a legal secretary with a nerdy sort of spouse and a spoilt and needy four-year-old daughter was swapped with a breezy mother of six whose husband was a nightclub bouncer. I hasten to add that there was no sex, but to say that decencies were observed would be to assert that indecency is only about inappropriate genital activity. There is no decency and no kindness in these programs. Unfortunately it was a great success, and will be copied in America, which means that it will probably get here unless we’re very lucky.
We also had the doubtful privilege of seeing the Martin Bashir interview with Michael Jackson before anywhere else in the world. It was harrowing and awful and disturbing, but hardly more so than some of the commentary afterwards: one expert on a chat show next morning asserted that the real problem was that Jackson must have a yeast infection making him irrational. Did he or didn’t he molest the children he slept with? The question was thrown around endlessly by press and TV pundits. All that came of it was a feeling of decadence and wasted words: we were no nearer to the truth than when we began.
The New Yorker seemed to say it best in its own elegant way: the following week carried a Leo Cullum cartoon of Peter Pan in court. The judge was saying to his lawyer, ‘Your client’s refusal to grow up does not preclude him from being tried as an adult.’ And while we’re on cartoonists, the legendary Bruce Petty has a series of short animations coming up in March on ABC. Watch out for them: their reality is a damn sight more real than reality TV. ?
Juliette Hughes is a freelance, and peripatetic, writer.
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Theatre critic Geoffrey Milne took time off this summer to write two books on Australian theatre. What has drawn him into theatres more than 100 times a year over the past three decades—as a journalist and as a theatre historian? His excuse is that his university teaching demands close acquaintance with actual performances. But that’s not the whole story.
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What is Drusen?
Drusen (singular, "druse") are tiny yellow or white accumulations of extracellular material that build up in Bruch's membrane of the eye. The presence of a few small ("hard") drusen is normal with advancing age, and most people over 40 have some hard drusen. However, the presence of larger and more numerous drusen in the macula is a common early sign of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Drusen associated with aging and macular degeneration are distinct from another clinical entity, optic disc drusen, which is present on the optic nerve head.[1] Both age-related drusen and optic disc drusen can be observed by ophthalmoscopy.
Whether drusen promote AMD or are symptomatic of an underlying process that causes both drusen and AMD is not known, but they are indicators of increased risk of the complications of AMD.
Drusen were initially described by Franciscus Donders [3] who called them "Colloidkugeln" (colloid spheres). Later, Heinrich Müller named them for the German word for geode, based on their glittering appearance.[4] In view of their location between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and its vascular supply, the choriocapillaris, it is possible that drusen deprive the RPE and photoreceptors of oxygen and nutrients. Interestingly, drusen always develop above the so called pillars of choriocapillaris that is the area between two microvessels.[5]
The source of the proteins and lipids in drusen is also not clear, with potential contributions by both the RPE and the choroid. Several trace elements are present in drusen,[6] probably the most concentrated being zinc.[7] The protein composition of drusen includes apolipoproteins and members of the complement system. Zinc in drusen have been suggested to play a role in drusen formation by precipitating and inhibiting the elements of the complement cascade, especially complement factor H.[7]
The presence of molecules that regulate inflammation in drusen has led some investigators to conclude that these deposits are product of the immune system.[8]
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Officer Installation
Our Joint Officer Installation was both a solemn and joyful evening. Our incoming officers take their responsibilities very seriously and we trust them to do a good job for #3996, yet it was joyful because of the camaraderie we shared with one another that night.
We also honored several of our members. Barbara Brasington was named 'Grandmother of the Year' by the Auxiliary, and Lisa Ochalek was named 'Mother of the Year'. Both ladies are very deserving of their titles. Congratulations, ladies!
Our Honor Quilters also presented handmade quilts to two Aerie veterans. John Easley was presented with a quilt made by Barbara Tofil and Aerie Worthy President John Watkins was presented with one made by Aerie Vice-President Michelle Gueli. Beautiful work on the quilts, ladies! And thank you for your service to our country, gentlemen.
We finished off the evening with a delicious dinner and conversation with our Eagle friends. It was a perfect start to a new year with our new officers!
"The First Ladies of the White House"
"The First Ladies of the White House" event, on Saturday, May 6, 2017, was a sold-out, huge hit. From Martha Washington to Melania Trump, we had fun learning things about our First Ladies. "Naughty and nice" is the only way to describe them!
A big thank you to Ginger & Keith Bruder, Barb Tomlinson and Maria Kasten for all your hard work researching and producing our show. Thank you also to our beautiful First Ladies for managing to catch the essence of all these women. The costumes and hairdos were awesome. The Presidents looked pretty handsome, too. Thank you, fellas, for participating.
As usual, the food and decorations were great. A big thank you to everyone who helped shop, prepare food, decorate or set-up. It takes a lot of people working behind the scenes to make our events enjoyable, and we're fortunate to have so many people willing to roll up their sleeves and help out.
Finally, we'd like to thank everyone who attended. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoyed the evening.
There are 81 photos in the slideshow below, enjoy!
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FPP Series on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas (1)
Ogiek (4)
Indigenous people and protected areas in Kenya: A review of Kenya's implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas
Focusing on the Ogiek and local communities living in the area around Mt Elgon National Park. This brief report is part of FPP's series on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas
Letter from FPP to the President of Kenya in protest at attacks on the Ogiek community
H.E. The Honourable Emilio Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., M.P. State House P.O. Box 40530 Nairobi Kenya
From principles to practice: Indigenous peoples and protected areas in Africa - Case study 3: Kenya
With conference discussions and commentaries by presenters and community representatives (194 pages)The Ogiek in Mau Forest
Ogiek Chronology 1991-2001
The Ogiek ancestral lands were opened up for settlement besides the opening of closed schools and gazetting of locations and wards.
Exodus of the new settlers to the Ogiek ancestral lands.
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Added on June 23, 2015 Lee Kyle
13 things I’ve learned doing comedy for kids
Comedy for kids used to be making fart noises with your hands. Recently, however, live comedy aimed at children has enjoyed something of a boom, with established grown-up clubs like The Stand and Soho Theatre running regular shows for nippers.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s prestigious Panel Prize was even scooped by a kids’ show in 2014, with Phil Ellis’ Funz and Gamez taking the cake for its boisterous hour of borderline-inappropriate family fayre.
Heading the kids’ comedy renaissance in the North East is Geordie stand-up Lee Kyle, who first performed his Gunge! A Show With Gunge In It! last year, and has been covering his fellow comics in goop for the amusement of children ever since.
So, because the internet likes lists, here are 13 things Lee’s learned while doing kids comedy.
1. Kids hate being patronised
Not once have I seen a comedian who starts a set for kids by saying “Hello boys and girls!” go down well.
2. Kids are not that nice
I’ve seen people have things thrown at them, I’ve seen people booed off, I’ve seen people be told that “That is the worst thing I have ever seen.” But…
3. They aren’t being malicious
If an adult acted in those ways, they’d be awful people. With kids, they are just giving an honest response. Plus, almost always, they are not actually writing you off as a person, they may think your last bit was woeful but they will still give your next joke a chance.
4. They are not as naive as you think
I’ve seen loads of acts do well on kids shows with stuff that you wouldn’t think is suitable. I don’t mean filth but, Si Buglass for example, always goes down well and, as one of his opening bits always asks a kid if they have any tattooes before showing them his tattoo of Freddy Kruegar.
5. They like you to be horrible a bit
Like, don’t hit them or anything, but I have, more than once on kids shows, said to a ten year old child, “Whatever mate, you haven’t even got a lass.” They are bright enough to know you are playing.
6. There has to be adults there
I did one kids gig where it was just children, it was unworkable, they just threw things and stole. Never again. I’m not a babysitter!
7. The parents love it
It’s almost always better than the parents think it’ll be. Kids’ stand-up is not story time at the library, it’s boistrous and a bit rude and has lots of asides for the parents. The parents also, even if some pretend otherwise, love to join in. And, even when they are acting stupid, you can also see that the kids are proud of them for it.
8. I’m not going to say that nobody EVER cries…
I did a gig in a train museum last year, it was very pleasant. There were to be four comedy tours of the museum, two for kids, two for adults. Andy Fury was the tour guide, John Cooper did a set in an old carriage, Pat Monahan was on the steps of another train, I though it would be funny to be in the old toilet. I would, when the group came in, burst out of a cubicle shouting “Hey! I’m not finished yet!”
It was quite funny the first time. I hadn’t realised that the second group only had one kid in it. He was a very shy boy who started crying immediately after I did that. He was relieved when he told him he could leave. His dad brought him to a show this year and we made friends…
9. Comedians are terrified of them but almost always want to do it again
There is almost always a sense of panic when someone hasn’t done kids comedy for the first time. Comics have no idea what to do, they sometimes spendages pouring over jokes. The truth is though, kids aren’t that into jokes, they just want to be engaged with. If you are funny, and, as a comedian, you are, they’ll love it and so will you.
10. It may be the purest form of comedy there is
There is no concept of “Oh, okay, thet wasn’t funny but I could see what they are trying to do.” They either laugh or they tell you that it was rubbish.
11. I’m not that bad at it
Adult stand up is what I love doing and what I mainly do but I can’t pretend this hasn’t been a very welcome sideline.
12. Sometimes, at a sort of street festival thing, you have to go on after a troupe of blacked up morris dancers who just danced to a Rolf Harris song
And only you seemed to find it weird…
13. My favourite kids show to do is the gunge one
Not even kidding, it’s a ludicrous amount of fun. I’m the host, we have two teams who play loads of stupid games, then the losing captain gets a bucket of gunge poured on them. It’s a right laugh, even if you aren’t a child.
Gunge! – A Show With Gunge In It! opens the Barnard Castle Comedy Festival at The Witham arts centre on Saturday 18 July at 12pm.
by Lee Kyle
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Home Industry News Exclusive: Kentucky Owl Founder Dixon Dedman is Mixing it Up with Eli...
Exclusive: Kentucky Owl Founder Dixon Dedman is Mixing it Up with Eli Mason
G. Clay Whittaker
Eli Mason Cocktail Mixers
One of Kentucky’s brightest bourbon stars has taken a shine to Tennessee. Kentucky Owl Founder and gifted palate possessor Dixon Dedman has acquired a significant stake in Eli Mason: a cocktail syrup and mixer brand based in Nashville.
Dedman, who sold Kentucky Owl to Stoli parent company SPI Group last year, is still managing batches of the legendary, revived bourbon brand. But that he’s taken some of the profits from last year’s sale and invested in Eli Mason shouldn’t be surprising. The cocktail syrups, which currently are limited in distribution to Nashville and Chattanooga, has been bringing in major talent in recent months, in preparation to expand to the rest of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and the rest of the south.
Premium cocktail ingredients are a huge and still growing market right now. As bourbon quality (and prices) rise, there’s more cultural and financial incentive to use better ingredients in the preparation of cocktails.
“I firmly believe there is great potential in the beverage industry for products that live in the Ultra Premium/Craft space,” Dedman said in advance comments shared with Bourbon Review. “Eli Mason fits that category perfectly, and I look forward to being a part of an ownership group that is dedicated to taking these delicious cocktail mixers well beyond Nashville.”
As a partner, Dedman joins Made South Founder Chris Thomas, who is the largest Eli Mason shareholder. The two met and became friends through social circles, and Dedman actually approached him about getting involved. “Dixon has been kind enough to bring Kentucky Owl to our Southern Whiskey Society event for the last two years,” says Thomas.
The start of this conversation happened earlier this summer. “When he was in town for the event in August, [Dixon] asked me to think what it might look like to have him involved in some the way,” says Thomas. “We had enjoyed a modest amount of whiskey that evening, so I chalked it up to the fun spirit of the evening. Bright and early the next morning he texted me that he was serious. We were off to the races.”
Dedman will be joining the ownership group “in an advisory role,” according to Thomas. “He will share his knowledge and experience of the spirits industry, and when it makes sense he will create connections for the brand through his relationships.”
We bet Kentucky Owl and Eli Mason make a hell of an old fashioned.
Clay is Editor at Large of The Bourbon Review. He has written about whiskey, food, drink, and culture for Esquire, Playboy, Men's Journal, Popular Science, Southern Living, Maxim, among others.
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Museum Open Days 2019
Museum Films
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Buildings Article Count: 5
Chinese Bridge Article Count: 8
The Chinese Bridge, originally designed and built by James Gallier Sn in 1827 and rebuilt a further three times due to age.
Then And Now Article Count: 7
Buildings in Godmanchester, lost forever. If you have any photo’s of buildings that were demolished or maybe just fell down in Godmanchester and would like them featured on this site then please get in touch with us.
Maps Of Godmanchester Article Count: 5
Godmanchester is an ever growing town. Buildings have been built and torn down, Public Houses opened and closed and Romans settled here over 2000 years ago.
The maps below will give you an insight to how things were in the past.
Godmanchester Mills Article Count: 4
Godmanchester is an unusual town because many of the old families who have lived here for hundreds of years and whose ancestors are buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, are still here. Markham, Arnold, Thompson and Mortlock are just a few of the many old names still represented here. In many cases we are recording not only memories of old Godmanchester from the vibrant and amusing senior members of these families, but through them the memories and experiences of their grandparents and great grandparents. This way there’s every hope that we can bring to the community through snatches of remembered anecdote, at least an echo of how it was to live in Victorian Godmanchester.
Roman Article Count: 4
Single Pages Article Count: 31
Site News Article Count: 6
Past Events Article Count: 8
The Porch Museum holds special exhibitions or events each year.
In May 2010 the Porch Museum showed its first produced film'Godmanchester Remembered', based on interviews with a remarkable man, Neville Markham at 96 one of our oldest residents. The film includes wonderful historic photographs from private collections, the museum and archives.
The film was a great success with over 100 visitors coming to view the film on its first showing. With many requests to purchase a copy of the film it has now been made available on DVD and can be purchased from the Museum Shop.
A preview of the museums second film Children of Godmanchester was show before the museum closed for the winter months. Again over 100 visitors attended and many requests were made to purchase a copy of the film. The museum hopes to release this DVD for sale in Summer 2011
The Porch Museum also made available to purchase, on CD a copy of the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar school Pence Book 1850 and 1855. A copy can be purchased from the Museum Shop.
A new addition to the museums family history boards was the story of George Cross a Godmanchester hero which now forms part of the museums collection.
Museum Open Days Article Count: 8
The Museum is now closed for the winter months.
Opening dates for 2014.
Sunday 6th April 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Sunday 4th May 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Monday 5th May 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Sunday 25th May 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Monday 26th May 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Sunday 15th June 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Sunday 5th July 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Monday 6th July 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Sunday 24th August 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Monday 25thth August 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Sunday 14th September 2.00pm – 5.00pm Admission free
Newspaper Articles Article Count: 7
A selection of Articles featuring The Porch Museums events and achievements.
Bridge Magazine Article Count: 51
Articles in this section were first published by Godmanchesters Community Association in The Bridge magazine.
The Porch Museum would like to thank them for giving us permission to reproduce these articles covering the past 35 years.
Some of the articles have had relevant images added by The Porch Museum.
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Salvation Army Godmanchester Article Count: 2
Photos and text kindly supplied by Winifred Pender (Nee Dale)
The Salvation Army opened in 1887. At that time the population was between 2 and 3 thousand people. It was reported in 'The War Cry' that someone commented to the first Salvationists "I'm glad you are coming- we want some life here" The first meeting was held in a barn, cleaned out and fitted with a platform and held about 200 people. The response was so large it was not big enough.
During the next 100 years, worship halls in Pipers Lane and then Silver Street become the place to see uniformed Salvationists who would readily witness to a faith in God and it became a meeting place of many Christians who wished to worship God in an informal setting with music and preaching, activities for young people and many social occasions. During the war, German Prisoners of War would be brought from a house in West Street where they were detained, and they had the chance to share meetings with those who gathered in the Salvation Army hall on a Sunday afternoon. These meetings were led by trained Salvation Army Officers who were appointed by the Headquarters in London. It became a regular sight to see the band marching through the streets of Godmanchester and open air meetings were held in Huntingdon also.
Records show that those who went to be trained as Salvation Army Officers from Godmanchester through those years are named as follows:
Emily Bondfield (nee Pettit) 1891 Became a Captain.
Florence Groves (nee Reeve) 1894 Major.
Alan Victor Binge 1922 Major.
Valerie Pearl George 1953 Major.
Winifred Violet Dale 1953 Commissioner
David Wing Captain.
Godmanchester Salvation Army corps ceased operating in the early years of 2000 but there are still those who are members and attend other places of worship.
Click image to enlarge and read discription. For further Salvation Photographs please click here.
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Please find a selection of photographs taken of the Godmanchester Salvation Army. If you have any further that you would like to contribute, please contact us here.
To view the history of the Godmanchester Salvation Army, please click here.
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School Photos Article Count: 32
Godmanchester School Photos including the following schools St Annes School, St Anns Lane. The Queen Elisabeth Grammar School, School Hill, Godmanchester and Godmanchester Primary School, Park Lane.
These class photos were taken between the late 1800s and 1960s and show the school children and teachers.
We have identified some of the children, however if you can update us on any corrections to names, please contact us here.
You can read more about teaching at St-Annes Godmanchester here
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Godmanchester School Photos including the following schools St Annes School, St Anns Lane and Godmanchester Primary School, Park Lane.
These class photos were taken between the late 1800s and 1970s and show the school children and teachers doing other activities other than the standard Class Photo.
Godmanchester County Primary School (Park Lane) Article Count: 45
Godmanchester Primary School - Park Lane
If you can help us name the children, teachers, assistants or add years and dates in these photos, please contact us here.
If you also have any photos that you would like to shaare please let us know.
Queen Elizabeth Article Count: 2
Queen Elizabeth School, Post Street
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Sports Teams Article Count: 15
Godmanchester Sports Teams, from the Football Clubs to Cricket Teams.
If you have any Godmanchester Sports photos that you would like to share, please get in touch. We would be happy to scan them for you and publish them on our site.
Special Events Article Count: 10
Special Events in Godmanchester.
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Some of the following information is pertinent only to Arizona school districts. Please see your auditor or consultant for additional information about its applicability to your organization.
Supervisors’ liability:
Q: Can supervisors be held personally liable for FLSA violations?
A: Yes, generally courts have held that supervisors can and will be held personally liable for pay practices that violate the FLSA.
Is on-call time work time:
Q: Is on-call time considered work time and therefore subject to overtime?
A: Generally on-call time spent at the employer’s facility is time worked and time spent on-call at home is not considered work time. In addition, “waiting time” is considered work time particularly when the employee cannot use this time for their own benefit.
Is travel work time:
Q: Is travel considered work time and therefore subject to possible overtime regulations?
A: Travel away from the home community which keeps the employee away at night is considered out-of-town travel and time spent traveling during work hours is considered work time. However, time spent as a passenger on an airplane, train, boat, bus or automobile outside of regular working hours is not considered work time.
Charging unused leave pay to the federal program for a federal program employee:
Q: An employee who worked and was paid from a federal program resigns with unused leave. If a government’s policy is to pay the employee for the unused leave upon termination, can the cost be charged to the federal program?
A: Uniform Guidance 200.431(b) indicates the cost of fringe benefits in the form of regular compensation paid to employees during periods of authorized absences from the job, such as for annual leave, family-related leave, sick leave, holidays, court leave, military leave, administrative leave, and other similar benefits, are allowable if all of the following criteria are met:
They are provided under established written leave policies
The costs are equitably allocated to all related activities, including Federal awards; and,
The accounting basis (cash or accrual) selected for costing each type of leave is consistently followed by the non-Federal entity or specified grouping of employees.
When a non-Federal entity uses the cash basis of accounting, the cost of leave is recognized in the period that the leave is taken and paid for. Payments for unused leave when an employee retires or terminates employment are allowable in the year of payment.
Taxable Reimbursements:
Q: When is a meal considered a taxable reimbursement?
A: When an employee/board member receives meal reimbursement/per diem for a meal when there is no overnight stay and the employee travels less than 50 miles.These reimbursements should be coded as an expenditure in object code 6290 and social security, medicare, federal and state taxes should be withheld.
Paid holidays or overtime/double time for holidays:
Q: Under FLSA, are employers required to offer paid holidays or pay time and a half or double time for working on holidays?
A: No, these benefits are generally a matter of agreement between the employer and an employee. FLSA does not require payment of time not worked.
Tuition reimbursements for employees
Q: Should tuition reimbursements or educational assistance paid to employees be part of compensation?
A: Tuition reimbursements and educational assistance are excluded from an employee’s gross income as long as the reimbursements or assistance are less than $5,250 per employee during a calendar year. The excludable amount is not subject to income tax withholding or other employment taxes. Tuition reimbursements and educational assistance are excluded form an employees’ gross income as long as certain requirements are met:
The employer must have a written plan;
The reimbursements may be for undergraduate or graduate level courses;
There is a dollar limitation of $5,250 per calendar year;
The tuition is not required to be job-related assistance; and
The policy must not discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees.
Paying for Courses for Teachers:
Q: Is a school district in violation of the State constitution’s “gift of public monies” clause if it pays for courses taken by teachers?
A: According to AG Opinion I80-219, a school district may pay for courses taken by its teachers because those courses upgrade the educational programs of the district.
Pay for a normal work day if workers sent home:
Q: Due to the lack of electricity, the cafeteria of a school was closed early and the employees sent home. Can the workers be paid for the normal work day since they were sent home by no fault of their own?
A: Hourly employees must be paid for the hours actually worked.
Violation of the “gift of public monies” clause:
Q: Is it a violation of the “gift of public monies” clause if a school district purchases awards and other items to recognize employee achievement?
A: The Attorney General concluded in a March 1997 opinion (I97-003) that an employee awards program recognizing achievement, length of service, and retirement provides a benefit to the public by encouraging efficiency and morale. Further, the value of this benefit would not be far exceeded by the expenditure of public funds, provided that the awards are of nominal value. Therefore a district can institute an employee recognition program and expend a nominal amount of public funds on plaques, pen and pencil sets, and other such mementos, without violating the “gift of monies” clause (Article IX, Section 7) of the Arizona Constitution.
Paying terminated employee his/her last pay check:
Q: When must a terminated employee be paid his/her last pay check?
A: State, not federal, law regulates when you must pay employees upon their termination. In Arizona, for an involuntary termination, the employee must be paid the earlier of 7 working days or the next regular payday. However, A.R.S.15-502 allows school districts 10 days from the date of discharge to provide payment to terminated employees. For a voluntary termination, the employee can be paid on the next regular payday.
Signing bonus for teachers:
Q: Due to teacher shortages, can a district offer a teacher a “signing bonus”?
A: In the opinion of an Arizona county attorney, governing boards have great discretion in the establishment of employee benefits that are in the best interest of the district. Such a payment is not a prohibited gift of public as long as it is provided for in Governing Board policy and is available to all. Things to avoid are payment to some, but not all teachers; offers of additional amounts not approved by the Board, and increases after contracts are signed.
T-Shirts for Staff:
Q. Are districts permitted to purchase T-shirts for staff?
A. Purchasing T-shirts for employees could be considered a gift of public funds. While the principal may ‘require’ they be worn on certain days, technically to be qualified as a uniform under the IRS rules and thus not included as wages, it cannot be clothing that could be worn for street wear. Meaning, if they can wear the clothing typically on the street, it would not qualify as a uniform under the IRS guidelines, which then leads Arizona to consider it a gift of public funds.
Q. Are districts permitted to provide nominal gifts to employees for recognition of years of service and/or retirement?
A. Attorney General Opinion I97-003 indicates that entities may purchase employee recognition awards if the awards are of nominal value.
Liquidated damages:
Q.If a District includes liquidated damages in an employee’s contract and an employee breaks the contact, where should the monies be deposited?
A.The monies collected for liquidated damages should be deposited in Fund 565, Litigation Recovery.
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‘Why I think Winston should have stayed in the CBB house!’
Christian Guiltenane January 7, 2016
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Matt Oakes wonders whether or not dodgy-viewed politician Winston McKenzie would have seen the error of his ways if he’d stayed in the house longer….
It’s January, which means Christmas is long gone, we’re back at work and the weather is cold and dreary. On the plus side, it also means a brand new batch of housemates have just crammed themselves into the Celebrity Big Brother house for our viewing pleasure. Hoorah!
Although every year we are presented with some kind of lairy big mouth intent on stirring up trouble (remember Farrah?), this time round, one housemate in particular managed to ruffle a few feathers, even before he set foot in the house – Winston McKenzie.
In his introduction VT, Winston shocked he nation when he made the outdated homophobic comment: ‘I could cope with a homosexual in the house – I guess I’ll just have to have my back against a brick wall all the time.’ Unsurprisingly, and quite correctly, this deeply offensive comment provoked universal outrage, not just from the LGBT community, but from anyone with ears and eyes and common decency.
Petitions for Winston to be removed the show were immediately raised and TV watchdog Ofcom received over 200 complaints within an hour of transmission. By the end of the week, he was evicted from the house by both viewers and housemates, who cited his dubious views for their decision.
But is that really how such an out-of-touch, narrow-minded view should have been dealt with? Should Winston really have been booted out of the house just for having a socially unpopular opinion, no matter how offensive it was?
For me this is very much a double-edged sword. Sure, Winston is man who has a history of making disturbing and what many would consider homophobic remarks! He’s the guy who likened gay men adopting kids to child abuse and sent a text message to Nigel Farage branding gay men ‘bloody queers. And for those reasons, I can understand the argument that he shouldn’t have been given air-time or the handsome appearance fee he was offered in the first place. However, I also understand where the producers were coming from when hey selected him for the show, no doubt anticipating that he’d rub his liberal housemates up the wrong way and create TV gold! But now he’s been evicted, I wonder whether or not Winston has missed out on a valuable experience that would have benefitted us all.
You see, I reckon he had huge learning experience ahead of him in that house because I think out-and-proud gay stars Christopher Maloney and Johnny Partridge would have made some attempt to open his eyes to what gay men are really like.
Of course, there was no guarantee that Winston would have actually learnt anything from Johnny and Chris just by living with them; he might have just been a lost cause. But isn’t it our job as human beings (and gay men) to at least try and educate these people who have these views and ultimately to get them to see sense and not hide them and their disgusting views away from the public as if they don’t exist?
I honestly believe Winston is just stuck in the dark ages and still thinks he lives in a time in which he thinks it is okay to throw around words like ‘queer’ as a derogatory term. In my mind, I would have hoped there was still a chance to change his ways… but who knows, maybe I’m wrong.
A lot of people say Big Brother is just light entertainment, but it is actually tackling tough issues and has starkly pointed out that even in 2016 real people still do have these views and continue to make these flippant homophobic remarks.
Personally I would have loved to have seen Winston’s storyline play out a little longer on the show and to see him confronted and challenged about his opinions and maybe even work through whatever issues he has, rather than a sudden removal that offers no real resolution to us as viewers. But sadly, we will never know what could have happened or whether Winston would have seen the (disco) light now that the public and the housemates have made that decision for us. Oh well, let’s see what the rest of the housemates have in store for us!
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Browse > Home / Featured Articles / An honest enemy is better than a false friend
An honest enemy is better than a false friend
May 12, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
Since Biblical times the Jewish People has experienced endlessly the validity of this admonition…writes Michael Kuttner.
Michael Kuttner
Nothing much has changed over the millennia. In fact if anything false friends have multiplied at an alarming rate. One would have thought that by now after thousands of years of dealing with this problem we would have developed a fail safe strategy for exposing and combating such individuals. Unfortunately there are still too many Jews who are seduced by seemingly genuine gestures and who even when the horrible truth hits them in the face do not want to face reality. The trick is to choose between genuine friends whose support derives from a deeply-felt appreciation of the justice of Jewish history and those whose fair-weather gestures are cosmetic and transitory.
In periods of persecution there have been brave souls who have stood with us against the forces of bigotry and genocide. They may have been a minority but their friendship was crucial in critical times. Today when waves of delegitimisation and hostility against Jews and Israel seem to be assuming tsunami proportions we see once again how friendship is being redefined.
One of the common denominators is that those professing friendship never admit that their actions demonstrate the exact opposite to everyone but themselves. Some latest examples should suffice to highlight the situation which currently exists.
First of the doubtful friends must be Bill English, the New Zealand Prime Minister. As soon as his new Foreign Minister all but admitted that sponsoring Resolution 2334 which in effect delegitimises Israel connection to Jerusalem amongst other places, had been a mistake, the PM pulled the rug out from under him. In one stroke he managed to sabotage any attempt to repair relations with Israel and in the process revealed himself as totally inept and a false friend of the only true democracy in the region.
The French election result is another example of how easy it is to fool the majority into believing that the future relationship between France and its own Jewish community as well as Israel are now headed towards tolerance, fraternity and eternal friendship. Lost in the euphoria of a post election high is the stark fact that in the first round, 42% of the electorate chose to vote for extremists of the left and right whose agenda included hatred for Israel and the banning of kosher shechita and the public wearing of kippot. In the second round of voting the extreme right garnered 11 million votes and stands poised to do well in the legislative elections next month. Experts predict that the next Presidential elections in 5 years time could see them doing even better especially if economic conditions do not improve. Meanwhile President Macron is being hailed as the saviour of France and a genuine friend of Israel. This latter attribute has yet to be proven and my guess is that sooner rather than later true Gallic “friendship” will manifest itself to our detriment.
Talking with expatriate French Jews, all of them without exception express pessimistic views as to the future for French Jewry given the huge number of Islamic fundamentalists now part of French society. What will it take before the majority of those still remaining wake up to the bleak future in store for them in the future?
The EU loves to portray itself as a “friend” of Israel. Some of its members do try but the majority seems to prefer engaging in activities which seek to damage us. What other explanation can one give when confronted with countries funding groups dedicated to undermine and delegitimise the very concept of a Jewish State where Jews can live freely and practice their faith without fear or hindrance? In recent days the Wallonia part of Belgium has resolved to ban shechita thus depriving Jews living there of kosher meat. The Swedish Foreign Minister, an openly hostile politician, has lauded the UNESCO vote which describes Israel as an illegal occupier in its own Capital. One of the political parties in the ruling coalition in Norway intends to introduce a resolution into Parliament outlawing circumcision for any males under the age of sixteen. All these actions are undertaken by countries which purport to be friends. With “friends” like these who needs enemies?
A recent survey in Germany showed that 40% responding are infected with contemporary Jew-hatred – that is hatred for the Jewish State. A Left Party deputy in the Bundestag admitted that Israel related anti-Semitism has become respectable.
The EU coordinator on combating Jew hatred declared at a recent conference of European Rabbis that “Jews have a future in Europe.” Given past and present developments I very much doubt the validity of that statement.
As an illustration of how even genuine friends can become confused the Archbishop of Canterbury on a visit to Israel declared to President Rivlin that “the Balfour Declaration has an element of unfinished business.” What he really means but his British manners refuse to articulate is that unless and until another terror-supporting Arab State is created at our expense somehow the Balfour Declaration has not been fulfilled. In actual fact this is a complete distortion of the Declaration which supported the re-establishment of Jewish settlement and sovereignty on both sides of the River Jordan. In true false friend mode the UK reneged on its solemn promise, hacked off half of the mandate to create an Arab State and then worked assiduously to thwart any chance of Jewish independence. Modern revisionism however leads to the absurd statement of the Archbishop.
Talking of the British brings us to those who can be described as honest enemies. The British Foreign Office has never hidden its malodorous intentions and thus their latest actions should come as no surprise. According to UK media reports they have scuttled an invitation for a member of the Royal family to visit Israel and participate in the centenary celebrations of the Balfour Declaration and the liberation of Beersheba and Jerusalem from Ottoman despotic control. In seventy years thanks to Foreign Office intervention not one member of the British Royals has ever made a State visit. Contrast this with numerous visits made to Arab countries all of whom have a very doubtful record as far as human rights and religious freedom is concerned. We now wait with baited breath to see whether Theresa May, a friend of Israel, will override this latest hostile gesture or whether once again the ingrained prejudices of the Foreign Office will prevail.
Although one hundred years have passed since the Ottomans were expelled from the region we are witnessing today the rise of another would-be Sultan in Turkey who has visions of grandeur. Despite the numerous and major problems facing Turkey, President Erdogan who now has unprecedented powers, feels the irresistible urge to stick his nose into our affairs and incite hatred. Not content with suppressing the Kurds he now sows seeds of violence by accusing Israel of Judaisation of Jerusalem and urges the Moslem mobs to invade and riot on the Temple Mount. There were those who thought that after appeasing him and making nice noises he would change from an open enemy to a “friend.” More realistic observers warned that leopards do not change their spots and thus it has proven for all to see.
Media personnel love to portray themselves as “friends” even while they are filing unbalanced and totally biased reports from and about Israel. Occasionally the mask slips and reveals their false friendship. Such an event occurred this week when the Reuters Israel bureau chief slammed the new US Ambassador for desecrating Nakba Day. The Ambassador’s alleged crime? He is taking up his position on the day Palestinian Arabs mourn the establishment of Israel. According to our Reuters “friend” this is the height of insensitivity. One couldn’t make this up.
We are bracing for the impending visit of President Trump. Will the endemic hostility of the State Department prevail or will Trump pull one of his surprises out of the hat?
Michael Kuttner is a Jewish New Zealander who for many years was actively involved with various communal organisations connected to Judaism and Israel. He now lives in Israel and is J-Wire’s correspondent in the region.
3 Responses to “An honest enemy is better than a false friend”
Avinoam Ben Dor says:
Nothing has changed since time immemorial. The enemy within is worse than the fake friends. Why blame our haters when the fuel that feeds the fire of antisemitism comes from the deluded left?
Monty Pogoda says:
As usual – an excellent article. But for the record,G-D himself plans this “anti-Semitism” to keep us on track. [my belief]. Anyways Yemach Shmam.
Lynne Newington says:
I wonder what category this one’s in……
http://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-ex-deputy-pm-slams-jewish-lobby-over-pius-criticism/
The same person when during a discussion about a famous Jewish identity with the daughter-in-law of a well known wartime journalist, he found it necessary to repeat what was said about his private life in the book he wrote.
In my opinion, of German descent and Catholic roots one has to wonder if deep down there’s not an inbred strain, whether he realizes it or not.
https://independentaustralia.net/art/art-display/a-fischer-of-anti-semitic-men,5614
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The curious case of the missing maid
In New York, a maid (Sangeeta Richard) goes missing. The maid’s employer, a suave diplomat, (Devyani Khobragade) files a missing person complaint with the Police. Nothing happens. Then, one day, New York’s hotshot attorney (Preet Bharara) dramatically arrests the diplomat. In distant India, all hell breaks loose. The relationship between the two nations nosedives even as the India’s Minister (Salman Khurshid) thunders, “I will not enter Parliament until her dignity is restored.
There are just too many things in the Devyani Khobragade case that doesn’t add up. Let me first begin with the math.
We are told that the domestic help, Sangeeta Richard, needed to be paid $4500. Somewhere we are told that against an hourly rate of $9 plus she was paid just a third, $3 plus. My math tells me that this would mean working about 500 hours (4500/9) a month. At 25 days a month, its 20 hours a day; at 30 days a month it’s about 17 hours a day. Elsewhere, we are told that she was paid $1500 (a one third pay). This translates into Rs 90,000. And yet she is said to have received Rs 30,000. Somewhere along the line, I guess, I am missing something.
Next, the visa fraud. Are they suggesting that the Dy. Consular General signed the visa application document? I doubt; of-course I no means of checking. If she did she could be held guilty of fraud if that application did say the payment would be $4500. If she didn’t and merely entered into a separate agreement I am not sure whether a fraud actually happened. Yes it would mean that she wasn’t paying the minimum wage but it can’t be said she committed a visa felony.
Let’s move on to the consideration. I am no lawyer but I have a few questions. Can two consenting adults not enter into an agreement to be paid differently from what the law might mandate? A domestic help who gets a net saving of Rs 30,000/- per month, aside of gifts and other perks, would be jumping at the offer because she knows that a pay of $4500 aka Rs 270,000/- is impossible.
Remember the Rs 30,000 is straight saving as she gets free accommodation, free food and free gadgets. Okay the notifications may say that these are not addable although any sane person would like it to be added to constitute a “cost to company”. It’s ridiculous that $4500 needs to be paid irrespective of whether you provide boarding and lodging facilities. There are young CAs in the USA who draw $6000 a month with no freebies thrown in.
There are a few things here, which are inconsequential. Like: the Khobragades having an apartment in Adarsh. Like: as is alleged the rules being altered in 1999 for Khobragade to pick a foreign language of her choice. Like: the fact that Sangeeta Richard told her daughter that she was being treated well in the house of the Khobragades.
What matters is the ridiculousness of the situation. I am not neurotic but I smell conspiracy. Surely, the US is not the home for impeccable human rights treatment. Their own conduct in the bail out of their journalist who shot down two Pakistanis, ostensibly in self-defence, then in the bailout of a consular in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and of rising the din in the case of a petty theft by an American in a mall in Singapore, is pathetic. That America should to fight for a non-decrepit housemaid, fly down the family of the ‘victim’ surreptiously before arresting Khobragade, foolishly slam the Indian judicial system all shows that there is more to this than what meets the eye. And this ‘more-to-this’ is not something that is going to be palatable. Richard’s background could give us some sensational clues.
Now none of this is to suggest that laws can be broken. In fact, we Indians have the tendency to be elastic with law. If we don’t like a law, let’s lobby for its modification. Also it’s time we withdrew the privileges accorded to all American diplomats. Search their baggage on arrival and frisk. This is the only language Preet Bharara’s adopted country understands. For often, these men have their brains and butt interchanged.
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Home Networking & Communications Net Neutrality Faces an Uphill Battle
Net Neutrality Faces an Uphill Battle
By Kenneth Corbin | April 23, 2010
Net neutrality, the effort to keep open and equal access to Internet Web sites, has faced a rocky road to legislative approval. Such legislation is opposed by carriers who want to maintain the right to manage and control the availability and pricing of bandwidth, while proponents see net neutrality as a free speech issue that entitles citizens to unfettered access to online content.
As Enterprise Networking Planet reports, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and other net neutrality supporters, are rethinking their strategy in light of recent court decisions.
Michael Copps, the most outspoken advocate for net neutrality on the Federal Communications Commission, knows he's in for an uphill battle.
"I think there are powerful players that are opposed to it, that are in a position to make their influence felt," the commissioner said in an interview with Bill Moyers set to air tonight. "None of these things are going to come easy. None of this stuff gets solved without taking on a fight. Government doesn't work that way."
Efforts at the FCC to hold broadband service providers accountable for their network-management policies were dealt a major setback earlier this month at the hands of a federal appeals court. In that ruling, a panel of judges unanimously struck down the FCC's legal theory supporting Internet regulation, leaving the commission at a crossroads as it embarks on the ambitious agenda laid out in its national broadband plan.
Read the full story at Enterprise Networking Planet:
FCC's Copps Says Net Neutrality Won't Come Easy
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15 Interesting iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max Tidbits You Might Not Know
Posted by Gautam Prabhu on Sep 21, 2019 in iPhone 11 Pro
We probably know everything thing about the new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, and the teardowns of the new iPhones seem to have revealed the other unknowns such as the amount of RAM and capacity of the battery.
iPhone 11 Pro Max Tidbits and First Impressions
But here are some other interesting tidbits about the iPhone 11 Pro Max I thought was worth mentioning after spending a day with it.
1. The textured matte glass on the iPhone 11 Pro Max looks really cool. It is difficult to figure out that the back is made of glass. But the matte glass back seems a little more slippery than the iPhone XS Max in my opinion.
2. As rumored, Apple has removed the ‘iPhone’ branding from the back casing, which has allowed it to center align the Apple logo. I still remember the days when iPhones used to come with unnecessary things like the model number, a serial number etched on the back casing.
3. iPhone 11 Pro Max is also noticeably heavier than the iPhone XS Max. iPhone XS Max weighs 208 gms, iPhone 11 Pro weighs 226 gms, so the new iPhone 11 Pro Max is 18 gms heavier. It is also thicker. iPhone XS Max is 7.7mm thick, iPhone 11 Pro Max is 8.1 mm, so 4 mm thicker. I am assuming it is because of the bigger battery which has enabled Apple to offer significantly improved battery life, so I am not complaining. I am really glad that Apple has got rid of his obsession with making devices thinner, and is focussing on functionality.
4. I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere but the notch on the iPhone 11 Pro Max seems marginally narrower. The earpiece grill seems smaller which seems to have helped in making it smaller or narrower.
5. Face ID is marginally faster. You will notice it only when you compare it to an iPhone XS Max side by side.
6. Apple has improved the display of the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, but it was difficult to figure it out. However, I noticed that the iPhone 11 Pro Max display was warmer (more yellowish) compared to the iPhone XS Max display, which is usually easier on the eyes.
7. I am not a big fan of Apple’s triple-camera layout. Apple has done its best to make it look really good, with a shiny plate, but it doesn’t look pretty. I would have preferred a horizontal layout like the Samsung Galaxy Note 10. It is interesting that the triple-camera lens area seems indented rather than protruding because of the mirror finish.
8. I noticed that the camera with the iPhone 11 Pro Camera system is bigger than the iPhone XS Max, so I hope it improves the quality of the calls and the audio recording.
9. The camera is really great. The quality of the photos seemed much better than the iPhone XS Max in my initial tests. I am not an expert when it comes to the camera, so I will leave it to Steve to cover the iPhone 11 Pro Max camera in greater detail but the ability to take wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle photos are pretty cool. I also found the UI to switch between the three cameras very intuitive. You can tap on .5 to switch to the new Ultra-wide camera, 1x for the regular wide camera, and 2x to switch to the telephoto/Portrait camera.
10. Interestingly, the new Night mode turns on automatically. You don’t have the option to manually turn it on or switch to like the Portrait mode. I think it would be great to have control over enabling or disabling Night mode. But Apple doesn’t offer it at the moment. Night mode is also available only with the regular wide camera, and the telephoto/Portrait camera. It is not available with the Ultra-wide camera.
11. The Geekbench 5 benchmark (App Store link) confirms the iPhone 11 Pro Max comes with a 2.66 GHz A13 chip with 4 GB RAM, compared to iPhone XS Max’s 2.5GHz A12 chip with 4GB RAM. iPhone 11 Pro Max got a single-core score of 1331 compared to iPhone XS Max’s 1106, and a multi-core score of 3143 compared to iPhone XS Max’s 2663, which is very impressive. However, I have not observed any noticeable change in performance.
12. The new iPhones don’t come with 3D Touch which was first introduced in iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Apple has replaced it with Haptic Touch. But I haven’t missed 3D Touch. I think the tap and hold is a lot more intuitive, especially since it works universally across all iOS devices.
13. The iPhone 11 Pro Max comes with 18W USB-Type C adapter, which is a welcome change after years of complaining about the bundling the iPhones with 5W adapter.
14. iOS and pre-installed apps use approximately 11GB to 14GB of space. However, you can delete the pre-installed apps, which you don’t want to use which should free up to 4GB of space.
15. While this has nothing to do with the iPhone 11 Pro, I wanted to mention that Apple’s transparent case for the iPhone 11 Pro Max is very good. It has a big enough lip, which is one of the most important things I look for while buying an iPhone case. I also discovered that the lack of a covering at the bottom of the iPhone is a good thing as it gives you access to the curved glass which makes it a lot nicer to swipe when you’re swiping up from the bottom, compared to the rough edge of a case, which I was using with my iPhone XS Max.
Let me know if find anything interesting about your shiny new iPhone in the comments below, and will update the post. Also, don’t forget to check out our iPhone 11 Pro Max unboxing photos and video.
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MainAll NewsDefense/SecurityIDF Arrests Suspects in Near-Fatal Rock Attack
IDF Arrests Suspects in Near-Fatal Rock Attack
The IDF arrests 10 PA men suspected of rock attack that badly wounded a mother and three young girls.
Maayana Miskin, 15/03/13 08:37
Arrest by special forces (file)
Nati Shochat, Flash 90
The IDF worked quickly in the wake of Thursday night’s rock attack near Ariel. By Friday morning soldiers had arrested 10 suspects, all Palestinian Authority resident Arab men.
The attack left a two-year-old girl in critical condition. The girl’s mother and two of her sisters suffered moderate to serious injuries.
The suspects all live in the area in which the attack was committed. Eight were picked up in the town of Heres, and two in Kifl Harath.
A statement from the IDF Friday morning read, “The IDF takes very seriously the unacceptable phenomenon of ‘popular terrorism’ which includes, among other things, throwing rocks. The IDF will continue to take determined action, both overt and covert, to guarantee the safety of residents of the area.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered security forces to crack down on attacks by PA residents against Israelis in Judea and Samaria.
Thursday night’s attack led to calls for a harsher approach to rock attacks among top government officials. Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman said the IDF should change its rules of engagement and instruct soldiers to open fire at rock-throwing terrorists.
Rock attacks have caused deaths and serious injuries on Israel’s roads for decades, he said.
Bayit Yehudi chairman MK Naftali Bennett said, “Rocks kill… Some people take rock throwing lightly, and prevent action against them. Rock throwers are trying to murder and they need to be treated accordingly.”
Tags:IDF, wounded, terror arrest, rock throwing attacks
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HERDIN Record #: PCHRD08151103085114 Submitted: 15 August 2011 Modified: 15 August 2011
A study of indigenous medical and medicinal resources as a component in health care delivery system of two rural communities in Negros Occidental.
Carmen Benares
Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology, DOST
University of La Salette
This is a non-experimental study of indigenous medical and medicinal resources in two rural communities in Negros Occidental (Barangay Concepcion in Talisay and Barangay Granada in Bacolod). The paper aims to determine the availability, awareness, acceptance, degree of usage, and the efficacy of these indigenous medical and medicinal resources. Research design used was the survey method. Two sampling procedures and two sets of instruments were applied for the two groups of respondents (the household and the hilots/arbolarios respondents). Data were gathered through interview, observation, and consultation methods. Statistical analysis used were descriptive statistics and t-test. A total of 246 household in Barangay Concepcion, Talisay and 130 households in Barangay Granada, Bacolod were included in the survey. Background information such as age group, sex, civil status, religion, education, length of stay in the community, occupations of parents/grandparents, expenses, and employment and livelihood patterns of the respondents were given. Majority of the respondents in both barangays were aware of medical and medicinal services available in their community. Among these service groups, the Rural Health Unit (RHU) is the commonly availed of, followed by arbolarios/hilots, and hospitals. Respondents became acquainted with practicing arbolarios/hilots thru talks around the community and because of the efficacy of their treatment.Eighty-five percent of the respondents in Brgy. Concepcion and 78% in Brgy. Granada believed that hilots/arbularios are effective in treating some ailments. Most of the respondents in both communities used herbal medicine more than those manufactured by pharmaceutical laboratories. The two barangays have a RHU which serve as a formal medical resources of the community. RHU cost the least to patients since they have a choice of giving any amount for donation. Hospitals cost from P40 and above, and arbolarios/hilots are given any amount varying from P2 - P10.The list of commonly-used herbal medicine in Barangay Concepcion and in Barangay Granada were enumerated.
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He has been conferred with the title, ‘Lokmat Business Icon of Nagpur’ for being a successful doctor and an entrepreneur.
He is a senior pulmonologist from central India, practising at KRIMS hospitals, Nagpur.
He has commenced his career in the heart of the city in the year 82 in the field of respiratory medicine.
During his practise, he has gained a valuable exposure through varied components of pulmonology.
He has started fibre-optic bronchoscopy way back in 1986, as a most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool for the treatment of lung diseases and is regularly contributing for the awareness of asthma, COPD, OSA, lung cancer through camps in Nagpur and central India.
National and international presentation-
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Mite as a potent allergen (world congress of Polonology 1992, Ottawa Canada)
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Equalizing America
“…one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Is our country indivisible and left undivided? It sure doesn’t seem that way any more. We feel conned by our political system, pushed aside by the outrageously wealthy “one percent,” and Constitutionally abandoned by our politicians.
One of the most confusing aspects of our political system in which every citizen is encouraged to participate is our Elections and our…dun dun dun…Electoral College. Rather than debating its usefulness, legitimacy, and fairness, let’s instead look at an artful alternative to the Electoral College – a United States made of 50 states with equal population.
by Neil Freeman (fakeisthenewreal.org/reform)
Does this feel better? Which state would you live in if this was the division of our country?
We are all well aware of the wealth inequality in our country, but interestingly enough, surveys show we think the inequality is more equal than it is in reality! The video below recently went viral:
What’s your reaction to this harsh reality check on the spread of wealth in the USA?
“Out Of Reach” is a side-by-side comparison of wages and an area’s Fair Market Rent for housing by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Their 2012 report is humbling.
The picture you see here shows each state and the number of hours one would need to work per week at minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom unit at Fair Market Rent. Ouch.
Here’s a link to a similar map showing what minimum wage would need to be in each state if working 40 hours a week and affording a two-bedroom unit (PDF): http://ow.ly/itggq
Here’s that map in list form (PDF): http://ow.ly/itgkb
In summary, the most expensive places are:
2. Washington D.C.
4. New Jersey
5. Maryland
While the least expensive are:
48. Kentucky
49. South Dakota
50. West Virginia
51. Arkansas
52. Puerto Rico
Keep in mind, the US minimum wage is $7.25 per hour…
How does your state stack up? How do we fix this?
Lastly, the male-female pay gap. Even with moves toward equalizing the pay discrepency between women and men, men still make nearly 20% more money than women in nearly every industry. Check out this infographic from Learn Stuff (it’s long, but it’s really neat):
Why is this still happening? How can we change it?
Continuing with this pay gap theme, a report was recently released listing the 10 worst paying cities for women. We here at Imagine Growth Strategy are largely based in Salt Lake City, Utah – so you can imagine our dismay when we saw the top two worst paying cities in the country. Click the picture to link to the article.
Now it’s your turn! What do you think?
Respond to all of the topics above or pick the one(s) you’re most passionate about – we want to hear from you!
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Jamie Kirkwood says:
As far as the minimum wage rate goes, I don’t know how anyone survives on that. I’ve lived in two of the most expensive areas (Washington D.C., and now California) on an income far above minimum wage, and I feel like it’s still hard to keep up.
Richard Patten says:
A more fair tax policy would be based on wealth. Since the Wealthy feel discriminated against because they pay more income tax, base a flat tax on the dollar–a certain small % of each dollar and dollar value possessed (either income or wealth). Thus, since wealth accumulation is voluntary, one can say that taxes are fair and paid voluntarily.
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About I'm NOT Disordered
24hrs with a Volunteer Collective Advocate
24 hours with... Megan B
Why have you chosen to write about today?
Because I'm in London and going to a party tonight
What time did you wake up?
Why did you wake up at that time?
Had to fly to London from Paris
Did you have a dream?
Yes, had a strange dream involving scorpions...
Do you think today will be 'good' or 'bad' day? (use your own definition of these words to answer the question)
Hopefully a good day as I'm looking forward to the party tonight
What are the first three things you do after waking up?
Eating French haribo called "Floppies", last minute packing and Facebook
Do you eat breakfast? If yes, what did you have?
I had a triple bounty in the airport
What would be your perfect breakfast?
Pastries, tea, fresh fruit, orange juice and bread.
Is there anything that you have to do today but don't particularly want to?
Getting on a plane as I'm struggling a lot with my mental health at the moment.
List five things that you do between 9am and noon.
Sat watching planes as our flight was delayed, Flew in to London city airport, tube across London to Kensington where we were staying, checked in to hotel and went to Whole Foods for Lunch
Did you eat lunch? If yes, what did you eat?
Yes, I had a fresh burrito in Whole Foods
What would be your perfect lunch?
Probably some soup and fresh bread.
List five things that you have done, said, thought, or that have happened between noon and 5pm.
Went to Oxford street and met Kate (A girl I met through Instagram and we met up a few times when she was at uni in Edinburgh and now she has moved back to London we meet up whenever I'm down, we spoke about our shared hatred of a sickly sweet famous vlogger, Kate helped me pick out new make up and I nearly cried when I seen how bad my skin really is at the moment, went to Costa for coffee and then Kate came back to my hotel and done my make-up for the party which I was EXTREMELY grateful for the help with.
Do you eat dinner/tea? If yes, at what time?
Yes about 7pm
What do you eat?
Blackberry cocktail in the hotel bar and went back to Whole Foods for pizza all dressed up in black tie on our way to the party.
What would be your perfect dinner?
Venison or Lamb with roast potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire puddings.
What do you do with your evening (5-8pm)?
Kate done my make-up, went to hotel bar for a cocktail with P, had dinner at Whole Foods and walked to the Engagement party in Knightsbridge (I'm helping to plan the wedding and it's a huge budget), Spoke to lots of people I knew, chatted about a project with Benedict Cumberbatch, ate nibbles, then I started to have a flashback so we left the party early and shared a taxi with a lady who had not one but TWO NANNIES and had to leave because her Husband couldn't cope if one woke up as the nannies were on holiday...Oh how the other half live, I'd love if this was my only worry in the world. We got back to hotel and I was in full blown flashback.
Do you have a 'get-ready-for-bed' routine? If so, what is it?
Normally cup of tea and hot water bottle but not tonight as I'm in a hotel. So I just took my make-up off and went to bed as I was struggling with the flashbacks.
What time do you go to sleep?
About 2am
Is this when you want to go to bed? Or is it influenced by what you're doing the following day?
This is normal for me but due to the flashback I kept waking up
Do you share your bed?
Today I did as P was worried I might do something as it was the longest flashback I have ever had. It lasted in total 18 hours and all the others at the most have been 2-3 hours max, so this kind of scared me.
Which position do you tend to sleep in? e.g. foetus, starfish etc.
Always foetus
What was your favourite part of your day?
Seeing Kate
What was your least favourite?
Having a flashback and having to leave the party early.
Did anything happen today that you'd like to change or re-do?
I would love to have stayed at the party longer but sadly it wasn't really an option due to how bad my flashbacks were but I did a good job of hiding it from people at the party and blamed it on a migraine.
Did you 'learn' anything today? (use your own definition of this word to answer the question)
To try and not pack too much in as it can just be too much for me to handle.
Are you looking forward to tomorrow?
Yes and no as I'm not looking forward to flying.
What do you have planned?
Leaving hotel and travelling back home to Edinburgh after 6 nights away.
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New ‘Mask’ APT Campaign Called Most Sophisticated Yet
Gönderen leyla keser berber on 11 Şubat 2014 Salı
Etiketler: Information Security
A group of high-level, nation-state attackers has been targeting government agencies, embassies, diplomatic offices and energy companies with a cyber-espionage campaign for more than five years that researchers say is the most sophisticated APT operation they’ve seen to date. The attack, dubbed the Mask, or “Careto” (Spanish for “Ugly Face” or “Mask”) includes a number of unique components and functionality and the group behind it has been stealing sensitive data such as encryption and SSH keys and wiping and deleting other data on targeted machines.
The Mask APT campaign has been going on since at least 2007 and it is unusual in a number of ways, not the least of which is that it doesn’t appear to have any connection to China. Researchers say that the attackers behind the Mask are Spanish-speaking and have gone after targets in more than 30 countries around the world. Many, but not all, of the victims are in Spanish-speaking countries, and researchers at Kaspersky Lab, who uncovered the campaign, said that the attackers had at least one zero-day in their arsenal, along with versions of the Mask malware for Mac OS X, Linux, and perhaps even iOS and Android.
“These guys are better than the Flame APT group because of the way that they managed their infrastructure,” said Costin Raiu, head of the Global Research Analysis Team at Kaspersky. “The speed and professionalism is beyond that of Flame or anything else that we’ve seen so far.”
Raiu revealed the details of the Mask attack campaign during the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit here Monday.
Interestingly, the Kaspersky researchers first became aware of the Mask APT group because they saw the attackers exploiting a vulnerability in one of the company’s products. The attackers found a bug in an older version of a Kaspersky product, which has been patched for several years, and were using the vulnerability as part of their method for hiding on compromised machines. Raiu said that the attackers had a number of different tools at their disposal, including implants that enabled them to maintain persistence on victims’ machines, intercept all TCP and UDP communications in real time and remain invisible on the compromised machine. Raiu said all of the communications between victims and the C&C servers were encrypted.
The attackers targeted victims with spear-phishing emails that would lead them to a malicious Web site where the exploits were hosted. There were a number of exploits on the site and they were only accessible through the direct links the attackers sent the victims. One of the exploits the attackers used was for CVE-2012-0773, an Adobe Flash vulnerability that was discovered by researchers at VUPEN, the French firm that sells exploits and vulnerability information to private customers. The Flash bug was an especially valuable one, as it could be used to bypass the sandbox in the Chrome browser. Raiu said the exploit for this Flash bug never leaked publicly.
On Monday, Chaouki Bekrar, CEO of VUPEN, said that the exploit used by the Mask crew was not the one developed by VUPEN.
“The exploit is not our, probably it was found by diffing the patch released by Adobe after Pwn2Own,” Bekrar wrote on Twitter.
While most APT campaigns tend to target Windows machines, the Mask attackers also were interested in compromising OS X and Linux machines, as well as some mobile platforms. Kaspersky researchers found Windows and OS X samples and some indications of a Linux versions, but don’t have a Linux sample. There also is some evidence that there may be versions for both iOS and Android. Raiu said there was one victim in Morocco who was communicating with the C&C infrastructure over 3G.
Kaspersky researchers have sinkholed about 90 of the C&C domains the attackers were using, and the operation was shut down last week within a few hours of a short blog post the researchers published with a few details of the Mask campaign. Raiu said that after the post was published, the Mask operators rolled up their campaign within about four hours.
However, Raiu said that the attackers could resurrect the operation without much trouble.
“They could come back very quickly if they wanted,” he said.
By Dennis Fischer
Source and more:
http://threatpost.com/new-mask-apt-campaign-called-most-sophisticated-yet/104148
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Jewish Art Salon Board Members Matthew Baigell, Richard McBee and Ben Schachter are taking part in a Jewish Art Panel at the Conference of the Association of Jewish Studies.
The AJS 44th Annual Conference takes place December 16-18, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois at the Sheraton, Chicago
“The Golden Age of Jewish Art”: Art and its Advocates
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Discussant: Richard McBee (Jewish Art Salon)
Discussant: Daniel Schifrin (Contemporary Jewish Museum)
Discussant: Matthew Baigell
As Matthew Baigell, eminent art historian, has said, “We are living in the Golden Age of Jewish Art.” This belief is affirmed by the numbers of artists who continually broaden our understanding of Jewish Art.
Just as important to their work is the audience for it. This roundtable will bring together non-profit organizations, artist groups and museums that are contributing to the “golden age of Jewish art.” For example, the Jewish Art Salon, founded by Yona Verwer in 2008, advances the idea that “the time had come for contemporary Jewish Art to take its rightful place in the art world. Gone are the days when artists disavowed Jewish subject matter” merely to assimilate. To that end, JAS organizes meetings, exhibitions and collaborations.
Also founded in 2008, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Fransisco “makes the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience.” Their exhibitions foster the dissemination and creation of new artistic ideas.
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A review of biographical work in palliative care
Michaela Hesse1, Simon Forstmeier2, Mochamat Mochamat3, Lukas Radbruch4
1 Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2 Department of Psychology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
3 Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany; University of Diponegoro/Kariadi Hospital, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
4 Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn; Department of Palliative Medicine, Malteser Hospital Seliger Gerhard Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany
Mrs. Michaela Hesse
Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25., Bonn
DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_16_19
Aim: We find several interventions in palliative care to cover psychosocial needs and to relieve distress of patients. There is a growing interest in therapies using biographical approaches, but discussion about interventions is sparse, and there is no concept for comprehensive and sustainable provision. Research on interventions with a single biographical approach is available, but there is no systematic review that tests a range of interventions. Therefore, we look at all studies using biographical approaches for patients and/or caregivers. Methods: In May 2017, the electronic databases of Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, Central, and PsycINFO were searched for qualitative and quantitative empirical reports. Interventions for patients, dyads of patient and caregiver, and bereaved caregivers were included. Data analysis follows the guideline PRISMA. Results: Twenty-seven studies were included – 12 using a quantitative evaluation and 15 using a qualitative evaluation. Interventions using biographical approach are widespread and show broad variations in comprehension and performance. The scope of interest lays on patient and family in trajectory of illness and bereavement. The most common interventions used were life review, short life review, dignity therapy, and bereaved life review. Biographical approaches increase quality of life and spiritual well-being and reduce depression. Interventions show effects independently of the number of sessions or provider. Conclusions: Transferability of concepts seems limited due to the implications of culture on themes emerging in interventions. In some case, there were predicting factors for responders and nonresponders. Further research is needed.
Keywords: Biography, life review, narration, palliative care, terminal care
Hesse M, Forstmeier S, Mochamat M, Radbruch L. A review of biographical work in palliative care. Indian J Palliat Care 2019;25:445-54
Hesse M, Forstmeier S, Mochamat M, Radbruch L. A review of biographical work in palliative care. Indian J Palliat Care [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 29];25:445-54. Available from: http://www.jpalliativecare.com/text.asp?2019/25/3/445/262841
Existential suffering,[1] expressed as or related to anxiety, mental anguish, and psychosocial suffering, is frequent in patients with life-threatening disease and requires spiritual and psychosocial support in these patients. Biography interventions can offer a coping strategy with the creation of a life narrative. In some countries such as Australia, New Zeeland, the United Kingdom, interventions are not provided by professionals but by hospice biographers.[2],[3]
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of interventions using biography addressed to either patient, caregiver, or both, regardless of the interviewer, and with a special focus on implementation.
Criteria for considering studies for this review
This systematic review was designed to evaluate interventions using a biographical approach for patients receiving palliative care and/or their family caregivers. We considered full reports concerning biographical approaches such as therapeutic life review, short-term life review, dignity therapy, and bereaved life review in English. Studies using biographical elements just for special purpose such as forgiveness or meaning were not included.
The primary outcome for the review was quality of life aspects such as spiritual well-being or reduction of depression. Studies on diseases requiring palliative care or advanced stage of life-threatening disease were included. The review used a mixed method approach, including both randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and other trials with qualitative and quantitative outcome measures. Theoretical reports or opinion papers (n = 10), single case reports (n = 1), studies on posttraumatic stress disorder (n = 1), reviews (n = 1), and two papers with a focus on health-care professionals were excluded.
Eligible studies had to define the quality of life as outcome measure, and at least one treatment arm had to be a biographical intervention. Studies were included if they recruited participants with the following criteria and reported results from using biographical approaches:
Age 18 years or more
Participants of both sexes
In- or outpatients in provision of palliative care and/or caregiver of patients in palliative care
No psychiatric diagnosis (for example, posttraumatic stress disorder).
Search methods for identification of studies
Comprehensive searches of electronic database of Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, Central, and PsycINFO were undertaken. We also searched the reference lists of identified articles. In addition, the authors were contacted to obtain unreported data. Publications that met inclusion criteria were retrieved as full-text and qualitative studies classified along the COREQ reporting guideline[4] and quantitative according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.[5]
To identify studies, we developed a detailed search strategy [Supplementary Data 1 [Additional file 1], List of search strategies] for each electronic database and other resources. The search was restricted to publications in English language.
Medline using OVID (to May 24, 2017): search strategy as detailed in supplementary data
Central (to May 24, 2017): search strategy as detailed in supplementary data
EMBASE (to May 31, 2017): search strategy as detailed in supplementary data
PsycINFO using OVID (to May 24, 2017): search strategy as detailed in supplementary data
PubMed (to May 24, 2017): search strategy as detailed in supplementary data.
All studies with an abstract referring to an intervention using biographical elements in palliative care were retrieved in full.
Two authors (MH and MM) independently assessed risk of bias [Figure 1] and [Figure 2] for each RCT, using the criteria outlined in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions,[5] with any disagreements resolved by discussion or by involving other review authors (LR and SF).
Figure 1: Risk of bias graph: Review of authors' judgments about each risk of bias item presented as percentage across all included quantitative studies
Figure 2: Risk of bias summary: Review of authors' judgments about each risk of bias item presented as percentage across all included randomized controlled trials
The COREQ[6] was used as a checklist for the evaluation of the methodological quality of the qualitative studies as recommended by the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group.[7] The tool consists of 32 items – Domain 1: research team and reflexivity with 8 items, Domain 2: study design with 15 items, and Domain 3: analysis and findings with 9 items.
A spreadsheet was designed with data from each included trial. Information on study design, study size, setting, study limitations, patient characteristics, outcome measures, and results were entered and evaluated.
Quantitative data were organized using Review Manager 5 of the Cochrane Community (version 5.3, Cochrane St Albans House 57-59 Haymarket London SW1Y 4QX United Kingdom). All data from included studies were reviewed separately by two authors (MH and MM) and a subsample was cross-checked with two other authors (LR and SF). Disagreement was resolved by consensus with the other members of the review author team.
Meta-analysis was planned for each intervention using Review Manager 5. For most interventions, meta-analysis was not possible due to the wide range of methodologies and outcome parameters used in the studies. In bereaved life review, three studies from the same research group used the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp) and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) as outcome measures, allowing for meta-analysis of the data.
Twenty-seven studies were included – 12 using a quantitative evaluation and 15 using a qualitative evaluation. For three studies, two papers were reported on the same study protocol.[8],[9],[10],[11],[12],[13] Three studies used a mixed methods approach and thus were included in both categories [Figure 3]. The most common interventions used were life review, short life review, dignity therapy, and bereaved life review.
Figure 3: PRISMA flow diagram
Outcome measures/assessments
Outcome measures used most frequently were Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Spiritual Well-being (FACIT-Sp) (n = 8) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (n = 4) or Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (n = 3). Other outcome measures were Palliative Dignity Inventory (PDI) (n = 2), Skalen zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität bei Tumorkranken (SELT-M) (n = 1), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACIT-G) (n = 1), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (n = 1), Profile of Mood States (POMS) (n = 1), and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD) (n = 1).
Results of quantitative studies
We found five RCTs[8],[10],[14],[15],[16] and seven observational studies[17],[18],[19],[20],[21],[22],[23] evaluating life review, short life review, dignity therapy, and bereaved life review. Four of these studies used a quantitative evaluation[18],[19],[21],[23] and three[17],[20],[22] a mixed methods approach. Seven studies (1 RCT and 6 other studies) were from the same research team. Interventions were performed by clinical psychologist (n = 6), psychologist or palliative care nurse (n = 1), research assistant (n = 2), author (n = 2), or social worker and nurse (n = 1). Nine of 12 included quantitative evaluations showed significant results on life review, short life review, and bereaved life review improving spiritual well-being, quality of life, and reduction of depression [Table 1].
Table 1: Quantitative studies
RCTs[8],[10],[14],[15],[16] were evaluating life review,[8] short life review,[10] and dignity therapy.[13],[14],[16] The RCTs were conducted in Japan[10] on short life review and in the United States[8] on life review. Dignity therapy was evaluated in the United Kingdom,[24] in Australia,[16] and in a multi-site study in Canada, the United States, and Australia.[14] The sample size ranged from 45 to 326 patients receiving palliative care as in- and outpatients. Two of the RCTs were three-arm interventions;[8],[16] the others compared the intervention with standard care. Steinhauser et al.[8] checked life review against relaxation Compact Disc and a control group with no intervention. Life review[8] as component of Outlook intervention showed improvement in all primary outcomes such as ADL, POMS, CESD, and Quality of Life at the End of Life. Chochinov et al.[14] looked at outcome measures such as FACIT-Sp, HADS, PDI, SISC, ESAS, and quality of life but found no significant differences in study arms. However, patients reported that the intervention had improved their quality of life (χ 2 = 14.520, 2 df; P < 0.001) and their sense of dignity (χ 2 = 12.655, 2 df; P = 0.002). Hall et al.[13] assessed the PDI and found no differences in testing dignity therapy against standard care. Vuksanovic et al.[16] compared dignity therapy with life review and a waiting-list control group. The focus of this study was evaluation of the legacy creation in dignity therapy. Dignity therapy demonstrated no significant differences in FACT-G and PDI but significantly increased scores of the Brief Measure of Generativity and Ego-Integrity. There were no differences between life review and dignity therapy intervention regarding dignity-related distress and quality of life outcomes including physical, social, emotional, and functional well-being. Short life review[10] in comparison to standard care led to significant improvements in all primary outcomes such as FACIT-Sp and HADS.
Risk of bias
From the five RCTs included in the review, 80% (4/5) were classified as low risk of bias in selection bias, 40% (2/5) as low risk in detection bias, and 80% (4/5) as low risk in attrition bias. However, 80% (4/5) were evaluated as high risk of bias concerning study size as they had fewer than 50 patients per treatment arm [Figure 1] and [Figure 2]. We defined studies with 0–2 unclear or low risks of bias to be high-quality studies, with 3–5 unclear or high risks of bias to be moderate-quality studies, and with 6–8 unclear or high risks of bias to be low-quality studies.
The other studies[17],[18],[19],[20],[21],[22],[23] were evaluating life review[17],[23] with patients, short life review[18],[20] with patients, and bereaved life review[19],[21],[22] with caregivers. Six of the single-arm interventions were conducted in Japan and only one study in the United States.[22] The sample size ranged from 11 to 34 patients or 20–21 caregivers. Independent from the number of questions, life review led to a decrease of depression and an increase of the quality of life. Studies evaluating life review[17],[23] assessed spiritual well-being with FACIT-Sp and SELT-M. Ando et al.[17] classified patients in an effective and noneffective group based on scores of SELT-M. Quality of life and spiritual well-being increased significantly in the effective group. The authors identified predictors for the effectiveness of the intervention such as positive view of life, pleasure in daily activities, and good human relationships. Interventions evaluating short life review[18],[20] reported an increase of spiritual well-being measured with the FACIT-Sp.
A meta-analysis was performed for the effects of bereaved life review. This analysis showed no significant effect on FACIT-Sp [standardized mean difference (SMD): 0.29, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.65–0.06; Analysis 1.1; [Figure 4]. In contrast, there was a significant effect of the intervention in the BDI (SMD: 0.43, 95% CI: 0.07–0.79; Analysis 1.2; [Figure 4] and [Figure 5].
Figure 4: Forest plot of meta-analysis of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being
Figure 5: Forest plot of meta-analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory
Results of qualitative studies
Within the 18 included studies providing qualitative data, we found 2 reports[9],[12] with qualitative evaluations from RCTs,[8],[15] 15 other studies,[11],[17],[20],[22],[25],[26],[27],[28],[29],[30],[31],[32],[33],[34],[35] and 1 qualitative evaluation of transcripts of dignity therapy.[36] In addition to the reports from RCTs, three studies followed a mixed methods approach.[17],[20],[22] Five studies evaluated life review,[9],[17],[25],[27],[33] two studies short life review,[20],[26] four studies bereaved life review,[11],[21],[22],[32] and one dignity therapy.[12] The remaining studies dealt with biographical approaches that were slightly different. A Chinese study focused on dignity in illness trajectory.[29] A study from the United States looked at reminiscing,[30] a study from Canada on a Living With Hope Program,[34] and one from the United States examined life history of disease.[35] Interventions were provided by a clinical psychologist (n = 5), psychologist or pastoral care worker (n = 1), psychologist or social worker or palliative care nurse (n = 1), social worker or palliative care nurse (n = 3), research assistant (n = 4), and author (n = 1). The sample size ranged from 11 to 45 patients, from 13 to 24 dyads of patient and caregiver, and from 19 to 20 bereaved caregivers. All patients received end-of-life care or palliative care in inpatient and outpatient settings [Table 2].
Table 2: Qualitative studies
Life review was conducted in two,[17],[33] three,[9],[27] or four[25] sessions. Emerging themes in life review[9] were childhood, social connections (family, friends, and loved ones), and work and career. Asked about accomplishments, patients referred to their education, children, financial stability and coping with illness. Major concerns were related to age, with patients in their forties focused on children, in their sixties on death-related anxiety, and in their eighties on relationships with others.[25] Ando et al. highlighted gender-related differences. In the terminal stage of disease, men spoke about “desire for death” and “how to confront death” whereas women used phrases such as “resignation to life.” Emerging themes depended on the cultural background.[26] Americans were interested in love, pride, will, and good memories; Koreans in religious life, right behavior for living, and strong consideration for children and will; and Japanese in good human relationships, transcendence, achievements, and satisfaction. In the study of Dahley and Sanders,[33] the intervention opened the communication between patients and caregivers and enhanced understanding between the generations. Family connectedness and personal autonomy were identified as the two major themes in dignity interviews in Hong Kong.[29] Analysis of transcripts found family, pleasure, caring, a sense of accomplishment, true friendship, and rich experience as topics.[36] Hall et al.[12] reported important topics in dignity therapy such as generativity, continuity of self, maintenance of pride, hopefulness, and care tenor.
Bereaved life review led to significant improvement in spiritual well-being and significant reduction of depression.[22] Caregivers reported on practical caring experience, positive understanding of patients, and recognition of appreciation, growth, and obtaining a philosophy in the review. Changes were described[32] as learning from the relative´s death, healing process, relating with others and society, and performing new family roles.
Positive result was described in a group of responders (effective group)[17] but not in nonresponders (noneffective group) who worried about the future in relation to disease, conflicts in family relationships, and confrontation of practical problems. The effective group had a positive view and a balanced evaluation of life.
Quality of included studies
The quality of included studies was low on average based on the COREQ tool.[6] Information about research team and reflexivity was sparse. The study design was described in depth, and most studies gave detailed information about analysis and findings [Supplementary Data 1].
Our review provides an overview of interventions in palliative care using biographical approaches. There was evidence from five randomized controlled trials on the effects of life review, short life review, and dignity therapy, showing positive effects in some, but not all outcome parameters. Patients and caregivers reported improvement of quality of life, but this seemed to depend on the absence of acute conflicts and problems. Overall, the quality of the evidence has to be rated as moderate. Thematic analysis demonstrated differences in the predominant topics between patients in different countries, challenging transferability of results to other cultural settings.
There was a high variability in the interventions, with no standardization of the number of questions, number of sessions, and implementation procedures. Most interventions were developed and evaluated in single research teams. There was no comparison between different biographical approaches. This makes comparison of studies very difficult if not impossible. Palliative care is guided by the preferences and priorities of the individual patient, so lack of standardization might be an advantage. The review of Keall et al.[37] looking at quantitative life review interventions found 10 different life review interventions with patients in 14 studies. The authors evaluated the diversity of interventions positively as it allows practitioners to select a suitable intervention for their clientele. However, similar to our review, they also reported a variety of outcome measures used in the studies, even if studies were conducted in the same country.
Keall et al. reported high attrition rates due to the number of sessions so that shorter interventions fared better. Significant results in a broad range of outcome measures were found in 11 of 14 studies, and 8 of the interventions were evaluated as probably efficacious.
Relation between quantitative and qualitative results
Evaluations of biographical approaches in palliative care are complex. The qualitative studies described predicting factors for responders to life review, suggesting that biography work may be less suitable for patients grappling with unsolved conflicts and worries that may find it hard to get positive feedback from their life story while still trying to cope with overwhelming psychosocial distress.
Bereaved life review was effective in the reduction of depression but did not lead to an improvement in spiritual well-being. Qualitative evaluation linked this to suffering with memories, disagreement on funeral arrangements, and regret and sense of guilt in a group of nonresponders. This may be related to the structure of the intervention, as distress caused by these cofactors may not be resolved in an intervention with only two sessions. Coping with grief and loss may need more time and an intervention with more frequent session. These findings confirm the probability of predictors for the effectiveness of biographical interventions. Short life review was only used by one research team. In a multisite study, they found an impact of different cultures on the topics raised by the patients in the review. This suggests the assumption that transferability of interventions might not be given. The emerging themes show only little similarities. This finding might have relevance for all interventions, so that qualitative studies should evaluate cultural impact. In consequence, interventions need to be tailored. Qualitative and quantitative studies provided divergent results for dignity therapy. In comparison with standard care, dignity therapy reached higher scores of generativity and ego-integrity in controlled trials. Patients experienced the intervention as helpful for themselves and their family, with an improvement of their quality of life. However, there were no significant differences between study arms looking at the main outcome measures FACIT-Sp, PDI, and HADS. This is consistent with the results of the review of Fitchett et al.,[15] where patients also reported high benefits for themselves and their families, with improved quality of life, sense of dignity, generativity, and ego-integrity, but outcome measures such as FACIT-Sp and PDI did not show significant differences. Increase of spirituality is associated with higher well-being in general,[38] but according to the authors of the review to spirituality and well-being, this conclusion cannot be drawn. However, the lack of significance in the standardized instruments might be related to lacking sensitivity of these measures to the effects of dignity therapy rather than to a lack of effectiveness.
In the qualitative data, we found generativity, continuity of self, maintenance of pride, hopefulness, and care tenor as major topics raised by participants in the biographical intervention. This is similar to the review of Guo and Jacelon[24] who found autonomy, relieved symptom distress, respect, being self, meaningful relationships, dignified treatment, and care. Dignity therapy was always linked to leaving a legacy, but other interventions (outlook, short life review, and bereaved life review) had legacy as a component as well.
Limitations of this study
There were a number of factors limiting the comparability of results. Methodological quality was poor, for example, related to small study size. There was no consensus on study methodology nor assessment instruments and a lack of standardization of the interventions. Some interventions were only evaluated by a single research team. A significant number of studies were conducted in Japan, limiting transferability of results to other settings.
Psychosocial interventions are needed in palliative care as part of the holistic approach. Biographical interventions offer a therapeutic option to relieve depression, distress, and suffering. Using trained staff members with special qualifications such as psychologists or chaplains for these interventions will require a significant amount of resources.
Keall et al.[37] described life review interventions as time-consuming and costly but with the cost-saving potential to be performed by trained volunteers. Fitchett et al.[15] said that dignity therapy is an expensive intervention but also put up the question of administering dignity therapy by chaplains as specialists for spiritual care rather than generalists like nurses. Identification of cost-effective solutions, for example, with trained volunteers might be a good option for resource-poor settings. Interventions might need to be tailored to cultural perceptions and expectations. Further research is needed to explore sustainable concepts for provision and implementation.
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Best Business Schools in Asia for Studying MBA
Masumah Sherazee July 27, 2017Study Abroad
Studying in a best business schools is a lifetime opportunity in terms of value. Best B schools provide you an opportunity of networking as they have associations with top organizations and those networks open doors through your career.
A best B-School reputation always surrounds you throughout your life and career. Best B-School degree does’t mean success but i recommend you as per my experience as School Matter a lot. Because they give you exposure, training, qualified staff, extracurricular activities and high quality research work all determine your success. Above mentioned factors along with many others your MBA should be from a very good business school.
Here is the list of Best Business Schools in Asia to pursue business degree:
1 NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
2 Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) – University of Sri Jayewardenepura
3 INSEAD – Asia Campus
4 Universiti Malaya – University of Malaya Graduate School of Business (UMGSB)
5 HKUST Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School
6 University of Colombo
7 Indian School of Business Management and Administration (ISBM)
8 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – Nanyang Business School
9 University of Kelaniya – Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies
10 Singapore Management University (SMU)
11 Keio University – Keio Business School (KBS)
12 Fudan University – School of Management
13 HKU The University of Hong Kong
14 Nagoya University of Commerce & Business (NUCB)
15 Asian Institute of Management (AIM)
16 Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB)
17 CEIBS China Europe International Business School – Shanghai Campus
18 Koç University – Graduate School of Business
19 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) – International Business School
20 Korea University Business School (KUBS)
21 The Chinese University of Hong Kong – CUHK Business School
22 ISB Indian School of Business
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Nicole Richie x The Coveteur
Snapshot: Nicole Richie By Jake Rosenberg x The Coveteur For Paper Magazine May 2014
Sources: The Coveteur, Paper Magazine
Alright. Let us rewind for a second. We won't lie—when we first got wind that we were going to get the chance to get all up close-and-personal with Richie for Paper's May issue (on newsstands and bodegas near you now, so, like, what exactly are you waiting for?) we may have had a slight meltdown before hopping on the next flight to LAX (pre Bangerz Miley-style).
Now, fast forward to one lovely Los Angeles morning, where we rolled up to Richie's only to be greeted by the one-and-only Mickey Boardman, rolling racks upon rolling racks of goodies and a full hair and make-up team. We chatted briefly with Andy LeCompte (yes, the man himself), who was at the ready to coif the Kool Aid-colored hair that prompted the unicorn-haired selfie seen 'round the world. The result? A soft, yet sculptural pompadour that can only be described as lavender couture cotton candy (or something). And we mean, the look couldn't have been better suited to Richie's ensembles for the shoot: from a full length, embroidered, tapestry-like Valentino, to a gauzy gold number from Lanvin and a gorgeous floral Oscar de la Renta gown (which Richie paired with acoordinating parasol, because, like, duh).
In between admiring the racks of House of Harlow (which just launched it's full ready-to-wear collection, BTW), we also got the full tour of Richie's new, fully edible garden, equipped with enough fruits and veggies to compete with L.A.'s finest juice bars (and as you'd imagine, that's seriously saying something). Imagine everything from apples to fresh herbs to kale, and even a tiny chicken coop for her and the fam to have fresh eggs every morning. Hey, Pinterest devotees, are you having major FOMO right about now, or what? And the food-fest didn't quite stop there, either: we were treated to a resplendent spread of quinoa salads, turkey burgers and cookies (gluten-free, bien sûr), followed by fresh fruit popsicles later that afternoon. We mean, surely by now you all know that there's nothing we love more than stuffing our faces on set right? We kid... kind of.
The whole thing really came full circle, though, when little Harlow came home and we posed for a snapshot together—but only after she'd changed into the exact dress she wanted to wear. What can we say? Like mother, like daughter, you guys. All together now: "Awwwww!"
P.S. There's more where this came from, kids... Stay tuned for even more of our collaboration with Paper Mag! (Worth the wait. Swearsies.)
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While High Valley’s Brad and Curtis may have been raised in the close-knit, remote community of La Crete, Alberta—the brothers’ music reflects bluegrass roots with a modern pulse. Over years of relentless touring, High Valley has developed a devoted fan base that has devoured more than 60 million song streams, including 30 million for their high-energy Top 20 hit “Make You Mine.” They’ve performed on NBC’s Today Show and were named “Artist To Watch” by Rolling Stone Country, Taste of Country, CMT, Spotify and Pandora. In addition, “Make You Mine” was named “Country Song of the Summer” by Billboard. Their new album, Dear Life, is available now!
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To listen to Drake White’s music is to fully experience the soul and rhythm of his upbringing in the Appalachian foothills of Northeastern Alabama. The undeniable sound of his soulful voice has whipped concert audiences across the country into a frenzy as Drake and his band, The Big Fire, raise the roof and summon spirits to life onstage. It’s equal parts Baptist tent revival and amped-up southern rock festival. As you watch Drake crank the energy level up higher and higher throughout the night, you feel as if you’d walked in on a live gospel album backed up by all-stars from The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Of course those acts hit musical pay dirt recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, a little over two hours west of Drake’s tiny hometown of Hokes Bluff. The same fire that drives Drake to pour his entire being in to those performances also demands that he continue exploring and refining that country soul sound. It’s all captured in the line, “Trying to stay lost in the moment while we know it’s flying past/We’re just getting started/It’s gonna be a long, long run.” “I do this because it makes me happy,” Drake explains. “I have a great life. I have a great band, and we’re going to be doing this the rest of our lives. I feel it.”
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May/June ANH Email Blast
Policing of products
?Flat to the boards? is the best way of describing the ANH team over the last six weeks! Most of this extreme activity in our Dorking (Surrey, UK) office has been caused by a rash of companies approaching us after being told by EU regulatory agencies that they need to withdraw products. This also caused us to miss our usual e-Blast date.
In the UK, policing by the UK Foods Standards Agency (FSA) of the products affected by the withdrawal of UK derogation dossiers submitted after 12 July 2005, coupled with the new spate of investigations by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) into herbal products that are considered to fall under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD), has left many companies, selling into Europe, with a vulnerable underside exposed. This is just a taste of things to come, but the good news is that we have been successful at helping many of these companies to find a way through most of the red tape using the ?good? science and our knowledge of the law at our disposal. Critical to this is the need to preserve the right to be able to sell within Europe food supplements that contain plant extracts (botanicals), without these products being forced through the quasi-drugs regime provided b
Cutting to the chase
We?re sure many of you will be pleased to hear that following lots of useful feedback from our supporters in different parts of the world, we?ve decided to limit the amount of information we communicate in our monthly eBlasts and focus the spotlight on critical issues relevant to the public in our campaign.
In the coming months you will find that the majority of information will be on our website and the eBlast will have a short excerpt with a link to the remaining article. We hope that this will find the middle ground between those of you wishing for more succinct communication and those who prefer more in-depth analysis.
So let?s cut to the chase???
Following are a list of facts:
Europeans may lose access to thousands of food supplements if the ANH legal challenge is not successfully fought in the High Court in London later this year or early next. Many of you may have thought that the legal challenge that we brought to the European Court of Justice between 2003/5 was over and that nothing could be achieved by returning the High Court. Nothing could be further from the truth ? all of the gains made in the ECJ ruling will not find their way into national laws UNLESS we go back to court! We need to raise ?40,000 ? so please help us with a donation.
European nutritional practitioners are at great risk of losing many of the most therapeutic products currently in their tool boxes. If you rely on therapeutic substances or dosages, please understand that these ? not your low dose food supplements that populate supermarket and pharmacy shelves ? are most at risk from the regulators. The temporary derogation system that stopped thousands of vitamin and mineral-containing food supplements from being banned on 1 August 2005 will slowly and steadily become eroded away. We know of several key dossiers that are in the process of being withdrawn and others will follow. We need to help cement the long-term solution which requires completion of our legal challenge and development of a new risk assessment paradigm, something we have been pioneering for some time.
EU legislation provides the templates for future international guidelines being developed through the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The finalisation of these guidelines will become a major threat to the even more liberal natural health regimes, such as the US Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act of 1994. This month we have made an important scientific submission to a key Electronic Working Group in Codex, through our friends in the US National Health Federation, in turn the only health freedom organisation to have delegate status in Codex. Much of the organised industry in the US is saying that Codex will have no impact at any stage in the US ? we disagree. Let?s remember these same companies and associations said that the Food Supplements Directive wouldn?t hurt US companies trading into Europe ? clearly we?re talking to d
Two new movies to take a look at
The consumer ultimately controls the agenda. If we, as consumers, stop buying therapeutic natural products and succumb to the seeming desires of regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies, we will see natural healthcare ? as a viable alternative to orthodox medicine ? collapse. This defeatist attitude will have us all popping placebo cellulose, sold as harmonised formulations, in harmonised bottles, in harmonised international markets. This is not good for real healthcare. Critical to keeping the troops motivated is good information and education, and films can be one of the most powerful tools available today.
Those of you who haven?t yet seen Kevin Miller?s film about Codex, please take should take 28 minutes of your time to educate yourselves. The film is narrated by Oscar winning actress and ANH supporter, Dame Judi Dench and is viewable as a movie from our website homepage (but also available as a DVD ? click here to buy). You?ll see interviews in it of Rob Verkerk and other key players in the health freedom community.
But there are two new movies that you should know about.
Hummingbird Pictures has produced an independent feature film entitled Side Effects, which has received a very enthusiastic response from the holistic community. It stars US actress, Katherine Heigl of Grey?s Anatomy, and is a satirical, insider?s look at the questionable marketing practices of the pharmaceutical industry based on the writer/director?s ten years experience working as a pharmaceutical sales representative. View a trailer of the film and read reviews at: http://www.sideeffectsthemovie.com
A companion documentary, Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety, was created to give a more in-depth, academic perspective on the ethics of drug promotion, and features the commentary of key opinion leaders throughout the USA. You ca
How can you SUPPORT us?
The ANH needs to raise ?40,000 to return to the High Court in London, to finalise our lawsuit against the EU Food Supplements Directive. We also still need your support to help fund the 14 other projects we are running concurrently.
A reminder of the ways in which you can make sure your continued support can make the difference:
DONATE MONEY ? please consider doing this on a regular monthly basis through a standing order (UK) or Worldpay (worldwide) or sending a cheque (details below).
DONATE YOUR TIME ? give nothing but spend a few minutes forwarding this email to at least 10 people in your contact list who you know will value the information and take action.
DONATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY ? by organising a gathering of friends and family, or an event some sort, which can be used to educate and inform people, as well as raise funds, for the ANH Campaign. Where we can, time and distance allowing, we will do our best to support your endeavours in any way possible.
Thank you again to those of you who give of your invaluable donations and support on a regular and/or spontaneous basis. Your donations don?t have to be large to make a difference.
Please send cheques (in GB pounds, US dollars or Euros) payable to the ?Alliance for Natural Health? to the Alliance for Natural Health, The Atrium, Curtis Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA, United Kingdom, or, alternatively, please donate using our secure server via our website.
As always, we?re interested in any feedback or suggestions you might have and do our best to incorporate them in future eBlasts. Thank you to all of you who continue to keep in touch.
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Bella Hadid And The Weeknd Are 'Back Together' So The World Is Good Again
No seriously, we can all finally relax. Babel are back.
Monday, July 30, 2018 - 11:20
Bella Hadid and The Weeknd are apparently back on track after realising their love for each other was too strong to keep them apart. Which is adorable.
The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, took time to ‘date around’ and quickly realised he was still very much in love with model-ex Bella, according to an all-mysterious source.
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Speaking to E! News, the mysterious source said: “Abel realized once he started dating around, that he actually is still in love with Bella, and they reconnected."
The couple, a.k.a. Babel, split just under two years ago and in the meantime The Weeknd dated Selena Gomez for a brief period. And we got that iconic Victoria Secret moment from Bella too.
But the source told E! that Bella “never really lost feeling for Abel and had hope they would eventually get back together." If that’s true, then we’re so glad she got her man.
The couple apparently got back together after “secretly seeing each other” over the past few months, and “things have been going really well,” according to the source.
And the loved-up pair were spotted kissing at Cannes this year, as both have apparently been working hard to accommodate each other’s schedules in order to make their recoupling work.
According to that mysterious source, it’s working too, as “they have a lot of the same friends and their lifestyles really work for them. They both love to see new places and have new experiences and definitely share that commonality."
They should of told us they were getting back together, we could of made it happen on the new series of Ex On The Beach. Now that would have made great TV.
So, any more celeb ex’s planning on reuniting, hit us up first yeah?
You can catch the premiere of Ex On The Beach Season 9, Wednesday 15 August @ 10pm on MTV!
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Kohan II: Kings of War
Publisher: Gathering, Global Star Software
Developer: TimeGate Studios
In 2001, TimeGate Studios released Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns to a landslide of critical acclaim—praise so overwhelmingly universal that it was almost suspicious. A real-time strategy game that actually emphasized deeper tactics over cookie-cutter building formulae and early round rushes. Three years later, TimeGate is back at it again with Kohan II: Kings of War, featuring a new 3D engine, a streamlined presentation, and based on play with an early version of the game, a whole lot of what made the original Kohan so appealing.
For those who missed the original, the story of Kohan revolves around the Kohan themselves, a group of powerful immortals who ruled the world long ago until one of those pesky cataclysms put them all down for the count. In Immortal Sovereigns, you took on the role of Darius, a good guy Kohan who awakens to find the world in disarray.
Turns out he’s not the only Kohan to awaken, and that not all of them are nice guys like him. A whole lot of fighting later, our heroes are victorious and the world is a safer place to live in. But nothing lasts forever, and Kings of War finds the tentative alliances that helped push back the Shadow starting to break down. The world finds itself once again on the brink of war, a new evil on the rise, and the Kohan naturally in the thick of it.
Getting down and dirty with this new version of Kohan, the first obvious change is in the graphics. The move from 2D to 3D is dramatic, and it’s good. Individual units have a tremendous amount of detail and an impressive range of animations. In battle, different attacks are actually represented by different animations, so that big power swing isn’t just for show, it’s getting the job done.
Spell effects have gotten a major upgrade as well—auras surrounding affected units scale with the power of the spell, and you can just feel the devastation of lightning bolts and meteor showers as they flatten troops in their path. One of the complaints about the original Kohan was how bland and featureless the terrain was. TimeGate took those criticisms to heart and have added little touches that grant the landscape a lot more personality. Not something you’re likely to notice in the heat of battle, but the overall effect is a welcome improvement.
Speaking of battle, strategic warfare is where Kohan’s bread is buttered, and the good news is that the core of the game has remained largely unchanged. You still control companies of troops rather than the horde of individual units common to other RTS games. Companies are a little bigger this time around, featuring two new flanking positions to compliment the four frontline and two supporting slots, which gives even smaller battles larger drama. Kohan can still be attached and detached from companies with ease, with the default commanders ready to step in if needed. Six races are playable this time around, complete with edges and flaws. Undead units, for example, possess the ability to regenerate outside of their zones of supply to make up for their relative weakness compared to other race’s units.
Cities have gotten a major upgrade in the form of walls that keep would-be attackers at arm’s length until they can batter them down, making settlements significantly harder to capture. Ranged militia come out to plink away at attackers with their bows, supported by melee fighting militia when the walls are breached. To support this new siege dynamic, each of Kohan’s races has its own lumbering siege unit—slow, powerful, one-unit companies, such as the undead bone golems or the humans’ catapult—which can really lay the smackdown on anything foolish enough to get in its way.
Moving in the direction of some other RTS games, new cities can only be settled at predefined spots. Cities are still upgraded by building structures, like blacksmiths and libraries, which grant resource bonuses and allow construction of advanced units. New to Kings of War, structures are now built outside of the city, inside the walls, allowing other players a peek at what you’ve got going on, as well as a chance to burn it down without having to capture the city.
Damage to cities, structures, and the walls themselves is repaired automatically by workers stationed within, as soon as the siege is over, though engineering companies are still needed to build outposts and mines, or repair any tech lairs you may have captured. These tech lairs represent a new wrinkle to gameplay, providing secondary targets to be fought over for the technology bonuses they grant, some of which, like the ability to produce powerful support units such as the archmage, are very significant.
All in all, Kohan still plays like Kohan, which has to be considered good news. Those who swooned over the depth of strategic goodness provided by the original should look forward to much of the same in Kings of War. Die-hards will wonder where some of the familiar features went, like zones of control which aren’t visible anymore. These quips aside, it’s still a quality strategy game.
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GOOD TIMES ARE NEAR, SAYS ED
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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zimbabweans to remain vigilant and steadfast under the prevailing socio-economic challenges saying the end of the bad patch is near.
Addressing thousands of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members attending the annual Zuva Ra Samuel commemorations at Defe Dopota shrine in Gokwe North, President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe as a unitary State needs a united people who recognise their different roles and responsibilities for the betterment of the country.
“As Zimbabweans, we must not be found fighting over our inheritance, let us unite and use this resource we got from the Lord together. Wherever you are, you might be a teacher, a farmer, where you are do it with all your heart because that is your area of expertise to move Zimbabwe forward. At each given time you should be doing something God-given. You can’t aspire to be what you are not. Be satisfied with what you were given by the Lord and the country will move forward,” he said.
“I thank you for inviting me to ZCC. As I see all of you here as a church, I see the hand of Samuel. He didn’t die and I am here because of him. Let us love each other, let us be united. We have one national anthem, one national flag, Zimbabwe is a unitary state. If you are asleep and dream otherwise wake up and pray. Ask the Lord to give you the spirit to work for your country and we must be united as a family.”
President Mnangagwa said he was honoured to have been invited to the ZCC conference as he knew that the presence of God was there.
He said there are many people in the country who wish to be invited to speak at such massive church gatherings but circumstances fail them.
“I was touched by the story of the birth of Sekuru Samuel Mutendi. The man of God went through a lot of trials and tribulations but he stood firm, he never lost focus.
“The name Samuel, I want to explain to you today, in the past and in the family of Israel, they had problems amongst themselves, hunger, squabbles and war and God gave them Prophet Samuel who sorted their problems. In Rhodesia we were given prophet Samuel Mutendi who was arrested many times but he remained strong, remained brave, his houses were burnt time and again but he remained strong and today we are gathered here,” the President said.
President Mnangagwa said today the country remembers the gallant sons and daughters of the country who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the country.
“We must enjoy that freedom. Today we are commemorating the prophet (Samuel) who preached love and unity. Among us, who was forced to come here? Samuel guided us to come here so that we give praise to the Lord. So I say to you today, the God in heaven knows our path, He knows our talents, He knows everything about us before we know anything. I thank the Lord for our prophet who remembered me and I am here at this well of water to receive the word of God,” he said.
The President commended ZCC for working with the Government in developing the country in the provision of education and health services. He also said the church preaches about unity and love.
“Faith without works is useless. Samuel preached the word and at the same time building. Even today you are preaching and working just like what the word of the Lord says. I never expected to be President. I was just an aid, but the Lord had His ways. He said I will jump the border but will come back,” said the President.
“God has a vision. We welcome everything from the Lord and we ask for goodness and mercy and we know that the Lord is our leader, we take guidance from him. This church you have come to is a church of God. This church plays a critical role in Zimbabwe. It preaches the gospel of peace, justice and forgiveness. This is the desire of the Lord above. In James 2 vs 14, the Bible says faith without works is dead. My Government appreciates the construction of churches, clinics, schools, dams, we would like to say thank you.”
In his address, Bishop Mutendi said the church was happy with the way the Second Republic was working tirelessly to uplift the lives of Zimbabweans.
“I appreciate that you have work to do and you need God’s help. God says you have to be brave to take your people to their inheritance. If God says it then we can do it and that is why we have to be strong. Your Excellency, you are one of the people who were sent by the Lord. We would like to talk about Samuel our prophet. Born as a premature baby with no life expected, they placed him in a goat pan. They wanted to throw him away the next morning but God passed by and breathed life into him. Just like a lot of you are alive,” he said.
“Your Excellency you have heroes commemorations to prepare but you chose to come and pray with us here. We thank God. Zimbabwe will survive. It will live, it will soldier on under your leadership. We must stand firm and trust in God. You can be in power your Excellency but God is in control and He is the one who put you in this position.”
Bishop Mutendi said the wish of the Lord is for Zimbabwe to prosper.
“Let’s look for peace and we must not lose hope, this is a passing phase. God is happy and we must call on Him. You are a very busy man but you managed to spare some time. God is with you. We will pray for you and you must bring the people of Zimbabwe together. You were put by God,” he said. Chronicle
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Fox Suggests Sanders Supporters Will Vote For Trump
Posted by Brian -2pc on April 13, 2016 · Flag
Fox’s Your World showcased a Bernie Sanders supporter who suggested Donald Trump is a better alternative for liberals than Hillary Clinton. There was no attempt to report on how typical he is.
Sanders supporter Harlan Hill was the guest in a discussion about the possibility of a contested Democratic convention. Host Neil Cavuto sounded excited at the prospect, asking, “Could the Democrats be the ones facing the contested convention?”
Near the end of the interview, Cavuto asked Hill if he’d vote for Clinton.
“Under no circumstances,” was the answer.
“I could stay home,” Hill said. “I know I’ve spoken to a lot of Bernie Sanders supporters that have said that they might stay home. They’re predominately young, had previously supported Barack Obama. I am in that camp, and so we may either stay home or we might cross over for the right Republican.”
When asked who “the right Republican" might be, Hill mentioned Donald Trump. “They think he’s on the far right, but when you look at what he says about foreign policy and doing some nation building at home and what he says about labor and trade, I think he can convince a lot of Democrats to cross over for him,” Hill said.
“Very interesting, very interesting,” Cavuto replied.
Tommy Christopher dug into the numbers at about this time in the 2008 election season and found that there were higher numbers of Clinton supporters who said they would not vote for Barack Obama and vice versa than there are now for Clinton and Sanders supporters. So while it’s possible some Sanders supporters may stay home or cross over, Fox probably shouldn’t start planning a Trump victory party based on them just yet.
Watch it below, from the April 8 Your World.
Kevin Koster commented 2016-04-13 19:16:36 -0400 · Flag
I doubt that the majority will actually sit on their hands. The most extreme ones will, but they’re never a large number. Most of Bernie’s people will switch to Clinton at his request.
It’s likely that some of his supporters wouldn’t have voted had he not been a candidate now, but I don’t know that they’ll stay out of the situation once involved in it. Some probably. And some will vote Green.
I’ve just been fascinated how far Trump has polarized the Republican voters. I’m more convinced that Cruz supporters will never vote for Trump than I am that Bernie voters will never vote for Clinton.
mlp ! commented 2016-04-13 18:38:16 -0400 · Flag
Maybe they won’t vote for Trump, but many of ‘them’ are threatening to stay home if Bernie does not get the nomination. That’s as good as a vote for the GOP, IMHO. As David Lindsay said below, it IS possible that most of those who are saying that they will stay home are GOP trolls. Another possibility is that many of these deadbeats are folks who don’t vote anyway.
Oh, well. I can’t wait until it’s over.
Fox Suggests Hopes Sanders Supporters Will Vote For Trump
Fixed that for ya, Ellen. :)
@ David Lindsay: “. . . the Bernie enthusiasts are almost militant sometimes. Makes me wonder how many of them might be republican trolls.”
How to easily identify a Bernie enthusiast who’s a repub troll:
- calls Hillary a “liar” (without stating what she lied about)
- says she should go to prison (forgetting the fact she hasn’t been arrested or indicted for anything)
- mentions any or all of the following: Vince Foster, Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Monica, or pantsuits
@doors 17. Absolutely right. Shades of 2008. Fux Noise, including Kneel Craputo, were constantly headlining alleged Hillary supporters who claimed to support Gramps McDepends over Barack Obama. We know now that Hillary supporters overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama in the election. But don’t tell Fux Noise viewers that. They have the memory span of a cumquat.
David Lindsay commented 2016-04-13 13:37:24 -0400 · Flag
On another liberal website that almost sounds like “duh”, the Bernie enthusiasts are almost militant sometimes. Makes me wonder how many of them might be republican trolls.
Lakeview Greg commented 2016-04-13 13:26:46 -0400 · Flag
This old geezer is a Bernie dude. Assuming Clinton gets the nomination, I will most likely vote Clinton in the fall. There is ZERO probability of me voting for Trumpie.
Thank you Ellen! This actually made me laugh out loud!
Let’s be very honest about what’s happening here. The GOP is terrified at the prospect of Donald Trump actually being their nominee. They’re fully aware of the seriousness of the consequences. So it makes sense that they’re turning to any magical thinking that can ward off the coming disaster. Sure, let’s trot out the “Clinton’s about to be Indicted” trope. Let’s trot out the “Sanders is winning” trope. And now let’s trot out the old “The Democrats are more divided than we are!” trope. All of them have about the same relation to reality. Namely, none.
After next Tuesday, Clinton will have expanded her lead back up to at least 250 delegates. After the following Tuesday, her lead will likely be up past 350 again, if not higher. There will not be a contested Democrat convention.
And I agree that a small number of Sanders voters will refuse to vote for Clinton in November, particularly after the polls show enough of a lead in front of Trump that they can do so in comfort. These will not be the younger voters, who Sanders will ask to support Clinton. These will be the much older Sanders supporters who voted for McGovern back in 1972 and see this as one of their last chances to have a candidate they believe in. After the Dems have their convention, these voters will likely turn to Jill Stein and the Greens. But not in any numbers that would even bring Stein to the 5% level Nader almost hit in 2000. Just enough to show that some of the Sanders supporters wanted to make a point.
But Sanders voters all turning to Donald Trump? That’s actually spit-take funny.
doors17 commented 2016-04-13 09:21:53 -0400 · Flag
Not this old gag again.
I recall in 2008 that Neil had several guest who were Hillary supporters who said they would vote for John McCain over Obama.
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NKOTB Appearances
NKOTB Mixtape Tour 2019 playlist
Jordan Knight Interview with the Calgary Herald
Here is an interview with Jordan from The Calgary Herald:
Knight Time: New Kid enjoying spotlight second time around
Jordan Knight notices a distinct difference in the reaction he and the New Kids on the Block are getting these days during their current tour with fellow veteran boy band the Backstreet Boys, when compared to their late ’80s heyday.
Sure, they’re still packing arenas with wild, vocal, mostly female audiences, but the sound of the crowd is, shall we say, slightly more mature.
“It’s a little less high-pitched,” he says and laughs. “It has a little more purr to it.”
That is just one of the many noticeable now vs. then comparisons Knight and his fellow bandmates are making. Not surprising, really, considering the time that has passed for everyone and all that has gone on since he and the other four New Kids — Donnie Wahlberg, Joe McIntyre, Danny Wood, and Jordan’s brother Jonathan — were chosen for the act during a Boston teen talent search. Millions of albums sold, tours around the world, insane marketing campaigns, a breakup in the mid-’90s, solo careers, acting careers and, finally, four years ago the members regrouped — it’s been nothing short of a long strange trip.
And while the singer is mindful of the transformations that have taken place in his fans, he’s also quick to point out how different he is these days.
“I am having a lot of fun and I’m getting a lot of satisfaction, because it’s kind of like we have a second chance to do it right, or at least do things different, to learn from our mistakes and do it again,” he says before expanding. “Such as mostly to soak it in more to experience more to give more, actually. In the past, when we first hit stardom 20 years ago, I was kind of shell-shocked and in my own little bubble. And this time around I’m out of the bubble. I’m able to experience people more and how we are actually touching people’s lives and helping them relive memories.
“I think I’m a little more selfless now.”
He’s also, he says, perhaps a little less cynical this time around. Knight admits that at their peak and, of course, on their way down NKOTB were something of a critical target — hammered because of their fabricated nature and even their good looks, they were seen as the epitome of style over substance. Much of that ire, he admits, has subsided, but even if it hadn’t he’s in a much better place to deal with it
“Now, I think people are a lot more accepting of us. We’re more coasting along,” he says. “I don’t resent it, not at all. I don’t resent it. Even if I did resent it and I thought it was unfair I’m way past that and beyond it.”
As for the current tour, which sees the band teaming up with its supposed boy band rivals — despite the fact the Backstreet Boys came almost a decade after the Kids’ height — the shows are also going along, according to most parties, quite smoothly. The idea for the dreamy team actually grew out of a NKOTB show at Radio City Music Hall, which they invited the Boys to, and then offered to share the stage with them for one song.
“People’s jaws just dropped,” says Knight about the immediate response from their fans. “The reaction was crazy and we got so much press from that particular show and that particular moment that all of our wheels started spinning, like, ‘Wow, this could be a cool tour.’ . . .
“We all love what we do, so it was an easy sell for both groups.”
Logistics aside — of getting all of the members schedules in order, as well as putting a cohesive show together for a 41-city North American NKOTBSB tour — Knight says things came together surprisingly easy, including between all of the various personalities.
“To do this tour, we all needed to check our egos at the door. And I think we’re doing a good job. The good thing also (about) doing it 20 years later, is that . . . the older you get the more you’re able to tame your ego and see the big picture,” he says.
“What so sweet about this time around is that everybody’s older and wiser. We know why this tour sold, it’s because both groups joined together and teamed up. And it’s because of that team that we’re doing this.
“Of course we want equal billing, equal time on stage all that kind of stuff, and we work all that out and everybody knows that’s only fair.”
One thing that unfortunately fans of Knight won’t get the opportunity to hear during the show is some of his own solo material. The singer just released a slick new album, Unfinished, which is his first solo effort in five years and features collaborations with writers and producers who’ve worked with Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
It’s been a little bit of a hectic time for Knight, trying to balance his New Kids duties with promoting his new project — which was released on his own music imprint and has already sent a pair of singles, Let’s Go Higher and Stingy, up the Canadian radio charts — but he’s certainly not about to complain. “Days off are days on for me, but it’s the fans and the excitement and the love of what I do that gets me through it.”
Besides, he notes, there will be plenty of time to focus on the solo career once the NKOTBSB tour wraps up in August.
Although, that said, Knight admits that just because this round of dates with the Kids may be coming to a close, it doesn’t mean that the band itself will call it quits — not if he has anything to do with it.
“Well, I’m definitely a New Kid on the Block for life, I know that,” he laughs.
“I know that much.
“So we might as well just keep it rolling forever. As long as the fans want it, we’ll be there.”
The NKOTBSB Tour hits the Saddledome on Wednesday.
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The show in Tacoma was unforgettable. It was so fun seeing all the guys up there, I can't even put it into words. I hope they keep doing it and keep having as much fun as they seemed to have on stage. Also, you should buy Unfinished, Jordan's album. It's great, you won't regret it.
The show in Vancouver was remarkable. I'm speechless still! And it's been 5 days!
The after party at Joseph Richards was beyond my wildest dreams. To spend that time with Jordan and Donnie and Howie was exquisite. Meeting Donnie and getting his autograph tattooed to my arm...will forever be "marked" with me!
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Pukekura Park - its ecology and history - Friends of Pukekura Park New Plymouth Inc.
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The Kaimata Street Shelter Belt
David Medway
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On my “Plants for birds” walk at Brooklands on 10 August 2005, we followed the former Nature Trail through Ambush Gully and the rows of tall Lawsoniana (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) that grow parallel to Kaimata Street on the southern boundary of the park. While we were at the Lawsoniana, the inevitable two questions were asked - who planted those trees, and how old are they? It is now possible to provide definitive answers to both.
Thomas Horton was Curator of Pukekura Park (to which Brooklands was added in 1934) for 25 years from 1924 until 1949. Fortuitously, a collection of Horton’s papers still survives in the Pukekura Park archive at Puke Ariki in New Plymouth. Among them is his work diary for the period 13 August 1937 to 9 November 1943, and a report on Brooklands, dated 30 December 1933, that Horton and Thomas Boulton, Newton King’s head gardener, provided to the Pukekura Park Board. This report was published in full in the Taranaki Herald of 10 January 1934. In it Horton and Boulton said, under the heading Shelter Belt: “All that area between Messrs Grundy, Bond & Shepherd’s boundary, on the western side of the bush, we suggest be planted with suitable shelter trees; and that this shelter be extended (at least half a chain wide) along the whole of the southern side of the bush to Mr List’s gully”.
This shelter belt was not planted until nine years later. Horton recorded in his work diary that five men spent 22 and 23 July 1942 planting trees at “Brooklands, Kaimata St.”. He listed the trees they planted on those days as 106 five-year old and 20 three-year old Lawsoniana, 40 five-year old Totara (Podocarpus totara), 40 four-year old Kowhai (Sophora microphylla), and 24 Rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) age not stated.
Today, several rows of planted Totara and Lawsoniana are growing on the Kaimata Street frontage of the park over a distance of about 125 metres from the Brooklands Road end. There are some 30 Totara in this section. At the eastern end of these rows, above the small gully containing the large London Plane (Platanus acerifolia) tree, is a group of about twelve Lawsoniana, probably planted there to provide extra protection at this exposed position. Interspersed among the Lawsoniana and Totara are several tall Rewarewa and a few tall Kowhai. All of these trees must be part of the shelter belt that was planted on 22 and 23 July 1942.
Originally, this shelter belt extended eastward along the Kaimata Street boundary effectively as far as “Mr List’s gully”, now Maranui Gully, as Horton and Boulton in 1933 suggested it should. This portion seems to have consisted mostly of Lawsoniana, nearly all of which have since been felled. The rows of Lawsoniana that once grew on the western boundary between the park and the private properties to which Horton and Boulton referred were undoubtedly part of the same shelter belt planting. They were still standing in August 1968, but the row closest to Kaimata Street was felled, probably soon after that date, to be replaced by the camellias which grow on that boundary now.
Reproduced from The Newsletter of the Friends of Pukekura Park 2(1) (May 2007)
David Medway examines the history surrounding the planting of the shelter belt on the southern boundary of Brooklands Park and Pukekura Park in New Plymouth. The now mature trees bordering Kaimata Street, and originally extending to what is now known as Maranui Gully, include Lawsoniana, Totara, Kowhai and Rewarewa. A report provided to the Pukekura Park Board in 1933 by Park Curator Thomas Horton, and Newton King’s head gardener Thomas Boulton, records planning details of the proposed shelter belt. Horton’s diary reveals that the actual planting did not occur until July 1942. Archival documents enable comparisons between the current status of the shelter belt, and the original plantings. Two colour photographs are included.
Pukekura Park, Brooklands Park, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Kaimata Street shelter belt, Thomas Horton, Thomas Boulton, List Gully, Maranui Gully, Lawsoniana (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), historical papers, Horton diary.
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Brief teaser footage from Alfonso Cuaron's 'Gravity' with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock
After years of development, some casting hurdles, and a lot of visual effects tinkering, Alfonso Cuaron's anticipated sci-fi epic Gravity is finally heading to theaters this fall. The trailer is expected to hit in full tomorrow, but for now we have one of those really obnoxious Entertainment Tonight teases, which offer up a few seconds of footage featuring stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. Check out the plot and the clip below...
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney). But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth...and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Based on everything we've heard, this is going to be a quieter affair, probably along the lines of something like Solaris. The special effects budget is huge, though, and has been compared to Avatar in terms of scope. We'll see if that turns out to be true when Gravity opens in 3D and IMAX on October 4th.
Sundance 2020 Review: 'Come Away' Gives Peter Pan And Alice In Wonderland Grim Origin Stories
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First Person, Television
Written By: Nick Honeywell
Five Unforgettably Funny Contestants from The Price is Right
“When it comes to game shows, some people enjoy the intellectual challenge of Jeopardy. Others like the adlibbed outbursts on The Family Feud. I can’t resist the eccentric contestants and lowest-common-denominator appeal of my favorite game show: The Price is Right.” Nick Honeywell picks out a few choice contestants.
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“Perhaps we reminded him of his time at BSU or maybe he was just being nice but Letterman sat down, lit a cigar and proceeded to give us nearly 45 minutes in a hilarious and wide-ranging conversation.” Matt Mays recalls a formative interview with the departing late-night host.
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“I know I would have taken a pounding, but that would have been as nothing compared to the psychological bruising of having you put words in my mouth—words I would never utter.” Wilson the volleyball is ready to speak for himself.
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Written By: Dara Cunningham
Weddings: Narrated by the Invisible Woman
“I went back to working as a hairdresser, this time doing elaborate styles and make-up for high-end weddings in a luxury hotel. That’s where the real money is, I was told.” Dara Cunningham on being the invisible woman behind the bride.
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Today is wednesday 29 january, it is ºC and in Santiago
Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Microsite commemorating the 40th anniversary of UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention
Alameda Park, natural monument
Singular trees
Monument to Ramón del Valle-Inclán
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Vilanova de Arousa (1866) – Santiago de Compostela (1936)
Poet, novelist and theatre writer, he was part of the Spanish literary Modernism and its “Generation of ‘98”. The aesthetics and perfection of his work, with a careful choice of the language, are remarkable. From Modernism he started to reflect the grotesque reality of Spanish society using tragic and sarcastic characters in his dramas. This aesthetics is known as 'theatre of the grotesque' and Valle-Inclán is the creator. There is a bench with the inscription: 'A Don Ramón María del Valle-Inclán. 1866-1936. A Universidade e Concello de Compostela. Santiago 5 de xaneiro 1999' ('To Mr. Ramón María del Valle-Inclán. 1866-1936. The University and the City Council of Santiago de Compostela. Santiago, 5 January, 1999'). The bronze statue is a work by the sculptor César Lombera (Santiago de Compostela 1999).
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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award
It is old news now, but I thought a link might be helpful
I have received a Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation to work in Germany for up to one year. At present I am in the Museum für Naturkunde doing research alongside my former research student and postdoc Jason Dunlop, who is head of the Chelicerata collections here. See a short press release here.
In the future, I shall spend another period of research in Germany to complete the 12 months.
More about the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation here.
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Cuiken Primary takes the Walking Bus to Safer Streets
Primary school children march for safer routes to school
Cuiken Primary School joined the Giant Walking Bus campaign, by the road safety charity Brakes, earlier in June in a bid to improve road safety across the UK.
Local school children joined over 100,000 children throughout the United Kingdom as they participated in the Giant Walking Bus campaign on Wednesday 11 June. The annual road safety awareness event is co-ordinated by Brakes, the road safety charity, and WeBuyAnyCar.com.
Cuiken Primary school pupils wanted to make their voices heard, calling on the government and local council to make their walking and cycling routes safer so that they can live healthy, active lifestyles. In a poll, commissioned by Brakes and Webuyanycar.com, of the school children participating throughout Scotland it was found that two thirds of pupils would like to walk and cycle more, to get to school or for general recreational activities. It was also discovered that just over half of the youngsters feared being run over by traffic when walking or cycling. Unsurprisingly, three quarters of children believed that drivers should go slower around their school.
As part of the Giant Walking Bus event at the school, pupils learned about road safety, traffic pollution and transport choices. Following this, pupils then marched following a safe route along pavements in the immediate vicinity. Children have the opportunity to be sponsored with any funds raised going to Brakes to help improve road safety and road safety awareness throughout the country. Pauline McKay, depute headteacher, Cuiken Primary School, said:
We’re delighted to be taking part in Brake’s Giant Walking Bus. It’s a fantastic opportunity for kids to make their voices heard and promote road safety to children, parents and local drivers. Our pupils will be marching and shouting out loud about the importance of drivers slowing down in our community, so they can enjoy a healthy, fun, active lifestyle without being endangered.
Brake’s want to make their message clear about providing safer routes for children to use as part of a healthy lifestyle. Thirty percent of children between the age of two and fifteen in Scotland are now at risk of being overweight or obese. It is a figure that is amongst the highest in the world. They believe that the easiest way to lower this percentage is to build active travel into their everyday routine, which can be achieved through safer roads. Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive, Brake, said:
The kids marching for safer roads in Penicuik and across the UK today should send a clear message to everyone: kids want to be able to get out and walk and cycle, and by not making our streets safe, we are denying them the fun, active childhoods they deserve. This has serious implications for their long-term health and wellbeing, the burden on our NHS, the environment, and our society as a whole. If we are going to create an environment fit for our children we need to put them – not motor vehicles – first. We are appealing to drivers to slow down to 20mph or less around homes, schools and shops, to local authorities in Scotland to continue rolling out 20mph limits; and to national government to make 20mph the national urban default. We need to make sure our kids and people of all ages – not just the lucky few – can walk and cycle without being endangered.
The charity’s GO20 campaign aims to make 20mph the speed limit near areas where people live, work and play. It calls on the government to make 20mph the national urban default, instead of 30mph, as well as calling on drivers to make their own conscious decision to slow down to 20mph when possible. They say that a lower speed limit can lead to: fewer casualties, healthy active lifestyles, sociable communities, less pollution and lower costs.
The charity’s sponsor, Webuyanycar.com, feels that as the UK’s largest car buying service it is only right that they support making the country’s roads safer. In association with Webuyanycar.com, Brake’s have been able to create many successful initiatives such as the ‘See Me Stay Safe’ campaign which gave children between four and seven the ability to obtain a high visibility jacket for free. Richard Evans, Head of Technical Services at webuyanycar.com said:
Children want to be active and it’s our responsibility as road users to ensure they feel safe. Being able to cycle or walk to and from school should be a childhood right, not a luxury. We want today’s event to work as a wake up call to drivers – children want their roads to be safe and it’s our privilege, at webuyanycar,com, to help the voices of over 100,000 children be heard.
Parents are advised by the charity to carefully weigh up the risks of sending their children to school unsupervised. Whilst it can be beneficial to their health, in certain areas it can also be dangerous. For this reason 44% of children in the UK are now driven to school. However it does not need to be that way in Penicuik. The Giant Walking Bus is an example of how a walking bus can be used to transport children to school safely. It is social, active and fun, with many schools in the area now utilising this method of transportation.
Midlothian Council have lowered the speed limits around schools to at least 20mph whilst cars are also banned from dropping off/picking up youngsters in car parks in certain primary schools during peak times.
The Penicuik Cuckoo hopped on the Giant Walking Bus. You can view our gallery above. Larger images are available on request, © Caitlin Reid.
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All very well, but the children had rattles and were chanting (shouting) at the top of their voice in a residential area, with no thought for night shift workers or the elderley residents in the houses they passed. The walk was also done at a time when the drivers in the area were all at work, and the boy racers (who present a real danger to children and animals in that area) were nowhere to be seen, so pretty useless unless their aim was to annoy local residents and wake up shift workers.
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SPROUGHTON WAR MEMORIAL
Compiled and copyright © Jean Austin & Jennifer Jones 2005
The War Memorial is in the Church; the Roll of Honour is in the Vestry. There is a memorial book, compiled in 2003 by Jennifer Jones, in the Parish Church, containing photographs of the graves or memorials of most of the men of the North Samford Benefice (Belstead, Bentley, Burstall, Copdock & Washbrook, Sproughton and Tattingstone) who died in the First World War..
Photographs Copyright © Jean Austin & Jennifer Jones - 2005
To the men of Sproughton
Who lost their lives in the Great War
ALLDRED
[Listed as Edward ALDRED on the church memorial but correctly on Coddenham] Private 20877 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds received in action 25 April 1917 France/Flanders. Born 1884 Coddenham, son of James and Harriett Alldred. EADT 28 April 1917 - Deaths Whilst on Service: Died from wounds received in action Private Ephraim Alldred, husband of Louisa Alldred of Coddenham, late of The Lodge, Chantry Grove, Sproughton. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, age 33. Buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Charles P G
Captain attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 30 April 1918 France/Flanders. Born 1885. Buried at Arneke Cemetery, France and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
CHURCHMAN
Charles H
Captain 6th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917 France/Flanders. Born 1895 Ipswich, son of Arthur Churchman, who was a tobacco manufacturer. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France and on the Sproughton war memorial.
Private 202275 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (formerly 2635 Suffolk Yeomanry). Died of wounds 2 May 1917 France/Flanders. Born Raydon, his family had moved to St Matthews, Ipswich by 1901. Buried in the Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
L/Corporal 12350 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 17 July 1915 France/Flanders. Born 1894 Sproughton. Buried in Cavalaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Private 3831 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died 11 March 1916. Born 3 April 1882 at Whitton son of Isaac and Rosetta Fletcher. EADT 14 March 1916 – Deaths Whilst on Service: on 11 March at the Eastern Counties Hospital, Cambridge, Wilfrid, 4th Suffolks, son of Isaac Fletcher of Sproughton, age 32. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried in Sproughton Churchyard (South East corner) and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Private 202250 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment formerly 3920 Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 23 April 1917, France/Flanders, Born 1894 Eyke, son of William and Harriet Gray. EADT 22 March 1918 - Deaths Whilst on Service: on 23 April 1917, previously reported missing, Private J Gray, Suffolk Regiment, previously Suffolk Yeomanry, now reported killed on that day. Son of Mr and Mrs W Gray, Ivywell Farm, Sproughton, age 23. Enlisted Ipswich. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France and Sproughton war memorial.
Ernest James
Private 29711, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27 March 1918, France/Flanders. Born 1887 Sproughton son of Joseph and Hannah Johnson. Wife of Florence Ada Johnson of Reading Room Cottage, Sproughton. Among his siblings were two sets of twins – William (who died soon after birth) and Arthur born in 1891 and George and William born 1893. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, lived Belstead. Commemorated on the Arras memorial, France and on the Belstead and Sproughton war memorials. Also commemorated (with his brother George who was also killed in action in France) on his parents’ gravestone in Sproughton Churchyard (at East end of Churchyard, between church and river and near a Horse Chestnut tree)
Private G/3081 7th Battalion East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). Killed in action 29 August 1915 France/Flanders. Born 1893 Sproughton, twin son of Joseph and Hannah Johnson and brother of above Ernest James Johnson. Commemorated on the Thiepval memorial and on the Sproughton war memorial. Also commemorated (with his brother Ernest who was also killed in action in France) on his parents’ gravestone in Sproughton Churchyard (at East end of Churchyard, between church and river and near a Horse Chestnut tree)
Private 11360 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in Action 25 November 1917 France. Born 1893 Copdock, son of Eldred and Eliza Kinsey (living in ‘Chantry Row’ Sproughton in 1901); husband of Mrs Grace Kinsey. EADT 11 January 1918 – Deaths Whilst on Service: On 25 November 1917, killed in action in the recent battle near Cambrai Private David E Kinsey, beloved husband of Grace Kinsey of 31 Rosebery Road, Ipswich. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral Military Cemetery, France and on the Sproughton war memorial.
George Ernest
2nd Corporal 5th Signal Company Royal Engineers. Died 1 August 1916 Somme, France. Born 1890 Sproughton, son of John and Alice Laws (John Laws was Bailiff at ‘Boss Hall Farm’ in 1901; later of Railway Cottages, Sproughton Road, Ipswich). EADT 24 August 1916 – Deaths Whilst in Service: Laws, killed in action on 1st-2nd August Cpl Ernest Laws 24518 RE, dearly loved third son of J and E Laws, Boss Hall, Sproughton in his 26th year. Buried in Dantzig Alley Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial. His brother, Stanley Laws also killed in action.
Private 1524 26th Battalion Australian Infantry AIF Unit. Died 20 September 1917 France/Flanders. Born 1894 Sproughton, son of John and Alice Laws (John Laws was Bailiff at ‘Boss Hall Farm’ in 1901; later of Railway Cottages, Sproughton Road, Ipswich). He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Eiper and on the Sproughton war memorial. His brother, George Laws also killed in action.
Gunner 876342, ‘A’ Battalion, 94th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Died 10 October 1917. Born 1895 Burstall, son of Edgar and Annie Lloyd. Buried in Lijssemthoek Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Private 10418 219th Company Machine Gun Corps. Died 15 July 1917 Belgium. Born 14 April 1882 Sproughton, son of Elijah and Emma Markham (of Lower Street, Sproughton in 1901; later of 10 Chantry Row, Sproughton); husband of Mrs L Markham (of 15 Chantry Row, Sproughton). EADT 1 August 1917 - Deaths Whilst on Service: 1 August 1917, killed in action on 15 July on the eve of commencing his leave, second son of Mr and Mrs E Markham of Sproughton, age 35, he left a widow and five children to mourn their loss. Buried in Coxjde Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
SCARFE
Reginald Wilfred
Private 17853 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 11 August 1915 France/Flanders. Born Witnesham, son of William and Hannah Scarfe. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried in the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Heyvelland, West Flanders, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Albert R
Rifleman 13/41453 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Died of wounds 8 December 1917. Born 1881 Sproughton son of Alfred and Mary Ann Scrivener of 9 Chantry Row, Sproughton. Buried in Sproughton Churchyard (in South East corner) and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
WR/21685 Pioneer 309th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died 24 August 1918 France. Born 1890. Husband of Mrs K Wade (of 4 Chantry Row, Sproughton circa 1920). Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Private 12528 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25 November 1915 France/Flanders. Born 1895 Kettleburgh. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Walter Whitmore
2nd Lt 276th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 23 August 1917, France. Born 1889 Ipswich, son of Henry and Mary Wright (in 1901 living at ‘The Beeches’ Hadleigh Road, Sproughton). EADT 29 August 1917 - Deaths Whilst on Service: killed in action in France, 2nd Lt W Whitmore Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Henry J Wright, The Beeches, Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, age 27. Buried in The Huts Cemetery, Eiper, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton war memorial.
Not on the Sproughton War Memorial but plaque in the Church
FOSDICK
Lt, Rifle Brigade, Wounded at Hooge, Flanders 30 July 1915, died 31 July 1915, buried Poperinghe (Lijssenthoek Cemetery) 1 August 1915. Born 1885 Sproughton, only son of Frederick and Alice Fosdick. At the time of Lt Fosdick’s death, his widowed mother lived at Eastbourne.
VAN DER HEYDEN
Peter V J
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Albert John
Private 1/6th Bn Queen’s Royal Regt (West Surrey). Killed 27 February 1943, Age 29. Son of Albert and Adelaide Andrews of Sproughton. Buried in Tripoli War Cemetery
Dudley Charles
Asst Steward RN HMA Prince of Wales. Died 10 December 1941, age 29. Son of Charles and Amelia Steward, husband of Dorothy Steward. Commemorated on the Chatham Memorial.
Kenneth Clifford
Private, 2nd Bn Middlesex Regt. Died 9 August 1944, age 20. Buried in St Charles de Percy War Cemetery, France.
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Board index ‹ Godzilla: The Films ‹ The Heisei Era: 1984-1995
TALKBACK #19: Godzilla and Mothra, The Battle for Earth
Discuss the 2nd Godzilla film era here! Beam fights, revised versions of classic kaiju, the Heisei era was a mixed bag of fun and controversy!
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by Irish Gfan » Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:03 pm
This is one of the weaker entries in the Heisei series for sure. I love the monster action and Battra is very cool. But the message is way to heavy handed.
It isn't that I hate environmental messages, but this one felt really forced. Godzilla originally was a metaphor for the dangers of nuclear radiation. It was a very real potential danger that was showcased through a fantasy creature. I could say the same thing about Hedorah as well. Sure they pounded the message home in that movie too, but at least they used Hedorah to showcase the real potential dangers of pollution. This one, I am not sure of the connection between cutting down trees and a giant death moth coming after me. Is the message don't cut down trees or the Earth will get pissed off and kill you? If so, that isn't very realistic. Truthfully, they just wanted to drive their message home whether it made sense or not.
Getting into the human characters, I could have done without the blatant Indiana Jones ripoff scenes. The whole story with the divorced couple and their kid is something that a director like Honda could have handled beautifully, but here, it just feels disconnected from everything else and not important enough to pay attention too.
Some other minor nitpicks, this is the movie where they switched Godzilla's roar back to the higher pitch one from the Showa series rather than the deeper growl that was used in the original film and the first three entries of the Heisei series. Why they made this change, I don't know, but I don't like it for this Godzilla. The Godzilla of the 90s was a hulking mass and that higher pitched roar coming out of it felt wrong. It worked in the 60s & 70s, especially when they went into the process of softening Godzilla's character. They also changed the sound effect of Godzilla's nuclear blast, switching from the gushing water sound to the generic laser beam sound. Thankfully this change did not last as I prefer the gushing water sound. It sounds like something powerful is being forced out from within with that sound effect. The generic laser beam sound I could assign to anything.
But like I said, I love the monster action in this one. Godzilla's battle with the Mothra & Battra larvae was a nice action scene at sea. And the final battle was actually the closest we've ever had a three way battle in the Godzilla series. The Ferris wheel was a nice way to make the scene stand out among other Godzilla battles too. And like I said, Battra looks awesome, probably more so in larva form than in adult. It just looks so much cooler than Mothra, whose return is well done as well. She looks as cutesy as always and maintains the majestic quality of the original.
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by jellydonut25 » Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:39 pm
The message in this movie is truly awful. Half the stuff blamed on humanity's disrespect of the earth is the gault of the meteor and the other half is a result of bad writing
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by MekaGojira3k » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:35 pm
This movie is dumb.
Why the hell can't all of these government officials get the Cosmos from Marotomo? They're from the GOVERNMENT, and I'm pretty sure publicizing this blatant kidnapping would definitely come off in their favor.
I also think the movie should have just stuck with NATURE GONE AMOK as its "theme". Meteorite awakens Godzilla/Battra/causes everything is a lot cooler. In fact, there's more in the script to support this than the "OH IT'S MANKIND BEIN' AWFUL"
That's only there for Marutomo, which is only there to rely heavily on references to Mothra.
Battra is the one kind of GOOD thing in this movie. Mostly because I love the idea that there were two of these guardians of the Earth with different agendas/means of accomplishing their defense of earth. In fact, that's the only thing I like about the Heisei era. Even if it did it in awful ways it really expanded upon the Mothra mythology. I like it.
But at the end of the day I kind of can't stand this film. I suppose that's due to mankind's ability to pollute and cause typhoons and landslides on islands they haven't wrecked yet.
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Re: TALKBACK #19: Godzilla and Mothra, The Battle for Earth
by Rody » Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:16 pm
I had forgotten just how dumb this movie is.
Godzilla vs Mothra is the Last Airbender of the Godzilla franchise - dull, lifeless, and completely inept at handling its source material. The film is practically a cut-and-paste of Mothra(1961) with touches of Mothra vs. Godzilla(1964), but without any of the creative skill present in those classics. That's not even mentioning the tacky sub-plots and American blockbuster ripoffs which pad out the film.
I honestly have trouble trying to think of a major positive to this movie. The pacing is a drag through the entire film. The acting is even duller (and the dubbing doesn't help at all). The sets are decent, but there are sparklers everywhere; and Mothra & Battra are the most pathetic flyers I've ever seen. Seriously, they just hang there! Topping it all off is the inane environmental message. Hardly any indications are given as to how manking is responsible for awakening the three monsters. Sure, Takarada's character (poor Takarada looked rather bored) claims that "the meteor was merely a detonator to the time bomb created by us humans", but that's nothing but a cop-out.
Overall, this is probably my least favorite Godzilla film; Lazy film making at its worst.
Some random thoughts:
I noticed when Godzilla emerges for the first fight scene that, hey, his arms were actually pretty free! (as opposed to being stuck to the torso by the elbows like it always looks in the 90's) Too bad he still mostly just beam-spammed.
BAD beam sound effect. BAD.
I really wonder why they chose to recycle Rodan's roar again. Granted, Rodan has a great roar, but when they already used it twice in vs. King Ghidorah, and then feature Rodan himself in the next film, it appears particularly awkward.
I don't agree with those who call the underwater battle the highlight of the movie. Sure, fighting underwater is a neat concept, but once again, we mostly just get beam volleys.
...Although the drop-swing or whatever you call it is always a welcome sight.
Now, the volcano sequence was impressive. I'd like to see how they constructed that.
Mothra moves sooooo sloooowwwwwly....
I'm not keen on the Cosmos's costumes either. They strike me as garish.
Mothra's reflective pollen is a nice idea - and what do you know, it's actually pulled off pretty well.
I actually don't mind the title Godzilla and Mothra: the Battle For Earth. Sure, it sounds pretentious - but that's fitting for the movie.
(And if it helps differentiate from our beloved '64 classic, all the better.)
That's all for now. Good grief, what a stupid movie...
by Pkmatrix » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:27 am
Huh...I could've sworn I'd posted this both here and TK. Ah well, better late than never!
Immediately after rewwatching GvKG back in August I rewatched GvM'92 for the first time in at least 10 years. Honestly, I wasn't really looking forward to it...I didn't have fond memories (I remember this being a seriously boring movie).
I was pleasantly surprised! It was better than I expected, really not all that worse than GvKG, although it still isn't anywhere near as good as Biollante. Unlike GvKG, the plot here was pretty straightforward and not buried in a tangle of science fiction concepts and Hollywood visual references. The main characters are actually fine, interesting enough, and do follow a nice character arc.
That said, the movie has as many (if not more) significant problems than GvKG did.
Firstly, this isn't a Godzilla movie, despite the title. Sure, he makes a couple cameos, but it doesn't really start to turn into a Godzilla movie until the third Act (starting from the volcano erupting). Even then, all he does is appear, fight the army, fight Mothra and Battra, and then the movie ends. After watching this one, I really want to go through every movie and count up the monster screen times - I suspect this one may have the shortest appearance of Godzilla in the whole series.
A much worse problem is that this movie suffers from is the same issue some accuse Biollante of: too many characters, many with no point. While Biollante does have a lot of characters, most serve SOME purpose to what's going on. Not the case in this movie. Every scene involving the characters in the Control Room could be cut, and SHOULD have been cut. They were pointless. The was no reason at all for Miki Saeguesa to be a character in this story (or in GvKG either, although at least she had SLIGHTLY more to do there). The evil CEO? The Professor? The Minister? A good chunk of these characters are only there help beat the really obnoxious "Corporations are Evil! Mankind is destroying the Earth!" theme the movie is trying (and failing) to engage the audience on.
Worst of all, like GvKG, this movie doesn't have a third act for its characters - if anything, it's worse about it, since at least some characters had something to do in GvKG. In GvM'92, the plot really ends with the Hotel sequence - while a lot happens after that, none of it is of significance to the characters, all of whom are standing around and watching the monsters duke it out. Some may say this is a "good" thing because it means more monster action, but IMO this is VERY BAD writing and a serious failing on the part of the movie. If your characters aren't going to be important for the WHOLE story, then what was the point of focusing on them? Your characters have to be integral to what's going on from beginning to end. The original Mothra vs. Godzilla suffers from a similar problem, but at least makes up for it by inventing a new secondary plot for the characters to engage in (rescuing the schoolchildren form the island) and GvKG at least has Emi (the only main character given something to do) take over as protagonist for Act 3. No wonder I got so bored when, in theory, the movie was supposed to be getting more exciting! I think this movie would be much more fondly remembered (and liked) if Omori had come up with something, ANYTHING, for his characters to do at the end here.
On the FX side, the quality seems to be continuing its slow slide from the peak in the '80s. On the plus side, the volcano sequence is EXCELLENT. It's so good, and such a large step above everything else FX-wise here, that I'm left wondering if Kawakita asked Omori to write in the scene because he was dissatisfied with the "Godzilla emerges from a volcano" scene from Biollante and wanted to give it a second try. Mothra's Egg, the Cosmos, and the more action/adventure effects are also rather well-done - make fun of the Indiana Jones stuff, at least it was fun to watch and didn't look awful despite how blatantly obvious the references were. Battra, both larval and imago, has a cool design, too. Unfortunately, that's about where my praise ends. Godzilla, while retaining the same basic design philosophy as the previous two movies, looks...downgraded? The animatronic face certainly doesn't look as good as in the previous two movies. Battra, despite the cool design, is practically immobile - ESPECIALLY in the larval form. He's practically a statue! Mothra and Battra's imago forms are more mobile, but aren't much more effective. Many of the miniature FX, especially the military vehicles and in Mothra's attack on Tokyo, look...outdated. Not that they're necessarily bad, but unlike the miniature FX in the '80s (or even in GvKG, mostly) they look almost like stock footage from a movie 20 or 30 years older. What happened? To cover it, the movie makes even more use of showing the monster walking behind a matte of a real city. It's not really all that effective, and really draws attention to itself in the way it's used. The FX here are disappointing not just because I know Kawakita can do better, but because he demonstrates it within the same movie!
After all is said and done, though, I'd say it's about on par with GvKG. Decent, not necessarily something I'm going to be inclined to rewatch much but also not as godawful as some suggest. After rewatching this it's baffling that THIS is the highest grossing Godzilla movie in Japan (excepting Z'98, of course). Why? I don't get it. Sure, it's got Mothra in it, but was she really THAT popular that she could inflate the box office that much?
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by Dr Kain » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:20 pm
In 1964, Toho released what is still considered to be the greatest Godzilla movie of the entire Showa era of the series. Some even proclaim it as the greatest Godzilla movie of all time. As such, it was only a matter of time before Mothra would show up once the series had been rebooted in the 80’s, especially with 1991’s “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah” bringing back Godzilla’s deadliest foe. It did not take Toho very much to make this decision as Mothra was called back in to be Ghidorah’s successor when it came to battling Godzilla. Will Toho’s magic with Mothra strike again?
Unfortunately not. There is so much potential this movie had going for it, and instead, it just feels like it was made as a quick cash grab more than anything else. The plot revolves around a dead beat criminal father who is arrested for tomb raiding and forced to work with his ex-wife and is given the choice to help her explore Infant Island or spend the next fifty years in prison. They explore Infant Island where they meet the fairy twins, known as the Cosmos here, and Mothra’s egg. On the way to taking the egg to Japan, Godzilla attacks, as does a new monster by the name of Battra. Mothra hatches and escapes while Godzilla and Battra disappear with an eruption beneath the sea. The Cosmos are kidnapped by a big evil corporation, only to be rescued by Takaya so he can sell them to the Americans. In the meantime, Mothra comes looking for them, laying waste to Japan in the process, and when she is informed that the Cosmos are safe, she cocoons up in order to evolve into her moth form. Godzilla and Battra return, Mothra grows into her adult form, and a three way battle ensues.
This plot is mediocre at best, but the worst atrocity is how lazy it is. It feels like Toho just decided to rip off “Mothra,” “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” and even “King Kong vs. Godzilla” with this plot. There is an evil corporation that serves no purpose, but we are shown they are destroying a forest despite protest and they want to own the Cosmos for money. We have Mothra’s egg being carried by the boat in a similar style to how King Kong was being brought to Japan. And that is just a small part of the similarities between all three movies. It also does not help that the characters of the movie are either all scumbags or idiots. Takaya is a criminal, a liar, a cheat, he steals the Cosmos so he can sell them to someone else for his own gain, and then we are supposed to believe he is instantly changed the moment he hears his daughter mention his thievery. Then we have Ando, who kidnaps the Cosmos initially to help his boss make a lot of money who then just changes his mind the moment Godzilla attacks. WHAT?! Finally, there is Masako, Takaya’s ex-wife, who is an utter moron. There are a few other characters, but they are pretty much wallpaper for this movie, especially Miki, as they do nothing but stand around, talk, and then watch TV.
It also does not help things that from a story point of view, this movie is the odd one out of the Heisei series. “Godzilla 84,” “Godzilla vs. Biollante,” and “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah” are able to work very well with each other, and due to how the events play out, they can kind of be considered a trilogy as they all focus on Godzilla’s return and we learn of how Godzilla came back to attack Japan in 1984. The movies that come after this can be deemed the “Godzilla Force Trilogy,” as they all deal with the Godzilla Force and their technological achievements to battle Godzilla. This one, however, just feels out of place as it is a standalone story suck in the middle of two overarching storylines, and nothing really comes out of this movie. Sure, we get to know what Mothra is doing in a future movie, but it has no impact on the plot of that movie whatsoever, nor do the events of this movie have any impact on the future stories either.
Plot aside, the monsters involved in this movie are Godzilla, Mothra, and Battra. Unfortunately, not even the monster costumes are immune to this movie’s flaws. Godzilla is fine for the most part, but his neck and face just seem off for some reason. I’m not really sure what it is, but they just feel lifeless as if the designers forgot to put the animatronics inside Godzilla’s face as his eyes just seem to have this dead stare, and not in a positive manner. Mothra looks similar to her Showa design outside of colors, but she has one major flaw, her wingspan is just too small. One of the things that made the original Mothra looks so incredible was the size of her body. Maybe this version has a bigger body compared to the original, but the wings just look way too small here. Battra is brand new, so there is no previous version to base his design off of, but his wings also look like they would be better bigger. His overall design is fantastic though as he looks just like what he is supposed to be, an evil version of Mothra. Unfortunately, I cannot say anything positive regarding the movements of Mothra and Battra, especially their larvae forms. When Mothra is destroying the city as a caterpillar, she looks like she is just on a railroad track or something, as she does not appear to be walking or crawling at all. It is like she is just being pulled and it really makes it boring to watch. If there is one thing I should not be when a monster is attacking a city, it is being bored. Battra’s larva form seems to have the same issue, but they did a lot better job of hiding it. Unfortunately, the issues do not stop there. Even their adult forms are handled slothfully. While it is nice to see the monsters’ wings flap, it does not look like they are no flapping because they need to in order to fly, but rather, they are flapping because Toho needed them to flap. It just looks so fake. Finally, the final battle of the movie looks pretty, but the two moths do nothing but shoot at Godzilla, and when they try to ram him, they are tossed as if they really are just rubber. While I understand it is hard to make a fight between a moth and a dinosaur exciting, at least the original movie from the 60’s had Mothra clawing at Godzilla on top of his head with her little feet. Nothing of the sort is featured here. On the positive side, the scene when Godzilla is arising from the volcano is downright incredible.
Overall, there is a lot wrong with “Godzilla vs. Mothra,” and I feel ashamed because some of it I never noticed until now. It is not even close to being the worst Godzilla movie ever, but as far as the Heisei series goes, this might actually be the weakest. Its plot has no bearing on its predecessors or successors, it feels like the writers just stitched scenes from previous movies together, and the monster attacks are not even all that entertaining at times. Battra is ultimately the saving grace of this movie, and he alone is the reason I give this movie a 4/10.
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by Hybrid Gojira » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:44 pm
Yeah, I loathe this movie. I go back and forth between this and GvsSG for worst Heisei film. I do like Battra, but the effects are lazy outside of all the beams and the story is just bad compared to the Mothra vs. Godzilla. I HATE HATE HATE the beam noise they created for Godzilla's ray and the water scenes do no justice to his suit. You can clearly see the neck buckle and it looks like rubber.
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Hybrid Gojira wrote: Yeah, I loathe this movie. I go back and forth between this and GvsSG for worst Heisei film. I do like Battra, but the effects are lazy outside of all the beams and the story is just bad compared to the Mothra vs. Godzilla. I HATE HATE HATE the beam noise they created for Godzilla's ray and the water scenes do no justice to his suit. You can clearly see the neck buckle and it looks like rubber.
Even without comparing it to Mothra vs Godzilla the story is bad. Whether or not I still hate Space G more will be determined at a later time when I get to watching that one again. Thankfully the next movie in the series is my second favorite.
Dr Kain wrote:
Yeah, Space Godzilla is terrible... it's just boring. I recall almost falling asleep during my first viewing of it.
by Dr Kain » Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:07 pm
Hybrid Gojira wrote:
Man, I remember being so excited when Media Play had the new tapes in and i was starring at both SG and D wondering which to buy. Since I had the SpaceG figure from Trendmasters for the last few years though, I thought it was an easy choice and bought that movie thinking it was going to be nothing short of amazing. Man was I wrong and wished I had bought Destoroyah instead.
by jellydonut25 » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:08 am
Worse acting than a Troma film! Poorer effects sequences than Superman IV! More singing than The Hobbit! This film has it all that I hate!
The random card draw giveth and the random card draw....maybe not "taketh away" but certainly at least "giveth garbage"
This movie is insufferable. From the Indiana Jones ripoffs, to the cold, sterile, robotic sound of the beams...
The acting is brutal in any language, the characters blaming direct consequences of a meteor strike on humanity's hubris is awful, the constant singing is absolutely brutal, and if not for Battra and the volcano sequence there'd almost as literally as I could think be nothing good about this movie. And I really only personally like larva Battra...
Juxtaposing this alongside a recent re-watch of Mothra vs. Godzilla, BY PURE RANDOM DRAW NO LESS(!) exposed even more flaws than I had previously noticed for example:
In Mothra vs. Godzilla, the Shobijin want the egg returned to their island so Mothra doesn't accidentally destroy a city. Here, they're like "Yes, we will go with you to Japan, bring Mothra's egg and there we can spread the message of Mothra!" (Yes! Bring us and our raging deathworm to your cities of millions!)
In Mothra vs. Godzilla, our two greedy businessmen who try to kidnap the Shobijin and exploit Mothra's egg get their comeuppance. Kumayama gets shot during a tussle with Torohata and Torohata gets squashed by Godzilla. Here, ther's no satisfying end to the villain's story. Ando just quits working for his company. Oooh you really showed him! Now he'll have to find someone else to spend the insurance money from his destroyed projects and a new company man to help count all the money from the reconstruction!
Also noticed a dorsal plate gap in the suit during the volcano sequence.
It's been a while since I watched the original Mothra, so I can't recall, but is the cocoon sequence as ridiculously gratuitous as it is here? Mothra's shooting out her sticky white stuff for like 10 minutes.
This movie SUCKS.
by Jorzilla » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:03 pm
Rather than further pollute the Rank the Heisei Series thread, I just want to point out that Godzilla serves no purpose in this film.
The conflict is between Mothra and Battra, Godzilla just kind of shows up when it's convenient to move the plot forward. He literally could have been any other monster (and was, originally this was supposed to be Bagan).
Oh, the Mothra egg is being towed, without defense? Godzilla shows up.
He's not convenient to the plot any more?
A volcano eats him.
Oh, Mothra and Battra fighting is rather dull? Godzilla gets vomited back out of the Earth.
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by lhb412 » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:04 pm
This is gonna hurt when I get those Blu-Rays next week. What do you guys recommend for decreasing the pain of this movie? Horse tranquilizers?
lhb412 wrote: This is gonna hurt when I get those Blu-Rays next week. What do you guys recommend for decreasing the pain of this movie? Horse tranquilizers?
self-flagellation.
by XvGojira » Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:41 pm
Jorzilla wrote: Rather than further pollute the Rank the Heisei Series thread, I just want to point out that Godzilla serves no purpose in this film.
So he's like Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Arc, but less fun and exciting?
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by CWSmith » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:21 am
Me and a buddy of mine made it through the movie a few years ago with a copious amount of whiskey.
I have a harder time making it through this movie when I do my annual rewatch of the whole series than ANY of the others. Most of the reasons have already been stated (Godzilla is not even required for the plot, unlikable human characters, the worst effects of the Heisei films, etc.), but I have some others to add too. To me, this was the original "Let's all stand around and stare at the monsters fighting" movie in the series, a bad habit that annoyed me in the later Heisei movies too.
Literally the only redeeming factor for me is the ridiculous scene where the two government guys press a button to spin themselves like 8 ft around to see the monitor better. Its played as an epic moment and it makes me laugh every time.
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by MekaGojira3k » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:36 pm
I love when the viewing area goes into BATTLE MODE.
by MekaGojira3k » Tue May 06, 2014 8:31 am
Watched this last night, and I think the thing that irks me most about this Mothra is how lifeless it is. When the larva is crawling down the street its head slowly moves up and then down unlike the rapid movements of the Mothra Larva in things like Mothra vs. Godzilla. It just seems so slowed down to the point it looks weird. The less said about the adult Mothra the better.
by jellydonut25 » Tue May 06, 2014 8:39 am
Worst Mothra ever.
jellydonut25 wrote: Worst Mothra ever.
Yeah. I even prefer Mothra Leo to this thing. Leo was very plush toy but he had a cool color scheme.
by Hybrid Gojira » Tue May 06, 2014 10:40 am
And that's being...constructive on my part. It's unabashedly horrible.
by DannyBeane » Tue May 06, 2014 12:15 pm
MekaGojira3k wrote:
Leo was awesome (beaminess aside) his movies were just terrible.
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by H-Man » Tue May 06, 2014 12:26 pm
The same Mothra prop from this film looked better in Rebirth of Mothra.
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by MekaGojira3k » Tue May 06, 2014 12:27 pm
I really like Battra's theme and design.
That's as positive as I can get about this thing. Battra.
by DannyBeane » Tue May 06, 2014 5:29 pm
Its been a few years since I've seen this film. This film is in my bottom 5 Godzilla movies however after watching the blu ray, it wasn't as bad as I remembered. The Mothra prop still looked like it was made of materials you would find in a Hobby Lobby. The beam wars are ridiculous. The Indiana Jones knockoff with a mullet is also annoying and this movie has some of the worst matte shots/composite shots in the series.
That said there was some pretty cool stuff I can appreciate. Larva Battra is badass. I'd wish they would bring him back if they ever rebooted Mothra. The Imago form was a little bit of a disappointment though. The Battle between Larval Battra and Godzilla was also really well done. Watching the two fight on the ocean floor was brutal and a nice change of pace from in the city/countryside. Godzilla's entrance from Mount Fuji was also probably one of his best appearances in the Heisei series, right up there with his Hong Kong entrance in Destroyah and his entrance from Mount Mihara in Biollante. Godzilla needs to come out of more exploding volcanoes damnit! Also Mothra and Battra mending their relationship did stir up a few emotions from me.
Overall this movie had a lot of potential but suffers from a shoddy script and poor spfx work. This felt more like a Rebirth of Mothra movie with a Godzilla cameo.
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LIFE share new video for ‘Excites Me’ / Currently on headline UK tour
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LIFE SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘EXCITES ME‘
CURRENTLY ON UK HEADLINE TOUR
NEW ALBUM ‘A PICTURE OF GOOD HEALTH’ OUT NOW
RECENTLY BBC 6 MUSIC’S ALBUM OF THE DAY
WATCH/SHARE THE VIDEO FOR ‘BUM HOUR’ HERE
(B-LISTED ON BBC 6 MUSIC)
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘HOLLOW THING’ HERE
(A-LISTED ON BBC 6 MUSIC)
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘MORAL FIBRE’ HERE
Selected praise for LIFE:
“a punk-funk group from Hull whose provenance defines them and whose singer moves with itchy energy and plunges himself into the crowd at every opportunity.”
– NME
“this record is indispensable”
– DIY (4.5/5)
“a stand-out record”
– The Line Of Best Fit (8.5/10)
“tightly wound guitars and lyrical zingers combine for maximum ’80s Peel session effect”
– MOJO (4/5)
“It’s the album the Hull punks deserve”
– Upset (4/5)
“This raging, unrelenting dose of sonic chaos is a thunderous reminder of why guitar music is mankind’s greatest creation”
– Dork (4/5)
“One of the only saving graces of the omnishambles of a time we live in is the emergence of bands that have something to be genuinely angry about. Few bands better epitomise that than LIFE”
– NARC (4.5/5)
“It’s a ripper, as the shrill synth-tone guitar that accents the high-end vocals somehow also serves as a stand-in down beat.”
– Stereogum
“If this is your first introduction to LIFE, then you’ve been missing out on this band for a while. “
– Earmilk
“sonically there’s enough might in there to see them rise in the ranks.”
– Gigwise
– The Guardian
“a dose of Brutalist post-punk that refuses to pull its punches.”
– CLASH
“Equal parts menace and mosh-pit friendly bounce”
– Metro
“a wiry outpouring of internalised frustrations”
– The Most Radicalist
“a surreal, rough urban wormhole”
– Paste
“Thoroughly satisfying, a tremendously inspiring album.”
– Louder Than War
“LIFE are everything you could possibly want from an artist – they are politically astute, angry, intelligent, gritty and air-punchingly brilliant”
– God Is In The TV
Following the release of their critically acclaimed second album ‘A Picture Of Good Health’, a recent A-listing on BBC 6 Music for ‘Hollow Thing’, a blistering BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale session for Jack Saunders and a packed out album launch in a Camden kebab shop, Hull outfit LIFE have shared a new video for album track ‘Excites Me’.
The animated, stop-motion video was directed by Manchester/York based artist Callum Scott-Dyson who says, “For ‘Excites Me’, we really wanted to do something manic and full of energy to match the pace of the track, while also develop a loose narrative that echoed some of the ideas in the song and lyrics. What started out as a more vague thing based around wanting to escape boring situations and explode with pent up rage, became a bit of a character piece about a man stuck in a boring job with lots of mundane things going on, who has to do something crazy to escape this life. Then the narrative gets crazier and crazier as his inner demon comes out and he grows into a rage filled monster.”
Speaking about the single, frontman Mez Green, said “Sometimes music hits you like a shot of pure adrenaline, like electricity in your blood stream, like a never ending firework. Sometimes music heals you. Sometimes music excites you. Music excites me. Let it excite you.”
A staple of the band’s set and a live favourite amongst fans, the video is announced midway through the bands UK headline tour. The band will be supported Night Flowers and local rising Hull band New Meds across their forthcoming shows. They will play the following dates:
Tues 5, November – Cookie, Leicester UK (^)
Wed 6, November – Moth Club, London UK (w/ Italia90)
Thurs 7, November – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff UK (#)
Fri 8, November – West End Centre, Aldershot UK (^)
Sun 10, November – Anvil, Bournemouth, UK (^)
Mon 11, November – Green Door Store, Brighton UK (^)
Tues 12, November – Joiners, Southampton UK (^)
Wed 13, November – Forum, Tunbridge Wells UK (^)
Thurs 14, November – Horn, St Albans UK (w/ Fiende Fatale)
Fri 15, November – Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes UK
Weds 4, December – Academy 2, Dublin IRE
Thurs 5, December – McHughs Basement, Belfast UK
Fri 6, December – Kasbah Club, Limerick UK
w/ support from:
^ = Night Flowers
# = New Meds
Tickets are on sale now from https://www.lifeband.co.uk/
Alongside the tour starting, ‘A Picture Of Good Health’ was also recently announced as Album Of The Day on BBC 6 Music, leading to the B-list addition of their previous single ‘Bum Hour’.
The band also embarked on a sold out two-week European tour as main support for IDLES as well as playing one of three sold-out London shows at the Electric Ballroom and have played packed out sets at various festivals throughout the year including: Glastonbury, The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Pukkelpop, Best Kept Secret, Rock For People, Pahoda, Latitude and more.
Produced by Luke Smith (Foals) and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (Parquet Courts), the new album sees the band home in on a bigger and more focused sound whilst also channelling the lyrical content inwards. Whereas the band’s debut album ‘Popular Music’ was broadly political, the new album takes a more personal approach with beguilingly honest and brave lyrics that are bold in both sound and feeling, whilst also retaining the core DNA of their previous material.
Going on to speak about the album Mez says “A Picture of Good Health is not a collage of work but rather a snapshot of time; our time and the time of those around us. It’s political, but in a personal way. It’s a body of work that explores and examines the band’s inner-selves through a precise period; a period that has brought pain, loneliness, blood, guts, single parenthood, depression and the need for survival and love. It is the sense and need for belonging that is the resounding end note!”
‘A Picture Of Good Health’ is out now via band’s own label ‘Afghan Moon’ and also sees them partner for the first time with [PIAS].
Order the album HERE
“The new album is more personal, about mental health and inner turmoil. I think all of us had a breakdown at some point while making it” – Mez, Life.
Hull’s post-punk absurdist polemics LIFE made quite an impact with their DIY debut album. 2017’s Popular Music was championed by BBC 6Music’s Steve Lamacq and won firm fans (and friends) in fellow post-punkers Idles. Most unexpectedly, Popular Music even ended up in BBC Radio 1 Albums Of The Year list, where Life’s gnarly, Humberside riffs and scattergun wordplay kept unlikely – but deserved – company with the likes of Jay-Z, Skepta, the xx and Wolf Alice. Two years on, their eagerly awaited, dryly-titled second album, A Picture Of Good Health, ups the ante musically and lyrically.
Popular Music – recorded one or two tracks at a time, over a long period – was a musical collage that documented their development and emergence. By contrast, A Picture Of Good Health is the product of an intense four week recording period in Tottenham, North London. Producers Luke Smith (Foals) and Claudius Mittendorfer (Parquet Courts) and new bass player Lydia have helped craft a sound that’s more robust and musically broader, but which hasn’t lost any of the quartet’s trademark fire and wallop. Lyrically, the first album took a sideways glance at the modern world, where lyrics about 2-for-1 supermarket deals, Donald Trump, the impact of American right to bear arms, Brexit and UK austerity policies blazed forward in a hailstorm of firecracker imagery comparable to Mark E. Smith’s The Fall. This time, their subject matter is more inward, as brothers and lyricists Mez (vocals) and Mick (guitars) have examined their own emotions, experiences and motivations.
“The first album was quite political and talked about young people, including ourselves, having problems living and surviving,” explains Mez. “On the second album we take the spotlight away from the wider community and bring it on us. It’s a broader sound, more angular, more precise. We both share the lyrics but this album very much reflects what was going on in my life – I was coming out of a long term relationship, becoming a single dad. I wanted to express and write about the turmoil I was going through. I think it’s quite brave, in terms of politics and community. There are songs about single fatherhood and mental health. Do people sing about that stuff? I’m not sure they do.”
Indeed, sessions for the album proved so intense – with the pressure for a superior follow-up piling on from the band themselves, rather than a record company or external forces – that Mez reveals that each of the band members had a breakdown of one sort or another during recording. “At one point, Lydia was trying to nail a bassline and the producer kept playing the lyric “Stop hating yourself” over and over again. The song was about inner turmoil and mental health. Lydia smashed the bassline and just ran out of the room in tears, screaming.”
Although LIFE have become firm friends with kindred spirits Idles since meeting in a hotel foyer, there isn’t another band quite like them. They’re the first four-piece guitar band from Hull to make a big splash since the halcyon days of the Housemartins way back in the 1980s. More unusually, their music reflects the community and spirit of their experiences working in the city’s Warren youth project, a rare haven for vulnerable people aged under 25, which also functions as a drop-in advice centre, youth club, educational resource, food bank, music centre and record label.
“We’re very community based and try to comment on everything around us,” explains Mez. “Three members of the band work or have worked in the Warren youth project. Young people can come in – we’ve got free counselling, sexual health, drug advice and a massive LGBT community. Nobody sits in corners. Everybody mingles. Youth culture has been squeezed financially and otherwise for years, but the Warren is a special place where you can literally see a community of people helping each other.”
The band’s DIY ethos came partly out of necessity – and reflects their geographical location in Hull, a geographically isolated, coastal city which resident poet Philip Larkin once said was “a city in the world yet sufficiently on the edge of it to have a different resonance”, and where things happen because people have to make them happen.
“In Hull you’ve got to do it yourself,” agrees Mez. “It’s a place with one way in and one way out. Getting here is a nightmare, but we’ve a long tradition of doing our own thing. Hull literally told the King to fuck off, they wouldn’t let him in! But lately people have started to look outwards rather than inwards.” Indeed, becoming the City Of Culture has coincided with an explosion of Hull music, from LIFE to the burgeoning grime scene (whose leading light, Chiedu Oraka appears on the B-side of single Grown Up). “The City Of Culture has been massive for Hull. It shone a light on the community and the artists and the repercussions have been nothing but positive.”
LIFE have come a long way themselves, since the days when, growing up with a “very liberal” upbringing, Mez and Mick’s Dad used to drop them off at school in a battered old Nissan Bluebird with a different coloured door, blaring the Clash (a significant influence, alongside The Fall). The brothers shared a stage with Mark E. Smith’s legendary band in their first musical incarnation, The Neat, achieving the special honour of being insulted by the frontman. They recorded for Kaiser Chiefs’ Simon Rix and Nick Hodgson’s label, Chewing Gum, and it’s during this period that they first attracted the attention of Steve Lamacq.
The Neat imploded as young bands often do – “We were young and taking drugs” – explains Mez – but since starting LIFE the brothers wanted to “take control of the sound, make it bigger and take ownership of it”. PRS funding helped them record a stream of killer singles, which were collected for inclusion on Popular Music, which Mick compares to “one of those classic singles collections which came out in the 70s”. Since then, LIFE have toured in Europe and America, appeared with kindred spirits IDLES, Slaves and Nadine Shah, and made their Glastonbury debut this year. Every gig is played like it was their last, “whether it’s a back room in a pub or a 2000-seater,” as Mez puts it. “We get young people and their dads, who’ll say things like, ‘It was the best show I’ve seen since the Clash in 1979’.”
Their new songs reflect this hurtling trajectory and the band’s growing maturity and insights. The twangy, riff-laden Half Pint Fatherhood (“let’s build a home, I built a home”) articulates a common experience of a single, lonely parent going through the pain of shared access. Similarly, Bum Hour describes the experience of relocating from a family home into a small flat, as lines such as “All my mates are out of town, this is the bum hour calling”, reflect the feeling of staring at four walls and an empty room. Another common theme is unattainable beauty, as driven by magazines, TV and especially social media. As Mez explains: “People are posting for likes, trying to show that they’re having a good time, but in that moment they’re vulnerable.
The instantly catchy, narrative-driven, Thoughts also, at least partly, reflects the emptiness that can come with the internet age, but is otherwise about “getting on with your life and trying to be someone. There’s a line about getting ‘all these books that I might never start or finish, but which might get me laid’. It’s about the animalistic nature of the human kind.”
“And emptiness,” adds Mick. “We’re talking about the mobile phone as an extension of your hand. Take that away and there’s nothing to lean on but yourself.” Other tracks employ the familiar LIFE trope of using the minutae of modern life to take a wider look at the way we live. The jokier Moral Fibre – surely the first pop song to use the 1930s jazz slang term “pissants” – is a bubblegum, cheeky track full of wordplay and partly inspired by the experience of watching music industry types court a “buzzy” band and ply them with cocaine – that band have gone and been forgotten already.
It’s A Con – like first album highlight In Your Hands – comments on consumer culture and started as a in joke in the van. “Someone would mention something and someone would go ‘It’s a con, it’s full of sugar’,” chuckles Mick. “We’ll sing about everything. We’re not scared of embracing daily life.” Never Love Again is a vibrant, jerky, Fall-ish wounded love song which erupts into a relentless, hypnotic Buzzcockian coda. Together, the songs form a cohesive, rip-roaring, confrontational, emotional, unsettling, dizzying concoction of sound and imagery, a hurtling statement of our times, universal, political and very personal.
“We’ve always believed in ourselves,” says Mez. “We don’t care what people say. We want to make music and help our community and that’s what we’ve done. There are no filters now.”
‘A Picture Of Good Health’ Tracklisting:
2. Moral Fibre
3. Bum Hour
4. Hollow Thing
5. Excites Me
6. Never Love Again
7. Half Pint Fatherhood
8. Grown Up
9. Niceties
10. Thoughts
11. It’s A Con
12. Don’t Give Up Yet
13. New Rose in Love
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NYSE Group, Inc. – ‘425’ on 11/18/05 re: Archipelago Holdings Inc
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11/18/05 NYSE Group, Inc. 425 1:8K Archipelago Holdings Inc Wachtell Lipton… Katz/FA
Business-Combination Transaction Communication — Rule 425
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Filed by NYSE Group, Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Subject Companies:
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Archipelago Holdings, Inc.
(Commission File No. 001-32274)
On November 17, 2005, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. posted the following
news release on its website:
NYSE SELECTS CITIGROUP CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING AS INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL
EXPERT TO PROVIDE OPINION ON FAIRNESS OF PROPOSED NYSE/ARCHIPELAGO MERGER
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2005 - The New York Stock Exchange, with consent of
plaintiffs' attorneys representing ten Exchange Members, has selected Citigroup
Corporate and Investment Banking as independent financial expert to provide an
opinion on the fairness of the proposed NYSE/Archipelago merger. Under the
settlement terms, the opinion is to be delivered to New York State Supreme Court
Justice Charles E. Ramos by Nov. 23, 2005. Upon delivery to the Court, the
Exchange will make the opinion available to NYSE Members. Consistent with the
settlement terms, the Dec. 6 Member meeting and vote on the transaction can then
go forward.
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Important Acquisition Information With Respect To The Merger
In connection with the proposed merger of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
("NYSE") and Archipelago Holdings, Inc. ("Archipelago"), NYSE Group, Inc. has
filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) containing a joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the
proposed transaction. The parties have filed other publicly available relevant
documents concerning the proposed transaction with the SEC. The SEC declared the
Registration Statement effective on November 3, 2005.
NYSE MEMBERS AND ARCHIPELAGO STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE FINAL JOINT
PROXY STATEMENT/ PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION BECAUSE IT
CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
NYSE members and Archipelago stockholders can obtain a free copy of the final
joint proxy statement/ prospectus, as well as other filings containing
information about NYSE and Archipelago without charge, at the SEC's website
(http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the final joint proxy statement/prospectus can
also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to the Office of the
Corporate Secretary, NYSE, 11 Wall Street, New York 10005, 212-656-2061 or to
Archipelago, Attention: Investor Relations, at 100 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1800,
Chicago, Illinois 60606 or calling (888) 514-7284.
The NYSE, Archipelago and their respective directors and executive officers and
other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in
the solicitation of proxies from Archipelago stockholders in respect of the
proposed transaction. Information regarding Archipelago's directors and
executive officers is available in Archipelago's proxy statement for its 2005
annual meeting of stockholders, dated March 31, 2005.
Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants is
included in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the other relevant
documents filed with the SEC. This correspondence shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there
be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be
made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Certain statements in this correspondence may contain forward-looking
information regarding the NYSE and Archipelago and the combined company after
the completion of the transactions that are intended to be covered by the safe
harbor for "forward-looking statements" provided by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to,
the benefits of the business combination transaction involving NYSE and
Archipelago, including future financial and operating results, the new company's
plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not
historical facts. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and
expectations of NYSE's and Archipelago's management and are subject to
significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set
forth in the forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from
those set forth in the forward-looking statements: the ability to obtain
governmental approvals of the transaction on the proposed terms and schedule;
the failure of NYSE members or Archipelago shareholders to approve the
transaction; the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully;
the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the transaction may
not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; disruption
from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain relationships with
customers, employees or suppliers; competition and its effect on pricing,
spending, third-party relationships and revenues; social and political
conditions such as war, political unrest or terrorism; general economic
conditions and normal business uncertainty. Additional risks and factors are
identified in Archipelago's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission,
including its Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004
which is available on Archipelago's website at http://www.Archipelago.com, and
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by NYSE Group, Inc. with the SEC on
July 21, 2005 (and amended on September 24, 2005, October 24, 2005 and November
3, 2005).
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date of this document. Except for any obligation to disclose
material information under the Federal securities laws, none of the NYSE,
Archipelago or the combined company after the completion of the transactions
undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
this document.
Contact: Rich Adamonis
Email: radamonis@nyse.com
Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference
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Slaughterfree World
Diet And Aggression - An Intimate Relationship
Al-Qaeda Militant - Says No to Vegetarian Food
Food - Directly Affects Brain And Its Behavior
A Jounrey From Chicago Stockyards to Auschwitz Death Camps
Slaughter Houses And Increased Crime Rates
Globe Witnessing “Piecemeal World War Three” Number of war refugees exceeded 50 million
Asia’s Mad Arms Race Even As Meat Consumption Grows Exponentially
Meat - An Orgy of Violence And Murder An Ornithologist’s Observation
School Field Trip Tour of Slaughterhouse Traumatizes Children
Meat-eating and War A Buddhist Perspective
Vegetarian Diet Impacts California Prison
Arizona Jail Goes Meat-Free
Meatless Monday And Anger Management
The Link Between Diet and Crime
Karma - What Goes Around Comes Around
Killology - The Science of Creating Killers
Spanish Butcher - A Chopping Expert Neatly Slices And Packs Brother Away In Freezer
Animals Feel Just Like We Do When We Will Understand This, All Wars Will End
Man - The King of the carnivores
Cow - A Journey From The Farm To Dinner Plate
A Scream Is Much The Same Whatever The Species That Utters It
South Korea - Burying Alive Millions Insanity or cruelty?
A Town Turns Into A Slaughterhouse Srebrenica: Worst European Atrocity Since WWII
Story of Hyenas - 2 Legged And 4 Legged Throwaway Lives: The Massacre Of Pregnant Animals
Animals Are Other Nations And The Peace Map Is Drawn On A Menu
Thou shalt not kill All Life Is Sacred
You Can Eat Meat But Not From The Slaughterhouse
You Can Talk of Peace Till The Cows Come Home
Karma of the Nation
We’re Living In Violent Times
Violence And Types
There Must Be A Cause For This Increased, Senseless Violence
Cruelty To Animals Translates Into Crime Against Humanity
Eating Meat Is Animal Abuse
Meat Is Murder Meat Eaters Have Blood On Their Hands
‘Meat-Eaters Are Terrorists’ - Chrissie Hynde
You Are Literally What You Eat Slaughterhouse Products Are Imbued With Cruelty
“Can’t Wait For Feeling You Get When U Just Killed Some1”
Source Of Fascination With The Head And Throat-Cutting
Use Of Child Soldiers In Conflicts Rising Significantly
Some More Spine-chilling Statistics
Slaughterhouse Workers More Likely To Be Violent
Killing For A Living The Traumatic Consequences of Slaughterhouse Work
School Shooters Had Abused Animals First
All In The Fray - Woman, Kids And Grannies 3 Year Olds To 90 Year Olds Join The War
Violence begets violence
Facts About Animal Abuse And Domestic Violence
Terror deaths ‘jumped sharply in 2013’
Senseless Violence of A Desensitized Generation Baseball Player Killed By “Bored” Oklahoma Teens
Modern Conflicts: Dizzying Acts Of Brutality A Modern Mall Turns Into A Slaughterhouse
When An Animal Abuser Becomes A National Leader
Horrors of A Needless War A Young Woman’s Heart-rending Appeal To Bomb Her
‘Today There Is A Third World War’ Pope Francis Condemns ‘Piecemeal’ World Of War
Dangerously Violent, Trigger-Happy Masses Woman Kills Three For Last X-Box at Chicago Wal-Mart
The Link Between Meat Production and Human Rights
The World In Need Of Real Civilization
“Do Unto Others ...”
How Can There Be Peace?
Time Has Come! March to Close All Slaughterhouses
Facts About Animal Abuse
And Domestic Violence
These excerpts are from a report published by National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, USA.
71% of pet-owning women entering women’s shelters reported that their batterer had injured, maimed, killed or threatened family pets for revenge or to psychologically control victims; 32% reported their children had hurt or killed animals.
68% of battered women reported violence towards their animals. 87% of these incidents occurred in the presence of the women, and 75% in the presence of the children, to psychologically control and coerce them.
13% of intentional animal abuse cases involve domestic violence.
Between 25% and 40% of battered women are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets or livestock should they leave.
Pets may suffer unexplained injuries, health problems, permanent disabilities at the hands of abusers, or disappear from home.
Abusers kill, harm, or threaten children’s pets to coerce them into sexual abuse or to force them to remain silent about abuse. Disturbed children kill or harm animals to emulate their parents’ conduct, to prevent the abuser from killing the pet, or to take out their aggressions on another victim.
In one study, 70% of animal abusers also had records for other crimes. Domestic violence victims whose animals were abused saw the animal cruelty as one more violent episode in a long history of indiscriminate violence aimed at them and their vulnerability.
Investigation of animal abuse is often the first point of social services intervention for a family in trouble.
For many battered women, pets are sources of comfort providing strong emotional support: 98% of Americans consider pets to be companions or members of the family.
Animal cruelty problems are people problems. When animals are abused, people are at risk.
More American households have pets than have children. They spend more money on pet food than on baby food. There are more dogs in the U.S. than people in most countries in Europe - and more cats than dogs.
A child growing up in the U.S. is more likely to have a pet than a live-at-home father.
Pets live most frequently in homes with children: 64.1% of homes with children under age 6, and 74.8% of homes with children over age 6, have pets. The woman is the primary caregiver in 72.8% of pet-owning households.
Battered women have been known to live in their cars with their pets for as long as four months until an opening was available at a pet-friendly safe house.
[1] Ascione, F.R., Weber, C. V. & Wood, D. S. (1997). The abuse of animals and domestic violence: A national survey of shelters for women who are battered. Society & Animals 5(3), 205-218.
[2] Quinlisk, J.A. (1999). Animal Abuse and Family Violence. In, Ascione, F.R. & Arkow, P., eds.: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse: Linking the Circles of Compassion for Prevention and Intervention. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, pp. 168-175.
[3] Humane Society of the U.S. (2001). 2000 Report of Animal Cruelty Cases. Washington, DC.
[4] Arkow, P. (2003). Breaking the cycles of violence: A guide to multi-disciplinary interventions. A handbook for child protection, domestic violence and animal protection agencies. Alameda, CA: Latham Foundation.
[5] McIntosh, S. (2001). Calgary research results: Exploring the links between animal abuse and domestic violence. The Latham Letter 22(4), 14-16.
[6] Arkow, P. (1994). Animal abuse and domestic violence: Intake statistics tell a sad story. Latham Letter 15(2), 17.
[7] Jorgensen, S. & Maloney, L. (1999). Animal abuse and the victims of domestic violence. In, F.R. Ascione & P. Arkow, eds.: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse: Linking the Circles of Compassion for Prevention and Intervention. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, pp. 143-158.
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Home Morning Soul
Morning Soul: I’d Pay The Devil To Replace Her
February 28, 2014 | 10:00 am
Set your alarms and get your purple outfits ready, Prince will be taking over The Arsenio Hall Show on Wednesday, March 5th. [AH]
Speaking of Arsenio Hall, his show got renewed for a second season and Jay Leno surprised him with the big news. [HR]
Kelis' milkshake may bring all the boys to the yard, but for the rest of us here are her favorite restaurant recommendations around the world. [CC]
Pharrell addressed the controversy over the women used on his G I R L album cover. Relax, he did use at least one Black woman on the cover. [CL]
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard will star in a new hip-hop themed drama for FOX created by Lee Daniels. [TSL]
TAGS: arsenio hall, hall & oates, jay leno", kelis, lee daniels, pharrell williams, prince, taraji p. henson, terrence howard, The Arsenio Hall Show
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SoulBounce’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide For Music Lovers
Prince Goes In The Vault For A Different Type Of ‘Feel’
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SnookiNation
Posted on August 1, 2011 by RepMan
I was surprised the Institute of PR's recent statement that the public relations world is now “dominated” by women and may be north of 70 percent female didn't draw more comment or analysis.
The same report noted that, as recently as 1987, males accounted for 80 percent of the PR workplace.
Neither percentage was, or is, healthy.
Lest I offend feminist readers, let me begin by applauding the significant strides made by PR women in the past two decades. That said, let me also push the alarm button.
Having too many old white men was bad for PR in 1987. And, having too many young white women is bad for PR now, and in the future. Here's why: our nation's demographics are undergoing a seismic shift. In many states, whites represent a minority while Asian and Hispanic populations are positively bursting at the seams.
At the same time, Hollywood has done a four-star job of depicting the average PR professional as a gum smacking, party planning, blonde hair curling young white girl. (“Um, like do you, like, think we have a chance of Gaga showing up at our Droopy Petals party tonight? It would be so, like, um, totally awesome, right?”)
The first scenario will limit our industry's ability to attract the best and brightest young men. The second scenario will limit our ability to attract the best and brightest people.
Advertising, digital, direct and other marketing disciplines don't suffer from the same disproportionate gender skews as PR. They've also undertaken a much more sophisticated job of attracting qualified minorities. Unless our industry attacks the diversity issue in a holistic way, we run the risk of losing significant business to more integrated, integrated marketing competitors.
Sadly, our industry trade groups and media seem to be overlooking this seismic challenge (kind of like Congress ignored the debt ceiling/budget balancing crisis until the 11th hour).
The PRSA is too caught up in flacking its useless APR credential while fighting a mutually embarrassing 'hacking' battle with Jack O'Dwyer. The other trade groups are laser focused on holding onto existing members while attracting new ones. And, the trade publications seem mired in covering news of the day and publishing hagiographic profiles of chief communications officers.
PR needs to do something about gender diversity before it becomes too late. The smartest initiative would be some sort of education program aimed at high school males. We need to convince Tom, Dick and Harry there's a career path for them right alongside Buffy, Lexi and Tiffany.
If we don't, PR may one day become SnookiNation.
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3 thoughts on “SnookiNation”
RepMan on August 2, 2011 at 9:18 am said:
Like Obama, I’m open to any and all suggestions, Matt. Bring it on.
JulieFarin on August 2, 2011 at 7:17 am said:
I think you’re correct that there are more young women in PR — but I think it truly depends upon the industry. In entertainment, most definitely. But I think there’s probably a more balanced male/female ratio in financial services and healthcare PR.
Matt Sloustcher on August 1, 2011 at 9:03 pm said:
I think you’re spot-on, Steve (and have been for some time on this issue I might add). The PR industry needs to do some serious PR work to correct what Hollywood has done. Despite the false representation, I know several young men who have taken internships at reputable firms over the past year only to become turned off by the gender dynamic the study highlights. This leads me to believe that the educational program you propose would not be effective as a standalone tactic, and opens the door to all sorts of controversial questions…
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BES Receives National Recognition for i-Ready®
Recently Branford Elementary School (BES) was selected by Curriculum Associates to receive the Ferguson Institute Award for Largest Change in i-Ready Proficiency at a Kindergarten through fifth grade school in Math.
The award is given to schools that had the largest increase in the percentage of students who achieved a placement of Mid On-grade level in Mathematics in the nation. The Largest Change in Proficiency- K-5 Math award includes a donation of $2,500.00 to BES, a plaque, a Curriculum Associates banner, and a visit from i-Ready® Study Buddies.
BES Principal D. McManaway says, "Branford Elementary School students worked very hard last year to improve achievement areas in reading and mathematics. We are delighted that i-Ready has recognized BES for the most gains in mathematics within the i-Ready program throughout the nation. All of our teachers use i-Ready in conjunction with small group interventions and instruction. Personally, I am grateful for the acknowledgement of our learners' efforts at BES. They will continue to make improvements using i-Ready in both reading and mathematics that will make an overall difference at Branford Elementary School as well. We all thank i-Ready and Curriculum Associates for the monetary reward as well as the fanfare they will share with us on December 2nd right here at our own school."
Permalink: http://www.suwannee.k12.fl.us/2019/11/bes-receives-national-recognition-for-i-ready
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Are Flame Retardants in Your Sofa Killing You?
The Grenfell Tower Fire
BBC's "Rip-Off Britain", May 10th, 2017
Whistleblowing case
The Code of Practice Scam
The lies of the British Furniture Confederation
The Full Facts
The Government's 2016 Consultation Sham
Consumer Guide to Buying Furniture
The Full Facts Extra
The Case Against Flame Retardants
Why the Furniture Regulations Do Not Work
TRUE POWER IS NOT POSITION, IT'S A STATE OF MIND
From my journal, 30th April 2015
Yesterday: all-staff BIS meeting in Westminster Hall. The heads of the CBI and TUC gave talks, and so did Vince Cable. Oh, and also that Jiminy Cricket lookalike Permanent Secretary of ours, Martin Donnelly. Clearly basking in the nice things the others had said about BIS, he waxed on about how great the team working is in his department. He said he would continue his promise (not sure any of us knew he'd made one) that every member of his staff will be respected, treated professionally and listened to.
At times like that, I believe myBIS must exist in a parallel universe. In the meeting I had with Samantha later (to discuss my future) I told her that I did not feel respected, was not being treated professionally and was not being listened to. She dutifully logged this in her notebook.
Today, myself and Frank my union guy, had our first meeting with Jen Davies, the case officer in my complaint against John and Barbara. We met in a tiny, sweaty room with thin walls, surrounded by other meetings which could easily hear us if they wished to.
Jen introduced herself, and said she'd been commissioned by Samantha. Frank and I protested at this, i.e. because Samantha is Barbara's line manager, and Barbara is John's, and there is therefore just the small chance that such an appointment might not be as neutral as it should be. [In retrospect, we should have refused to go on with the case until a case officer was appointed that both sides could agree was neutral. However, the civil service is very good at selling you a dummy early on in the process, when you don't want to cause too much aggro because you want your case to stand a fair chance. Of course, the government did the same thing with the Grenfell Inquiry - chose the case officer who immediately established limiting terms of reference.]
I asked what might be the outcomes of the case and Jen said that Susannah would make the final decisions! We protested even more at this, pointing out that Susannah is B's line manager, etc. Jen said she'd look into it but we might as well start. [Again, with hindsight we should have refused to move on until this point was settled.]
In short, I only got through half my story in the allotted hour, and we had to agree to reconvene. At the end, I repeated that Samantha should not be making the decision, and if she did, I'd drop the case and go straight to the Civil Service Commission.
Back in the union room, Frank reckoned that the Commission would scare the shit out of the Department, especially following on from all those nice things said about it at the all-staff event. I said I was tired of the cock-ups with this case and may just go straight to the Commission anyway. Frank said he'd raise the issue with the union that BIS does not even have a CS Code case officer and no one has a fecking clue how to run a complaint case.
I found out later that, incredibly, Jen continued with (separate) interviews with John and Barbara following my meeting with her. This, despite her not even knowing yet what my case is about! Frank and I decided to keep this one up our sleeves for now, but it perfectly illustrates how utterly inept BIS is at - what was it Donnelly said? - oh yes, listening to its staff.
Someone asked me later how Jen was and I said, not fucking tough enough. She appears to listen (most of the time) but lacks that incorruptible steely glint in the eye. Instead, I see a dark Samantha-shaped silhouette lurking there.
8th May:
Steve and I had a chat tonight. He mentioned that Jo Swinson has lost her seat and commented that this had a karmic inevitability to it, after how she'd handled the Furniture Regs. At first glance, I tend to dismiss such views but now, in light of my case at BIS, it may need to be looked at with a more open mind.
Steve mentioned Swinson's round table meeting back in February, something he's (rightly) still irritated about. In short:
Steve and I muzzled
Toni Eldridge set up for a fall by B and J
The on-the-make villains given freedom to lie their flame-retardant pants off
John playing toady both to them and the Minister
Swinson, for whatever reason, choosing darker motives over true ones
On the surface, the dark side won. Steve's and my position - built on intelligence, hard work and integrity - was rubbished. I can see now that my tendency in such situations is to seek a re-balance, in this case via the correct channels - complaint case, etc - rather than to allow myself to think about taking revenge.
In terms of the power of the mind, ours are in fact far more powerful than theirs. Which raises the question of what then should be done with it? In other words, it's a responsibility, not an option.
In say five years time, we will see what karma has done to the likes of Barbara, John, Dave Sibert, Paul Fuller, David King, etc. What we may not ever know is how much was down purely to natural karmic anti-thesis. When, say, I make a strong case for public safety, based on facts and moral expediency, and Barbara blocks it, how does she deal with the power of the mind that she is perverting? What does it do to her?
I need to fully realise that I have the power. And that power stems from being right, both technically and morally. This may mean that I need a dual approach from now on:
Outer calm. No need to be drawn into over-reacting or being argumentative.
Inner reliance of the power that I hold, that they are utterly bereft of.
Yesterday Samantha had a branch meeting which she based around 'change', specifically the government changes that will stem from the forthcoming election. She told a story about when she was at DWP: how she'd had to cut lots of posts but felt that people wouldn't accuse her of protecting her job because that was being cut anyway. Translation: we all know more cuts are coming so I'm getting it in now that it won't be MY fault.
Which reminded me of the time when she (unconvincingly) told me that she'd played no part in any of our end-year box markings (when John gave me the lowest box marking). All of which demonstrates that despite her education, self-control, excellent enunciation, etc, she lacks power. I have far more power than her, even if she ruins my career.
I have more power than Martin Donnelly. Why? Because he said he was continuing his promise that every single person in BIS will be treated with respect and listened to when it isn't true and he knows it isn't true.
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UAE-Uganda forum explores investment prospects
KAMPALA, Uganda, December 1, 2019
The recently concluded UAE -Uganda Investment Forum in Kampala, Uganda discussed investment cooperation and explored opportunities of marketing local industries in Africa’s most promising markets.
The Forum, organised by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), represented by the Sharjah Exports Development Centre (SEDC), was held during the SEDC’s three-day visit to Uganda, following its first stop in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, reported Emirates news agency Wam.
The SEDC’s visits to Kenyan and Uganda come as part of its fifth trade mission to East of Africa.
More than 25 industrial, productive, and export firms from Sharjah took part in the forum, which brought together high-profile guests including government officials, businessmen, and investors.
Headed by Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, SCCI’s chairman, the trade mission held bilateral and business meetings with Ugandan counterparts, to further strengthen relationship with the Ugandan business community.
He discussed with Ugandan officials ways of promoting the UAE-Uganda business relations and how to boost trade exchange. They also discussed mechanisms of establishing new investment partnerships between Ugandan and Sharjah.
Present at the meetings were a number of officials from Sharjah Chamber, Expo Centre Sharjah and SEDC.
"We are willing to increase the volume of trade exchange, economic and investment cooperation with Uganda. We seek to open up new horizons for collaboration between both sides’ businessmen, investors and companies," said Al Owais.
"The trade missions from and to both countries have played a significant role in pushing our economic ties forwards and contributed largely to expanding our trade exchange. The UAE today is the third largest exporter to Uganda with exports worth $1.270 billion, while Ugandan exports to the UAE amounted to $428 million,” he added.
The SCCI’s chairman invited Uganda’s business community to take part in Sharjah’s year-round exhibitions, conferences and business events.
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Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary was segmented from the Hoollongapar Reserved forest in Jorhat district of Assam. In the year 1997, it was declared a separate protected reserve, having its name derived from the dominant species of trees in that region called Hollong or Dipterocarpus macrocarpus. The reason behind the uniqueness of this wildlife sanctuary is that it is home to India’s only nocturnal primate, the Hoolock Gibbon. The Hoolock Gibbon can be found throughout the forest reserve in groups of two, one being male and the other female.
Photo by Macaca77, CC BY-SA 3.0
They are mostly monogamous and thrive in lush greens on top of the tree canopies. Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary is set amidst a picturesque location, surrounded by tea gardens and small villages. The upper canopy of the forest comprises of the tall Hollong trees while the lower canopy is mostly dominated by Mesua Ferrea, a type of shrub found abundantly in the region. The total area coverage of Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary is around thirty square kilometer and is located only twenty kilometers from the nearest town settlement.
Climatic Conditions
The climate in Jorhat is usually pleasant with temperatures ranging between fifteen to twenty eight degrees in the summer and around seven to eighteen degrees in the winters. It rains during the monsoon between July and September and the area receives heavy rainfall, nourishing the forest area. Monsoons make the park inaccessible at times with leeches thriving during the season.
Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary is best visited during the winter months as the climate is pleasant throughout the day. Humidity is at a minimum during the months between October and March. The summers are not very hot but there are chances of heavy sunlight and heat during noon.
Wildlife at Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
Hoollongapar covers only a short span of area but houses abundant wildlife. It has around seven to eight species of primates along with other mammals, reptiles and birds. Listed below are the lists of known species found in the region.
Western hoolock gibbon, stump-tailed macaque, northern pig-tailed macaque, eastern Assamese macaque, Bengal slow loris, Indian rhesus macaque, capped langur, hog deer, sambar, porcupine, tiger, common leopard, jungle cat, large Indian civet, small Indian civet, common palm civet, himalayan giant squirrel, hoary-bellied squirrel, Indian elephant, marbled cat, leopard cat, common mongoose, common Indian mongoose, Indian fox, jackal, wild boar.
Indian rock python, cat snake, Indian cobra, common rat snake
There are a few hundred species of plants, shrubs and trees in Hoollongapar covering the entire expanse of the forest area. The dominant species of plants are the hoolong trees; however, there are other prominent species over the landscape as well. Some are listed below.
Ou tenga, amari, gahorisopa, borhamthuri, bandardima, bitachapa, bhelekor, chalmogra, bhelu, bon aam, bonpetha, borpat, nahor, holong, garjan, himolu, selleng, rudraksha, dewa sam, dhuna, amora, moj, arjun, halakh, kendu, sationa, sachi, cham kothal, kath badam, gamari, hingari, lemtem, paroli.
Distance from Nearby and Major Cities
Delhi – 2196 km
Mumbai – 2343 km
Bangalore – 2313 km
Bhopal – 1736 km
Chandigarh – 1775 km
Kolkata – 751 km
Guwahati – 255 km
Shilong – 265 km
It is not very difficult to reach Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary from Jorhat. The main Jorhat City houses the nearest airport with connectivity till Kolkata and all major cities across India. The closest international airports to Jorhat are in Guwahati and Imphal.
Nearest Railway Station
The nearest railway station to Hoollongapar is the Meleng Railway station which is located on the periphery of the forest with its railway line passing through the sanctuary. Other than this, the Jorhat Town railway station is situated in the heart of the city.
Road Accessibility
Reaching Hoollongapar via road is also an option .NH 37 passes right through Jorhat and crosses NH1, intersecting at a few kilometers south from the Sanctuary. It is a destination worth a visit for every nature enthusiast and for everyone who seek to rejuvenate their mind and bask in the serenity of this place for a while.
There are many hotels and guest houses in the main city of Jorhat. It is possible to find accommodations on arrival as well as make pre-bookings through phone or internet. Taxis are readily available in the city, which go till the wildlife sanctuary. Once in the forest, special terrain vehicles are provided to visitors with a tour guide and an armed guard for safety of the passengers. It is optional to take up a room in the forest rest house where meals can be provided for as well.
Major Attractions in Assam
Digboi
Diphu
National Parks In Assam
Best National Parks
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Dibru Saikhowa National Park
Nameri National Park
Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary
Hill Stations In Assam
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Inter Milan and former Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari’s time at Inter looks to be coming to an end, fueling speculation that Harry Redknapp is waiting to pounce with an offer for his former player in January. Harry had Muntari under his wings during his Portsmouth days and is a big fan of the player.
La Gazzetta dello Sport claims his adventure in Milan has already been signed off after he stormed out of San Siro during Inter’s derby d’Italia against Juventus on Sunday.
Clearly unhappy at his latest exclusion from the matchday squad, Muntari took his protests far, and rather than obey orders to sit in the stands, he left altogether – a sign he no longer wants to be involved with the club. Under Mourinho Muntari was a prominent figure and a vital part of the treble winning Inter team but Rafa Benitez has no plans for the midfielder. His career at Inter seems to be all but over and early indications in Italy show that Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp is waiting in the wings.
Spurs now play Inter back to back in the Champions League over the coming weeks and talks could be set to begin as early as then, should a deal be reached in January then expect to see Wilson Palacios shipped out of White Hart Lane.
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Rafael Van Der Vaart – A Few Facts
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Rafael Van der Vaart, born in 1983 the 27 year old started his career as a product of the Ajax youth academy. He made his debut for Ajax in 2000 as a 17 year old, he stayed in the Ajax team for the next 5 years and scored 52 goals in 117 appearances. You could say he was as prolific goalscorer as a midfielder can be, some will argue the level of football is not as high in the Dutch league as it is here in England. He captained the side in his final season at the club in 2004/05.
In 2005 he moved to German side Hamburg, it was a bit of a surprise because he was highly tipped to move to one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Van der Vaart finished his first season with his new club as the teams top scorer, the following year just like Ajax had done, Hamburg gave Rafael the captains armband. Van der Vaart spent 3 years in Germany scoring 29 goals in 74 appearances, again not a bad record.
In the summer of 2008 Van der Vaart got his big move as he signed for Spanish giants Real Madrid to become a new galactico. During his first season with Real he scored his first ever hat-trick, he later fell out with ex Spurs and current Real boss Juande Ramos after the manager said he felt Van der Vaart was more of an impact player, this lead to some top Premiership clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea waiting in the wings should he be transfer listed. The following season in 2009 it was speculated that Rafael would be leaving Real as new manager Manuel Pellegrini told the Dutch midfielder that he did not feature in his current team plans. By this time Real had signed Kaka and Christiano Ronaldo who both play similar roles. He did get his chance in the team following the sales of Robben and Sneijder, following an injury to Kaka he was given a chance in the team once again and proved to be a key player for Real during his spell back in the team, scoring some crucial goals as Real made a push for the La Liga title. Van der Vaart only scored 11 goals in 58 games for Real but you have to remember a lot of his appearances for Real were made from the bench.
Van der Vaart made his international debut for Holland as an 18 year old against Andorra, he has since played in 2 European Championships and 2 World Cups for Holland. His international goal scoring record isn’t too bad either, 16 goals in 83 caps, he also featured in this year’s World Cup Final against Spain.
Well you know the rest, on 31st August 2010 Rafael Van der Vaart signed for Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day in a move worth around £8million. Personally, having watched this guy for a lot of his career I would consider that a bargain. Real Madrid had no plans to include him in their squad which meant they were desperate to offload him. Their loss is our gain, I don’t doubt his ability for a minute, he was behind Kaka, Ronaldo and Ozil at Real who are arguably some of the best players around. So we have gained a player who has played at the highest level and brings with him bags of experience. Martin Jol once claimed that Van der Vaart was one of the best playmakers in the world. Rafael will bring something special to Tottenham and I am talking about his fit wife.
I look forward to seeing this guy in a Spurs shirt, yeah we might not have really needed another midfielder but when you can pick up a bargain like this which can only improve the team then why not? He will add goals to our midfield which will mask the fact we lack a world class striker, it means that not signing a top striker at the moment isn’t as important as it was because he will be getting himself in the box like Lampard does. For any doubters, watch the video below at the type of quality this guy has.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgZod9t8RV4
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Do We Really Sound Like This?
This video has been floating around the net for just over a week now, although it pokes fun at Spurs fans I find it funny because half of what is said in it, I have said myself when in a debate with an Arsenal fan.
Be warned it does contain some swear words so if you’re a minor then ask mummy or daddy before you watch this.
“Harry Redknapp said it so therefore it must be true” I love that bit.
As a bonus here is one made by the same guy for when we signed Gallas
I sense the Gooners are getting a bit envious of us now. Looks a bit like sour grapes in the second video to me.
The website used to make the video was Xtranormal.com, I challenge one of you guys to save our pride and make a good comeback video and then send me the link via the contact page and I will blog it if its decent enough.
Oh I found one in retaliation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gaICf6cxZo
Missing Link?
There you have it the transfer window has been firmly closed at least until the mid winter draft indicates it’s opening once more.Well in the case of Tottenham Hotspur I suppose it was more along the line of gradually pushed too on a rather persistent if not pleasant sales man whom you wish not to offend.
Let us then take a detailed look at the new faces that have come to join us at our hearth and in so doing ask ourselves whether we have done enough to sustain a serious assault on the four competitions we find ourselves in.
STEPE PLETIKOSA:Born 8th January 1979 (31).Height 6ft 4″; Pletikosa is the fourth Croatian to find himself warming within our walls along side fellow compatriots Luka Modric,Vedran Corluka and Niko Kranjcar.The keeper signed on a seasons long loan from Spartak Moscow after failing to find a place in their first team squad,he has eighty caps for the national team and whilst partaking in the 2008 European Championship Stepe was labeled by BBC pundit Alan Hanson as the best goalkeeper ahead of Petr Cech,Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas.However these glowing recommendations aside it was not for him to be recognized by the powers that hold sway over the final word and it was in the end Van Der Sar,Buffon and Casillias for whom the honours would be awarded.
TRIFFIC; Still though these attributes that brought him to the attention of Alan and many other pundits will not have found themselves cast aside and I’m sure that once he regains his match fitness the cat like reflexes and smart shot stopping that he was renowned for will return to his game that he might even threaten to remove our very own number one Heurelho Gomes from his place between the sticks.For me then this is a good move by Harry and who knows it could even turn into a permanent deal.
WILLIAM GALLAS:Born 17th August 1977 (33 yrs).Height 6ft; His senior career took him from Cain where he played thirty four times through to Marseille where he made eighty five appearances scoring twice,he then made his move to England and the Premier League to join Chelsea starting one hundred and fifty nine times collecting twelve goals before moving across London to join Arsenal making one hundred starts scoring another twelve times,his next move would make him the first ever player to play for three Capital clubs in a single career,although he has yet to make his Tottenham debut.
TRIFFIC; Whilst Williams reputation rather proceeds his every move I also consider this to be an excellent move on behalf of Mr Redknapp as his undoubted experience in playing the big games will help our squad no ends,leaving aside then for one minute the rumours of unrest caused in dressing rooms and what was shocking behavior on the pitch at Birmingham,as I’m sure these questions will have been asked by Gallas himself and hopefully he has found the answers within so that they will never again resurface.The sheer understanding that he will bring of how the game should be played from back to front will educate those around him of that I’m sure.
SANDRO RANIERI:Born 15th March 1989 (21).Height 6ft 1″; Sandro is a product of Internacionals’ youth academy he signed his first professional contract in 2007 as an eighteen year old he has been described as a defensive midfielder that loves to get forward.He is seen by those at Tottenham as a great prospect and one which a number of top European clubs were said to be tracking he though chose to join Spurs as we were said of him to be the perfect fit for his style of play,although this would have been aided undoubtedly by the agreement which has been in place between our two clubs for a short while now.Whereby we have first option on all academy players.
TRIFFIC; Again although this youngster is more than likely seen as one for the future I am convinced that his mature approach to life will see him staring for the first team sooner rater than later and we will then view his no nonsense approach as a complement to our other midfielders,whilst pushing the likes of Palacios to up his own game.Yes another masterful piece of negotiating on behalf of Danial Levy.
RAFAEL VAN DER VAART: Born 11th February 1983 (27).Height 5ft 10″; WORLD CLASS.No other words for this guy,Ajax 117-aps 52-goals between 2000,2005,Hamburg 74-aps 29-goals between 2005,2008,Real Madrid 58-aps 11-goals between 2008,2010 and now Tottenham Hotspur where he brings a wealth of knowledge and unquestionable talent.It has been said that he can play on either flank or just behind the forward in a classic number ten role (sound familiar) could this be our Joe Cole? I hope so,as Saturday showed the creativity we lack when Modric is out injured and Kranjcar is still searching for that fitness which must surely have been lost as a result of that injury picked up in the FA Cup semi final against Portsmouth.
TRIFFIC: As I have already written this lad,and I use the word lad with reason as we have a player in his prime here at twenty seven he has all the experience we could wish for but with the legs of someone that can use it to an ends.I can just see those envious eyes of other top Premier League managers and chairmen looking round for someone to pass the buck to,whilst simultaneously denying any need for him as there squads are more than capable of fulfilling any need.No sorry I don’t believe it you missed out on a top player and for once it was Tottenham that won the day.
STRIKER:Born unknown.Height over 6ft.Requirements;Able to play alone with strength,pace and an consistent eye for goal driving runs from midfield preferred with the ability to see both the critical pass for team mate and posses the ability to complete the same,but also hold the skill to address the current lack of set piece expertise within the squad.
CONCLUSION; So in my opinion we have here what would be at any other club an amazing spine albeit missing one fundamental piece,the striker,and of this one thing I’m sure would Harry have found the one that could have moved us on to the next level there is no doubt we would be adding him to the above list,but alas it has proved not to be the case,may be January though you never know or perhaps the new arrivals might just be that missing link what do you think.
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No Turkish Delight for Robbie
Reports are filtering through that Robbie Keane turned down the chance to move to turkish club Besiktas in a £8m three year lucrative deal.
It is understood all the necessary paperwork had been lodged by Besiktas and they were hopeful of a postive response from Robbie. Their window closure of 17:00 hours on Weds night allowed Keane (who is on international duty with the Republic of Ireland in Armenia)an extra 24 hours to consider his options.
I’m assuming since the deadline has passed Robbie opted to stay though you have to ask if he has made the right decision? Once a Spurs favourite, his departure to Liverpool and subsequent return has not sat well with many of the faithful and his selection for the first team seem severely limited if the first two weeks of the season are anything to go by.
Giovanni Trapattoni though is confident Robbie Keane can perform at his best for the Republic of Ireland despite his lack of football at Tottenham Hotspur this season.
The Italian said: “Robbie is mature. I have spoken to him about whether he should stay with his club, and I said to him, ‘Sure, your club need you’.
“He is balanced in his mind about football because he knows from many years in England, he knows the situation.
“But I am selfish and, at the moment, for the Ireland team, it is better he has played a few games.
“He is proud and I’m sure he can play like the Robbie Keane we know.”
A bold statement and advice given that wasn’t particularly helpful in my opinion, Robbie needs to have it out with Harry to ascertain if the club really want him. The acquisition of VDV suggests otherwise and is it just a coincidence the fee agreed for both players was the same amount?
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A Lovely Van Der Vaart Picture For You To Ponder
I was browsing the web when I came across this, it gave me goosebumps, I hate international breaks, I just want to see this guy in a Spurs shirt now.
I suppose for now this will do…
I could get used to this on a Champions League night.
Is It Just Me Or Does Top 4 Again Seem Far More Realistic Now?
I might be a bit fickle and overrun with joy at the signing of another brilliant player to our team but suddenly the prospect of another top 4 finish seems a whole lot more achievable now.
So we have added Van der Vaart to our team who scores goals for fun from midfield but when you consider our midfield consists of Bale, Modric, Huddlestone, Palacios, Lennon, Van der Vaart, Sandro, Jenas, Bentley, and Gio. That is what I am talking about, a squad game, who cares if we didn’t buy another forward with a midfield like that.
If Harry plays 4-5-1 our midfield then we can boast one of the best midfield’s in the Premiership and on our day can beat anyone. We have struggled at times when Modric gets injured, we miss his creativity but with Van Der Vaart we have a player of equal quality.
So forgive me for getting excited but we may lack a 20+ goal a season striker but we have a good defence and an amazing midfield. I suddenly feel a lot more confident of gaining another top 4 finish this season. I had a sense that maybe last year was a one off but I really do see now just how far we have come by attracting the likes of Van der Vaart and Gallas and they actually seem delighted to have been able to join us. So I am confident having a look around our team that we can match what we done last season. The main thing is you need a squad that can cope with multiple competitions and injuries and I am sure we have adequate cover in all areas for another push at the top 4.
Is anyone else now gutted that there’s no Premiership this weekend?
Deal Done Van Der Vaart Is Ours
Tottenham have just confirmed that Rafael Van Der Vaart is now a Tottenham player. In the last few minuted the club have announced that the Premier League have given the transfer the all clear.
Van Der Vaart joins from Real Madrid in a deal worth around £8million, the deal was done late on transfer deadline day yesterday but questions remained over whether it was completed in time. It turned out that Tottenham missed the deadline because of technical issues to which the Premier League investigated and have now given the move the all clear.
Van Der Vaart is free to play in the Champions League group stages and brings with him invaluable experience of playing at the highest level.
The reason he was shipped out of Madrid is because he fell behind Ozil, Kaka and Ronaldo, so don’t under estimate the guys ability, you would have to be extra special to get in front of those three. Van Der Vaart is happy to be joining the Premiership and see’s it as a new challenge. I think this guy needs a stable club and to be adored by the fans and we can offer him both.
If you want to cream your pants then watch this video
The guy is a class act and will add goals to our midfield, he will also support the striker for when Harry plays his 4-5-1 formation. He is a player we have been linked with in the past and a player I personally have admired and hoped he would join. He started out at Ajax and then after much hype about his talent moved to Hamburg in 2005 before being sold to Real Madrid in 2008. If you ask me this is a bargain buy, the guy is capable of scoring 15+ goals from midfield in a season if used right. Van Der Vaart will now be included in Tottenham’s 25 man squad which will be submitted to the Premier League in the next couple of hours.
Mourinho Is A Spurs Fan?
OK so why did Mourinho cut us such a good deal with Rafael Van Der Vaart, on Monday he told Bayern Munich to cough up £18 million if they wanted to sign Van Der Vaart and yet the next day we do a deal for £10million less than the price Bayern were given.
So does Mourinho have a soft spot for Spurs or did he just want the player to be happy and not stand in his way by pricing him out of a move in the final hours or did he just enjoy seeing the top 4 broken last season and seeing Tottenham get stronger? You have to consider that Mourinho loves the Premiership and has only ever said positive things about our beloved team (except for the parking the bus comment) so maybe he does have a soft spot for Spurs.
So if this deal goes through as expected do we owe Mourinho a thank you for being a true gentleman and knowing being realistic in the deal to make it happen. Yes the Real board probably had a big say but nothing would have happend without Jose’s say so, he doesn’t like interfering. Jose could have easily told Tottenham the same price as he gave Bayern but he cut us a realistic deal, a deal that meant the move was on. You could even argue that Van Der Vaart is worth more than the £8million we are likely to pay, personally I would say about £12million would have still been a realistic valuation of the player.
Whatever Mourinho’s reasoning for letting Tottenham have what I would call a bargain we might never know, one thing I do know is that Van Der Vaart is a cracking player on his day and for £8million is a real snip but if you ask me I would say Jose is a Tottenham supporter.
Harry Confirms Van Der Vaart Deal
Speaking to Sky Sports Harry has just confirmed that Tottenham are trying to sign Van Der Vaart for £8million. Harry confirmed after reports that Tottenham had made a last minute deal to land the Dutch World Cup star.
Rafael Signs
Harry said that Spurs are just waiting for the FA to confirm the paperwork was all completed before the 6pm deadline and it seems as though Tottenham may just have beat the deadline.
Van Der Vaart will move to White Hart Lane for around £8million which is a snip, after falling out of favour at Real. This could be our marquee signing that we were promised.
Harry said he rated VDV as a top top player and will add strength to our midfield, he is a top passer of the ball, he also added. Spurs will have to wait for the FA to confirm the transfer before an official announcement is made.
Take a sneak preview at what we can expect.
Without a doubt a quality player and he will be adored by us Spurs fans.
Harry Says No Deals On The Cards
Watching Sky Sports News and the reporters collared Harry and asked if any transfers were on the cards for Tottenham. Harry point blank said no nothing and added he would be very surprised if any deals.
Harry did say except one or two loan deals for the youngsters he could see it being a quiet day for Spurs, he does like to play things down and he does like to toy with the media so don’t be surprised if he has something up his sleeve.
Redknapp denied links with Pienaar of Everton and when asked if there is anyone he would really like to sign he joked that he would like to sign Lionel Messi.
So Harry says no deals for Tottenham today but do we believe him? I am not convinced as we know Harry likes to toy with the media and throw them off the trail.
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Emmanuel Adebayor Anyone?
No not for me either, but a couple of internet news sites plus newspapers are claiming Tottenham are to make a deadline day move for the Man City striker. My initial thoughts were that I hope someone is having a wind up here.
Emmanuel Adebayor seems to be out of favour at city now and could very well be sold although I doubt City would want to let him move to White Hart Lane. The reports say that Tottenham would only be interested in a loan move and would only pay half of the £170,000 a week Adebayor is currently on.
So could anyone see this happening? I can’t and I don’t think too many would welcome him in a Spurs shirt, the guy killed the spirit of the Arsenal dressing room and his ego would surely do the same to Spurs. If he could just keep a level head and see that he is not the world’s greatest striker then maybe he could spend more time concentrating on scoring goals.
Huntelaar and Fabiano won’t be coming to Spurs this season by the looks of it and I really hope this doesn’t mean we will turn our attentions to Emmanuel Adebayor, surely there is no truth in this. No doubt he is a good player but in my view more trouble than it’s worth, he ain’t no Berbatov. I’d rather keep the four strikers we have than have Adebayor in a Spurs shirt.
Let’s not get too carried away because the media might have fabricated this story but surely to god it can’t be true and part of me doesn’t even know why I am even bothering to put this into an article. So comments and thoughts in the box below and enjoy transfer deadline day.
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Whitsunday Regional Council encourages travellers to visit the Whitsundays by providing a number of caravan parks, free camping grounds and RV Parks within the region.
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Free RV Parks
Council has two free RV-friendly campgrounds within the region. No bookings are required for these campgrounds however space is limited and visitors must abide by the maximum length of stay.
Council requests visitors to obey the site rules as indicated on signs upon entering the parks and please allow room for others to access and exit as a courtesy.
Railway Road Collinsville at the southern end of the Collinsville Showgrounds, opposite the Workers Club.
Who does the RV Park cater for?
The rest area caters for Caravans, RV's, Campervans, Trailers and Tents (tent area inside ring only).
How long can I stay?
72-hours.
Is there fresh water and toilet facilities?
Fresh water is readily available on site and there are standard and disabled toilets and showers 24/7 in the park.
Main Street Proserpine behind Saint Catherine's Church, opposite Pioneer Park. The RV Park will initially operate as a trail and based on feedback/usage it may be decided to continue and further develop the site over the coming years.
The rest area caters for self-contained vehicles.
A tap is available on site and although there isn't an amenities block at this stage, amenities are available across the road at the recently upgraded Pioneer Park.
RV Dump Points
RV dump points are located in many privately owned and operated Caravan Parks however, travellers can deposit their wastewater (sewage) from caravans and RVs at the below Council sites:
Bowen Showgrounds
Collinsville Showgrounds
Proserpine RV Park
Proserpine Anzac Road (adjacent to the Proserpine Tourist Park)
Lake Proserpine
Lake Proserpine is situated 30 minutes inland from Proserpine and is an ideal spot for watersports and freshwater fishing. Lake Proserpine is renowned as home to 1m plus barramundi which can be fished all year round! Each year, the Lake is restocked with over 20,000 barramundi fingerlings.
Whitsunday Regional Council is currently upgrading the recreational facilities at Lake Proserpine to activate the space. As of Friday 4 October 2019, free 72-hour lakeside camping is permitted.
Toilet blocks and shower camping amenities are currently under construction so RV’s and campers utilising the area will need to be self-sufficient or alternatively, the existing amenities to the north of the camping area can be utilised.
Works on access upgrades and the construction of three pontoons are also on track for completion before Christmas.
Other works underway include resurfacing of carpark areas and line-marking, new BBQ areas, extra bins and concrete slabs are soon to be replaced in the recreation area.
Download Lake Proserpine's camping rules and regulations here.
To find out what is in store for Lake Proserpine, click here to view the Recreational Masterplan.
Our Council owned Caravan Parks have accommodation options ranging from camping to cabins to suit your family.
Proserpine Tourist Park
Anzac Road, Proserpine
Perfectly placed next to the Proserpine Swimming Pool and Golf Course, the Tourist Park as powered and unpowered shadey sites available for caravans, as well as a spacious camping area.
Facilities include a modern amenities block complete with a well equipped laundry. a camp kitchen is also available for use by guests staying at the park.
For bookings, please call 4945 0490 or email proserpine.touristpark@whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au
Wangaratta at the Beach Caravan Park
Golf Links Road, Queens Beach, Bowen
Beautiful views and conveniently located near the beach, the Wangaratta Caravan at the Beach Caravan Park offers 84 powered shady sites, tent sites and park units.
There are 3 amenities blocks including disabled access, automatic washers and LP gas.
The park offers a large swimming pool but is also located close to tennis courts, the beach, children's playground, Golf Links and a hotel/restaurant.
For bookings, please call 4785 1152 or email wangaratta.caravanpark@whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au
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A self-doubting girl turns entrepreneur cashing in on the craze for ethnic goods abroad
Sofia Danish Khan| New Delhi 22 Oct 2019, Vol 10 Issue 42
Compelled to take a deep plunge into business due to domestic reasons, Jyoti Wadhwa Bansal came up trumps turning her eBay store, Sanskriti Vintage, into a Rs 10 crore turnover company in less than a decade, popularising indigenous products abroad.
Though Bansal, now 38-years old, started working for an insurance company as a trainee soon after completing class 12 at the prestigious Tagore International School in Delhi, she least expected her husband of four years, Anshul Bansal, to drop a bombshell one fine day in 2010.
Jyoti Wadhwa Bansal started Sanskriti Vintage with Rs 50,000 in 2010 (Photos: Special Arrangement)
“Anshul declared that he does not want to continue working anymore, but start his own thing. I felt helpless and scared as he was the sole bread winner of the family,” Jyoti Bansal recalls.
“I had taken a long break from work, so finding a job wouldn’t be easy. Also, I didn’t want to leave my daughter at a crèche. So I decided to start something from home. I had to stand up for the family.”
Jyoti Bansal, daughter of a businessman who migrated from Pakistan to Delhi, had grown up with a lot of self-doubts. With an elder brother who excelled at sports and a creatively inclined younger sister, she suffered from the middle child syndrome, and had always tried to prove herself but could never find her niche.
It was her marriage to Anshul Bansal in 2006 that changed her life. The erstwhile doting daughter who relied on her father for all the inspiration and motivation, found her second anchor of life in the husband who worked for Yes Bank as Vice President.
Her husband’s motivation to lead a healthy life with a positive outlook boosted her confidence. “This was the time I joined the nature camp, did some yoga and diet courses, and became a healthier person,” she recalls.
“I worked on myself and truly started believing that ‘every problem is within you and every solution is within self’. I practised affirmation and manifestation technique where I would tell myself positive things, and wrote my dreams and read them every day.”
Her first note to herself was – “I want to be successful, please Universe guide me towards the way to success.”
Handcrafted sarees are popular with customers in the US
Perhaps it was that self-motivation that enabled her to take things in her hand when she suddenly sensed an impending domestic crisis in her otherwise smooth marital life.
“In 2008 I had my first daughter and my entire world revolved around her. She had bronchitis so she needed extra care and for a while, I forgot all about chasing my own dreams,” Jyoti Bansal recalls.
She had grown up under the watch of a strict mother, who had ensured that the children got the best education. “With my first salary of Rs 7,000, I purchased a mobile phone as my mother was against us having mobiles,” she goes down the memory lane to those days before her marriage.
“I pursued BA in correspondence while working and later took an MBA from Amity in 2003. Then I worked for three years in an MNC, earning Rs 25,000 per month.”
So, when her husband decided to leave his job, she chose to get back to her work mode and have a safety net for the family. “I had known about eBay all along,” she explains how she hit upon the business idea.
“I explored the online market and the local Delhi markets and realised that Indian handicrafts were loved by people across the globe. I curated a stock of few sarees of various fabrics like crepe, chiffon, silk, and saree borders made of hand embroidered work like zari, zardosi and so on.”
She set up her eBay store with her products in June 2010, uploaded the photos and wrote the description of the products. “I spent Rs 50,000 of my savings and updated the store everyday with new products,” she shares.
Jyoti Bansal personally buys the sarees and other products that are sold through Sanskriti Vintage
However for first two months, she did not get a single order. But what kept her going was the feedback she received from people who visited her store. “Some visitors would email me saying that Sanskriti Vintage store is like a museum, which they liked to visit every day to see the new stock.”
“They also gave me suggestions on the pricing and free shipping, to gain high visibility. And that worked,” explains Jyoti Bansal about her humble beginnings.
“Never have I faced losses with any product. The risk taking factor that I learnt from my father proved a blessing to me and the business,” she adds.
She focused on products that were popular with the US customers such as handcrafted sarees in silk, ikat, chikankari, crepe, batik, jaipuri prints and various other types of fabric and variety of embroidery work like luukhnowi chikan, zari, zardozi, and hand embroidered phulkari.
“They appreciate handwork embroidery and are always interested in the history behind a particular fabric or work,” says Jyoti Bansal.
“They want to understand the hardships behind the work. And these products are very popular during Indian festivals when people want to dress up in traditional attires. Most of the clients have written back to me with great appreciation.”
During the first two years she hardly took any break and worked day and night. “I could only work while my daughter was sleeping. There was this one occasion when I had an eye infection and the doctor had clearly said that I should rest.
“But I was so determined to not miss out on work that I finished it,” she recounts the hard work she put in during the initial years.
Quality control and quality check is accorded top priority at Sanskriti Vintage by Jyoti Bansal and her team
Her efforts paid off as she achieved sales of Rs 15 lakh in the first year and also got an employee on board.
“I had started from a single room in my house, where I had an almirah to keep an inventory. Within six months I hired a girl to deal with the regular mailing of products as I couldn’t afford to stand in queues as well as look for new products and buy them,” she shares.
Within two years, business flourished and she had to move to the rented factory in Noida from where they are operating now with a staff of 30 people.
“We have in-house photographers, who do regular photo-shoots of products. A dedicated staff ensures that every product is free defect. Quality control and quality check is top priority and it reflects on our eBay store, where we have 99.9% positive reviews,” says Jyoti Bansal.
As business scaled up, it became difficult for her to handle the warehouse as well as the customs issues with the company receiving various notices from different departments.
Her husband Anshul joined her in 2011 as his business wasn’t faring too well. He took over all the financial issues of Sanskriti India Proprietorship.
It gave a boost to the business as she could now focus on products. Anshul also implemented his computing skills by creating a software ‘Stomp Market’ which has automated the listings of products.
“Now the best-selling product or other similar information required can be accessed with the click of the mouse,” says Jyoti Bansal, who takes care of purchase and deals with the suppliers directly.
Jyoti Bansal, who started by herself and had just one employee in the first year, today heads a team of 30 people
“I ensure that the quality of sarees and saree borders is export quality and the prices are competitive. I never buy in bulk. That way the products are premium and exclusive and I have never faced losses because of stocking.”
In 2016 she started Zaphire, a fashion brand dealing with curated jewelry, on Amazon India. Another brand ‘Bridal Mary’ is all about hand- made trim crafts which are appliques that can be used on products such as designer skirts, hats, and it is primarily a B2B portal where designers buy from her.
“I am a destiny’s child, as I had faced no real job struggle. Whenever I applied for a job I was called for an interview and also given the job,” says the successful entrepreneur, whose eye for detail and intuition makes her pick the best products.
Her dream right now is to do an exhibition in the US and Europe, where her major clientele is, with a view to reaching out to more people. It is a different matter that her store is already a hit in the international community, the fact that she has never crossed the Indian border notwithstanding.
This Article is Part of the 'Amazing Entrepreneurs' Series
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Generation Now Fellowship: Meet the First 20 Participants
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First cohort of teen engagement professionals will build skills around new outcome–driven approach (NEW YORK) – The Jewish Education Project has announced the inaugural cohort of the Generation Now Fellowship, the first comprehensive fellowship to provide professional growth and leadership development for senior educators in the field of Jewish teen engagement. Following a highly selective application process, [...]
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By Ed Frim Springtime is the Jewish season of volunteering. Good Deeds Day, Mitzvah Day and other such events offer many annual opportunities to feed the hungry, visit the sick and elderly, help abused animals, clean the environment and more. For example, JServe is a national effort to engage teens, and attempt to teach them about [...]
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By Margie Bogdanow Passover is a time for telling and retelling our story. In ways, the story never changes and yet, it is important to continue to tell it, as each time we tell it, we have changed and we view it from a different perspective. This February I had the privilege to spend time at the BBYO [...]
Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit
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By Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbinic Intern Julie Bressler The Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit realized a dream: to transform our synagogue, Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas), into a truly safe place for teens, their unique emotional journeys, and the parents who love but are unsure of how to protect them. It’s one thing to dream [...]
Beyond a Seat at the Table: Real World Models That Empower Teens
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By Sara Allen In the challenging world of heated political rhetoric, gun violence, and #MeToo, examples abound of teens finding and using their voices. For organizations devoted to Jewish teen engagement, empowering teens to authentically shape their own experiences is an important way to increase relevancy and meaning for teens seeking to create change for themselves, and in [...]
Bridging Generations, Building Jewish Lives
[This essay is from Contact, a publication of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life. Reprinted with permission.] By Ayalon Eliach Wen I told people that I had accepted a position as the rabbinic counselor for a summer internship program in which teenagers volunteered to visit the elderly, I was met with incredulity. The shock was not that [...]
Denver and Boulder Teens Initiative Receives New Funding
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The Federation Announces $2,000,000 in Grants to Launch the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Initiative
Significant investment from the Jim Joseph Foundation will increase opportunities to engage teens in Jewish experiences during formative years San Francisco, CA – The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties (the Federation) is pleased to announce the launch of its Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Initiative. This major five-year, $7.6 million endeavor [...]
Post-Parkland activism shows teens don’t need our praise. They need a place at the table.
By David Bryfman [Photo] Cameron Kasky addressing other area high school students in a rally at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a countywide school walkout in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images) (JTA) — In the aftermath of the fatal mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Jewish community should take note: Teenagers are not [...]
Thoughts on Israeliness while standing in customs
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"So, Dr. Pomson, what exactly is your business in the United States?” It’s rare that a month goes by that I’m not asked this question by a uniformed person at a major American airport. When you live in Israel and most of the organizations with which you work are in the US, there is only so much [...]
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9 Ways Firefly Has Infiltrated Pop Culture [List]
Nigel G Mitchell 6/26/2012 11:21:00 AM BattlestarGalactica, Firefly, Futurama, Lists
Firefly started out as a cult TV show that few people watched. Over the years, it's grown more and more popular, especially with the unprecedented movie, Serenity . Firefly has also become a favorite point of reference for writers, directors, and actors. Here are 9 examples of how Firefly has penetrated pop culture, and why.
1. Castle - Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Mal Reynolds on the scif-fi/western series Firefly, has a new show called Castle about a writer who helps cops solve mysteries. To be honest, I've never seen it, because it's not sci-fi, but this clip makes me wish I had. Castle has apparently honored Fillion's old show quite a few times, but this one is the best and most blatant. In season two, during the Halloween episode "Vampire Weekend," Castle dressed up in a very familiar costume - Captain Mal Reynolds.
2. Futurama - In the episode All The President's Heads, the crew of Futurama visits the Head Museum where the cloned heads of famous presidents are kept in jars. In the background, we can see two heads labeled Presidents Zoe Washburne and Inara Serra
3. World of Warcraft - In the popular massively multiplayer game World of Warcraft, many of the items have references to Firefly. There's the rare and powerful Antique Gun, which has "lasitor" etched into the barrel, a reference to the rare Lassiter pistol they tried to steal in the Firefly episode "Trash." You can also drink Mudder's Milk, a direct reference to an alcoholic drunk enjoyed by Jayne in "Jaynestown." There's also a "captured firefly," a pet that included "still flying" in the vanity text description, a popular quote from the show.
4. Battlestar Galactica - Zoic Studios worked on the special effects for Firefly, then went on to do effects for the first two seasons of the new Battlestar Galactica. That's why in the first episode of BSG, during the scene where Laura Roslin is given her diagnosis of cancer, we briefly saw the ship Serenity flying past the window of the doctor's office.
5. The Office - In the hit sitcom The Office, a subtle Firefly reference is made when Jan creates her own candle company called Serenity by Jan. The logo for Serenity is in the same font as the logo for Serenity in the movie.
6. Borderlands - The creators of the hit video game, Borderlands, are big fans of the show. That's why there are numerous references to Firefly. To start, one of the towns in the game is called Jaynistown, which is a reference to the seventh episode, "Jaynestown," where Jayne becomes a hero and they name their community after him. As if that wasn't enough, Jaynistown is run by Jaynis Kobb, an obvious nod towards Jayne Cobb. Also, one of the villains in the game is a vicious bandit named Reaver, a reference to Firefly's Reavers. He even says, "It's time to paint this body with blood," which is something the Reavers do to their victims. Also, there's a class mod called "Firefly" that boosts incendiary abilities. In addition, one type of rare revolver has the body type "MAL." That's a reference to the nickname of Captain Malcom Reynolds who went by the nickname "Mal", and used a revolver.
7. Stargate SG-1 - In episode "200," the Stargate crew finds themselves pitching for a movie version of a fictional TV series, Wormhole X-Treme! At one point, one character Jackson asks who would make a TV show out of such a short-lived TV series. Teal'c adds that the show did well on DVD. That's a reference to Firefly getting a movie Serenity due to strong DVD sales.
8. Big Bang Theory - On the geek sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper is a huge fan of Firefly. This has been written in multiple times. In a flashback episode showing how Sheldon and Leonard became roommates, they agree to dedicate Friday nights to Firefly because Sheldon thinks it will last for years. In another episode, Sheldon lists Rupert Murdoch (owner of the FOX Network) along with Judas Iscariot and Darth Vader among history's greatest traitors, solely for his role in the cancellation of Firefly.
9. Community - On the NBC comedy Community, Abed and Troy mention they have a pact to arrange their death to look like suicide caused by the cancellation of Firefly. The idea is that they hope the suicide's attention will get the show brought back on the air.
Did you catch any of these Firefly references? Do you know of any other references we missed?
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L.G. Keltner June 26, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I haven't seen Castle, though I'll certainly look into it now. And I agree with Sheldon about Rupert Murdoch. The cancellation of Firefly was a travesty against humankind.
Alex J. Cavanaugh June 26, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Castle is a great show! Remember the ones from Big Bang Theory. And Jaynestown just seems to pop up everywhere.
DL Hammons June 26, 2012 at 4:51 PM
I agree with L.G., a travesty!!!
Nigel Mitchell June 26, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Absolutely a travesty
I still haven't seen Castle. Where else have you seen Jaynestown?
Mark Koopmans June 27, 2012 at 12:14 AM
It's weird that I know only one of these and that's #1... I'm a big fan of Castle - you really should catch an episode... it is funny (especially for writers :)
PS... thanks for all the kind comments on my blog - sorry it's taken a while to get back to you, Maurice.
Hope you can make our "What If?" Blogfest... it's going to be a riot :)
Anna Smith June 27, 2012 at 4:40 AM
I haven't seen Castle but it looks hilarious, I may have to check it out :)
Maurice Mitchell June 27, 2012 at 6:58 AM
Thanks for stopping by Mark. You have a cool blog. This expert post was written by my brother Nigel by the way.
S. L. Hennessy June 27, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I loved when they referenced Firefly on Castle and Big Bang Theory. Both were absolutely hilarious.
S. L. Hennessy June 27, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Oh, and I was awarded a new blog award which I passed on to you :)
Nigel Mitchell June 27, 2012 at 11:04 PM
This post has turned into an ad for Castle!
S.waller February 6, 2013 at 12:03 PM
Two that happened on British TV that I have seen. One was the very first episode of Black Mirror TV Series where one of the PM's adviser's refer to a special effects creator as winning an award whilst working on "The moon western thing" called Sea of Tranquility. and another in FAQ about Time Travel a film starring Chris O'Dowd and Anna Faris, in which the main characters write a letter to Hollywood one of which is to get more Firefly and/or Serenity.
Thomas Harten May 3, 2013 at 3:11 AM
there was an episode of warehouse 13 that had Jewel Staite and Sean Maher reuniting to play love interests again - that is missing off the list
Shadow June 27, 2013 at 6:26 AM
xkcd dedicated a comic to firefly... here's the link
http://xkcd.com/9/
Maurice Mitchell June 27, 2013 at 12:04 PM
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M McCoy February 23, 2014 at 4:11 PM
In another of the Joss-verse adjacent shows (by way of Tim Minnear), The Inside: SA Danny Love (Adam Baldwin) is wearing blue gloves at a crime scene in the first episode and seems to look at them funny. In another episode, there is a hastily made sign in window of nail shop named "Miranda" off in the background. (And in another episode there's a Buffy-reference, too: Movie marquee advertises a film called "Once More, With Feeling.")
LadyAnne1806 July 7, 2015 at 12:36 PM
How about the prominence of the Blue Suns mercenary group in the Mass Effect games? Plus those games have an oblique link to Joss Whedon as Seth Green (Oz from Buffy) is the voice actor for Joker, pilot of the Normandy.
Damn, Firefly was awesome!
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Superman Expert Says Superman Is Not 'Broken' and Does Not Need 'Fixing' [Superman]
Maurice Mitchell 7/23/2012 07:11:00 AM Henry-Cavill, ManofSteel, Superhero, Superman, Zack-Snyder
The studio decided to make a Superman film that goes "dark to the extent that the characters allow it." Two new Man of Steel trailers are out. Are they too dark?
Superman appeared for the first time in Action Comics in 1938. More than 70 years later, a new Superman film by director Zack-Snyder opens in 2013 starring Henry Cavill.
I think they're great and show a young, bearded Clark Kent taking on one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: A lobster fisherman. Plus, there's a great shot of (presumably) young Clark pretending to fly with a cape. In the end, we get a shot of Superman flying into the sky with a sonic boom.
It's hard to judge the teasers, but we reached out to Larry Tye, the writer of the best-selling novel Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero for his thoughts on the trailers.
First, you can watch the trailers with Jor-El and Pa Kent. I put them together into one trailer since they're pretty much the same except for the voice-overs.
Jor-El (Russell Crowe): "You'll give the people an ideal to strive for. They'll race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time they will join you in the sun. In time you will help them accomplish wonders."
Pa Kent (Kevin Costner): "You're not just anyone. One day, you're going to have to make a choice. You're going to have to decide what kind of man you're going to grow up to be. Whoever that man is, good character or bad, is going to change the world."
Here's what Larry Tye told us.
"The three short snippets don't give much sense of what Man of Steel will be about, and how much they'll deviate from the way Superman has always been." Tye said.
"Then again I have faith that Warner Bros. is smart enough not to tinker, in any ways that really matter, with a mythos that has been going so strong for 74 years and counting. It's not like Superman is broken and needs fixing. In fact everything going on in the world today suggests this is precisely the time for a hero of light -- a guy who instinctively knows right from wrong -- in a way that sometimes defies darker heroes like Batman and more fraught ones like Superman.
"That is an understanding that Dick Donner got better than just about anyone when he created the first and best of Christopher Reeve's four-set series of movies in 1978, and it's why that film and the ones that followed worked so well. It's what Bryan Singer understood in 2006, when he gave us Superman Returns. Donner called it verisimilitude, which simply meant staying true to the character Jerry and Joe gave us in 1938. If Warner Bros. does that, it'll have another blockbuster on its hands.
"If not, fans will let them know where they got it wrong and, I trust, make them return to the superhero's noble beginnings."
He's confident the studio will stay true to the character's ideals. That or they'll feel the wrath of the fans.
Larry Tye is the author of several biographies, including The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations, Home Lands: Portraits of the New Jewish Diaspora and Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend. Make sure you check out his site at LarryTye.com
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Alex J. Cavanaugh July 23, 2012 at 7:14 AM
Considering I saw a trailer for it before The Dark Knight Rises, no I don't think it will be too dark.
Pat Dilloway July 23, 2012 at 7:38 AM
The teaser trailer was pretty lame, especially since we've most of us seen Superman up close from leaked footage. And the idea that contrails are coming out of his feet like a jet fighter seems pretty ridiculous, though I suppose a man flying in the first place is pretty ridiculous. Anyway, Snyder did a great job on "Watchmen" so I'm hoping it won't be too awful. I was surprised to see Christopher Nolan was producing it, since Superman doesn't seem to be up his alley the way Batman was.
Though really my biggest concern is if they'll change the theme song or not. You can't beat the classic John Williams theme, you just can't. So I hope they integrate it like they did with the other movies.
Tony Laplume July 23, 2012 at 8:53 AM
You may want to edit Larry's comments to read "fraught like Spider-Man," as I believe he intended to say...
Superman deserves to be a monumental figure, and I believe that's what Snyder is going for, a giant concept that goes a little beyond Metropolis. Grant Morrison's Superman is exactly the one Larry is looking for (and what that shot of the jeans and t-shirt look is meant to evoke), willing to do what's necessary even if it doesn't seem to square with the Big Blue Boy Scout we've known, and still being the people's champion.
In fact, if Snyder can make Superman into the superhero version of The Rock, then he really does have a winner, if you smell what he's cooking.
jeremy [retro-zombie] July 23, 2012 at 9:05 AM
i am trying to avoid things that relate to the film, the trailer is just a teaser... i have not tried to search out anything more than the studio wants us to see. i talked with composer tyler bates about his not being the composer of this as he has scored several of the director's biggest releases. well he said... coming soon to a post near you... see that is a teaser. it's not dark it's the way of all super hero inspired films... they think we want dark, they give us dark. if we wanted pink, they would give us pink...
Michael Offutt July 23, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I didn't care for the whole "fishing" angle thing that seems to come across in the trailer but maybe this is an attempt to appeal to fans of "Deadliest Catch"? I don't know for sure. But the movie is bound to be a winner with Christopher Nolan putting the money up (producing) it. There's no way he'd let his money go to a project that sucked ass.
Jessica Stank July 23, 2012 at 12:56 PM
I hadn't seen any of the trailers yet, so this blew me away! I am a huge Deadliest Catch fan, so putting Clark on a crab boat is pretty awesome in my opinion. Is it too dark? I'm not sure I can tell from what I just saw. But, even so, I don't think darker characters is a bad thing.
Cherie Reich July 23, 2012 at 2:45 PM
I did see the trailer during The Dark Knight Rises. I do hope they go for a darker Superman. Maybe I'd like him more. Heh.
Ciara Knight July 23, 2012 at 4:48 PM
I saw the trailer at The Dark Knight Rises, but didn't think it showed enough for me to decide if I even wanted to see it.
remo4711 July 23, 2012 at 7:40 PM
I am completely underwhelmed. Superman on screen should be exhilerating. This just looked like an indie drama mixed with some reality TV and sprinkled with a tiny bit of not-particularly-impressive flying effects. So far, they have teased themselves out of one ticket sale.
Colin "Fitz" Biggs July 23, 2012 at 7:44 PM
I like the Malick-ian nature of the trailer. Really quite good.
Natasha Dythia July 24, 2012 at 10:38 AM
It was too much of a teaser for me to make an opinion - I liked the S symbol though.
Maurice Mitchell July 24, 2012 at 5:34 PM
Ciara there's not much to go on
Mark Koopmans July 26, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Hey Maurice,
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and if you don't mind, I'm going to use the "man-tear" comment :)
Alloytoo October 22, 2012 at 2:29 AM
I'm thinking Snyder doesn't understand Superman at all.
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How to Win a FREE Blu-Ray Copy of ARROW Season 2 [Contest]
Maurice Mitchell 9/17/2014 07:00:00 AM arrow, David-Ramsey, Emily-Bett-Rickards, Katie-Cassidy, Stephen-Amell, Willa-Holland
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The contest begins on September 16, 2014 and ends on October, 7 2014 at 11: 59 pm.
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Actors: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards
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"The series stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, Colin Donnell as Tommy, Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance, David Ramsey as John Diggle, Willa Holland as Thea Queen, with Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen and Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance.
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10 Awesome Villains We Want for the New Flash TV Show
Maurice Mitchell 10/29/2014 06:00:00 PM Flash, Grant-Gustin, Lists, superheroes
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Here are some awesome villains they need to add to the new Flash TV series. The Flash CW show starring Grant Gustin is now the most-watched show for the CW network in the channel's history because of its great characters, mind-blowing action and special effects.
Here's the official description:
THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE IS BORN — Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father (John Wesley Shipp) was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West (Jesse L. Martin), the father of Barry’s best friend, Iris (Candice Patton). Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother’s strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along. Barry’s latest obsession is a cutting edge particle accelerator, created by visionary physicist Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) and his S.T.A.R. Labs team members, Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker) and Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes), who claim that this invention will bring about unimaginable advancements in power and medicine. However, something goes horribly wrong during the public unveiling, and when the devastating explosion causes a freak storm, many lives are lost and Barry is struck by lightning. After nine months in a coma, Barry awakens to find his life has changed once again – the accident has given him the power of super speed. Thrilled with his new powers, Barry learns how to control them with the help of Dr. Wells and his team. However, keeping his secret from his best friend Iris (Candice Patton) is proving to be harder than he thought, especially when Joe’s new partner, Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), catches her eye. When another meta-human attacks the city, it’s time to put Barry’s new powers, and himself, to the test. David Nutter directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kresiberg and Geoff Johns and teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns (100).
A few weeks back we shared a list of villains that will be on the new Flash TV show. But there are some guys and gals missing. Some are long established villains and key players in the Flash's journeys while others are so awesome they need to be on the show.
1. The Top (Roscoe Neyle Dillon)
Roscoe "The Top" Dillon (Source)
First Appearance: The Flash #122 (1961)
Who is He? Dillon was a crook who learned how to spin fast enough to deflect bullets and, as a side effect, increased his intelligence to create a variety of trick tops.
What Does He Do? Besides his trick tops, Dillon's increased brain capacity allows him some telekinetic abilities.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? The visual of him spinning around at super-speed would be a great complement to Flash's running and his trick tops would keep everyone guessing.
2. Mirror Master (Sam Scudder)
First Appearance: Flash #105 (1959)
Who is He? Sam Scudder discovered how to travel inside the reflection of a mirror. He uses his ability to control the reflections in mirrors to become a prominent members of the Flash's Rogues gallery.
What Does He Do? Besides being able to travel inside mirrors he can manipulate reflections to hypnotize people and turn invisible. He can also use mirrors to communicate and travel between parallel universes.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? Visually he's a stunning villain, but his ability to be in multiple places at the same time makes him a hard man to catch. It would test the Flash's speed to the limit. Plus, having the funky backwards Mirror World would be awesome if they have the budget.
3. Trickster (James Jesse)
Who is He? James Jesse created a set of flying shoes to keep himself from falling in his family's circus act. Realizing his inventive genius, he created an assortment of deadly gags to stay one step ahead of the Flash. He was a member of Captain Cold's Rogues until he joined the FBI.
What Does He Do? Trickster is a criminal mastermind and a mechanical genius. Among his toys are explosive rubber chickens and teddy bears, razor sharp yo-yos and a high-speed scooter.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? Trickster's been compared to the Joker, but he's very different and could be a major villain if used right. Cast a comedic actor in the role and Trickster would be hilarious. Plus, if he joined the FBI he could even become a partner of the Flash. How funny would that be? Plus, being able to run in the air would make him hard to catch.
Note: Trickster will appear in episode 17 "Tricksters"
4. Murmur (Dr. Michael Amar)
First Appearance: Flash: Iron Heights (2001)
Who is He? Dr. Amar was a respected surgeon until he went crazy from his undiagnosed Schizophrenia and went on a killing spree. When he was sentenced to death it was discovered that his blood is resistant to toxins and poisons. After his trial, Dr. Amar cut out his own tongue and sewed his mouth shut to stop himself from ever saying anything that would let him be convicted again.
What Does He Do? Besides being a serial killer he is skilled at surgical techniques and devising pathogens.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? Flash needs a good scary villain and there are few scarier than Murmur.
5. Peek-A-Boo (Lashawna Baez)
Who is She? When Baez was a grad student at medical school her father needed a kidney transplant but her newly-discovered teleporting powers prevented her from donating hers. So, she tried to sneak into the hospital and steal one. Unfortunately, her powers accidentally created an explosion that destroyed the hospital.
What Does She Do? Peek-A-Boo has the ability to teleport short distances away, but he power has several unintended side-effects. She automatically teleports if anyone touches her and can create a dangerous implosion after she leaves.
Why Would She Be Great on Flash? Her ability to teleport away from Flash makes her visually interesting and challenging to stop. Plus, she's one of the few good African-American villains of Flash. Her medical knowledge and back story would make her a tragic villain which the Flash show desperately needs. Plus her roller-blades and natural hair look awesome.
Note: Peek-A-Boo appeared in episode "Crazy for you"
6. Turtle-Man
First Appearance: All-Flash #21 (1945)
Who is He? There are actually a couple of villains named Turtle (or Turtle-Man). The first one suffered from an inability to move quickly and used Flash's speed against him by moving so slowly that it was hard for Flash (Jay Garrick) to slow down and fight him. The second one first fought the second Flash (Barry Allen) in Showcase #4 and displayed a slow methodical criminal method.
What Does He Do? While he has no super-powers, "The Slowest Man on Earth" is a criminal strategist and has an array of devices including a force field that can stop bullets.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? While the idea of a turtle-powered super-villain sounds weak, Barry Allen has a tendency to be impulsive. Turtle Man could easily exploit this. For example, in the comics he projected a shadow against the wall to trick Flash into running into it.
7. Tar Pit (Joey Monteleone)
Who is He? Joey's older brother was a drug kingpin, but he's the one that ended up in jail. While there he discovered he could transfer his consciousness to inanimate objects. He began using his power to wreck havoc outside of jail until he accidentally got mind stuck in a vat of tar. Deciding he enjoyed it he left his body behind in jail and named himself Tar Pit.
What Does He Do? In his new form Tar Pit is super-strong and almost invulnerable. His molten body is extremely hot and he can throw smoldering chunks of tar around.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? Flash mainly runs on the roads and streets so having a villain that is made of the street should be pretty powerful. Plus, since he can't touch Tar Pit, Barry Allen will have to use his brain instead of his feet.
8. Rose and Thorn (Rose Canton)
First Appearance: Flash Comics #89 (1947)
Who is She? Rose had an imaginary personality that she would blame for bad things she did called "Rose". One day, on the island of Tashmi, she was exposed to the sap of a jungle root. After that, she developed an evil split personality. She returned home and switches back and forth between the two personalities. As Rose she's a normal person, but Thorn is a super-villain and a gang leader.
What Does She Do? When she manifests her "Thorn" personality she can control plants and move at fast speeds to avoid capture.
Why Would She Be Great on Flash? The idea of a split personality makes for great drama and the image of Flash getting tied up by plants is perfect. Plus, they have a lot of male villains for Flash, but he needs a good female villain too.
9. Shade (Richard Swift)
Who is He? An immortal Victorian gentleman who can control and manifest shadows. Back in 1838, the young man Richard Swift was involved in an unexplained event that killed 103 people but left him with amnesia. When he first appeared in the comics he had a machine that created darkness, but they later said that the ability to control darkness comes from his cane. He's been a major villain of the Jay Garrick and the Barry Allen version of Flash but, eventually, Shade became a hero.
What Does He Do? He can control darkness, make constructs (objects) out of shadows, travel long distances and is virtually immortal.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? Tell us that seeing Flash fighting shadows wouldn't look cool. Then there's his moral ambiguity and tragic back story which should be great character development.
10. Doctor Alchemy (Albert Desmond)
First Appearance: Showcase #13 (1958)
Who is He? Another split personality villain is Doctor Alchemy, or Mister Alchemy as he was first known. Albert Desmond was the director of the Central City Police Department's Forensics lab where Barry Allen worked. He used his knowledge of chemistry and a special gun to commit crimes until he discovered the "Philosopher's Stone" which gave him the ability to turn one chemical element into another at will.
What Does He Do? While he has no natural superpowers, with the stone Mister Alchemy can transmute elements into anything he wants. For example, if Flash is running at him, he could turn the ground into water or the air into rock.
Why Would He Be Great on Flash? Since he's a forensic scientist and chemist like Barry Allen he basically becomes an evil version of Barry Allen. If they make him younger he could follow the same tragic path as his has. Plus, how cool would it be to watch him changing objects around?
Who do you think they should add to the list of Flash villains? Which one would be the easiest to do and why? Which would be the hardest and why?
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Alex J. Cavanaugh October 29, 2014 at 7:20 PM
I admit, I was never a big Flash fan, so any of those will do.
Yolanda Renee October 30, 2014 at 7:59 AM
I like Rose and Thorn, a love interest and his greatest enemy? What fun!
Tony Laplume October 30, 2014 at 5:08 PM
Bringing in Trickster would be another callback to the original TV show. That was the role that pointed Mark Hamill in the direction of his infinitely better-known Joker.
Maurice Mitchell October 30, 2014 at 10:12 PM
It would be another brilliant homage after Shipp
She'd be the best and worst woman in his life.
He has many good enemies
Peter Townsend October 30, 2014 at 11:49 PM
Turtle Man actually does have powers. He has the ability to absorb kinetic energy or "steal speed" from others causing them to slow to a halt. When he fought Wally West he made it so Wally was only as fast as a normal person and everything else was frozen. He could also cause object to regain their momentum, so he would knock Flash in front of a frozen truck then have the truck slam into him.
comicbookandmoviereviews October 31, 2014 at 7:44 AM
I like this list. I like this list a lot. Although I might have added Abra Kadabra as well because he was once such a sinister sod.
Rivaled only by Batman in the DCU, eh Mo?
Maurice Mitchell November 3, 2014 at 8:06 AM
I almost added him actually, but couldn’t resist some of these others because of the fell of the show. And yes, Batman has the greatest enemies in my book.
Another great point Peter! I was limiting this to the first incarnation of Turtle Man, but the picture of the second Turtle Man shows he could be a powerful villain.
COMICFAN January 23, 2015 at 11:21 PM
Great list....next to BATMAN, SUPERMAN and SPIDER-MAN, The Flash has one of my favorite rogues galleries....as far as 10 VILLAINS WE'D LIKE TO SEE. I'm glad you put down MIRROR MASTER and THE SHADE...although I wish you'd included ABRA KADABRA and new villain DOUBLE DOWN.
Rose/Thorne wouldn't be the 1st time The Flash has had to contend with an old flame...there's also MAGENTA
I think in the list of FLASH VILLAINS WE CAN EXPECT List, you left out Roy G. Bivolo a.k.a. RAINBOW RAIDER, who appeared in THE FLASH/ARROW X-over.
Maurice Mitchell January 26, 2015 at 1:28 PM
You know I almost put Abra Cadabra in, but I just couldn’t put him above others like Shade. As for Double-Down I’m not familiar enough with the character to suggest him. Why would you recommend him?
COMICFAN January 28, 2015 at 1:14 AM
Because, I just love his gimmick, while I detest most of Geoff Johns, I have to give him credit for introducing some cool new villains...like Peek-A-Boo, Magenta and Blacksmith.
ClearHeatVision February 8, 2015 at 10:02 PM
Anddddd Mark Hamill is reprising the role!
Micaela May 13, 2015 at 2:57 AM
I would love to see (Minerva) cheetah but she would be hard because her cameo came with wonder women and she's not a main villain. Though it would be interesting to see other dc universe heroes in this too.
(But Only after the main villains have been shown.)
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Driving 20 miles north of Denver will get you to the small but lively town of Frederick. Found along the Front Range of the majestic Rocky Mountains, it not only has magnificent views, but also a rich history coupled with a strong sense of community.
Formerly known as McKissick, Frederick was once a bustling coal-mining town that attracted immigrants from Italy, Greece, Latin America, and other parts of the world. In 1907, the name was changed to Frederick, after the former landowner of the site, Frederick A. Clark. The coal mine closed in 1928, but the miners have not been forgotten as heroes of Colorado’s rich history. In honor of their memory, Frederick holds an annual Minders Day Celebration every September.
With its relaxed environment and proximity to Denver, it is no wonder why Frederick was named the best place to live in Colorado and the sixth in the entire US by USA Today in January 2019. Frederick is filled with stunning views of the Rocky Mountains, peaceful neighborhoods, and a strong sense of community and heritage. With this in mind, it’s not hard to see why more and more people are moving to Frederick.
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Frederick has developed and reinvented itself a lot through the decades. What was once a mining town is now a vibrant community filled with residential opportunities. Today, you will find hundreds of homes being built each year. Whether you are an aspiring homeowner looking for your first home or a seasoned investor hoping to make a good investment, the diverse selection of homes here will surely suit your needs.
From cozy ranches to classy bungalows, and from sleek contemporary-style to grand craftsman homes, Frederick offers a vast selection of single-family homes to choose from. Homeowners get to enjoy roomy living spaces with amenities like fireplaces and spacious front yards. Many of these homes are strategically built on master-planned developments. This means they’re in key locations with convenient access to main roads and establishments like offices, schools, and shopping centers. To add to that, their location in Frederick allows easy access to Denver and other metro areas via Interstate-25.
Those looking to raise a family will find Frederick a great choice to live. It is part of the St. Vrain Valley School District, the eighth largest school district in Colorado with schools accredited for Distinction or Performance. Elementary students can go to the Grand View or Legacy elementary schools. High school students, meanwhile, can go to Frederick High School.
The residents of Frederick also make it a point to actively engage in their community and make their opinions heard. In an effort to make the town a better place to live for everyone, people work hand in hand with the local police department through their Neighborhood Watch program. Any updates on news and activities are accessible through their Facebook page, making it easy for everyone to communicate and be informed.
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Frederick has more than 20 community parks including Centennial Park and Crist Park. These parks are all well-maintained and make the perfect spot for outdoor walks, picnics, birdwatching, and your favorite sports. Those looking for adventure during winter can also head to nearby skiing areas such Copper Mountain, Vail, and Breckenridge ski resorts.
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Kalorama Rally 2020
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Planning for this event is well underway with a fantastic response from our members. We now have 73 entries plus 3 on the waiting list. Our first newsletter has been sent to our entrants and most have booked their accommodation.
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Murray Meander
DAY 1 – SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 – John & Lyn
Johnston (Chrysler 65 Sedan)
Rockbank to Horsham – 165 miles (266 kms)
We left home about 8 am to head across Melbourne to where we were to meet up at the BP Service Centre at Rockbank by 10:30 am for morning tea and to top up with petrol. Cars arrived from far and wide (from Gippsland and Morning Peninsula to name a couple of places). Other rallyists from further afield were meeting up with the group that night at Horsham and some who had attended the Bay to Birdwood would be joining us a couple of days later.
We travelled along the Western Highway cruising over the Pentland Hills and noticed Pikes Creek reservoir was full after all the recent rain. Another petrol stop at Ballarat and at Beaufort for a bite to eat.
We passed through Ararat, Great Western and Dadswell Bridge passing the “Big Koala” with views of the Grampians in the distance. Crops of canola and grain were growing well after all the spring rain. Lots of water about with lakes full.
We arrived at our accommodation in Horsham where we had a “Meet and Greet” meal in the motel restaurant. Although we had light showers at times during the day, that evening we had some steady rain.
Beginning of the tyre problems
Our Welcome Dinner
DAY 2 – SUNDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 – Ian & Margaret Morley (Essex)
Horsham to Meningie - 240 miles (387 kms)
We all left Horsham half an hour ahead of schedule. The clear skies above did cloud over with occasional light rain showers bringing hand operated windscreen wipers into action. After the previous heavy rains, the countryside was “water over road” signs still in situ with water and flood debris lapping on the road edges. The obvious large increased stock numbers (both sheep and cattle) in the sodden paddocks may have been the result of the need to find higher ground for the stock.
Approaching the SA border, the quarantine notice warned all Victorians not to bring fruit, vegetables, plants into SA or suffer dire consequences if you did not utilise the bin provided. This resulted in some early morning tea stops to consume the banned produce.
There were no “Farewell to Victoria” or “Welcome to SA” road signs. Instead it was that the road speed sign changed to 110 and the marked deterioration of the road surface that indicated we were now in SA. Our cars were free to investigate issues of interest or need en route. One classic car often zoomed past us but strangely we never passed him!!!
We were the first car to find the lunch stop at Kingston located at the Lion’s Club foreshore park. News of a collection of historical cars parked there filtered through the town and a steady procession of local cars drove through looking at us.
The afternoon run to Meningie was not without its dramas. One of the vintage cars had mechanical problems and a classic car had a “blow out” so its spare tyre was brought into action. With a vintage car yesterday requiring the use of its spare tyre, we now have two tyre incidents in two days.
Overnight accommodation was between two Meningie motels with the change from Eastern Standard Time to Central Time delaying our evening meal by half an hour.
DAY 3 – MONDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2016 – Ian & Margaret Morley (Essex)
Meningie to Blanchetown - 143 miles (230 kms)
Confusion took centre stage today. Communications were sometimes misunderstood and by the end of the day cars were at all points of the compass attempting to find their bed for the night. It did not help that two more vintage cars had flat tyres, ie 4 in 3 days. Ours occurred on a dirt road seldom travelled. It was 50 minutes before the next car caught up with us. Fortunately coming from the other direction a car carrying 2 retired Adelaide gentlemen who had been on a bird watching trip came to our assistance. The crossing and recrossing of the Murray today was itself effortless. The ferries all worked efficiently back and forth transporting all modes of transport varying from pedestrians to a truck of cattle. Needless the say, our vehicles created attention and interest. We used 3 bridges and 6 ferry trips today all servicing different geographical needs. In some instances the high cliffs along the Murray River were vary imposing.
The township of Mannum (our lunch stop) was very picturesque from 19th century homes along the foreshore to the paddle steamer “Murray Princess” and houseboats moored nearby.
Having initially fuelled at Meningie (as requested), we then refuelled (as also requested) to record the litres we used on that specific leg.
Our travellers were glad to reach the destination of our proposed two day stop over to rest and recoup. The Portee Station (built in 1873) is now self catering accommodation right on the Murray and proved to be an extremely luxurious venue. The BBQ was lit and we dined in style amongst period furniture in this large restored mansion.
DAY 4 – TUESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 – Ian & Margaret Morley (Essex)
As designated in the now infamous “Blue Book”, today is the day to relax and enjoy our surroundings and to arrange any necessary repairs or maintenance to the car. How true was that prediction for many of us.
To provide all year round river navigation and for irrigation diversions, the Lock 1 was built right in Blanchetown in 1922.
Most of us took the available Wetland and Winery Tour in a 1927 Chevrolet truck. The owner driver cum commentator was most informative and helpful to the point of even traversing the truck between specific old trees that once lined the Sydney to Adelaide route taken by Cobb & Co. He also indicated a canoe tree believed to be over 400 years old.
Over the years our property owner guide, by using native vegetation, undertook to address the excessive salt problem of the soil. Other trees he had planted had died off due to flooding events only to regenerate from the original roots. Due to excessive rain currently occurring up north with the water moving southwards, it is feared another great flood is likely and these tees are again threatened.
Portee Station
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Peeping over the fence
DAY 5 – WEDNESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 – David Peck & Pam Telford (1928 Chevrolet)
Blanchetown to Renmark - 111 miles (178 kms)
A few folk got a bit of a fright there maybe a rather big storm tonight.
Just in case, off from Portee they went not too much time in the towns to be spent.
Eventually the rest of us packed up, finished our tea and washed our cups.
What a tranquil spot with birds each morning plenty could be heard.
Across our path there hopped a roo, then too a flock of cockatoos, like a fast rising cloud they rose, we scared them off I do suppose.
Stopped at Morgan – water tank to see, then on to Waikirie for a cup of tea.
The bakery beckoned for some of us, we had coffee and cake without any fuss.
The road to Barmera with the truckies and rain, we kept far left and gave them the lane.
We had decided we’d detour on a mission, which we wouldn’t depart from in the same condition.
Waterproof on my lap the rain wasn’t a shock as we stopped to buy wine at vineyard Banrock.
Portee Station was all very well, but Banrock Station had wine to sell!
Off we went, happy as Larry, port and wine in a free bag to carry.
Barmera wasn’t too far away, stopped as suggested at the Bluebird café.
Ate our lunch overlooking the lake, small glass of wine, coffee, no cake
The time at this point was a quarter to 3, except for the flies, a great place to be.
Onwards to Berri – a bridge not a ferry, not purchasing here, too dear I fear.
Not that much rain, the sun peeping through a rainbow or two - a beautiful hue.
Not too much to report, hardly saw a soul, far too fast for us, Renmark their goal.
Just as we thought our day was complete and as we were driving up the street we had one more thing it was the rule, to go and fill the car with fuel.
Our hopes were dashed – the power was out, seemed no point in hanging about.
Tea was off and we weren’t sure, so to Woolworths before they shut their doors.
We found a campsite while it was half light but as we began to prepare for the night, the heavens opened and the wind blew, we sat in the cab to see the storm through.
It all abated, it passed overhead, it wasn’t too long, we were fed and in bed.
An eventful day, not too long a drive, a storm and some rain, but we’re still alive.
The Rugby headlights helping out in the blackout at Renmark
Dinner by candlelight
DAY 6 – THURSDAY, 29TH SEPTEMBER 2016 – John & Marion Rhodes (Rugby)
Renmark to Tooleybuc – 231 miles (372 kms)
We did a short tiki tour around the back of town and found a couple of car farms, specialising in rusty Fords. Finally found the correct exit out of town. With threatening weather we did not stop to watch the lift bridge being operated as the rest of the group did not.
We had a buffeted drive to Wentworth, just ahead of the storm. Wind was cold and light rain made sightseeing in Wentworth brief. Caught sight of the paddlesteamer Ruby which was moored at the main wharf in anticipation of customers for river cruising.
While tiki touring around the town, saw the “little tractor”, Massey Ferguson. Carried on further and saw the junction of the Murray-Darling Rivers converge. Muddy brown flood waters of the Murray mingling with the Darling “cleaner’ waters. Loch number 10 is at Wentworth.
We did not call in to see the Wentworth jail as we have been ‘to jail” before.
We came across the first traffic lights since Murray Bridge.
Our instructions for today mentioned a visit to the Psyche Bend Pumping Station. On approaching this road, I was a little apprehensive on going down this road as it was wet and MUDDY. But the Rugby handled it with no problem. We passed a car stuck in the mud, but we carried on. Road got muddier and had water right across the road but we carried on. Finally got to the Pump Station only to find nobody there. John had a quick look around while I stayed warm and dry. Turned around to go back the way we came and found the car still stuck in the mud. Stopped to ask the driver if he needed a hand to get out and he said the RACV would turn up within half an hour. We decided to tow him out but only had a light rope with us but was a bit stretchy. Just perfect! A gentle nudge and we dragged the Ford Territory back on to the centre of the road. The owner could not believe we had the traction to get through the mud, little alone have the power to extract him.
We used a drive through car wash puddle to clean up the Rugby ready to go again.
Gave Chaffeys House a miss, cos the Navman couldn’t pick up the number and we were starting to run out of time. Drove on to Robinvale, still very light rain and the wind has dropped. An hour later the rain was on with a vengeance. Turned off to Tooleybuc, crossed another bridge and found our way to our motel for the night.
All of us went to the Tooleybuc Pub for a pleasant meal but numbers overwhelmed the kitchen staff and eventually everyone was fed. Complimentary wine and after dinner muscat was passed around.
DAY 7 – FRIDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER 2016 – John & Barbara Macgibbon (Modern)
Tooleybuc to Barham – 134 miles (216 kms)
After all the rain and wind yesterday, Friday has dawned fine, cool and partly cloudy.
Our first stop (to buy a Melbourne Herald-Sun) was not far from our motel in Tooleybuc. While sitting in the car, I noticed a car and caravan drive past and guess what the lady in the passenger seat had sitting on her knees – “a tabby cat”. I have seen lots of pets in cars over the years but never a cat looking out the window at me.
While waiting to cross the bridge over the Murray River in Tooleybuc, I noticed 15 different road signs for drivers to take in, in about 20 metres. That is ridiculous!!
We left our motel at 9:25 am – vintage cars first, driving to Kyalite, past the Tooleybuc cemetery. Lots of wheat crops and grazing land intermixed with natural bushland. We then caught our first glimpse of the Wakool River. Later we arrived at the Kyalite Store and Pub (combined) for a photo shoot of all the vintage cars on our tour.
Along the way we noticed a number of road signs which had been painted over in the Footscray Football Club colours – red, white and blue.
Opposite the store/hotel was a Burke & Wills memorial date 1860-01, which featured a 25 pounder mobile gun behind a rock and metal plaque identifying the memorial. There were three unusual gum trees growing in the memorial park. Their trunks and branches seemed to be highly polished in a brown/green colour.
Morning tea was very enjoyable and we learned of the history of the store/hotel which was first opened in 1854. They had a large glass aquarium with several goldfish, many water grasses and a vintage car on one corner of the fish tank.
It is amazing how many relatively small towns also have sports grounds and/or golf clubs. I also noticed quite a few properties with now dead fruit trees and vines. Our next large down was Nyah. We also passed a farm where
“Australia’s first rice” was grown. There must be a lot of Footscray fans up here. Along the Speewa Punt Road was a large decoration of wire wrapped in club coloured streamers.
We used the Speewa Ferry Crossing – maximum of 3 cars per trip. Continuing on this road we noticed how very wet the country was and the rain began to fall.
Back in Victoria in Swan Hill we stopped for lunch at the bakery. Swan Hill has changed since I last saw it. We left Swan Hill via the Melbourne Road then turned on to Pental Island Road. Lots of water on both sides of this road. We continued on until we saw the “Welcome to Barham” sign. It also said the “elevation is 50 metres”.
Just how old is this photo??
Great Morning Roadside Tea stop
DAY 8 – SATURDAY, 1ST OCTOBER 2016 – Ann Drysdale (Modern)
Lyle really was looking forward to today as we are I his home territory with many memories. Up early we could skip the motel breakfast and left at 8 am for the Wetlands. Breakfast with the Birds Cruise on the Bungower Creek. As we cruised at a leisurely pace we were provided with a sumptuous breakfast and great commentary. I have seen the Bungower Island in drought but never as green and healthy as it is now.
Back on dry land we drove in convoy to Murrabit market. Here we met a friend from the Kerang Club and collected 5 wheels for the T Model. The market would normally have tempted me with plants and produce, but the touring means it would be impractical to buy these things.
Next stop was Benjeroop hall where the Kerang Car Club provided a barbecue lunch before the large pump engine was started (it proved to be rather temperamental but finally went into action). We next went to the Barham Flywheelers Club with their extensive collection of engines, tractors and all sorts of farm equipment and domestic displays. After all we’ve eaten today, there’s no need to eat out!
DAY 9 – SUNDAY, 2ND OCTOBER 2016 – Jan & Ian Kennedy (1929 DeSoto)
Barham to Mathoura – 134 miles (216 kms)
Today was the shortest day of the Murray Meander as daylight savings started, making it a 23 hour day.
Crossing the 15th bridge at Koondrook, we inspected the wooden carving (in their little shelters) along the river bank.
We followed Gunbower Creek most of the morning on sealed and unsealed roads and had morning tea on Fox Island. Continued on to Torrumbarry Weir and lock.
On to Echuca for lunch at Beechworth Bakery where 2 vintage car drivers parked their cars on the footpath next to the bakery van.
Crossed the 16th bridge into Moama where entering traffic from Denny Ute Muster was at a standstill.
Then to the ghost town of Womboota to the old School of Arts hall which was propped up after blowing down in 1906. On to old school winery for tasting of wine and mead and a very interesting and informative pit toilet. Bob’s course put a load test on the vintage vehicles with a head wind whether we travelled north, west or east.
Arrived at Mathoura, checked out the water tank. Refuelled for tomorrow. All staying at same motel, except for the campers.
Walked to Bowls Club for a meal. Some did all right in the trivia questions and the yellow Dodge campers won a meat raffle. They said they have been last all week and won the last meat raffle!!
Today’s drive through scenic country was a credit to Bob.
Winners of the meat raffle
DAY 10 – MONDAY, 3RD OCTOBER 2016 - Ken & Marj Davidson (1929 Chevrolet)
Mathoura to Nathalia – 71 miles (115 kms)
The day started by us going to the Reed Beds Bird Hide just out of Mathoura where we saw a few birds. Before we left the Hide we were told there was water over the road before the place where we were going to have a cuppa by the Murray. After the Hide we went to Barmah over the Murray. Turned up the road at the pub to go to the Kingfisher Cruise, we drove through a bit of water on the road to get there. The cruise was very interesting. The operator, a local, was very informative and the cruise was an experience as he took us to places not usually done. We saw some stranded animals on high land.
After lunch we followed the Broken Creek. We had an interesting and pleasant drive along the dirt roads. Arrived in Nathalia, our overnight stay, earlier than expected.
It just had to be done!!!
Barmah Forest
DAY 11 – TUESDAY, 4TH OCTOBER 2016 - Liz & Barry Hoghton (Model A Tourer)
Nathalia to Howlong - 157 miles (254 kms)
Today we travelled 254 kms from Nathalia to Howlong. The day didn’t start well for the Hoghtons who had a puncture before even leaving the motel. First river crossing of 7 today was number 29 on our trip. Our first stop was at the strawberry farm and I’m sure the owners would have been very happy with the many produce purchases that were made. After leaving the farm we took a detour through an area with acres and acres of citrus fruits, a very pretty drive and we didn’t get lost!
In Tocumwal we visited the Aerodrome Museum which is temporarily based at the Bowling Club, but as the Bowling Club is moving to join the Golf Club, the Aero Museum is again looking to re-locate.
The tragedy of Eric Johnson occurred when his parachute line became entangled in the tail plane of the Dakota they were flying.
Our designated lunch spot at Thompsons Beach (Cobram) had the tide well and truly in – it was flooded and road closed. More options had to be found but not too hard to find.
Burramine Homestead was a handy stop if you were looking for a beer or a cider (and some did!). The olive farm was also worth a stop, many choices of olive oil, olives and olive products to choose from.
While the weather earlier in the day hadn’t been too bad, as we reached Wagunyah/Corowa area the heavens opened and hail, rain, thunder and lightning struck. One vehicle had a blowout, which had to be changed in pouring rain.
Another near mishap when a certain “Chev” had a “logadile” (or was that a stickadile) nearly hit his car (those on the Kingfisher Cruise would know the terminology).
After making it safely over crossing number 35, we met for dinner at the Howlong Golf Club.
Just another tyre repair
DAY 12 – WEDNEDAY, 5TH OCTOBER 2016 - McCorkelle Bros (the Dodge Bros)
Howlong to Corryong – 168 miles (270 kms)
Tales from the tailend
It seems appropriate that for the last day of river crossings the last car do the report! Determined not to be last today, we packed up early and got on the road (early) on time. I’d decided to travel in a fast car and rode shot gun with Peter Johnson in the Dodge Victory 6, that way I’d know exactly what was planned for the day. Great plan! Didn’t work. Unfortunately for Peter, I was his navigator. This resulted in us getting lost, totally lost! Even the lady in the Navman couldn’t help us. We finally worked it out and guess what! Last vintage car on to the Wymah Ferry, and last car into the flooded picnic grounds at Jingellic. The curse of the tailend had me!
No sooner had we arrived in Jingellic, we were off again, as everyone else had plenty of time for lunch. I swapped positions with my brother, John, and took charge of the yellow Dodge. It was sunny and a good day for vintage motoring. This was my chance, I was going to make it to Corryong, not last…….
Before leaving Jingellic, a quick check of fuel revealed things were pretty grim. Emergency fuel was taken in the nice little town of Walwa from the general store.
The next bridge was at Tintaldra. No sooner had I gone over the bridge the road was covered in water. Already, not another vintage car in sight, I was lost. AGAIN! Lyle and Ann, also lost, smartly did a U-turn. I didn’t, and ended up climbing up a cliff faced like road and in a place called Tooma. I’d have to say it was the most spectacular wrong turn I’ve ever made. To see the countryside in flood is truly amazing. Earlier in the day we’d stopped at the Hume Weir and it just proved that we live in a land of drought and flooding rains.
After the unplanned visit to Tooma, I knew I’d be last again, but you know what? I didn’t mind this time….. we continued on, enjoying the rare day of sunshine and quiet a few times having to negotiate water covered roads. I got the Dodge bogged in Towong trying to do a U-turn after another wrong turn, but I was already coming last, so whatever! It all just added to the “fun”.
Another “water crossing” greeted us on approaching Corryong, as did a little drizzle (heaven forbid it be a rain free day!). As you enter Corryong, here is a 50 kmph sign and also a pub. That pub is where my day ended! Last again! According to another member who travelled further along the Murray, the remaining crossings were all well flooded. Truly a remarkable sight.
Queuing for the ferry
Great spot for a picnic
DAY 12 – WEDNESDAY, 5th OCTOBER 2016 - Glenda & Arnold Chivers (1929 Ford A)
Final Dinner
The venue was at Riley’s Restaurant at our motel.
As always there is a tinge of sadness, knowing that we are all going our own ways home. We had a lovely meal with one of Bob’s quizzes to keep us occupied during courses. A winner was announced with some protesting from the crowd.
A thank you speech to Bob and Nevis was made by Wayne and then a few words by Bob.
All said their farewells and retired to their accommodation around 9:30pm.
Enjoying the final dinner
DAY 13 – THURSDAY, 6TH OCTOBER 2016 - Glenda & Arnold Chivers (1929 Ford A)
Corryong to Home
Clear blue skies for people travelling home today. Some travelling over the hills and staying a couple of nights elsewhere, others down the highway home. Most importantly we all need to stay safe with flooded roads and many road closures.
What a great Challenge of the Twenties and it certainly was a Murray Meander. Whilst the weather could have been better, we got to see an incredible event unfold. So much water!!! It certainly was the Mighty Murray. I think all our thoughts are with the local farmers.
A very enjoyable tour with many great memories!!
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The various stages of severity of diabetic retinopathy, ranging from normal (top left) to end stage disease with severe scarring (bottom right).
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Focal / grid retinal laser: This is the main retinopathy laser treatment method for maculopathy from diabetic macular edema. The retinal laser seals retinal blood vessels that are leaking fluid and blood. This reduces further fluid and blood leakage, and reduces the swelling of the macula. The retinal laser may also somehow stimulate the retinal cells to 'pump' away any excess fluid at the macula. The laser is only directed at certain parts of the macula; the rest of the peripheral retina is untouched.
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Focal laser treatment for diabetic macular edema leaves behind laser scars which are seen as black marks on the macula (white arrow).
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The picture on the left shows successful treatment for diabetic macular edema.
Top (A): Macular swelling and thickening before treatment. Leakage from the retinal blood vessels causes fluid to accumulate in the macula. This disrupts the function of the macula and causes reduced vision.
Bottom (B): The fluid in the macula has now cleared. Notice how the macula has returned to its original thickness and architecture.
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Abnormal new blood vessels can be seen on the optic disc before panretinal laser photocoagulation (white arrow; left). The new blood vessels completely regressed following successful laser treatment (right). Note the retinal laser scars on the right of the optic disc.
As with focal laser treatment, panretinal laser is also performed in the consulting rooms without the need for a hospital stay. After dilating and numbing your eyes with drops, a contact lens is placed on your eye to stop your eye from blinking and to allow visualization of the parts of the retina to be lasered.
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A Surrealist art project: Exquisite Corpse of the Catskills
By Anne Pyburn Craig, Tue, 4/7/2015 - 11:04 am
Calling all Catskills artists: You’re invited to come play a Surrealist parlor game this spring.
Exquisite Corpse was an early 20th century favorite pastime for the likes of André Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miro and Man Ray. It’s the visual equivalent of a freestyle jam session: A folded piece of paper passed between participants, each of whom adds their own contribution. When the paper is unfolded, a hodgepodge of “happenstance art” is revealed.
In collaboration with the Catskill Art Society, Ellie and Akira Ohiso are putting together a round of Exquisite Corpse that will feature Catskills artists. The Ohisos, the duo behind the recently folded (and much missed) Green Door Magazine, are inviting artists to enter a free public lottery to be among the teams working on the art project.
Twenty-one artists, to be paired in seven groups of three, will be chosen randomly at the lottery at the CAS Arts Center on Saturday April 18, 2015 at 2 p.m. Then the teams will work together on their portions of the exhibit, completing the work of other artists.
The Ohisos explain in a press release:
Selected artists will then be paired into their respective groups of three, and the first seven artists will leave with two pieces of paper: one paper to be completed in its entirety, and the second paper to be started slightly and left to be completed by the next set of artists. The second set of artists will pick up the started work. They will be required to complete the previous artist’s work and start a third paper, which the last set of artists will complete, finishing the triptych.
On June 5, the resulting artworks will be unveiled at the Catskill Art Society’s Elevator Gallery, where they will hang through July 24. The contributing artists will split sales three ways.
To get in on the fun, artists from Sullivan, Ulster, Orange and Delaware Counties in New York and Wayne and Pike Counties in Pennsylvania are invited to submit their names via email to [email protected] by April 15, 2015. For more information, visit ohiso.com.
We spoke with the Ohisos about the game, and about life as creative instigators in the Catskills.
Watershed Post: Is the Exquisite Corpse game widely known in the art world?
Ellie Ohiso: We both learned it in art school. It became part of our general unconscious art education. You’re not the first to ask us this question, and perhaps this type of creative experiment is not more widely known.
Q: How exactly did the idea of bringing it to Catskills artists germinate and bloom? Has anyone involved ever "played" it before, or is it a matter of reviving the corpse after decades?
Ellie: Over the early winter, we started doing our own art again. Something we hadn’t done in a while. Working alongside Akira, seeing him collage what I would never have the guts to do, or even conceive of, had me thinking. You produce art differently if you’re creating with another artist. The collaboration, inspiration, whatever actually changes the artistic process. What if we did something like this on a grander scale, without taking ourselves too seriously? Exquisite Corpse, as conceived by the Surrealists, was played outside the institutional art world. It was an exercise in relaxing.
Akira Ohiso: We had to create an Exquisite Corpse for the press release (see above). When I tried the Exquisite Corpse exercise all my reflexive artist choices kicked up, yet didn't work with the constraint of using just an ink pen and having to complete the work of another artist. There was also the pressure of having one chance to create my part, until I just decided to draw and not think about it. Then I created something I wasn't sure I liked or disliked but it was different than what I would usually do with my go-to medium.
Q: You say the method “pulls artists out of their comfort zone.” That sounds potent.
Ellie: We’re intimately familiar with the Catskills and Hudson Valley art community. I can walk into a show and immediately recognize an artist’s style and work. The aesthetic is what makes the artist powerful. But, as artists, we know what it’s like to actually produce the art. It’s a challenge, at times. Putting an artist in a box of constraints can sometimes help you break free, in a weird way. To say “You must finish this other artist’s work on paper with ink only.” There’s something totally terrifying and liberating at the same time. Is it going to be a challenge? Hell yeah! Can I use it after the winter we’ve had? Hell yeah.
Akira: Constraints and working with others is an exercise in compromise.
Q: Do you find the arts community in the region cohesive? Scattered? Mixed?
Ellie: I think it’s really hard being a working artist in general, and more specifically in the Catskills. And the rub is that the Catskills is fodder for all this really great artistic inspiration. So while it’s harder up here, it’s also more possible. For about three to four months in the winter, we can theoretically be producing much of our work in isolation. But we’re all producing in the same place. And we know what it’s like to be producing art in these conditions. And so, yes, there is a unity in that.
Akira: I guess the question would be what does it mean to be an artist in the Catskills? Sometimes it feels like there are these pockets of artists in small Catskills towns doing great work, but with little dialogue between each other. Not that it always has to be a Kumbaya moment, but if young people are getting the message that they need to leave in order to be recognized or appreciated as artists then something needs to be addressed. I also feel a real disconnect between local residents and transplants. I would like to see the arts do a bit more to bridge this gap and create more understanding.
Q: How have things been since Green Door Magazine closed? How's life around your part of the Catskills these days? Are there any future dreams in the works you care to drop a hint about?
Ellie: It’s a blessing and a curse to have an opportunity to reinvent myself after our success with Green Door. After shuttering the magazine, someone told us that Green Door was a three-year public art experiment in what was possible for our area. What I’ve missed the most is the opportunity to attempt grassroots change through constant experimentation. It took me three years to learn that an idea deemed not feasible can likely be done. The Catskills have been getting a lot of mainstream media attention of late, and I’d like to see some of the spotlight shining on Sullivan County in particular. Exacting positive change here can still feel very pioneering, and it’s a daunting prospect, but there’s a sense of infinite possibility too. Whenever we come up with an idea for a community-driven project, there’s a moment in time where I think ‘Why am I doing this?’ but usually the ‘Why not?!’ ends up canceling that out. I’d like 2015 to contain more unconventional positive projects like Exquisite Corpse of the Catskills.
Akira: Whenever you end an artistic project it is natural to feel a bit lost. Transitions are always difficult, especially during a long cold winter. But that is part of the creative process, to say goodbye to one thing in order to discover the next. I live in Sullivan County where there is long-standing poverty and myriad social issues which continue to create suffering for many residents. "Art for art's sake" does not always work when there are these kinds of issues in plain sight. Any future projects are keeping this in mind.
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Written by Paul R. Kopenkoskey on 10 January 2019 . Posted in Local
Rev. Joel Boot: “It is my hope and prayer that it does continue to grow.” Nearly eight years ago, the Reformed Church in America (RCA) and the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) denominations held a historic joint synod at Calvin College.
June 2011 was the first time delegates from the two synods assembled to chart new evangelistic waters since the two denominations split in 1857.
Among the agreements reached were symbolically adopting a resolution their respective synods approved earlier of a more gender-inclusive translation of three Reformed confessions.
Another was on a larger scale that the late Amway co-founder Richard DeVos helped to engender: Launched was a joint church planting project in four "test areas" in the nation, including West Michigan, dubbed Kingdom Enterprise Zones.
Get back together
Rev. Joel Boot was interim executive director (eventually "interim" was dropped) of the CRC during that notable joint synod, likening it to a family reunion "at long last."
Boot recalls meeting with DeVos, Rev. Tom DeVries, then the RCA's soon-to-be next general secretary and outgoing RCA general secretary Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson. During the course of that meeting, DeVos was asked what his hope was for the church? His reply was to the point: That the CRCA and RCA would get back together again.
"That seemed to ignite a spark," recalled Boot, who's now interim pastor of Friendship Christian Reformed Church in Byron Center. "Tom saw it too and we said the time looks like it's right. Let's see what we can do to build on it, not to talk about a merger because there was some fear in that, but what we could do to collaborate and cooperate and not just coexist?"
The spaghetti tour
Not long after the joint synod, Boot and DeVries embarked on a 13-stop continental expedition Boot jokingly refers to as the spaghetti tour because pasta was often on the menu.
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The meetings they had were with various classis in New Jersey, Ontario, Chicago, northwestern Iowa, northwestern Washington, central and southern California and Grand Rapids, to garner joint denominational support and to seek advice. Classis are groups of churches within a geographical region that has the authority to deal with matters that concern its churches in common. Its decisions are binding on the churches in its region.
"We had a wonderful time," recalled Boot.
Cooperation continues
Since then, collaboration and cooperation continue.
In 2014, the RCA and CRC held joint synods again, this time in Pella, Iowa, where the two denominations pledged to work more closely together. That meeting came to be known as the Pella Accord, which involved a joint resolution, "to act together in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction compel us to act separately."
Last year, the two denominations met again, this time for side-by-side synods with shared worship and several joint plenary sessions.
Work that is increasingly being done by both denominations include the Disability Concerns ministry; Reformed Benefits Association; Reformed Leadership Initiative; Clinical Pastoral Education at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services; Faith Alive Christian Resources; World Renew and social justice work, according to the CRC's website.
$1.72 million grant awarded
Colin Watson, Sr.: “Our collaboration is creating a space where churches can gather together and prayerfully discern the best revitalization process.”In September 2018, the Helen and Richard DeVos Foundation awarded a $1.72 million grant to be used over five years to the CRC and the RCA.
The grant was one of several the DeVos' conferred in recent years to encourage the two denominations to work more closely together.
The $1.72 million grant will establish a "third space" — not entirely within the RCA, and not entirely within the CRC — where churches from either denomination can access resources and support for congregational renewal.
The new third space will encourage churches to prayerfully discern the right path for their ministries, with the right resources or counsel at the right time. As next steps, they'll be able to choose from existing programs and processes in both the RCA and CRC, and from options offered through new partnerships.
"Our collaboration is creating a space where churches can gather together and prayerfully discern the best revitalization process that would work for that particular point in history, said Colin Watson, Sr., a CRC commissioned pastor and director of ministries and administration for the denomination. "That's what we're putting together right now. Creating a space so we can collaborate."
Watson said other partnerships between the two denominations include every month or so a senior leadership gathering called the Reformed Collaborative that provides updates with what is happening between the two ecclesiastical bodies, joint revitalization efforts and church planting, otherwise known at the Kingdom Enterprise Zones.
"We have an ongoing arraignment where individuals responsible for church planting in both denominations are regularly partnering together and sharing best practices," said Watson. "It's not only how many churches we have but as we work together and share the effect is to have church plants be CRC or RCA, or both, is quite healthy right now.
Cooperation, yes, merger, no
While collaboration and cooperation chugs along, Watson stopped short of saying a merger between the two denominations would one day emerge.
"I'm not envisioning that at this point," he said. "But I think that in terms of ministry we'll continue to look for ways to collaborate, but the actual combination of the two denominations, I don't think that's necessarily will be beneficial to ministry."
Even so, Rev. Joel Boot wants the CRC and RCA to continue forging strong bonds.
"It is my hope and prayer that it does continue to grow and eventually it will see us working even more closely together," said Boot.
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Largest of the Greek islands...
Palace of Knossos circa 1700BC
Visiting any of the Greek Islands in late November presents some challenges. The smaller islands like Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes are essentially shut down until spring. Crete was our best option, promising worthwhile ancient history along with a beautiful countryside. Even on Crete though, we found the off-season meant lots of construction and limited access to popular tourist spots. Surprisingly for such a civilized place, we learned that in the big cities of Crete tap water is not drinkable.
Wednesday November 22nd
We arrived at Heraklion airport just before noon and headed for the Palace of Knossos. There's history as well as questions about what happened there. The original palace dates from 1900BC and was destroyed by an earthquake. The rebuilt palace, circa 1700BC, was surrounded by a large city and represented a center of civilization in its time. In 1450BC an unknown disaster occurred (perhaps from Santorini's volcano) burning down many of the buildings and forcing the abandonment of the palaces and villas.
Sunset over Heraklion Harbor
Knossos was excavated by Sir Arthur Evans at the end of the 19th century and amidst some controversy, was reconstructed to resemble the original (first three pictures above). We found the site unremarkable and the reconstructions unrealistic. Heading back into Heraklion, we were disappointed to find that the famous Architectural Museum was closed through April for renovations. Instead, we visited the Historical Museum which was worth a quick walk through if only to see the El Grecos (from Crete's native son) in their collection. We then walked out to the old Venetian fortress, Koules, which guarded the inner harbor (fourth picture above).
Driving south to the old city wall we visited the interesting gravesite of Nikos Kazantzakis, controversial author of Zorba the Greek. The inscription on his plain gravestone (first picture below) reads: "I fear nothing, I hope for nothing, I am free". From the same spot looking southward, the "Sleeping Zeus" mountain looms, shaped like Zeus's head in recline (second picture below). Looking northward we got a good view of the contrasting architectural styles of Heraklion (third picture below). Back in the city center in the late afternoon, we visited the large Ayios Minas cathedral (inside view - fourth picture below) and walked through the town.
We then checked into our hotel, The GDM Megaron which was billed as the best hotel in the city. It turned out to be overpriced and unable to get anything right. Our guaranteed non-smoking room was a smoking room. Our guaranteed two twin beds were pushed together with one set of covers and despite what their website promised, there was no air conditioning, just a heater. We were glad we only had to endure one night there. That evening, we walked up the hill from our hotel for a relaxing dinner at a Greek/Italian restaurant on Elefterias Square that had been recommended by our driver.
Thanksgiving Day, November 23rd
We met our driver at 9AM and headed southwest through the countryside (first and second pictures below, bearing a remarkable resemblance to California's wine country) toward the southern coast of Crete, stopping along the way at the Greco-Roman city of Gortnya. Its Odeion (third picture below) fronts a stone wall inscribed with the 600 lines of the Gortnya Law code.
Continuing south, we arrived at the Palace of Phaestos which dates back to 1900BC. The site has been excavated, but not reconstructed like Knossos, offering a more realistic walk-through from our perspective. The fourth picture above shows the base of Phaestos' grand staircase. Continuing through the site, we passed ancient buildings (first picture below), open courtyards (second picture below) and rooms containing large clay pots (third picture below) created almost 4000 years ago.
Driving northwest from Phaestos, we crossed the cooler mountainous center of Crete (fourth picture above along the road) heading toward the north central coast. Approaching the city of Rethymnon from the hills (first picture below) the climate shifted from cool and cloudy back to warm and pleasant. Rethymnon has an interesting old town area with shops and walk-streets (second picture below) leading to a picturesque Venetian harbor (third picture below). We finished our Thanksgiving day on Crete driving back to Heraklion airport along the northern coast. The fourth picture below is a "hearts in nature" shot along the coast road. At the side of the road nearing Heraklion, our driver took the large picture top of page right of Craig and I as the sun set over the harbor. All in all a remarkable Greek Island journey.
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