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Following the success of last year’s The Clockwork Lion, Premier was briefed to create a bold and newsworthy PR stunt for Big Cat Week 2017, a week of programming on Nat Geo Wild showcasing extraordinary felines and highlighting key conservation issues.
Premier took inspiration from the episode Mission Critical: Leopards at the Door, highlighting the plight of leopards in places like Mumbai, where habitat destruction results in leopards having to roam the street with man. Working with John Nolan, one of the UK’s leading animatronic designers known for Harry Potter and BBC Spy in the Wild, the stunt team oversaw the design and build of the world’s first realistic animatronic leopard, with over forty moving parts. The breathing, roaring leopard, named Lily, was filmed and photographed in various scenarios as it was unleashed to unsuspecting Brits creating a stunt that was in equal measures funny, shocking and thought provoking.
Coverage for the stunt included a double page spread in The i and further leading print coverage in the Metro and The Times. TV coverage included Sky News, Channel 5 News and ITV Meridian. Online highlights included Mail Online, The Sun, Telegraph, Daily Mirror, Reuters, Mashable, Wired, AOL and Yahoo. Meanwhile a partnership with influencers Wall of Comedy resulted in a branded prank video that generated 8 million viewers and over 70,000 shares.
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A tale of two Slavic strongmen
For all their differences, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko are cut from the same cloth.
By Vijai Maheshwari
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Kremlin | Sergei Karpukhin/AFP via Getty Images
KIEV, Ukarine — On the surface, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have every reason to be bosom buddies. Both are strongmen of the Russian-speaking world, their states linked in a federal union. They have no qualms about jailing or “disappearing” their opponents, muzzling the media or talking tough to the West. Soviet revanchists at heart, both lament the demise of the powerful Soviet Union and yearn for empire. Lukashenko, in fact, was the only Belarusian deputy to vote against the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
They’re also both bachelors who like to be seen in the company of beautiful, preferably Slavic, women. And while Lukashenko doesn’t share Putin’s penchant for bareback horseriding, he’s no couch potato either. The Belarusian is an avid skier and ice hockey player. Both Putin and Lukashenko were born in the early to mid-'50s; Putin is older by close to two years.
But don’t expect to see them high-fiving on the sidelines of a closed-door meeting anytime soon. The two men can’t stand each other.
The calculating ex-KGB Russian has dismissed his Belarusian counterpart — who was the director of a state pig farm during the Soviet era — as a treacherous buffoon. And he hasn’t forgiven Lukashenko for his refusal to fall in line with other ex-Soviet leaders and recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. (Lukashenko called it a “bad precedent” instead.)
The Belarusian has also turned down Russian requests for an air force base in Belarus and closer military cooperation, and has increasingly tilted to the West to diversify the country’s economy, which has suffered from the economic downturn in sanctions-hit Russia, its main trading partner.
Lukashenko appears to have decided to dig in his heels and rely on his authoritarian instincts.
Putin didn’t take well to Lukashenko’s decision to grant visa-free travel to Europeans and Americans. He recently reintroduced border controls between the two nations, even though they’re part of a “Union State,” and cut back on supplies of subsidized gas and oil that power the Belarusian economy — an agreement known as “gas for kisses” — thus jeopardizing the country’s fragile recovery.
As Belarus’ economy sputters, Lukashenko has faced rare street protests over his introduction of an unpopular “parasite” tax on the unemployed. Fearful of Putin using a popular uprising as a pretext for a “palace coup,” the Belarusian leader at first showed rare restraint in cracking down on the protestors. But the latest demonstrations — held on Belarusian Freedom Day, on March 25 — were met with trademark brutality. More than 500 protestors were arrested, and videos on social media showed riot police kicking and beating unarmed civilians, including pensioners.
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Meanwhile, the Belarusian leader’s showdown with Moscow has escalated. In an emotional seven-and-a-half-hour speech during his annual press conference in Minsk in February, Lukashenko claimed the Kremlin had “Belarus by the throat” over concerns that the country “would move closer to the West.” He even threatened to give up cheap Russian gas if necessary. Lukashenko’s message to Putin was clear: I’m no lapdog and I’m willing to risk confrontation to safeguard my independence.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko | Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
In response, the Russian media has stepped up its propaganda against Belarus, denouncing anti-Russian sentiment in the country, likening the Belarusian leader to a “Mafia godfather” and warning of a Ukraine-style popular uprising.
With tensions on the rise between the two fraternal nations, the stakes are indeed high. Will Putin risk a Crimea-style military intervention in Belarus if his fellow strongman decides to turn to the West for good?
What happens next will depend on the personal chemistry between the two strongmen and the narrative arc of their tumultuous relationship over the last two decades. Unlike other post-Soviet dictators — or even the former Turkmen leader “Turkmenbashi,” who erected gold statues of his likeness across his country but was deferential to the Kremlin — Lukashenko has never considered himself second fiddle to Putin.
A fellow Slav, Lukashenko has been in power since 1994, a full six years longer than Putin, and considers himself his equal. When a bare-chested Putin boasted about catching a 21-kilogram pike in one of his publicity stunts, Lukashenko one-upped him and bagged a 57-kilogram catfish. In Belarus, media headlines read, “My catfish is bigger than your pike.”
Lukashenko’s grand goal when agreeing to a supranational union of Russia and Belarus with President Boris Yeltsin in 1999 was to rule over the federal entity under a rotating presidency. He envisaged being a Soviet-style leader of the Commonwealth, thus greatly expanding his powers and international stature. Putin, however, poured cold water on the Belarusian’s dreams of imperial glory, famously remarking that Belarus was the “fly” to Russia’s “meatball,” and thus had no rights to equality in their grand union.
As Putin has refashioned himself as the ideological leader of populist movements sweeping the West, Lukashenko has remained an international pariah. Dismissed by many as “Europe’s last dictator,” he was derided for praising Hitler and for his sophomoric comment that it’s “better to be a dictator than gay.”
There's an argument that Putin, left, copied extensively from Lukashenko's playbook | Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
Although he has softened his stance in recent years and has even gone so far as to praise the European Union, the Belarusian still plays the role of the Joker to Putin’s wily Batman.
It might be tempting for Putin to replace the intransigent Belarusian leader with a more pliant candidate. But he’s smart enough to understand the perils involved. The opposition in Belarus is far more pro-Western than Lukashenko, and a Kremlin “coup” might encourage the Western half of the country to secede and seek an arrangement with Europe.
Putin may also be in Lukashenko’s debt. It’s not unlikely he borrowed heavily from Lukashenko’s strongman playbook. After all, Lukashenko was rigging elections and muzzling critics long before Putin came to power in 2000. The Belarusian leader’s appeal to his citizens has been his ability to provide economic and social security in return for unquestioning loyalty, a formula Putin has also successfully copied in Russia, where the state guarantees social stability and expects obeisance from its citizens in return.
Putin’s genius lies in updating the Belarusian’s tactics for the modern era and using sophisticated propaganda, hacking and other modern tools to bolster his appeal. While Lukashenko still sports an old-school East European mustache, Putin prefers the sartorial style of Bond villains, with his trademark turtlenecks, leather jackets, expensive watches and black suit.
Whether they do indeed decide to compare notes and conspire, social unrest in Russia makes it much less likely that Putin will move against Lukashenko.
Still, for all their superficial differences and diplomatic squabbles, the two leaders are cut from the same cloth. And they both now face civil unrest fueled by an economic downturn. Putin’s promise of economic and social stability has come under threat from Western-imposed sanctions and a slump in oil prices. Though his recent crackdown on protests led by dissident politician Alexei Navalny was not as brutal as in neighboring Belarus, further unrest might tip the balance and unleash even greater violence.
It’s still possible too that the crises in their respective countries will draw the two Slavic strongmen closer. Perhaps they’ll brainstorm ways to contain the protests and avoid another Ukraine-style revolution. After all, Putin is reflexively loyal to dictators, as evinced by his unwavering support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and he might be unwilling to unseat Lukashenko during his moment of weakness.
Whether they do indeed decide to compare notes and conspire, social unrest in Russia makes it much less likely that Putin will move against Lukashenko and risk destabilizing the situation even further. In fact, he might even want the Belarusian tyrant to hang on to power by brutalizing his opponents — and make Russia look more hospitable to dissidents by comparison.
This article was updated to correct a reference to the date of birth of Putin and Lukashenko.
Vijai Maheshwari is a writer and entrepreneur based in Kiev, Ukraine. He spent six years in Moscow in the 1990s, and was also editor-in-chief of Russian Playboy.
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This Congress "adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election."
— Laura Ingraham on Sunday, September 28th, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week"
Current Congress adjourned earlier in election year than any previous Congress, Ingraham claims
By Jon Greenberg on Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 4:59 p.m.
A nearly empty hall near the Senate chamber, during recess prior to the 2014 elections. (Doug Mills/New York Times)
A couple of hefty issues await congressional action. There’s the matter of replacing departing Attorney General Eric Holder, and even more pressing, authorizing or rejecting America’s attacks on the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq where airstrikes are ongoing. But both items are for the moment on hold until lawmakers get back Nov. 12. Their last official day of business was Sept. 19.
Conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham was particularly peeved by Congress’ absence as the American military returns to war in the Middle East. Ingraham focused on the constitutional role Congress has in declaring war.
"We should have civilian authorization, civilian leadership authorization for this war, otherwise we're going to be in for real trouble down the road," Ingraham said.
Moments earlier, she said: "The Congress adjourned earliest of any time in Congressional history before an election."
We thought we’d check whether taking a long break in September and October is as record-setting as Ingraham asserted.
She’s incorrect, but before we get to the details, we need to clarify a couple of terms.
When we talk about a session of Congress, we mean the stretch that starts in January and generally ends in December. According the Congressional Research Service, "A session begins when the chamber convenes and ends when it adjourns. A recess, by contrast, does not terminate a session, but only suspends it temporarily."
Lawmakers and pundits often refer to a recess as an adjournment. Right now, technically Congress is in recess. The Congressional Research Service acknowledged that the informal use of the words doesn’t always align with their formal meaning.
The House of Representatives has a table with the schedule of every session of Congress going back to 1789. To check Ingraham’s claim, we need only go back as far as 1960. That year, Congress ended its session for the year and adjourned on Sept. 1. That was a full adjournment (not just a recess) and it came 18 days sooner than this year’s extended recess. For the record, 1960 was the year that Republican Richard Nixon faced Democrat John F. Kennedy.
Interestingly, Sept. 1 was not particularly early for the times. In 1959, Congress adjourned for the year Sept. 15. In 1958, Congress adjourned Aug. 24. In 1956, it was July 27. We note that the last two in that list were election years.
So Ingraham is wrong, but we should note similar-sounding claims Sunday that are accurate.
On Fox News Sunday, Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barasso said, "This is the earliest Congress has adjourned in over 50 years." On CBS’ Face the Nation, Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine called it "the second-earliest recess before a midterm since 1960."
Both senators are correct (if you excuse Barrasso’s use of adjourn instead of recess).
For Barrasso, "over 50 years," takes us back to any year up to 1963, or 51 years ago. The record shows that since 1963, Congress often has taken short breaks in September, given lawmakers several weeks in October to campaign in election years, and even closed the books for the year in October. But an extended break from mid September to mid November has not occurred.
Kaine’s claim is spot on.
Ingraham said Congress had adjourned earlier this year than in any time in "Congressional history before an election." Technically, Congress is in recess and hasn’t adjourned.
But setting that aside, the record shows that in 1960, Congress adjourned and ended its session Sept. 1 -- more than two weeks before the current Congress took its recess.
We rate the claim False.
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 4:59 p.m.
Edited by: Aaron Sharockman
Subjects: Congress, Elections, History
ABC News, This Week, Sept. 28, 2014
CBS News, Face the Nation, Sept. 28, 2014
Fox News, Fox News Sunday, Sept., 28, 2014
Congressional Research Service, Sessions, Adjournments, and Recesses of Congress , Feb. 27, 2013
U.S. House of Representatives, Session dates
Congresslink.org, The basics
Library of Congress, Days in session calendars
Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Floor Activities, Sept. 19, 2014
USA Today, Unproductive Congress earliest to adjourn since 1960, Sept. 21, 2012
Email interview, Emily Schillinger, communications director, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
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Look at You, You Big Silly, Says 'Assassin's Creed 3'
Colin Dray
Assassin's Creed 3 is an enormous, beautifully rendered sandbox game designed to kick sand in your face.
I was hunting for a UFO when I finally snapped.
Scampering across the wilderness, watching the silhouette of a tree on the horizon coalesce from out of the distance haze, I knew, before I had even confirmed the sight, what I was going to find. But I pushed my avatar character forward anyway, watching him hunch in his predatory sprint, heading toward an inevitable disappointment.
I was playing out the last of what had now been several 'Frontiersman missions' in Assassin's Creed 3. These were optional side quests in which, after overhearing some piece of whispered legend, would send the game's protagonist Connor out into the American wilderness searching for answers. And given that each of these local mysteries includes tales of spooky ghosts, otherworldly murders, or impossible beasts, these beats play out like fleeting colonial X-Files investigations, unravelling the fact from the fiction in America's early urban mythology.
Unlike Mulder and Scully's adventures, however, here Connor repeatedly finds each story to be a bogus exaggeration. A 'haunted' lighthouse proves to be just a tattered blanket on some sticks; tales of the fearful Kraken dissolve with the discovery of an old diving suit; the fearful visage of the Sasquatch turns out to be only some old hermit squatting in a cave. The closest the paranormal seems to dance with these campfire tales is hunting for the Headless Horseman, where a grim figure actually is spotted riding off into the wilderness. But given that this is almost certainly just some homicidal maniac with a carved pumpkin on his head, it's hardly the proverbial smoking gun to prove that Jacob Marley, ALF, and Elvis are sharing a rented condo in the Bermuda Triangle.
And here I was, at the end of this run of anti-climaxes, responding to the sighting of a UFO in the area. Running across that clearing, I already knew what I was going to find. Knew in my head and my heart exactly what it was going to be. And yep, there it was. Not a space ship or a flying saucer, but a single umbrella fluttering in a tree.
An umbrella in a tree.
Of course, it's meant as a bit of light comedy. Can you believe those crazy stories?! it seems to say. The people of this time are apparently so ignorant that a wind-swept parasol inspires tales of life beyond the stars! But the joke is also at your expense as the player. Look at you, you big silly, it says. Chasing all over the countryside after a bunch of wild fantasies!
...Which would be very droll, except: isn't this the game where the storyline – the entire main storyline – concerns a civil war between factions of an alien forerunner race who have prophesied the end of the world? A tale in which dead extraterrestrials masquerade as gods in order to shape the DNA and psyche of every human being that has ever lived? The series principally concerned with two clandestine cabals of zealots locked in an endless ideological conflict – expansive armies (that have gone unnoticed by the general populace) that are directly involved in every single major moment in the history of the world? Didn't the whole plot of the past several games explain that every religion, philosophy, and social structure in human history is inextricably tied to some weird Dan Brown fever dream of the Freemasons/ Illuminati/ Skull and Bones/ Mouseketeers – a secret organisation that built a machine (part alien!) that can help you re-live the memories of your ancestors through inherited-genomes-pseudo-science-expositional-techno-babble?
...But yeah: a UFO or Bigfoot? That's just nuts.
And at that moment, scampering up the tree to let the game laugh at my willingness to jump through its hoops, something snapped. I realised, all at once, that I had lost any investment I had in the series – that even though I might well continue playing the Assassin's Creed games in future (and I did), a fundamental bond between audience and text had nonetheless been ruptured, and would likely never return.
That, of course, was just my personal breaking point, but if the past few weeks are indicative of anything, I suspect I'm not the only one starting to lose interest. After all, it's now that time of year, as inevitable as sunrise, when Ubisoft takes a break from the non-stop, unrelenting onslaught of promos, advertisements, pre-release hype, demos, competitions, and post launch DLC for their previous Assassin's game, in order to take a breath, and immediately start teasing the next inevitable release in their yearly schedule. But this time, while it would be inaccurate to say that there's no buzz around the game, the response to the recent splashy announcement of the next installment, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, is a little muted, it seems.
Perhaps it's a product of the saturating ubiquity of the franchise. In just the few months since Assassin's Creed: Unity launched, several other Assassin's branded games have already been announced or released: mobile apps, 2D stealth platformers, reissues of older games. Perhaps the company burned off a lot of good when Unity emerged as one of the most unpolished, bug-riddled, glitchy games in history – its reputation further sullied when it was revealed that a press embargo from Ubisoft had actively prevented reviewers from mentioning any of these flaws until after the game was already in stores and purchased by fans.
Whatever the reason, it seems true to say that even some of the series' most ardent supporters are now more 'cautiously optimistic' than 'Take my money!', and I suspect that it might be Assassin's Creed 3 the carries the burden for this shift – the game in which the series finally revealed its whole teased meta-narrative to be nothing more than an umbrella fluttering in a tree.
Land of the Free-ish
In many ways Assassin's Creed 3 tried to be as epic, grand and sprawling as the country – colonial America – that it sought to reflect. But it was a mess. Part techno-babble sci-fi, part historical drama, part thumping action spectacular, part maudlin family soap opera, part power fantasy, part mash note to hopeless emo nihilism, part meta-fictional commentary on the conventions of videogames, part unabashed exploiter of every hammy videogame trope, the game was awash with fundamental contradictions.
The narrative spanned two continents and several major cities. It jumped between two distinct time periods. It concerned itself with three major protagonists, all competing for the player's attention. There were even at least three epilogues to the game. Literally: three epilogues. (It's no wonder the credits of the game run for about the length of an average Peter Jackson film.) At some moments the narrative is filled with pretentious bloat – long meandering speechifying and posturing. At others, it's inscrutably lean – whole years of narrative development were skipped, characters inexplicably disappeared or sent you off on quests that had little justification.
To its credit, the game sought to explore some of the real world injustices and hypocrisies that littered the overly-romanticised age of America's founding fathers, thereby questioning the willful mythologising of history. Here George Washington is depicted at times as a ruthless mercenary, even willing to order the slaughter of whole tribes of Native Americans, something true to historical record. Ben Franklin's infamously lecherous letter to a friend extolling the benefits of choosing an older mistress is quoted directly.
At the same time, the game indulges a cartoonishly oversimplified revisionist conspiracy history, and frequently sidelines some inconvenient truths. There are very few African American slaves depicted in the game, with slavery itself largely hand-waved away early in the narrative by Samuel Adams; and complex social conflicts always boil down to the game's fantastical Templar versus Assassin's conceit. It's in this, the game's central thematic exploration of the conflict between the Templars and the Assassins – between an oppressive, clandestine society devoted to social engineering human history, and an (ironically highly organised) group of murderous anarchists striving to thwart their plans for some amorphous definition of freedom – that the issues with the game become most pronounced.
Up until Assassin's Creed 3 the franchise had built upon each previous iteration, continuously cramming more content, more side objectives, more mini-games, into its endlessly expanding coffers. As the series wore on, however, it became progressively overburdened with extraneous mechanics, with Assassin's Creed 3 arguably its most overstuffed. (Which, if one wanted to get snarky for a second, seems a little ironic, considering how much of its narrative is spent chastising its imperialist characters for serving an empire that wants to arrogantly overstretch itself.)
The game boasts a multitude of weapons, a series of stat upgrades, stealth, melee and projectile combat, vehicle travel, an assassin squadron to recruit, order about, and micromanage, hunting, item crafting (with recipes), lock-picking, a selection of playable historical board games, a small homestead and trading sim, cryptic puzzles, fort liberations, horse riding, an entire naval control and combat system (because for almost no reason you're made a ship captain too), infantry orders, canon targeting, for one entire expository sequence you become a spirit eagle flying through the air avoiding obstacles because... I guess that's something else to do. On and on and on...
Yet, despite this glut of options, the game repeatedly strips away this wealth of choice in order to funnel the player into passive, scripted sequences. Learning to lead a battalion of men and offer them cover fire with a canon is used precisely once – seconds after that mechanic is explained – and never seen again. Many of the assassinations are impossible unless approached from specific angles expressly dictated by the game designers. Cinematic sequences force the player down narrow, non-interactive pathways. Most peculiarly, several fight scenes with major antagonists turn into straight battles of attrition, in which the player character must be manoeuvred around to some piece of interactive scenery where he is required to utilise pre-rendered contextual attacks.
This restriction is perhaps most clearly displayed in the game's much maligned introductory chapters. Rather than allowing the player the freedom to explore their world, the game directs them, over the course of several hours, in how they are to move and behave, drip feeding them new skills and dictating how to use them. Indeed, you are so confined in this tutorial period that you spend a good portion of it confined to the deck of a boat, surrounded by open ocean that offers only inglorious death.
The reason that this opening chapter is so constrained is revealed in a plot twist misdirect: the character you are playing, Haytham Kenway, is actually a devoted Templar – not the freedom-spruiking Assassin you presumed him to be. Thus, this kind of rigid, claustrophobic play-style is entirely representative of his world view. When the game's true historical protagonist is revealed, Kenway's illegitimate Native American son Ratonhnhaké:ton, or Connor, the stage seems to be set for a direct interrogation of the irresolvable yin and yang spiral at the heart of the game series. Having literalised the conflict between Templar and Assassin as father and son, by asking you to play as and empathise with both men, the game appears ready to weigh free will and totalitarian order against one another on a global and personal scale.
But then it goes on to repeatedly undercut this intriguing conceit.
What happens instead, over the course of a dozen more hours, is a curiously undercooked build up to a rote fight. Connor eventually meets his father and arbitrarily agrees to start running errands for him, with any notion of free will disregarded as neither the player, nor the supposedly independent Connor himself, is permitted to do anything but follow Haytham's morally questionable instructions. (Even in side-missions you are inexplicably forced to do Haytham's work for him. Connor is still running around chasing Ben Franklin's notes long into the game – even though he wasn't the guy originally given that task.) Soon Connor is predictably double-crossed, and the father that you were compelled to play, whose goals you were at first invited to empathise with, is reduced to merely a stiff, narcissistic zealot, his motivations for diligently serving the Templar order and spreading imperial dominance across the globe through violent oppression no more nuanced than any other moustache-twirling villain.
The climactic battle between Connor and his father, the supposed resolution of the conflict between these two characters and the culmination of the game's oversimplified metaphorical exploration of their world views, becomes merely another endorsement of constraint. For all of his innumerable fighting styles and weaponry and companions, Connor (and the player that gives him agency) can only win this scripted fight if he performs precisely as the game dictates, by participating in the game's obsession with counters and interactive objects – effectively a series of dressed up quick-time events.
So at the climax of Connor's narrative, although incessantly paying lip service to the notion of 'freedom', and supposedly using him as a symbol of defiance, Assassin's Creed 3 instead persists in stripping any such freedoms away, forcing the player down a singular, preordained path from which they cannot stray.
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Research paper on Economics for Global Business
Ireland, once apparently one of the international largest economic success stories, is nowadays one of the recession’s worst casualties. This paper is meant to review the Irish macroeconomic policies used by the Irish Administration and the European Central Bank and estimate how successful have European Central Bank and Irish Administration been in running the economy over the last couple of years.
The Irish Case – The Adjustment Process
However, Ireland was not immune to all challenges the financial crisis posed to lots of the international advanced economies. In contrast: the nation has had to cope with more harsh troubles than most.
There are three main milestones of the Irish macroeconomic and the fiscal adjustment program:
A return to development in 2011.
Progressive return to the market funding in advance of the finale of the program in 2013.
Reaching the fiscal deficit of three percent in 2015 (O’Rourke).
Measured against the milestones, it is crucial to admit that Ireland has managed with many of its challenges: the economy is well on the pathway to restoring competitiveness, lessening the fiscal deficit (-10 in 2011; -8.6 aim for 2012), repairing the institutional frame and banking sector. The nation has managed to close the trade deficit and to come back to development, even if at the modest levels (0.7 percent in 2011; plans: 0.5 percent in 2012; two percent in 2013). The turn would not have been probable with no Ireland’s major asset: gifted, well-educated labor force. This power is most obviously depicted in the fact that export industry has carried on attracting foreign investors during the worst eras to hit the international economy in the century.
The Financial Sphere and the Role of the ECB
The role of Eurosystem in the nation over the last years, and more specially the role of ECB, has frequently been misunderstood. This paper takes the opportunity to set this record straight. Relative to a size of economy, no other state from euro area has obtained so much support from Eurosystem. Also, no other organization has provided more assistance to Ireland than ECB. IMF program money combined EUR 67 billion. The liquidity support �� to all of nation’s qualified banks �� has usually been more than double the sum (O’Rourke).
By the moment the program of support was, in fact, agreed with the global lenders in 2010, ECB had already been offering the unexpected degrees of support for some years. Whilst the support was totally in line with general regulations used by ECB to all euro area nations, Ireland benefited more than other state as the banking sphere imbalances were predominantly huge.
ECB was, therefore, the major partner of the Irish administration in staving-off the most horrible impacts of the crisis, prior to the EU/IMF program was created. Before EU/IMF program was agreed, the entire Eurosystem loan support for the nation (counting the monetary policies operations to appropriate banks and liquidity help from Central Bank of Ireland) counted to 100% of GDP.
There are, nevertheless, statutory restrictions concerning what Eurosystem can do, and the obvious dividing line among the duties of a State and the duties of the central bank. Certainly the current support extended by ECB and Central Bank of Ireland to nation’s banks has to be considerably lessened over time. For Ireland’s economy to recuperate, the banking system should be sound and totally functioning. It will be hard to achieve with banks that stay dependent on support from Eurosystem. With certain measures to break this addiction, the circumstances will be in place for recuperation. The basis for this recuperation has already been laid. In 2010, the ECB played the major role in mitigating challenges facing banking system, and in creating the program measures to reverse the situation (Farrelly).
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HomenewsTerm paper writingEssay on Recording interrogations: Proposed Study
Essay on Recording interrogations: Proposed Study
Hence, it is possible to suggest that video- and audio-records can enhance truthfulness of responses of witnesses during interrogations because they grow more aware of their legal responsibility and psychologically they become more responsible as they know that their responses are recorded accurately. In this regard, the study involving interrogators and witnesses can be used, during which both interrogators and witnesses can provide their opinion on the use of video- and audio-records during interrogations and the impact of recording on the responses of witnesses.
New in the Proposed Study
The proposed study focuses on truthfulness and its relevance to video- and audio-recording that is new in the study of recording impact on witnesses since other studies focused on psychological impact or other effects of recording of interrogations without assessing and evaluating truthfulness as the key element of interrogation of witnesses.
The study involves two groups of subjects. The first group consists of interrogators, who have different experience of interrogations and who may provide their expert opinion on responses of witnesses, when video- and audio-records are applied. The second group will consist of witnesses, who have already passed through the interrogation process. They will respond concerning the actual or potential (if their interrogations have not been recorded yet) impact of video- and audio-records on their responses and truthfulness. Interrogators and witnesses will be of different age, educational level, social and racial background.
Subjects were selected randomly from interrogators and witnesses. To select interrogators, a police department was contacted, while witnesses were recruited online. Hence, interviews involving interrogators were conducted face-to-face, while interviews involving witnesses were conducted online in video chats. All participants were informed of the goal of the study and their participation was based on their enthusiasm to help to study the impact of video- and audio-recording on witnesses.
The study will consist of interviews designed specifically for interrogators and witnesses. Each group will respond to interviews, while the responses are recorded. Later the recorded responses will be processed by the researcher and the obtained information will be analyzed carefully to obtain findings that will either prove or deny the hypothesis that audio- and video-recording of interrogations can have a positive impact on the truthfulness of witnesses during interrogations. Interviews of interrogators will be face-to-face interviews, while interviews of witnesses will be conducted online with the help of video chat.
Interviews for interrogators will contain the following questions:
What experience of interrogations do you have?
How long have you been using audio- or video-recording in the course of interrogations?
Have you ever noticed any difference in the behavior or responses of witnesses during conventional interrogation and the interrogation with audio- or video-recording?
Have you ever used audio- or video-records of interrogations to prove your righteousness or the deception from the part of witnesses?
How do you think audio- and video-recording of interrogations have influenced the interrogation process?
How do you think audio- and video-recording of interrogations have influenced the behavior and responses of witnesses?
How do you think audio- and video-recording of interrogations have influenced you behavior and style of interrogations?
Do you think video- or audio-recording of interrogations is necessary? Why?
Interview questions for witnesses are as follows:
Have you ever been involved in interrogations?
Have your interrogation been recorded?
What means of recording have been used?
What did you feel when the video- or audio-recording of your interrogation has started?
Do you think you would respond differently, if your interrogation has not been recorded?
Did you feel comfortable during the recorded interrogation?
How would you describe the behavior and style of interrogators?
Do you think video- or audio-recording of interrogations have played a restrictive part on your interrogators?
All respondents will sign the informed consent and they will participate in the study on the condition of anonymity. Their names and actual position will never be disclosed. In such a way, subjects of the study will feel secure and, therefore, they will provide accurate and true responses to the questions in the course of interviews. As information is collected, it will be processed by the researcher. The researcher will identify similarities and contradictions in responses of subjects and make key findings of the study on the ground of which the researcher can make conclusions concerning the proposed study.
Conclusion and Research Implications
Thus, the study focusing on the research of the impact of video- and audio recording of interrogations can help to reveal whether the recording can help to increase truthfulness of responses of witnesses and how recording of interrogations can influence responses of witnesses at large. In fact, the study is likely to prove the hypothesis, taking into consideration the fact that other studies have already revealed that video- and audio-recording can influence witnesses during interrogations. At the same time, the current study will open the way for the further studies in the field of the possible positive impact of video- and audio recording of interrogations on witnesses’ accuracy and truthfulness. The further study of issues raised in the proposed study will be essential because the proposed study gives insights toward the understanding of the impact of interrogations on truthfulness of witnesses and their behavior during interrogations under the impact of video- and audio-recording.
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BLOG: Viral matters
David Burch
There have been a number of matters relating to viral infections in pigs that have tickled my interest recently.
Swine influenza – It is the time of year when the seasons are changing and soon we will be entering the darker, colder six months of the year, when respiratory infections are rife. Last December I visited a pig farm that had just broken with pandemic H1N1 flu and managed to pick up a respiratory infection that lasted for six weeks and finally I was treated with antibiotics to get rid of the secondary bronchitis. The farm had broken down with H3N2 the previous year. I am of an age now when I am invited for free flu vaccines on our National Health and I will take them up on their offer. It made me think of the sow herds and stock persons working on these farms, should they not be vaccinating themselves and also their stock against this common problem now that there is a vaccine that protects against the three major strains (Grippovac 3– Merial/IDT-B). The infections can go both ways.
PRRSV – We have been trying to carry out PRRSV elimination on a closed sow herd, using a triple vaccination approach. After stockpiling a large number of gilts brought in from the infected finishing units, we started with a killed PRRSV vaccine (Progressis – Merial) and then followed up with two live vaccine shots (Porcilis PRRS – Merck) at monthly intervals. Biosecurity was tightened up dramatically, to stop any outsiders, cars and lorries from entering directly on to the farm and gilts will be reared on site in future. Semen is still brought in but hopefully that will remain free of contamination. So far, six months into the programme, piglets appear free of the field virus by blood test and the new 'rope test', which collects their saliva and is then tested by PCR. Fingers crossed the pigs will continue to remain negative in the finishing barns.
ASF – African swine fever still seems to be a problem in the East of the EU, up against the Byelorussian border. In my naivety, as it is a 'notifiable' disease and is being used politically to limit EU exports of pork to Russia, I thought this would be resolved rapidly but no. It is not so easy. If you Google Earth and look at the borders between the countries you can see a small river and extensive forest either side – an ideal habitat for wild boar. The river is no barrier either. One imagined that there were probably the large impervious fences between the countries as in the old 'Cold War' days but there were not. Something major needs to be done, such as build a fence and possibly clear some of the forest for a kilometre or two along the border to stop the ready migration of infected animals; otherwise the risk of spread will continue and possibly grow.
PEDV – Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea, which has been a highly contagious plague in the US particularly but also other neighbouring countries has shown a slowing down of the disease spread during the summer, falling to 53 new farms a week last week, down from a peak of over 300 new cases/week in the winter months. Don't be lulled into a false sense of security, as I suspect when the cold kicks in, the Northern States won't be able to clean down trucks etc like last winter and the level of disease will pick up again, possibly to the 200 mark. What completely disappointed me was to find out a UK breeding company had brought in over 100 boars from the US. Testing and quarantine procedures were carried out but the potential risk is too frightening to contemplate. For it to happen in the UK, an island and therefore potentially protected, rather than in mainland Europe, was also a major surprise and shock. I hope it won't be repeated.
On this note, the UK (United Kingdom) may change shortly to become 'EWNI' (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the new 'USSR' (United Scottish Socialist Republic) if Scotland votes for independence this month. What exciting times we live in.
Swine Influenza
Dr. Eduardo J. Kwiecien
David, nice thoughts about these diseases that a threat to the swine industry worldwide. One thing, we have not PED or ASF, no yet, but we are plenty of PRRS everywhere you go in my country (Venezuela) even though some farms fought againts this virus and now they are free from PRRS.
We also have Swine Influenza but may be as subclincal form because we have detected positivity in serum samples but not from clinical cases.
Weather conditions, with high temperatures throughout the year, may be masking the real situation of this disease in Venezuela.
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You can visit the website of www.atovianimalg2.com and you tube. Although it’s in Filipino version I am willing to translate it to an English language.
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what certifications does your Atovi product have?
To quote your website
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This past session was incredible! The energy was high throughout as chalutzim (campers) learned new skills, made new connections, and challenged themselves in new ways. This week, as our campers arrive from all over the country, as well as from Israel, Mexico, and Canada for session 2A, our rashei edot, (division heads) reflect on the past four weeks and share their hopes for the rest of the summer.
Lexi, Rosh Ilanot:
Looking Back:
“The great thing about Ilanot is that you can be whimsical and imaginative, and it makes this place so exciting. You can use the woods and pretend there are fairies. It’s just so fun. I read a story from the Torah about the wrongs of stealing, and I told them that at the end of the story if they were good listeners they would get cookies. And at the end, I opened the box and the cookies were gone because the ‘jabberwockeys’ took them. Staff from all over were dressed up as jabberwockys and [the kids] had to answer the riddles in order to get the cookies back.”
Looking Forward:
“We’re doing more food peulot erevs, which I think is great because this age group loves to experiment with food, and so we’re gonna play that up and really explore that more. We’re also doing a camper- counselor switch day, which I think will be really exciting. I’m also really excited to bring more outside backpacking skills to masa, (Backcountry excursions).”
Liza, Rosh Metayalim:
“This past session, t’fillah was incredible. We learned early on that our kids love song, and they love to sing, and they had great things to say about what they’re thankful for during birkot hashachar, and they take it really seriously; it’s really beautiful. They also love hitbodedut; they go and they sit in the trees and they talk about the kind of pine cones they found… it’s awesome.”
“This coming session I’m really looking forward to making Shabbat really special for them. Since they’re young, the magic around Shabbat is still new to them, and I’m really looking forward to making our peulat Shabbat (Shabbat activity) and our ‘sikum shavua,’ (the review of the week) a really special time for them to reflect and connect with each other.”
Ronni, Rosh Solelim:
“One of my favorite memories from last session was having the wonderful opportunity to go on masa with the chalutzim and do t’fillot in the morning. It was very relaxed- every day we prayed on the river bank while watching the water rush by. Singing songs in a less formal setting was really special for the chalutzim.”
“Very excited to incorporate the kids’ own talents into things much more, so whether that’s a talent show, or hearing what the kids have to say for limmud (Jewish learning). From the start of next session, we’re going to start allowing chalutzim who want to speak on a topic of their choice to do so.”
Eliana, Rosh Bogrim:
“Last session, Bogrim got really into this game called slack jaw dance off where you have to make your jaw slack and not laugh while the other person dances. It was really silly and a lot of fun.”
“I’m really excited for next session to be exploring the idea of machloket bshem shamyim in limmud; how do we have an argument that’s for the sake of heaven, and how do we disagree constructively and respectively with each other.”
Eli, Rosh JOLI:
“One thing that went really well the last session was really handing over adventure masa to the group and letting them run with it and plan their program. Watching them go about trying to figure out how to divide the work and really facilitating each and every person’s growth…. it was really inspiring.”
“I wrote a new t’fillah curriculum for this year, I’m excited about doing it this session. It’s a spiraling curriculum that starts with the Shema and Amidah, and every day we add a new t’fillah and we start by picking it apart. And some of them we learn a niggun (melody) for it, and some of them we start by translating it and figuring out what it means for us, and some of them we learn a piece of halacha about it; really a different way to connect for each person every day. Hopefully, by the end of the summer, we’ll have the whole service, and there’s at least one gem in each prayer for each kid to hold on to.”
By Rachel Blau
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33 LISTS Name That SongAre you the "music guy" on your trivia team? Read up for some fun facts and little-known info that will score you maj points.
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12 Songs Sung By Teenagers That Were Clearly Written By Adults
Ann Casano
2.3k votes 519 voters 22.2k views 12 items
List Rules Vote up the songs that were clearly written by someone far older than the singer.
Pop music carries a long history of teenage artists singing songs written by adults. At the age of 18, how many bills did Beyoncé have to worry about? Lil' Bow Wow couldn't get into the club at age 13, but he found no issue singing about it. Pop sensations Tiffany, Shawn Mendes, and Britney Spears all scored major hits with heart-wrenching breakup songs that only adults could have written.
The success of these songs is a testament to the talent of every artist featured on this list. It's not easy for a young person to plausibly sell adult lyrics, yet each of these singers was able to convey the emotion needed to turn these tunes into hits. Here are 12 mature songs performed by artists who are too young.
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'Bounce With Me' - Lil' Bow Wow, 13
Rapper Lil' Bow Wow was only 13 years old when his debut single "Bounce with Me" hit music shelves in 2000. The Billboard hit was written by Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, and Shawntae Harris. It's hard to imagine that a 13-year-old knows much about popping collars and getting dollars, as he elaborates in lyrics such as:
Around here we pop them collars
Around here we get them dollars
Every girl I see that look right
Like me just gotta holla
A 13-year-old singing about "the club" doesn't make much sense in the first place, seeing as he wouldn't be able to legally enter one until almost a decade after the song's release.
Are they too young for this?
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'Leave (Get Out)' - JoJo, 14
JoJo was only 14 years old when her hit single "Leave (Get Out)" hit the Billboard Charts in 2004. The pop song was about kicking her man out of what one can only assume is her mother's house.
It was written by Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, Alex Cantrell, and Philip "Whitey" White. The song's lyrics include:
I gave up everything I had
On something that just would not last...
I think about how you promised me forever
I never thought that anyone could make me feel this way
These lines certainly carry the raw emotions of young love, but they seem to imply a level of trust and commitment that JoJo may not have had time to develop in her 14 years.
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'All I Wanna Do' - Christina Aguilera, 14
Christina Aguilera, known then as "the little girl with the big voice," recorded her first song, "All I Wanna Do," as a duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi. Aguilera was only 14 years old when she recorded "All I Wanna Do," which features the blushing lyrics of a girl inviting a boy over to "kiss and hug" and "party 'til the dawn."
While seemingly innocent on the surface, some of the song's lyrics are more troubling with the added context of Aguilera's age at the time. Christina did, however, help write it and has a credit on the song, along with Sia Kate Isobelle Furler and Samuel Ronald Dixon.
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'I Want You Back' - Michael Jackson (The Jackson Five), 11
Michael Jackson was only 11 years old when the Jackson 5 released their debut single "I Want You Back" in 1969. Even though Michael was one of the youngest members of the group, he took on lead vocals to the love song that would become the band's first No. 1 hit.
Penned by The Corporation, which comprised Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, and Deke Richards, "I Want You Back" tells the tale of a heartbroken boy who took his girl for granted and would do anything to get her back.
MJ's talent sells the lyrics, which include such gems as:
Trying to live without your love is one long sleepless night
Let me show you, girl, that I know wrong from right
However, it's odd to consider the fact that he was only a tween when the song topped the charts.
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Today I am emphatically calling on all PJTN “Watchmen” and all concerned Americans to join “The Million Signature March," a national petition to demand the immediate resignation of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
UPDATE: In the cases of Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib, these three uneducated Congresswomen who arose from the anti-Semitic, un-American, Women’s March are waging an unholy war in Congress to belittle the Holocaust, normalize anti-Semitism, mainstream anti-Americanism and whitewash Islamism. We the people, will not idly stand by as subversive forces openly work to destroy our country from within.
Time is urgent! When news broke last week of her shameful anti-Semitic messaging, President Trump called for her to resign from her Congressional seat. Even her own Democrat colleagues echoed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s tepid call for Omar to apologize.
Fast forward to today:
Where is the follow-up outrage to demand her resignation?
Where is the investigative reporting to demand answers to why an unrepentant anti-Semite and supporter of America’s enemies has been given a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee?
AND Where is Omar today… Laughing in the face of her detractors—including President Trump—and still privy to the classified information in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The media has buried the story and moved on, hoping we will follow their lead! We cannot be silent in the face of an elected official who poses a threat to our very national security!
Ilhan Omar must learn that concerned Americans such as you and me stand firmly with our Jewish brethren. We must stand in solidarity to affirm that she will not be allowed to use the heart of American democracy and freedom to defame God’s chosen people and God’s chosen land.
Do we have valid reasons to know that she is a threat to our national security?
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Omar has ties to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorist fundraising operation in the history of the U.S.
Omar is due to speak this month at a fundraising event for Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), an affiliate of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), the largest international Islamic charity in the world. The connections between the IRUSA, the IRW and terrorism should raise a red flag. In 1999, the IRW accepted a $50,000 check from Osama Bin Laden. In 2006, Israel arrested its project coordinator in Gaza office for funneling money to Hamas. In June 2014, Israel officially declared the organization to be illegal and banned it from operating in Israel and the Palestinian territories. In November 2014, the United Arab Emirates declared the IRW to be a terrorist group.
To add more fuel to the fire of her IRUSA speaking engagement, she will be speaking alongside senior IRUSA official Yousef Abdallah, who was widely criticized in 2017 after the Middle East Forum found he had expressed violently anti-Semitic ideas on his social media accounts.
The indication of her true politics came when she lashed out against Israel by tweeting in 2012:
“Israel has hypnotized the world. May Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar's anti-Semitic messaging has also brought to light her ties to several Muslim Brotherhood front groups. We are now calling on the Justice Department to launch a full and thorough investigation into this matter of national security.
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EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - We believe educational development is one of the most important aspects of a student athlete. Our role as a program is to assist each student athlete in developing their own potential and learning styles. We strive to assist student athletes with hands-on learning, cooperative learning, projects, themes, and individual work that can engage and activate learning.
ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT - We strive to develop fundamental basketball skills and knowledge of the game to enable each player to reach their full athletic potential.
We seek to develop players physically, technically, mentally, and emotionally. We emphasize teaching not only proper mechanics, but the mindset necessary to succeed in the game of basketball, where patience and perseverance often prevail over passion. No two players are alike and our coaches tailor their coaching to suit each player’s natural ability and skill set.
TEAMWORK - We stress the importance of teamwork and building strong, lasting bonds/relationships among players and coaches. Teamwork remains a core fundamental for every successful team and is the baseline for all planning and preparation. We strive to teach teamwork in all elements of the game and stress that each player on the team and each position on the court have a role in achieving team success. But teamwork is not just about execution--part of teamwork is supporting your teammates and picking them up when they have an off day or make a mistake. We fundamentally believe that players only reach their full potential when teammates are both well-drilled in their roles and basketball skills and are encouraging and supporting of each other.
COMPETITION - We provide the opportunity for players to compete at the highest levels of basketball. Competition is the fuel that drives athletes and sports, but "competing" is not a one dimensional concept. Being competitive means winning basketball games, but also means giving maximum effort while applying fundamental skills.
SPORTSMANSHIP AND RESPECT - We strive to build character, honor good sportsmanship, and teach respect for the game of basketball, coaches, teammates, opponents, officials, and family. Sportsmanship and respect are at the center of all of our basketball-related activities. PHPS Basketball program believes in playing the game of basketball with the right attitude and appreciation for the elements of the game. We believe in playing the game hard and aggressively while never compromising our principles for the sake of winning. Poor sportsmanship by players, coaches, or parents will not be tolerated. It is a privilege to wear the PHPS uniform and compete at the highest level. Our actions represent not only our teammates, coaches, and parents, but all of PHPS and the city of Sacramento..
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Elyse Betters · 4 November 2013
Amazon has just announced that Alpha House and Betas, its first original TV shows, will debut on 15 November and 22 November, respectively, but you won't be able to watch all the episodes at once.
Amazon Studios - an Amazon.com division that develops comics, movies and television shows from online submissions and crowd-sourced feedback - has decided to make the first three episodes of each series available free of charge to all Amazon customers.
To watch the intial three episodes for either show, just access the Amazon Instant Video app on Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, Roku, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U or any other connected device. Amazon Instant Video is also availble online at www.amazon.com/AIV.
If you want to watch the rest of the season for either show, you'll need to become a paid Amazon Prime subscriber. One episode of each show will debut weekly, exclusively on Prime Instant Video. Customers who are not already Prime members can register for a trial at www.amazon.com/prime.
Under this type of model, Amazon is side-stepping the binge-watching approach that Netflix favours, and is instead mimicking the model currently enforced by most cable companies in the US. That is, you subscribe to watch weekly episodes.
Read: Amazon Studios reveals the five streaming pilots to be made into series
“We will release three episodes upfront for all customers so they can try out the shows and get to know the characters. Then we will release new episodes via Prime Instant Video week by week so that customers can chat about the shows and build up anticipation," Amazon said in a press release.
Amazon hopes to drum up viewer numbers, as well as anticipation, and it likely wants to hook viewers into subscribing to Amazon Prime. The company admitted however that it is open to other ideas: "We’re constantly experimenting and trying new things - and we’re eager to hear customers’ feedback on this model.”
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Hands on: Acer Liquid E3 review
Britta O'Boyle · 27 February 2014
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Acer announced the Liquid E3 smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2014, featuring a 4.7-inch display and quad-core processor under the hood. We got our hands on the new device at the show to see what it brings to the table.
The Liquid E3 features a slim body measuring 8.9mm thick and the device feels comfortable to hold and a good size. It weighs 135g which is reasonably light, but feels well built and we liked it.
The edges are curved, there is a headphone jack and power button on the top and it features a smooth matte finish on the rear which completes the all-round nice design.
You will find the AcerRAPID feature on the back of the device under the camera lens, which acts as a quick way to launch the camera, apps, take a phone call or turn the display on. It is in an easy-to-access position and makes one-handed operation more manageable, but we couldn't test it at the show as the alarm tag was in the way.
There is also a front-facing speaker that is supported by DTS Studio Sound which claims to boost the audio performance.
Reasonable display
The Liquid E3 has a 4.7-inch HD IPS display that offers good viewing angles from what we could tell with our brief time with it.
We compared it side by side to the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact that we had on us and we found the whites on the Liquid E3 were not as white as the Z1 Compact but we weren't overly disappointed with it. The colours were bright and punchy though and the image was clear.
Inside the Liquid E3 is a 1.2GHz quad-core processor that keeps everything ticking along smoothly. There is no lag between switching tasks and it seems to perform tasks quickly and efficiently.
There is only 1GB of RAM supporting the processor but we weren't disappointed by the way the device reacted when we moved from one app to another. The 4GB of internal storage is a little disappointing though as it certainly won't last long if you download a couple of big apps such as Real Racing 3.
Simple but effective camera
The Liquid E3 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.8 lens and 2-megapixel front camera with a front LED flash so you should get some good selfies and other shots with this device. A 13-megapixel camera for a device at this end of the market is pretty good so we are looking forward to seeing what quality of images it produces.
The lighting conditions were pretty poor and our time was limited with it so we didn't get a chance to take any snaps but we will test the camera fully when we get it in for full review.
The rear camera also features an ultra-fast focus. We liked the camera from our first impressions, it responded quickly and it was easy to use, plus we haven't seen many devices that bring a front LED flash to the party, if any.
It runs on Android 4.2.2 which is slightly dated now but an update to KitKat is said to be coming soon to the device and it also offers the new Acer Liquid user interface and AcerFLOAT interface over the top, as well as Acer SnapNote.
The Acer user interface is layered over the top bringing a bright green background for the apps and widgets tabs, as well as a number of other variations on top of Google's Android system. The green might be a bit much for some but the interface itself is easy enough to navigate.
The Acer Liquid E3 is priced at €200 and will be available exclusively from Three initially, launching in April. For a mid-range device we liked it.
The design was simple but effective and we liked the matte feel of the rear when we held it. The display isn't the best out there but the colours look good and the viewing angles are also good.
We were also fans of the camera and its simplicity, as well as the addition of a front-facing LED flash, but the lack of internal storage will mean you have to be selective with how many snaps you take. Overall it's a nice device that serves its purpose well.
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The pastor of a Redding church was ordered Thursday to stand trial for allegedly molesting three children.
Pastor ordered to stand trial The pastor of a Redding church was ordered Thursday to stand trial for allegedly molesting three children. Check out this story on redding.com: http://reddingne.ws/2etnH55
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The pastor of a Redding church was ordered Thursday to stand trial for allegedly molesting three children over a seven-year span, the Shasta County District Attorney's Office said.
James Gladwell Crawford, the pastor at Westside Church of Redding off Swasey Drive, was ordered to stand trial on various lewd conduct -related charges, including 20 separate counts of lewd acts on a minor, following a lengthy preliminary hearing.
Crawford, who was arrested Feb. 3, is due back in Shasta County Superior Court on Sept. 22 for the possible setting of his trial date.
Although there was no sexual intercourse involved in the alleged crimes, Crawford is accused of inappropriately touching the girls and engaging in other inappropriate behavior with them, Shasta County Deputy District Attorney Patricia Van Ert has said.
Crawford is free of custody on $1 million bail.
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The government is to launch a new campaign to try and convince UK smokers that vaping is far less harmful than smoking and e-cigarettes provide a good way to help people to quit. The new campaign is to counter the scepticism that has been generated by some scientific studies and media headlines.
PHE’s Stance and Video Evidence
Public Health England (PHE) maintains that vaping is 95% less harmful than traditional smoking. The video in this article demonstrates how much of the harmful sticky black tar accumulates in the lungs of a heavy smoker in just one month. In comparison, the same amount of nicotine intake from an e-cigarette releases only a trace amount of residue.
Smokers need to be reassured that switching to an e-cigarette will be far less harmful than continuing to smoke despite the false fears that are out there. The demonstration in this video highlights the harm caused by each cigarette compared to a fraction of the risk from vaping.
False Claims
Studies have been published claiming that vaping could harm cells in the lungs without looking into the risks caused by cigarettes. A lab study from Birmingham University claimed that over 20 or 30 years there might be a negative effect and urged ‘cautious scepticism’ over the safety of vaping. They did concede that e-cigarettes were not more harmful than ordinary cigarettes.
The head of the tobacco control programme at PHE, Martin Dockrell, advises caution in believing this type of study. He reminds us that while we may think our scientists are detached about these things, both sides are deeply passionate about it. With contradictory and misleading reports, it is hard to know what to believe. The problem with this is that a smoker finding it hard to quit may not want to believe e-cigarettes are less harmful.
The claim that vaping causes ‘popcorn-lung’ which is a condition that makes people cough and struggle for breath can be caused by a chemical used to flavour popcorn. This chemical, diacetyl, is found in e-cigarettes, but what the studies fail to mention is that it is also in ordinary cigarettes at a level that is 100 times higher.
E-Cigarettes and School-Age Children
Anti-tobacco campaigners are worried that e-cigarettes will be a ‘gateway’ to smoking. Concern in the US is particularly high as vaping has taken off amongst high-school students, rising by 10% in the last year, with many using the USB sized Juul device.
Public Health England says that initially, e-cigarette use did rise among young people in the UK, but it plateaued in 2015. Plus the UK has far tighter regulations than the US, and the level of nicotine in an e-liquids is limited. Juul has higher nicotine levels in its products sold in the US than in the UK. Also, Dockrell says that no studies support the view that vaping increases tobacco use among young people.
Smoking Kills Half the People Who Take it Up
PHE says that e-cigarettes could help so many more people quit. Data from the smoking cessation programme showed that 65-68% of people who used e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapies were successful in quitting traditional smoking.
Dr Lion Shahab, from University College London, who appears in the video is concerned that the false belief that vaping is as harmful as smoking may be preventing thousands of smokers from switching to e-cigarettes.
The hope is that the illustrative experiment in this video helps to highlight how much damage traditional cigarettes cause and prove how vaping is so much less harmful. Dr Shahab says that using e-cigarettes on a long-term basis is relatively safe. Similar to using more traditional nicotine replacement products, such as patches or gum, and will boost your chances of quitting successfully.
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Serials Solutions Adds Sophisticated German-Language Search to the Summon™ Discovery Service
New Capabilities Allow for Spelling Variations and Compound Word Handling
SEATTLE – June 7, 2011 – Serials Solutions®, a business unit of ProQuest® LLC, announced today it has enhanced its German-language search functionality within the Summon™ web-scale discovery service by enabling a host of sophisticated features such as support for spelling variations and intelligent handling of various word forms, compound words and stop words.
While the Summon™ service has always supported UTF-8 encoding compliance for its foreign language search requirements, the complexities of the German language presents challenges for returning the most relevant search results available to users. With the new, sophisticated German-language search functionality in the Summon™ service, users will be able to search quickly and easily in German, without the need to account for the language’s unique characters and phrasing.
“Our goal has always been to provide researchers with the fastest and easiest discovery solutions available, and enhancing language search capabilities is high on the priority list,” said Andrea Michalek, director of technology, discovery services with Serials Solutions. “We have always supported match-for-match search in German, but we are now taking it a step further by offering researchers a truly native search functionality to ensure they receive the most relevant search results.”
The following sophisticated German-language search features are now available through the Summon™ service:
Support for Spelling Variations – The Summon™ service now includes support for umlauts (ä, ö and ü), other types of diacritics and the sharp “s” (ß) within German-language search. The German umlauts (ä, ö and ü) can be spelled as "ae", "oe" and "ue" respectively, and the Summon™ service allows users to search for words with umlauts using these variations. Additionally, users may substitute “ss” for “ß” and will receive relevant results that include “ß.”
German-Language Stemming – Stemming is a commonly used technique in search engines to allow users to search for the same word in different forms. The Summon™ service now performs German-language stemming in German-language search, allowing users to search for either the singular form or the plural form of most nouns.
Enhanced Handling of Compound Words – The German language allows for the productive formation of compound words. For example, “Abwasserbehandlungsanlage” means “wastewater treatment plant.” To account for this, the Summon™ search performs a process called decompounding, or the splitting of compound words, enabling users to receive results for “wastewater treatment plant” even if they search with its components "Abwasser," "Behandlung" and "Anlagen."
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Intelligent Relevancy Scoring – Additionally, in all of the above features, the Summon™ service is able to promote documents with the exact form of the search terms above the alternate or derived forms.
Serials Solutions® Summon™ service currently enables sophisticated search features in Dutch, French, and Japanese, and will be adding enhancements for search in additional languages in the near future. The Library at the University of Konstanz became the first German institution to adopt the Summon™ web-scale discovery service, and recently completed the full integration of the solution into their library’s technology suite.
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With its emphasis on ‘personal development’, and reports of PSHE being the focus of “deep dives” in recent inspections, it’s clear that PSHE education will play a key role in providing evidence under the new framework.
NewsWise launches PSHE lesson plans and nationwide news festivals
We have greatly enjoyed working in partnership with the Guardian Foundation and National Literacy Trust, with funding from Google, to deliver a range of news literacy training and resources for primary schools as part of the award-winning NewsWise project.
Welcome back!: your resources, CPD & support for the year ahead
Welcome back! We hope you had a restful summer. There are now only 12 months left until the introduction of statutory Health Education, Relationships Education and RSE – so we’ll be working very hard to support you with these and other aspects of PSHE education during the year ahead. We have exciting plans, so watch out for new resources, courses and other areas of support. In the meantime, here's a reminder of our latest training and resources.
Our latest CPD training – get ready for statutory changes, Ofsted and more
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New: Relationships Education and RSE: guides to supporting parental engagement
We have just published guides for primary and secondary colleagues to support parental engagement when it comes to Relationships Education and RSE. These guides provide schools with practical advice — including a template letter and parent workshop plan — on how to positively communicate with parents about the changes, as well as an overview of requirements regarding withdrawal of pupils from sex education.
Climate change and the school curriculum - new article and quick survey
“Climate change is not merely an issue, it is the ground we walk on and the air we breathe. It is the question of whether future possibilities for development, creativity and joy remain. How should schools respond?”
New #knifefree lesson plans and materials launched
The PSHE Association has been working with the Home Office and our members to create new and improved #knifefree PSHE education lesson plans ahead of the summer holidays. We published original #knifefree resources last year, and they have proved very popular with our network with over 14,000 downloads to date.
This latest version of the resource pack includes real life case studies of young people from the latest Home Office #knifefree campaign along with new content on the importance of having good role models, including:
Our latest training on preventing and challenging extremism through PSHE education
With funding provided by the Home Office as part of its ‘Building a Stronger Britain Together’ programme and awarded by the London Community Foundation programme, we’re delighted to offer a series of free CPD training days for both primary and secondary PSHE leads — helping you to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding to plan and teach this challenging aspect of PSHE education.
Start of term, start of a ‘new era’ for PSHE
A motion to approve the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education regulations and guidance was passed in the House of Lords last night (24th April). This was the final hurdle to getting this legislation through Parliament — so it’s time to celebrate the guarantee that these aspects of PSHE education will be compulsory from 2020.
Key questions on mandatory PSHE requirements for Health Education, Relationships Education and RSE
1. What are the new requirements?
The Health Education and Relationships Education (primary) and the secondary Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) aspects of PSHE education will be compulsory in all schools from 2020.
PSHE education is already compulsory in independent schools so Health Education won’t be a ‘new’ requirement for them, though independents will be expected to draw on the statutory guidance for Health Education when planning their PSHE education.
Become an ‘early adopter’ of compulsory PSHE requirements
The Department for Education is seeking schools to register as ‘early adopters’ of new PSHE education requirements relating to Health Education, Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and we encourage you to get involved. It’s a good opportunity to inform the kind of training and resources you will need and should give you early access to support. Firstly, we wanted to recap on recent developments and quickly outline what they mean for you.
PSHE education the most common approach to careers education according to DfE research
To mark National Careers Week, The Education Secretary Damian Hinds has today announced new measures to support primary schools’ careers education, including increased involvement from industry professionals and businesses.
Warning against using 'Breck’s Last Game'
A film has been launched for use in schools and the PSHE curriculum called ‘Breck’s Last Game’. The film focuses on the murder of Breck Bednar, a teenager who was groomed online, and aims to be an educational resource to reduce young people’s vulnerability to online grooming. We have significant concerns about the educational effectiveness of this film and its likely impact on young people, and warn schools against using it.
New PSHE Talks podcast: Waking up to the importance of sleep...
Friday 15th of March is World Sleep Day, and we're excited to mark the occasion with the release of a new PSHE Talks episode: Waking up to the importance of sleep.
The "Momo challenge" – a hoax, but potentially distressing
You may have heard about the so called "Momo challenge"? Or if not then your pupils almost certainly will. The rumours suggest that messages with dangerous ‘challenges’ are circulating through WhatsApp relating to self-harm. While it’s a relief that the challenge is in fact a hoax that’s gone viral, the idea of this alone is likely to cause children distress — not helped by amplification in the media.
Compulsory health and relationships education – a new era for PSHE
From 2020, all schools must provide PSHE education that covers health and relationships/RSE
The PSHE Association welcomes publication of new government guidance to help schools deliver this core PSHE content and raise standards
The Association calls curriculum changes a ‘huge boost’ for children, young people and its national membership of PSHE teachers
Economic wellbeing and careers education remain vital aspects of PSHE, though not yet compulsory
New PSHE lessons to help tackle ‘sleep crisis’ in children
Roadmap to statutory relationships and sex education launched
The PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum have launched a joint roadmap to statutory relationships and sex education (RSE). From September 2020 all secondary schools will be required to deliver RSE, and all primary schools will be required to deliver ‘relationships education’. The government have also committed to statutory health education, meaning the majority of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education will be compulsory from 2020.
Heads up! Getting PSHE leadership right for new statutory requirements
In my ten years as a PSHE lead in school and through my current role at the PSHE Association I have met and worked with hundreds, if not thousands, of PSHE education leads. And they are a far more disparate group than their colleagues leading other curriculum subjects.
PSHE education and social action: a mutually beneficial relationship
#iwill Week 2018 celebrates young people taking practical action to create positive changes, and runs from 12-16 November. To mark #iwill Week we wanted to briefly outline the mutually beneficial relationship between social action and PSHE education.
Health education and RSE guidance — the outstanding, the good and the ‘requires improvement’
Firstly, a reminder of some very good news: from 2020 every pupil in England will be guaranteed a PSHE education that covers health education and relationships education (in all primary schools) / relationships and sex education (in all secondary schools). These are major steps from Damian Hinds et al at the DfE towards what parents, pupils and educators are crying out for — an education that fully prepares every child for life’s challenges and opportunities.
Consultation reminder: Submit your health education/RSE guidance consultation response by Wednesday
The consultation on draft statutory health education, RSE and relationships education guidance closes on Wednesday (7th). Your experience in the area will be invaluable so we would encourage you to submit a response.Please read our recent blog post summarising what we like about the guidance and what we think needs improvement but do use your own words when responding.
Government Equalities Office anti-HBT bullying resource hub launched
We’re delighted to support the Government Equalities Office (GEO) anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying project by reviewing and highlighting a range of resources produced by six project partners – Stonewall; Barnardo's; The LGBT Consortium; Learn Equality, Live Equal; The Rainbow Flag Award; and the Metro Charity.These organisations have been funded by the GEO to reduce the incidence of HBT bullying in primary and secondary schools in England by transforming the culture of how schools prevent and respond to the issue.
Latest resources to support life online
The online world has many implications for our young people — for their health, identity, lifestyle, and relationships. This is therefore an area of paramount importance for those of us working in PSHE education, as online life is integral to all three core themes (Health, Relationships, Living in the Wider World) of our Programme of Study.
Welcome back! Resources, CPD & support for the year ahead
Another School term begins…
And once you’ve found your feet, we’ll be here with more high-quality resources, training and advice to help you deliver best practice PSHE education at your provision throughout the academic year.
Designing a child-friendly internet
The internet can be a major force for good but isn’t designed with children in mind, even though it’s part of how children now socialise, play, create and learn. The ‘Disrupted Childhood’ report from 5Rights outlines how the tech sector’s use of persuasive design strategies to extend user engagement has palpable negative impacts for children.
News Digest 6 July - 3 August
On 19 July the Government committed to making health and relationships aspects of PSHE compulsory from September 2020. A DCMS Committee report highlights the role of PSHE education in promoting digital literacy and Ofsted mentions the role of PSHE in fighting childhood obesity. Finally, a number of written Parliamentary questions were answered.
Government commits to making health and relationships aspects of PSHE compulsory, and publishes draft guidance for consultation
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A bright future for PSHE education
Our CEO Jonathan Baggaley comments on the opportunities presented by recent government proposals:
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Government takes ‘major step’ towards better PSHE for all
PSHE Association welcomes new government commitment to mandatory health education in addition to existing commitments to mandatory relationships and sex education.
This makes the majority of PSHE education mandatory for all pupils, in all schools from 2020
The move represents a major step towards addressing concerns about consistency of quality and reduced curriculum time for PSHE, despite its proven benefits
News Digest 25 June – 6 July
The APPG on fit and healthy childhood recommended PSHE to support mental health in childhood and the British Psychological Society referred to PSHE in its response to the childhood obesity strategy. Further recommendations for PSHE lessons were made in a report on preventing and tackling bullying and in a Science and Technology Committee evidence session. Finally, Ministers answered some written and oral questions.
APPG on fit and healthy childhood recommended PSHE to support mental health in childhood and the British Psychological Society referred to PSHE in its response to the childhood obesity strategy. Further recommendations for PSHE lessons were made in a report on preventing and tackling bullying and in a Science and Technology Committee evidence session. Finally, Ministers answered some written and oral questions.
News Digest 18 – 22 June
PSHE Association CEO Jono Baggaley argued that compulsory PSHE is in line with the current public mood. The RCPCH called for a ban on junk food adverts and for PSHE lessons to instil healthy behaviours in children, whilst PSHE was also called for in a debate on upskirting. Finally, a number of written and oral questions were answered.
Statutory PSHE: meaningful change supported by busy teachers & school leaders
A new report from a coalition of organisations including school leaders’ union NAHT, the National Education Union (NEU), NSPCC, Sex Education Forum, and PSHE Association, shows overwhelming support for making personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education a compulsory subject for all pupils in all schools.
News Digest 14 May – 1 June
NAHT and NEU referred to the need for statutory PSHE in their responses to the government’s updated statutory safeguarding guidance, and speakers in an evidence session on social media and mental health also agreed that PSHE should be mandatory in schools. There was also support for PSHE in a commons debate from Huw Merriman MP and a range of parliamentary questions were answered by Nick Gibb and Lord Agnew of Oulton.
News Digest 8 – 11 May
This week the Education and Health Select Committees reiterated their call for statutory PSHE in their response to the government mental health Green Paper. The response was later debated in the House of Commons. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney wrote a piece for TES on the importance of economic wellbeing education and various written questions were answered.
Education and Health Committees reiterate call for statutory PSHE
Today’s joint report from the cross-party Education and Health and Social Care Committees on the government mental health Green Paper stresses the need for compulsory personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education in all schools. Both Committees have recommended compulsory PSHE education in recent years and this report reiterates their call for the Department for Education to take this measure, on this occasion in relation to children’s mental health and contributory factors such as social media use.
News Digest 23 March – 4 May
The Home Office launched its new Serious Violence Strategy, the Bank of England explored the importance of economic wellbeing education and various written questions were answered.
News Digest 19 February – 2 March
This week the British Safety Council launched a new report on the future of work and the Equality and Human Rights Commission published the response they submitted to the PSHE and RSE call for evidence. Schools Minister Nick Gibb also answered various written and oral questions from Members of Parliament.
New resources and training - online safety and digital resilience
Today’s children and young people must be supported to stay safe and aware online from an early age. The PSHE curriculum is unique in its potential to address online safety and a range of related issues (from safe online relationships to mental health, media literacy to online gambling) in a planned, holistic way. We wanted to highlight some of the latest guidance and training available to you in this area:
New UKCCISS framework
News Digest 15 January – 16 February
The DfE call for evidence on PSHE and RSE closed on 12 February and there was a lot of activity leading up to this deadline. This included a 6 February Parliamentary debate on PSHE which showed support from across parties for improving the status of the subject and a joint Times letter from 20 leading organisations and individuals calling on the government to grant statutory status to PSHE in its entirety.
PSHE Association highlights strong support for statutory PSHE as DfE call for evidence closes
The PSHE Association has today published a shared briefing from a coalition of national organisations dedicated to supporting children and young people’s safety, health, employability and readiness for modern life. This briefing outlines our shared vision for a Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education that benefits all. This comes at a crunch time for PSHE, with the government considering its status on the school curriculum and ways to raise standards.
DfE call for evidence on PSHE - a crucial opportunity
The DfE call-for-evidence on PSHE, including relationships and sex education (RSE), closes soon. This is a crucial opportunity to influence the future of PSHE education and make the case for its statutory status on the curriculum for all pupils, in all schools.
News Digest 1 – 12 January
This week Damian Hinds was appointed as the new Secretary of State for Education. News Wise, a news literacy programme for primary school children was announced and the Children’s Commissioner for England called on schools to prepare pupils for the pressures of social media. Furthermore, Lord Agnew of Oulton answered a written parliamentary question whilst minister for Women and Equalities Amber Rudd gave oral evidence.
Guardian Foundation, National Literacy Trust, PSHE Association and Google announce a news literacy programme for primary schools
The PSHE Association is delighted to be working with the National Literacy Trust and the Guardian Foundation on the News Wise news literacy programme announced today. This pilot scheme – aimed at years 5 and 6 – aims to enable children to access, navigate, critically analyse and participate in the news through a suite of lesson plans, online resources and school workshops.
PSHE Association responds to appointment of new Education Secretary
The PSHE Association welcomes Damian Hinds to his new role as Education Secretary, and calls for a continuation of progress made under Justine Greening towards statutory PSHE education that includes, but isn’t limited to, relationships and sex education (RSE). Mr Hinds has previously been a member of the Education Select Committee and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility.
The PSHE Association seeks new trustees to join our Board
Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is a school subject which develops the knowledge, skills and attributes children and young people need to be safe, healthy and prepared for life and work. The subject’s importance is increasingly recognised, as the PSHE curriculum covers the most pressing issues facing young people today including sex and relationships, mental health, staying safe from online dangers, challenging extremism and radicalisation and preparing for a volatile jobs market.
PSHE Association responds to launch of DfE ‘call for evidence’ on PSHE and RSE
The PSHE Association has welcomed the launch of a Government ‘call for evidence’ on personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and relationships and sex education (RSE).
2017 News Digest Overview
Please find attached below all PSHE News Digests for the year 2017.
News Digest 4 – 22 December
This week the Department for Education launched a call for evidence on PSHE and RSE. Moreover, a new evidence review concluded that PSHE education supports academic success, the Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision Green Paper was launched and the Government also presented its new Careers Strategy. The Centre for Mental Health published an evaluation of Project Future. Moreover, the DfE launched advice for schools on dealing with sexual violence and harassment between children and Justine Greening presented the Government’s new social mobility strategy.
PSHE education supports academic success, says major evidence review
'Very strong evidence’ that PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) learning has a positive impact on academic attainment, according to independent Pro Bono Economics review.
Disadvantaged pupils enjoy greatest benefits to academic performance
Through its proven impact on physical and mental health, levels of bullying and general behaviour, PSHE education removes barriers to learning and develops skills that help young people succeed
News Digest 20 November – 1 December
The Health Select Committee took evidence on mental health services this week, during which the Children’s Commissioner spoke favourably of PSHE. Anti-Bullying Week was debated in the House of Commons, and Ministers answered various written questions from MPs.
News digest 6 – 17 November
The Sex Education Forum celebrated its 30th anniversary and highlighted its 12 principles of effective RSE. The DfE appointed Ian Bauckham CBE as an advisor on how relationships and sex education should be taught in schools and about the role of PSHE education. Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield called for action on making PSHE statutory in its entirety and the UK Youth Parliament again chose a ‘curriculum for life’ as its priority campaign.
Run, Hide, Tell resource packs for key stages 3 & 4 launched
The Run, Hide, Tell resource pack has been produced by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), as part of their ACT for YOUTH campaign to inform 11-16 year olds of how best to react to a gun or knife terror attack.
News digest 30 October – 3 November
This week the NAHT released findings of its survey on PSHE and RSE, showing overwhelming support for statutory PSHE. The topics of sexual harassment and violence in schools were debated in the House of Commons. The NHS published the result of its annual smoking, drinking and drug-use survey and Minister Nick Gibb answered PSHE related written questions.
NAHT survey shows overwhelming support for statutory PSHE from 2019
90% of over 900 professionals surveyed by school leader’s union NAHT said that PSHE education, including relationships and sex education (RSE), should have the same status as other school subjects, and 91% of respondents want the subject to be taught in regular, timetabled lessons. The survey was conducted with a view to establishing how Government proposals could work best for schools and for students.
News Digest 23 – 27 October
This week a number of PSHE-related questions were answered by the Government and the Telegraph covered the #MeToo campaign, interviewing a PSHE Association subject specialist on the topic of tackling sexual harassment.
This week Julian Knight MP, Chair of the APPG on Financial Education for Young People spoke out in support of statutory PSHE. The Youth Parliament once again chose ‘a curriculum for life’ as one of its potential campaign priorities. The Government released an updated version of its commons library briefing on sexual harassment in schools, and across Europe Restart a Heart Day was marked.
News Digest 9 – 13 October
This week the Government published the Internet Safety Strategy green paper, which highlighted the role of PSHE education. The Sutton Trust also highlighted the importance of PSHE in its newly published Life Skills report. In Parliament, ministers were quizzed regarding levels of sexual assault of children by other children. Finally, a survey conducted by Dove suggested that only 39% of girls in the UK have high body esteem.
Internet Safety Strategy green paper highlights PSHE's role
The Government today launched its Internet Safety Strategy green paper and accompanying consultation, covering various approaches to keeping people safe online, including technological solutions, support for parents and carers and developing children’s digital literacy.
Run, Hide, Tell teaching resources - important notice
You’ve probably seen the recent ‘Run, Hide, Tell’ media campaign – regarding what to do in the event of a knife or gun terror attack.
Your school might be tempted to cover this – for example through assemblies or taught lessons – but we strongly advise to wait until KS 3 & 4 lesson plans are published on the topic later this month. Please note that this campaign is aimed at pupils aged 11-16, and we urge against covering it in schools with younger children.
News digest 18 – 22 September
An update of the Millennium Cohort Study published this week showed high levels of depression amongst 14 year olds, especially young girls. A poll commissioned by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families suggested many primary teachers don’t feel adequately trained to support pupils with mental health problems. Mental health was also the focus of parliamentary questions this week, along with questions on relationships education and covering domestic violence on the curriculum.
How we wrote our new planning toolkit for KS 3 & 4
Jenny Fox is a Subject Specialist here at the PSHE Association and like others on the subject specialist team writes our resources and guidance, designs and runs our CPD training and works with other organisations to quality assure their resources. Jenny had a pivotal role in writing our PSHE Education Planning Toolkit for key stages 3 and 4 and writes here about the processes and challenges involved in this significant task
Public Health England launched its Rise Above for Schools campaign this week, including PSHE resources on a range of topics relating to pupil health, wellbeing and resilience. A new commission has been launched to explore teaching about fake news and critical literacy skills. DfE Minister Nick Gibb highlighted the importance of PSHE to drug awareness and prevention education. It was also the FPA’s Sexual Health Week, with a focus this year on relationships and sex education, and TES and ITV published the results of their joint survey on bullying.
News Digest 4 – 8 September
Minister Nick Gibb provided an update on the Government’s anti-HBT bullying projects, and two written questions were answered regarding relationships and sex education.
News Digest 7 August – 1 September
As expected, it has been quieter politically over the summer but there have been a number of PSHE related news stories of relevance in recent weeks. University of Hertfordshire research linked a low sense of belonging in school with self-harm, and highlighted PSHE education’s potential to help. The NSPCC called for relationships and sex education within a wider PSHE education curriculum to combat sexual misconduct in schools and the NAHT stressed the importance of PSHE to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils.
News Digest 24 July – 4 August
During the past two weeks the Children’s commissioner called for PSHE to help pupils avoid gangs and DfE minister Robert Goodwill and Lord Nash answered written questions.
News digest 17 – 21 July
The Government’s new Drug Strategy, which recommends increased emphasis on preventative education, was debated in the House of Commons this week. Parliamentary questions concerned PSHE education’s role in supporting positive body image, healthy relationships and emergency life-saving skills.
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Government 2017 drug strategy emphasises PSHE education’s role in prevention
The Government released its 2017 drug strategy today, with increased emphasis on preventative education, including the need to build ‘confidence, resilience and risk management skills’ through PSHE education in order to ‘prevent the range of risks young people face’ such as drug misuse, crime, exploitation and unhealthy relationships.
This week Public Health England highlighted the critical role PSHE can play in preventing child sexual exploitation. The Government 2017 Drug Strategy also mentioned the importance of PSHE education in preventing drug and alcohol misuse. Finally, a number of PSHE-related written questions were answered by Minister Nick Gibb on discrimination, emergency life-saving skills and relationships education.
Public Health England CSE report highlights ‘critical role’ PSHE can play in prevention
A new report from Public Health England on child sexual exploitation (CSE) suggests that the existing body of evidence ‘repeatedly highlights the critical role of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) and Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) in addressing these issues’.
News Digest 3 -7 July
This week it has been confirmed that DfE Minister Nick Gibb takes on responsibility for PSHE and RSE. PSHE education was mentioned in a Lords’ debate on financial inclusion and a number of written parliamentary questions were answered on relationships and sex education (RSE).
This week the UK Youth Parliament launched its #PSHE4ME campaign for high quality, statutory PSHE for all. Stonewall called for LGBT inclusive statutory PSHE in its 2017 School Report. NAHT responded to the Education Policy Institute (EPI) report on social media and mental health and wellbeing, by calling for statutory PSHE. Finally, Education Secretary Justine Greening and Minister Nick Gibb answered a number of parliamentary questions on relationships and sex education (RSE).
Stonewall 2017 School Report recommends statutory, LGBT inclusive PSHE education
Stonewall has launched a major report today based on the experiences of over 3,700 lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) pupils in Britain’s schools.
PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum joint letter to Justine Greening
On Friday 16 June the PSHE Association and the Sex Education Forum wrote to the Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening, urging her to expedite the process of drafting relationships and sex education (RSE) guidance and consulting on the broader framework for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education; while expressing our hope that the pause in this process, resulting from the General Election, doesn’t compromise the scope or quality of the consultation process the sector was promised, or the timeframe for implementation in 2019.
Join the Great Get Together & download your free resources
The Great Get Together will be taking place across the country this weekend (16th-18th June), and we are encouraging schools to take part with a special school assembly on Friday 16th June. Inspired by MP Jo Cox, who was tragically murdered last year, The Great Get Together aims to bring together communities, neighbours, pupils and friends to share and celebrate all that we hold in common.
Changes at the DfE and implications of the election.
Justine Greening keeps her role as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities following this week’s post-election reshuffle. Edward Timpson, DfE Minster with responsibility for PSHE, lost his seat at the election, however, so we await news of ministerial responsibilities and possible replacements. Likewise Neil Carmichael, Chair of the Education Select Committee, lost his seat and we await an update on who will replace him on the Committee.
In the past few weeks the upcoming elections have dominated the news. Last week we highlighted guidance on discussing terrorist attacks with pupils following the attack in Manchester. Additionally, sexual health charity the FPA called on the next government to invest in high quality relationships and sex education.
Guidance on discussing terrorist attacks with your pupils (primary & secondary)
In light of a number of incidents in recent weeks we wanted to highlight guidance to help you respond to your pupils, who may want to discuss what has happened and could be experiencing a wide range of emotions.
Though we advise following a planned programme, in instances like this PSHE or Citizenship lessons can provide the space and opportunity for discussions that provide timely support for pupils at a difficult and sensitive time, in which case we hope the following guidance will help you:
News Digest 15 – 19 May
This week the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) published a report on the effects of social media on young people’s mental health in which it recommends statutory PSHE. Our CEO Jonathan Baggaley was interviewed by TES magazine on the importance of PSHE and references were made to relationships and sex education and PSHE by political parties in their election manifestos.
Royal Society for Public Health calls for statutory PSHE to promote safe social media use and mental health
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s #StatusOfMind report from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and Young Health Movement (YHM) on the positive and negative effects of social media on young people’s mental health, which includes statutory personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education amongst its key recommendations.
News Digest 8 -12 May
It was Mental Health Awareness Week this week. To mark the occasion we published a briefing making the case for statutory PSHE to support mental health. We also expressed our support for the Great Get Together, which will be celebrated from the 16th-18th of June.
How statutory PSHE education could support mental health and emotional wellbeing
The Commons Health and Education Committees expressed concern about the state of children and young people’s mental health last week and explored the role of education in improving the situation. Their joint report followed a wide ranging inquiry which took evidence from leading child mental health bodies, experts and ministers.
This week the Health and Education Select Committees issued a joint recommendation call for statutory PSHE in the concluding report of their children and young people’s mental health inquiry. Compulsory PSHE was also recommended in the context of improving financial education and the PSHE Association launched a series of new courses in anticipation of the new statutory requirement to teach relationships and sex education from September 2019.
Health and Education Committees call for compulsory PSHE education to address mental health and social media concerns
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s joint report from the Education and Health Committees on the role of education in supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Children and Social Work Bill receives Royal Assent
On Thursday 27 April the Children and Social Work Bill received Royal Assent, becoming the Children and Social Work Act. The new Act includes legislation that makes relationships and sex education (RSE) statutory in all secondary schools, and ‘relationships education’ in all primary schools. The Act also gives the Government power to make PSHE education statutory in its entirety, pending the results of a consultation.
News Digest 24 -28 April
This week the Children and Social Work Bill received Royal Assent , meaning Government proposals to make relationships and sex education become law with the potential of similar status for PSHE education in its entirety, pending consultation. The Digital Economy Bill and the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Act also received assent and various written questions on PSHE and RSE were answered by Edward Timpson and Lord Nash.
News digest 10 – 21 April
Although much attention went to the newly announced June general elections this week, PSHE education and relationships and sex education (RSE) were discussed nonetheless. The NUT made a strong comment in which it called PSHE and SRE an ‘essential part of the curriculum’ that covers a whole range of issues, not just relationships. The results of a poll on hate crime and hate speech by the ATL union showed further support for PSHE and Edward Timpson reiterated the DfE’s commitment to pupil mental health and wellbeing.
News digest 3 – 7 April
PSHE education was discussed in the Lords this week during the Children and Social Work Bill amendments debate and in the context of technical education.
News Digest 27 - 31 March
This week, Schools Week published an article on why sex education should be delivered as part of statutory PSHE. PSHE was discussed during the second oral evidence session for the children and young people’s mental health inquiry. Young enterprise highlighted PSHE in response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on Financial Exclusion, and the role PSHE can play in preventing alcohol abuse was discussed in the House of Lords.
How PSHE education can develop financial capability
Our Chief Executive Jonathan Baggaley writes on PSHE education's key role in supporting financial capability and enterprise skills:
Not many people disagree with the idea that all pupils should leave school with the ability to understand how to navigate major life choices, including those relating to money, but there is perhaps a lack of awareness about the extent to which personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education has the potential to develop financial capability, enterprise and employability skills.
News Digest 20 –24 March
This week the Lords Communication Committee called for statutory PSHE to support online safety and digital literacy. The Home Affairs Committee briefly mentioned PSHE in its oral evidence session on hate crime and violence and the State of the Nation report by the Social Mobility Committee was discussed in the House of Commons and the Association highlighted our briefing on how to discuss a terror incident with pupils.
Supporting pupils after yesterday's terrorist attack
In the wake of the terrorist attack in Westminster yesterday, your pupils may want to discuss what has happened and may be experiencing a wide range of emotions. Whilst PSHE education should not be a series of knee-jerk responses to events in school or in the wider world, in instances like this it is likely to be in PSHE or Citizenship lessons where there is the space and opportunity for discussions to take place that provide support for pupils at a difficult and sensitive time.
Lords Communications Committee calls for statutory PSHE to support online safety and digital literacy
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s Lords Communications Committee ‘Growing up with the Internet’ report, which includes mandatory PSHE education in all schools as a key recommendation.
This extensive report highlights risks to children posed by the internet, from easy access to inappropriate content, loss of privacy, commercial exploitation and cyberbullying to susceptibility to fake news and extremist views.
News Digest 13 – 17 March
This week PSHE education was discussed during an online abuse debate in the House of Lords, our Chief Executive wrote in Children & Young People Now magazine about the importance of broader PSHE education and the Association issued new guidance for governors about PSHE.
News Digest 6 -10 March
This week the Children and Social Work Bill was discussed in the House of Commons. Plan International published research that young people are far more likely to identify as feminists than their parents. To mark International Women’s Day, Justine Greening and Baroness Shields discussed gender equality.
This week was dominated by the historic announcement by Education Secretary Justine Greening about statutory relationships and sex education from 2019 and opening the door to make PSHE education statutory in its entirety pending an upcoming consultation.
PSHE Association welcomes historic Government announcement on relationships & sex education and PSHE
PSHE Association welcomes Justine Greening’s announcement of the Government’s intention to make relationships and sex education (RSE) statutory through the Children and Social Work Bill
Education Secretary issues historic statement on SRE and PSHE
The Education Secretary Justine Greening made an announcement today about intentions to make sex and relationships education (SRE) statutory in an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill while also paving the way for further action on PSHE education in its entirety.
Our full response to follow and in the meantime you can read Justine Greening's full statement here.
News Digest 20 – 24 February
This week we opened bookings for our annual conferences 2017. HIV Awareness in PSHE Lessons was discussed in the House of Commons. The Health Committee published the evidence it received in response to its mental health in schools inquiry. The Scottish Education and Skills Committee published the information it received in its Personal and Social Education inquiry. Finally some written questions were answered by the Government.
This week a number of MPs and organisations sent an open letter to Justine Greening. The Government released its progress on tackling child sexual exploitation. The Local Government Association expressed concerns about STI’s among 20 to 24-year-olds and linked it to a lack of SRE. The Institute of Development Studies launched a review on sex education in the digital era. Finally, two parliamentary questions were answered.
News Digest 6 – 10 February
This week a cross-party amendment on relationships education was tabled to the Children and Social Work Bill, resulting in front page story on the Telegraph on sex and relationships education (SRE). The Government responded to the British Youth Council report on racism and religious discrimination, acknowledging the valuable role PSHE could play in tackling both issues. Finally, two parliamentary questions were answered.
News Digest 30 January - 3 February
This week in Parliament, Justine Greening made promising statements on the importance of a broad PSHE curriculum and PSHE and SRE were discussed as part of a debate on the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Lords. Barnardo’s released shocking data on growing peer-to-peer sexual abuse.
News Digest 23 – 27 January
This week a landmark RCPCH report on child physical and mental health recommended statutory PSHE. PSHE and sex and relationships education (SRE) were debated in the House of Commons and various members of parliament and peers asked questions about PSHE. The British Humanist Association published a report suggesting a lack of focus on PSHE and SRE during school Ofsted inspections.
Landmark report on child physical and mental health recommends statutory PSHE education
The PSHE Association welcomes a landmark report launched today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) on the state of children and young people’s physical and mental health and its recommendation that PSHE education should be statutory in all schools.
The ‘State of Child Health’ report includes data on 25 measures relating to the health and wellbeing of UK children, from obesity and drug/alcohol use to sexual health and suicide rates.
PSHE Association and NAHT welcome growing cross party support for statutory PSHE and SRE
An adjournment debate called by Conservative MP Maria Miller on sex and relationships education (SRE) took place in Parliament last night. Ms Miller has campaigned on the issue strongly since the Women and Equalities Committee she chairs recommended the need for SRE and personal, social health and economic (PSHE) education to be statutory in its report.
This week Equality and Human Rights Commission chair David Isaac called for sex and relationships education (SRE) in the context of PSHE.,, Caroline Lucas’ PSHE bill was briefly discussed in the House of Commons and the PSHE Association submitted evidence to the Health Committee’s inquiry on the role of education in promoting mental health and emotional wellbeing in children and young people. The Fawcett Society reported high levels of hostility towards woman and consequently called for statutory SRE and the Children’s Society drew a strong link between drug use and sexual exploitation.
The Children’s Society: PSHE education provides vital lessons for life
Kadra Abdinasir, Policy Officer at the Children’s Society, writes for us on the importance of PSHE education and the need to improve its status on the curriculum:
This week amendments to the Children and Social Work Bill were debated in parliament. In response to this, the PSHE Association released a joint statement with the NAHT. PSHE was also mentioned several times in other parliamentary discussions and questions. The latest edition of the Prince’s Trust Macquarie Youth Index was launched and Prime Minister Theresa May gave a speech about mental health.
Pupil safety, health and wellbeing depends on PSHE education for all, say PSHE Association and NAHT
Today a cross-party committee of MPs will debate the Children and Social Work Bill, as it continues its passage through the House of Commons. An amendment has been tabled to the Bill on personal, social and health education, in particular about providing appropriate sex and relationships education.
News Digest 1 – 6 January
This week the Children’s Commissioner published a report highlighting the urgent need for measures to keep children and young people safe and informed when online. Another review, funded by the NIHR and published in December 2016, concluded that sex and relationships education (SRE) is poorly delivered in many schools.
PSHE Association welcomes Children’s Commissioner’s focus on skills to keep children safe online
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s report from the Children’s Commissioner highlighting the urgent need for measures to keep children and young people safe and informed when online.
One of the key recommendations relates to the need for all schools to cover digital citizenship in order to help protect pupils from concerns such as online bullying and grooming, while encouraging them to be critical consumers and creators of information online.
News Digest 10 – 20 December
The Times reported that the DfE were working on proposals to strengthen status of sex and relationships education. Justine Greening reiterated importance of addressing quality and accessibility of PSHE in parliamentary questions as DfE Ministers Lord Nash and Edward Timpson referred to PSHE and SRE in responses to written questions. PSHE was also discussed during the second reading of the Digital Economy Bill and in an answers to a parliamentary question on female genital mutilation (FGM) .
Sunday Times reports that DfE is working on proposals for statutory status
The Sunday Times reported this weekend that the Department for Education has drawn up proposals to ensure schools teach sex and relationships education (SRE).
This is the latest in a number of recent encouraging indications that the Government is considering significant measures in order to improve the status of PSHE education, the subject through which sex and relationships education (SRE) is delivered.
2016 – a watershed year for PSHE, now time for change
Chief Executive Jonathan Baggaley looks back on a year of growing momentum behind statutory PSHE education and forward to a year that presents an opportunity for meaningful change:
2016 has seen unprecedented recognition of the need for universal, high quality PSHE education. We would like to thank all of the PSHE practitioners, school leaders, parliamentarians, 100+ leading organisations, parents and young people that joined us in making the case so strongly for statutory PSHE this year.
News Digest 3 – 9 December
This week, PSHE education and sex and relationships education (SRE) were discussed in the Children and Social Work Bill debate and a debate on violence against women. The NSPCC released survey figures showing a large increase in hospital admissions for children that self-harm and the PSHE Association launched an updated version of our Programme of Study for PSHE Education (key stages 1-5), expanded to cover key stage 5.
Updated Programme of Study for PSHE Education (key stages 1-5)
We are delighted to launch an updated version of our PSHE Education Programme of Study (key stages 1 -5), which now includes the first ever programme of study for key stage 5. The PSHE Education Programme of Study (key stages 1–5) is the only national, up-to-date programme of study for the subject and is regularly signposted to by the Department for Education for schools to use.
Education needs to prepare pupils for our complex world
PSHE Association Chief Executive Jonathan Baggaley writes about the need for a 21st century education that helps young people to negotiate the challenges and opportunities presented by increasingly complex and uncertain times.
PSHE News Digest 25 November - 2 December
The Government responded to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on sexual harassment and violence this week. The report recommended statutory status for PSHE education, including sex and relationships education, yet the Government response made no commitment to improving status at this stage. This prompted a joint letter from five Select Committee urging Education Secretary Justine Greening to take action to make PSHE and SRE statutory and follow-up parliamentary questions.
Five Select Committee Chairs call on Government to establish statutory status for PSHE
Chairs of five Parliamentary Select Committees have written a joint letter to Education Secretary Justine Greening today calling on the Government to make Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) including sex and relationships education (SRE) a statutory subject in schools.
Missed opportunity to make PSHE statutory in Government response to school sexual harassment and violence report
The Government has responded today to the Women and Equalities Committee report into sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.
PSHE News Digest 18-25 November
During this week our Deputy CEO Jenny Barksfield gave oral evidence to the Lords Financial Exclusion Committee on the importance of PSHE education to financial literacy and Education Minister Lord Nash was questioned by his fellow peers about strengthening the status of PSHE in a debate on sex and relationships education. The Association also pledged support for the #iwill social action campaign and a report by Ofsted suggested that schools should be doing more to prepare young people for the world of work.
PSHE association pledges support for #iwill social action campaign
As the national body for PSHE education we are passionate about preparing children and young people to meet life’s challenges and make the most of life’s opportunities, as well as supporting them to make a positive contribution to society.
This is particularly important in these complex and uncertain times and we believe there is great value in the type of social action and participation the #iwill campaign is looking to ignite.
This was a busy but positive week. A number of reports were released that called for statutory PSHE and the NAHT marked anti-bullying week with a powerful statement in support of the subject. The news that the UK Youth Parliament has elected ‘a curriculum for life’ as its priority campaigning issue for 2017 was significant.
PSHE Association welcomes Youth Select Committee report on racism and religious discrimination, including calls for statutory PSHE
The PSHE Association warmly welcomes the British Youth Council Youth Select Committee's report on ‘racism and religious discrimination’, launched yesterday. The report’s recommendations include making PSHE education a statutory subject on the school curriculum.
PSHE resources for Anti-Bullying Week and Alcohol Awareness Week
It’s both Anti-Bullying Week and Alcohol Awareness Week and we wanted to draw your attention to some of the quality assured classroom resources we highlight on our website to help you address these important issues.
Our ‘10 Questions About Bullying’ resource can be used to structure discussion in a planned PSHE lesson and the resource comes with both teacher notes and slides to use in class.
UK Youth Parliament chooses ‘a curriculum for life’ as priority campaigning issue for 2017
The PSHE Association strongly welcomes the decision by the UK Youth Parliament to make a ‘curriculum for life’ – including comprehensive, statutory PSHE education – its main campaign priority in England for the year ahead.
Young Parliamentarians held a robust debate in the Commons on Friday 11th November before voting overwhelmingly to focus on campaigning for an education that provides young people with the skills, knowledge and attributes to make the most of a challenging world.
PSHE Association and SEF joint statement on importance of including SRE within statutory PSHE
The PSHE Association and the Sex Education Forum have issued a joint statement today to stress the importance of strengthening the status of Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education as a whole including Sex and Relationships (SRE) as a mandatory element.
Ballot of 978,000 young people prioritises ‘a curriculum for life’ as a UK Youth Parliament campaigning issue
More young people than ever have voted this year to decide on UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) campaigning priorities and we are delighted that from over 978,000 votes a ‘curriculum for life’ – including comprehensive PSHE education – was the most popular topic. The UKYP will now hold a debate in the House of Commons on Friday 11 November on whether to make this or other popular topics their main campaign priority for the year ahead.
A note from our new Chief Executive on joining the Association and our new social mobility briefing
Having just taken over from Joe Hayman as Chief Executive of the PSHE Association, I’d like to introduce myself and highlight some developments this week.
I’m delighted to join the Association at a time of increasing need for high quality PSHE and unprecedented support for it to gain statutory status. During my time as Head of Education at CEOP I saw first-hand the impact of PSHE education on keeping children safe, but more than that, I came to understand the crucial role it can play in improving all children’s lives.
PSHE Association launches briefing on the social mobility case for statutory PSHE
The PSHE Association is today launching an evidence briefing on the contribution PSHE education makes to improving life chances and social mobility.
Statutory PSHE campaign comes to Downing Street
Today, three PSHE campaigners delivered a letter to Downing Street calling on Theresa May to make the subject a statutory part of the curriculum. Lorin LaFave, the founder of the Breck Foundation, Fiona Spargo-Mabbs, the Founder of the DSM Foundation, Sacha Langton-Gilks, the lead campaigner for the Headsmart campaign, came together to bring attention to the need for statutory status.
Growing momentum behind statutory status campaign
This week has seen a series of significant developments in the campaign for statutory PSHE. Campaigning activity is continuing today, the last day before Parliament rises for the beginning of party conference season, with three bereaved parents visiting Downing Street to deliver a letter to Theresa May calling for statutory status.
Education Committee probes Justine Greening on statutory PSHE
In today’s Education Committee session, Justine Greening fielded a number of questions on making PSHE education a statutory subject.
We are recruiting a new primary PSHE education specialist
The PSHE Association is recruiting an experienced primary practitioner to join our team of subject specialists, working to support our growing community of members across the country.
This is an opportunity for those with a teaching background (including experience of leading and teaching PSHE education) who have both a commitment to PSHE education and an interest in developing their skills and experience in creating teaching resources and supporting continuing professional development for teachers. We would welcome applications from practising teachers.
Women and Equalities Committee report recommends statutory PSHE
The PSHE Association has welcomed today’s report from the Women and Equalities Committee into sexual harassment and violence in schools, and its recommendation that the government makes PSHE education a statutory subject on the curriculum.
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CPS report shows large increase in prosecutions for violence against women and girls
The Crown Prosecution Service Report released today has highlighted a significant increase in prosecutions for crimes related to violence against women and girls.
These include an increase in child sexual abuse convictions of almost 17% and over 200 prosecutions for disclosing private sexual images without consent (sometimes referred to as ‘revenge porn’).
Welcome back - looking to the year ahead
Welcome back for the new school year. We really look forward to supporting you during the year ahead and wanted to highlight some of our upcoming resources and training days while updating you on policy developments over the summer.
Our training days this term
PSHE Association raises concerns about drop in PSHE provision in schools
The PSHE Association has issued a warning to the Government over serious risks to child safety – as official figures show a significant fall in time allocated to PSHE education on the curriculum, including lessons on how pupils can help to keep themselves and others safe from abuse and online dangers.
New analysis of Department for Education data showing how secondary schools allocate their curriculum has revealed that the time spent teaching PSHE education has fallen by over 32% in just four years.*
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PSHE Association responds to figures showing reports of sex offences in schools has trebled
The number of sex offences in schools reported to police has almost trebled in four years, according to data obtained by the charity Plan International. Alleged perpetrators were most likely to be other pupils, and girls were the victims in two-thirds of all cases.
PSHE Association responds to crime survey on abuse during childhood
The PSHE Association has today called on government to recognise the scale of the challenge the nation faces in relation to abuse during childhood in response to new figures showing the scale of such abuse.
Further calls for statutory PSHE education
There have been further high profile calls this week for the government to make PSHE education a statutory subject on the school curriculum.
Chair of the Association for Police and Crime Commissioners (APPC), Vera Baird QC, stressed the importance of statutory PSHE in helping children and young people to recognise and stay safe from child sexual abuse. Ms Baird said that making PSHE statutory would be a “key step” and that this move was supported by police and crime commissioners (PCCs) from across the political spectrum.
We are recruiting for an Administrative Assistant
The PSHE Association is recruiting for an Administrative Assistant who will play a key part in helping us to deliver an excellent service to our members. The post is offered on a full time (35 hours per week) basis at a starting salary of £17,000 to £18,000, on an initial six month contract with the possibility of extension.
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PSHE Association responds to Girlguiding research on young women’s aspirations
The PSHE Association has responded to research on young women’s aspirations released today by our colleagues at Girlguiding which suggests that just 35% of young women believe that women and men have the same chance of succeeding in their chosen jobs.
PSHE Association welcomes report on positive academic, social and economic impact of careers education
The PSHE Association has welcomed a review of careers education, published today by the Education Endowment Foundation. The report finds evidence that careers education can have a range of positive impacts including raised academic attainment, improved economic and employment outcomes, and improved wellbeing and non-cognitive skills, such as self-regulation, and resilience.
Chief Executive Joe Hayman said,
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Parents call for education to address sexting by children and young people
New figures released today by the PSHE Association show the scale of parental concern about sexting amongst children and young people. An online poll of parents by YouGov* for the Association showed that 78% were either fairly or very concerned about sexting, compared to 69% who were concerned about alcohol misuse and 67% who were concerned about smoking. In response, 87% of respondents agreed that schools should do more to educate pupils about the risks involved in sexting.
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PSHE Association responds to CBI-Pearson skills survey findings on school-leavers’ readiness for work
The PSHE Association has welcomed the publication of the annual CBI-Pearson education and skills survey, which outlines the need for school pupils to develop the skills and attributes we seek to build through PSHE education. Our own surveys of employers have echoed these findings and shown overwhelming support amongst business leaders for statutory status for PSHE education in order to develop those skills.
PSHE Association announces new Chief Executive
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive. Jonathan Baggaley, who is currently Head of Education at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), will take over from our current CEO, Joe Hayman in mid-September. Jonathan will be joining us in early September, enabling a short handover period before Joe steps down from the role.
Commenting on Jonathan’s appointment, Chair of Trustees Carol Beaumont said:
PSHE Association response to appointment of new Education Secretary
The PSHE Association would like to pay tribute to Nicky Morgan who leaves her position today as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and welcome her successor, Justine Greening, to the role.
PSHE Association welcomes ministers’ comments on PSHE education
The PSHE Association today welcomed positive comments from three government ministers (Education Minister Edward Timpson, Minister for Equalities Caroline Dinenage and Home Office Minister Karen Bradley) giving evidence to the Commons Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into sexual harassment and violence in schools.
PSHE annual conferences 2016: “the front line of efforts to keep children safe”
The PSHE Association welcomed over 250 teachers and other professionals to our 2016 annual conference events in London and Leeds in late June. This year’s events focussed on how PSHE education helps pupils to face 21st century challenges, including staying safe both online and offline.
PSHE Association welcomes report into harmful sexual behaviours amongst children
The PSHE Association has welcomed today’s report into harmful sexual behaviour amongst children. The report comes at the end of an inquiry chaired by Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani and supported by leading children’s charity Barnardo’s, and focuses on efforts to prevent children from being drawn into harmful sexual behaviours and the criminal justice system.
PSHE Association responds to Ofsted Chief Inspector letter on child safety in Birmingham schools
The PSHE Association today expressed deep concern at the reports from Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools, of “organised resistance” by local groups to PSHE education in schools in Birmingham.
Welcoming the next generation of PSHE education teachers
Trainees at the University of Birmingham discuss their experiences on the PSHE Association Chartered Teacher programme, which enables teacher training providers to ensure trainees have a basic understanding and skills required to teach PSHE education.
Response to NSPCC and Children’s Commissioner report on impact of online pornography on young people
The PSHE Association has welcomed today’s report commissioned by the NSPCC and the Office of the Children’s Commissioner on the impact of online pornography on young people.
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PSHE Association welcomes strengthened government guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’
The PSHE Association has welcomed updated government guidance on safeguarding in schools, which contains stronger expectations on schools to teach pupils about how to keep themselves and others safe.
PSHE Association launches new character curriculum toolkit for PSHE education
The PSHE Association is delighted to launch the PSHE education character curriculum planning toolkit, which was produced under a Department for Education (DfE) grant.
Developing essential skills and attributes, alongside subject knowledge, is key to effective PSHE education. This planning toolkit will help teachers to plan schemes of work which put those skills and attributes at the forefront of their PSHE programme.
PSHE Association welcomes APPG report recommending statutory financial education from primary school
The PSHE Association welcomed the report launched today by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education which recommends that financial education is made statutory at primary level and suggests most teachers believe this should be delivered through PSHE education.
PSHE Association begins the search for next Chief Executive
Today, the PSHE Association begins its search for a new Chief Executive to take up the baton from Joe Hayman. After three and a half years in the role, Joe will be leaving the Association later this year to explore new opportunities.
Joe joined the Association in 2012 and has led the organisation to achieve significant growth in its membership, income, size and reach while building unprecedented cross-sector support for raising the status of the subject.
PSHE Association launches updated case for statutory status
As evidence of the impact of PSHE education continues to grow, the PSHE Association has today relaunched its milestone report ‘a curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education’.
New research on online safety and pupil wellbeing launched
We are pleased to launch a new report in partnership with the National Crime Agency’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) outlining 11 key principles of effective practice in prevention education. These principles will help PSHE Association members and supporters to teach high-quality online safety education as part of their broader programmes.
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PSHE association welcomes Parliamentary inquiry on sexual harassment in schools
The PSHE Association welcomes today's announcement of an inquiry into sexual harassment in schools by the Commons Women and Equalities Committee.
Life skills and life chances: PSHE Association responds to social mobility committee report
Today’s report from the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee argues that key “life skills” such as communication, team working, resilience and self-management should be embedded in the school curriculum, arguing that “preparation for the workplace needs to begin as early as possible” in schools.
PSHE Association welcomes ongoing coverage of PSHE education in the Times
The PSHE Association has welcomed the continuing coverage relating to the status of PSHE education in UK schools in the Times newspaper. The coverage began with Maria Miller, the chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee calling for statutory status for the subject in response to growing concerns about the impact of sexting on young people.
PSHE Association responds to Education White Paper
The Department for Education today published a white paper which outlines the government’s vision for education over the next five years and includes a headline commitment that all schools will become academies by 2022. This will have a number of significant implications, including that the national curriculum will in future be a “benchmark” rather than a “decree”.
Statement on Times coverage of sharing of sexual images by school pupils
The PSHE Association has responded to a report in the Times on Saturday (March 12) relating to sharing of sexual images by school pupils.
Chief Executive Joe Hayman said:
Bookings now open for the PSHE Association Annual Conference 2016: PSHE education for the 21st Century
We are delighted to launch our Annual Conference events in London on June 16th and Leeds on June 23rd, with a theme this year which explores what 21st Century PSHE education should look like, how it can support pupils’ safety, wellbeing and success and how it contributes to Ofsted and Independent Schools Inspectorate frameworks.
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PSHE news digest 22 February - 4 March
Sir Michael Wilshaw presented to the House of Commons’ Education Select Committee on the purpose of education, citing the role of PSHE education. The Ofsted Chief stated that good schools teach PSHE education well and that “a good school is not only about promoting the core curriculum. It’s about making sure that youngsters do understand about personal relationships, do understand about sex education, do understand about careers.”
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Welcome to the new PSHE Association website!
We are delighted to welcome you to the new PSHE Association website, which we hope will make it easier for you to find the support and resources you need to deliver high-quality PSHE education.
In response to feedback from our members, we have overhauled the appearance, navigation and content of the site and members should also notice improvements to how membership applications and event bookings are processed. Please take a moment to look through the site and check out some of the new features, including:
PSHE Association responds to Sutton Trust’s Leading People report
Today’s Leading People report from the Sutton Trust demonstrates that jobs in many of the country’s most prestigious professions are disproportionately filled by people who have attended independent schools. The report attributes this to independent school pupils’ access to a range of opportunities in relation to aspirations, non-cognitive skills extracurricular activities and academic attainment which their counterparts in state schools lack.
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PSHE Association response to Government statement on status of the subject
The PSHE Association has expressed deep disappointment about the Government’s decision to reject the Commons Education Committee’s recommendation that PSHE education should become a statutory subject.
New trustees from the worlds of business and education join the PSHE Association
The PSHE Association is delighted to welcome four new trustees to our board to support our development over the coming years. Their mix of business and education expertise, set out in more detail below, will help us to achieve our aim that all school pupils should develop the knowledge, skills and attributes to prepare them for life and work in modern Britain.
PSHE Association welcomes DfE focus on resilience to extremism and calls for more support for teachers
The Government has today launched a new resource hub for teachers, school leaders and parents seeking to educate young people about radicalisation and extremism and increase the resilience of vulnerable young people. The site Educate Against Hate is part of a package of measures announced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan today, and includes resources developed by the NSPCC.
PSHE Association Chief Executive Joe Hayman said:
PSHE Association welcomes Prime Minister’s Life Chances speech
The PSHE Association has welcomed David Cameron’s focus on young people in his speech on life chances yesterday, in which the Prime Minister addressed a range of key issues relevant to PSHE education, including improving mental health, building stronger relationships, reducing substance misuse and focussing on financial education, employability, character and resilience in schools.
Responding, Chief Executive Joe Hayman said:
Select committee chairs issue unprecedented joint letter on PSHE
The PSHE Association today welcomed a joint letter from the chairs of the Commons Education, Home Affairs, Health and Business, Innovation and Skills Committees calling on government to make PSHE education a statutory part of the curriculum.
PSHE Association welcomes proposed changes to statutory safeguarding guidance
The PSHE Association welcomes the government’s consultation on proposed changes to its statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges, ‘Keeping children safe in education’, which opened today.
Chief Medical Officer recommends PSHE be made a “routine part of all children’s education”
In her annual report published today, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Professor Dame Sally Davies, recommended that the Department for Education and Department of Health make PSHE education “a routine part of all children’s education”.
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Extremism and radicalisation – some thoughts from our Subject Specialist, Nick Boddington
Over the past few months we have been increasingly asked for support with teaching about extremism and radicalisation by a range of schools serving a range of different communities. Teachers in all parts of the country, serving both single-sex and mixed-sex schools and pupils of different ages, are seeking help on these issues, and I hope this blog will provide a few thoughts from a PSHE education perspective which might help.
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The chair of the Commons Education Select Committee has written to Nicky Morgan calling on her to “carefully consider” their recommendation to make PSHE education a statutory subject.
New call for teachers and education professionals to write to Downing Street
The PSHE Association has launched a new call for teachers and other education professionals to write to Downing Street, as it steps up its campaign to persuade the Government of the need for statutory PSHE education.
Landmark Children’s Commissioner report on abuse calls for lessons on healthy relationships
A landmark report published by the Children’s Commissioner today suggests that just one in eight victims of sexual abuse come to the attention of the police and children’s services. Evidence examined by the Commissioner also suggests that most victims of sexual abuse do not report it until they have the knowledge to recognise abuse and the words to describe it – often years after the abuse has started.
PSHE Association vows to step up statutory status campaign
The PSHE Association has today vowed to step up its campaigning activity in response to reports in yesterday’s Independent which suggested that the Government is considering rejecting statutory status for PSHE Education. Strong recommendations for statutory status were made by the Education Select Committee earlier this year, and statutory status is supported by 90% of parents and 92% of young people as well as over 100 leading bodies.
PSHE news digest 9-13 November
Sexting is becoming ‘the norm’ for teens warn child protection experts
Kate Burls, education team coordinator at Ceop, a command of the National Crime Agency, said: “Working with young people, we are finding that sexting increasingly feels like a norm in terms of behaviour in their peer group.”
Save the date! PSHE Association Annual Conference 2016
We are pleased to announce the dates for our 2016 Annual Conference, and following feedback from our members, we are again running two events – one in London and one in Leeds. While bookings have not yet opened, we are releasing these dates for your diaries now to help you plan ahead:
Thursday 16th June – London conference at Holiday Inn Regent’s Park
Thursday 23rd June – Leeds conference at the Met Hotel, King Street
PSHE news digest 2-6 November
Barnardos have released a report 'Digital Dangers: the impact of technology on the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and young people'. A survey of young people found that almost half (48 per cent) living at home say their parents only know some of what they do online. The report highlights the need for, among other things, “Easier access to existing prevention resources and advice, including age-appropriate healthy relationships and sex education through schools”. Read the news article and report here
Waking up to a connected world – a personal view from Nick Boddington
As PSHE teachers we seem to have to know ‘something about almost everything’ and cyber safety has been one area I knew I needed to learn a lot more about. My guess is that colleagues reading this blog will fall between ‘I know all this!’ at one end and ‘I didn’t have a clue this was possible!’ at the other. So if this blog simply shows how naïve I was I apologise in advance, but I bet I am not alone.
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PSHE news digest 26-30 October
The female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty has come into force as of 31 October 2015. Guidance for teachers and other professionals is available here
PSHE news digest 19th - 23rd October
On the 20th October, the PSHE Association launched our landmark report - 'A curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education'
Parents and pupils call for statutory PSHE to ensure 'a curriculum for life' for all pupils
Please note that this news article is archived content from our old website and some internal links may not be working. If you need help finding information please get in touch with us at info@pshe-association.org.uk.
New calls from pupils and parents for statutory PSHE education are included in a report launched today by the PSHE Association which outlines the case for the subject to be a mandatory part of the curriculum.
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PSHE news digest 9th - 16th October
A new study from the University of Hertfordshire’s Health Behaviours of School-aged Children (HBSC) has found that ‘emotional wellbeing may be decreasing while physical health is improving’. The report which was published on 15th October undertook surveys with 5,335 young people aged 11, 13 and 15 and suggests that improvements in young people’s health behaviours do not extend to their overall life satisfaction, reinforcing concerns about pupil mental and emotional wellbeing.
New study reinforces need to focus on pupil emotional health
The University of Hertfordshire’s 2015 Health Behaviours of School-aged Children (HBSC) report has been published today. The researchers undertook surveys with 5,335 young people aged 11, 13, and 15 on their physical and emotional wellbeing with the final report noting that ‘emotional well-being may be decreasing while physical health is improving’.
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Surveys from Girlguiding UK and Sky Academy demonstrate issues facing young people
New research from Sky Academy and Girlguiding UK show that issues related to mental health, lack of self-confidence, unsafe relationships and bullying are of greatest concern to young people and that they often don’t receive lessons in school to support them to deal with these issues.
PSHE Association issues call to write to PM on statutory status
The PSHE Association has today issued a call-to-action, urging supporters – from young people and parents to teachers and campaigners – to write to the Prime Minister to ask that the government makes PSHE education a statutory subject.
The government has committed to responding by the end of this year to the Commons Education Committee’s recommendation that the subject be made a statutory part of the curriculum, prompting the Association to appeal directly to David Cameron on the matter.
PSHE news digest 31 August-13 September
The Telegraph reports that ‘some of the country's leading child safety experts’ have demanded that PSHE education which teaches children about sexual abuse and relationships becomes mandatory. The Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield, NSPCC CEO Peter Wanless, and Barnardos CEO Javed Khan have called for statutory PSHE to raise awareness of sexual exploitation and abuse a year after more than 1,400 children were sexually exploited by gangs in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.
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Report on sexual exploitation of children with learning disabilities shows need for PSHE education
Today’s report from Barnardo’s and The Children’s Society shows that children and young people with learning disabilities face additional vulnerabilities to child sexual exploitation (CSE), and raises concerns about the lack of appropriate and inclusive safety education.
BBC report highlights the prevalence of peer-on-peer sexual assaults in schools
A BBC investigation reveals that thousands of sexual assaults have taken place in schools in the past three years, with over a fifth of the incidents carried out by pupils on other pupils.
Government inaction on child safety education leaves children at risk
Telegraph reports that a year after Rotherham child sexual exploitation (CSE) inquiry, child safety education lessons remain optional, despite survivors’ ‘scathing’ verdict on the education they receive
PM has called CSE ‘a national threat’, but six months after Commons Education Committee recommended all pupils receive lessons on staying safe, government still has not responded
Child safety experts NSPCC, Barnardo’s and the Children’s Commissioner urge the government to act to make PSHE statutory
New term, new resources and training!
Our Chief Executive Joe outlines the support available for schools in the new academic year
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Growing concerns about children and young people’s emotional health
Data from three major surveys of children and young people’s behaviours and attitudes – the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s smoking, Drinking and Drugs survey, the School Health Education Unit (SHEU) Young People into 2015 study and the Children’s Society’s Good Childhood 2015 report – and a
Response to the CBI skills survey showing importance of soft skills
CBI Education and Skills Survey published today reinforces what business leaders have been telling us for some time: that more needs to be done in schools to equip pupils with the skills and attributes they need for the world of work.
Deep disappointment in Government delay in responding to Select Committee statutory PSHE recommendation
The PSHE Association today expressed its deep disappointment at the delay in the Government response to the Commons Education Committee’s recommendation that PSHE education should be made a statutory subject. In a Command Paper laid before Parliament today, the Department for Education commits to a decision on this issue later in this year.
PSHE News Digest: 17-21 August
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Good Childhood Report findings on low pupil wellbeing highlight the need for high-quality PSHE
Today’s Good Childhood Report reveals that England’s pupils are some of the unhappiest in the world and face alarming levels of physical and emotional bullying. Children in England, and especially girls, are also particularly likely to feel negative about their appearance and their self-confidence.
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Press release: Personal and social skills crucial to social mobility
Today’s research brief from the Sutton Trust and upReach highlights the disparity in income between independent school graduates and their state school counterparts. The report shows that only half of this difference is explained by prior academic achievement, suggesting that personal and social skills such as communication and assertiveness also play a critical role in determining earnings.
Statutory PSHE - what more can we do?
In February, the Commons Education Committee recommended that Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, the subject which teaches pupils to keep healthy and safe and prepares them for life and work, be made a statutory part of the curriculum in English schools. The campaign for statutory status has been going for many years with huge support, so there was much frustration when the Department for Education recently postponed its decision on what to do.
PSHE Association responds to new social mobility research
New research from the London School of Economics on behalf of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission identifies a ‘glass floor’, which means that less able, better-off pupils are more likely to become high earners than bright pupils from less-advantaged backgrounds.
PSHE education returns to Parliament
A 10 minute rule motion on statutory status for PSHE education, tabled by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, was debated in the House of Commons today. The motion was supported by MPs from across the political spectrum.
This first reading was passed with 183 in favour and 44 against, meaning a second reading has now been scheduled for 22nd January, 2016.
Government postpones its response to the Education Committee’s PSHE report
The Government has postponed its response to the Commons Education Committee’s report on PSHE education which was due by today. The landmark report into PSHE and SRE in schools included a series of recommendation including that the subject be made statutory.
The essential role of PSHE education in preparing pupils for their future
PSHE Association subject specialist Nick Boddington blogs about why PSHE education is essential to preparing pupils for the future - and the genius of the Education Reform Act.
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New Ofsted inspection framework and EBacc expectations
Teachers will be aware that Ofsted has just published its new Common Inspection Framework, which will come into effect from 1 September 2015. The framework, and a handbook for inspecting schools, are now available from the Ofsted website.
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Young people call for ‘life lessons’ in schools as Ministers prepare Select Committee response
A new survey of young people aged 12 to 15 has found that over 9 in 10 pupils who are taught PSHE education believe that all pupils should receive these lessons. The subject covers topics like mental health, employability skills and healthy relationships but is currently non-statutory, meaning provision is sub-standard in 40% of schools according to Ofsted.
Government confirms date of response to Select Committee recommendations
In Parliament today (15 June), Education Secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed that the Government will respond to the Commons Education Committee's recommendations on the status of PSHE education by Friday 26 June.
Responding to a question from Labour MP Jess Phillips, the Education Secretary said: "We have until 26 June to respond to the report and we intend to do so by then."
The relationship between outstanding schools and outstanding PSHE education
Our case study series seeks to explain the 2013/14 Ofsted PSHE report which found that schools judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted were also likely to have outstanding PSHE education programmes.
PSHE Association welcomes character fund announcement
The PSHE Association is pleased at the announcement of funding by the DfE to support development of character education in schools as part its character fund grants scheme.
The funding will allow the Association to develop and pilot a PSHE character curriculum, from key stages 1 to 4 in 10 schools. The project will be independently evaluated to measure its impact on the development of positive character attributes through the curriculum.
PSHE Association outlines post-election strategy
One of our immediate post-election priorities will be to ensure that Ministers in the new Conservative majority Government respond quickly and positively to the Commons Education Committee’s recommendation of statutory status for PSHE education.
Opportunity to be involved in developing and piloting innovative PSHE resources
We are very pleased to have been awarded a grant by the Department for Education to improve the quality of ‘character education’ through PSHE education in schools across the country.
Parties set out their positions on PSHE
Last week, Cosmopolitan UK magazine quizzed representatives from the main parties about their positions on readers’ key election priorities - one of which was statutory PSHE.
Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green Party leaders Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband and Natalie Bennett agreed that the subject should be statutory. While the Conservatives' Nicky Morgan said PSHE was 'an important part of the curriculum', she did not commit to statutory status. UKIP’s Suzanne Evans said sex and relationships education should only be taught after age 11 and be left to parents before this age.
PSHE Association welcomes evidence that lessons on preventing abuse can lead to increased reporting
The PSHE Association has today welcomed a new Cochrane Review suggesting that primary age children who are taught about preventing sexual abuse at school are more than three times more likely than others to report abuse.
Significant concerns raised about Conservative / Labour manifestos
The PSHE Association is concerned to see that both the Labour and Conservative manifestos fail to reference PSHE education.
PSHE Association launches guidance on teaching about body image in schools
The PSHE Association is delighted to launch new practical guidance for teachers about the safe and confident teaching of body image in schools, as part of the PSHE curriculum.
The guidance document - downloadable below - has been produced in response to increasing concerns linked to body image, expressed by children, young people, parents and teachers.
Launching our new guidance on preparing to teach about mental health and emotional wellbeing in PSHE
The PSHE Association has today launched new guidance for schools on preparing to teach about mental health and emotional wellbeing. The guidance has been produced under a grant from the Department for Education and will be accompanied by set of lesson plans spanning key stages 1-4 which will be published during the summer term. The guidance covers key issues including:
PSHE Association warns against using Ch4 'My Self-Harm Nightmare' documentary in class
The PSHE Association is deeply concerned about the content of the 'My Self-Harm Nightmare' Channel 4 documentary aired on Wednesday night which contains graphic depictions and description of self-harming, and therefore could be a ‘trigger’ to young people vulnerable to self-harm. We urge against any school using the documentary in the classroom for this reason.
Our Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Advisor, Dr. Pooky Knightsmith, is a leading expert in this field and comments that:
DfE summary of PSHE evidence provides welcome reminder of subject's value
Last week, the Department for Education released a briefing on the impact and effectiveness of PSHE education. This document helpfully brings together a range of evidence on PSHE education, and reinforces the importance of an evidence-based approach to teaching PSHE. This review of evidence highlights two important aspects of the subject.
Teachers and parents can ensure low confidence doesn’t limit young women's aspirations
An OECD report released last week showed that self-confidence has a bigger impact on life chances in Britain than in almost any other country. Pupils with low self-belief but who have the capability to excel are falling short of their potential, and society is missing out on the skills they have to offer. In particular, British school girls’ lack of confidence in their own abilities has led them to lag behind boys in maths and science.
Teaching about consent in PSHE education - our new guidance, conference & campaigning
We know that teaching pupils about consent and healthy relationships is a priority for our members so we hope the launch of our new guidance today will support you in doing this. A reminder too that we will also cover consent and healthy relationships at our annual conference, which you can read about below along with the latest on our campaign for statutory PSHE - a vital step to ensuring all pupils receive this learning in school.
Launch of PSHE Association consent guidance
Parliamentarians and child safety experts call on Prime Minister to make PSHE statutory
Today’s Times carries a letter signed by a group of prominent Parliamentarians and child protection experts calling on Government to make PSHE education a statutory subject in response to recent child sexual exploitation reports.
PSHE Association responds to Nicky Morgan speech on preparing pupils for life in modern Britain
The PSHE Association welcomes Nicky Morgan’s speech last night on preparing pupils for life in modern Britain, which focused heavily on the role of PSHE education. Read the full speech here. We were however deeply disappointed that the Secretary of State did not make a commitment to statutory status for the subject.
Government announcements on PSHE welcome but insufficient
The PSHE Association is pleased to have had its forthcoming guidance on consent and future plans to raise standards in PSHE education highlighted by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in the Sunday Times today. We are however deeply disappointed that the Secretary of State did not use this opportunity to respond to the recent recommendation from the Education Select Committee that PSHE be made a statutory part of the curriculum.
Experts welcome ACMD Recovery Committee briefing on need for quality drug education
DrugScope, the PSHE Association and Mentor UK have come together to welcome the publication of the briefing paper, Prevention of drug and alcohol dependence, by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drug’s (ACMD) Recovery Committee.
Calls for urgent action on safety education as PM hosts exploitation summit
As the Prime Minister hosts a summit on child sexual exploitation, his Government has yet to respond to an Education Select Committee report which described the Department for Education’s approach to Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, the subject through which pupils learn to keep themselves safe, as weak.
New KS3/4 resource on employability and aspiration for parents of young women launched
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has today launched Your Daughter’s Future, a guide to help parents support their daughters as they make important decisions about their next steps and career choices.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week – our advice for teachers
Many people who experience eating disorders develop them during adolescence or even earlier. This means you may have a pupil in your class who currently has an eating disorder, or who may develop one in future. By talking about eating disorders in a PSHE lesson, you can both help pupils to recognise the signs of disordered eating, and encourage them to seek help.
For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we’ve brought together a range of teacher resources, to support you to teach about eating disorders confidently and safely. As set out below, these focus on
What happens now – an update for supporters of the statutory PSHE campaign
It is a historic day for PSHE education. The Commons Education Committee’s landmark report recommending statutory status is a huge step on our journey to ensuring that all children and young people have access to the high-quality learning they need and deserve.
But what happens now?
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Statutory PSHE education recommended by Commons Education Committee
The PSHE Association has warmly welcomed the recommendations published in today’s Education Committee report on PSHE education, a significant milestone in the journey towards a statutory entitlement to the subject for all school pupils.
Ofsted ‘Better inspection for all’ report published
Ofsted yesterday published details of responses to its 'Better inspection for all' inspection. As part of this announcement, Ofsted confirmed that it would be including a judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare in its new common inspection framework, to be implemented from September 2015. There will also be a welcome focus on outcomes for pupils, and on safeguarding, key priorities for the PSHE community.
PSHE education in 2015: a look ahead
As we enter 2015, we set our our 5 priorities for the year ahead.
DfE keeps the status of PSHE under review
The DfE is keeping the status of PSHE education under review, according to oral evidence by Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Reform, at today’s Education Committee inquiry session into PSHE and SRE.
Dates announced for Annual Conference 2015
Dates have been announced for our annual conference on safeguarding to be held in London on 25th June and in Leeds on 2nd July, and also an ITE seminar on 11 March.
PSHE Association responds to Ofsted consultation
The PSHE Association has today responded to Ofsted’s 'Better inspection for all’ consultation, welcoming on behalf of our members the greater focus on personal development and safeguarding in the new inspection framework, which we believe will be a big step forward and bring much needed balance to Ofsted inspections. In our submission, we have called for:
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Press release: business and education leaders ready for employability skills partnership
According to a YouGov survey commissioned by the PSHE Association, fewer than one in three (32%) business leaders think that schools are doing enough to equip pupils with skills for the world of work such as self-management, communication and teamwork, even though 98% believe these are important skills which school leavers need as they enter the workplace.
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PSHE Association welcomes DfE commitment on pupil mental health
The PSHE Association has welcomed an initiative launched by the Department for Education today to help schools to support pupils’ mental health. We will support this work by providing guidance to teachers on addressing mental health in the classroom.
PSHE Association response to the Ofsted CSE report
PSHE is referenced in today’s Ofsted report as an important means of raising awareness of CSE and keeping pupils safe. Yet PSHE provision is still not good enough.
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Teaching resources for Anti-Bullying Week
PSHE lessons provide a useful opportunity to talk to pupils about bullying and healthy/unhealthy relationships, including recognising the features of exploitative friendships and tackling the attitudes and stigma which lead to prejudice-based bullying.
A blog from Ofsted PSHE Lead Janet Palmer HMI
Ofsted PSHE Lead Janet Palmer blogs on the role of PSHE, citizenship education and SMSC in obtaining good outcomes in the new Ofsted inspection framework.
Regarding coverage of DfE position on teaching about sexual orientation in faith schools
Following yesterday’s coverage of the Department for Education’s position on teaching about sexual orientation and faith schools, it is worth clarifying that the Equality Act 2010 sets expectations on all schools, including faith schools, to promote equality. It is also worth remembering that the overwhelming majority of schools, including faith schools, are working hard to do so.
Join growing calls for statutory PSHE education
Three significant reports published in recent days - a ChildLine report on suicidal thoughts amongst children and young people, the New Psychoactive Substances review and the Coffey report on child sexual exploitation - have all recommended a statutory entitlement to PSHE education.
Update on Caroline Lucas' Statutory PSHE Bill
Caroline Lucas’ PSHE (Statutory Requirement) Bill, which was due to be debated today, has been postponed until February. While this is disappointing for all those who were looking forward to seeing PSHE education debated in Parliament today, positive comments from Education Secretary Nicky Morgan mean that this remains a time of great possibility for the subject
Weekly News Digest - 13-17 October
This week was Body Confidence Week, with a variety of activities around body image and self-esteem taking place to mark it.
Addressing the sharing of sexual images in PSHE
CEO Joe Hayman addresses the recent leaking of thousands of Snapchat images which children and young people had shared through a third-party app.
PSHE Association welcomes Nicky Morgan’s positive comments about PSHE education
In an interview with the BBC’s Woman’s Hour today, Nicky Morgan spoke positively about PSHE education, including sex and relationships education.
Teachers join growing calls for statutory PSHE
Momentum continues to build for statutory PSHE education with three major teaching unions - NUT, ATL and NAHT – adding their support for compulsory status. This support for statutory PSHE from teachers and school leaders may alleviate concerns amongst politicians that schools would feel overburdened if the subject was made compulsory.
Public affairs special update: growing momentum for compulsory PSHE
In a week of major developments, the Education Secretary has expressed her support for PSHE education, and a number of senior Liberal Democrat and Labour Party figures have added their backing to Caroline Lucas’ statutory PSHE Bill.
Joint briefing on teaching about puberty in Key Stage 2 from PSHE Association and Association for Science Education
The PSHE Association and the Association for Science Education have produced a joint briefing on schools' statutory duties to ensure that children learn about puberty in Key Stage 2.
PSHE Association welcomes cross party support for PSHE education
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s statement by the Liberal Democrats in support of a statutory requirement for PSHE education in all state schools and calls from the Labour party for important areas of the PSHE curriculum such as sex and relationships education to be made compulsory.
End of term message
With the summer holidays now here, we would like to thank PSHE practitioners across the country for their hard work over the past year. It has been a busy year for PSHE education, and we will continue to build on this momentum during the year ahead.
PSHE Association welcomes PSHE (Statutory Requirement) Bill
We welcome the presentation of a Bill to require that the Secretary of State makes PSHE education a statutory requirement in all state funded schools.
Weekly News Digest: 20-24 October
This week's relevant Parliamentary business included Caroline Lucas' Statutory Bill, and the first oral evidence session for the Education Select Committee inquiry into PSHE and SRE.
A whole-school approach to promoting health in schools: Evidence that it can work
Beki Langford blogs about the results of her research as part of the Cochrane Review into the effectiveness of schools in promoting good public health outcomes.
PSHE Association welcomes CBI call for education that prepares pupils for work and life beyond school
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) calling for reforms to the education system so that it better prepares pupils for the world of work and life beyond school.
Home Affairs Committee report on FGM recommends compulsory PSHE
This week’s Home Affairs Committee report ‘Female genital mutilation (FGM): the case for a national action plan’ includes a recommendation that PSHE education should be made compulsory, and that Ofsted should look into FGM during inspections.
PSHE Association Annual Conference, 26th June 2014
Our annual conference yesterday brought almost 200 colleagues from across the county together to share practice on the crucial issue of pupil emotional wellbeing and mental health. Read more about the day here.
Parents want lessons on emotional health in schools – but teachers need more support
A recent survey undertaken by YouGov on behalf of the PSHE Association shows that 90% of parents believe that schools should teach children or young people about mental health and emotional wellbeing alongside traditional subjects like maths and science. Yet the PSHE Association has gathered strong evidence that schools are highly concerned about their capacity to support pupils’ emotional health.
PSHE Association welcomes DfE guidance on mental health and behaviour in schools
The PSHE Association welcomes non-statutory guidance published by the Department for Education this week which aims to support schools in recognising and responding to mental health issues facing pupils. A key aim of the document is to decrease the number of pupils with mental health difficulties being branded as ‘troublemakers’ and to enable schools to develop and implement initiatives to promote positive mental health.
PSHE Association response to Ofsted report on Birmingham Schools
Having not looked in detail at the Ofsted reports but being aware that the schools concerned are challenging Ofsted’s judgments, we cannot comment on the inspection reports released today.
PSHE Association responds to Office of Children’s Commissioner Report on pornography
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s report from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner which highlights worrying evidence of the impact of pornography on children growing up in England.
British Medical Journal editorial links pupil health and wellbeing with attainment and employability
The PSHE Association welcomes today’s British Medical Journal editorial on the importance of pupil health, wellbeing and personal development, and their positive impact on academic attainment and employability. The authors suggest policy solutions such as making PSHE education a statutory subject and school inspectors looking more closely at pupil health and personal development.
PSHE Association welcomes Commons Education Committee Inquiry into PSHE and SRE
The Commons Education Committee has today announced an inquiry into Personal, Social, Health and Economic education and Sex and Relationships Education. The Committee has asked for written submissions by the 6th of June on the following questions:
Ofsted blog: striving for good or outstanding PSHE education
Janet Palmer HMI, Ofsted’s National Lead for PSHE education, writes for us here on the expectation for all schools to deliver PSHE education and the subject’s contribution to areas judged by Ofsted during whole school inspections.
We are very encouraged to hear Ofsted emphasising the importance of PSHE education in relation to such areas as pupil Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development, safeguarding and safety.
Nottingham celebrates PSHE Association quality mark for DrugAware resource
Last Friday, on behalf of the PSHE Association, Joe Hayman attended the Nottingham City Council Headquarters to celebrate the Nottingham DrugAware resource being awarded our Quality Assurance mark.
A missed opportunity: joint response to new Government Safeguarding Guidance for Schools
Brook, PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum respond to new Government Safeguarding Guidance for Schools
Staffing and governance changes at the PSHE Association
We are pleased to announce a series of changes in our Board of Trustees, Advisory Council and staff team which we believe will help the Association to improve the status, profile and impact of PSHE education across the country.
New SRE guidance published by PSHE Association, Brook and Sex Education Forum
We are pleased to announce the publication of Sex and relationships education (SRE) for the 21st century, new guidance developed by the PSHE Association and our partners Brook and the Sex Education Forum. This advice supplements existing statutory Department for Education guidance for schools with information that better recognises the needs of our members when addressing 21st century challenges such as online pornography and staying safe online.
PSHE Association and Young Minds launch joint survey regarding pupil mental health
Pupil mental health was the biggest concern raised by members in our annual survey last year and we need feedback from PSHE teachers and leads on how we can help.
Complete this new pupil mental health survey in just 5-7 minutes* to help us understand your specific concerns and what guidance and resources we can support PSHE teachers and leads with.
Update on important developments in PSHE education
The House of Lords debated a range of PSHE education related amendments to the Children and Families Bill this week. While these amendments did not pass, the debate highlighted a range of important developments.
Our response to DfE statement on the Children and Families Bill and PSHE education
A number of amendments related to PSHE education will be debated as the Children and Families Bill reaches the Lords this week. In advance of this debate, the Government has set out its position on PSHE education in a letter to the Members of the House of Lords who are leading the PSHE amendments.
New DfE requirement for schools to publish details of their PSHE education provision
We would like to draw members’ attention to a new Department for Education timeline of mandatory information for schools and in particular a specific requirement for all schools to include information about their PSHE education provision when publishing their curriculum this spring.
PSHE education receives support across Parliament
We welcome the strong cross party support for PSHE education in Parliament this week.
PSHE Association and partners to draft new sex and relationships education advice for schools
We are pleased to announce to our members that the PSHE Association is working with Brook and the Sex Education Forum on joint advice aimed at helping schools to bring their sex and relationships education (SRE) into the 21st Century. Our new advice will supplement the Government's existing statutory guidance on the subject.
Our response to reports on mental health concerns amongst children and young people
Last week’s Youth Index 2014 Report by The Princes’ Trust revealed the extent of mental health problems faced by young people, particularly those who are unemployed.
Teaching about consent - our response to the Children’s Commissioner report
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s report on consent raises big concerns about a vital issue for children and young people growing up in England and, indeed, for every one of us. The report stresses the importance of a whole school approach to teaching about consent, with PSHE education taking a central role.
PSHE Association welcomes government project to tackle prejudice based bullying in schools
The PSHE Association warmly welcomes the initiative aimed at tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in secondary schools launched today by Minister for Women and Equalities Jo Swinson.
PSHE Association welcomes Chief Medical Officer’s annual report
The PSHE Association welcomes the Chief Medical Officer’s annual report ‘Our Children Deserve Better: Prevention Pays’ and in particular its focus on the health and wellbeing of children and young people. As the Chief Medical Officer notes, what happens early in life affects health and wellbeing later and there is a growing business case for improving the lives of children and young people.
Drug and alcohol education mapping and Mentor ADEPIS draft standards
As part of the DfE funded ADEPIS project, the PSHE Association was asked by national charity Mentor to carry out a mapping exercise with teachers about the state of drug and alcohol education in English schools. The survey of 288 teachers (over half of whom were paid members of the Association) showed that there are many current examples of good practice within schools and this provides a solid base upon which to build.
PSHE Association response to final National Curriculum framework
Members may be aware that the
PSHE Association welcomes Youth Select Committee report 'A Curriculum for Life'
The PSHE Association warmly welcomes the Youth Select Committee report, 'A Curriculum for Life', which was published yesterday.
PSHE Association joins call to bring sex and relationships education into the internet age
The PSHE Association has joined seventy other respected bodies and experts in calling for the Department for Education to update its guidance to schools on sex and relationships education (SRE), last updated in 13 years ago. A joint letter was published in the Daily Telegraph and supported by the Telegraph’s leader column today.
Our response to recent reports about school sex and relationships education policies
We are aware of recent media reports about the sex and relationships education policies of some schools (see, for example, coverage in the Daily Telegraph and the Independent).
PSHE Association calls for examples of good practice in the teaching of consent
As you may be aware, the Department for Education announced earlier this year that it has asked the PSHE Association to identify a range of good practice on the teaching of consent in sex and relationships education in line with statutory guidance for the subject. We are therefore putting out a call for examples of good practice which will be assessed against our quality standards for PSHE education, with the highest-quality examples (either resources or case studies) promoted to our membership of over 5,000 teachers, school leaders and other education practitioners.
Portsmouth City Council and PSHE Association launch partnership to improve PSHE education in the city
Schools from across Portsmouth gathered yesterday for the launch of an important new pilot initiative aimed at driving up standards of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education in the city. PSHE education supports young people to negotiate real life challenges and opportunities including employability, relationships, safety and wellbeing.
PSHE Association launches new PSHE education Programme of Study
The Government’s PSHE education review concluded in March 2013, stating that the subject would remain non-statutory and that no new programmes of study would be published.
Update for members on Children and Families Bill PSHE education amendment
We are disappointed but unsurprised to report that the Opposition amendment to the Children and Families Bill, which would have made PSHE statutory, was defeated in the Commons on June 11th.
Raising the profile of PSHE education - update on our current campaigning and public affairs activity
We continue to work hard on your behalf to raise the profile of PSHE education at a national level and we wanted to update you on our progress. This is an exciting time with lots happening, so please follow our website and social media feeds to keep right up to date on progress relating to the following key activities:
Support for Children and Families Bill amendment for statutory PSHE
PSHE Association urges schools to use quality-assured resources and providers
Our members may be aware of a recent story in the Times Educational Supplement about funding for drugs education charities in England. This issue has also been raised by our colleagues at the respected national drugs and alcohol education charity, Mentor.
PSHE Association welcomes Ofsted report on PSHE education
We welcome Ofsted's report into PSHE education which paints a realistic picture of provision across the country. We will be considering the report carefully over the coming days and will be publishing a full response for our members shortly.
Baroness Kidron on why we must grasp the opportunity for high quality PSHE
The PSHE Association welcomed strong cross party support for the subject in the House or Lords debate on PSHE education on 24th April.
Baroness Doreen Massey led the debate and there were over 15 speakers from across the political spectrum, covering issues from emergency first aid to the impact of online pornography, as well as the crucial role PSHE can play in preparing children for life in a rapidly changing world.
PSHE Association welcomes strong cross-party support for PSHE education
The PSHE Association welcomes strong cross party support for the subject in the House or Lords debate on PSHE education on 24th April.
Findings of 2013 Annual Members' Survey
Read our summary of findings from our annual members' survey, which took views from 250 members.
PSHE Association supports Sex Education in Science campaign
The PSHE Association has signed a letter along with over 100 other organisations published in today’s Times calling for the Government to reverse proposed changes to the science curriculum which it is feared could undermine high-quality sex and relationships education (SRE) in schools across the country.
Reform of the National Curriculum in England: PSHE Association response
Guidelines for members wishing to respond to the Department for Eudcation consultation on proposed reforms to the National Curriculum.
Update for members following announcement of DfE PSHE review outcome
The Department for Education today announced the conclusion of the PSHE education review, in response the PSHE Association has written the following note to our members:
The Department for Education has today issued the outcome of its personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education review.
PSHE Association appeals for partnership in support of PSHE education
PSHE education is by its very nature a subject which includes a broad range of topics vital to helping young people negotiate life’s challenges and opportunities. Therefore it appeals to a wide range of organisations with a wide range of interests. Hundreds of organisations, from those focused on sex and drugs education to those interested in enterprise and employability, have a stake in the success of the subject.
PSHE Association welcomes cross party motion for compulsory PSHE to tackle violence against women and girls
We are encouraged by such strong cross-party support for yesterday's parliamentary motion to make personal, social, health and economic (PSHE)education a requirement in schools to help prevent violence and abuse towards women and girls. The debate was organised to coincide with a day of action for One Billion Rising, an international campaign to help raise awareness and tackle such abuse.
PSHE Association gives evidence to Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill Committee
Our Chief Executive Joe Hayman today gave evidence to the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill Committee, following our submission of written evidence earlier in the week, which is available as a .pdf document below.
In Joe’s evidence and in our submission, we argue that schools already have the legal framework in place for teaching children and young people about marriage which will now need to include same sex marriage so that there is no need for new specific guidance or legislation regarding the teaching of same-sex marriage in schools.
PSHE Association responds to National Curriculum announcement
The PSHE Association welcomes the focus on a broad and balanced curriculum in today’s national curriculum announcement by the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove.
PSHE Association welcomes Government commitment to consultation on PSHE programme of study
In response to a recent Parliamentary question on drugs and PSHE education, Department for Education Minister Liz Truss MP announced a commitment to a consultation into a final programme of study on PSHE education.
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Julea Ward wins court ruling, while legislation bearing her name advances
March 21, 2012 by Ben Caldwell
Her religious discrimination suit is returned to a federal jury. Meanwhile, a proposed law in Michigan would allow students to refuse to treat any client they chose, out of any genuine religious or moral belief.
Julea Ward has enjoyed two big victories so far this year.
For the first time, she won a court ruling in her case against Eastern Michigan University, which had disciplined her for refusing to provide counseling services to a gay client as part of her graduate practicum training. Just weeks later, legislation bearing her name moved forward in the Michigan legislature despite protests from universities and professional associations that the Julea Ward Freedom of Conscience Act would make it harder to effectively train mental health professionals.
In the court case, Ward’s victory was limited but it does keep her case alive. While not making a determination of the merits of the case, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ward should have the opportunity to argue that her religious beliefs were used against her, according to the Associated Press. The case will be returned to a Detroit-based federal jury.
In the Michigan legislature, the House Education Committee advanced HB5040, the bill bearing Ward’s name. According to the Holland Sentinel, the bill would “prohibit religious discrimination against students who are studying counseling, social work, and psychology.” That description seems a bit narrower to me than the bill itself, which goes beyond just prohibiting discrimination: it actually prohibits universities from any disciplinary actions against students who refuse to treat clients based on “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of the student, if the student refers the client to a counselor who will provide the counseling or services.”
You can keep up with the bill’s progress here: HB5040.
I wrote about Ward’s case for Family Therapy Magazine a couple of months ago (full article: Can a religious therapist refuse to treat gay and lesbian clients?). She described the events that led to her lawsuit in this video for the Christian-based legal organization that is defending her:
I’ll be writing more about HB5040 and other “conscience clause” legislation in the near future. In the meantime, the Pew Research Center offers a fascinating legal history of conscience issues in health care.
Update: About a week after this post was initially published, I posted another piece about conscience clause legislation.
Share your thoughts on this case: Email me at ben[at]bencaldwell[dot]com, post a comment below, or find me on Twitter (@benjamincaldwel).
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Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett, and Matthew Myers 'Battle' It Out in New Picture Book
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Even for the most ardent bibliophiles among us, the urge to, er, enhance a text can be overpowering (there’s a reason that scrawled-on mustaches and devil horns are classics of junior-high self-expression). On October 22, when Simon & Schuster publishes Battle Bunny, written by Jon Scieszka (Trucktown) and Mac Barnett (Count the Monkeys), and illustrated by Matthew Myers (Clink), readers will learn what happens when a trio of children’s-book creators tries their hand at artful vandalism.
Let’s be clear: this is no ordinary picture book. The underlying story is a syrupy sweet, Little Golden Books-like tale called Birthday Bunny, about a rabbit whose forest friends seem to have forgotten his special day. (At the end they throw him a surprise party, to no one’s surprise except Bunny’s.) A boy named Alex, who has received the book as a birthday present from his grandmother, creates an entirely different story by scribbling over the original text, altering the illustrations, and adding a few spot drawings of his own. The resulting package is a wickedly funny story called Battle Bunny, about an evil cottontail with plans to take over the world.
To see Birthday Bunny's transformation into Battle Bunny, click here.
Sowing the Seeds of Destruction
The idea germinated in 2009 when Scieszka and Barnett were on their first tour together, promoting Scieszka’s Robot Zot! and Barnett’s Guess Again!. During the downtime between events, they took a sentimental book they had bought about a library cat and began to... alter it. “We took a Sharpie and drew lasers coming out of the cat’s eyes. We had him wanting to eat children,” Barnett recalled. “We just cracked ourselves up, both with the pictures and the text,” Scieszka continued. “And then we said, ‘We’re geniuses! But wait! We can’t do this to somebody’s book; they’d kill us!’ And then we said, ‘But oh! We could do the real book too!’ ” And that was the start of Battle Bunny.
It wasn’t until many months later that the project took flight. Scieszka and Barnett approached Justin Chanda, v-p and publisher of children’s trade imprints at S&S, with a copy of the defaced cat book. Chanda was sold on the idea immediately. “All they needed to say was, ‘We want to do a book where we take a classic picture book that’s sappy and saccharine and rewrite it like all boys are apt to do.’ And I said, ‘Absolutely.’ ” said Chanda.
The first draft of the Birthday Bunny manuscript came together over the course of an afternoon, according to its creators. “One working rule was that we couldn’t think about any given plot point for longer than 2.5 seconds – whatever came out of our reptile brains,” Scieszka said. The duo also wanted to be sure, Barnett added, “that it really worked on its own as a story. [It] had to feel like a real book and not like we were setting ourselves up for opportunities. At the end, we had a real story we would never write, but one a lot like what we see out there.”
Then, while Scieszka and Barnett went to town transforming Birthday Bunny into Battle Bunny, Chanda and Dan Potash, v-p and creative director at S&S Children’s Publishing, hunted for an illustrator. They needed an artist with an offbeat sensibility who wouldn’t mind doing what basically amounted to two complete books – or defacing his own art. They found a willing partner in Matthew Myers (A Is for Musk Ox; Tyrannosaurus Dad), and once he was on board, the real collaboration began. “The beauty of this is that everybody was involved. You have these authors who know so much about art, and then you have this artist who is really contributing to the captions and the text; everyone was an equal player on this,” Chanda recalled. “It all came from such an educated point of view, but then once we were free to do the book, it was a bunch of kids messing around. I have never experienced that before.”
The progression from manuscript and rough sketches to finished book took much longer than usual for a picture book because there were so many pieces to keep track of. First, both manuscripts had to be somewhat finalized. Then the Birthday Bunny artwork had to be painted by Myers, scanned by Potash, and joined in Photoshop with the paper created specifically for the book. The original Birthday Bunny text was then designed and added, printed onto card stock, and sent to Myers to deface using Alex’s words and drawings. Once the defaced spread was approved, the artwork was then rescanned, and sent back to Myers again for any minor adjustments. “I think we counted it at one point; this was like 10 or 11 steps!” Potash said.
By the time the book was completed, more than a year had gone by. But Scieszka, Barnett, and Myers had spent most of that time making sure the book was just right by being especially finicky about one another’s work. “[Scieszka and Barnett] are both true collaborators, very open to tweaking things to make them better,” Myers said. “Their manuscript originally had much more of the Birthday Bunny story crossed out and replaced with Battle Bunny text than it does now. I suggested changing fewer words to alter the meaning and they both jumped on that. They came to my studio and told me my first bunnies were too crazy looking and I jumped on that. It was clear from the beginning that we were all for making something cool no matter how much more work it meant.”
The trio crowd-tested the work-in-progress in schools and at events to make sure their intended audience found it entertaining, and to ensure that the words and pencil-drawings felt authentic. “Most books or ads that use fake kid art feel wrong. It usually looks too shaky. Kids are not erratic or clumsy. They try to be precise,” said Myers. “So I watched kids draw a lot. I also had to dredge up my own childhood drawing memories. For example, I remember making the letters a, b, d, p, and q by first drawing a circle and then a straight line overlapping it. Airplanes were smashed flat, both wings showing even in profile.” He also used a fatter pencil and changed his grip, lodging the pencil between his middle and ring finger so the writing would appear more kid-like.
For their part, Chanda and Potash kept the violence PG (the bombs look like walkie-talkies; Battle Bunny is menacing but not terrifying) and made sure kids wouldn’t get the message that defacing any book is OK (Alex owns the copy of Birthday Bunny, as shown by the note from Gran Gran at the beginning). The finished book has hidden gems for adults, too: look for a portrait of Richard L. Simon and Max Schuster on the back cover, and for President Obama’s gradual morphing into Abraham Lincoln.)
‘Birthday’ Bash
To promote their collaboration, Scieszka and Barnett are embarking on a 10-day, nine-city tour beginning October 20, with a stop in Austin for the Texas Book Festival on October 26 and other appearances at bookstores, libraries, and schools. “We want to throw big birthday parties for bunnies. Jon and I want to wear embarrassing hats and have kids smash our faces with cake, just like we do in the Battle Bunny trailer,” says Barnett. “Or we’re going to come to schools or stores, playing it like the straight men, ready to promote Birthday Bunny. We’re just going to be aghast that this guy Alex has somehow changed it.”
Many kids will already be in on the charade. As part of the marketing campaign, paperback versions of Birthday Bunny were sent to schools and libraries in advance of the tour for students to deface. A Web site will host kids’ submissions, along with a link to a downloadable and defaceable pdf version of Birthday Bunny, and a list of educator resources. But can there be a lesson plan devoted to reading and analyzing a story about a maniacal rabbit with a soft spot for professional wrestling who’s out to destroy the universe once and for all? You bet. “It’s so not Common Core and yet it speaks right to the heart of the issue,” Potash said. “This is about a kid doing exactly the opposite of what you’re ‘supposed to do’ with a book, and yet it’s making something substantive.”
Common Core or not, the question remains, will everyone get on board with a story that encourages kids to doodle in their books? Barnett hopes so. “This is Alex’s book,” he said. “He was given the wrong book and he made into the right book for him. We can change the stories we own.” Chanda’s take on any potential controversy is a bit more practical: “If anything, it’ll be the best publicity for the book!”
Below, Birthday Bunny's transformation into Battle Bunny.
Scieszka and Barnett wrote the original Birthday Bunny manuscript and determined which lines Alex would "rewrite." Then, the additional words or phrases that would be added to create the Battle Bunny story were typed up, and both texts were edited. Click image to see a larger version.
Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, illus. by Matthew Myers. Simon & Schuster, $14.99 Oct. ISBN 978-1-4424-4673-1
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MUHC celebrates second LEED Gold certification
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Sir David Attenborough Says 'humans Have Overrun The World'
Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has said that humans have "overrun the planet" as he warned that the natural world is on verge of collapse.
Written By Vishal Tiwari | Mumbai | Updated On: January 16, 2020 12:10 IST
Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has said that humans have "overrun the planet" as he warned that the natural world is on verge of collapse. Attenborough's latest comment came amid the ongoing promotion of his film David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, which the natural historian described as his vision for the future. The 92-year-old Attenborough added that human beings needed to act to mitigate our impact on the environment and work with nature rather than fight against it.
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"I've had the most extraordinary life,” he said in the trailer for the film, which will be shown in cinemas on 16 April. "It is only now that I appreciate how extraordinary," Attenborough was quoted as saying by international media. Attenborough's concerns are legitimate as the planet is already showing signs of climate change. Researchers have confirmed that 2010-19 was the hottest decade on record, with the planet's ocean recording its warmest temperature in 2019.
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The former BBC host is widely regarded as a national treasure in the United Kingdom, the title he himself doesn't like. Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs in every format in his career and that includes BAFTA for black and white, colour, HD, 3D, and 4K. Attenborough's most recent works include his narration for the eight-part Netflix series Our Planet.
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Update on Summertime Trolley Program Presented to Council
On November 7, 2019 November 6, 2019
By Shawn Raymundo
The city’s free trolley service saw a ridership of more than 173,000 passengers this past summer, with the most popular stops being the San Clemente Pier and the Outlets at San Clemente, according to a report from the city.
This year’s trolley program also saw the addition of the new Northern Blue line, which offered service to riders from the Outlets to Camino de Estrella at Calle Verano, where it connected with the city of Dana Point’s trolley.
According to the city, the Downtown Red Line trolley, which ran daily from Friday, May 24, through Sunday, Sept. 29, had a total ridership of 151,688 passengers. The Blue Line, which didn’t get rolling until July 8, when the vehicles were delivered to the city, saw a total of 21,799 total riders through Sept. 29.
Based on the city’s findings from the Summer 2019 trolley program, the Downtown Red Line’s stops at the Outlets and the pier made up 64% of the passenger boardings—36% at the pier and 28% at the Outlets.
Similarly, one of the Northern Blue Line’s most popular pick-up and drop-off locations was the Outlets, which accounted for 48% of the route’s total boardings, the city stated. The Dana Point connection was another popular destination for the route, as it represented 25% of the boardings.
The city noted that while the trolley service “operated well,” the Downtown Red Line did encounter a few hiccups over the summer, such as capacity issues during special events, holidays and peak weekend hours.
“The downtown redline trolleys often reached maximum capacity (i.e., no seating or standing room), requiring drivers to turn away new passengers,” the report stated. “To address this capacity issue, a new trolley vehicle would be needed.”
Other issues that arose this year with the addition of the northern route were complaints from residents near the Camino De Estrella at the Calle Verano stop, as well as the Camino Capistrano at Camino Mira Costa stop.
“Dana Point and San Clemente staff received complaints from nearby residences about noise from the trolley vehicles, and loud and disruptive behavior from people presumably waiting to board the trolleys, including trespassing onto nearby private properties,” the city reported on the Calle Verano stop.
To resolve the issue, city council voted on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to eliminate that stop, ending the route at its Avenida Mira Costa stop by the Sprouts shopping center. The city of Dana Point, the report added, has agreed to reroute its trolley so it reaches that stop as well, making it the new transfer location.
The city also noted that Camino Capistrano at Mira Costa stop is located between two residential driveways, which had inhibited one resident’s ability “to enter and exit his driveway when the trolley was present.
The council’s vote also approved a plan to adjust the location of that stop to a location that will be later be determined by the city of Dana Point.
According to the city, the annual cost to operate the trolley in the current fiscal year is $403,567. The majority of that cost—$362,015—is coming from Project V grants the city received from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA).
OCTA’s Project V program allows local jurisdictions to apply for grant funding toward the development of community-based local transit services. The program is also meant to help municipalities meet transportation needs of the area.
OCTA’s trolley programs require a minimum of 10 riders per hour in order to continue to receive funding and explore more route options. During the first year of a new route, however, the minimum ridership is 6 per hour.
During this summer’s trolley program, the Red Line had about 38 riders per hour, while the Blue Line had 12.6 riders per hour. In total for both lines, there were 30.3 riders per hour.
The city’s Project V funds are set to expire in fiscal year 2024. The city noted that another round of grant-funding applications to the OCTA is currently open through Dec. 12 and that it would likely behoove the city to submit an application because its current funding will expire during the next grant-funding period.
The application to extend the funding for the trolley program could allow the city to acquire an additional vehicle that’s likely to help mitigate the capacity issues the city saw this summer.
The city further explained in the report that previous talks of adding another trolley route to the southern portion of the city should be tabled, because the new northern route didn’t surpass the minimum grant requirements by a large margin.
At the council’s direction, city staff will also prepare a report that looks into a trolley service route that can potentially service inland residents in the Talega area, as well as review a program in which people can rent out a trolley for private events.
Shawn Raymundo
Shawn Raymundo is the city editor for the San Clemente Times. He graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in Global Studies. Before joining Picket Fence Media, he worked as the government accountability reporter for the Pacific Daily News in the U.S. territory of Guam. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnzyTsunami and follow San Clemente Times @SCTimesNews.
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Boston College beats Tulane 7-2
Boston College pitcher Justin Dunn throws against Tulane in the NCAA college regional baseball tournament game in Oxford, Miss., Friday, June 3, 2016. (Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Justin Dunn struck out 11 batters and gave up just two runs over seven innings to lead Boston College over Tulane 7-2 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament’s Oxford Regional on Friday.
Jake Palomaki’s groundout in the third inning drove in Donovan Casey and moved Logan Hoggarth to third base. Hoggarth then scored on wild pitch to give Wake Forest (32-20) a 2-0 lead. Nick Sciortino added a two-run single in the top of the sixth.
Tulane responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to pull within 4-2, but couldn’t score again against the right-handed Dunn (4-1).
Bobby Skogsbergh threw two scoreless and hitless innings of relief to close the game.
Third-seeded Boston College will face Utah on Saturday. Tulane will play top-seeded Mississippi in an elimination game.
Tulane (39-20) managed only five hits. Emerson Gibbs (6-4) took the loss, giving up five runs — four earned — over seven innings.
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Delegate Update: The latest count in the Democratic race
It takes 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination for president. Where the race for those delegates stands, based on an Associated Press count:
PLEDGED DELEGATES
These are the delegates won in primaries and caucuses. At the party’s national convention, these delegates must vote for the candidate who won them.
Hillary Clinton: 1,769
Bernie Sanders: 1,501
These are elected and party officials who automatically attend the convention and can vote for the candidate of their choice. The AP has surveyed these delegates several times and noted their on-the-record endorsements.
These delegates, however, can change their minds.
Clinton: 543
Sanders: 44
THE TOTAL
Clinton: 2,312
Sanders: 1,545
Clinton needs 71 delegates to reach the 2,383 needed to win.
These are the pledged delegates to be chosen in upcoming races and the superdelegates who have yet to commit to either Clinton or Sanders.
Pledged: 781
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Maureen Kennah-Hafstein enjoys her back garden as much as possible as she awaits the deep brain stimulation she is scheduled to receive in September to treat Parkinson’s disease. (Martha Wickett/Salmon Arm Observer)
Shuswap woman with Parkinson’s receives long-awaited date for surgery
Fear arises as to whether September surgery will beat her deteriorating condition
Martha Wickett
After 12 years of living with Parkinson’s disease and more than two years of waiting for a life-altering procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation, Maureen Kennah-Hafstein has finally received the word she has been awaiting for so long.
She now has a scheduled date for the surgery. Sept. 17.
While this news is most welcome, the worry now is – will it be soon enough?
To capture the optimal benefit from the surgery, she can’t wait too long. The best outcome she can expect from the surgery will only be as good as her best “on” time with medication.
“With the medication quickly failing to help me, I worry every day that I will lose the last bit of normalcy that I still manage to get. DBS cannot come soon enough. I could lose this critical window of opportunity any day,” she says.
The waitlist in B.C. was two to five years. As a patient of neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Honey, she received a letter asking patients to lobby their MLAs to pressure the province to hire a second neurosurgeon and increase operating room time.
She did just that, putting in a lot of time and energy.
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In February of this year, the Ministry of Health issued a news release stating: “Beginning April 1, 2019, people with Parkinson’s disease whose symptoms can no longer be controlled with medication will have improved access to deep brain stimulation (DBS).”
The health ministry release stated a provincial program was being established at UBC hospital that will maintain a centralized waitlist. It also promised increased operating room time, as well as the recruitment of an additional neurosurgeon.
In an email response to the Observer’s questions about the promised improvements, a ministry spokesperson wrote on June 21: “We are actively recruiting a second surgeon as part of the five point plan outlined in the media release below.”
That media release, dated Feb. 5, was the same one the Observer sent to the ministry with the request for information.
“The bottom line for me is that every day counts,” writes Kennah-Hafstein in an email to the Observer. “I am in the advanced stages of this cruel, progressive, degenerative disease and I am scared. I have made a conscious decision to distract myself by working to the point of exhaustion every day in my beautiful yard and house. With the help of my incredible family and friends I am able to get out to do some errands as long as my symptoms aren’t too severe. I feel my world shrinking daily however!”
Kennah-Hafstein says she appreciates the hiring process takes time, and that everyone involved understands the urgency.
However, she points out that in February, Health Minister Adrian Dix “made a pretty big promise to eliminate the present waitlist by April 2020 and I intend to hold him responsible for that.”
Although Kennah-Hafstein remains optimistic and expresses gratitude for her life, friends and family, she does speak of her fears. Her swallowing has been noticeably deficient in the past couple of weeks, she says. The times where her body is not undergoing uncontrollable movements are few and far between.
“But my biggest worry is cognitive decline.”
She has had very few lapses, and feels that so far she’s doing well.
“I’ve kept myself pretty busy with reading. If I can still write a letter, I think I’m doing pretty good.”
Nonetheless, September seems like a long way off.
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The Night Tiger: A Novel (Hardcover)
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Set in 1930’s Malaysia, this remarkable novel has a number of recurring motifs: twins, medicine, dreams, the eerie space between life and death, tigers, the five Confucian virtues, and – oh, dear! – severed fingers. But don’t shy away; embrace this absorbing adventure in a time and place that will be new to most readers. Ji Lin, who works in a dance hall to pay off her mother’s gambling debts; her stepbrother, Shin, a medical student; and Ren, an 11-year-old orphan who lives by his considerable wits, will take you by the hand and walk you through this extraordinary world.
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An utterly transporting novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia, perfect for fans of Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee
Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother’s Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for.
Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master’s dying wish: that Ren find the man’s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master’s soul will wander the earth forever.
As the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers. Ji Lin and Ren’s increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes.
Yangsze Choo's The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love. But anchoring this dazzling, propulsive novel is the intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman, each searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible.
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Yangsze Choo is a Malaysian writer of Chinese descent. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Harvard, she worked as a management consultant before writing her New York Times bestselling debut novel The Ghost Bride, now a Netflix Original series. She lives in California with her family and several chickens, and loves to eat and read (often at the same time). The Night Tiger would not have been possible without large quantities of dark chocolate.
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“This is the kind of book that when you read it, you really are transported back to that time and place… [Choo has] captured, in a very atmospheric way, the time period and the superstitions [of colonial Malaysia in the 1930s]. It’s a pretty wonderful book.” —Nancy Pearl, NPR’s Morning Edition
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The “Second Bite” Explained: Three Ways an Equity Roll Can Benefit Existing Ownership
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In a company sale, there are a variety of ways a deal can be structured to provide consideration for existing shareholders. Cash at close, seller notes, earnouts, and equity rolls can all play a part in rewarding existing ownership for what they’ve built. Frequently misunderstood, an equity roll occurs when existing ownership “rolls” a portion of its ownership stake forward alongside a buyer, retaining an equity position in their business. This method of deal structuring defers a portion of the sale value in the form of equity in the business post-transaction. Sellers agree to receive less cash at the close of the sale in return for the opportunity to receive a higher value as the company grows. Rolling equity can have three distinct advantages for the seller:
1. Potential for a second, larger liquidity event
Rolling equity into the new company post-transaction allows existing ownership to participate in the future success of the company with the new ownership group. While rolling equity will decrease the cash at close to the seller, this potential downside is offset by the opportunity to realize substantially greater value in the future as the company grows with new ownership. The new ownership, which are typically highly sophisticated private equity investors, are solely focused on increasing company value to realize a future premium on the price paid for the company. As a result, as the company grows and increases in value, the value of the rolled equity increases as well. When the new company is sold, the rolled equity owners can experience a premium on their investment relative to the price paid in the initial sale.
2. Aligns incentives between buyer and seller
Rolled equity aligns incentives post-transaction between buyer and seller. The buyer can be confident that the seller believes strongly in growing the company and its future prospects. By leaving a substantial amount of consideration on the table, sellers who roll equity are highly incentivized to continue growing the business so they can maximize future proceeds in the next sale.
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Buyers prefer to minimize risk and will pay a premium to lower it. When a deal structure includes an equity roll component, buyers are more inclined to pay a higher valuation than a 100% cash at close deal. The reasoning is simple: a rolled equity component decreases the amount of equity and debt the buyer has to put into the deal to gain a control stake, while providing comfort around existing ownership’s incentives post-deal. Buyers are comforted by existing ownership “leaving chips on the table” and investing alongside the buyer. This powerful one-two punch of risk mitigation inclines buyers to offer a premium valuation relative to other deal structures.
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Anyone have a suicide in the family
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Deucemoi
I am the oldest of three boys. My kid brother was 2yrs and 4 mo behind me. He and I were in Vietnam at the same time in 1971. He was a yeoman and traveled from various bases updating records. I was a radioman on a cargo ship traveling the Mekong Delta. He was at a base called Song Ong Doc which is up a river from the Gulf of Thailand.
One afternoon while we were loading ammunition to take to various bases including the one he was at, I was on duty in the 'shack' when a teletype message came that stated his base had just been overrun by enemy forces.
We made a change in our normal travels to get down there to resupply with ammo.
I saw him the next day. He had been exiting the base for the boats to leave the area when a mortar exploded behind him and he was hit by shrapnel, not seriously.
After we had all returned to the states he was married and had one son. Since it is the policy of the Navy that all sons except one may be sent to war he never had another child.
He had gotten into the booze and drugs while in Vietnam and it continued into his civilian life. In 2005 I was in Florida when his son called me to tell me my brother had shot himself at home and was dead.
I think between the booze, drugs, military ptsd and life finally caught up with him and he could not handle it.
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I don't have enough words to adequately say how sorry I am, dear Deucemoi.
This has not happened in my family, to answer your question.
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Thank you for your service Deucemoi. Very sad to hear all that your brother went through, my condolences to you and your family. Luckily I've had no suicides in my family, but I do know someone who took his own life at a young age.
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So sorry for your loss. It has happened in my family as well. To a cousin.
Sassycakes
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. Suicide is a terrible thing for a family to go through. Years ago my younger cousin committed suicide. Her Husband left her for another woman. She went into a deep depression.The Doctor put her on an anti depressant, but it didn't help. After a while she went off the medication.
What the family didn't know was that she became involved with a Scientologist. He told her that after she died she would come back to a better life. The day before she committed suicide she gave him $50,000. Then the next day she hung herself. She had the house arranged with all religious articles facing the door. She was dressed in a beautiful gown.
We found out after that the neighbors saw the Scientologist's car in the drive way to her house the night before until the morning. He probably stayed to help her go through with it. Her family found out a lot more after ,but it didn't matter. She was gone and nothing could bring her back.
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SO sorry for your loss! I can't imagine the horrors that you, your brother and other servicemen saw over there. There has been a surge in Veteran suicides. May he Rest in Peace.
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It's a very hard thing for many to go through or talk about so I'm not surprised you don't get a lot of posts. It has happened with someone close to me.
Deucemoi and Sassycakes, both such sad stories, thank you for sharing. Suicide can be very hard to talk about. We haven't had a suicide in the close family but one of our DIL's brother killed himself this year and then about a month later one of our grandchildren's close friend killed himself.
Yes. My father shot himself when he was 72. My mother found him, and she was in terrible shock as I was, since we had no idea that He was considering that. I to this day do not understand what depression he was harboring that we were unaware of. It took me many years to reconcile this event. I cannot imagine having enough pain to drive one to this.
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dont think we have -if we did my parents didn't confied much with us kids of family stuff -old school '
but thanks for sharing your sad stories ...
I think I'm in Florida, but I'm not sure any more.
My sister-in-law committed suicide "slowly". She was morbidly obese (somewhere around 350 pounds) and had multiple health problems that went along with that. She was a highly intelligent, highly educated (Ph.D.) woman but decided one day she was discontinuing all her medications. She left a grieving husband and young children behind. I didn't know her well, so I don't know much of the details. I do know that it affected her family greatly.
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My mother committed suicide by overdose when she was just 39 years old, and I had just turned 18 with my youngest sibling just 10 years old...
My daughters' half brother hung himself a few years ago in his early 20's, due to Gambling debts!!
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hollydolly said:
Depending on Who he owed money to, are you sure it was suicide?
Pepper said:
Yes of course, he left a suicide note for his father, my ex husband !!
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Judycat
Yes my daughter. She took most of me with her. So sorry for your loss.
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Deucemoi, and everyone else that has lost a loved one to suicide...I am so, so sorry. I share your pain because I lost my 34 year old daughter to suicide also. She hung herself, and I was the one that found her. It's been 12 years, but many days it feels like yesterday. I keep a few battery-operated candles lit in her memory, every minute of every day. I have a small artificial tree in my room that I keep lit all the time with beautiful white lights on it. I display her reading glasses, a few pieces of jewelry, and other things of hers on it...it helps a little.
I don't know what else to say, except 'I'm sorry', and if you ever have to come to terms with a suicide of a loved one, grieve at your own pace, don't let anyone try to push you out of it. Feel the pain, let it happen, and realize there was nothing you could have done to stop it if your loved one had made up their mind. And seek out suicide support groups...they do help, mainly because everyone there will know how you feel, exactly how you feel, because they've been there also. Sending a warm hug to anyone hurting from a suicide in their lives.
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I’m really sorry to all of you who have lost a loved one through suicide. It must be somewhat haunting.
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My grandfather drowned himself at 86. He was clinically depressed over the death of his favorite brother. My grandfather's doctors wouldn't give him tranquilizers to cope, so he took matters into his own hands. It was unnecessary and heartbreaking.
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treeguy64
Hari Om, y'all!
I have lost family members, close friends, and two former girlfriends to suicide. Eight suicides. Strange. Eerie. Sad.
In most cases, I understood why they did what they did. In retrospect, there were a few signs that most had in common, but those signs only stood out after the fact, as they didn't vary too much from everyday activities of non--suicidal folks.
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I’ve also had friends and my husband has had coworkers who have committed suicide. It’s haunting. It leaves the ones left behind wondering if there was something they could have done to prevent it. It’s extra sad because it’s not only a sinful thing according to most religions, it’s an unlawful thing. That in itself maybe why people don’t talk much about it; for fear of being locked up.
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One of my husband's co workers' wife committed suicide after finding out she had cancer in her 70's. She didn't tell anyone about the diagnosis before she died. The doctors office informed the family that she was sick. It must have been more than she wanted to deal with or to put her family through.
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Keesha said:
We're Catholic and had a priest come to the house after my daughter died, He said the church no longer considered it a sin, as suicide is a result, in most suicides, of a mental illness, or some sort of mental lapse. I don't know about other religions. As for it being illegal, who cares, least of all the suicidal person, what is the law going to do to them? People don't talk about it because most people (thank the Lord) don't understand suicide so the family feels shamed. Times have changed now, and people understand it more. I will never be ashamed of my daughters death, or how she died...she obviously was in a very dark place and not strong enough to fight the pain in her soul. I'm very sorry you've lost friends to suicide Keesha.
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A long time ago my paternal aunt committed suicide with pills. She had been bedridden a long time with painful arthritis. I didn't blame her, she's the one that was feeling the pain and not her critics. In the 1990's, two temporary casual boyfriends of mine committed suicide oddly in the same way, by shooting a gun inside their mouth. They were both very depressed people. If things get too hard for me to deal with, I will commit suicide too, who cares what others think about it.
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Catlady said:
You brought up an important point. Some people (who want to appear courageous or superior) will say things like, "I'd never commit suicide; it shows weakness & I'm a strong person." One thing these people all have in common: They've never been in a really painful situation; they just like to be Monday Morning Quarterbacks.
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I apologize if any of my posts offended anyone.
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Einav Yarden • piano
Pianist Einav Yarden is praised for her “…imagination and exceptionally vivid playing…Sense of immense majesty, tempered by gentleness and quiet grace” (The Washington Post, USA), and “glistening rapture…ingenious humor” (Tagesspiegel, Germany). In 2005 she completed four years of study with the renowned pianist Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory (Johns Hopkins University), earning a Masters of Music with high honors and a Graduate Performance Diploma. Prior to that she received a Bachelors of Music from the Rubin Music Academy of the Tel Aviv University under the instruction of Prof. Emanuel Krasovsky, and her early education was with Hadassa Gonen at the Israel Conservatory Tel Aviv. Other piano guidance includes that of Elisso Virsaladze, Richard Goode and Prof. Zvi Meniker (on historical fortepianos).
In 2013 she released her debut solo CD, ‘Oscillations’, on the label Challenge Classics. The CD received international praise and was selected as CD of the Month on the leading German piano magazine ‘Piano News’. Einav Yarden has appeared as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Rundfunk Chor, Minnesota Symphony, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Bucharest Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, Plovdiv Philharmonic, the Israel Symphony Rishon Le-Zion, under conductors as Sir Neville Marriner, Aldo Ceccato, Leon Botstein, Stefan Blunier, Horia Andreescu, Mark Russell Smith, Simon Halsey, Mendi Rodan and others.
She was the 3rd Prize Winner at the 2009 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Bonn, a Prize Winner at the 2006 Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition and was also a Finalist at the 2003 Honens International Piano Competition. In addition, she won in 2001 the First Prize at the Aviv Competitions, the most distinguished national competition in Israel, taking the Guralnik Piano Prize as well as the Zilbermann Prize for performance of a contemporary Israeli work.
She was a recipient of the AICF scholarships, an important scholarship institution in Israel, between 1996-2005. Noteworthy stages she performed on include the Berlin Philharmonie and the Berlin Philharmonie Chamber Music Hall, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Berlin Konzerthaus, the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Schumannsaal in Düsseldorf, the French festival “La Roque d’Antheron”, multiple solo appearances in “Flâneries Musicales de Reims” festival. Also in France, she gave recitals in Paris’s Salle Cortot, the Musée d’Orsay Auditorium, the Grand Salon of the Hotel des Invalides and the Goethe Institute. As part of Lucern Festival in 2008, she was personally invited by Andras Schiff to take part in an intensive workshop on the five Beethoven concerti, which was also recorded and televised throughout Japan.
Her other festival participations include the Ruhr Piano Festival (Germany), Ravinia Festival Steans Institute (USA), Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Menton Festival (France), Upper-Galilee Chamber Music Festival (Israel), Aspen Festival (USA) and Musique-en-Brionnais (France) among others. Her performances have been broadcast on BBC (England), Deutsches Welle, WDR, and Deutschlandradio Kultur (Germany), France Musique (France), WQXR (New York), WFMT (Chicago), MPR (Minnesota), WBJC (Baltimore), WPR (Wisconsin), CBC (Canada) and Israel’s Kol Hamusica. While living in Israel, Einav was a member of the country’s leading contemporary group, the Israeli Contemporary Players with whom she also appeared as a soloist. She continues to integrate contemporary and lesser known repertoire in her performances.
A passionate chamber musician, and devotes herself regularly to collaborations with other musicians. She is currently based in Berlin, Germany.
Stereoplay (Germany), August 2016 Issue
“With great intellectual sovereignty, with fine feeling for the Haydn subtile humor… Einav Yarden creates Haydn’s dry musical logic with enrich life and with fine agogik the inner gesture wealth, and the human pulse of this elementary structures of plastic to forms so that the immense wealth of this substantial miniatur-symphonies clearly and as a process of constant surprises for the handset perceivable. by Attila Csampai
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany), 30. July 2016
“Einav Yarden… a blazing plea for the tiny details” by Christopher Warmuth
Fono Forum & Stereo (Germany), September 2016 issue
Best vote *****
“Einav Yarden displays an inventively intelligent Haydn, full of wit and abundance, with a delicate, varying touch… her playing is finely-spirited and artful […]. Yarden plays a wonderfully exuberant, vibrant Haydn, glowing, transparent, adventurous, at times intimately chamber-music-like, at times grand and orchestral. A voice for Haydn!” (by Christoph Vratz)
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (Germany), Bestenliste 3-2016
The important “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” (German Record Critics’ Award) gave its prize to Einav Yarden‘s Haydn Sonatas CD for 3rd quarter 2016: http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/827-bestenliste-3-2016
Piano News (Germany)
CD des Doppelmonats / disc of the double month
“This is great piano playing and Yarden proves once more to which artistic greet she’s capable” by Carsten Dürer
The Washington Post (USA)
“a probing, incisive pianist with a beautiful sound and an impressively transparent touch. That transparency was quickly evident in Bach’s English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, which opened the program. If you like Glenn Gould’s Bach, you’ll like Yarden’s. It is crystalline and precisely balanced down to its molecules, with superb voice-leading and a sense of purpose in every note. […] A sense of immense majesty, tempered by gentleness and quiet grace.” by Stephen Brooks
Debut recording “Oscillations” was awarded as the ‘CD of the Month’
“…mesmerizing pianism. With exceptional sensitivity and from her quite individual perspective, she manages to extract a degree of logic from the Beethoven sonatas that one hears only rarely in young pianists. […] Sophisticated combination of exactitude and natural rubati. A fascinating debut CD from a marvellous musician.” by Carsten Dürer
Der Taggesspiegel (Germany)
“…Einav Yarden astounded with a mature, interesting profile. The prizewinner of the International Beethoven Competition in Bonn performed a rendition of the master’s [Beethoven] Bagatelles with glistening fingering, accentuated ruptures and innovative contradictions. Also an unknown D-major Sonata by Haydn sparkled with intelligent humor.” by Isabel Herzfeld
La Lettre du Musicien (France)
“…The Sonata in G major by Schubert (D.894) reaps all the benefits. The musician draws unexpected colors from the keyboards, fearlessly allows silence to breathe, and is animated by a living pulse…She has a wide repertoire of motifs, and casts different lights as she brings them to us. The changing narrative, climate and psychology are incrementally encapsulated by the modulations of the text itself, via harmony instead of by resorting to artifice.” by Frédéric Gaussin
International Record Review (GB)
“…it was immediately apparent a great virtue of Einav Yarden’s playing is that she not only observes Beethoven’s dynamics and articulation marks scrupulously, but (and this is much more important) she understands the reasons for his markings, so that it is their musical intelligence that she conveys to the listener. […] Yarden’s semi-staccato touch in the left hand is utterly delightful and I have never heard anyone else play the moment in this way. Her finger work is immaculate.” by Stephen Pruslin
Haaretz Newspaper (Israel)
“…Einav Yarden, who performed Beethoven in her unique way – with restrained emotion that penetrates the heart, and technical perfection that by itself added another dimension to the experience of the music.” by Noam Ben-Zeev
Scenes and Fantasies
Einav Yarden, piano
(Challenge Classics, 2018, Catalogue no. CC 72776)
Release date Europe: May,18th, 2018
Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 111
[1] Sehr rasch, mit leidenschaftlichem Vortrag 2:21
[2] Ziemlich langsam 5:30
[3] Kräftig und sehr markiert 3:27
Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
[4] Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen 12:06
[5] Mäßig. Durchaus energisch 7:22
[6] Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten 10:13
Waldszenen, Op. 82
[7] Eintritt 1:50
[8] Jäger auf der Lauer 1:26
[9] Einsame Blumen 1:42
[10] Verrufene Stelle 2:58
[11] Freundliche Landschaft 1:11
[12] Herberge 1:59
[13] Vogel als Prophet 3:17
[14] Jagdlied 2:26
[15] Abschied 3:26 / total time 61:36
Six Piano Sonatas
Beethoven / Stravinsky
Jerusalem (Israel)
Jerusalem Theater, Henry Crown Symphony Hall
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Rebecca Alleway SDSA
The Orient Express...
The luxurious Orient Express, running from Paris to Istanbul and back, symbolized the glamour of travel...
As the famed train pulls out of its easternmost station,
Mr. Ratchett [Johnny Depp] is pleased to discover that the beautiful, wealthy
Mrs. Hubbard
[Michelle Pfeiffer] as been assigned an adjoining stateroom. The door is firmly locked on her side...
Photo by Nicola Dove
©2017 20th Century Fox
The Orient Express,
Stanbol station, Istanbul…
Created entirely at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England.
gives us insider information about the sets...
“Jim Clay's vision of the station was hugely exciting from a set decorator's point of view because I had this huge cathedral space to play with. The train was dressed down to every small detail, inside and out...
Stanboul station, Istanbul…
The enormity of the architecture warranted huge scale Turkish lamps, wall lights, station clocks, multiple period tannoy systems, signage & brackets...all to be designed to fit the scale. I had drawings done of all these station elements and huge prop making departments were set the task of manufacturing these all from scratch....
As Count Andrenyi
[Sergei Polunin]
looks on from the bar,
Mr. Ratchett [Johnny Depp] gives instruction to his private secretary, the former lawyer
Hector MacQueen [Josh Gad] at the Arasta Bazaar cafe...
Famous ballet dancer Count Andrenyi [Sergei Polunin] does not appreciate the constant paparazzi!
Alleway recalls,
The Arasta Bazaar restaurant/bar/cafe was a large composite set build that consisted of 5 different spaces that flowed into one another - a bar, cafe, restaurant, the locals’ area and a kitchen...
The Arasta Bazaar restaurant was built and dressed as part of a large composite set. It was the place that all the wealthy Europeans would come to sample the Turkish delicacies before boarding The Orient Express. This looked out onto the Arasta Bazaar parade and shops, It had to fit in with the style of the exterior, feel opulent and at yet fit in with the faded grandeur of the Turkish architecture...
I did a large amount of research for the Arasta Bazaar kitchen set, and then designed and manufactured all the counters, shelving, tiled cooking area and bread oven. All befitting this large scale Turkish kitchen...
For more...see below!
Istanbul,
The Arasta Bazaar was a 100-metre long street bazaar and market. I started with mood-boarding every shop and all areas of the market. These are samples of just a couple of the shops dressed for this set. Director Kenneth Branagh didn't want to fall into the usual clichés and I had to avoid anything brass seen at the usual tourists markets and arcades of the period. So this set had a very local Turkish feel...
*For more see below!
Arasta Bazaar …
Household goods...
I did a huge amount of research for the street parade and market, and then produced over 50 mood boards just for this one set in order to ensure that every shop was different...
Shoemakers flanked by the other stalls...
I started prepping for this set very early on in prep because I knew it would absorb huge amounts of dressing and most of it I would need to purchase or have manufactured...
Jaffa Port,
The film was shot at a large film studio in the UK with the exception of The Wailing Wall and Jaffa Port in Jerusalem, where Poirot sets sail for Istanbul, both filmed in Malta. I had a team there manufacturing all the ‘Jaffa’ orange crates and other dressing details taken from the large amounts of photographic research available for Jaffa Port in the 1930s...
The set dec team started collecting luggage very early on in order to have enough pieces for all the hundreds of extras on both platforms. After drawing a plan of the station, I realized that we would need over thirty period benches on both platforms. We had the hard task of finding a company in Europe that could manufacture and make this many that were correct for feel and period...
The train was pulled in and out of the station on a mile of track. It was built and dressed to withstand the movement of a real train. It was a fantastic dressing advantage to be able to stand inside all of the completed carriages after they were dressed to see the view onto the platforms and vice versa...Especially as Kenneth had planned vast tracking shots along the whole platform, inside and outside of the train!
The Orient Express…
One of the biggest jobs for set dec was manufacturing multiples of the original fittings of the Orient Express and then having them all chromed. One of our buyers was given the task of overseeing all the pulleys, emergency buttons, door handles, window dressing, door hinges and all the interior corridor and compartment ironmongery. There was a permanent dressing team dedicated to fitting these all throughout the film...
Count & Countess Andrenyi's suite comprised of a sleigh bed with bedside tables, opulent fabric made into cushions and bedcover, with fabric covering all the walls. The bedside lamps were molded from a deco vase...
This was one of the many suites, which were much larger than most of the other compartments. We built and dressed all the compartments for both the interior & exterior of the trains. This was to give us the ability to continuously glide inside and outside, as if on a real train. We built and dressed some of the key character compartments on separate stages at Longcross, larger and with floating walls...
One of the stateroom suites...
All the furniture was upholstered to contrast with the fabrics I chose for the walls. The deep aubergine palette was carried throughout the train interiors, although every suite and compartment had a very individual style and different fabrics...
All the compartments had a small basin area, as seen in the Johnny Depp/Mr. Ratchett scene. The Andrenyri's and Princess Dragojmiroff's suites had closets and ensuite bathrooms, and they were fitted with chandeliers and silk draped ceilings...
Princess Dragojmiroff's suite had a slightly different color palette. She had a much more decorative sleigh bed, befitting a Princess but still fitting in with the overall style of the train. The wall lights, although similar to the molded ones in the Andrenyri's suite, had a more decorative nouveau feel. The painting was done by one of the key scenics...
The crocodile skin travelling set on Princess Dragojmiroff's dressing table is an original 1930's piece that was lent to us. It was worth so much money that we had to put it in a safe every night and a prop man was assigned the job to look after it...
A lot time and thought went into all hand props and action props we purchased. The set dec assistants scoured the country for stylish sliver and glassware. I knew that they were going to be seen in detail, so we tried to get all these elements looking as fabulous as they would have been on the original Orient Express. Of course they had a deco feel too, so they fitted in with the overall style of the train...
Salon car…
This was one of several salon carriages we built and dressed.
All the furniture was either manufactured by set dec or sourced and purchased. Many of the items dressed on the bar were found at antique fairs and dealers. When a set is so minimal, there is more pressure to select an object that is ‘spot on’ for style and period...
The shelves were designed with bars to look stylish but also to add a practical element that came into consideration when thinking about all the details and designs for a train. A lot of research went into all the wines and spirits used on the Orient Express, including those in the storage car that housed all the vintage bottles and crates. The salon bar was the hub of the Orient Express and we created an extensive cocktail menu...
This was the Salon car dressed on the viaduct...
Unlike the identical one dressed on the LED sound stage which was easy to access, this one was a huge logistical feat, but we all forgot (including the actors) that we were on a set 100 ft in the air when shooting began, it was so realistic...
Judi Dench as
Princess Dragomiroff,
Olivia Colman as Miss Schmidt,
Daisy Ridley as Mary Debenham
Set dec designed and manufactured all the dressing in the salon car, from tables, lamps and bar, to sofas and chairs. When the fabric was sourced, availability was a key factor due to the amounts we needed for the repeat carriages and sets. The palette was very much influenced by Kenneth and Jim's vision...
Daisy Ridley, Olivia Coleman, Derek Jacobi, Willem Dafoe, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom, Jr.
Kenneth Branagh wanted to avoid the over-decorative style of the Art Nouveau period usually associated with the Orient Express, so we embraced a more minimalist Art Deco feel with all the fabrics and patterns...
The ceilings and a lot of the walls were covered in fabric tying in the 1930's Deco palette. There were over 200 wall, table and ceiling lamps molded and manufactured for all the various train interiors. Some of the molds were taken from one-off antique lamps. The table lamps were molded from a '30s vase...
This dining car was shot on one of the sound stages with 20-metres LED light boxes projecting the exterior travelling scenes. This scene is where the staff are handing menus for the start of breakfast. We had full breakfast, lunch and dinner menus and foods on standby for all the dining car scenes...
Kenneth Branagh wanted a clean stylish look for the dining sets in all the carriages. So it's crisp minimal look was intentional. We had constant flows of food and drinks from the kitchen and open hatch in the background when we shot all the dining room scenes.
Dining car and kitchen…
You could walk from one end to the train to the other...
This was the Viaduct train interior which was built and dressed fully for the mountain scenes, but we also built an entire second train for the Istanbul Station set. Doubling up on dressing was a huge part of this job, so pretty much everything was made or purchased because we needed so many repeats to cover all the trains built on all the other sets...
The kitchen oven, sink, cupboards and shelves were all designed & manufactured by set dec. We had to make two kitchens for the multiple carriages. Drawing on references from the original Orient Express and the countries where it travelled, we tried to be as authentic as possible with all kitchenware, appliances and produce...
Kitchen passageway…
A lot of the extras were sent on a course at Claridge’s, and we had a special advisor who came onto set to help.
Set dec provided an extensive list of jobs and props for them to act with to add to the overall authenticity...
Storage car…
This was one of several storage cars built and dressed. Most of the dressing was done once the train had been craned up onto the
100-ft high viaduct set.
This made the process of dressing quite a challenge, particularly the logistics of how to get everything onto the viaduct and how to keep it fresh...
Baggage car…
The baggage car was full of the main cast’s luggage, all purchased and carefully selected for each character. Unlike the US system, in the UK, the set decorators also are in charge of all action props & hand props. I had buyers and assistants on full time just to fulfill the requirements for each of the characters, and all other hand and action props.
The large black travelling trunk was part of Hercule Poirot's 5-piece set...
This set was on a raised platform 100-feet high built over months on the back lot, including sculpted mountains. The train was dressed for the full interior—all corridors, kitchens, salon, dining room, compartments and storage—which took huge planning. Anything that could be fixed onto the train for this exterior and interior viaduct train set was dressed before the train was craned onto the viaduct...
This was part of the exterior on that 100-feet high 'viaduct'. Kenneth wanted to bring as many different scenes as he could outside of the train and you get a real sense of the scale of the train we built and dressed. The dressing for this scene was chosen for its campaign style and is realistically the kind of collapsible furniture found in the original Orient Express...
The ‘viaduct train’ was a full scale tender with four carriages. All the ironmongery, handles, lights, graphics on the exterior were purchased and manufactured by our in-house propmakers. It was a massive job not only due to the size of the carriages and the amount of details, but also because we had to repeat all the interiors and exteriors for the train sets built on all the other stages...
Daisy Armstrong’s bedroom…
The daughter of the famous pilot was kidnapped from her nursery and later murdered...
The Agatha Christie novel was based on a real case from the period, so I started looking at documentary footage and photographs taken from this case. Jim and Kenneth wanted to move away from the traditional American style period mansion, so we looked at a more modernist approach befitting the overall style of the film...
Armstrong mansion…
The mansion had to be opulent but emulate the modernist movement in style. I designed the Lloyd Wright style wall lights and modernist paintings to give it a unique modernist feel. We dressed most the house with dust sheets and minimal furniture because the Armstrong family had abandoned it since the kidnapping and death of their child...
The nanny [Penélope Cruz]...
Later she is a passenger on the Orient Express...
The fabrics were sourced all over Europe and the states. I tried to find ones that suited the style of the modernist mansion, were correct for period and looked good in black and white...
©2017 20th Century Fox.
“The set dec team included a buyer who was just dedicated to tender engine and exterior train parts. A huge amount of research went into sourcing anything we could mold, copy or use for the exterior engine and all the carriages. We sourced beautiful 1930's ironmongery and period lighting fittings, which were then manufactured in great quantities by our propmaking workshop.”
“The engine being craned up onto the 30-metre high mountainous, snowy ‘viaduct’. Anything that could be adhered, we dressed into the train before it was raised, but most of it was dressed once it was in place...a logistical challenge!”
In the most timeless of whodunits, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS follows renowned detective Hercule Poirot [Kenneth Branagh] as he attempts to solve what would become one of the most infamous crimes in history.
Here is fascinating information from Twentieth Century Fox, including kudos to Director Kenneth Branagh, Set Decorator Rebecca Alleway SDSA, Production Designer Jim Clay, Supervising Art Director Dominic Masters and their inimitable teams...
The Orient Express long-distance passenger train service was established in 1833 and connected Paris to Istanbul. It symbolized the glamour of travel and its undeniable elegance and prominence within the story makes it stand out as one of the main characters of the film.
To that end, it was essential to recreate an Orient Express with an impeccable attention to detail, which meant, following extensive research, the train was built not once, but twice, and more...
A fully moving train, dressed inside and out, and comprised of a locomotive, a tender and four complete carriages was built and able to move along the nearly one mile of track that was laid down at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England. The locomotive alone weighed about 22 tons, with each additional carriage weighing in at around 25 tons.
All of the interiors of the carriages, the dining, salon, storage, baggage and sleeper cars were also constructed a second time, with lavish interiors and floating walls to allow filming inside.
A huge amount of research went into every detail of dressing the carriages including the
cutlery, crockery, glassware and the luggage. Poirot's luggage included a grooming kit for his legendary moustache, which was designed in order that Poirot could complete his precise grooming process anywhere in the world. Alleway recalls, “Kenneth Branagh, who plays Poirot, had a very particular idea of what his luggage should be and look like, so we had it all custom made. We sourced a special prop company, Anarchy, to make all these pieces. It took many months and many meetings to agree on what they should be. The interiors opened out like Aladdin's Cave and were very intricate, fitted to hold every unique piece."
In an attempt to keep the experience as real as possible for the cast, the filmmakers shot hours of footage of a train travelling across an expansive mountain-scape, which was then digitally stitched together and played on 2500 LED screens wrapped around each individual carriage to give the impression of a moving train. With the addition of hydraulics and air bellows beneath each of the carriages, the movement of the train along the track could also be simulated. Caught up in the moment, many of the cast really felt that they were on a moving train and sometimes wobbled when they came off set.
THE LOOK OF THE FILM
A devotee of the picture definition and unrivalled depth that shooting on 65mm can afford, Director Kenneth Branagh and team shot the film using the last four 65mm Panavision cameras in the world.
In addition to the carriage interiors, a number of sets were also constructed at Longcross, all of which had to hold up under the intense scrutiny of 65mm projection. The original source material story is an essentially sedentary one, but whilst the filmmakers wanted to demonstrate the claustrophobic atmosphere of the train interiors, they also wanted to give this film a more epic scope and heighten the drama, and to that end, several sets were constructed taking the action out of the train...
The breathtaking Stamboul Station, Istanbul from which the Orient Express departs on its journey to Paris was built on the largest soundstage at Longcross, the set filled with huge columns, exotic lighting and comprised of two tracks with platforms on either side.
Alleway gives us further insight...
Because Longcross was originally a factory for building and testing tanks, we had an advantage as the stage had two big doors at one end, so we were able to build the track the full length of the stage, and indeed take it out of the stage and into the car park. We were even permitted to close part of the studio road, in order to pull the whole of the train out of the station as it set off on its journey. An extraordinary sight to witness!
Alongside Stamboul Station, we built and dressed several other train stations on the back lot at Longcross. These were stations on the Orient Express journey where the train stopped and loaded with sumptuous goods.
The train...
The train carriage compartments, suites, corridors, salon, dining car, storage and kitchen areas were actually built multiple times to accommodate shooting in the different environments. We had a train built and dressed to shoot the exterior and interior on the vast viaduct set and all the station environments. We then built and dressed the interior carriages in the studio that were used for some of the interiors shots. All the suites and compartments were built as part of the composite train as well, but also as individual sets on stage, so they were made slightly bigger and had floating walls. All compartments and suites were dressed to suit character and status.
The ‘viaduct train’ was a full scale tender with four carriages. This set was on top of a massive 100-ft viaduct platform built over months on the back lot of Longcross...complete with sculpted mountains...for all the scenes shot after the train has been hit by an avalanche. The train was craned onto the viaduct and then we dressed it! This was a huge logistical challenge. The train was dressed for the full interior—with all corridors, kitchens, salon, dining room, compartments and storage—which took exceedingly detailed planning. Therefore, anything that could be fixed onto the train for this exterior and interior set was dressed before the train was craned onto the viaduct! However, most of the dressing was done after the train had been craned up onto the 100 ft high set, which made the process quite a challenge.
The set dec team included a buyer who was just dedicated to tender engine and exterior train parts. An enormous amount of research went into sourcing anything we could mold, copy or use for the exterior engine and all the carriages. We sourced beautiful 1930's ironmongery and period lighting fittings, which were then manufactured in great quantities by our propmaking workshop.
Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul...
One of the biggest sets outside of the train was the Arasta Bazaar in Istanbul, which was built on one of the larger stages at Longcross. We dressed long, wide streets with shops, traders, restaurants and the Orient Express check-in area. We flowed from the street into the large Arasta Bazaar restaurant, which was divided into 5 different areas: the open café, the bar, a restaurant, the local Turkish café area and then several kitchen spaces where all Turkish delicacies and baking took place.
All the sets were built at Longcross with the exception of The Wailing Wall and the Jerusalem Port, which were built and dressed on location in Malta. Poirot’s Jerusalem hotel bedroom, lobby and reception were planned to be filmed on location in Malta, but for scheduling reasons, we ended up building them all at Longcross! Sadly, the large hotel lobby and reception never made it into the final film.
Armstrong mansion...
Other large sets were constructed for the all the flashbacks to include the Frank Lloyd Wright style Armstrong mansion, a New York street and a courtroom. Daisy Armstrong’s bedroom in the flashback sequence was a small set compared to the rest of the film, but it carried the weight of being shown in black and white. Most furniture for this set was sourced through dealers of American Shaker-style furniture. All the toys were found through toy fairs and antique shops, so every detail was correct for period and style. I tested all the fabrics and colors in black and white before committing to anything and had some of the furniture painted to create more contrast. The Armstrong mansion was a large set and all the furniture was carefully considered for its scale. It was a balance between dressing it to give it a richness but also at the same time a minimalist and oppressive feel. It, too, had to work in color and for black & white. I designed the Lloyd Wright style wall lights and modernist paintings to give it a unique modernist feel.
The period...
I started the film after I received a call from Production Designer Jim Clay, asking me to come in for a meeting with him and Kenneth. Unfortunately the original Set Decorator, Caroline Smith, had to leave for personal reasons. Jim and Ken were both quite clear that they wanted to steer away the more decorative Art Nouveau style and edge towards the more geometric patterns of the Art Deco period. Luckily, I had researched this period many times before and was armed with a large amount of research material and resources!
I genuinely think this was an amazing piece of production design by Jim and an extraordinary logistical feat by Dominic Masters the Supervising Art Director, and the Art and Set Dec department.
*More details from Set Decorator Rebecca Alleway SDSA about the photos in the gallery above!
Arasta Bazaar kitchen...
In the script, Poirot was obsessed by his food and all the Turkish delicacies. So, on the days we shot on this set, I had food stylist Katherine Tidy produce fresh breads and an extensive array of Turkish foods, the menu having been discussed in great detail months in advance...
Arasta Bazaar...
All the shops sold different produce and goods because originally Director Kenneth Branagh had planned lengthy tracking shots with Penélope Cruz passing by the whole length of the street, so each shop had to stand up to close scrutiny...
Orient Express carriage corridor...
We had all the blinds made custom for each carriage on all the different trains on all the sets. We laid large amounts of carpet on the floors throughout each carriage and repeat carriages. The designs were printed especially for the film
Orient Express Salon car...
By the time we dressed this one on the LED sound stage, we had already started shooting on the salon carriage on the viaduct train, so we knew exactly what worked. Various antiques were dressed to shot, like cocktail trolleys and trolleys full of beautiful glass & silverware.
At both ends of the carriage, wallpaper was decorated on the panels to set off the sumptuous textures Jim had designed for the veneered walnut effect carriage walls...
Orient Express Salon car on viaduct...
Unlike the identical one dressed on the LED sound stage which was easy to access, this one was a huge logistical feat. Getting all the props and dressing up onto the 100 ft (30 metre) viaduct covered in huge piles of snow surrounded by a mountainous landscape was a long and arduous job, but we all forgot (including the actors) that we were on a set 100 ft in the air when shooting began, it was so realistic....
Orient Express Dining car...
The dining tables were manufactured with a leather inlay, in case we saw any of them without the tablecloths. They were permanently fitted into the train, which was one element we didn't have to redress, although we had several ‘dining carriages’ being shot on at the same time on different stages at Longcross!
Many food boards were produced throughout the film's prep. The food stylist created some beautiful cakes and desserts, and some fabulous Orient Express savory dishes. They were all a huge visual feast to the eye but sadly we don't see them in the final cut...
Orient Express kitchen passageway...
Our extras, the ‘staff’ of the ‘Orient Express’, were kept busy when we shot the preparation scenes with the loading and carrying of all the food produce, polishing of the silver and pressing the linen...
Orient Express storage car...
We originally had big scenes with ‘Orient Express staff and workers’ loading all the amazing produce for each of the stops it made around Europe. Every crate was carefully selected to reflect the counties unique ingredients. For example fine wines, cheese and meats from Paris, breads from the Slavic countries and a vast selection of fruit and vegetables from Istanbul—all based on detailed research from the 1930's Orient Express menus and linked with the countries with whom they traded.
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Lowe, S. 2019. West Valley Watershed Assessment 2018: Baseline Ecological Condition Assessment of Southwest San Francisco Bay Creeks in Santa Clara County; Calabazas, San Tomas Aquino, Saratoga, Sunnyvale East and West. Salomon, M., Pearce, S., Josh Collins, Titus, D., Eds.. SFEI Contribution No. 944. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond.
This report describes baseline information about the amount and distribution of aquatic resources, and evaluates the overall ecological conditions of streams using the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM), for the West Valley watershed in Santa Clara County; consisting of Sunnyvale East and West Channels, Calabazas Creek, San Tomas Aquino and Saratoga creeks, and many smaller tributaries.
Beagle, J.; Richey, A.; Hagerty, S.; Salomon, M. 2018. Observational Study of Sycamore Regeneration at two sites in Santa Clara County after the 2016-2017 Water Year. SFEI Contribution No. 874.
Richey, A.; Dusterhoff, S. D.; McKnight, K.; Salomon, M.; Hagerty, S.; Askevold, R. A.; Grossinger, R. M. 2018. Resilient Landscape Vision for Upper Penitencia Creek. SFEI Contribution No. 894. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
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Schoellhamer, D.; McKee, L.; Pearce, S.; Kauhanen, P.; Salomon, M.; Dusterhoff, S.; Grenier, L.; Marineau, M.; Trowbridge, P. 2018. Sediment Supply to San Francisco Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 842. San Francisco Estuary Institute : Richmond, CA.
Lowe, S. 2017. Lower Peninsula Watershed Condition Assessment 2016: Southwest San Francisco Bay, Santa Clara County, San Francisquito to Stevens Creeks. Technical memorandum prepared for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Salomon, M., Pearce, S., Josh Collins, Titus, D., Eds.. SFEI Contribution No. 809. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond. p 53.
Beagle, J.; Richey, A.; Hagerty, S.; Salomon, M.; Askevold, R. A.; Grossinger, R. M.; Reynolds, P.; McClain, C.; Spangler, W.; Quinn, M.; et al. 2017. Sycamore Alluvial Woodland: Habitat Mapping and Regeneration Study. SFEI Contribution No. 816.
This study investigates the relative distribution, health, and regeneration patterns of two major stands of sycamore alluvial woodland (SAW), representing managed and natural settings. Using an array of ecological and geomorphic field analyses, we discuss site characteristics favorable to SAW health and regeneration, make recommendations for restoration and management, and identify next steps. Findings from this study will contribute to the acquisition, restoration, and improved management of SAW as part of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan (VHP).
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Beller, E. E.; Downs, P. W.; Grossinger, R. M.; Orr, B. K.; Salomon, M. 2016. From past patterns to future potential: using historical ecology to inform river restoration on an intermittent California river. Landscape Ecology 31 (3), 20.
Context Effective river restoration requires understanding a system’s potential to support desired functions. This can be challenging to discern in the modern landscape, where natural complexity and heterogeneity are often heavily suppressed or modified. Historical analysis is therefore a valuable tool to provide the long-term perspective on riverine patterns, processes, and ecosystem change needed to set appropriate environmental management goals and strategies.
Objective In this study, we reconstructed historical (early 1800s) riparian conditions, river corridor extent, and dry-season flow on the lower Santa Clara River in southern California, with the goal of using this enhanced understanding to inform restoration and management activities.
Method Hundreds of cartographic, textual, and visual accounts were integrated into a GIS database of historical river characteristics.
Results We found that the river was characterized by an extremely broad river corridor and a diverse mosaic of riparian communities that varied by reach, from extensive ([100 ha) willow-cottonwood forests to xeric scrublands. Reach-scale ecological heterogeneity was linked to local variations in dry-season water availability, which was in turn underpinned by regional geophysical controls on groundwater and surface flow.
Conclusions Although human actions have greatly impacted the river’s extent, baseflow hydrology, and riparian habitats, many ecological attributes persist in more limited form, in large part facilitated by these fundamental hydrogeological controls. By drawing on a heretofore untapped dataset of spatially explicit and long-term environmental data, these findings improve our understanding of the river’s historical and current conditions and allow the derivation of reach-differentiated restoration and management opportunities that take advantage of local potential.
Doehring, C.; Beagle, J.; Lowe, J.; Grossinger, R. M.; Salomon, M.; Kauhanen, P.; Nakata, S.; Askevold, R. A.; Bezalel, S. N. 2016. San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory: Mapping for Sea Level Rise Planning. SFEI Contribution No. 779. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
With rising sea levels and the increased likelihood of extreme weather events, it is important for regional agencies and local municipalities in the San Francisco Bay Area to have a clear understanding of the status, composition, condition, and elevation of our current Bay shore, including both natural features and built infrastructure.
The purpose of this Bay shore inventory is to create a comprehensive and consistent picture of today’s Bay shore features to inform regional planning. This dataset includes both structures engineered expressly for flood risk management (such as accredited levees) and features that affect flooding at the shore but are not designed or maintained for this purpose (such as berms, road embankments, and marshes). This mapping covers as much of the ‘real world’ influence on flooding and flood routing as possible, including the large number of non-accredited structures.
This information is needed to:
identify areas vulnerable to flooding.
identify adaptation constraints due to present Bay shore alignments; and
suggest opportunities where beaches, wetlands, and floodplains can be maintained or restored and integrated into flood risk management strategies.
The primary focus of the project is therefore to inform regional planners and managers of Bay shore characteristics and vulnerabilities. The mapping presented here is neither to inform FEMA flood designation nor is it a replacement for site-specific analysis and design.
The mapping consists of two main elements:
Mapping of Bay shore features (levees, berms, roads, railroads, embankments, etc.) which could affect flooding and flood routing.
Attributing Bay shore features with additional information including elevations, armoring, ownership (when known), among others.
SFEI delineated and characterized the Bay shore inland to 3 meters (10ft) above mean higher high water (MHHW) to accommodate observed extreme water levels and the commonly used range of future sea level rise (SLR) scenarios. Elevated Bay shore features were mapped and classified as engineered levees, berms, embankments, transportation structures, wetlands, natural shoreline, channel openings, or water control structures. Mapped features were also attributed with elevation (vertical accuracy of <5cm reported in 30 meter (100ft) segments from LiDAR derived digital elevation models (DEMs), FEMA accreditation status, fortification (e.g., riprap, buttressing), frontage (e.g., whether a feature was fronted by a wetland or beach), ownership, and entity responsible for maintenance. Water control structures, ownership, and maintenance attributes were captured where data was available (not complete for entire dataset). The dataset was extensively reviewed and corrected by city, county, and natural resource agency staff in each county around the Bay. This report provides further description of the Bay shore inventory and methods used for developing the dataset. The result is a publicly accessible GIS spatial database.
Salomon, M.; Dusterhoff, S. D.; Askevold, R. A.; Grossinger, R. M. 2016. San Francisquito Creek Baylands: Landscape Change Metrics Analysis. Flood Control 2.0. SFEI Contribution No. 784. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA. p 12.
Major Findings
Over the past 150 years, lower San Francisquito Creek and the adjacent baylands have been modified for the sake of land reclamation and flood control. This study focused on developing an understanding of the magnitude of habitat change since the mid-19th century through comparisons of key historical and contemporary landscape-scale habitat features, as well as several key landscape metrics that relate to ecological functions and landscape resilience. The major findings from the analyses conducted for this study are as follows:
• Historically, the San Francisquito Creek Baylands included a mosaic of habitat types, including an extensive tidal marsh plain with salt pannes and an expansive tidal channel network, a broad bay flat, and a relatively wide contiguous low-gradient tidal-terrestrial transition zone.
• Since the late 19th century, a combination of land reclamation and the inland migration of the shoreline has resulted in a 55% decrease in tidal marsh area, a 67% decrease in total tidal channel length, a 40% reduction in channel flat area, a 20% increase in bay flat area, and a 95% decrease in tidal-terrestrial transition zone length.
• Land reclamation has also resulted in the creation of new features that did not exist in the area historically including tidal lagoons, non-tidal open water features, and non-tidal wetlands.
The findings from this study provide insight into the drivers for and magnitude of habitat change within the San Francisquito Creek Baylands, and can therefore help inform climate-resilient approaches for regaining some of the lost landscape features and ecological functions. Specific management recommendations developed from the study findings are as follows:
• The dramatic decrease in tidal marsh area and associated tidal channel length since the mid-1800s make tidal marsh restoration a high priority. To make restored areas sustainable over the long-term, restoration should include reestablishing regular tidal inundation as well as reestablishing a connection with San Francisquito Creek and the delivery of freshwater and fine sediment. Restoration efforts should focus on large contiguous areas with minimal infrastructure and should ideally be done sometime over the next decade to ensure the restored areas will have a chance of surviving the sharp increase in the rate of sea level rise that is predicted to occur around 2030 (Goals Update 2015).
• Similarly, the dramatic decrease in the tidal-terrestrial transition zone makes it a high priority for any restoration vision for this area. The transition zone provides distinct ecological services and marsh migration space, and is in need of restoration throughout the South Bay. Since most of the upland land along the historical tidal-terrestrial transition zone is currently developed, near-term restoration efforts should focus on creating transition zone habitats on the bayside of flood risk management levees (Goals Update 2015).
• The landscape metrics used in this study (tidal habitat area, tidal channel length, and tidal-terrestrial interface length) can be used to help design resilient landscape restoration and adaptation strategies around the mouth of San Francisquito Creek. Specifically, the metrics can be used to assess the long-term ecological benefit associated with various processes-based restoration approaches (i.e., approaches that create habitat features and establish physical processes required for habitat resilience). Additional useful landscape metrics are being developed as part of the Resilient Silicon Valley project (see Robinson et al. 2015).
Jabusch, T.; Bresnahan, P.; Trowbridge, P.; Novick, E.; Wong, A.; Salomon, M.; Senn, D. 2016. Summary and Evaluation of Delta Subregions for Nutrient Monitoring and Assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 789.
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Beagle, J.; Downs, P. W.; Grossinger, R. M.; Orr, B. K.; Salomon, M. 2015. Historical ecology and landscape change in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta. HydroLink.
Salomon, M.; Baumgarten, S.; Dusterhoff, S. D.; Beller, E. E.; Askevold, R. A. 2015. Novato Creek Baylands Historical Ecology Study. SFEI Contribution No. 740. San Francisco Estuary Institute - Aquatic Science Center: Richmond, CA.
Over the past century and a half, lower Novato Creek and the surrounding tidal wetlands have been heavily modified for flood control and land reclamation purposes. Levees were built in the tidal portion of the mainstem channel beginning in the late 1800s to convey flood flows out to San Pablo Bay more rapidly and to remove surrounding areas from inundation. Following levee construction, the wetlands surrounding the channel were drained and converted to agricultural, residential, and industrial areas. These changes have resulted in a considerable loss of wetland habitat, reduced sediment transport to marshes and the Bay, and an overall decreased resilience of the system to sea level rise.
In addition to tidal wetland modification, land use changes upstream in the Novato Creek watershed have resulted in several challenges for flood control management. Dam construction and increased runoff in the upper watershed have resulted in elevated rates of channel incision, which have increased transport of fine sediment from the upper watershed to lower Novato Creek. Channelization of tributaries and construction of irrigation ditches have likely increased drainage density in the upper watershed, also potentially contributing to increased rates of channel incision and fine sediment production (Collins 1998). Downstream, sediment transport capacity has been reduced by construction of a railroad crossing and loss of tidal prism and channel capacity associated with the diking of the surrounding marsh. As a result of the increased fine sediment supply from the watershed and the loss of sediment transport capacity in lower Novato Creek, sediment aggradation occurs within the channel, which in turn reduces the flood capacity of the channel, necessitating periodic dredging.
Currently, the Marin County Department of Public Works (MCDPW) is coordinating the Novato Watershed Program, which includes Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Novato Sanitary District, and North Marin Water District. Within lower Novato Creek, the Program is seeking to implement a new approach to flood control that includes redirecting sediment for beneficial use, reducing flood channel maintenance costs, restoring wetland habitat, and enhancing resilience to sea level rise. Included as part of this goal is the re-establishment of historical physical processes that existed before major channel modification, which in turn will re-establish historical ecological functions and help to create a tidal landscape that is resilient to increasing sea level.
Grossinger, R. M.; Dusterhoff, S. D.; Doehring, C.; Salomon, M.; Askevold, R. A. 2015. Novato Creek Baylands Vision: Integrating ecological functions and flood protection within a climate-resilient landscape. SFEI Contribution No. 764.
This report explores the potential for integrating ecological functions into flood risk management on lower Novato Creek. It presents an initial vision of how ecological elements could contribute to flood protection, based on a broad scale analysis and a one day workshop of local and regional experts. The Vision is not intended to be implemented as is, but rather adapted and applied through future projects and analysis. Other actions (e.g., floodwater detention basins) may also need to be implemented in the interim to meet flood risk objectives.
Lowe, S.; Salomon, M. 2015. Project: Statistical Design, Analysis and Guidance on the Pajaro and Lower Peninsula Watershed Assessments. TASK 2: Basis of Assessment Memorandum – Review Existing GIS Data & Develop Stream Assessment Study Designs for the Pajaro and Lower Peninsula Wate. SFEI Contribution No. 762.
Beagle, J.; Salomon, M.; Grossinger, R. M.; Baumgarten, S.; Askevold, R. A. 2015. Shifting Shores: Marsh Expansion and Retreat in San Pablo Bay. SFEI Contribution No. 751.
As sea level rise accelerates, our shores will be increasingly vulnerable to erosion. Particular concern centers around the potential loss of San Francisco Bay’s much-valued tidal marshes, which provide natural flood protection to our shorelines, habitat for native wildlife, and many other ecosystem services. Addressing this concern, this study is the first systematic analysis of the rates of marsh retreat and expansion over time for San Pablo Bay, located in the northern part of San Francisco Bay.
• Over the past two decades, more of the marshes in San Pablo Bay have expanded (35% by length) than retreated (6%).
• Some areas have been expanding for over 150 years.
• Some marsh edges that appear to be retreating are in fact expanding rapidly at rates of up to 8 m/yr.
• Marsh edge change may be a useful indicator of resilience, identifying favorable sites for marsh persistence.
• These data can provide a foundation for understanding drivers of marsh edge expansion and retreat such as wind direction, wave energy, watershed sediment supply, and mudflat shape.
• This understanding of system dynamics will help inform management decisions about marsh restoration and protection.
• This study provides a baseline and method for tracking marsh edge response to current and future conditions, particularly anticipated changes in sea level, wave energy, and sediment supply.
Recommended next steps:
• This pilot study for San Pablo Bay marshes should be extended to other marshes in San Francisco Bay.
• These initial marsh expansion and retreat findings should be further analyzed and interpreted to improve our understanding of system drivers and identify management responses.
• A program for repeated assessment should be developed to identify and track changes in shoreline position, a leading indicator of the likelihood marsh survival.
Lowe, S.; Grosso, C.; Pearce, S.; Robinson, A.; Salomon, M.; Kauhanen, P.; Shusterman, G.; Bezalel, S. N.; Collins, J. N.; Titus, D.; et al. 2015. Stream Health of the Coyote Creek and Guadalupe River Watersheds using WRAMP.
Baumgarten, S.; Beller, E. E.; Grossinger, R. M.; Striplen, C. J.; Brown, H.; Dusterhoff, S. D.; Salomon, M.; Askevold, R. A. 2014. Historical Changes in Channel Alignment along Lower Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mark West Creek. SFEI: Richmond, CA.
Stein, E. D.; Cayce, K.; Salomon, M. N.; Bram, D. L.; De Mello, D.; Grossinger, R. M.; Dark, S. 2014. Wetlands of the Southern California Coast: Historical Extent and Change Over Time. SFEI Contribution No. 720. Southern California Coastal watershed Research Project (SCCWRP), San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), CSU Northridge Center for Geographical Studies: Costa Mesa, Richmond, Northridge.
Stanford, B.; Grossinger, R. M.; Beagle, J.; Askevold, R. A.; Leidy, R. A.; Beller, E. E.; Salomon, M.; Striplen, C. J.; Whipple, A. 2013. Alameda Creek Watershed Historical Ecology Study. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
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Beller, E. E.; Salomon, M.; Grossinger, R. M. 2013. An Assessment of the South Bay Historical Tidal-Terrestrial Transition Zone. SFEI Contribution No. 693. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.
Grossinger, R. M.; Dusterhoff, S. D.; Salomon, M. 2013. Flood Control 2.0 Regional Forum: Novato Creek Flood Control Project.
Whipple, A.; Askevold, R. A.; Rankin, D.; Stanford, B.; Salomon, M. 2012. Delta Historical Ecology GIS Data.
Grossinger, R. M.; Askevold, R. A.; Beagle, J.; Beller, E. E.; Brewster, E.; Gardner, S.; Pearce, S.; Ruygt, J.; Salomon, M.; Striplen, C. J.; et al. 2012. Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas: Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience. UC Press: Berkeley. p 223.
Beller, E. E.; Grossinger, R. M.; Nicholson, M.; Salomon, M. 2012. Upper Penitencia Creek Historical Ecology Assessment. SFEI Contribution No. 664. SFEI: Richmond, CA.
Sowers, J. M.; Salomon, M. N.; Ticci, M.; Beller, E. E.; Grossinger, R. M. 2012. Watching Our Watersheds: Santa Clara Valley Past, Google Earth KMZ files: Santa Clara Valley historical points of interest, stream courses and habitats.
Salomon, M.; San Francisco Estuary Institute; Costa, Cof Contra. 2011. Contra Costa County 1939 Aerial Photomosaic, GIS layer containing orthorectified historical aerial imagery of Contra Costa County from 1939.
Stanford, B.; Grossinger, R. M.; Askevold, R. A.; Whipple, A.; Leidy, R. A.; Beller, E. E.; Salomon, M. N.; Striplen, C. J. 2011. East Contra Costa Historical Ecology Study. SFEI Contribution No. 648. SFEI: Oakland.
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Askevold, R. A.; Whipple, A.; Grossinger, R. M.; Stanford, B.; Salomon, M. N. 2011. East Contra Costa Historical Ecology Study GIS data, GIS data produced for the East Contra Costa County Historical Ecology Study.
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Beller, E. E.; Grossinger, R. M.; Salomon, M.; Dark, S.; Stein, E.; Orr, B. K.; Downs, P. W.; Longcore, T.; Coffman, G.; Whipple, A.; et al. 2011. Historical Ecology of the lower Santa Clara River, Ventura River, and Oxnard Plain: an analysis of terrestrial, riverine, and coastal habitats. SFEI Contribution No. 641. SFEI: Oakland.
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Salomon, M.; Grossinger, R. M.; Askevold, R. A.; Beller, E. E.; Whipple, A. 2011. Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology GIS Data.
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Grossinger, R. M.; Salomon, M.; Beller, E. E.; Stanford, B.; Whipple, A. 2011. Ventura Historical Ecology Study GIS data.
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Beller, E. E.; Salomon, M.; Grossinger, R. M. 2010. Historical Vegetation and Drainage Patterns of Western Santa Clara Valley: A technical memorandum describing landscape ecology in Lower Peninsula, West Valley, and Guadalupe Watershed Management Areas. SFEI Contribution No. 622. SFEI: Oakland.
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Salomon, M.; Collins, J. N.; Striplen, C. J.; Brewster, E.; Grossinger, R. M. 2008. The Historical Ecology of Miller Creek http://www.nbwatershed.org/millercreek/.
Salomon, M.; Grossinger, R. M.; Dawson, A.; Askevold, R. A. 2008. An Introduction to the Historical Ecology of the Sonoma Creek Watershed: a Tool for the Critical Coastal Area Action Plan. San Francisco Estuary Institute.
Grossinger, R. M.; Beller, E. E.; Salomon, M.; Whipple, A.; Askevold, R. A.; Striplen, C. J.; Brewster, E.; Leidy, R. A. 2008. South Santa Clara Valley Historical Ecology Study, including Soap Lake, the Upper Pajaro River, and Llagas, Uvas-Carnadero, and Pacheco Creeks.
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Beller, E. E.; Whipple, A.; Askevold, R. A.; Grossinger, R. M.; Fateman, A.; Kopchik, J.; Striplen, C. J.; McRose, D.; Salomon, M. 2007. East Contra Costa County Historical Ecology Study: Introductory Brochure.
Grossinger, R. M.; Salomon, M.; Striplen, C. J.; Beller, E. E.; Askevold, R. A. 2007. Historical Ecology of South Santa Clara County: Preliminary Findings. A Technical Memorandum to the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan. SFEI Contribution No. 527.
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Read Short Story ‘2306’ from Mike French’s An Android Awakes
May 29, 2016 Carl Doherty Leave a comment
Looking to read something a bit different? Then I suggest you check out this extract from Mike French’s brilliantly eccentric An Android Awakes, a short story of sorts entitled ‘2306’.
I reviewed French’s dizzyingly original science fiction anthology last year, which tells the tale of android P121928, given 14 more chances to write something publishable before his ruthless publishing corporation deactivates him, and said the following:
P121928’s all-too human (and relatable) struggle to produce something deemed marketable by his owners forms the frame narrative for a selection of short stories, in an approach reminiscent of Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man. Some of French’s efforts are funny, some are sad, some are epic, some are small and silly. Some are set in a cyberpunk-inflected dystopian future far removed from our own while others could take place tomorrow… many lack the structure to even be defined as stories, but are instead ideas or concepts that reveal a fresh perspective on previously spun tales.
With each rejected submission, old concepts, characters and names are reiterated and reinvented in what has to be one of the most unique world-building exercises I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.
If 2306 wets your appetite, you can find out more on An Android Awakes on Elsewhen Press’s site. Illustrations by Karl Brown.
Submission 35
The scrape of chair legs, dimmed lights, a cough, the sound of rain against a window.
“Please relax. I’m going to ask you a series of questions. Try and answer them as honestly as possible.”
“Okay,” says the girl.
“You’ve woken,” says the detective. “You’re cold. The window has blown open and you can hear a dog barking outside. Beside you lies a body. It is still. There is a pool of blood seeping into the mattress.”
The detective notices the girl move a finger to her ear, then glances at her breasts: random sub-conscious bursts bring suggestions of desire.
“Can you answer please?”
“You haven’t asked me a question.”
“Is that important, there is a dead body beside you.”
“It’s your boyfriend.”
“I haven’t got a boyfriend.”
The detective pauses, picks up a pencil, ticks some boxes, notices as he does the sound of insects, an unopened packet of nachos in the corner of the room, the position of a vase with cut flowers, the sound of the girl breathing: the rise and fall.
Screening out the data assaulting his senses, he continues, “There is a dog barking outside, perhaps you go to look out of the window?”
“Yes, perhaps I go to look out of the window.”
“Excuse me.” The detective gets to his feet, walks over to the sink and turns off a dripping tap. He notices the layer of dust on the floor, knows the composition, age, rate of deposition.
“Can I go now?” asks the girl.
The detective returns to the table, takes the lamp suspended above them and directs the light towards the girl. She blinks and instinctively raises her arm to shield her eyes. He sees the line of her bra under her cotton top, the stitching, calculates her heart beat.
“Does it bother you that your boyfriend is dead?” he says finally.
“Try to imagine you have.”
“And then try to imagine he’s dead?”
The detective takes an apple from a suitcase, rubs it on his jacket, takes a bite, places it on the table between them. There is a creak of floorboards in the room next door, the sound of television, the springs of a mattress finding resonance. The detective hesitates and imagines that he and the girl are naked together, that it is them on the other side of the wall: hot, passionate, fucking.
“What’s that?”
“An apple,” replies the detective. “Would you like to taste it?”
The vibrations from the headboard next door settle in the detective’s ears. The tap is dripping again. Rain against the window. A dog starts to bark outside. The detective moves quickly as the gasps reach a crescendo and brings his hand down on the apple, squashing it to pulp against the hard grain of sliced oak. The girl flinches.
“Is there an apple there any longer?” he says.
“No,” says the girl.
“Imagine there is,” says the detective. “There was a moment ago, it can’t be that hard to imagine it’s still there.”
Footsteps in the corridor.
“Can I have the next question?” says the girl.
“You look up and see the date the seventh of June spelt out in blood across the wall. The handwriting is yours.”
“Can I have a cigarette?”
The detective picks up a piece of apple, “Do you know the significance of the apple to the creator of this test?”
“Can I please have a cigarette?”
“I didn’t think so. Would you like to know my secret?”
“Not particularly.”
“I have a nasty habit. Can’t help myself really. Don’t know why I do it, but then who knows why we do anything. Samantha’s Boutique, on fifty-fourth street. Every Tuesday they get a new delivery of bras. I always go in there and buy up every bra that is a size 34D.”
The girl shifts in her chair and looks at a point beyond the detective’s head.
“What do you think about that?” says the detective as he leans towards her. Small metallic clicks ripple out into the stale air.
“Is this part of the test?”
“You’re a 34D.”
“You’re a sicko.”
The detective looks at his Sturmanskie wristwatch, “Turing Test finished at 23.06.” Taking out a packet of Chesterfields from his pocket, he taps out a cigarette, passes it across the table.
“Thank you,” says the girl. She places it between her lips and leans forward as he opens a black crackle Zippo lighter. There is the CLICK of steel and the strike of flint. Sitting back, she inhales, then blows smoke towards him, “Well, you finished looking at my tits?”
“You register as human,” replies the detective. “There’s not many of you left, this is an honour.”
“And so what happens now?”
“Your chemical substrate will be destroyed.”
“You know we created your ancestors, don’t you? That you’re just a stinking, fucking robot?”
“You are aware that you are just a myriad of chemical reactions with no real sense of intelligence,” replies the detective. He pulls out the blaster strapped to his leg, gets to his feet and points it at her, “Do not be alarmed.”
The door opens. Movement. The detective stiffens as he feels a gun against the back of his head.
“By the way,” says the girl, “I lied. I do have a boyfriend.”
The boyfriend starts to speak. Before he finishes his first syllable, the detective runs a linguistic analysis program to determine the boyfriend’s emotional state, calculates the probability for survival given the angle the bullet will enter the back of his own head, runs simulations of all possible outcomes. At the same time he imagines himself and the girl driving in a 1964 Ford Mustang Convertible out of the city together. There is a mockingbird in a cage at the end of a steel pole soldered to the bonnet: on the back seat are gas masks. His hand is on the steering wheel, the other around her shoulder. He thinks of Paris in the smog, love, passion, food, the taste of her blood on his lips.
“So,” says the girl, her voice snapping the detective’s mind back to the confines of the room, “try to imagine having your head blown off.”
“I could say the same to you,” says the detective. He smiles and nods towards the waste disposal unit in the kitchen. “After I feed your boyfriend’s body parts into that I will ask you again if it bothers you that your boyfriend is dead.”
Outside the impact of the rain against the window pane distorts the view inside of the standoff between the boyfriend, the detective and the human. When, finally, the shot comes, the noise passes through the apartment wall and radiates out into the city.
The day I received the rejection for this …
We regret that it did not quite “click” with us
was the day I found my cat lying dead on the seat of my car. It took me a while to notice as on top of it was a large parcel containing the spare body parts I had ordered. A delivery drone had dropped it off. From a great height from the look of the cat.
I buried it in the back garden, said a prayer, and stood for a moment over the grave wondering if I should be feeling more of a sense of loss. After a while I dug the cat back up, stuffed it, sprayed it gold and set it against the back door as a doorstop.
I felt better after that, like its death wasn’t in vain.
I left it a while before going to the freezer in the basement. Out of respect really, somehow it felt wrong just defrosting another one straight away. But after lunch I felt the time was right and descended into the dark.
I stopped half way down and looked at the recruitment poster from the Android Publishing Program, which I’d stuck there all those years ago. It had Human Culture Needs YOU! in big black writing set under a picture of a massive android with one eye. The subtext of course being that in controlling their culture we could bend them to our will – most of them blind to the importance of stories to their society and naively seeing it all as all rather harmless good fun and entertainment. Well that was the original purpose anyway, these days the androids that controlled it all had lost themselves in profit and popularity. I couldn’t care less to be honest, I just liked writing stories.
The freezer was stuffed full of replacement cats. Reaching in, I picked one up and turned it over to read the defrosting instructions. It was going to take four days in the fridge or two days in a cool room. A big warning label advised me not to defrost it in the oven. Pulling off the shrink wrap I carried it back up to the kitchen, out into the garden and set it down to catch the afternoon sun on the patio.
By the morning it was purring around my feet and drinking milk.
If only everything could be fixed so easily.
Carl Doherty
Carl Doherty has written about movies, video games, comic books and literature for almost a decade, forging ill-informed critiques for numerous websites, blogs and publications that no one has ever heard of. His debut novel, the epic fantasy comedy Welcome to The Fold, is available now on Kindle here (UK) and here (US).
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Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson - Mary White Rowlandson
Mary White Rowlandson
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THE FIRST REMOVE
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THE THIRD REMOVE
THE FOURTH REMOVE
THE FIFTH REMOVE
THE SIXTH REMOVE
THE SEVENTH REMOVE
THE EIGHTH REMOVE
THE NINTH REMOVE
THE TENTH REMOVE
THE ELEVENTH REMOVE
THE TWELFTH REMOVE
THE THIRTEENTH REMOVE
THE FOURTEENTH REMOVE
THE FIFTEENTH REMOVE
THE SIXTEENTH REMOVAL
THE SEVENTEENTH REMOVE
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THE TWENTIETH REMOVE
The sovereignty and goodness of GOD, together with the faithfulness of his promises displayed, being a narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, commended by her, to all that desires to know the Lord's doings to, and dealings with her. Especially to her dear children and relations. The second Addition [sic] Corrected and amended. Written by her own hand for her private use, and now made public at the earnest desire of some friends, and for the benefit of the afflicted. Deut. 32.39. See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me, I kill and I make alive, I wound and I heal, neither is there any can deliver out of my hand.
On the tenth of February 1675, came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster: their first coming was about sunrising; hearing the noise of some guns, we looked out; several houses were burning, and the smoke ascending to heaven. There were five persons taken in one house; the father, and the mother and a sucking child, they knocked on the head; the other two they took and carried away alive. There were two others, who being out of their garrison upon some occasion were set upon; one was knocked on the head, the other escaped; another there was who running along was shot and wounded, and fell down; he begged of them his life, promising them money (as they told me) but they would not hearken to him but knocked him in head, and stripped him naked, and split open his bowels. Another, seeing many of the Indians about his barn, ventured and went out, but was quickly shot down. There were three others belonging to the same garrison who were killed; the Indians getting up upon the roof of the barn, had advantage to shoot down upon them over their fortification. Thus these murderous wretches went on, burning, and destroying before them.
At length they came and beset our own house, and quickly it was the dolefulest day that ever mine eyes saw. The house stood upon the edge of a hill; some of the Indians got behind the hill, others into the barn, and others behind anything that could shelter them; from all which places they shot against the house, so that the bullets seemed to fly like hail; and quickly they wounded one man among us, then another, and then a third. About two hours (according to my observation, in that amazing time) they had been about the house before they prevailed to fire it (which they did with flax and hemp, which they brought out of the barn, and there being no defense about the house, only two flankers at two opposite corners and one of them not finished); they fired it once and one ventured out and quenched it, but they quickly fired it again, and that took. Now is the dreadful hour come, that I have often heard of (in time of war, as it was the case of others), but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in their blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head, if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves, and one another, Lord, what shall we do? Then I took my children (and one of my sisters', hers) to go forth and leave the house: but as soon as we came to the door and appeared, the Indians shot so thick that the bullets rattled against the house, as if one had taken an handful of stones and threw them, so that we were fain to give back. We had six stout dogs belonging to our garrison, but none of them would stir, though another time, if any Indian had come to the door, they were ready to fly upon him and tear him down. The Lord hereby would make us the more acknowledge His hand, and to see that our help is always in Him. But out we must go, the fire increasing, and coming along behind us, roaring, and the Indians gaping before us with their guns, spears, and hatchets to devour us. No sooner were we out of the house, but my brother-in-law (being before wounded, in defending the house, in or near the throat) fell down dead, whereat the Indians scornfully shouted, and hallowed, and were presently upon him, stripping off his clothes, the bullets flying thick, one went through my side, and the same (as would seem) through the bowels and hand of my dear child in my arms. One of my elder sisters' children, named William, had then his leg broken, which the Indians perceiving, they knocked him on [his] head. Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathen, standing amazed, with the blood running down to our heels. My eldest sister being yet in the house, and seeing those woeful sights, the infidels hauling mothers one way, and children another, and some wallowing in their blood: and her elder son telling her that her son William was dead, and myself was wounded, she said, And Lord, let me die with them, which was no sooner said, but she was struck with a bullet, and fell down dead over the threshold. I hope she is reaping
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Guide to Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments Recommended Practice RP-14 December 2005 i Wire scise NCSL International Guide to Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments Recommended Practice RP-14 December 2005. Prepared by NCSL International ‘ENCSL Intemational 2005 ‘All ghts reserved RP.14 ‘Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments Preface NCSL International (NCSL!) has prepared this Recommended Practice (RP) toward the goal of Uniformity in the field of instrumentation and measurement. To be of real value, this document should be not static, but subject to periodic review. Toward this end, NCSLI welcomes com- ments and suggestions for improvements, which should be addressed to the President of NCSLI ‘at 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107, Boulder, Colorado 80301-5404. This RP was initiated and prepared by the Laboratory Facilities Committee and approved for Publication by the Board of Directors in November 1998. The members of the Laboratory Facilities Committee are David W. Braudaway, Co-chair Sandia Laboratories (retired) Doug Cooper, Co-chair TAC Americas Gloria J. Neely Naval Warfare Assessment Center, Measurement Science Directorate Robert E. Williams Naval Warfare Assessment Center, Measurement Science Directorate NCSLI Information Manual it December 2005 Permission to reproduce Permission to make fair use of the material contained in this publication, including the re- production of part or all of its pages, is granted to individual users and nonprofit libraries provided that the following conditions are met: (1) The use is limited and noncommercial in nature, such as for teaching or research purposes. (2) The NCSL international copyright notice appears at the beginning of the publication. (3) The words *NCSLI Information Manual" appear ‘on each page reproduced. (4) The following disclaimer is incorporated andior understood by all persons or organizations reproducing the publication: “Republication or systematic or ‘multiple reproduction of any material in this publication Is permitted only with the written permission of NCSL International.” Requests for such permission to reproduce should be addressed to NCSL Intemational, 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 107, Boulder, CO 80301-5404, Permission to translate Permission to translate part or all of this publication is granted provided that the following conditions are met: (1) The NCSL Intemational copyright notice appears at the beginning of the transiation. (2) The words "Translated by [enter Translators name)" appear on each page translated, (3) The following disclaimer Is included and/or understood by all persons or ‘organizations translating this publication. If the translation is copyrighted, the translation must carry a copyright notice for both the translation and the publication from which itis translated. Disclaimer ‘The materials and information contained herein are provided and promulgated as an industry aid and guide and are based on standards, formulae, and techniques recognized by NCSLI. The materials are prepared without reference to any specific international, federal, state, or local laws or regulations, and NCSLI neither warrants nor guarantees any specific result when the materials are relied upon, They provide a guide for recommended practices and are not all-inclusive. Printed in the United States of America iv NCSLI Information Manual RP-14 Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments Contents Preface Permission to reproduce Permission to translate. iv Disclaimer ..... iv 1. Purpose.. 2. Introduction and background .. 2.1 Factors Affecting Mission. 3. Temperature 3.1. Selection of nominal temperature... 3.2 Limits on temperature variation. 3.3 Temperature records Vibration... Relative laboratory air pressure Sz }. Humidity and Air Pressure; Correlated Envi Illumination... Particulates... . Electromagnetic interference.. 10. References. SPngegan NCSLI Information Manual RP-14 Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments Guide to Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments 1. Purpose Standards laboratory environments must be carefully selected to meet the specific mission of each laboratory. The mission of the laboratory depends on the specific work supported, the measurement disciplines required, and the level of uncertainty required in the measurements. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in the selection of laboratory environments suitable for maintenance of | standards and calibration operations. [tis intended not to mandate a specific environment for a specific calibration but to direct selection of the environment and to offer some suggestions on how to extend precision in an existing or achievable (practical) environment. Although this document pertains specifically to standards laboratories, it can be applied to any laboratory requi 2. Introduction and background Environmental conditions in standards laboratories must be maintained within limits sufficiently strict to ‘enable the required measurements to be made. The limits depend on the type and required uncertainty of the calibrations done in the laboratory. The application of new equipment and techniques necessitate a review and, possibly, a revision of requirements, The specific mission in any measurement discipline may dictate stricter or less stringent requirements. The reasons behind this selection are often economic, and the impact necessitates agreement with the customer to achieve an acceptable level of calibration service. Additionally, where the customer needs cannot be met by a reachable mission within the calibration ity, arrangement for outside calibration may be necessary NCSLI Information Manual 1 December 2005, 2.44 Factors Affecting Mission ‘The mission of a laboratory is determined by consideration of several factors: 1. ‘The range of values, the uncertainty expected for instruments and standards to be calibrated, and the customer's requirements; 2. The availability of appropriate standards, calibration equipment and measurement techniques to cover the range of values and meet the uncertainty or uncertainties necessary to mect customer's requirements; 3. Funding necessary to support overhead and personnel time necessary to perform measurements (0 the required level; this cost of calibration is often a compromise between instrument and/or standard specifications and funding available. ‘This guide is based on both experience and results of studies that have been conducted on ways to identify 1 satisfactory environment. Accordingly, it covers both areas where environmental conditions can be relaxed and those where they must be tightened. This document is organized from the most important parameter (or set of parameters) limits to those of less importance. Some proven techniques for circumventing environ-mental limitations are described; the need for assessing the effects ofa recent out- ‘of-control condition is also emphasized. Where practical, requirements are parallel to those of ISA- RPS2.1-1975, Recommended Environments for Standards Laboratories (1}. For additional helpful information, see ISO 554:1976, Standard atmospheres for conditioning and/or testing, (2] and NCSLIRP- 1, Laboratory Design (3] NOTES: 1. Caution is advised in referencing published standards. All standards have a mandatory five-year review with an update or reaffirmation expected. Many standards appear to lie beyond the five-year review; thus, they may contain recommendations that have been changed or are no longer active. Their terminology varies: some prefer to use ‘metrology or calibration rather than standards. In the definitions of these words, standards is the most genera. 2, ISA-RP52.1 isa recommended practice rather than a standard. Itwas written ata time when the general approach to laboratory environments was keyed t0 a position in a relatively rigid hierarchy. Even with strong intent, many have found that they cannot scet the hicrarchy requirements for those disciplines needed to meet their laboratory mission; for some, more stringent environmental constraints are warranted, and for others, the constraints can be relaxed. Accordingly, the preference within NCSLI has been to specify the environmental needs based on evaluation ofthe laboratory mission rather than to ty to fit a hierarchy. Although the approach of this document differs somewhat from that of ISA-RPS2.1 in the selection of environments, ISA-RP52.L contains much information that is still pertinent 2 NCSLI Information Manual RP-14 Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments, 3. NCSLI RP-7 contains detailed information on the steps and requirements that are necessary in upgrading an existing laboratory or designing a new facility. It directs the laboratory staff and design staff to the myriad of standards that govern the various aspects of design and construction, mn looking at the requirements necessary for a specific measurement mission, we need to evaluate the costs and advantages associated with constructing a completely new facility and those associated with ‘modernizing or upgrading an existing facility. A compromise solution is to fit modular laboratory rooms into an existing facility. This approach provides an environmentally controlled space within a controlled cavironment that can lead to reduced demands on the module control system and be economically attractive. 3. Temperature 3.1 Selection of nominal temperature Only two nominal temperature values are used for environmental control of standards laboratories: 20°C and 23 °C. The choice is dictated primarily by prevailing practice in the particular standards discipline: 4. 20°C: dimensional and mass ». 23 °C: force, electrical (do, ac low and high frequency), and most physical disciplines ‘When operation at a temperature other than 20 °C or 23 °C is necessary, an evaluation of the effects ofthe nonstandard reference temperature is recommended. The evaluation should include an analysis of the cor- rections to values, the increase in uncertainty of measurements due to the nonstandard temperature, or both. Documentation of the rationale for the choice of nonstandard temperature is recommended. NOTE: For those measurement disciplines in which the use of dimensional standards is frequent, 20°C may be the preferred choice. However, electronic equipment operated in an ambient temperature different ftom the 23 °C calibration temperature usually has an offset (bias) for which the correction may not be known and may be difficult to determine. The values of properties of artifacts (c.., dimensions of gage blocks and resistances of electrical resistors) that have well established temperature coefficients can be corrected for use at a temperature other than the reference temperature, provided that their actual operating temperature can be established and controlled, NCSLI Information Manual 3 December 2005 Table 1 Laboratory temperature variation limits Variation ‘Typical Application '40.01°C Highest precision dimensional measurement, direct measurement by physical or interferometric methods. ‘The limit of measurability may be computed by multiplying the temperature variation by the expansion coefficient (e.g., (um/m)/°C)] and combining this with the resolution limit of the measuring apparatus, Precision dimensional and mass calibration. In dimensional measurements, direct and comparison measurements to 1.5 un/m for steel or 5 m/m for aluminum. ‘Mass comparison of similar density weights with repeatability (buoyancy corrected): uncertainties of 0.1 mg or better at 1 kg (actual useable values depend on balance resolution and measurement technique). 20.25°C High-quality mass calibration, precision force measurement, and high-precision de calibration, Repeatability (buoyancy corrected) of 0.25 mg or better at | kg for weights with similar densities. Force measurement with a resolution limit of $0 NAN (lbf/Ibf), 40.5°C Optics and general dimensional calibration, Direct and comparison measurement to 5 ynnvim of length for steel or 15 im/m of length for aluminum. 41°C ‘ac, microwave, and most physical disciplines at the highest calibration levels; ‘general de calibration. de calibration at 10 pV/V, 10 4, ete., and less precise levels; with mea- surement of temperature or use of controlled baths, more precise work may be done. 22°C Radiation, general calibration in ac, microwave, and most physical disciplines. Precise figures on ac calibration levels are not available; general practice is stipulated NOTES TO TABLE | ON TEMPERATURE VARIATION LIMITS: 1. Measurement of the actual temperature of the artifact being calibrated is recommended to reduce measurement uncertainty. The temperature of the artifact is more constant than the temperature ofthe laboratory environment owing to the averaging (integrating) effect of equipment and the thermal time constants of the artifact. 4 NCSLI Information Manual RP-14 Selecting Standards Laboratory Environments 2. Temperature may meet the selected variation constraint but not be at nominal value owing to ‘uncontrollable room temperature gradients. Gradients can arise from nonuniform airflow, heat dissipated by the artifact, or measuring equipment, and heat radiated from personnel, Measurement of actual artifact temperature is necessary for meaningful corrections to be applied. 3. Heat sources, including lights and personnel can be especially troublesome in strictly controlled environments. An adaptive control system can be advantageous in compensating forthe heat output of one ‘or more persons (approximately 100 W per person). 4. Extended, nonmeasurement, warm-up times are required for most high-precision balances to achieve stable operation, The principal contributor is heat from the operator. Reduction of nonproductive operator time can be achieved by using a heat source to warm the equipment. For more information on the technique, soe Braudaway, D.W., “Minimization of operator-balance interactive warm-up by use of an alter ego heat source,” IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., Vol. IM3S, no. 4, part 1, pp. 404-408, Dec. 1986 [4]. 5. Floor-to-ceiling vertical laminar flow of air is recommended to minimize gradients in environments controlled to +0.01 °C or 40.1 °C. One or more small rooms are necessary to accomplish the result. For other control limits, normal air conditioning practice is adequate. 6. Fordimensional equipment, the time to achieve acceptable equilibrium with the environment s long, ‘owing to machine and artifact thermal time constants. During the equilibration period, measurements are ‘not practical even though the air temperature meets its required limit, unless the temperatures of test and reference artifacts are measured and corrections are applied. 7. Averaging of temperatures from several points in a laboratory can be used to produce a more reptesentative value of the controlled temperature. Electrical sampling of a number of points can provide a readout of each temperature and an average ofthe sampled temperatures for the control input, Some systems, however, operate in an unsatisfactory mannet in which the last point sampled is the control input rather than the average of the sampled points. A tree structure can also be used to provide the average temperature in a room, In this approach, air is
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Figure skating judges on thin ice after pairs debacle
By LAURA VECSEY, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER COLUMNIST
Published 10:00 pm PST, Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Many feel Canada's David Pelletier and Jamie Sale outskated Russian gold medalists Elene Berezhanya and Anton Sikharulidze in the pairs freeskat.e
Photo: Paul Kitagaki Jr./Seattle Post-Intelligencer
SALT LAKE CITY -- For an Olympics ushered in on the wings of scandal about backdoor deals and vote-buying, it's only fitting that the streak continues, ignited like the Olympic flame on propane boosters.
A controversy about judging in figure skating?
People are surprised?
The "sport" is a disaster waiting to happen. And now it has happened, on national TV, on prime time, against Canadians in a North American time zone.
It is a Tom Clancy novella, whipped up to conspiracy-theory proportions by NBC's broadcast crew, involving allegations about how former Eastern Bloc judges are biased toward the Russian-trained style, that they vote in a block.
Worse, there were allegations that one judge on the nine-judge panel Monday night for the Olympic pairs competition, French judge Marie Reine Le Gougne, had her vote "bought" in return for a favor:
You scratch my back, and your ice dancing pair (French duo Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat) is as good as gold.
The Cold War might be over, but that apparently has not been firmly established in the back alleys of the International Skating Union -- or at least that is the perception.
Maybe a new world order is about to begin. Yesterday, the ISU issued an unprecedented statement in the wake of the controversy over the judging of the Olympic pairs competition.
"The International Skating Union, following certain reactions received by the public and media on the result of the pairs event at the Salt Lake Ice Center (Monday night) and also to respect the public opinion -- is doing an internal assessment to monitor if the ISU rules and procedures were respected," ISU General Secretary Fred Schmid said.
What's unprecedented is that the ISU publicly admitted it is bowing to public and internal pressure.
Or it isn't. Maybe there was something fishy about the judging. It's possible, not that it's easy to prove.
"The judges on the panel are representatives of the ISU. I feel there should be pressure applied to investigate the results of this particular event," Canadian Olympic Association Chef de MissionSally Rehorick said.
Today, ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta will hold a news conference, another sign that figure skating feels the need to explain.
That the ISU has acted so swiftly means shame and embarrassment is running high. One of the premier events of the world's biggest international sporting spectacle looks as crooked as everyone has suspected.
It's time to deal with it.
Figure skating's popularity may well be partially attributable to the subjective nature of the judging, which adds a level of intrigue to the high-stakes sequined proceedings.
Booing officials, umpires and judges for bad calls is an inherent part of many sports. Whether it's pass interference, strike zones or triple lutzes, there is no way to completely remove the subjective nature of officiating.
But when subjectivity extends to the realm of chicanery, you've got a problem, especially for conscientious judges and officials trying to play by the rules and give skating the credibility it needs.
This goes beyond the fundamental difficulty of scoring a sport that emphasizes artistry and performance, as much as technical tasks and skill.
The tears were real and justified for Canadian pairs skater Jamie Sale. With her partner, David Pelletier, the pair seemed to have outskated the Russian pair of Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.
So, too, was the outrage of the spectators inside the Salt Lake Ice Center on Monday night.
When the judges for the pairs free skate broke down along old party lines in delivering the gold medal to the Russians, you could almost hear the thin ice of skating's credibility cracking.
Rehorick, a figure skating judge for 25 years, could barely contain her "horror."
"I feel the credibility of our sport could be negatively affected by the decision. I feel that subjectivity in our sport is not a bad thing, as long as the subjectivity is based on expert opinion in the spirit of fair play," she said.
It would be one thing if this controversy merely involved the question of why five of the nine judges delivered higher artistic marks to the Russians.
It's a given that within skating, there is a tendency for those schooled in the former Soviet brand of judging to give greater emphasis to ballet influence and romanticism.
This week, American coaches, led by Frank Carroll, hammered on the theme that judging was always biased in favor of the Russians.
The breakup of the Soviet Union put a lot more nations like Belarus, Ukraine and Latvia in the mix, expanding the empire of judges whose aesthetic taste leans toward the Russian style.
"There are a lot more former Soviet judges on the panel," said Audrey Weisiger, coach for American skater Michael Weiss.
But this newly ignited controversy is infused with suspicion that there was more than just a difference of subjective opinion.
Whether the ISU is really investigating -- and what they'll do if they discover irregularities -- remains to be seen.
In the meantime, figure skating has gotten a reality check in front of the biggest audience.
This could prove to be good, just as it was good when the International Olympic Committee was forced to open its doors.
After the scandal that rocked the Salt Lake bid process, the IOC started the long-overdue process of cleaning house. It got a new president (Jacques Rogge), as did the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (Mitt Romney), and 10 delegates were booted from the IOC for their part in accepting gifts and graft.
If the ISU wants to continue reaping the benefits of Olympic exposure and dollars, it also must find a way to clean up its act.
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Our courses give students the theoretical, methodological, and research skills necessary to seek answers to the questions that matter today. We help students develop nuanced responses that are attuned to the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religious affiliation, time period, and geographic location. The department’s emphasis on historiography—studying the existing histories of a subject—is especially unique in undergraduate curricula. We teach students how to analyze a range of primary sources—myths, archeology, architecture, novels, poetry, paintings, photographs, diary entries, census data, treaties, and cartoons—for audience, message, and bias. Studying history prepares students to navigate a complex world.
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Lord-Lieutenant marks official opening of school’s £4.4 million refurbishment
The Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk, Lady Clare Euston, has unveiled a commemorative plaque at Ixworth Free School during the grand opening of its new facilities. The opening event on February 25 celebrated the end of a two-stage, £4.4 million refurbishment programme which has been ongoing since the school opened in September 2014.
Ixworth Free School, part of the Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust, was in need of expansion and refurbishment to accommodate growing student numbers and to provide more modernised learning spaces. The building work has included a new 200-seater multi-purpose hall, a versatile outdoor learning space, new entrance and reception areas and complete refurbishment of classrooms.
As part of its upgrade of facilities Ixworth Free School becomes the first local school to create a 4D interactive classroom which brings teaching and learning to life. The £40,000 investment in the 4D ‘immersive’ technology means ‘real life’ sensory experiences such as walking in space or in a rainforest can be created, blurring the line between the physical and digital world.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk, Lady Clare Euston, said: “I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the inspiring new facilities which the students of Ixworth Free School are now enjoying.”
Niki King, Headteacher at Ixworth Free School, said: “The new and refurbished facilities are an excellent addition to the school, providing fresh, inspiring and motivating learning environments for all students to enjoy. Thank you to all involved in the refurbishment programme, we’re looking forward to using the new facilities this school year and for years to come.”
The grand opening event saw speeches from Niki King and Lady Euston, followed by the commemorative plaque unveiling. Ixworth Free School students then led tours around their new school facilities, before a celebratory fireworks display to which the whole school was invited.
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‘Bloodline’ Will End After Season Three
Posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 by Jack Giroux
This news is unfortunate. Back in July, Netflix ordered a third season of Bloodline, but that third season will also be the last we see of the deeply troubled Rayburn family. The streaming service has decided to end the series, despite creators and executive producers Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman‘s hope to make five or six seasons of the drama.
Below, learn more about the Bloodline cancellation.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the story, writing that Netflix informed Sony season three would be last season of Bloodline. The series stars Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek, Linda Cardellini, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ben Mendelsohn, and all of those actors are confirmed to return for the third and final chapter. There’s no word if Andrea Riseborough and John Leguizamo are coming back, but based on how season two wrapped up, it would be odd if they didn’t return.
In a statement to TV Line, Netflix’s Vice President of original content, Cindy Holland, expressed her gratitude for all the hard work that went into making the show:
Bloodline season three will be the show’s final season. Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessler (KZK) are thoughtful and visionary storytellers, who lead a prestigious cast, that includes Kyle Chandler and Ben Mendelsohn, who have both garnered two Emmy nominations for their roles on the series. Together, with our collaborative partners at Sony Pictures Television, they created a seductive show that Netflix viewers worldwide love and continue to discover. We are looking forward to the exciting climax KZK have in store for the series conclusion in May 2017.
Season two of Bloodline ended with more than a few questions, which, according to THR, possibly could’ve gone unanswered. Apparently, the show got pricier to make after Florida cut its entertainment tax incentives program, which maybe had something to do with Netflix ordering 10 episodes instead of 13 for season three, but that’s purely speculation.
Before this news, Zelman told THR they had about five or six seasons worth of material in mind:
We’re doing a TV series, so even in our own mind, we’re asking ourselves, ‘Does this series have seasons in it?’ When we pitched it and we thought about it, we were thinking five to six seasons down the line because we wanted to make sure it could hold that much material. So we certainly have ideas for where everything could go and hopefully where everything will go.
Some fans felt Bloodline began losing some steam in second two, but it pushed the Rayburn family, especially John, into some new corners. The series brought aboard some new antagonists that kept the series exciting and dramatic after it lost, in some way, its most pivotal character. Season two did run into some trouble early on without one of its strongest assets, but it remained a suspenseful, often painful look at one seriously broken family, and the finale ended on a surprising note with John Rayburn, showing the character, somehow, stooping even lower. Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman and all involved have given us two excellent seasons with these challenging characters, and at least they got one more season to show us another side of the former picture perfect family’s dark underbelly.
The final season of Bloodline is available next May on Netflix.
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What’s so special about the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook
The rings are gone, but the plaid is here to stay.
After nearly 90 years as one of America’s most loved cookbooks, the newest edition of Better Homes and Gardens’ “New Cook Book” just got a refresh. The iconic red plaid is still there, and so is the recipe for chocolate chip cookies, but for the first time, the book doesn’t have its signature ring binder.
To publish a new edition is such an overhaul that they’ve done it only 17 times since 1930. “We pull the book apart, every chapter, every recipe,” says Jan Miller, the book’s editor, who is based in Iowa with the rest of the Meredith Corporation.
“Those classics aren’t a gimme. If the chocolate chip cookie recipe is going to survive, what do we need to do to make this feel like the classic of today?”
While they were putting together this edition, they knew every recipe had to have a photo, but they weren’t convinced that readers still needed the binder, which was one of the major innovations when the book first published.
The ring binder allowed cooks to add pages, and to encourage subscriptions, the magazine printed additional cookbook pages that readers could tear out and punch holes in.
As home printers became available, cooks printed out their own recipes to add to the binder. Miller said the company’s research suggested that this generation of cookbook buyers didn’t need to store recipes in the same way their grandparents did, so they designed the book with a red-plaid spine that would still lie flat when opened.
Ultimately, the no-ring decision had to go through Mell Meredith, one of the founders of the Iowa-based publishing company; she gave her blessing. “They know that we have to keep moving ahead, and that’s why Meredith has been successful,” Miller says. “You have to meet your consumer where they are at.”
The “New Cook Book” has a new look, but there are a handful of recipes that have been there since the early years and continue to earn their place, including those classic chocolate chip cookies, orange-glazed “bowknots” and a “busy day cake” that is now called a one bowl butter cake.
The magazine, which launched in 1922 as “Fruit, Garden and Home,” has been in the recipe business for nearly 100 years. By 1924, the publishing company was already hosting recipe contests with a $5 prize, and it built a test kitchen in 1928.
When the book debuted in 1930, the magazine claimed that “never before has there been a cookbook like this,” a promise it quickly lived up to. The book became a bestseller in three months, and by 1938, it had sold a million copies. Today, there are nearly 35 million copies stored on shelves, stashed in boxes and maybe sitting on your kitchen countertop as you read this.
Some editions included blank pages at the back for cooks to write notes and recipes, or an envelope or folder to hold clippings, and countless cooks simply tucked handwritten notes, clipped stories and handout materials within the pages.
In many editions, you’ll find tabs separating the chapters. The tabs made it look like file folders or a mini filing cabinet, Miller says, and in the business of keeping a home, more room for recipes in a single place was the modern equivalent of getting expanded storage on your phone.
This ephemera — and the system in which to store them — is why cooks came to treasure this specific book over others, including “The Joy of Cooking.” Each book became a time capsule, a scrapbook and a pre-Internet encyclopedia for a cook’s entire cooking life.
In the past 20 years, Americans have been finding that balance between fast and from scratch, low calorie and high flavor, hands-on or hands-off. The book begins with a detailed primer about kitchen basics that everyone needs to know, from the different spices to keep in a pantry to how long to cook various kinds of rice, beans, fruits and vegetables.
“There’s so much of an emotional tug tied to this book because so many women, mothers pass it on to their daughters, grandmothers,” Miller says. “When people lose these treasured books through hurricanes or a fire, they ask for their specific edition as a replacement.”
Her staff will send out replacements, and they also accept donations from sentimental owners.
“I have cabinets filled with plaid,” Miller says. “People want to keep them for as long as they can, but if they don’t feel like someone will love and treasure them, they’ll send them to us,” even if the covers are falling off. “I’m happy to be the keeper.”
Last week, I became the keeper of Elizabeth Whitlow’s mother’s 1940 edition, whose tan cover has browned over the years. It’s a well-loved and beautiful book stuffed with a flurry of booklets, newspaper advertisements and other scraps of paper about rationing sugar and cooking with Jell-O.
Whitlow was one of nearly a dozen readers who shared their Better Homes & Gardens stories with me. Her mother, Marjorie N. Whitlow, wasn’t an instinctive or creative cook, and her copy helped her put dinner on the table to the best of her abilities, Whitlow says.
When Whitlow was in seventh grade, she realized that if they were going to eat before 7:30 p.m., she was going to have to make dinner. She’d make weeknight dinners with ground meat, pork chops or fish, along with two kinds of frozen vegetables or a vegetable and a salad.
“No bread, and no deserts, unless boxed pudding or Jell-O or fruit was in season,” she says.
On Saturdays, they’d make hamburgers, and Sundays were reserved for roast beef, fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, “or a meat loaf I still make.”
She has her own 1968 edition of “The New Cook Book,” and as she has started paring down her book collection, she considered passing along her mother’s copy. Whitlow’s mother had been a Statesman reader from 1940 until her death in 1996, so she felt like we could be the trustee of her most trusted cooking resource.
I’m not the only food writer with a particular love of Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks.
Tucker Shaw, editor of America’s Test Kitchen, keeps a copy of the 1962 edition on his desk at work for inspiration. “I love the kind of real-life point of view in it, like how to remove stains,” he says. “It offers a cool window into the kinds of things that home cooks were thinking about at the time and are still thinking about.”
The holistic experience of running a home kitchen is an important part of running a good kitchen, he says, and the book addresses all of that, from planning and shopping to storage and cleanup.
Shaw also pointed out that this particular edition has a sense of humor. “Not (author) Peg Bracken-level humor, but a certain levity that is welcoming,” he says, including a photo of a woman holding dishes with five arms extending from her body.
I keep a copy on my desk, too. When readers donate cookbooks to our ongoing cookbook drive, sometimes I’ll get a copy of “The New Cook Book,” and a recent donation included a copy of the book with math homework, dated 1977, from a then seventh-grader named Timothy Sunstrom.
Cookbook author Kate McDermott also has a first edition of the cookbook in her collection, which she turns to for inspiration when she’s developing new recipes or wanting to connect with the generations of cooks who came before her.
Austinite Jane Hellinger made a donation to the cookbook drive a few years ago but couldn’t part with her 1960s-era Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. She also still has her mother’s light blue edition, which she got for her wedding in 1939. Both copies have been “a steadfast presence in our lives” and are well used.
Judy Warren uses her copy of the cookbook to make peanut butter cookies and ginger crinkles to share with her friends at a senior apartment complex. “I have several other cookbooks even though I had to downsize my collection when I moved,” she says. “The Better Homes and Gardens is still my favorite and the one most often used.”
My aunt, Betsy Cook, emailed photos from her 1976 edition that her sister, Patti, gave her when she married my uncle, Chris, in 1981.
“It was my only cookbook at the time, and while I have never been much for following recipes to the letter, it has been an amazing reference over the years when I was in need of inspiration, reassurance or step-by-step hand-holding,” she says.
Patti had written on the first page of each chapter. At the beginning of the section on vegetables, she wrote, “Betsy, I love you and I can’t think of a thing to say about veggies.”
“What a delight to flip through the pages and find sisterly encouragement and her special brand of humor,” she says. “It brings a smile to my face as I read them again, 37 years later.”
Kay Pinckney Braziel has a five-ring copy of “The New Cook Book” that she thinks is probably a gift from her wedding 56 years ago. Her husband, John, a gardener at Sunshine Community Garden, is the primary cook in the family, and for more than 20 years, has cooked them breakfast in the mornings, but “I still refer to it for deviled eggs, peach pies, gravy and the weights and measures section on the inside back cover,” she says. “I am very happy that I still have it as a basic cookbook, even though I have other cookbooks that I have probably used more over the years. I would never part with it.”
Orange Bowknots
“This is one of the longest-running recipes,” cookbook editor Jan Miller says. “It’s been in the book since 1946.” You’ll need three oranges total (one is for the glaze) for these citrus-y tarts.
5 1/2 to 6 cups all‑purpose flour
1 package active dry yeast
1/2 cup butter or shortening
To make the orange icing:
1 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
2 to 3 tablespoons orange juice
Remove 2 tablespoons zest and squeeze 1/4 cup juice from oranges. In a large bowl stir together 2 cups of the flour and the yeast. In a 2-quart. saucepan heat and stir milk, butter, granulated sugar and salt just until warm (120 to 130 degrees) and butter almost melts. Add milk mixture and eggs to flour mixture. Beat with a mixer on low 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high 3 minutes. Stir in orange zest and juice and as much of the remaining flour as you can.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderately soft dough that is smooth and elastic, using a dough scraper as needed (dough will be slightly sticky). Shape dough into a ball. Place in a lightly greased bowl, turning to grease surface of dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size (1 hour).
Punch dough down. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, lightly grease two large baking sheets. Roll each dough half into a 12-inch-by-7‑inch rectangle. Cut each rectangle crosswise into twelve 7‑inch strips. Tie each strip in a loose knot. Start by folding each strip into a loose loop. Tuck one end under the loop and ease it up through the hole of the loop. Readjust dough to make an even knot. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly double in size, about 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden. Remove from baking sheets; cool on wire racks.
While rolls are cooling, in a medium bowl stir together orange zest and powdered sugar. Stir in enough of the orange juice to reach drizzling consistency. Drizzle the rolls with orange icing and serve. Makes 24 rolls.
— From “Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book, 17th Edition” by Meredith Corporation (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $29.99)
One-Bowl Butter Cake
“Although renamed several times through the years, the one-bowl butter cake recipe formula in the 17th edition is similar to the favorite butter cake recipe in the very first edition of the cookbook published in 1930. It was described as a ‘good plain cake batter.’ Over the years we changed the fat from shortening to butter, and opted out of the cake flour to all purpose to accommodate today’s home cook, and added a bit more milk,” Miller says. The quick mix‑and‑pour method and common pantry ingredients create a moist, tender everyday cake. Customize it with ice cream, curd, fudge, honey, caramel, jam, toasted nuts, grilled fruit, such as pineapples, or berries.
1 1/3 cups all‑purpose flour
3 cups assorted fresh berries
Sweetened whipped cream, for serving (optional)
Honey (optional)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour an 8‑inch round cake pan.
In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add milk, butter, egg and vanilla. Beat with a mixer on low until combined. Beat on medium 1 minute more. Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes. Loosen sides of cake; invert onto a plate. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm with berries and, if desired, sweetened whipped cream and honey. Serves 8.
Best-Ever Dill Pickles
Every edition of “The New Cook Book” has had a recipe for pickles, and the editions that were published during the Depression and World War II had even more preserves than the editions that followed. The newest edition calls for using Kirby, Persian and gherkin varieties and says that the best pickling cucumbers will be at your local farmers market in early to midsummer. Choose those that are firm and bright-colored with no soft spots. If pickling cucumbers aren’t available, use regular-size cucumbers from the garden. Do not use waxed cucumbers that are sold in the supermarket.
3 to 3 1/4 pounds (4-inch) pickling cucumbers
4 cups white vinegar
6 tablespoons dill seeds
Thoroughly scrub cucumbers with a soft vegetable brush in plenty of cold running water. Remove stems and blossoms; slice off blossom ends. Cut cucumbers lengthwise into quarters.
In a 4- to 5-qt. nonreactive heavy pot combine the water, vinegar, sugar, and pickling salt. Bring to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar.
Pack cucumber spears loosely into six, hot sterilized pint canning jars, leaving a 1/2-inch headspace. Add 1 tablespoon dill seeds to each jar. Pour hot vinegar mixture into jars, maintaining the 1/2-inch headspace. Discard any remaining vinegar mixture. Wipe jar rims; adjust lids and screw bands.
Process filled jars in a boiling-water canner 10 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling). Remove jars from canner; cool on a wire rack. Let stand at room temperature 1 week before serving. Makes 6 pints.
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A ribbon cutting ceremony celebrates the grand opening of new business The Cellar.
Photo provided by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce
The space at 1 Caroline St. was recently renovated ahead of The Cellar's opening.
A cocktail is served at new downtown Saratoga Springs bar The Cellar.
The Cellar offers light fare.
The Cellar a new downtown hotspot
The Cellar a new downtown hotspot in Saratoga Springs
By Lauren Halligan lhalligan@digitalfirstmedia.com @LaurenTheRecord on Twitter
Lauren Halligan
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Caroline Street has a new downtown hotspot with the opening of The Cellar.
Located just off Broadway at located at 1 Caroline St., The Cellar opened its doors in July, on the same day as the start of the 2019 Saratoga Race Course meet, which brings lots of visitors to downtown Saratoga Springs.
“The Cellar has a strong focus on wines including over 120 different options with an array of different price points that is sure to please any wine lover’s pallet,” said manager Sara Elacqua. “Also offered is a seasonal specialty cocktail menu, an extensive Martini list and for our craft beer enthusiasts, over 50 different craft and imported bottles and cans.”
Additionally, The Cellar features a light fare menu designed to complement and pair well with the wines, beers and cocktails available.
In recent months, prior to the The Cellar’s grand opening, the interior was overhauled and completely renovated.
The space is now meant to be warm and inviting but also sleek and modern, Elacqua said. “It is a great addition to Caroline Street and the great City of Saratoga Springs.”
The owners of this newly renovated space - Elacqua, Joe Parisi, Tara Green and Jason and Rebecca Southwood - have worked together on many projects over the past several years, including other Caroline Street and Saratoga Springs establishments such as Spa City Tap and Barrel, The Bourbon Room, The Reserve, The Paddock and The Mexican Connection, as well as Benny’s Deli and New York Wine and Liquor Warehouse.
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Additionally, complementary wine and craft beer tastings are held from 5 to 8 p.m. every Friday and Saturday night, to give everyone a chance to sample the wines and craft beers featured. These tasting sessions are followed by live music.
Group happy hour parties are offered every Tuesday through Saturday, with half priced wine and appetizers and a private section if booked in advance.
Late night private sections with table service are available for reservations as well.
The Cellar is open Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 4 p.m.
More information about The Cellar is available online at www.thecellarsaratoga.com and www.facebook.com/thecellarsaratoga.
The Cellar can be contacted by calling (518) 330-2426.
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Report: Ole Miss set to hire Rich Rodriguez as its new OC
SDS Staff | 1 year ago
It appears that Ole Miss has found its next offensive coordinator.
According to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman, Matt Luke and the Rebels are set to hire former Arizona, Michigan and West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez to coordinate its offense.
The 55-year-old former head coach has more than three decades of coaching experience. His last stint as an offensive coordinator came at Clemson from 1999-2000. Rodriguez is considered one of the pioneers of the spread option.
Rodriguez last coached Arizona in 2017, where he finished with an overall record of 43-35. He was fired from Arizona on Jan. 2, 2018 after the school spent three months looking into a multimillion-dollar suit by his former administrative assistant claiming sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. He did not coach anywhere in 2018.
Former Ole Miss offensive coordinator Phil Longo is now at North Carolina.
BREAKING: Former #Arizona HC Rich Rodriguez is expected to become the new offensive coordinator at #OleMiss, per source.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 31, 2018
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ddawg98 1 year ago
U just can’t make this stuff up…
BlackandGold 1 year ago
let’s see how long he will last. I would set the O/U at 2 seasons.
MaroonDawg 1 year ago
Looks like Luke is hiring his replacement for when he gets fired after next season.
Denny Crane 1 year ago
You must not know much about Rich, child.
DC.Rebels.KR 1 year ago
Considering what we had, I like the hire. Will see if the 2 previous HC’s turned coordinators can make Ole Miss at least decent next season.
em6126 1 year ago
So there are now two coordinators with more experience and success as head coaches
than Luke………how long before they begin to believe or realize they can do a better job
than Luke? The potential for dissension on the staff, or undermining the head coach is huge.
This could vet well be a PR hire, throwing a bone to a frustrated fan base…….hoping to sell
some tickets.
However, as a previous poster noted, they won’t be around long. After a year with bjork,
they will take any other available job. My bet is that we are discussing the
next O.C. time next year.
He was fired for having an affair and a sexual harassment charge. How, after the Hugh Freeze escort fiasco, can this b a good hire? Obviously character isn’t on the list of attributes required at ole miss. The walls are shaking and the jenga tower is about to crumble.
Grover 1 year ago
His sexual harassment charge was shown to have no merit when investigated. This hire has nothing to do with Hugh Freeze. It is amazing that a miss state fan would want to bring up character discussions…
Bs a$$hat
From an Arizona newspaper…Signing on with Ole Miss would end a one-year hiatus from coaching for Rodriguez, who didn’t coach in 2018 after being fired from Arizona after six seasons connected to allegations of sexual harassment and the creation of a hostile work environment. Rodriguez was fired in January after an Arizona investigation but has denied the claims of sexual harassment. So what part of this makes him a hire to b proud of. I wonder why he was fired if allegations didn’t have some truth to it. And if u wanna compare coaches let’s start it up. Other than Cannizzaro which we fired after a week into the season let’s hear some names that lack character. And by the way, we didn’t cover up cannizaro and blame our rival for our own lack of integrity…richrod is an awful hire for a school trying to prove they wanna do things the right way. I wouldn’t want my son to play football for someone who creates a hostile work environment. Just saying…
O M probably had no choice but to over look the alleged scandal. It seems to be tough to
get quality people to come to Oxford…..
They were forced to hire Luke, after a coaching search that cost millions. No one would
take the job
Had to settle on second or third choice for D C. One guy preferred to be a position
coach them to be a D C in Oxford
Two existing staff members wanted out of oxforf so bad they took a job at the small
program at liberty
Weeks went by looking for an O C, and then they had to settle on a flawed candidate.
What do all these issues have in common? Bjork.
The damage bjork has done to ole miss athletics cannot be overstated
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April 18, 2014 Jeff J. 2
Time Is Illmatic: Tribeca Film Festival Review
In 1994, a young emcee from Queensbridge named Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones released an album which would years later be heralded as a classic. Illmatic was a ten track biography of the hip-hop culture in the early 90’s, and the struggles of blacks in the inner city from a firsthand perspective. To encompass the effect of this album on the man and the music, director One9 created the visual Time is Illmatic. Releasing at the Tribeca Film Festival’s opening night, where hip-hop rarely (if ever) makes an appearance, this film looks to give fans of Nas and those less familiar an opportunity to show how circumstance and desire can amalgamate into poetic mastery.
Let Me Take A Trip Down Memory Lane
Watching vintage footage in the pre high-definition era felt like a time portal to 1990, as director One9 captured a balanced blend of street life, the early hip hop scene, and the effects of the socio-economic landscape on Nas as he developed into the young man who would pen a classic. The production team of Erik Parker, Anthony Saleh and One9 find the right sentiments to extract from its viewers with good editing. Musically, they let Illmatic exist as the main soundtrack, while containing interpolations from other artists like Ahmad Jamal and Michael Jackson, whose timeless songs served as Illmatic precursors.
“Verbal assassin, my architect pleases When I was twelve, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus”
Older fans will appreciate the reminiscent nature of Time is Illmatic, as it illustrates the essence of early 90’s New York City and hip-hop. You see Nas’s early appearances with Main Source and M.C. Search, as he utilized attention grabbing lyrics to command the respect of his older peers and to put the rap world on notice that the young Queensbridge emcee was ready for prime time. Classic hip-hop icons like Roxanne Shante, Marley Marl, DJ Hot Day and others are mentioned to attest to the climate of the hip-hop art form pre-Illmatic.
You also see the acrimony shared by Nas and his Queens contemporaries when they relive the battle between KRS-One and MC Shan. The reactions from Jungle and Nas alone were impactful and funny, and should live in meme form on social media in the coming years. Queens is different than most boroughs in New York City, as the towns have their own identity. This is even reflected in the mailing codes, where you address directly to the town (i.e. Jamaica, Hollis etc.) as opposed to borough. As a Queens native, I smiled when hearing the Queens emcees account of those events, as it echoed the feelings of an entire borough, which galvanized to support against the disses laid down by the Bronx.
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Robert De Niro Introducting Time is Illmatic
Younger fans will admire the ambition of a kid, struggling with the pressures of his environment to succumb to the same fates that plague the black community (i.e., incarceration, drugs, and crime). Without the care of a strong mother (Ann Jones) who refused to witness her children condemned to tragedy, and an eclectic father (Olu Dara) who saw the failed educational system as a burden against his son’s future, Nas would’ve never seized the opportunity to follow his dream. In this massive data consumption, instant gratification era, younger fans will see how the generation before them viewed the creation of music, and how pedantic an artist can truly be in order to have their vision represented correctly.
For a Hip-Hop fan like myself, documentaries like Time is Illmatic allow me to learn more detail about artists. I learned more about the relationship between Nas and his childhood best friend Willy “Ill Will” Graham. Any Nas fan has heard Ill Will mentioned all over his entire body of work, but to see the blossoming of their relationship makes the success of Illmatic feel all the more justified. When our loved ones believe in our endeavors, we feel obligated to succeed. Ill Will, Nas’s surrogate brother believed, and his death fueled Nas to finally embrace his destiny as an emcee, lest he suffer the same tragic fate.
My Physical Frame Is Celebrated ‘Cause I Made It
The deification of an artist’s career by their contemporaries and fans usually occurs when they reach a certain pinnacle of success and admiration. While Nas was heralded as a hip-hop messiah pre-Illmatic, the man depicted to us today appears more demure than the braggadocios nature of rap would suggest. Nas shows reticence in extolling the virtues of his own success or personal prowess. He is devoid of hyperbole when discussing his story, and lets the images along with his few yet poignant words impact the message.
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Fortunately, the color commentary by the architects of Illmatic assists the viewer in understanding the magnitude of the moment. Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, DJ Premier elicited their perspectives on their respective contributions, and collaborating with Nas knowing even then that the tracks recorded would be something special.
While many hip hop icons and literary legends spoke in this documentary about Illmatic, none came close to embodying the authenticity of the moment like Jabari “Jungle” Jones. Jungle, whom Nas would anoint “the star of the movie” during his performance, was gregarious when detailing the foundation which his family was built upon. His humorous and passionate storytelling reminded me of everyone’s friend in their crew who told the best recap of your classic encounters. This was most evident when Jungle detailed the events surrounding the murder of Ill Will, when his #1 concern while being shot was to make Nas ensure that these events did not get back to their mother. Jungle delivers the realism of family into the equation and steals the show while bolstering the legend of Illmatic.
My Poetry’s Deep, I Never Fail
The omnipotent lyricism of Illmatic is displayed to the viewer throughout the film. Q-Tip analyses the message of One Love, the opus to friends locked away in jail. To limit this song to the musings of pen pals would be criminal, as Q, Cornel West and others explain how the imbalanced justice system and prison have led to the destruction of the black family. This was a love letter of a different sort, and the effect of those words is conveyed to the audience in a clear and deliberate manner.
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While many would like to see the more cultural impact of Illmatic, along with more testimonies from current and former artists, I believe at 74 minutes this documentary was succinct yet robust, mirroring the 9 song classic perfectly.
In the end, Time is Illmatic is the story of the American dream. The story of following dreams when nightmares in your life become omnipresent. Where a man arose with the thought that his “people be projects or jail, never Harvard or Yale” would receive a fellowship in his name at Harvard University. After the viewing, Nas spoke on his life, saying:
I rapped ‘Thinking a word best describing my life to name my daughter My strength, my son, the star, will be my resurrection’ and I had a daughter and son in that order. It’s crazy. It just shows that the energy you put out into the world, will come back to you
20 years later, the energy of Illmatic resonates with hip-hop fans and music lovers. Time is Illmatic captures this law of equivalent exchange beautifully. [B+]
‘Time Is Illmatic‘
Reviewed at Tribeca Film Festival (opening night), 16 April , 2014.
Running time: 74 MIN.
An Illa Films presentation in association with Balance of Extremes and Wisdom Body Inc. (International sales: Submarine Entertainment, New York.) Produced by Anthony Saleh, One9, Erik Parker.
(Documentary) Directed by One9. Screenplay, Erik Parker. Camera (color/B&W, HD/Super 8mm), Frank Larson; editors, David Zieff, One9, John Kanellids; music, Brian Satz; music supervisor, Scott Verner; sound, Fiona McBain, Daniel Nidel, Eric Perez, Daniel Powell, Ryan Haffey, Frank Coakley; supervising sound editor, Steve Borne; re-recording mixer, Pete Waggoner; associate producer, Martha Diaz.
Nas, Cornel West, Swizz Beatz, Busta Rhymes, Alicia Keys, Olu Dara, Roxanne Shante, Jabari “Jungle” Jones, Marley Marl, MC Shan, DJ Prmeier, Large Professor, Wiz, MC Serch, Faith Newman, L.E.S., AZ, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Henry Louis Gates, Destiny Jones.
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Using Twitter for Marketing and PR: Do the Pros Practice What They Preach?
By Kent Huffman, Chief Marketing Officer at BearCom Wireless and Co-Publisher of Social Media Marketing Magazine
It seems that everyone claims to be a Twitter expert these days. Of course, most are not. But several of the real Twitter pros I know—including those who have written books about using Twitter as an effective marketing and public relations instrument—have figured out how to best leverage the 140-character microblogging tool to promote themselves, their books, their firms, and their clients. And some of them actually follow their own advice!
How Smart Marketing Book Authors Use Twitter
For example, Mark Schaefer of Schaefer Marketing Solutions is the author of the book The Tao of Twitter: Changing Your Life and Business 140 Characters at a Time. He and his firm provide affordable outsourced marketing support to address both short-term sales opportunities and long-term strategic renewal.
Mark uses Twitter to help deliver on that promise for a number of his blue-chip clients, including Nestle, AARP, Anheuser-Busch, Coldwell Banker, Scripps Networks, Keystone Foods, and the U.K. government. He also very effectively promotes himself and his book on Twitter as part of his own marketing, branding, and relationship-development strategy.
“I’ve literally built my business from networking on Twitter and connections from my blog,” Mark said. “That’s what most people miss. Twitter can be a powerful business networking platform. It’s so much more than ‘what you had for breakfast!’ ”
Hollis Thomases is the CEO of Web Ad.vantage. She is also the author of Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day, a book that offers marketers, advertisers, brand managers, PR professionals, and business owners an in-depth guide to designing, implementing, and measuring the impact of using a complete Twitter strategy.
Hollis uses Twitter to generate qualified website traffic that gets converted into actions, leads, and sales for her clients, most of which are challenger brands or large non-profit organizations.
Much like Mark, Hollis’ strategy includes using Twitter as an effective promotional tool for her book and firm. She also leverages Twitter to expand her speaking engagement schedule, which features topics such as “Social Media 101,” “Twitter Automation,” and “Social Media Etiquette.”
And finally, Laura Fitton, co-author of Twitter for Dummies and founder/CEO of oneforty, has been an active Twitter user for some time. She has amassed approximately 80,000 followers and engages with them daily.
Laura’s firm helps people get started with Twitter, organize the chaos of their daily social media routines, and connect their social media efforts to their core business to drive ROI.
“The single most important thing is to make yourself useful, which you can do by curating great content, answering questions, shining a spotlight on others, and trying to turn everything inside-out to make it more about your readers,” noted Laura. “I tell people to ‘Listen. Learn. Care. Serve.’ (in that order), and then keep cycling through that process.”
Twitter’s Impact on How Journalists Search for SMEs
In an environment where fewer and fewer journalists are covering more and more stories than ever before, media members are increasingly taking a “don’t call us, we’ll call you” approach to finding sources and stories to cover. Rather than waiting around to be pitched by traditional PR reps, many media members are looking for their own sources—not only Google and HARO, but Twitter as well—to search for and connect with subject matter experts (SMEs). Book authors and other experts who have built digital platforms that showcase their credentials and provide valuable information on their topics have widened their nets to catch such queries on Twitter.
Beth Gwazdosky is the Vice President of Digital Marketing at Shelton Interactive, an Austin-based firm that works with its author clients to create social media and interactive marketing/PR strategies and platforms that generate attention—online and off. “We help our authors understand how best to use Twitter and other social media channels to stand out in this new environment,” said Beth. “Creating strategies to organically pull media hits, speaking opportunities, and client relationships has proven to be much more efficient than trying to pitch our way onto the air.”
So if you’re interested in promoting yourself, your book, your organization, or your clients, why not use Twitter to your advantage? But don’t jump in without a well-thought-out strategy. Pay attention to the real Twitter pros who are actually practicing what they preach, and then emulate their approach.
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Turning Facebook “Likes” into More than Just Clicks
By Kelly Loubet, Social Media Consultant
Everyone knows that clicking the “like” button on a company’s Facebook page shows that company is increasing its fan base. But what happens after the click? For me, it’s often just that. A click. I’m sure I’m not alone. So how do brands turn a simple click into loyal relationship with consumers?
It all starts with engagement. If a brand can engage its audience, it’s on the right track. Being able to excite the fan base and get them to act is key in building a Facebook community. But in order to get them to act, there must be an exciting call to action. Contests, polls, and general questions encourage a sense of community. They’ve already acknowledged that they like the brand, now’s their chance to share their opinion.
In addition to a call to action, in order to engage the audience, a brand must also put out worthwhile content. Blog posts that both inform and entertain readers are a must. So many brands today are just putting out fluff pieces. Sure, these pieces of content keep their Facebook pages fresh, but audiences want something more. They want something they can relate to. A well-written post can be shared again and again across Facebook by loyal community members. Give them something worth sharing.
Finally, loyal community members want to be rewarded. Companies that find a way to give back to their fans have much more activity on their pages than brands who don’t engage. A simple “thank you” to fans when a certain milestone has been reached can go a long way: “Thank you to all our readers who helped us reach 10,000 fans. We couldn’t have done it without you and your input.” A message like this will prompt those who have been around from the beginning to comment and be proud of the community they helped to build.
Beyond words of thanks, giveaways are another nice way to show your community you’re happy to have them around. Brands might also consider a charity drive. Giving back always builds a sense of gratitude in people. Nothing builds community more than giving.
These are just some simple ideas that could be easily implemented with a dedicated team. Without a team willing to put the time in to keep the conversations going, it’s not going to work. Facebook is about people. It’s about relationships. No relationship grows without some cultivation.
If your brand is looking to step up your Facebook efforts, be sure you have the proper team in place. Soon enough, your Facebook community will be going beyond the “like.”
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Bridging the Digital Gap with SnapTags
By Jeffrey Hayzlett, author of Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits
If you are a marketer, I can almost guarantee that one of your goals for 2012 is to figure out your mobile strategy. You’re not alone. Everyone is talking mobile, but very few have figured out how to integrate a mobile strategy into an existing marketing plan. I found an answer to this dilemma, and it’s called “SnapTags.”
SnapTags are similar to QR codes but way sexier, offering more options for the user and a wider reach (SnapTags have capabilities on 88% of mobile phones, compared to 13% with QR codes). I’m encouraging marketers to integrate SnapTags into all their existing marketing campaigns. It’s a low-cost solution that bridges the gap between your physical marketing campaigns and your mobile and digital marketing goals.
In my case, I’m using SnapTags in my new book, Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits. Readers can “snap” a SnapTag at the beginning of each of the 37 chapters to view the video that accompanies each section of the book. This creates a more personal connection with my readers, as they get to see and hear me introduce each chapter on their mobile phones! Plus—and this is the best part—the reader is provided with links to my Facebook and Twitter pages each time they “snap.” I’m bridging the gap between the physical book and the digital relationship I’m building with my readers through social media.
The advantage of this strategy is that your brand can create more than a simple piece of print media. SnapTags enhance simple print media to:
Forge a digital connection across social networks
Drive new customers through your digital sales funnel
Create a point of purchase through virtually any placement
Some of the largest brands in the world are already using SnapTags, like Bud Light and Coca-Cola. Most recently, SnapTags were deployed in the September issue of Glamour magazine, being featured on the cover and across both editorial and advertising pages. This campaign netted Glamour more than 100,000 consumer activations and more than 500,000 consumer interactions (includes scanning the codes with an app, texting a picture message, taking subsequent actions such as agreeing to “like” an advertiser or article, signing up for the deal or sweepstakes being offered, or sharing the offer with friends).
Mark my words—in 2012, mobile integration will play a critical role in your overall marketing plan. The key to bridging the gap between your traditional and digital marketing campaigns is the mobile device. SnapTags Founder and CEO, Nicole Skogg says, “In 2012, you will see shopping SnapTags create a new way for consumers to buy whenever and wherever they encounter a brand message. Anticipate seeing SnapTags in some transformative brand marketing campaigns.”
I’ve already integrated SnapTags into my big marketing campaign for 2012. Have you?
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Freedom from Friends?
By Diane Hessan, President & CEO of Communispace and co-author of Customer-Centered Growth: Five Proven Strategies for Building Competitive Advantage
Would you post a Facebook status update containing your thoughts about innovative ideas for a brand? Most of us would not. But would you join a Facebook fan page to get a sneak preview of new offers from the brands you love? I bet you would.
Two recent studies from our research team help to shed light on this. In the first, we found that in the eyes of consumers, public venues are primarily for hearing from brands—and having their loyalty rewarded—whereas private communities are more conducive to advising them. In the second study, we found that participation rates in public social marketing sites still tend to follow the “90-9-1 Rule:” 1% of people create content, 9% respond to it, and 90% view the content without contributing. In contrast, participation rates (people creating content) in our private communities averaged 64% each month.
What accounts for that discrepancy? In the first study, entitled “Like” Me, we found that people mostly join social marketing sites and Facebook fan pages in order to get product information and promotions. Brands are “liked” in order to learn about sales/discounts, new products, and interestingly, local events. These tangible, “pushed” offerings are more important to them on fan pages than having their voices heard.
And it isn’t just our own research surfacing these trends. Our data complement findings from a December 2010 study by SSI which determined that the relatively small population of Facebook users who are willing to participate in surveys is skewed towards 13-17 year-olds, and it also noted that those willing to participate in surveys are not interested in participating in public discussions, thereby limiting the range of consumer input available to marketers and market researchers. Also, recent studies by Razorfish and ExactTarget found that consumers do not view Facebook and Twitter as proper places for having conversations and building relationships with brands. That conclusion was echoed in a study released by iVillage which found that women, in particular, are “more inclined to have serious discussions on focused community sites than on venues like Facebook.”
In contrast, consumers prefer private communities for giving their feedback and opinions on new products and brands. 92% of members in our study of 246 private communities and more than 86,000 members said they feel their opinion matters in private online communities, as compared to only 66% of members who said they feel their opinion is being heard in the other brand-sponsored websites. In private communities, they feel the brand is actually listening, and this makes them feel more invested in the community sponsor.
But it’s not just about feeling heard. What makes private or highly targeted public communities such gold mines lies in what people are willing to share. Five times more people are comfortable sharing pictures of the inside of their medicine cabinets in a private community than in any of the social marketing sites they visit. Four times more are comfortable sharing the details of their holiday shopping budget. And so on.
And why? Precisely because unlike a social network, in a small, private, password-protected, recruited (vs. self-forming) community, their friends and colleagues aren’t there. Private communities provide a sanctuary from the daily, real-world relationships that can inhibit sharing as much as support it. (See the second study, The 64% Rule.)
So as you refine your own social media strategy, step back and evaluate your objectives. Don’t abandon your fan page—it’s a powerful channel to consolidate your brand fans and win an even larger share of their wallets. But recognize that if you want to learn what makes your customers tick and want to engage them in a constructive, ongoing dialogue, you may be better served by providing them a safe haven, away from the prying eyes of their thousands of “friends.”
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Social SERPs: Social Media’s Growing Influence on Search Engine Results Pages
By Dana Todd, Vice President of Performance Innovation at Performics
In “ancient” times (circa 1999-2009), traditional search engines were a one-stop shop for people to search, find, consider, and purchase things online. Then social media emerged. Facebook—with the help of Twitter, Foursquare, and others—enabled people to search, find, consider, and purchase things online with a little help from their friends. Now people spend more time on Facebook than on Google. According to comScore, Facebook drove ten percent of all Internet pageviews in 2010.
Google and Bing are keenly aware of this new reality. To keep their users, they’ve recently adapted by layering social on search. And to stay relevant, they must continue to make search engine results pages (SERPs) more social. Google and Bing have started by incorporating various social aspects into their SERPs—from reviews in Google Place pages to tweets in real-time search to embedded user-generated YouTube videos. Google’s new +1 button enables searchers to “+1” (or “like”) search results, so that other searchers, like their friends, can see that a result was helpful. Similarly, Microsoft has partnered with Facebook to incorporate Facebook “likes” into Bing SERPs.
The effort to socialize search has resulted in SERPs that are controlled by 1) the brand owners and 2) the consumers—more appropriately called the “participants”—and by extension, their networks. In ancient times, brand owners exercised the most control over their brand’s SERP goodwill. Today, brand owners still control the SERP’s paid search ads (“paid content”) and can employ SEO tactics to boost digital asset visibility (“owned content”). But the participant has the most control over the SERP’s “earned content”—opinions, reviews, recommendations, social chatter, and videos.
There’s no doubt that the social SERP complicates search engine marketing (SEM); it requires brands to take a grassroots approach to reputation management—one that starts on the social networks. And brands must accept that their SERP goodwill is built with their customers’ participation and collaboration. When a person searches for a brand, they now see results potentially influenced by friends’ opinions, links, and experiences. Search engine marketing thus becomes word-of-mouth marketing.
The good news is, word of mouth can be influenced at its source—the social networks:
The first challenge is building and organizing a meaningful number of participants (i.e., building the fan base). Twitter Promoted Accounts and Facebook Engagement Ads provide a creative platform to gain fans/followers through guaranteed reach. For instance, Redbox gained 269,000 Facebook fans in ten days using Facebook Engagement Ads (counting direct ad impacts only; nearly twice that number joined during the period measured, above normal baseline, which appears to have been influenced from seeing their friends join). Redbox incentivized people with ad copy that offered a free video rental to anyone who “liked” its brand.
Once a fan base is established, the second challenge is mobilizing those fans/followers to talk positively about the brand—ideally in venues or channels that are indexed by search engines. This can be accomplished through incentives, promotions, polls, questions, or by creating highly sharable content. For instance, Baskin Robbins mobilized its 18,000+ Twitter followers on April 27th through its 31-cent scoop night promotion, which included a charity campaign partner. On April 27th, so many people were tweeting about the promotion that a Google search for “Baskin Robbins” showed a first-page link to 300+ real-time results.
Third, keep it up. Sometimes the most difficult part of marketing is consistency and long-term commitment. Given that digital marketers consistently complain of being overworked and under resourced, it’s no wonder there are so many “ghosts of social media campaigns past” floating around out there. The companies that are succeeding the most in harnessing the powers of social media are distributing the workload between various departments (e.g., customer service, HR, PR, and marketing) and regularly inserting highly creative campaigns to keep the momentum going.
Of course, there’s the other side of the coin—the negative social media conversations that can make their way to the SERPs. Once again, these conversations can be influenced at their source. Savvy brands today employ social listening tools to uncover what people are saying and quickly address customer issues/gripes before a negative conversation spirals out of control. In many cases, these “fixes” become part of the social SERPs and can help offset any negativity. This becomes important in presenting balanced information for consumers and search engines. (Recently, there’s evidence that Google is using sentiment analysis that may weigh against a site or asset based on negative reviews).
As search becomes more social—and social drives more search—influencing participants to engage in positive social media conversations around brands is fast becoming the most important tactic to fund. Social media itself links customer experiences seamlessly from device to device, and it is thus of significant value as consumers move through the screens of their lives and express their intent through more search tools than just Google and Bing. Winners in social media can more easily be winners in mobile search and barcode/QR code search, Internet television, news search, and beyond.
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The Practical Marketing Applications of Facebook (Part 2 of 4)
By Sam Mallikarjunan, Chief Executive Officer of Mallikarjunan Media Group
The most well-known is the Facebook “like” button. Whereas Facebook used to give users the option to become “fans” of something—be it a brand or company or person—they can now “like” something with a single click. The “like” button is easy to install on any website. If used properly, it allows the owner of the page to publish updates into the news feeds of all the users that “like” that page. This is incredibly valuable, as it makes it easy to turn a single visitor into a returning one without having to capture an e-mail address. Whereas e-mail marketing has long been the predominant information-capture focus of most websites, gathering “likes” is quickly gaining in importance. The Facebook “like” button should be on every page of your website, and you should use the people that like it to create sticky traffic by publishing relevant updates into their news feeds.
You can incentivize people to “like” your posts and pages using different methods. First and foremost, organic “likes” will be the most valuable. People who genuinely appreciate your content are more likely to be great customers, brand loyal, and engaged on your page, as well as share the content with others. However, you can stimulate activity with incentivized contests and games. A favorite strategy of mine is to make a post (either on the brand’s Facebook page itself or on a blog) and say, “‘Like’ this post for a chance to win (insert something somewhat valuable here).” For example, if you’re writing an article about a cool inbound marketing service, you might offer a free consultation, a free month’s service, or even just a free T-shirt to a random winner from those who “like” the post or publish an update back into their news feeds to come back and win the prize.
Facebook also has an incredibly useful comments module which will allow people to leave comments on your website while logged into Facebook. Since there’s a small probability that some of your visitors may not have Facebook accounts, I’d strongly recommend that you create a back-up comment module, similar to the one on the CigarRobbie.com blog. This useful widget allows your users to carry the conversation about your page or brand back to their networks of Facebook friends, since by default, it will post back to their profiles. Essentially, comments now have the power to share your content far beyond just your own visitors and into each of their social networks. This module also includes a “like” button with the same features and flexibility.
Add a Facebook “like” button to every page on your site, and decide what relevant content you want to share with those who click it.
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There is a great deal of value in having users be able to login and register at your site. It can create unique user accounts for them or create a unique experience. The need to identify one user from another is as fundamental to any other site as it is to Facebook itself. Many sites, such as Formspring.me, now allow you to register for their sites with a single click rather than the formerly arduous process of registering at a site by entering your name, age, state, zip, e-mail, gender… you get the idea.
Remember that Internet marketing is much like electricity. Users will take the path of least resistance, but the more resistance (i.e., steps) in the process, the more people that you’ll lose—whether it be user registrations or value conversions. By making it incredibly simple to register an account on your site by using Facebook’s one-click login, you’ve instantly created a system that’s easy to use with low resistance. Also, by integrating it with Facebook where users can revoke access and permissions, you’ve made people feel more comfortable than they may have been giving you their personal or contact information to begin with.
Keep in mind that not everyone has Facebook, so you should offer other registration options on your site as well.
Decide if there is any reason to have a visitor register with your site. If so, make Facebook a one-click option.
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Are We There Yet? Tuning Up Your Metrics
By Marian Burk Wood, Author of The Marketing Plan Handbook
Before you roll out a new social media marketing program, be ready to answer one key question about results: are we there yet? Here’s a roadmap for tuning up your metrics so you’ll know where you’re headed and how to track progress along the way.
Look Ahead, Look Behind
Just as your GPS needs a street address to plot a route, you need three types of specific objectives to serve as destinations for your social media activities:
Marketing objectives for brand building and relationship building (such as targets for brand awareness or customer acquisition). Ford’s campaign for the new Fiesta—initially a social media event reinforced by traditional media—set (and achieved) objectives for brand impressions and awareness as well as pre-launch information requests. In the follow-up to P&G’s super-viral Old Spice Guy campaign, one marketing objective was to attract a million Facebook fans to the brand’s social media “sacred club,” part of the push to increase brand awareness and change consumer attitudes.
Financial objectives for money-related results (such as sales and profitability—by channel, by customer, etc.). QVC can set sales objectives for sales driven from its Facebook page (which has 300,000-plus “likes”) and its Twitter presence (more than 30,000 followers), track repeat business, and calculate profit by product and channel.
Societal objectives that give your social media marketing a larger purpose (such as raising money for a worthy cause). P&G’s Dawn relied on the brand’s Facebook and Twitter interactions to get customers involved in achieving its target of donating $500,000 to wildlife conservation organizations.
And to steer clear of potholes, don’t forget to check the rearview mirror—learn from how and why existing programs hit bumpy roads in the past.
Prepare to Shift into High Gear
With objectives in place, your next step is to set up standards and a timetable for checking these metrics:
Compass points. Are you going in the right direction? For marketing objectives related to brand awareness or preference, metrics such as the number of Facebook “likes” and the number of positive blog comments can give you a sense of whether you’re gaining ground, standing still, or going south. QVC, for instance, regularly monitors the number and sentiment of comments on each blog post, promotional tweet, and Facebook post. Bounce rates, referral rates, and engagement duration are other compass points; think of indicators that make sense for your objectives and business.
Mile markers. You should be able to estimate how far along you need to be at various points in the journey so you can make interim adjustments as needed. For example, are you attracting and converting enough visitors every day/week/month to reach your long-term targets? Check these metrics early and often to avoid nasty last-minute surprises. QVC drills down into its sales statistics—sometimes minute by minute—to determine whether each product or promotion is on the right track and make mid-course corrections as necessary.
Speed. How quickly are you moving toward your destination? Look at viral rates for your communications to analyze how quickly you’re gaining new friends, subscribers, or customers (depending on your objectives), and investigate unusual lags or patterns in response to social media initiatives. If something is working especially well, use it to accelerate your results.
Now you’re all set to hit the road and put the pedal to the metal!
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Twitterviews: A New Medium for an Interview
By John Foley, Jr., Chief Marketing Officer at Grow Socially
What is a Twitterview? It is where people have a live interview on Twitter.
So how does it work? The first step to making your Twitterview a successful promotional tool is to create its hashtag. A hashtag is simply the pound symbol (#), followed by the name of the Twitterview. The name cannot have any spaces or punctuation in it. An example of a Twitterview name with its hashtag would be “#FoleyOnSocialMedia.” You would use “#FoleyOnSocialMedia” in order to search for it on Twitter as well. Once the hashtag is created, the best way to promote your Twitterview to your audience is by announcing it in all of your social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Web site, etc.).
While the interview is happening, you must always include the designated hashtag for that specific interview in each tweet. This way, every tweet that is exchanged during the Twitterview will show up when your audience searches its hashtag.
I recently participated in a Twitterview with the topic of “QR Codes and Video Tags in Tourism.” By taking part in this hour-long discussion, I was able to interact with tourism marketers from all over the country, including Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, California, and Montana. These were just the people who were actively participating in the discussion; however, I was probably promoting myself to many others who were just following along.
Throughout the Twitterview, we all discussed where QR codes can appear, where the codes can direct a person to, and why they would be useful and beneficial for the user. I was able to promote myself, QR codes, and QReateandTrack, a QR code service that one of my businesses provides. Using the Twitterview, I was able to promote myself in a variety of ways. The first way was by introducing myself with: “Hi, I’m @JohnFoleyJr from @interlinkONE. #TourismChat.” Here, I attached my Twitter handle, “@JohnFoleyJr,” my business’ Twitter handle, “@interlinkONE,” and the Twitterview hashtag, “#TourismChat.” In that one little tweet, I shared links to my personal Twitter profile and interlinkONE’s Twitter profile.
Further into the discussion, someone asked where he could learn more information about QR codes. I responded to this inquiry by including the person’s Twitter handle in the tweet followed with: “If interested, whitepaper here: #QRCodes ‘Using QR Codes to Reach the Busy, Mobile Consumer:’ http://ilnk.me/5058. #TourismChat.“ Here, I not only acknowledged a participant’s request for more information, but I also shared the link with everyone who was following the Twitterview.
Meanwhile, a representative from interlinkONE joined the Twitterview as well by using QReateandTrack’s Twitter handle, “@QReateandTrack.” While using this, she was able to answer questions and promote QReateandTrack on behalf of interlinkONE. Some of the ways she was able to give great tips, answer questions, and share links were by tweeting:
“@QReateandTrack: QReateAndTrack.com. There you can create the QR code and also track it. You can see where and when it was scanned. #TourismChat”
“@QReateandTrack: You could go about finding more info by setting up a landing page and asking people for more info. That would work. #TourismChat”
“@QReateandTrack: We created this poster: http://ilnk.me/5065. Each time it is scanned, the QR code changes its response. Try it out! #TourismChat”
Remember, Twitter only allows your tweets to contain a maximum of 140 characters, so that is why the tweets have to be very blunt and straightforward.
When the Twitterview was close to conclusion, I gave a few final suggestions and tips by tweeting:
“@JohnFoleyJr: Tracking needs to go beyond a scan to a page. Metrics are important. #TourismChat”
“@JohnFoleyJr: Don’t think big brother! Think reaching the mobile audience. #TourismChat”
Lastly, I thanked all of the attendees for joining the Twitterview and gave one last promotion of myself and the representatives from interlinkONE: “@JohnFoleyJr: Thanks! Any questions, ask me PLEASE! Or follow @QReateandTrack or @JasonPinto. #TourismChat.”
Twitterviews can be extremely useful when you are trying to market to a new group of people or industry. By participating in these online discussions, you are able to make a lot of connections in a short amount of time, and you can learn a lot as well. Take the time to do some searches on your favorite hashtags, and if you want to conduct your own Twitterview, ask some of your favorite tweeters to join in. Good luck!
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How to Really Get “Liked” on Facebook
By Dr. Angela Hausman, Associate Professor at Howard University
“Likes” have replaced “fans” on business Facebook pages. Having more likes is a good thing, and Starbucks is the leading company, with more than 16 million likes. Starbucks is followed closely by Coca Cola, with more than 15 million likes. You can see the rest of the top 25 companies on the TNW Web site. As the average Facebook user has 80 friends, Starbucks’ message reaches more than 1.26 billion people!
How to Avoid the Top Three Facebook Faux Pas
Getting likes involves more than building a Facebook business page and waiting for people to find it. And if you use your business page as just another outlet for your press releases, as many businesses on Facebook do, you’re not likely to generate much interest or get many likes. Similarly, using your Facebook fan page to echo your tweets is a bad idea. Certainly, putting some good tweets on Facebook is fine, but don’t link them so all your tweets are automatically sent to your Facebook page. Buying Facebook fans or engaging in Facebook exchanges (where businesses agree to like each other) are similarly bad ideas, as they deliver fans who are not truly engaged with the brand.
Getting Likes
The key to getting Facebook likes is to give people a reason for liking your brand. Here are some great examples of ways to drive Facebook likes:
Support a cause. Pedigree recently launched a campaign to encourage dog owners to like its brand. For every Facebook user who did so, Pedigree donated a bowl of dog food to an adoption center. To date, more than a million bowls of food have been donated—which means Pedigree has added a million new likes. As part of the strategy, Pedigree also encourages sharing the program across about a dozen other social media platforms.
Give exclusive content. People want to feel special and love having access to information and products before anyone else. Having this access encourages them to like your brand and increases the likelihood they’ll pass along your information to their friends. Movie producers, book authors, and musical performers use this extensively. For instance, Taylor Swift often gives fans advance access to her music tracks or music videos before they reach the public. And companies are starting to use this tool. For example, Procter & Gamble offered advance access to Pantene for its fans before the product was sold in stores.
Host a contest. The Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau hosts a contest on its Facebook page. People who like the page are entered into the contest and have a chance to win two tickets for a hot air balloon ride during the famous Balloon Festival. And Dunkin’ Donuts is using its contest not only to build its fan base, but to attract other fans. Contestants upload a video showing how much Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee means to them. Winners get a trip to Costa Rica or a year’s supply of the coffee delivered to their homes. The contest encourages Facebook users to like Dunkin’ Donuts, and the contestants encourage their friends to like the brand to be able to vote for their videos and win the contest.
Simply said, likes on Facebook encourage meaningful engagement with your brand. Just make sure you understand how to generate them appropriately.
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How JetBlue Uses Social Media to the Fullest (and You Can, Too)
By John Foley, Jr., Chief Executive/Marketing Officer at Grow Socially
JetBlue gets social media. Completely. While many companies make good use of social media in promoting their brands, JetBlue takes the ball and literally flies with it. Here are three ways they shine:
Brand Personality
Anyone who has boarded a JetBlue flight knows the company’s feel-good take on transportation. The captain and flight assistants crack jokes and one liners, the flights are filled with “get it while it lasts” free snacks, and the corporate identity revolves around bright colors and lighthearted phrases like “happy jetting.”
When JetBlue ventured onto the social media scene, it maintained its playful personality. Next to delay reports and updates on products and services, you’ll find humorous tidbits of information, often completely unrelated to business. The company recently announced an airport book signing with a tweet typical of its signature sense of humor.
The takeaway? whatever your corporate personality—be it sassy or sweet—let it show in your tweets and updates. Give your followers something to smile about! Bring a human touch to your product, and people will respond.
Want to know when JetBlue’s new Boston-to-Sarasota service starts? Drop @JetBlue a tweet to ask!
JetBlue understands that sitting on the phone or sifting through its Web site takes time. For that reason, the company has made a Twitter-based customer service rep available 24×7 to respond to quick questions, address concerns, or even just say thank you for a compliment. While the complex stuff can’t always be ironed out in 140 characters, quick questions and answers are easily handled. Even better, every question answered via tweet effectively saves a phone call, which makes JetBlue’s overall customer service more efficient.
The takeaway? Use social media to make things run smoothly for you. If your company is rolling out a new product, let everyone know quickly and easily. If you’re currently filling backorders on a hot new product, keep customers in the loop—and off the phones.
Dangling the Carrot
Not everything on the JetBlue tweetstream is supply and demand. JetBlue rewards its followers with access to contests, special deals, and insider information.
Recently, the company hosted a citywide “scavenger hunt”-style promotion in Boston. One stop on the tour asked players to bring a photo of 10 standard office supplies to Copley Square for a chance to win a free ticket. Incentives such as free bonus miles and contests for tickets and trips gave followers the sense of actively participating in JetBlue’s ongoing conversation. It was a great way to generate positive chatter for the company.
The takeaway? Give your followers something to talk about, and occasionally, give them something for their loyalty. Word of mouth is the best advertising you can get, and on the Web, word travels fast.
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Tenancy Deposit Protection Schemes - Rules
If you are a landlord it is vital that you are aware of the requirement that all deposits taken by landlords and letting agents for Assured Shorthold Tenancies (AST) in England and Wales must be protected by a tenancy deposit protection scheme.
There are two types of tenancy deposit protection scheme available for landlords and letting agents. These are insurance-based schemes and custodial schemes. All schemes provide a free dispute resolution service.
Landlords must be a member of one of the schemes currently in existence. Within 30 days of receiving the deposit, the landlord must provide the tenant with details of how the deposit is being protected including:
• the contact details of the tenancy deposit scheme;
• the landlord’s or agent’s contact details;
• how to apply for the release of the deposit;
• information explaining the purpose of the deposit; and
• what to do if there is a dispute about the deposit.
If a landlord or letting agent does not protect a tenant’s deposit then they will have to pay them a minum of the amount of the deposit and a maximum of three times the deposit sum in compensation.
The requirement to belong to a tenancy deposit scheme operates to the benefit of both landlords and tenants. From the landlord’s perspective, where damage is done to their property, the scheme allows the appropriate amount to be deducted from the tenant’s deposit as compensation. It is important, however, to make sure that an inventory is carried out at the beginning of the tenancy and once the tenancy is concluded, otherwise there is no proof of the damage claimed and the adjudicator is likely to find in favour of the tenant.
From the tenant’s perspective, the scheme protects them against the actions of unscrupulous landlords by making sure that part or all of their deposit is returned to them, depending on the circumstances.
It is important for landlords to understand that a tenancy which commenced before April 2007 and expires after that date will, if allowed simply to continue, create a new AST and any deposit held by the landlord will have to be treated in the same way as a deposit under a new tenancy.
In 2012, following a series of cases which significantly diluted the impact of the previous system, tenancy deposit law was significantly changed by way of the Localism Act 2011, making it more important for landlords to ensure they comply or risk significant penalties.
In 2015, important changes were introduced in the Deregulation Act 2015 which apply in all instances where a statutory periodic tenancy has been entered into on or after 6 April 2007 and a deposit paid.
The Tenant Fees Act 2019,came into effect on 1 June 2019, and controls what payments a landlord or letting agent may require 'in connection with a tenancy of housing in England'. There are substantial penalties for landlords who fail to comply with the new legislation.
The most important change is that landlords will no longer be able to demand a security deposit of more than five weeks' rent if the annual rent is less than £50,000.
In addition, the Act introduced a ban on excessive charges for lost keys or security devices, late rental payments and early lease termination (unless loss to the landlord can be proven), and on premiums for the supply of services such as Internet connections.
Landlords who charge unlawful fees can have their right to repossess their properties suspended until the fees are repaid.
For further details on the types of scheme and those available, click here.
For guidance on renting generally, click here.
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64% of ABC's conceded goals were conceded at home.
Botafogo PB conceded at least 1 goal in 89% of their home matches.
Botafogo PB have scored in 78% of their away matches.
Botafogo PB have scored in each of their last 5 away matches.
Confianca conceded at least 1 goal in each of their last 9 matches.
Ferroviário have failed to win in their last 7 matches.
Ferroviário have failed to win in their last 5 home matches.
67% of Globo FC's matches had under 2.5 goals in total.
Globo FC conceded at least 1 goal in 100% of their away matches.
88% of Globo FC's points have been earned at home.
Globo FC have lost 78% of their away matches.
Globo FC have lost their last 4 away matches.
Globo FC have failed to win in their last 9 away matches.
Globo FC have conceded 2 goals or more in each of their last 3 matches.
Imperatriz have scored in 100% of their away matches.
82% of Imperatriz's conceded goals were conceded away.
Imperatriz have scored in each of their last 9 away matches.
67% of Nautico's matches had under 2.5 goals in total.
Nautico conceded at least 1 goal in 89% of their home matches.
Nautico have scored 75% of their goals at home.
Nautico have won their last 5 home matches.
67% of Sampaio Correa's matches had under 2.5 goals in total.
Sampaio Correa have scored in 78% of their away matches.
Santa Cruz conceded at least 1 goal in 89% of their home matches.
72% of Santa Cruz's points have been earned at home.
Santa Cruz have scored 71% of their goals at home.
74% of Treze's points have been earned at home.
Treze have lost 67% of their away matches.
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MLS Weekend Review: Chivas USA Rules The West
Chivas USA took control of the Western Conference and the top of the MLS overall table, while the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution are both still unbeaten and at the top of the East, after Week 5 of the Major League Soccer season.
At The Home Depot Center, Chivas USA were leading the Western Conference and the overall table after three wins and a draw to open the season, just a point ahead of Sounders FC, who had started their history with three shutout victories before their first loss the weekend before.
Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller was suspended after being sent off the weekend before, and Chris Eylander, making his first MLS start, was beaten in the 32nd minute when a cross from Jonathan Bornstein was deflected into his own goal by Seattle defender James Riley. Chivas USA put the game away six minutes from the end. Set racing down the left side, substitute Bojan Stepanovic dribbled into the box before laying the ball back for Chukwudi Chijindu, and he slid in to stab home from the spot for his first career professional goal.
At RFK Stadium, the New England Revolution took the lead five minutes into the second half when Shalrie Joseph scored his first goal on the season. But a minute into stoppage time, D.C. United pulled level through a bit of history. Jaime Moreno swung in a free kick from the left flank and Ben Olsen got on the end of it at the back post, heading it off a Revolution defender and just over the line. For Moreno, it was his 100th career assist, making him the first player in MLS history to reach double-digits in both goals and assists, to go with his MLS record 122 goals scored.
At Toyota Park, the Chicago Fire came out flying and were two goals up 20 minutes into the game, both from Brian McBride. But the Kansas City Wizards did not give up and pulled a goal back from U.S. international Josh Wolff in the 78th minute. Then in the 89th minute, Michael Harrington put in a cross from the right touchline toward the near post where Wolff slipped in front of his marker and sent a glancing header to the back of the net to give K.C. points for just the fourth time in 17 all-time trips to Chicago.
At Robertson Stadium, the Houston Dynamo took the lead in the 20th minute when Brian Ching scored. But the Colorado Rapids missed a great chance to grab a point when Conor Casey was tripped up in the area by Bobby Boswell seven minutes from the end. But Houston goalkeeper Pat Onstad first dove to turn aside Casey’s penalty kick, then somehow scrambled to his feet to block Terry Cooke’s rebound effort and save the full three points.
At Giants Stadium, It took the Red Bulls just two minutes to open their account with the first goal scored by one of their own players. Dane Richards won the ball on the right side and sent in a rolling cross. RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando was able to parry it, but only as far as Macoumba Kandji, who side-footed home the easiest of finishes into the empty goal.The Red Bulls doubled the lead just before the hour with a wonderful movement. Juan Pablo Angel and Kandji played a one-two at midfield that sent Kandji racing toward the RSL goal. Angel continued his run and in the box, Kandji laid the ball off to his right and Angel slotted it home inside the far post for his first goal on the season.
More worrisome for Red Bulls fans was the paltry crowd of 8,508 that watched the game in a beautiful sunny day in the big apple.
At Pizza Hut Park, FC Dallas jumped to a two goal lead before halftime through goals from Drew Moor and Kenny Cooper. With the half counting down Toronto FC pulled a goal back when ,Adrian Serioux, obtained from FC Dallas in the off-season, scored from close range. TFC pulled themselves level in the 59th minute when Chad Barrett scored on a breakaway. But Dallas were not to be denied and Kenny Cooper got his second from the penalty spot as Dallas got its first victory of the year.
At Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the Earthquakes scored early against the LA Galaxy when Pablo Campos scored after just five minutes. But the Galaxy slowly worked themselves back into the game and a Bryan Jordan header 14 minutes from time meant that both teams had to settle for a point.
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Daytrip: Skopje, Macedonia
I havn't written a post in quite a while because I've been busy moping around and feeling sorry for myself. I've decided to write this post because this is supposed to be a 'lifestyle' blog but I tend to not write any posts about what I'm up to or anything else personal. I'm incredibly nosey and I love a post with a personal touch, so I hope you find this interesting.
As you may or may not know, I am currently in a tiny village in Kosovo. It's not the greatest place on earth but I don't want to complain too much because I have a roof over my head and spaghetti to eat. I'm staying with my in-laws (&husband obvs) whilst we try and organise our move to Paris. It's proving to be a lot more complicated and time consuming than we originally thought and the French Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia is a pretty major player in our troubles.
I don't want to get all political so I won't go on a legal rant, suffice it to say that my husband needs a visa for France (I don't) and the Authorities are not being as accommodating as they are legally required to be. By now I was expecting to be settled into a proper flat in Paris and starting a new job *sob* alas I have to make use of this extended "holiday" and put a bit more effort into blogging.
I have to say that I never realised how boring being unemployed was, most of the time at work i'd be thinking how nice it would be to loll around at home, wrapped in a duvet, watching films with no purpose or pressure. I would kill for something constructive to do with my time at this point, but as I don't speak the local language, finding a job is pretty much hopeless- add to the fact that unemployment is nearly 50% here!
Anyway, I'll get to the point: We went to Skopje for the day a couple of weeks ago but did zero sightseeing and I felt like death so I paid no attention to my surroundings. We went back on wednesday and spent a couple of hours traipsing through the city centre. It cost us €5 each one way on the coach, which included a fee of €2 to cross the Kosovo-Macedonia border. Its fairly expensive by local standards but still a bargain in my opinion.
The bus left at 6:30am from our closest town (Shtime) and took more than 2 hours, although I swear its less than 50 miles away. Crossing the border takes forever and my passport was checked by each countries' authorities. First impressions were good, it was going to be a really sunny day so I was looking forward to exploring.
The buses in Skopje looked kind of like London buses but more electronic-modern looking. I wish I'd taken a photo! The town centre is really pretty, and you can see that the government is trying really hard to make the city appealing to tourists. The area has a really rich history that I know really little about. Until very recently the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia was just one of those funny sounding countries on Eurovision! I know that Alexander the Great did something there/for them and that its where Mother Theresa is from...
We decided to go to one of the prettiest hotel restaurants in the main square for lunch, my husband said it reminded him of the Lausanne Palace, which I think is going a bit far. I had a bacon sandwich -This may not seem like a big deal to most, but due to the religious majority in Kosovo they don't really go in for pork products. Funnily, I can't actually remember a time in the last year I lived in England that I actually ate bacon, but when its unavailable, I want it more. It wasn't really a proper sandwich but I was elated to have the bacon itself. I stupidly didn't realise that Macedonia have a different currency (Denar) and only had Euros with me, I was allowed to use them in the restaurant but was overcharged- A coffee and the sandwich were still only about €4 though!
I think i'm going to have a hard time adjusting to food prices in Western Europe when we eventually get to France. I'm not used to spending more than €15 for a 2 course meal for 2...
The thing that struck me most about Skopje was the sheer number of fountains, it's actually ridiculous. They even have fountains in the middle of a river. They are really pretty though, and there's nothing comparable in Kosovo. Theres also a bazillion statues, some of which are really cool (like the lions).
I wouldn't say that Skopje is particularly geared towards tourists and there wasn't really anything 'to do' per se. There was a scary looking Holocaust memorial centre & museum but I wanted something a bit more light-hearted and shallow. I just frolicked about, camera in hand, which seemed to annoy the locals a bit as I heard some old ladies commenting. Do they not realise that tourist is pretty much the same in every european language? haha! I think the group of twenty elderly Western European tourists with a tour guide would have annoyed them more...
If your'e planning a trip to the Balkans, I would definitely recommend stopping off for a bit in Skopje, almost everyone spoke English really well and it's super pretty. They even have dominos pizza, but not Mcdonalds because the franchise lost its license a few months ago (boo). It's also really, really cheap- even to fly there from London.
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Picamilon is a tranquillising supplement that combines the effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and niacin (vitamin B3).
What is Picamilon?
Widely-studied, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and niacin (vitamin B3), are known to play a role in regulating many of the body's functions, including excitation of the central nervous system. Hence the efforts of Russian scientists to combine them in order to offer an effective solution against stress and anxiety. Producing encouraging results, their research has led to the development of a new molecule called N-nicotinoyl-GABA. Better known as picamilon, pycamilon or pikamilon, this innovative molecule is well-known in Russia, where it is available as a prescription drug for certain types of stress and anxiety.
While certain everyday situations require the excitation of neurons, the ability to modulate such excitation is vital. Over-excitation of neurons can have damaging effects in the long-term, causing high blood pressure and impairing cardiovascular health. The body has a defence system in place to combat such harmful effects, but it requires a precise balance between inhibitory neurotransmitters like GABA and excitatory neurotransmitters such as glutamate. Unfortunately, imbalances between GABA and glutamate can occur in which case additional intake of GABA may be necessary in order to restore the right balance and thus combat stress and anxiety.
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In addition, a number of studies have demonstrated the sedative and anxiolytic effects of GABA at a cellular level:
Also known as vitamin B3, niacin plays a role in many of the body's metabolic processes. It acts as a precursor of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a molecule involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Scientific studies have shown that niacin has a potential anti-cholesterol effect and may thus offer benefits against hyperlipidaemia by lowering blood lipid levels.
It has also been studied for its vasodilatory effects and it is indeed this role in blood vessel dilation which most interested the Russian scientists responsible for developing picamilon.
In addition, research suggests niacin may play a major role in regulating stress-related hormones. Suffice to say that niacin offers considerable benefits for fighting the harmful effects of stress and anxiety.
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Warning: High doses of picamilon should not be used in combination with other vasodilators such as Ginkgo biloba or vinpocetine.
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With Samsung DeX, longer-lasting battery and the refined S Pen, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 makes for easier productivity and more immersive entertainment – anytime, anywhere
Samsung Electronics today announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, a new 2-in-1 Android tablet designed for people who want to do more on the go—from home to the office and everywhere in between. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 delivers an experience that helps you work smarter by keeping you operating at the highest levels. Paired with a polished modern design, an immersive display, four speakers and enhanced entertainment features, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 is the perfect device for those who need something portable like a tablet and capable like a PC.
“At Samsung, we believe tablets play an increasingly important role in making lives easier and improving the mobile experience for everyone,” said DJ Koh, President and CEO of Samsung Electronics. “With the Galaxy Tab S4, we’re introducing a premium tablet, equipped with Samsung DeX that helps consumers perform their absolute best wherever they go. We look forward to providing our customers with a sense of leisure and comfort knowing that this new addition to our ecosystem of connected devices is also packed with features to help them stay entertained.”
Productivity with Samsung DeX and S Pen
With the Galaxy Tab S4, Samsung is bringing Samsung DeX to the tablet for the first time. When connected to the optional Book Cover Keyboard (sold separately) or launched from the Quick Panel, the Galaxy Tab S4 powers on Samsung DeX, giving users the option to switch from the Android interface to a desktop experience. With Samsung DeX, you can open multiple desktop-style windows for your Android apps, including the Microsoft Office suite, directly on the Galaxy Tab S4, and re-size them when needed. Drag and drop content between apps and use keyboard shortcuts and commands for efficiency.
If more screen is needed, there is also an option to extend Samsung DeX to an external monitor with a compatible HDMI to USB-C multi-port adapter (not included). When connected, the Galaxy Tab S4 can serve as a track pad or a sketch pad, and new this year, the Galaxy Tab S4 can continue to work as a fully functional Android tablet, giving users two screens to accomplish tasks.
Whether at the office, at home, or on-the-go, the Galaxy Tab S4 keeps you going with a 7,300mAh battery that provides up to 16 hours of video playback.1Additionally, with Samsung Knox, Samsung’s defense-grade mobile security platform, customers and companies can ensure critical information is protected at multiple levels of the device. IT managers can also tailor the employee interface to align with business needs.
Samsung’s S Pen comes in the box with the Galaxy Tab S4 to satisfy even more productive needs. It offers users a great way to express their creativity and communicate. They can take notes on the fly through the Screen-Off Memo feature, as well as navigate, translate and organize notes through Samsung Notes, and even send personalized texts through Samsung Live Message – all with the S Pen.
A Screen Fit for Any Job – or Movie
It’s easier to get more done when you have the right screen. Even the busiest professionals still take time to sit back with a game or movie. Now you can enjoy a more immersive experience on a device you can take anywhere. While similar in size to the Galaxy Tab S3, the Galaxy Tab S4 sports narrower bezels to fit a large 10.5-inch display with Super AMOLED technology, as well as a 16:10 screen ratio with 2560×1600, 287 pixels per inch (PPI) resolution for vivid picture detail and true-to-life visuals. When it comes to audio, the Galaxy Tab S4 also comes with four speakers tuned by AKG and Dolby Atmos® immersive sound technology, which brings entertainment to life through moving audio that flows all around you. With Dolby Atmos®, the Galaxy Tab S4 supports crisper dialogue, enveloping sound fields, maximized loudness without distortion, and consistent playback volume.
Enhanced Connectivity to Make Your Life Easier
The Galaxy Tab S4 also features new and improved capabilities designed to manage your connected devices and lifestyle. Samsung Flow allows users to manage all of their devices easily by connecting and transferring files, tasks and notifications seamlessly. The SmartThings app2 on the Galaxy Tab S4 makes it easy to monitor and control your smart home devices right from the tablet. Plus, the Galaxy Tab S4’s Daily Board3 allows you to view your favorite photos and everyday information such as the weather, calendar and time in one, easy-to-access place.
For more information about the Galaxy Tab S4, visit news.samsung.com/galaxy, http://www.samsungmobilepress.com or https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-tab-s4/.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Product Specifications
DISPLAY 10.5” WQXGA (2560×1600) sAMOLED
CHIPSET Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 Octa Core (2.35GHz + 1.9GHz)
LTE SUPPORT LTE Cat.16 DLCA, 4X4 MIMO
MEMORY / STORAGE 4GB + 64GB / 256GB, microSD up to 400GB4
CAMERA 13MP AF + 8.0MP, Flash
PORT USB3.1 (Type C), POGO
SENSORS Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, RGB, Proximity, Iris Scanner, Hall Sensor
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth® 5.0
GPS GPS + GLONASS, BEIDOU, GALILEO
DIMENSION, WEIGHT 249.3 x 164.3 x 7.1mm
482g (Wi-Fi) / 483g (LTE)
BATTERY 7,300mAh, Fast Charging
OS/UPGRADE Android 8.1
ACCESSORIES S Pen (included)
VIDEO Recording: UHD 4K (3840×2160) @ 30fps
Playback: UHD 4K (3840×2160) @ 60fps
AUDIO 4 speakers tuned by AKG, Dolby Atmos®
1 Battery life may vary depending on usage and settings. Based on laboratory testing.
2 Availability of features varies by region.
3 At the time of availability, Daily Board will feature Photo Gallery, Weather, Clock and Calendar.
4 Memory and storage capacities vary by region.
*All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice.
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Customer Service Stars in Stockton
Nine employees from Stagecoach North East’s Teesside depot in Stockton have been recognised for their customer service skills over the past year, with a special nomination for bus driver Colin Hugill.
As part of the recent National Customer Service Week campaign, the local bus operator asked passengers to nominate their ‘Customer Service Star’ with prizes for the winner and nominees, and local resident Will Paterson was only too happy to oblige.
23-year old Will from Stockton, a regular Stagecoach passenger was on his way home from work when he saw the promotional poster on the bus.
“I normally sit at the front of the bus and I noticed the poster asking for nominations for Customer Service Stars. I was just coming home from work and I saw the bus driver helping the elderly passenger off the bus with shopping. So I sent in the nomination, as drivers probably get more complaints than compliments, and it’s a tough job, so I thought why not, as it is a nice way to acknowledge his helpfulness. I didn’t expect to win anything but I was delighted to receive a week’s free bus travel and a voucher and to meet Colin.”
Colin was over the moon to receive the nomination, especially as he was just going about his business and doing his job. He said: “It feels brilliant to have been selected and it is really nice to know that people out there do care. The job is all about people and so it is lovely to be recognised for making that extra special effort and going the extra mile for customers.”
Alongside Colin, eight other bus drivers were acknowledged for their services to customers at a special presentation.
Nathan Stanislawski, Operations Manager at Stagecoach North East’s depot in Stockton, said: “I would like to congratulate and thank Colin and the rest of our ‘Customer Service Stars’ for their efforts in ensuring that passengers enjoy travelling with us. We are committed to delivering good customer service and we are fortunate to have a dedicated team of employees who help us do just that.”
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"Ahead of his election in 1952, Dwight Eisenhower took acting lessons, and savvy politicians were wise to speak in segment-friendly sound bites." " That's how Adam Chandler describes the power of television even when it first emerged as a medium.
Knowing how your week could play out and how to make that happen or prevent it from happening gives you an edge. Destiny isn't pre-packaged. You determine it by your attitude and actions. No wonder then Madame Clairvoyant's weekly column is popular at New York Magazine.
The holidays are finally over. But the family as powerful symbol, as least for marketers, community advocates, and public affairs representatives, still hangs on.
With a very American perspective in The New York Times , columnist Maureen Dowd reflects on the "corgi-and-gin-loving racket." " That is, the very wealthy reign of the House of Windsor.
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Spelman College will not tolerate unauthorized human subjects research at, by, or for Spelman College (see the appropriate sections of the faculty, staff, and student handbooks). This applies equally to research that never underwent IRB review, research begun while approval was pending, as well as research for which the IRB has denied, suspended, or revoked authority. In the event that the IRB discovers an unauthorized research project, the committee will at its discretion take one or more of the following actions:
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Pakistan v Australia: Aussies seek clarification on 'strange' three-metre rule
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Azhar Ali will resume on the morning of day three of the second Test unbeaten - but he could have been sent packing the night before.
With the Australians desperate for a breakthrough, Jon Holland looked to have been the man to break Ali's partnership with Haris Sohail when he had the former trapped in front in the penultimate over.
Azhar - at the time on 53 - was given not out by umpire Sundaram Ravi, but Australian captain Tim Paine called for a review.
The ball was a beauty, pitching on middle and leg before cannoning into off stump. However, the decision went back to umpire's call as the Decision Review System determined that the point of impact was more than three metres from the stumps.
WATCH the incident in the player below.
Had Ravi given Azhar out, and had Azhar reviewed, the decision would have remained out.
Azhar survived to stumps as Pakistan finished the day on 2-144, with a lead of 281 with eight wickets remaining.
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It was just one of those days for the Australians. The top order crumbled before the tourists handed Pakistan a handy lead, the Marsh brothers' double-fail led to waves of criticism, and Marnus Labuschagne had the brain fade to end all brain fades.
However, Paine and the Australians will be left to rue the 'three-metre rule' which cost them the wicket of a player out of nick, and with the potential to go big.
Ali is the second-most recent Test batsman to score a triple-ton, and also scored a double-ton against the Aussies at the MCG back in 2016/17.
It's not the first time in this series that the three-metre rule scuppered the Aussies' progress.
In the drawn first Test in Dubai, Sohail survived a review off the bowling of Nathan Lyon when he was on 51. He went on to score 110.
WATCH the Lyon-Sohail incident in the player below.
Speaking to reporters after the day's play, Australian opener Aaron Finch conceded the rule had gone over his and his teammates' heads before this series.
Finch also revealed Paine had sought clarification on the "strange" three-metre rule, asking if the regulation could be changed if such square deliveries go without reward.
"It was just a bit of confusion again... where three metres is down the wicket, if it's still hitting the stumps and hitting in line, can we tinker the rule," Finch said.
"I know it's sounding sour at the moment because we've been on the receiving end, but it's certainly not. We understand where the rule's at now. But maybe if it's hitting in line and if all three are still red, maybe there's a chance to overturn it.
"It's unfortunate that it didn't go our way, but that's cricket... pitching in line, hitting in line, hitting the stumps. To me, that's strange.
"Obviously I understand the element of predicting the path of the ball. That's something that's gone against us a couple of times, but that's the game, that's the rule, and we've just got to deal with it.
"I think as the technology improves... I think in time it will be 100 per cent accurate, or 99 per cent accurate. Rules like that are always tinkered or changed slightly."
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Prince / Sign ‘O’ The Times / 1987 concert film reissued as 4-disc deluxe
May 9, 2019 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, prince
Dolby Atmos mix • 2 x blu-ray + 2 x DVD • New documentaries/interviews
This September, Germany’s Turbine Media Group is releasing a limited four-disc deluxe edition of Prince‘s Sign ‘O’ The Times concert film from 1987.
The package will include two blu-ray discs and two DVDs with the blu-ray featuring a Dolby Atmos surround mix, an Auro-3D 11.1 mix and the original stereo mix.
It also boasts a newly commissioned 85-minute interview documentary called ‘Prince – The Peach & Black Times’ which will feature Dr. Fink (keyboards), Susan Rogers (sound engineer), Steve Purcell (editor), Leroy Bennett (stage and lighting design), Gert de Bruijn & Michiel Hoogeboezom (sound engineers), Dave Rusan (Rusan Guitarworks) and Edgar Kruize (author of ‘Prince: The Dutch Experience’).
Additionally this set comes with an exclusive audio commentary by The Peach and Black Podcast, a booklet with new writing by Prince expert Edgar Kruize and a foreword by Dr. Funkenberry. The bonus Blu-ray and DVD with over two hours of extended interviews.
This deluxe set comes in large format (12-inch) packaging and includes a heart shaped sticker, a large-size booklet, an A1 theatrical poster and five black and white photos. Newly commissioned artwork is by Martin Homent, Prince’s art director for his last two albums (Hitnrun Phase One + Two).
Fans around the world should note that this product is locked to region 2 (DVD) or B for blu-ray. This a licensing restriction.
This Sign ‘O’ The Times deluxe edition will be issued on 13 September 2019. At the moment it’s only available via Amazon in Germany, but that might change. Technical details and track listing below.
sign o the times concert film - 4-disc deluxe
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-2 Blu-ray Discs + 2 DVDs
-Blu-ray Disc with audio in Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D 11.1 + Original Stereo Mix
-Newly commissioned artwork by Martin Homent Art who already was responsible for the cover art of the Prince albums “Hitnrun Phase One + Two
Video: 1080p24 Full HD (1.78:1)
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital 5.1 compatible), Auro-3D 11.1 (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 7.1 compatible)
Subtitles: feature film: German (dialogues), English (lyrics), bonus material: German (optional)
Video: 16:9 anamorphic (PAL)
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Feature film: German (dialogues), English (lyrics) Bonus material: German (optional)
2. Sign “O” the Times
3. Play in the Sunshine
4. Little Red Corvette
5. Housequake
6. Slow Love
7. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
8. Hot Thing
9. Now’s the Time
10. U Got the Look (music video)
11. If I Was Your Girlfriend
12. Forever in My Life / It
13. It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
14. The Cross
15. Sign “O” the Times (instrumental)
112 responses to Prince / Sign ‘O’ The Times / 1987 concert film reissued as 4-disc deluxe
Mike M says:
Morning Paul
Bit late to the party with this release, it passed me by. Please can you tell me the difference between the listing below and the box you reviewed? They have different covers for a start. Many Thanks Mike
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Gil Griffith says:
Received this set today in the USA from Germany. I have a multi-region, PAL/NTSC Oppo 4K BluRay player that plays pretty much everything.
This set is impressive – the packaging is first rate, solid and beautifully constructed. The BluRay has more audio options than I have seen in most BluRay concert releases, And to answer the previous post from May regarding the stereo LPCM track, it’s 48kHz 24 bit.
The Dolby Atmos 11.1, 7.1 and DTS HD MA 5.1 sound amazing. The picture quality is very good, much better than the version I DVR’d from Showtime a while back.
I too wish there were more concert footage content from this tour – that there were some sort of “extras” included bedsore the documentary. But for what it is, it’s the best I’ve seen to date. As for the BluRay / DVD combo bring the reason for it being 4 discs, for me it’s not an issue as I have DVD-A in the car stereo, and that’s where the DVD from this set is going to live.
Price was a genius, and this album/tour/concert film is from one of the best and most prolific periods of his career. Hats off also to engineer Susan Rogers for her patient and exceptional work on the audio production.
And thank you Paul Sinclair for the e-mail letting us know about the availability of this set in the first place. I think it sold out on pre-sale, so I feel fortunate to have locked down this fine set – it was worth the wait.
Colin Campbell says:
Just wanted to add I did NOT have a region problem, either with my OPPO BD-83 or a newer Sony 4K player – in both machines, the “Due to the region of this machine, this disc will not play” popped up — and was bypassed by pressing the “top menu” button.
So, another big win for region locking.
It’s been out one day and it’s only available from re-sellers. Gawd, Amazon is a hot mess anymore.
I just contacted Amazon in the UK. They will be restocking for 60 pounds
Looks like it will only be a couple more days until delivery…
I understand about saturation of the market.
Prince foundation, or whatever, needs to give people what they want.
-First 9 albums remastered and deluxed.
-Original (truly never before heard) songs from the vault.
They are wasting time! The average age of the fans are getting older and even dying. 50-65
Get on with it.
David Ogletree says:
Totally agree about the age. He has been gone over 3 years now & not one entire album of unreleased never heard before music. Give us something. The Originals is nice, but we have heard it -we knew he produced it.
Like did he finish the song “player” or “Get Blue”,
Alan Mitchell says:
That moment he slides across the stage, between that girls legs and whips her knickers off with his teeth.
Only Prince could do that and have women all over the world wishing it were them :)
Yeah it was more cats rar rar skirt than knickers (can you imagine if it was her knickers) but it was still an awesome moment
My mistake. Personally I’d have gone for the knickers. But then if i slid across the stage i’d look more like The Inbetweeners than Prince.
Why Bluray and DVD in the same package?
There’s already a big discussion in the comments about this.
For those saying “SOTT” doesn’t need remastering…wow, I don’t know what format you have it on, but the CD is flat as hell. The singles released on later ‘Hits’ CDs makes that obvious. And I’ve got to know…can I this Blu-Ray in my player at home in the U.S. and expect it to work? This was *almost* an automatic “CLICK TO PRE-ORDER!!” thing for me, before I started reading the comment thread.
Peter N says:
The incredible thing is, the very best SOUND you will get of this is if you record it FROM a four head hi-fi VHS tape! It will BLOW YOU AWAY! The Blu Ray i haven’t heard yet. But i doubt if it’ll come out as good!
In terms of musicianship and professionalism, this was his masterpiece.
Purple Rain was the most beautiful album ANYONE has ever done. So I give it the overall nod. Plus I think, and it’s evidenced when you watch Prince perform on the Purple Rain tour, that THAT album was HIS TRUEST SELF realized in MUSIC. Purple Rain WAS who PRINCE really was! He let it show for an instant! Then HE tucked it back away only to be revealed in little flashes from then on.
MAY U LIVE 2 SEE THE DAWN.
2wicky says:
PAL/NTSC discussion
With Bluray discs that PAL/NTSC discussion is obsolete because Blurays have a different encoding. PAL/NTSC is only applicable for SDTV/DVD formats and still there most TVs and DVD players built after ~2000 can display both PAL and NTSC.
And of course ‘Ryk’ is right, PAL is the prevalent format worldwide for SDTV/DVD content worldwide, NTSC was only used in North America and parts of South America and Japan, the rest of the world has been using PAL format.
Nevertheless both my DVD player and TV could display both formats when bought in the late 90s, both have died since and been replaced and still my new equipment (out of the box of a regular store) can display both formats – so I don’t see any argument here. The real issue of course is the region coding – this prohibits playback in other regions and you need a region free player to play back without a problem.
is it not still possible to find region code unlocks on the internet and just imput them using the bluray/dvd remote
Neil Wilkes says:
@2wicky
Sorry, but it really DOES matter – and not just the region coding but the big issue here is that 99% of “PAL” footage is shot at 25fps, and that is not in the Blu-ray specs in progressive scan – at 25fps it must be interlaced, and even with region locking bypassed you will STILL HAVE ISSUES PLAYING A 25FPS DISC ON MOST US DISPLAYS!!!!!
Sorry to resort to shouting by use of the caps, but speaking as someone who has an understanding of what is involved here it infuriates me when I keep reading about how PAL/NTSC no longer matters. It does, and it matters because of the frame rates used.
Here are the primary Blu-ray video specifications:
i/. 1920×1080 (aka”Full HD”) allowing frame rates of 29.97i, 25i, 24p and 23.976p
ii/. 1440×1080 allowing frame rates of 29.97i, 25i, 24p and 23.96p
iii/. 1280×720 allowing frame rates of 59.94p, 50p, 24p and 23.976p
iv/. 720×576 allowing a frame rate of 25i
v/. 720×480 allowing a frame rate of 29.97i
So you will see that anything shot at either 25fps or 29.97fps using 1920×1080 must be interlaced – so not HD to begin with, as nothing interlaced is truly High Definition. I know of countless US systems where 25fps simply will not output any picture, and also the reverse where 29.97 interlaced will not run on UK setups (although this is rarer, it does happen with players that will immediately throw an “unknown disc” error when faced with a 1920×1080@29.97fps primary video channel.
There is really no good reason for anyone to use 25fps or 29.97fps these days, as all HD content should ideally be at 23.976fps (or 24fps) which allows progressive footage. Same rate as for film. Funny, that.
The reasons PAL/NTSC mattered in the first place was always because of display issues caused by the different frequency of the mains – PAL is at 25fps because the frequency rate of the mains supply is 50Hz, NTSC is at 30fps because it’s mains frequency is 60Hz. It is that simple and the problems still seem to plague disc developers because a frame rate conversion is not always possible to achieve – doing this using AlchemistHD usually means that the audio will need to be fiddled with as Alchemist does a frame for frame conversion & literally speeds up on a 25>24 conversion yet slows down from 30>24 (you can hear this problem beautifully on any PAL version of Bowie’s “Life On Mars” as the film is always at the wrong (too slow) speed on every DVD I have bought).
So please, stop trying to say this does not matter, or is a non issue – it isn’t. Just because you are fortunate enough to have a combo that actually works does not mean this is globally true.
Emilio Lafarga Giribets says:
I own the Japanese limited edition and the sound is great. It also lokks quite nice apart from the “You’ve got the look” videoclip which looks softer. I preordered it hoping sound will be more impressive if it’s well remixed into Atmos.
Haro Musters says:
The audio engineer’s name is Michiel Hoogenboezem. (He’s worked with Mick Jagger, Bon Jovi and Tina Turner a.o. Had major European success in 1991 with the song You by Ten Sharp, which he engineered and co-produced)
I’ve just remembered an interesting little trivia about this concert film.
During the opening sequence, Prince and Cat are on the street, the camera is on a crane mount and sweeps down to them.
If you look carefully to the left of the screen, the cameraman can be seen sat on the camera crane in the reflection of the windows.
As 50+ inch TVs are very common these days, this makes it much easier to see!
Also as the majority of this was re-shot on the soundstage at Paisley Park – due to severe technical problems during the original shoot – the small amount of footage used from Rotterdam can be identified as the band’s clothing suddenly changes and so does their position on stage and the audience changes!
However, this is still a phenomenal concert film!!!!!
Michel Banen says:
“Four disc deluxe” sounds REALLY exciting until you realise they make you pay for the same thing twice…. Who needs DVD if you can play blu-ray anyway !? But hey – ‘for disc set’ sounds more expensive and deluxe than ‘2 disc blu ray’ and it’s nothing more than a commercial trap since it’s not available as the 2 disc set it should be. But hey – I’m getting this anyway and I’m not even a huge Prince fan. In a time where physical product en CD’s aren’t selling as they used to I can only support deluxe editions.
I seem to remember at the time there were 2 VHS versions of this film part 1 and part 2 is this not included there looks less tracks than I remember
Nope! You are thinking about the Lovesexy VHS.
Ossie says:
Part 1 and Part 2 on the VHS you are talking about was the Lovesexy concert
That was Lovesexy Live in 2 parts
Phillip Fogel says:
Why are they not remastered the original album???? I’ve been waiting for that for years.
This is a concert film release. They don’t have any rights to the music, which Warners own.
Rock S says:
Because it doesn’t need remastering :)
Quiet Wyatt says:
If you have it on vinyl, it doesn’t need remastering. But SOTT sounds as tinny and oomphless on Warner Bros. CD as the rest of his ’80s albums. I wish WB would make it a priority to remaster the albums from Dirty Mind thru Lovesexy. It’s only Prince’s 9 finest years’ worth of music, no big deal, right?
“SOTT” does need a good remaster. It sounds great if you happen to have a pristine copy of the original vinyl and a good turntable and a great sound system. But, if like most of us, what you have is the 2 CD set from the late 80’s-early 90’s….it sounds thin, has absolutely no dynamic range, and just sounds flat and dull. Listen to a few of the singles that were remastered for the later ‘hits’ compilations on CD. It’s like night and day.
paull withey says:
I have the original vinyl copy and it sounds great ! But I agree the cd always sounded flat
last summer I upgraded to an amp that has dolby atmos as well as Auro 3D sound options… 11.2 sound makes almost anything sound amazing when mixed properly! so few music discs offer these sound options right now (kiss live in vegas has atmos, kraftwerk 3D live has atmos, and some audio only blu rays by BT, Tiesto, and others have Auro 3D sound options)… I ordered it the minute i read it had those sound options!
dobyblue says:
Jim don’t forget Giles Martin’s excellent Atmos mix of INXS’ Kick on the Kick 30 set’s Blu-ray
Charlie Waffles says:
Let’s get this package available for all regions!
This won’t happen has the current rights are just for region 2.
The Estate could step in and release their own version for region 1 but they will need to buy the rights to this and then do their own remaster, unless of course they buy this new remaster.
I saw that show in Frankfurt 1987 and the video was always incomplete. I will stick with my freebie Rolling Stone Germany commerotative DVD giveaway for now. Also, I am running out of space.
Anybody got a response in regards to Heaven 17 replacement discs?
Gisabun says:
DVDs with the Blu-rays. I can’t see too many people watching both.
Sure you can pass the DVDs along to someone else [or the BRs] but it is a waste of packaging.
Surely Prince was big enough to have separate releases. Even better, include the CDs of the concert as some/most want.
They are handy if you want to rip the content to watch on a portable device. I’m not suggesting piracy, more that sometimes I might want to watch something I own on a plane or when I’m working away from home, and a Blu-Ray isn’t practical there.
Mearsi says:
It’s beautiful cover artwork.
Description says Blu-ray disc then DVD disc. What’s on the other two?
Blu ray 1 : concert
Blu ray 2 : documentary
DVD 1 : concert
DVD 2 : documentary
O(+> Peter B says:
Sheila E’s drum solo on Now’s The Time is my favourite ever, just incredible.
thomas solimine says:
Rape and pillage the fan’s wallet. Does it end? When does it end.
I’m glad to see someone is taking issuing this film seriously. The DVD I have is passable, but could be so much better. I hope this is a step toward seeing a better release of it world-wide, sort of like how Criterion Editions often precede a better standard release from the actual studio.
That said, there could be so much more done with this, and I hope this is the first step toward the massive Super Deluxe Edition this era deserves. In the end, what I would like to see:
1. The complete original album properly remastered.
2. All the single mixes, extended versions, b-sides from the era.
3. All the tracks that were destined for the shelved Dream Factory and Crystal Ball projects that eventually were distilled down to the 2-disc Sing o’ the Times album. I know most of this is available on bootleg, but it’s time we got a proper, remastered version on legal media for it. Ideally (and some people may argue this is over kill) I’d like to see the shelved albums appear in this in their originally intended sequences, even when some of the tracks are identical to the finished version that was released, because I would like the opportunity to listen to them as originally intended. (Yes, I know, I could program it or burn my own copies, but come on–if this is a truly archival release, then let’s go all-out on it. Besides, think of the singles boxes we all beg for where the same b-side appears on three discs in the box and we accept it because it’s consistent with the original product being represented.)
4. The documentaries on the making of the film and album (and if there is archival film of Prince from this era–or even other eras–discussing it, then it should be included) as well as a documentary on the curation and production of the Super Deluxe Edition (finding the masters, remastering them, selecting the extra content, debating what can’t make the cut, etc.).
5. The concert (naturally)
6. Audio disks of the complete concert.
7. All videos from the era including any from the vault that were made but not released. (Imagine the pace Prince must have kept–not only are there loads of audio tracks that were recorded and shelved in the vaults, he even has entire videos he made that are just sitting on a shelf.)
Yes, this would be a massive set–probably something in the way of 20 discs, all-told. But this is the kind of album that deserves it. And as we’ve seen in the past few years, it’s possible to release a massive, multi-set box and still have it affordable (on a “gift to myself basis) for the average fan without requiring a second mortgage.
There are days when I would be willing to give up almost everything in my life to be hired to have the job of archiving The Vault and assembling the posthumous releases. I’d even give up my house and sleep on a cot in The Vault. I would agree to wear only purple and walk in lifts. I would never write the word “you” again and only use “U.” I would allow purple-dyed doves to roost in my hair. That’s how much I would love to have that job rather than some accountant thinking about how much can be made rather than what makes sense from an actual historical.archival point of view.
CJ Feeney says:
“If only King Crimson did Prince boxsets” is a good summary of your post.
I am wondering whether the picture quality of this edition is improved from previous DVD versions. (I already have a DVD version.)
Bummer this isn’t playable in the USA. It’s his best period IMHO and it looks like a great package. Hopefully when Sign Of The Times gets its luxury treatment, we’ll get this added as a Blu Ray (in addition to the 5 audio discs, 3 with unreleased music, LOL, one can dream).
Region free Blu ray players can be had for $100
noyoucmon says:
I’m sure I’m not the only one who first saw this information via a SDE e-mail and about fell over upon seeing the “4-disc deluxe” subject line, thinking it was a deluxe reissue of the album.
Me too. I don’t watch music despite having a few dvds. I get bored.
I saw at this at the cinema in 1987 which was great. After Prince died bought the blu Ray of it. A reasonably good quality edition as well. Some parts are amazing. Because some of it is live & some from a sound stage I’m not so sure it holds up well unlike the Purple Rain film. I ended up selling the blu Ray & am positive that when the estate re releases the album this show will be included. I’m gonna wait till then.
An absolute shame that America (at least as of this writing( is not following suit. SOTT is easily Prince’s best album (IMHO) and SOTT is indeed a great “concert” film. Just a shame that all regions cant benefit from what looks to be an amazing box.
Al Jones says:
Any info on the stereo audio? Will it be CD format (16/44) or hi-rez (24/96 or 24/192)?
I’m also interested to know if the soundtrack will be one I can hear or another one I can hear that sounds exactly the same but has bigger numbers in the description and so must be better.
I bet this release does not have any input from the Prince estate. So, the first disc must be the same previously released documentary with some (if any) upgrading, and the second one will be the interview and documentary disc, which does not require any authorisation or input from them either. I won’t set my hopes too high for this stuff.
This is the same Prince Estate that forced you to buy a T-shirt to get the vinyl picture disc of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. It’s irrelevant to me. Prince musicians, engineers, fans and his art director have all contributed to what looks like a great package.
My point is that, regarding the original concert film, there will be nothing new and no access to original audio/video tapes that could be used to improve this release. They probably video-recorded a whole concert of this tour, or at least more song performances, which could have been included as a bonus if this release was estate-approved (but it’s not, and that’s why it’s a Germany-only edition). But as it is, it’s a re-release with a new documentary. I’m not saying it’s a bad release, I’m just thinking about what could have been.
I saw 4 disc deluxe and got overly excited. This is my favorite Prince album and also probably the one with worst audio quality (aside from 1999). I’d love a deluxe reissue.
The SMH CD of Sign from Japan while not perfect sounds better. I have been buying Princes music on vinyl since 1984. CDs of them up to Sign always thought sounded poor. I now have the first 10 albums on SHM & am happy with them or at least best that’s available until 2021 when the remastered albums start being reissued. Warner’s in Japan has a series of Prince CDs called forever young which maybe the same quality. From what I have read they may have made the sound on the discs louder.
Hi Paul….thanks for this. But is there any chance if you know if this is a LIMITED EDITION or not? And if so how many? If you don’t could you please try to find out.
Your cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated
I don’t know numbers, but many are advising that these sets from Turbine Media Group are indeed fairly limited and often sell out on pre-order.
Just ordered 3x…..this will definitely sell out on pre-order!!
@Jeff: Things sell out even more quickly when individual buyers purchase 3 copies.
Brixet says:
Snap! One to play, one to keep unopened, and one to sell on at a handsome profit to fund the original 3 purchases.
Peter Muscutt says:
With any package where is a DVD and Blu-Ray included, I usually pass the DVD to a friend or family member if its something they are interested in. Have done it with the ‘Phantom of the Opera’ stage show DVD/BR, and some other live concert packages for various bands/artists. OK, they don’t have a case to store it in, but beggars can’t be choosers!
Jeff Rougvie says:
It’s economics; with the scarcity of places to sell physical media, you likely wouldn’t get it all if the only option was to issue two different versions. Is it wasteful? Sure. Is it better than no release? Yes.
WILLIAM ENGLAND says:
Would anyone who has a Dolby Atmos set-up please tell me:
how much is it on average,
is there a significant difference between DTS 5.1 and DA,
and, finally, does the system “upgrade” DTS 5.1 in the same way that Blu-ray players upgrade DVDs.
Bryan K. says:
Hi, William. I upgraded my home theater in late 2018 with a 4K set up (55 in. 4K TV, Denon 4K Receiver, sony 4K Blu-ray player, and shelf Atmos speakers). The receiver cost me about $400 USD. The Atmos speakers I purchased are the Sony shelf speakers that replaced my two rear surround channels. I read that you don’t need to necessarily hook the Atmos speakers up in the front or side channels to achieve the sound quality Atmos delivers.
Even having them hooked up in the rear surround channel, they sound amazing. Yes, you definitely can notice a difference. I have a pet that constantly looks up at the ceiling when I have Atmos going too – haha. The Sony speakers were only $100 USD at Best Buy. Worth the upgrade.
As far as your last question – I’m not sure. I do know that DTS-HD is far better than DTS 5.1 but you need the right A/V receive to decode that.
I’m no expert but hope this helps!
It does – thank you very much for taking the time to reply – most appreciated.
Simonf says:
Saw this film when it had a limited run at the Dominion Theatre in London’s busy Tottenham Court Road back in the day. Very impressive.
Picked it up years later on DVD when it was given away free with the Observer newspaper. Excellent. (The following week they gave away Talking Heads Stop Making Sense DVD which came complete with all it’s bonus features!) It now sits inside my vinyl copy of the Sign O The Times DLP.
So don’t need this again; have no surround sound set up and do I really need to sit through 85 minutes of talking heads (hey! see what I did there) telling us how great Prince and this concert was – no, we already know that!
David Scott says:
Firstly, I think it is great we are getting something new from one of his best quality periods. I also think insights from the people around him are a good add on.
However, in an age of increasing environmental friendliness and greater awareness of value for money, I do not see the point of both Blu-ray and DVD. And most certainly not two versions for the bonus content. Seriously, a bunch of interviews in two different formats.
Better to plug in CD editions (copyright permitting) or, even better, some video or CDs of other SOTT concerts from around that time.
Many of the people considering this will already have it in some format so pushing the boundaries to add new and valuable content would really support the price tag. Many will buy anyway but give them something for their money and avoid taking the easy route.
It looks like a great package but once again the U.S. doesn’t have a release. Several versions have been available in Japan, Europe, Canada over the years but not an official DVD or Blu-Ray in the America. Also who is company putting it out? Have they done anything else & how did they get the rights?
Malcy says:
Turbine, are one of the biggest independent distributors of deluxe film (video) releases in Germany. They have a fantastic track record of the quality of their titles both in video and audio quality and the packaging.
I have a number of their boxsets. All superb, but expensive limited edition deluxe boxsets.
This will be a good investment as Turbine limited editions always sell out and command high prices in the resale market.
Urs says:
PS: I hope that FSK label on the cover (obligatory for video releases in Germany) is on a removable sticker and not printed on the cover. Otherwise it would be a bummer!
Grégory says:
If you take a closer look at the picture, it seems to be removable. ;-)
Yeah, you’re right, it looks like it’s removable. :-)
I’ve had bad experiences with FSK stickers that looked removable, but weren’t. They were stickers, but they weren’t removable.
kook says:
Non-removable stickers truly are the devil’s work.
Why put stickers on anything anyway? Just… why??
Just out of curiosity two technical questions:
– What’s on the second BR/DVD? Is it the bonus material? Or do you need two of each because of the different sound formats?
– Are the German subtitles for the feature film dialogues optional or “hard-coded”? The text mentions “optional” for the bonuses but not for the film dialogues.
Otherwise it looks like a very interesting package and I guess I’ll order it even though I neither own a BR player nor a sound system capable of playing anything other than stereo sound. ;-)
Rodolfo Martin says:
Why not releasing it in ALL REGION blu-ray discs as many other European blu-rays does? Why only a German release? PAL system works only in Germany and a couple of other countries 9I think UK is PAL too (although I have some British blu-ray disc that work in standar American blu-ray players. It won’t work in regular American blu-players. I concise with a previous post: what do we want the DVD disc if the blu-ray provides a much better picture? It is a good release! It has to be an international release. I will not buy it for not even it is limited.
Paul, what happened with the interview with Michael Howe? If the information of this release coming from him?
The reason is that the company putting this out will not have the international (US for example) rights to release it, so they have to show reasonable measures to ensure that their product can’t be viewed (easily) in those regions. It would probably breach the rights of company that *does* own rights for the USA.
When the Blu Rays are not region locked (meaning they can be played anywhere) I don’t think PAL or NTSC actually matter all that much, ad my plain old every day Blu-Ray player with no after-market up grades will play PAL just fine here in the states. I think perhaps it’s a side effect of the upscaling process, perhaps (since most Blu-ray players now upscale)? The only problem I ever encounter is region encoding, which isn’t an issue for DVDs as I have a region-free layer, but have yet to invest in a region-free Blu-ray player.
Ryk says:
“PAL system works only in Germany and a couple of other countries.” Really? Of the 195 countries in the world, PAL is used in approximately 125 of them (most of the countries in Asia, African, Europe, South America and Oceania). A quick google search would have given that information.
Robert Meighan says:
Pricey but a must have for Prince fans…the concert tour movie of him at the peak of his genius…I consider the Sign o the times album to be the best of the 80s so i am looking forward to getting this.
Was the concert on film or videotape?
Graham Turner says:
The majority – both concert footage and additional ‘vignettes’ – was shot on 35mm film as it was originally released to cinemas. The only exception to this is the ‘U Got The Look’ clip which is just the music video dropped in the middle of the film. This section has always been of a lower quality then the rest of the film, even on its original cinema release.
I have a dvd only laptop but blu ray with my main system.
Option is there to watch physical media in bed for instance.
Lee Rosevere says:
Region 2 only. BOO.
wish everybody would stop complaining about this or the other (package, quantity of discs). Just be satisfied for once: it promises to be a great package ….period!
New artwork, new interviews/documentary, etc.
Jan Spring says:
Edward, absolutely right. Glad that this one comes in this form.
Stuart Ansell says:
I wholeheartedly concur with this comment – well said!
Have a lovely weekend everyone, enjoy the nice things.
Rune T says:
@ Geert: Probably to avoid having 2 separate products for sale. The extra cost of doing it this way is negligible compared to having two sets in stock/distribution where the only difference is the media type inside the box.
What? Prince? Worry? says:
the extra cost is on the eblorate 12 inch package and similar sized booklet which in all holds 4 discs, a waste to be honest and has bumped this to 55 euros (assuming probably retail for bout £80 quid on Amazon UK at first), wonder how much the packaging cost compared to two separate packages with reduced booklet and smaller packaging? (£15 for DVD and £25 for blu-ray?)
I like the idea of getting that wonderful looking artwork on 12″ x 12″.
Due to limited availability and in UK and I like Prince. I caved in on this.
@What? Prince? Worry?
Turbine releases don’t appear on Amazon.co.uk as they are deluxe limited edition packages for the German market, hence why on Amazon.de
Other German retailers will also list them but unlikely anyone outside Germany.
Also these Turbine limited editions usually sell out in the pre-order phase so before release date. Don’t expect this to stay available for long given the Prince fan base.
They can sell out these limited editions without discounting.
ROBIN PULLEN says:
Malcy is absolutely correct, according to Record Collector Magazine (if I remember correctly) this will only be issued in Germany with the new documentary; however a planed standard dvd/blu ray re-issue is apparently happening in the UK and other territories but this particular set (especially with the new doc) is exclusive to Germany.
Wouldn’t of this been better in a super deluxe with LP/CD and period b-sides, mixes and other bits and pieces?
Don’t think I will be a fan of the 12 inch format, smacks of paper wastage when a smaller compact copy would of done me nicely in a nice slip package or audio book style with booklet. Not gonna look good on the shelf with other blu-rays.
Turbine who have licenced and are releasing this boxset are a film (video) distributor.
They don’t do music whether CDs or Vinyl.
It isn’t coming from the record label.
It would, but the rights of this film have always been complicated – hence the varying, inconsistent releases over the years. These guys have obviously managed to get hold of the ‘international’ rights and have gone to town on the release. It’s possible The Estate might eventually acquire the US and/or International rights and do something with a combined deluxe SOTT release but, given the unfocused nature of the official posthumous releases to date, I am more than happy to have this release.
Mark Williams says:
Wondering whether to order now or wait for a uk release?
There is a UK release planned but it won’t contain the documentary – this will be on the German version only.
Andrew Greenwood says:
perhaps this would have been a good place to release the original Netherlands and Belgium concert footage. there should be space across two Blu Rays!
I’m not sure why you would need the DVDs when you have the Blu rays, apart from that it’s a great package.
Geert says:
After all these years, I still don’t understand the appeal of putting ‘identical’ Blu-ray and DVD discs in the same package? You either need one or the other … never BOTH? Am I missing the point?
Matthew North says:
Geert – its cheaper to produce an all in one package with both than to have separately printed versions.
@Matthew Possibly. But more expensive to buy! And what do you get for it? Who, after watching the Bluray thinks ‘let’s now watch the DVD’ …?
Gareth Cole says:
@Geert – and what a waste of resources. I totally agree.
I have a DVD drive on my laptop. I have a Blu-ray player with 5.1 surround at home. Having more options is rarely a problem – having fewer options almost always is….
David Bly says:
Regarding “Who, after watching the Bluray thinks ‘let’s now watch the DVD’ …?”
1. Read what Stuart Ansell said.
2. Some people who now only have DVD may eventually upgrade to Blu-ray, and this is a perfect way to allow this.
3. IS it that much more expensive? Not necessarily. The discs themselves are cheap to make, and the decent companies* out there will only add a few euros/pounds/dollars on to the price, or no more that they would release the Blu-ray version for.
The BFI (British Film Institute) is very good about this. Their dual-disc editions cost no more than their Blu-ray only editions.
Of course the price is often determined by who owns the rights to the particular films, and the company releasing the discs may have to raise prices because of that.
4. In any case, more is always better for everybody, as long as the price is not completely outrageous.
*Yes, I know this is funny.
I know I’m a very limited case, but there are times I do appreciate having both Blu-Ray and DVD in the package–mostly when I’m using the film for teaching in class, as I have a Blu-Ray player at home, but our school has just barely entered the DVD age in our classrooms.
Once again, I totally acknowledge that I am an anomaly in this discussion.
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Visage / The Wild Life: The Best of 1978 to 2015 / new compilation
November 1, 2016 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1970s, 1980s, visage
A Visage compilation, The Wild Life: The Best Of 1978 to 2015, is due to be released next month.
This set boasts a stunning front cover image and brings together, for the first time, music issued by the synthpop/new wave band under Polydor, Blitz Club and Steve Strange Collective labels for a career-spanning selection that takes us from the birth of Visage in 1978 to the final tracks recorded before Steve’s untimely death in 2015.
The Wild Life: The Best Of 1978 to 2015 will be issued on 9 December 2016.
The Wild Life - The Best Of 1978 - 2015
Amazon uk 8.82 Order
Amazon de 9.38 Order
Amazon usa 11.02 Order
Amazon fr 10.39 Order
Amazon it 18.24 Order
Amazon es 12.5 Order
Amazon ca 14.1 Order
1. Fade To Grey (Original Version)
2. Mind Of A Toy (Original Version)
3. Visage (Original Version)
4. The Anvil (Original Version)
5. Night Train (7″ Version)
6. The Damned Don’t Cry (Original Version)
7. Pleasure Boys (Original Version)
8. Never Enough (Original Version)
9. Dreamer, I Know (Original Version)
10. She’s Electric (Coming Around) (Original Version)
11. Hidden Sign (Tiger Face Flame Remix)
12. Love Glove (Orchestral Version)
13. Aurora (Original Version)
14. The Silence (Original Version)
63 responses to Visage / The Wild Life: The Best of 1978 to 2015 / new compilation
I don´t like…i prefer the single versions of these songs…I have the originals singles and are very differents…
elliot buckingham says:
Seems to be unavailable on amazon is there a issue also my autorip sounds like new recorded versions of the old hits
RJStevene says:
To answer the questions on the Japan singles compilation the original proposed track listing was to be;
Don’t Let It Rain On My Parade
Adolescent Sex (rerecorded version)
Sometimes I Feel So Low
Life In Tokyo (Steve Nye remix 7″)
European Son (Steve Nye Remix 7″)
Quiet Life (UK 7″ edit)
All Tomorrow’s Parties (Steve Nye Remix 7″)
I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye Remix 7″)
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (7″ edit)
Swing (video edit)
Ain’t That Peculiar (cash cows version)
Nightporter (Steve Nye remix 7″)
Some Kind Of Fool (original vocals)
Taking Islands In Africa (Steve Nye remix)
The Art Of Parties (7″ version)
Visions Of China
Ghosts (7″ edit)
Cantonese Boy
Canton (live 7″ edit)
Bamboo Music (7″ version)
It was Steve Jansen and Richard Chadwick I was in contact with on this and they were happy with the track listing but after it went to David it changed to what was released. If he isn’t happy with a particular track or version he won’t approve it.
I’m afraid to say there are no unreleased tracks in the vaults apart from their very early demos which the whole band would rather burn than have released. It was thought there were two from Quiet Life and another possible from GTP but it was found they were just ideas that either changed into a released track or were dropped before they were recorded. There are some very early demos of David by himself but these are sketches of the song ideas and are owned by David so will never see the light of day.
Sorry guys.
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This looks promising https://www.amazon.de/Wild-Life-Best-Versions-Remixes/dp/B01MTS8WCL/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480254802&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Wild+Life+%28Best+of+Versions+%26+Remixes%29 I can’t find any tracklisting or any other information on it all not even on their FB page.
Isaías says:
I’m really sad and too surprised about RJStevene said about David Sylvian being the major barrier to turn Japan missing material into unavailable to fans. Sure there’s planty back catalogue material to be release still and it’s a shame to know the artist himself (Mr David) doesn’t give the importence it has to die hard fans. I know we were all talking about Visage but I couldn’t help to express my sadness towards the Japan thing. Let’s pray to gave it release someday. Let’s cross our fingers also.
I missed this post when it was first published however reading the comments it seems there is universal disappointment in this.
Whilst Visage never enjoyed the commercial success of Duran, Depeche Mode, Spandau, Human League etc, their contribution to the new romantic scene is undisputed.
So this makes it all the more annoying that a record company isn’t able to put out a decent release. Surely a remastered and expanded version of the first album (now some thirty six years old) would have been the smart thing to do?
I do hope the statue becomes a reality, but with releases like this it ‘s going to take a bit longer to raise the money…..
Michel Bendichou says:
No vinyl version?
:¬x
If you had bothered to look at the giant advert at the top of their FB page you would have seen that they are releasing it on CD and 2 x 12″ Vinyl. There is supposed to be a CDX version as well.
The whole Visage situation is just so sad, and whatever the good intentions behind this latest release, it does nothing to put the band back in its rightful place alongside all the other electro-rock/pop acts of the era, some of whom are now on their second or third catalogue expansions.
As a fan of the group in its heyday I will doubtless buy a copy, but still hope that some specialist label will consider picking up a full catalogue license if Universal still aren’t interested.
Oh, and I’d be interested to know where I can see that press advert, mentioned earlier, with that mention of a deluxe version of this album.
If you look on their FB page you will see the advert at the top of the page with the mention of the CDX on it.
carsten hansen says:
i was waiting for Diary of a madman (2007 version, download single only)
BBC versions of “Can you hear me ” and “The Anvil”
https://www.discogs.com/Visage-Fade-To-Grey-The-Best-Of/release/4699396
or maybe
https://www.discogs.com/Visage-Fade-To-Grey-The-Singles-Collection-Special-Dance-Mix-Promotional-Album/release/1693811
https://www.discogs.com/Visage-Beat-Boy-Special-Cassette-Remix/release/2445987
The BBC version of Can You Hear Me is already available on the most recent best of called fade to grey. The Anvil BBC version is on there too but don’t bother. What happened is Steve & Rusty brought a prelease copy of some of the tracks from the Anvil album to be played on radio 1, they weren’t radio sessions. I remember listening and recording the radio show back in 82.
The Beat Boy album cassette remix would be brilliant. I asked the compiler of the Cherry Red Beat Boy cd why he didn’t include it and he said because he didn’t know it existed, if he had it could have been a 2 cd release. If only these compilers would bother contacting the fans or even looking at discogs they would find out about the releases and stop making mistakes and missing tracks off. Too late now and I think it will be a long time until someone thinks it’s financially worth reissuing a Beat Boy cd with all the missing mixes.
I’m also very disappointed by this compilation but I think it is as it is to get something out to get funding for the Steve Strange statue as it has been planned by his family. So I’m not going to be too hard on them but I’d rather give them a donation than buy this.
I totally agree with all comments above. There are some unreleased tracks;
Eve of Destruction and All The Kings Horses which were recorded at the same time as In The Year 2525 (the original mix was included on the ‘masters’ compilation but is segued into The Anvil as it was taken from the Fade To Grey mixes album), The Lady Is A Tramp duet with Ronny, Strange Connexions (the planned B side to the remix version of 2525), The Love Of My Life duet with Jennie Bellestar. Then there are the other three BBC sessions Only The Good Die Young, The Promise and Questions. There is talk there may be the original recordings of Only The Good Die Young and Beat Boy with Billy Currie and Dave Formula from 82.
Back in 2000 I contacted Polydor direct about re-releasing the Visage albums and got a rather abrupt reply. Apparently they are just not interested, partly because Visage weren’t signed to Polydor UK (where they were a hit) but to Polydor New York (where they weren’t). That is why The Anvil and Beat Boy got released on Cherry Red (cringe). The only way the albums will be remastered and the full back catalogue released is if another reissue label puts up the dosh to do it. By the way, that supposed planned but cancelled release just sounds to good to be true and more likely a bootleg than a legitimate release.
As for Japan there is one major barrier to their whole back catalogue being released and he’s called David Sylvian. I had some involvement in the Hansa reissues and the joint Hansa Virgin best of and Mr Sylvian still has full control over what is and isn’t released from the back catalogue. The original suggested track listing for the best of included all the single mixes, unreleased tracks and 12″ versions (and the Cash Cows mix of Aint That Peculiar) but it was nixed by David. So what you have is what he has allowed.
Zedhed says:
Hey RJStevene, I’d love to know what unreleased Japan tracks were mooted for the Hansa/Virgin compilation. Japan are my all-time fave band, so I’m always interested in news of unheard tracks lurking in the archives.
Only 14 tracks from one of the best 80s bands. I will stick to the albums with their bonus tracks.
Ian Harris says:
The Night Train 7″ was on one of Old Gold’s Kick Up The Eighties compilations, long since out of print. It has been promised a few times on Visage compilation yet the (inferior in my opinion) album mix always seems to appear.
By the way, does anyboby know if the original 1978 version of 2525 was ever released on CD?
Bruja's Dad says:
This would be a welcome addition also:
https://www.discogs.com/Visage-Can-You-Hear-Me-Dance-Mix/release/6699576
“Can You Hear Me” is probably the strongest track on Beat Boy.
P. E. says:
This is a travesty of a collection. Pointless and shoddy with a dull cover.
Oh for what could have been…
Japan deluxe editions please!!! All their albums!!!
Daniel ( from Berlin ) says:
On the cover of “Beat Boy” ( only US version ) Steve Strange wears the same coat that
Pete Burns have on “Youthquake” cover …. Both great covers.
Agree that the tracklisting is nothing to write home about. Maybe the Deluxe Edition, if indeed available, will surprise us. I very much doubt it but there is always hope. It’s probably a dvd or so. For what it’s worth, I’ve never been excited about any dvd added to a music album. Never.
One thing about all Visage albums, the covers are outstanding. Love them all.
Something about this doesn’t ring quite true. I mean, look at how plain and lacking in scope it is. Quite extraordinary.
Perhaps SDE is now the first stop for album co-ordinators to get a heads up. I’m sure word got around about the effect this site had on the upcoming Donna Summer compilation…
Very disappointing …………… when I first heard about this I was hoping for lots of remixes and rarities. What a wasted opportunity!
Gary Hunter says:
As someone has already mentioned in this thread, why are n’t the singles “Beat Boy” and “Shameless Fashion” on this collection?? They should have also had the proper version of “Love Glove”, not the orchestral version.
This baffles me as their is plenty of room to include the 2 singles I mentioned.
Even the single “Tar” is not included!
I totally agree with Foxee and Koen. I’ve been waiting for deluxe editions of Visage first álbum and The Anvil too many years as well as the Japan albums. Plenty of missing material from both, promo vídeos also. I hope Universal wakes up and release everything die hard fans are really waiting for.
soundstory says:
the 7″ mix of Night Train, is that the first time on CD?
Neil Kelly says:
Indeed if it appears correctly when this is issued!
martin aspland says:
i am only aware of it being on CD once and i have it on one of those fairly cheap 80’s compilation cds
this is a real shame as last year a certain record company were looking to do the following and I imagine they did not get the licencing deal as this would have been great , look at the suggested tracklisting . lets hope the deluxe has some of these especially the Anvil Dance mix
Artist: Visage
Title: Remix Anthology 2 CD Collection
1/ Tar (Original 7″ Mix) 03:25 (cat # ADA 48)
2/ Frequency 7 (Original Version) 03:05 (cat # ADA 48)
3/ Fade To Grey (Single Version) 03:50 (cat # POSP 194)
4/ Fade To Grey (Special Maxi Version) 06:14 (German cat # 2141 318)
5/ Fade To Grey (Dance Mix – Remix John Luongo) 06:44 (US cat # PX1-501)
6/ Mind Of A Toy (Single Version) 03:32 (cat # POSP 236)
7/ We Move 04:00 (cat # POSP 236)
8/ Mind Of A Toy (Dance Mix) 05:14 (cat # POSPX 236)
9/ We Move (Dance Mix) 06:29 (cat # POSPX 236)
10/ Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 05:00 (cat # POSPX 236)
11/ Visage (Single Remix) 03:47 (cat # POSP 293)
12/ Visage (Dance Mix) 06:01 (cat # POSPX 293)
13/ The Damned Don’t Cry (Single Version) 03:55 (cat # POSP 390)
14/ The Damned Don’t Cry (Dance Mix) 05:43 (cat # POSPX 390)
15/ Night Train (Single Remix) 03:39 (cat # POSP 441)
16/ Night Train (Dance Mix) 06:07 (cat # POSPX 441)
17/ Night Train (Dub Mix) 05:02 (cat # POSPX 441)
18/ Whispers (Single Edit) 03:47 (Japanese cat # 7DM 0069)
19/ Pleasure Boys (Single Version) 03:34 (cat # POSP 523)
20/ The Anvil (Remix) 04:26 (cat # POSP 523)
21/ Pleasure Boys (Dance Mix) 06:58 (cat # POSPX 523)
22/ The Anvil (Dance Mix) 06:14 (cat # POSPX 523)
23/ Pleasure Boys (Special Remix Version) (cat # POSPY 523-W)
24/ Pleasure Boys (Bonus Beats) 06:03 (cat # POSPW 523)
25/ Pleasure Boys (Black Leather Remix) (Germany cat # 2812 134)
26/ Der Amboss 05:37 (cat # POSPV 523)
27/ Love Glove (Single Version) 04:00 (cat # POSP 697)
28/ Love Glove (Full Version) 06:38 (cat # POSPX 691)
29/ Beat Boy (Single Version) 03:30 (cat # POSP 709)
30/ Beat Boy (Dance Mix) 07:15 (cat # POSPX 709)
31/ Beat Boy (10 Min – Dance Mix) 09:54 (cat # BOY 1)
32/ Beat Boy (Machine Mix) 08:45 (cat # BOY 1)
33/ The Damned Don’t Cry (Remix) 04:44 (Spanish cat # 21 41 488)
34/ Love Glove (Alternate Version) (cat # POSPW 691)
This would be perfect!!
Very poor tracklisting after that build-up indeed.
Koen Kroeze says:
Hoping for…
Visage (Deluxe Edition)
the original album (remastered)
Fade To Grey (7″ Version) [original single a-side] 3:50
Frequency 7 [original single b-side] 3:05
Mind Of A Toy (7″ Version) [original single a-side] 3:35
We Move [original single b-side] 4:03
Visage (7″ Mix) [original single a-side] 3:51
Second Steps (7″ Edit) [original single b-side] 5:00
Fade To Grey (12″ Version) [original 12″ single a-side] 6:17
Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) [original 12″ single b-side] 5:03
Mind Of A Toy (Dance Mix) [original 12″ single a-side] 5:15
We Move (Dance Mix) [original 12″ single b-side] 6:28
Visage (Dance Mix) [original 12″ single a-side] 6:01
Second Steps [original 12″ single b-side] 5:30
Fade To Grey (Dance Mix) [original 12″ single a-side] 6:44
unreleased versions….
Hi Koen that’s right !!
A “DeluxeEdition” ( and REMASTERED ) of “Visage” should be the first in line
before putting out a pointless compilation like that.
PS: you forget a few rare things
– the original version of “Tar” ( released 1979 only on 7″ – 3:25 )
– the second ( sadly uncredited 12″ dance version of “frequency 7”
( different beginning and end but almost the same length – 5:03 / 4:58 )
– the original 1978 seven inch of “in the year 2525” ( 3:41 )
– “fade to grey” ( alternate 7” mix with drums on intro – 3:50 )
– “fade to grey” ( dance mix edit -3:45 )
It seems “The Silence” is listed as original version. Wonder if this will be a studio version? The version on Orchestral would be considered live. Love Glove is listed as the Orchestral version, so it made me wonder….
AlexKx says:
Hmmm, what’s cdx?
It’s presumed to be a deluxe edition, but no actual confirmation that this is happening…
Philippe Perret says:
the Anvil 12″ dance mix, the Anvil dub have never been released on CD nor digital
The remix of Hidden sign seems to be the only “new ” thing to this compilation… with “night train” 7″ edit (if it’s really th 3min and a half, and not the 4 min found on every Visage compilation since then)
Some talks about a CDX? what’s this?
I thought the front cover image was stunning too when I first saw it, but having had a few days to think about it, I think it’s not as good as it good have been. The arrowhead stripes could have looked so much better if made to look as if they were actual make up applied to the contours of Steve’s face. Superimposed flat on, they just look a bit cheap.
Peter Anderson says:
Plus one for Japan deluxe editions
Trash says:
As much as I would love this , having read Anthony Reynolds excellent biography of the band (Japan that is, not Visage) I suspect that there is not actually very much unreleased stuff in the vaults. Virgin did carry out a rerelease campaign of Sylvian’s work and the Virgin-era Japan catalogue but only Tin Drum got any kind of special attention (released in a box with the Art of Parties EP included on a separate CD + a book of photos).
Now if the remaining members of the group could bring themselves to release the Penguin Cafe tapes that would really be something…
Straker says:
Good Japan comp. from……Japan!
https://www.discogs.com/Japan-The-Singles/master/212988
Very old but very good!
I bought it on one of my frequent (back then) trips to Japan in the 90s.
Pretty extensive but no real rarities.
Incidentally – last week I discovered an alternative version of Japan’s Ain’t That Peculiar (only available on a Virgin compilation called Cash Cows). Well worth a listen…
Post-Punk Monk says:
Just a bit of clarity. “Cash Cows” first yielded the alternate version of “Ain’t That Peculiar” in 1980, but there was one other place to hear it; on the 1982 re-recording of “Nightporter” on 7″ single VS554.
also available but no listing anywhere yet is a cdx and dbl vinyl version
When I saw this advertised on Amazon I must admit I got quite excited. Sadly upon reading the tracklisting I was once again left disappointed by a Visage Best Of. I was really hoping that this would truly have ALL the singles on it. Gutted.
Foxee says:
Not overly thrilled by this release.
Bring on the deluxe edition of the first album I say – it’s a true classic and there are a wealth of bonus tracks to collate together.
I’d also like to see proper treatment of The Anvil with a 2 CD release.
Also, I’m going to make a bid here for deluxe editions of the classic Japan albums on Virgin – Gentlemen Take Polaroids and Tin Drum – surely there are remixes and demos and unreleased stuff that could make fine packages there??
pinkfloyd says:
Foxee: Agreed, plus one here
Both GTP & TD plus Quiet Life reissued as 2CD + DVD
…and why stop there, Sylvian brilliant debut as well, including ALL the early period singles collaboration with Sakamoto, Japan last catalogue reissue was in 2003-2004
Mike the Fish says:
There was a nice triple vinyl of Quiet Life, the sound in general was nice, although my copy has got fairly noisey vinyl which is a shame. I’m not really into Japan but seeing the triple vinyl with loads of remixes on it got me curious, and it turned out I quite liked some of the stuff so I got it in the end!
Eightiesaddict says:
No Beat Boy or Shameless Fashion? I also find this lacking, but have already pre-ordered. Love Visage, but to me this is a subpar effort.
There’s very little value in this compilation (the third in six years), and – I’m no expert, so happy to be corrected – but which track is from ’78? The only one I know is In The Year 2525 – and that’s absent, as is the brilliant Tar – the 7″ from ’79.
I know Beat Boy isn’t well regarded by many (although I have a soft spot for the cassette mix) – it could’ve been better represented also.
Billy Dojcak says:
I only listen to the drums in Beat Boy.
Rusty Egan was bombarding their FB page the other day claiming this release was fake and that everything released by Visage after 1985 was not the real Visage going to extremes i would say. Regarding this release i find it to be pointless and even their comeback single Shameless Fashion is missing which is very odd. Lets hope the CDX is more interesting when the details are released.
After reading this would be career spanning on three labels with tracks from 1978-2015, I was surprised to see only 14 tracks on this compilation.
Nice cover as you say, but it seems like a half-arsed, token effort you’d find for £3 in a supermarket.
I would be much more interested in a proper deluxe, career spanning set featuring the albums, demos, 12″ mixes etc., and a book with some decent information and photos.
I’d like to see the first two albums remastered with additional bonus material (b-sides and remixes and rarities such as the original Radar Records single).
I would have thought the first two albums sold well enough to be released properly.
Jon Howells says:
A little generous on the post-Pleasure Boys material, perhaps…
deluxe of hearts and knives would be welcome with all the extra mixes
princebowie says:
there’s supposed to be a cdx version?
was hoping for some rare mixes like original uk 12 inch of fade to grey and the 7 inch remix ofor night train. hopefully there’s a 2nd disc of rarities otherwise nothing to get excited about.
I haven’t been able to find any deluxe version as yet..
yes the original advert for it I saw ssad cdx too. so fingers crossed.
the original UK 12″ ? Never heard anything about this, what is it ?
Neil Harland says:
The original twelve inch of Fade To Grey in the U.K. Had a slightly longer intro, and I’m talking seconds. I have it, e cover is exactly the same as the seven inch version
There were other versions on 12″ of course…..
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Nu 24:1-25. BALAAM FORETELLS ISRAEL'S HAPPINESS.
1. to seek for—that is, to use enchantments. His experience on the two former occasions [Nu 23:3, 15] had taught him that these superstitious accompaniments of his worship were useless, and therefore he now simply looked towards the camp of Israel, either with a secret design to curse them, or to await the divine afflatus.
2. he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes—that is, in the orderly distribution of the camp (Nu 2:1-34).
the spirit of God came upon him—Before the regular ministry of the prophets was instituted, God made use of various persons as the instruments through whom He revealed His will, and Balaam was one of these (De 23:5).
3. the man whose eyes are open—that is, a seer (1Sa 9:9), a prophet, to whom the visioned future was disclosed—sometimes when falling into a sleep (Ge 15:12-15), frequently into "a trance."
5-7. How goodly are thy tents, . . . O Israel!—a fine burst of admiration, expressed in highly poetical strains. All travellers describe the beauty which the circular area of Bedouin tents impart to the desert. How impressive, then, must have been the view, as seen from the heights of Abarim, of the immense camp of Israel extended over the subjacent plains.
6. As the valleys—Hebrew, "brooks," the watercourses of the mountains.
lign aloes—an aromatic shrub on the banks of his native Euphrates, the conical form of which suggested an apt resemblance to a tent. The redundant imagery of these verses depicts the humble origin, rapid progress, and prosperity of Israel.
7. his king shall be higher than Agag—The Amalekites were then the most powerful of all the desert tribes, and "Agag" a title common to their kings.
10-14. Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together—The "smiting of the hands together" is, among Oriental people, an indication of the most violent rage (see Eze 21:17; 22:13) and ignominious dismissal.
15. he took his parable—or prophecy, uttered in a poetical style.
17. I shall see him—rather, "I do see" or "I have seen him"—a prophetic sight, like that of Abraham (Joh 8:56).
him—that is, Israel.
there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel—This imagery, in the hieroglyphic language of the East, denotes some eminent ruler—primarily David; but secondarily and pre-eminently, the Messiah (see on Ge 49:10).
corners—border, often used for a whole country (Ex 8:2; Ps 74:17).
children of Sheth—some prince of Moab; or, according to some, "the children of the East."
18. Edom shall be a possession—This prophecy was accomplished by David (2Sa 8:14).
Seir—seen in the south, and poetically used for Edom. The double conquest of Moab and Edom is alluded to (Ps 60:8; 108:9).
19. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion—David, and particularly Christ.
that remaineth of the city—those who flee from the field to fortified places (Ps 60:9).
20. Amalek . . . his latter end shall be that he perish for ever—Their territory was seen at the remote extremity of the desert. (See on Ex 17:13; also 1Sa 15:1-35).
21. Kenites . . . nest in a rock—Though securely established among the clefts in the high rocks of En-gedi towards the west, they should be gradually reduced by a succession of enemies till the Assyrian invader carried them into captivity (Jud 1:16; 4:11, 16, 17; also 2Ki 15:29; 17:6).
23. who shall live when God doeth this!—Few shall escape the desolation that shall send a Nebuchadnezzar to scourge all those regions.
24. Chittim—the countries lying on the Mediterranean, particularly Greece and Italy (Da 11:29, 30). The Assyrians were themselves to be overthrown—first, by the Greeks under Alexander the Great and his successors; secondly, by the Romans.
Eber—the posterity of the Hebrews (Ge 10:24).
he also shall perish—that is, the conqueror of Asher and Eber, namely, the Greek and Roman empires.
25. Balaam rose up, and went . . . to his place—Mesopotamia, to which, however, he did not return. (See on Nu 31:8).
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Jason Victor Serinus | Jan 29, 2020 | 3 comments
I thought I knew what a preamp could do. But when the Dan D'Agostino Master Audio Systems Momentum HD preamplifier ($40,000) arrived for review, all my expectations flew out the window.
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Sasha Matson | Dec 20, 2019 | 21 comments
There is change, and also continuity, at Wilson Audio Specialties, the company founded in 1974 by recordist and loudspeaker designer David A. Wilson. David's son Daryl Wilson was appointed president and CEO in 2016. David Wilson passed away in 2018. And in 2019, Wilson Audio Specialties released the Sasha DAW loudspeaker ($37,900/pair), designed by a team led by Daryl Wilson and named in honor of his father.
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Gryphon Ethos CD player-D/A processor
Jason Victor Serinus | Dec 19, 2019 | 46 comments
What kind of creature is this? Gryphon Audio Designs' new Ethos ($39,000)—pronounced EE-toss by its Danish manufacturers—is marketed as a CD player and digital-to-analog converter. It's decidedly au courant in that it includes two 32-bit/768kHz ES9038PRO Sabre DAC chips—one for each channel—with each holding eight individual DAC chips; offers optional upsampling to either 24/384 PCM or DSD128; and decodes up to 32/384 PCM and quadruple DSD (DSD512) via its USB input, or up to 24/192 (and no DSD) via AES/EBU or S/PDIF.
darTZeel NHB-468 monoblock power amplifier
Michael Fremer | Oct 17, 2019 | 48 comments
What's the point of reviewing a pair of monoblock amplifiers that costs more than most people spend on two or even several cars— and far more than most audiophiles spend on an entire music system? That's a good question. Another is: Why should I write this review when, just seven years ago, I reviewed a pair of darTZeel monoblocks that look exactly like this new pair?
I realize that products such as the darTZeel NHB-468 ($170,000/pair) are for the very few, but the very few include far more people throughout the world than you may realize— people who can afford such costly audio products and who do buy them. I know, because in my travels I've met a lot of them, and they deserve to read reviews of products they're considering buying—things most of us can only dream of owning.
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Brian Damkroger | Jul 04, 2019 | 33 comments
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Jason Victor Serinus | Apr 25, 2019 | 70 comments
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Art Dudley | Dec 20, 2018 | 5 comments
There's no place for fashion in epidemiology, aeronautical engineering, or the mining and storage of uranium. Fortunately, domestic audio is less serious, its goals more scattered and ambiguous, than those and a thousand other pursuits.
And so, throughout the 20th century, any number of trends in domestic audio popped up their heads, some remembered as fads, others as legitimate approaches to playback. Among the latter are amplifiers whose output sections operate in single-ended mode, in which the entire signal waveform is amplified by a single device.
Counterpoint SA-4 monoblock power amplifier
Anthony H. Cordesman | Nov 15, 2018 | First Published: Jun 01, 1986 | 4 comments
Some audio products deliver truly superb sound of a kind that really makes all the frustrations of building a high-end system worthwhile; they also require exceptional attention and care. The Counterpoint SA-4 is a case in point. With the right speakers, it competes for the title of "Most Transparent Amplifier Available at Any Price." On the other hand, this amplifier steadily loses output power as speaker impedance drops; it must be carefully matched to the right speaker. Then, and only then, can it produce one of the finest musical experiences available.
Nestorovic Alpha-1 power amplifier
Steve Watkinson | Nov 13, 2018 | First Published: Sep 01, 1986 | 0 comments
The great debate that has long separated audiophiles is tubes vs solid-state. Other topics, CD for example, may temporarily steal the spotlight, but year-in and year-out no other subject is the cause of as much controversy as whether tubed or solid-state circuitry produces the more accurate sound. As is typical with long-standing feuds, the split runs deep, and tempers often flare.
Tidal Audio Akira loudspeaker
John Atkinson | Oct 18, 2018 | 35 comments
Doug White, of Philadelphia-area retailer The Voice That Is, has been a fixture at US audio shows the past few years, where he always gets great sound using loudspeakers from Tidal Audio. (There is no connection between the German audio manufacturer and the music-streaming service owned by Jay Z and Sprint.) In early 2017, Herb Reichert, Jana Dagdagan, and I visited White and spent a delightful afternoon listening to Tidal's then-new Akira loudspeakers. I promised myself to review the Akira, which costs a wallet-straining $215,000/pair, when my schedule opened up. As things turned out, it was more than a year before that opportunity presented itself.
Constellation Performance Centaur II 500 power amplifier
John Atkinson | Sep 25, 2018 | 34 comments
I am finding hard to grasp that it is almost 50 years since I first went to a hi-fi show. That show, held at London's Olympia exhibition center, was notable both for Yamaha's launch of a loudspeaker with a speaker diaphragm shaped like a human ear, and for being the first time I saw the drop-dead gorgeous Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference turntable, which was later featured in the film A Clockwork Orange. The most recent show I attended was AXPONA, held last April in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg. There I saw no ear-shaped drive-units, but the final room I visited featured sound that the 1969 me could have only fantasized about.
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Michael Fremer | Sep 18, 2018 | 42 comments
In 1959, in their musical revue At the Drop of a Hat, the British musical-comedy team of Flanders and Swann sang their "Song of Reproduction." It's not about sex. The song mocks audiophiles (you thought this was something recent?) for how we spend "all of that money to get the exact effect of an orchestra actually playing in their sitting room." Before launching into the song, Flanders quips, "Personally, I can't think of anything I should hate more than having an orchestra playing in my sitting room!"
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Art Dudley | Aug 16, 2018 | 80 comments
Some of my reviewer colleagues would have you believe that negative reviews are the most difficult of all to write, and that positive reviews fairly write themselves. What nonsense!
As I write this, my copy deadline is three days away, yet I've succeeded at crafting little more than my heading (easy enough: it's just the product's name, followed by my name) and my Associated Equipment sidebar (also easy), leaving a great expanse of nothing in between. That's mostly because the Kalista DreamPlay One, a two-box CD player whose $43,000 price might once have kept me from even considering it as a real-world product, has stunned me into a sort of paralysis: I feel that anything I write will be inadequate to the task.
Moon by Simaudio 888 monoblock power amplifier
Michael Fremer | Jul 26, 2018 | 51 comments
Not everyone needs a power amplifier that can deliver 888W RMS into 8 ohms or 1776W into 4 ohms. You could say that no one needs one of these—or two, if you want to listen in stereo. Most household AC systems can't even provide enough current to deliver all that power. But Simaudio does build Moon 888 monoblocks, and people do buy them, whether or not they need an amp that weighs about 250 lb each and costs $118,888/pair.
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Philip Richard Thomas Wright was working as a solicitor in Burton upon Trent before the outbreak of the Second World War.
At Arnhem, Major Wright was well respected and liked by his men.
Richmond Leason
Adam GrattonNostalgia Writer
Born in 1911, Philip Richard Thomas Wright was working as a solicitor in Burton upon Trent before the outbreak of the Second World War.
When war erupted he joined the North Staffordshire Regiment.
When the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment was formed as an airborne unit, it found itself seriously short of officers.
Major Wright volunteered to join, along with many others. Among this influx were 13 of what were known as Canloan officers, who served with the South Staffs at Arnhem.
World War Two - Second World War - The Arnhem Oosterbeek war cemetary.
Canloan was a project by where the Canadian army, known for its top-notch officer training programme, agreed to loan officers to the British Army.
As for Major Wright, he went to North Africa to carry out his training.
Acording to Richmond Leason, a researcher at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum: “At Arnhem, Major Wright was well respected and liked by his men.
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“He was affectionately known to them as ‘Pop’. He was second in command of D company before taking over the command of C company.”
On September 19, 1944, the remnants of C company were involved in fierce defensive action on the road below St Elizabeth’s Hospital.
Despite multiple wounds, he refused rest and medical attention
One witness described the opposition as “terrific”, and they had become the subject of the heaviest shelling and mortaring imaginable.
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Major Wright tried to make contact with other units to his rear so that he could withdraw his company and consolidate their position.
However, they were killed by a hail of mortar fire. They were buried where they fell, in the garden of a building known as The Pavillion, next to the Rhine river.
We landed safely...but there were 50-odd holes in the plane
After the war they were interred in the C.W.G.C at Oosterbeek.
There are a number of references to Major Wright in the book Land, Sea and Air.
Thank you to Staffordshire Regimental Museum researcher Richmond Leason for his help in writing this piece.
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This crumbling city centre road layout is to be RIPPED UP... just years after being laid as part of £10m project
The stretch on Albion Street, Hanley, has dipped in several places
Dave Knapper
A controversial road layout created as part of a £10 million city centre refurbishment is to be ripped up – because it is crumbling under the weight of traffic.
Concerns had been raised over the shared space on Albion Street, Hanley, after paving became dislodged due to buses and taxis driving over the area every day.
Campaigners have been complaining that the area has become a trip hazard for those with mobility issues and people suffering from poor vision.
Now Stoke-on-Trent City Council has admitted shared spaces in some places don’t work and is now planning to dig up the Albion Street stretch with a road and separate pavement reinstated.
Details of when the work will be carried out and the cost is not yet known as discussions between the local authority and contractor over who should foot the bill continue.
Shared space on Hanley's Albion Street has begun to crack in places.
Councillor Daniel Jellyman, cabinet member for regeneration, transport and heritage, said the project represented a ‘legacy issue’.
He said: “It’s a historical thing that predates my time. Essentially what’s happened is the foundations weren’t set right when the rest was laid and we’re having those repercussions today.
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“We are currently in discussions with the contractor who did the work and we are having those conversations over who needs to put this right – is it the contractor, the city council, or a mixture of both? Those discussions have been ongoing for some time now.
“What we will be doing is putting a road back as we have done on Stafford Street. Myself and my predecessor have recognised that the shared space doesn’t work as well as it should do and under our tenure we haven’t installed this.
Will you be sorry to see this shared space ripped up?
Not bothered by it
“We carry out routine inspections and any real bad trip hazards we repair. We have been monitoring it while we have been having these discussions with the contractor.
“If I was cabinet member at the time I wouldn’t have gone for that design. We are going to Tarmac it and make it as a road like Stafford Street is and we are currently debating who should pay for that work.
“I want to make sure that taxpayers’ money is spent as well as possible.”
Should the city council prioritise repairing potholes over everything else?
Mr Jellyman said a full-time inspector had been introduced to oversee the public realm work being carried out elsewhere in Hanley to help tackle any further issues.
He added: “Under my tenure there will be no shared space schemes, I don’t think they work.”
Calls have been made to resurface the area on Albion Street
Sarah Gayton, shared space co-ordinator for the National Federation of the Blind of the UK (NFBUK), today welcomed the news after campaigning against such road layouts for years.
Next week Sarah is due to travel to London to stand alongside other charities to petition ministers.
The action comes as first anniversary of the publication of a report recommending the Government halt the use of shared space and for existing schemes to be scrutinised.
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Sarah, who began her campaign when Leek’s roundabout was torn up, said: “We are pleased the city council has recognised the problems with shared space as we prepare to petition Number 10.
“They are looking to take action and aren’t just leaving it and I am grateful to the councillor for taking this so seriously.
“On that particular area there needs to be proper kerbs to stop vehicles running over onto the pavement.”
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Talasey landscaping group launches City & Guilds training academy
Talasey has launched at training acadamy for hard landscaping. Pictured here are some of the trainees with their City & Guild certificates being awarded by Talasay.
One of the UK’s major independent suppliers of hard landscaping products, Talasey Group (which grew out of the Natural Paving stone company) has launched a specialised training academy as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting and raising standards in the industry.
The Talasey Training Academy began rolling out its City & Guilds-accredited courses in purpose-built facilities based at the company's Doncaster headquarters this summer. As City & Guilds is a global leader in skills development, the Talasey Training Academy offers professional and practical training with formal accreditation.
Each course on offer has been designed by Talasey Group to appeal to a wide range of people from the industry - college students, installers, landscape designers and architects, and customer-facing staff in builders merchants who are looking to develop further skills and industry knowledge.
The courses cover aspects such as how to install, maintain, and get the most out of a wide range of landscaping products in domestic applications. Products include natural stone, clay, and porcelain paving systems, plus resin bound aggregate systems and artificial turf. Basic site setting out and preparation is also covered.
Additionally, ongoing advice and support is provided following the completion of courses as well the opportunity to become a member of the Talasey Group Landscaping Professionals network, which provides access to a range of member benefits including marketing support and promotional goodies.
Hannah Mounsey, Training Administrator at Talasey Training Academy, says: “We saw a growing need for a body of accredited courses to further support the future of our industry and, as a result, the Talasey Training Academy was born.
“These courses are designed to keep landscaping professionals up to date with the latest trends and developments in the industry, particularly in products and installation ideas, empowering them to bring their future projects to life with maximum impact.”
The courses are being delivered by a team of industry leading experts with installer backgrounds who also have experience of teaching.
Andrew Booth, at the Talasey Training Academy, says: “Our aim is to deliver interactive courses that are both theoretical and practical that will enable attendees to stay abreast of the latest trends and developments within the sector while also bolstering their professional development.”
The launch of the Talasey Training Academy has been spearheaded by Chris Whitlock, who was appointed Managing Director of Talasey Group in June.
As part of the company’s ongoing campaign to raise standards in the landscaping industry, Talasey Group has also announced its role as the official training supplier of the UK’s landscaping team for WorldSkills 2019 in Russia. The UK team is being trained at the Talasey Training Academy by Simon Abbott, WorldSkills UK Training Manager for Landscape Gardening. He will select the final team to compete in Russia next year.
Talasey Group plans to roll out further training opportunities in the future, at different locations throughout the UK.
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Email is an integral component of our day to day lives. Whereas in the past, we’d write letters and phone, today we just send out an email on anything involving social engagement, booking holidays and keeping up with friends and family members. This is a practice that has become commonplace amongst most human beings nowadays.
Unfortunately, as the popularity of email has risen, so has the number of cybercriminals looking to hack into your email accounts. These cybercriminals are into social engineering attacks, fraud, and identity theft, with these forms of malicious attacks forever increasing, according to recent reports. And with the vast majority of crimes going unreported, we can theorise, that there’s even more than that, secretly going on.
And it’s not just about the emails that you send out. You’re creating a digital footprint of yourself, every time you open a new email or click on a link. You’re essentially leaving a trail of data behind that someone can pick up, if they want to learn about you. This trail is what these criminals follow.
Fortunately, there are things you can do to protect yourself, with the list outlined below, covering the essentials.
1. Use a VPN Service on Your Phone and Computer
2. Think before Clicking On Links in Emails
3. Don’t Share Too Much Personal Data
4. Don’t Use Public Wi-Fi or Public Computers
5. Keep Computer and Mobile OS Up-To-Date
6. Utilise a Credit Lock Down
7. Use 2FA When Possible
You can make yourself anonymous, when you use the internet, by using a VPN service, which will encrypt your connection. When it comes to protecting your personal data, there’s no reason not to use one. Using a VPN has many advantages, as it prevents ads, most tracking, and of course, makes you feel secure, giving you that much needed peace of mind.
Our email accounts are flooded with emails every single day, with each one containing links, offering services and deals. Before you click on any of these links, you’ll want to think long and hard. Cybercriminals are always looking for a way in, a way to access your confidential data. One of the most common methods they use, entails sending out links, contained in emails and text messages. These emails may appear legitimate, but when you click on the links within them, they send you to fake phishing sites, that are designed to lure you into giving them your confidential data. There are some virus scanners that have the capabilities of checking the authenticity of an email link, so I’d recommend you invested in one of them, instead of making a habit of clicking on random links, even if it’s just to check.
Before you share any data with any one, it’s important that you take the time to think about, what exactly it is that you’re sharing, and with whom. There should never be a time when you are required to give out your PIN or password, in fact, you should only ever give out the most basic of details about yourself, just to stay safe. If you receive an email and you’re not so sure about its authenticity, then you can give someone a call, for example, if it’s a bank email, then you can phone your bank, just to make sure it was them that sent it.
When you’re out, not at home, it’s important that you restrict internet access to just your computer or mobile device, and through a VPN service, just to be safe. Using a public system, at a hotel, is very risky, as anyone can access them, and anyone could have put a malicious file or a key logger on one of them, which could end up hurting you, in the long run. If you have any sensitive things to do on the internet, like online banking, then you should wait till you get home, where you are protected behind your own network and internet connection.
Over the past couple of decades, we’ve witnessed both our mobile phones and computer systems, become increasingly more intelligent. Whenever a new operating system update is released, you are made aware of it. Unfortunately, many people make a habit of ignoring these notifications, putting their devices at serious risk of computer hackers. If you don’t want your computer or mobile device to get hacked, then I recommend you ensure your operating system(s) is kept up-to-date with the latest security patches, as and when they’re made available.
This is something you should consider, only as a last resort, in the event that you’ve been hacked, in the past. It’s called a credit lock down, and it’s very easy to utilise, saving you the trouble of having to create your own account, giving you complete control over who does and who doesn’t have access to your account. It’s probably the most effective method of protecting yourself from financial fraud. A credit lock down essentially prevents any access to your credit report. However, if you are buying something that requires a third-party to access your credit report, then it is possible for you to turn this back off. And once you have acquired whatever it is, you can lock it back down again.
When signing up to a new service, always check to see whether or not it has 2FA support. Not every service on the internet currently supports it. So, when signing up to a new service, whether it be an email account or social media platform, you’ll want to verify what kind of security layers it has, such as 2FA, through an app or SMS.
The main advantage of using 2FA is that it provides the end user with an additional layer of security, such as a text message sent out to your mobile phone, with an extra password. Only the person with access to the mobile device, attached to the account, will know this second password, which they will use, to gain access to the account. Not only that, but it can also inform you, whenever someone makes an attempt to access one of your online accounts.
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What comes next after VPNs?
By R. Scott Raynovich 2018-10-15T10:00:42Z
Cloud applications require a different kind of security
For many years – decades even – enterprise and consumer users alike have looked to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to add security to their applications across networks and Internet. But the advent of the cloud, including multi-cloud and hybrid cloud arrangements, is changing all of that.
A recent Futuriom survey of IT Managers regarding their view on applications networking trends reveals the need for a new kind of applications specific networking (ASN) that includes integrated security and cloud connectivity. These ASNs, or AppWANs, would be able to connect and secure cloud applications without the need for specific hardware configurations of VPN servers.
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The cloud shift
As applications move from on premises applications to hybrid-cloud environments, it’s causing challenges for IT and networking managers looking to efficiently and securely connect applications.
Futuriom surveyed 200 IT managers in application development, networking, security and DevOps to find out what they view as these primary challenges and how they might be solved.
One of the main conclusions of the survey is that VPNs are not seen as a cloud networking solution. VPNs have significant security and performance drawbacks for use in networking cloud applications, with 63.5% of users survey citing issues with VPN performance and 47.5% citing issues with security.
When using VPNs for cloud connections, which issues do you face? Select all that supply
In addition, 75% of VPN users said they are seeking a better solution for cloud networks. They also don’t see private lines or MPLS as fully secure networking solutions for cloud applications. Most use an additional security overlay.
What exactly are the problems with VPNs for cloud networks? Comments from end users Futuriom has spoken with indicate that VPNs often generate network and/or processing overhead as users connect to VPN servers. In some cases this can generate significant latency and delays for networking resources. Additionally, VPNs introduce management complexity because they typically require their own servers with authentication.
This primary research reflects the fact that cloud-based applications and virtualization has shifted networking needs away from devices and boxes and toward native applications-based networking solutions. The data shows that IT departments are looking for a way to build automated networking functionality directly into applications.
One of the important themes addressed by the survey is how IT staff view the use of VPNs in cloud networks and how they are likely to evolve. Data gathered indicates that while many respondents use VPNs for extranets, B2B networks, and connected supply chain, 75% of them are seeking a better solution.
True or False: I use VPNs for extranets, B2B or connect supply-chain use cases, but I am seeking a better solution.
What about SD-WAN?
With the trend known as software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) taking firm grip , you might think this could serve as the new VPN. After all, SD-WANs can add significant security features, including an encrypted overlay to the network.
But our research findings reveal that enterprise users don’t see SD-WANs as a solution for all networking security challenges. For example, SD-WANs may be appropriate for branch connectivity, but they don’t always support applications beyond the network including IOT devices.
A large number of IT managers surveyed did not see SD-WAN IoT solution, with 43.5% of users agreeing with the statement SD-WAN is not an ideal solution for networking Industrial IoT devices. 33.5% disagreed with this statement and 23% said they don't know.
AppWans to the rescue
The answer may lie in new AppWANs and ASNs that can connect IoT devices using techniques such hardware root-of-trust, creating “Zero Trust” network. When asked if Zero Trust network architectures are a significant improvement in networking security, 55.5% agreed this was true, while only 15% disagreed (29.5% said they don't know).
ASNs are powerful because they can create logical networks across the Internet and WAN to connect applications, whether that’s a cloud endpoint, an applications, a branch device, or an IoT device. These AppWANs are sell positioned to replace legacy technologies like VPNs and MPLS, which are tied to specific hardware devices but aren’t nearly as flexible.
Based on the results of the Futuriom survey, it’s clear to IT managers are looking for a more flexible and secure software-based networking solution for the cloud. ASNs are likely to serve the future need to connect distributed applications in SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments, whether it’s single cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments.
R. Scott Raynovich, Principal Analyst at Futuriom
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Here is a touch-based interface that could make the mouse obsolete in less than a decade
by Jason Hiner in Tech Sanity Check , in Hardware on April 30, 2007, 7:10 AM PST
This video is from last week's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in San Francisco. The person talking is Eric Horvitz from Microsoft Research, and the demo is pretty impressive, especially since it is conducted on average desk surfaces and the data is manipulated very quickly and fluidly. Horvitz said that this technology could be available in the average office within 5-8 years.
Will this eventually make the mouse obsolete? If it were combined with voice-recognition, could we potentially see a full system without a mouse and keyboard within a decade? I can't see a standard office going without keyboards anytime soon. Can you imagine the noise level if you had a whole floor of people in cubicles talking out loud to their computers? Everyone would need to have a private office in order to make that work.
However, in terms of replacing the mouse, this touch UI could be a big step forward, especially if the touch technology was combined with the forthcoming low-cost, ultra-thin OLED monitors to provide wide-view displays that can be easily manipulated with intuitive touch commands. What do you think? Is this the future? Join the discussion.
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Pennsylvania High School Students Take Prom Pictures at Taco Bell
Tacos + fancy dresses = perfection.
Rachel Beck Photography
One Pennsylvania couple found an ingenious way to never forget their prom night, and organized an impromptu photo shoot at Taco Bell.
Riley Papile and Abby Creneti have been dating for five months, and wanted to find an unforgettable photographic way to remember their prom together. Initially, the pair thought and had planned for their photographer Rachel Beck to take images of them at different locations in their Horsham, Pennsylvania hometown, but Riley explained that they soon realized Rachel, who has once Riley's babysitter, had other plans. "It was Rachel's idea to go to Taco Bell," Riley told Teen Vogue. "Well, it was my idea to go because I was hungry but then Rachel revealed that she was planning to surprise us with a Taco Bell photo shoot."
Riley admitted that the couple are quite familiar with their hometown Taco Bell, and have even been on a few dates there. For their time in the taco spotlight, Riley and Abby posed both inside and outside of the restaurant. Their gallery included images of the couple interacting with an employee, laughing together, and of course, they also made time to actually enjoy some Taco Bell. "The shoot was super fun," Riley told Teen Vogue. "We were giggling the whole time." Although they managed to snap a number of photographs before the dinner rush, Riley did share that there was on image they didn't get to. "We wanted to get a group photo with the employees, many of which have seen me several times before," she said.
The photographs, which both have posted on their Twitter accounts, have since gone viral, and many on social media have expressed their support of the idea. "This is my favorite thing I’ve ever seen," one person tweeted. One follower even wrote them a haiku for the occasion, tweeting: "You two are awesome! True love comes in many forms. We all love tacos!"
https://twitter.com/rileyp0608/status/993555689908916225
https://twitter.com/HaikuHare/status/994259785548746755
https://twitter.com/biancavancleef/status/993557038750978048
Related: How to Take the Best Prom Photos
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From October TIM customers will enjoy exclusive benefits on the CHILI platform, such as the Welcome Gift Card to watch movie premieres at a special price
TIM and CHILI have signed an agreement that will make the CHILI offer available also on the TIM Box. CHILI is the digital platform that offers rental and purchase of on demand films, along with the compete entertainment related merchandising.
From October TIM customers will be able to access the CHILI catalogue and choose from a wide range of titles including newly released film premieres at discounted rates that can be paid directly through the bill.
This new agreement is an addition to the existing partnership between the two companies, due to which last June TIM added the "CHILI Welcome Gift Card” to the “TIM Party” loyalty programme, allowing its customers to watch some of the most popular films on the CHILI platform, consisting of over 800 titles. Adding to this, from October TIM customers will have the chance to access a window to watch film premieres and buy merchandising at exclusive prices.
This significant partnership further strengthens TIM’s streaming platform, at the same time confirming TIMVISION's strategy of being the main aggregator of high-quality digital content by securing agreements with industry players, responding to the diverse needs and tastes of the audience: TV series, films and news, in addition to the main national and international sporting events. With its updated features, TIM Box promises the best customer experience on all television sets, relying on TIM’s top quality network providing an even fuller viewing experience.
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"I feel like I accidentally stumbled onto the set of The Handmaid's Tale."
"Picture's Up"
Original airdate: 9/4/2019
Episode summary: Filming of the reboot gets underway after the stalker/arsonist is uncovered and arrested.
Recap: Kelly, Donna, and Brenda are on stage at the Peach Pit After Dark wearing short, tight black outfits. They introduce resident rock star David Silver (LOL), then wriggle their hips to his undanceable crooning - exactly like they did when Emily Valentine sang Breaking Up is Hard to Do during their Hello Day performance in Season 2. When a fire suddenly breaks out in the club, David heroically pulls off his shirt (mmm..) and manages to quickly slap down the flames. Kelly and Brenda thank him for his studly bravery, while Donna stares at him all seductive-like and starts tonguing him...and this prompts Brian to abruptly wake up in his 90210 trailer in sweaty horror.
We hear the audio of an entertainment news anchor, who excitedly reports all the drama currently unfolding on the 90210 reboot set:
The original head writer was fired and, for some incomprehensible reason, replaced with a bitchy flunky with zero writing credits. It's also rumored that she's been getting canoodly with Ian Ziering.
Ever since a fire destroyed most of the 90210 sets, Jason Priestly has been working around the clock to figure out how to get this superfluous reboot up and running, and is already over-budget without having filmed a single scene.
Jennie and Shannen have been demonstrating diva-like behavior, which hopefully can be tempered by their elders (e.g. Gabrielle).
Tori, who is accompanied by her pet dog and rooster, is slowly unraveling after such a long hiatus from (mostly her dad's) scripted television.
The 90210 gals are in the hair and makeup trailer, gabbling about how nervous they are about Day 1 of filming. Tori says she's soooo freaked out about her love scene with Brian, but everyone just breezily tells her not to stress, this being Fox and not a raunchy HBO production, then laughingly adds, "It's just Brian."
Over at the food table, Brian apologizes to Zach for being incommunicado lately, then explains that he's still processing the shocking news that they're father and son...and is also figuring out the best way to break the news to Shay. He says it'd probably be too weird for both of them for him to remain his personal assistant, and offers to pull some strings to get him a production assistant job on the 90210 set.
In mid-canoodle, Wyatt suggests to Jennie that they go mini-putting later, and Jennie contorts her freakish duck lips before continuing to kiss him.
Ian assures Anna that her revamped script is totes awesome and that she deserves to share in the show's success. She beams happily and suggests they chill and watch Netflix sometime, and he says he likes the sound of that - just as he's summoned to the Peach Pit set, the only set that didn't get destroyed in the fire.
Christine barks "Clear the set!" at all the non-actors, and informs the 90210 gang that the show is getting shut down 'cause they can't convince any insurance company to insure the production while there's an active 90210 threat. She adds that the network's HR department is investigating disgruntled employees to see if one of them set the fire, then orders the gang to clean out their trailers by the end of the day.
"We're on the lookout for a demented stalker who hates each of you with the intensity of a thousand suns."
"Could you be more specific?"
Gabrielle asks Christine if she's been avoiding her ever since the two of them got it on at the end of the previous episode, but Christine explains she's just been busy with all the reboot chaos to give that doink a second thought. She then says that since she's a network executive who bedded a subordinate, she (Gabrielle) will need to sign a consent form, preferably one that's been backdated.
The 90210 gang vows to not give up on their superfluous reboot and to put their heads together to see if they can find out who's been stalking them and burning down their sets. They head over to a nearby restaurant and go over the long list of possible suspects.
Tori stumbles down a flight of stairs, then stares contemplatively into space for a few seconds before excitedly blurting out, "I know who the stalker is!"
The 90210 gang (sans Brandon) goes on a road trip two hours outside of Los Angeles and arrive at a bar where - ack! - a now bald Jaime Walters is on stage, throatily crooning How Do You Talk to an Angel?, OMFG. When Shannen's all, "Who is this bald crooner?", Brian explains that he played Donna's abusive boyfriend in Seasons 5 and 6 who got so enraged that he shoved her stunt double down a flight of stairs during the Season 5 finale. Tori says she's pretty sure he's the stalker - just as Jaime spots them in the crowd and lets out a funny sounding guffaw.
After the commercial break, Jaime ambles over and is all, "Whassup?" and they're like, "Whassup is that we all think you mailed each of us a mutilated doll version of ourselves and then set fire to the 90210 reboot sets." He stares back at them blankly and says he has no idea what in the hell they're talking about...and that playing Ray Pruit caused his acting and music career to fizzle, so he decided 'why not become a fireman?' He snarkishly adds, "I put out fires, I don't start them" and asks why they'd accuse him of arson and doll mutilation, so Tori says she came to the conclusion, without a scrap of evidence, that he was the culprit 'cause surely he'd want revenge, some twenty years later, for all the hate mail he got for abusing America's sweetheart. Jaime concurs that the role pretty much pooched his showbiz career...and Ian makes a face and snidely remarks, "You don't think it had something to do with that song?" Bwahaha! Jaime assures everyone that he's delighted with his life choice to become a fireman - just as Jason FaceTimes the gang to inform them that police have just arrested the firestarter.
"Being Donna Martin's on-screen abuser ruined my acting and music career."
"We're pretty sure it had more to do with your shittastic crooning style."
Everyone rushes over to the nearest television set, where the entertainment news anchor is reporting that the chubby weirdo who bought Donna's poofy red dress and self-identified as a demented Beverly Hills, 90210 fan was just placed under arrest for setting the 90210 sets ablaze. Tori apologizes to Jaime for lobbing unfounded accusations against him just now, and he smirkingly says he has an idea how they can make it up to him. In the next scene, the 90210 gang joins him on stage so they can all sing horribly and out of tune together...and the dismayed audience exchanges WTF? glances about what they're being subjected to.
Back on the set!
Tori asks Jennie whassup with all the canoodling she's been doing with her bodyguard, and Jennie blushingly says she's having the time of her life and that the sex is sextacular. Tori says she's back to feeling nervous about having to film a love scene with Brian, not least 'cause he was her first, real life lover. Jennie points out that filming 90210 reboot scenes isn't real life, but rather fake...then tweaks Tori's surgically enhanced hooters and chirps, "Like these!" and rushes back inside her trailer. Fuck she's gotten weird.
Brian tells Zach he was a mere lad when he raw dogged it with his mom, a former extra on Beverly Hills, 90210. He tells Zach he can call him dad if he wants - but Zach makes an ick face and says he'd feel weird calling someone dad when he didn't actually raise him.
Gabrielle drops by Christine's office to tell her that while she doesn't regret the two of them hitting the sheets, she's still wringing her hands about not yet being ready to report it on a consent form. Just sign the damn thing, idiot.
Jason is attempting to direct the bedroom scene between Tori and Brian - but Tori gets all jittery about being bare-armed while laying under a large comforter, and complains about how the cameras aren't adequately capturing her good side. Jason assures her that all her sides look pretty much the same - but she decides she's waaaaaay too self-conscious to be in front of a camera today, flees the set wrapped up in the comforter, and says they're going to have to reschedule.
"Could you limit the camera angles so that you only capture my good side?"
"Your what now?"
Over by the food table, Tori apologizes to Brian for fleeing their bedroom scene just now, but insists that she really wants it to be perfect. He's like, "Whatever, I don't care" and assures her that his recent mopeyiness has absolutely nothing to do with her. He then ambles over to where Shannen is sitting on the front steps of her trailer and collapses against her in a hug while Tori looks on jealously.
Inside Shannen's trailer, Brian tells Shannen about Zach being his son and that he's a big jerk for telling him he could call him dad. Shannen tells him not to beat himself up about it, and that he can tell people about his newly discovered son whenever the time is right.
Ian shows up for an after work drink date with Anna, and is irked to see that Jennie and Wyatt are also sitting at the table with their tongues down each other's throat. Ian gabbles about how supportive he is of Anna's fledgling writing career, and Jennie's all, "Hmm.." and continues contorting her freakish duck lips in what's become her usual puzzling fashion.
On the way to the restroom, Ian tells Jennie he loves seeing her acting so girlish and in love - but that he hopes she isn't falling back into her usual destructive patterns. She urges him to focus on his budding romance with the talentless writer he was butting heads with not that long ago, then gives him a hug and a kiss.
In the hair and makeup trailer, Tori is once again bellyaching about having to film her bedroom scene with Brian, so Gabrielle urges her to hire an intimacy coordinator so that there's someone to ensure that the boundaries are clear and that everyone is comfortable on set. Tori says she likes the idea, but is concerned that Jason won't be receptive to it...which leads to some bitching from Shannen and Jennie about what a shitty director Jason has been on the reboot thus far.
Jennie drops by Jason's office to tell him that everyone is feeling the negative energy he's putting out and that he needs to fix it asap...and Jason grumpily retorts that he's thinking seriously of leaving Camille 'cause he'd rather not raise another man's child. Jennie breezily tells him not to be dramatic, chides him for having such a "prehistoric" world view, then points out that Camille really really needs him right now.
Tori introduces Jason to Melanie, her intimacy coordinator. Jason glares at the short bespectacled woman, sourly refers to intimacy coordinating as "a time suck", then barks at Tori to get her ass to the bedroom set, where Brian is waiting.
"This is my new intimacy coordinator. Isn't she adorable?"
"If by adorable you mean an added expense to our already ballooning budget...then, yeah, she's adorable."
During the bedroom scene filming, Melanie interrupts several times, and chides Brian for unwittingly brushing his hand against Tori's surgically enhanced hooters. After multiple interrupted takes, a fed up Tori shrieks, "I can't do this! It's like The Handmaid's Tale!" - and a weary Jason announces that they're breaking for lunch.
Anna bitches to Ian about all the unnecessary rewrites Jason is making her do...and Ian explains that Jason is extra grouchy 'cause he's having marital/'I'm not the baby daddy' problems. Anna gazes lovingly at Ian and says she really likes hanging out with him, leans in for a kiss, then informs him that before this chemistry-free hookup progresses any further, they're each going to need to sign a consent form.
Ian complains to his cast mates about having to sign a consent form before embarking on an ill-fated romance, and Gabrielle says she was just asked to sign one...and adds, as if anyone could possibly give a rat's ass, that her recent bedmate wasn't a he. Shannen flatly declares, "You're gay" and Gabrielle wails, "I don't know what I am!" LOL. Brian says he's so inspired by her half-hearted, 'maybe gay..?' declaration that he announces that Weirdo Zach is his biological son. Everyone's all, "Wha-a-a-a?", and Tori gives Zach a hug and tells him he's soooo lucky to have Brian as a dad.
Tori and Brian make a third and final attempt to film their bedroom scene...and when they get into some [fake] heavy action, Tori is delighted when the on-screen canoodling results in an unmistakable boner. Jason's like, "Cut!" and wryly adds, "Only forty-six more scenes to go." Yikes. Jennie sees a call coming through on Jason's cell phone, takes it upon herself to answer it, and urgently informs Jason that Camille is on her way to the hospital 'cause of some pregnancy complication. Jason beats a hasty retreat from the set...and Jennie stares wistfully after him even after Wyatt invites her out for dinner and a drive.
Gabrielle chit-chats with a man who tells her he's investigating the arson. After Gabrielle ambles off, the investigator spots Zach drop his water bottle in the trash...then carefully collects it afterward for what I'll assume is DNA evidence.
Shannen encounter's Tori's pet rooster, allows it to hop into the back seat of her car, then drives off with it. Not sure to where or why she'd abscond with it...or why the writers decided to end the episode with that, but OK.
Pumpkin Head is back!!! 😂
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Dove Awards 2019: Nominees include Lauren Daigle, Kirk Franklin, For King & Country
Nominations for the 2019 Dove Awards were unveiled Wednesday morning. The 50th annual Dove Awards will be held in Nashville on Oct. 15.
Dove Awards 2019: Nominees include Lauren Daigle, Kirk Franklin, For King & Country Nominations for the 2019 Dove Awards were unveiled Wednesday morning. The 50th annual Dove Awards will be held in Nashville on Oct. 15. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/08/14/dove-award-nominees-2019/1996391001/
Dave Paulson, Nashville Tennessean Published 10:09 a.m. CT Aug. 14, 2019 | Updated 10:43 a.m. CT Aug. 14, 2019
2019 Dove Awards nominees
Lauren Daigle takes the stage for a passionate performance during the 2019 K-Love Fan Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, June 2, 2019. Anthony Merriweather / The Tennessean
Kirk Franklin performs with Tori Kelly during the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / tennessean
Brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone of For King & Country will have a busy October. Their new album, “Burn the Ships,” will be in stores Oct. 5, and the men will bring their album release tour to Ryman Auditorium for two shows on Oct. 14. Larry McCormack / tennessean
Hillsong UNITED accept the Worship Album of the Year Award during the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean
Bart Millard of MercyMe sings "Even If" at the 2017 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017, in Nashville, TN Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
TobyMac and friends performed their “This Is Not a Test” tour in Nashville on Dec. 13. Mark Humphrey / File / AP
Jekalyn Carr performs during the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / tennessean
Koryn Hawthorne is photographed on the red carpet for the Black Music Honors at TPAC Thursday August 16, 2018. Alan Poizner
Tasha Cobbs Leonard accepts for Gospel Artist of the Year during the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / tennessean
Travis Greene performs during the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean
Zach Williams performs at the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / tennessean
Tauren Wells performs during the 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / tennessean
Ernie Haase, Dustin Doyle, Paul Harkey, and Devin McGlamery of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound on the red carpet at the Recording Academy's annual Grammy nominee party on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV / The Tennessean
Gaither Vocal Band performs "Hallelujah Band" at the 2017 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017, in Nashville, TN Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
Jason Crabb George Walker IV / File / The Tennessean
Joseph Habedank at the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP) Donn Jones, Donn Jones/Invision/AP
Karen Peck performs during the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean
Christian music star Lauren Daigle is once again leading the pack at the 2019 GMA Dove Awards.
The "You Say" singer is the top artist nominee at the 50th annual awards show, presented by the Gospel Music Association. She's up for six awards, including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for her co-penned "You Say."
Gospel mainstay Kirk Franklin and inspirational rockers For King & Country follow right behind with five nominations apiece.
Franklin's nods include Gospel Artist of the Year, while For King & Country are also up for Artist of the Year, along with Hillsong UNITED, MercyMe and TobyMac.
For King and Country (Photo: Submitted)
Daigle, 27, has racked up more than a half-dozen Dove Awards since releasing her debut album in 2015, including an Artist of the Year win in 2016.
She's also one of the biggest crossover successes Christian music has seen in years: her 2018 album, "Look Up Child," debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
As is typically the case at the Doves, the top overall nominee isn't an artist — it's a behind-the-scenes talent.
This year, it's writer/producer Wayne Haun, who scored 10 nominations for his work with Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Karen Peck & New River and others.
Kirk Franklin (Photo: Cheryl Gerber / Invision / AP)
The 50th annual GMA Dove Awards will be held October 15 at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The show will be taped and will air on TBN at 7 p.m. CT Sunday, October 20.
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Dove Awards 2019 Nominees
for KING & COUNTRY, Curb / Word Entertainment
Hillsong UNITED, Hillsong Music / Capitol CMG
Lauren Daigle, Centricity
MercyMe, Fair Trade
TobyMac, Forefront / Capitol CMG
“Counting Every Blessing” - (writers) Chris Llewellyn, Gareth Gilkeson, (publishers) Capitol CMG Paragon, Rend Family Music
“Everything” - (writers) David Garcia, Toby McKeehan, (publishers) Achtober Songs, D Soul Music, Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing
“Joy.” - (writers) Ben Glover, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Matt Hales, Seth Mosley, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Tedd Tjornhom, (publishers) 9t One Songs, Ariose Music, CentricSongs, Curb Wordspring Music LLC, Fleauxmotion Music, Kilns Music, Method to the Madness, Shankel Songs, Shaun Shankel Pub Designee, Stephen Blake Kanicka Publishing, These Tunes Go To 11, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
“Known” - (writers) Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp, Tauren Wells, (publishers) Be Essential Songs, Capitol CMG Paragon, Crucial Music Entertainment, EGH Music Publishing
“Living Hope” - (writers) Brian Johnson, Phil Wickham, (publishers) Bethel Music Publishing, Phil Wickham Music, Simply Global Songs, Sing My Songs
“Only Jesus” - (writers) Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West, (publishers) Be Essential Songs, Highly Combustible Music, House of Story Music Publishing, My Refuge Music, One77 Songs
“Red Letters” - (writers) David Crowder, Ed Cash, (publishers) Alletrop Music, Inot Music, sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs
“The Breakup Song” - (writers) Bart Millard, David Garcia, Francesca Battistelli, (publishers) Bartatronic Millaphonic, D Soul Music, Francesca Music, Tunes of MercyMe, Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, Word Music LLC
“Who You Say I Am” - (writers) Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan, (publisher) Hillsong Music Publishing
“Won't He Do It” - (writers) Loren Hill, Makeba Riddick-Woods, Rich Shelton, (publishers) SONGSBYMAK, Janice Combs Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Nieze World Music, One Dynasty Music
“You Say” - (writers) Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, Lauren Daigle, (publishers) CentricSongs, Fellow Ships Music, Flychild Publishing, So Essential Tunes
New Artist of the Year
Aaron Cole, Gotee Records
Austin French, Fair Trade
Josh Baldwin, Bethel Music
Kelontae Gavin, MBE / Tyscot
Riley Clemmons, Sparrow Records / Capitol CMG
Gospel Artist of the Year
Jekalyn Carr, Lunjeal Music Group
Kirk Franklin, Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA Records
Koryn Hawthorne, RCA Inspiration
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Motown Gospel
Travis Greene, RCA Inspiration
Worship Song of the Year
“Build My Life” - (writers) Brett Younker, Karl Martin, Kirby Kaple, Matt Redman, Pat Barrett, (publishers) Bethel Music Publishing, Capitol CMG Genesis, Housefires Sounds, Kaple Music, Martin Karl Andrew, Said And Done Music, sixsteps Music Thankyou Music worshiptogether.com songs
“Surrounded (Fight My Battles)” - (writer) Elyssa Smith, (publisher) UR Global Publishing
“Yes I Will” - (writers) Eddie Hoagland, Jonathan Smith, Mia Fieldes, (publishers) All Essential Music, Be Essential Songs, HBC Worship Music, Hickory Bill Doc, Jingram Music Publishing, So Essential Tunes, Upside Down Under
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
“Only Jesus” - Casting Crowns, (writers) Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West
“God Only Knows” - for KING & COUNTRY, (writers) Joel Smallbone, Jordan Reynolds, Josh Kerr, Luke Smallbone, Tedd Tjornhom
“The Breakup Song” - Francesca Battisteli, (writers) Bart Millard, David Garcia, Francesca Battistelli
“You Say” - Lauren Daigle, (writers) Jason Ingram, Lauren Daigle, Paul Mabury
“Known” - Tauren Wells, (writers) Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp, Tauren Wells
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Blessings On Blessings” - Anthony Brown & group therAPy, (writer) Anthony Brown
“Make Room” - Jonathan McReynolds, (writer) Jonathan McReynolds
“Love Theory” - Kirk Franklin, (writer) Kirk Franklin
“Unstoppable” - Koryn Hawthorne, (writers) Kid Class, Makeba Riddick, Robert D. Reese
“My God (feat. Mr. Talkbox)” - Nashville Life Music, (writer) Dwan Hill
Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Longing For Home” - Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, (writers) Ernie Hasse, Joel Lindsey, Wayne Haun
“We Are All God's Children” - Gaither Vocal Band, (writers) Benjamin Gaither, Sara Beth Terry, Todd Suttles
“How Great Thou Art (feat. Sonya Isaacs)” - Josh Turner, (writer) Stuart K. Hine
“I Know I'll Be There” - Karen Peck & New River, (writers) Dave Clark, Karen Peck Gooch, Wayne Haun
“Even Me” - Triumphant Quartet, (writers) Jason Cox, Jeff Bumgardner, Kenna Turner West
Inspirational Film of the Year
"Breakthrough" - (director) Roxann Dawson, (producers) DeVon Franklin, Jessica Dunn
"Indivisible" - (director) David G. Evans, (producers) Darren Moorman, David G. Evans, Esther Evans
"Run The Race" - (director) Chris Dowling, (producers) Darren Moorman, Jake McEntire, Ken Carpenter
"Unbroken: Path to Redemption" - (director) Harold Cronk, (producers) Matt Baer, Mike Elliot
"Unplanned" - (directors) Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon, (producers) Cary Solomon, Chris Jones, Chuck Konzelman, Daryl C. Lefever, Fabiano Altamura, Jason Stafford, Joe Knopp, Mark Cheatwood, Megan Harrington, Sheila Hart
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The complex number e is elmil/N, so that e' = exp(-2mil/N).
tations are related to the Nth roots of unity. The number of classes and irreducible representations of group CN/Sl is thus equal to N, counting each of the partners of the Ei representations as distinct. Various basis functions for group CN/n that are useful for determining the infrared and Raman activity of the chiral tubules are listed in Table 19.5. We note that the irreducible representations A and Ex are infrared active and A, Ex, and E2 are Raman active.
For tubules where (n, m) have a common divisor d, then after N translations t, a length Td is produced, and il unit cells of area (ChT) are generated. For d ^ 1 the character table for the Abelian group in Table 19.6 contains 1 /d as many elements, so that the order of the Abelian group becomes N/d. This case is discussed further below.
The space group for a chiral nanotube specified by (n, m) is given by the direct product of two Abelian groups [19.82,87]
where d' is the highest common divisor of il/d and d, while d is the highest common divisor of (n, m). The symmetry elements in group Cd, which is of order d' include
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EA pulls out of Steam in favor of own platform
EA really wants gamers to come to its newly launched digital download platform.
The world’s largest video game publisher launched Origin, a service that allows consumers to download games, trailers, demos, and add-ons, earlier this month.
At its E3 press conference, Origin seemed to be more of a star than Madden, The Sims, or Battlefield, as nearly everyone who took the stage put in a plug for a trailer or demo being available “on Origin.com.”
It’s a direct competitor to Steam, the long-running digital download platform owned by developer Valve, which has sort of become the universal service for publishers wanting to get their downloadable games directly to consumers.
That includes EA. The publisher has dozens of titles available on Steam, but now that it has Origin, one of EA’s best-selling games, Crysis 2, has mysteriously disappeared from Steam.
The publisher confirmed the game is now available “only on Origin.” In addition, the newly released Alice: Madness Returns, launched on Origin with no sign of it on Steam.
While this move makes sense if it wants to draw attraction to its new digital download platform, the question is whether or not it will lose out on potential sales from Steam users who may not know or care about Origin.
Origin incorporates social networking features, allowing users to share news about the games they purchase, and is also available on the iTunes App Store.
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Here's What NYC Neighborhoods Hate Most
Courtesy of Comedy Central
Every New York neighborhood has its irritants. It follows that the people in those neighborhoods would have neighborhood-specific pet peeves because of that.
Hater, a dating app that matches people based on the things they hate, has compiled data from its hundreds of thousands of users to show what many New York neighborhoods hate most. (More specifically, the data shows what users in each neighborhood hate most, relative to the rest of the city.) The data was mapped by New York-based illustrator Fernanda Amis. (Click to enlarge.)
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Honestly, most of these responses are too perfect. From Williamsburg hating people who think Manhattan "is the best" to the Upper West Side hating people who think Brooklyn "is the best," there are far too many stereotypes being confirmed.
Some of the funniest responses come from outside Brooklyn and Manhattan. For instance, the entirety of The Bronx hates Anthony Bourdain. It's a little surprising the Bronx hates him more than it hates when people think the Bronx is a single neighborhood.
Two neighborhoods are picked out of Queens and the most relatable comes from Astoria. The residents who use Hater hate when friends ask them to help with a move. That makes sense, because the N train is always a mess on the weekend, and it's so far from... well... all of Brooklyn. (Damn you, shortening of the G train.)
It's just as strange and funny as past Hater data releases like what every state hates most. (Seinfeld? Really?)
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Citadel Festival reveal Tame Impala as their headline act
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Tame Impala have been announced as Citadel Festival’s headline act. Taking place in London’s Gunnersbury Park, Citadel is now in its fourth year of inviting eclectic acts to their stages, blending the worlds of theatre, arts and music together in a day-long celebration of culture. The Australian psych-rockers are now eleven years into their lengthy career, continuing to push the boundaries of genre merging with the weird and wonderful elements and effects of psychedelia. Known for their reverb drenched vocals, fuzz-driven riffs and electronic synths, the band’s cult following has only grown, with their 2015 album Currents gaining critical acclaim. Having not graced the UK with a live performance since their huge sell-out Alexandra Palace shows in February of 2016, we can’t wait for this UK Festival exclusive performance.
Citadel Festival takes place at London’s Gunnersbury Park on Sunday 15th July 2018.
Tickets go on sale on Monday 12th February at 12pm.
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Crackdown on Illegal Sports Betting
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In recent Australian casino news, the Aussie government taskforce has urged for a crackdown on unlawful sports betting. This after investigations conducted, revealed that unlawful sports betting interactions were raking in around AU$805 million per year.
As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, there were a minimum of ten massive criminal sports betting exchanges working within the country. This was found out by the Black Economy Taskforce. In some cases, these unlawful sports betting procedures are being conducted by international syndicates. The other illegal operations found to be undertaken are done so by local criminals that authorities are already aware of. These local wrongdoers are already under investigation.
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Chairman of the Black Economy Taskforce, Michael Andrew, has revealed that during investigations they have found that many of these operations are, “connected to Asian crime gangs.” He goes on to explain that,” They use these illegal betting exchanges to convert black money into white money.” Further he states that even though they have been conducting research for a number of months, they welcome any new information or intelligence that the community may have to offer.
Andrew has made this statement prior to the thoroughbred horseracing season. This season includes the much-admired Melbourne Cup which takes place in November. Considering the situation at hand, Andrew has urged and warned bettors not to partake in illicit wagering practices whereby money laundering could be taking place. In addition, he too has approached the racing industry, encouraging them name and shame any of those who violate these orders.
In short, Andrew states that these illegal sports betting and gambling operations ultimately undermine both the racing and the sporting industry. More so, he said that these operations make no contribution to the economy. Ultimately, he reports that these undertakings are not only a threat legal sports betting services, but to the economy.
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Two Key Marketing Opportunities Amid Stories of Fake Traffic and Fraudulent Metrics
Nick Nelson Content Marketing
“What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.” — Morpheus, The Matrix
“How much of the internet is fake?” pondered the headline of a late-December New York Magazine feature, before answering its own question: “A lot actually.”
What followed was a systematic unpacking of that premise, via author Max Read. Though somewhat cynical and harsh, his argument was backed by facts and evidence at every turn.
He documented case after case of fake traffic and fraudulent metrics.
He shared videos of phony engagement factories known as click farms.
He cited real stories and statistics that verify the prominence, pervasiveness, and pestilence of these issues.
Read’s article shook me out of my restful holiday contentment. This wasn’t all news to me, but never had I seen so many examples compiled into one grim, gut-wrenching montage. The internet is an inherently murky place – you can’t physically count visitors to a blog post, as you could with attendees at a conference speech or customers in a store – so the success of a digital marketplace hinges on our collective faith in the integrity of data (and intentions).
It’s not the number of non-human “users” that troubles me. We’ve known for some time that bots make up a large portion of website traffic, and any analyst worth their salt is accounting for that reality. What troubles me is the potential (inevitable?) existence of nefarious actors seeking to deceive and benefit — and the repercussions thereof.
Mr. Read puts it best with this poignant observation:
“What’s gone from the internet, after all, isn’t ‘truth,’ but trust: the sense that the people and things we encounter are what they represent themselves to be.”
Taking a Toll on Trust
The digital world saw its share of bombshells in 2018, and I’d argue few were bigger than the filing of an amended lawsuit from a group of small advertisers, alleging that Facebook knowingly delivered false video metrics back in 2015/16, and that the extent of this inflation was greater than previously believed.
Though just one isolated incident (hopefully), it’s the kind of headline that serves to further erode a diminishing level of trust between people and the institutions they rely on. These occurrences send shockwaves through the digital universe that are felt in every corner, with wide-reaching implications.
When polled by CMO Council last year, 62% of marketers indicated that reports about false and faulty metrics have caused them to pull back on spend with Facebook and Google. Meanwhile, the latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows pervasive global drops in trust toward platforms — most sharply in the U.S.
For digital marketers that value accuracy and honesty, it can be tempting to ignore these kinds of stories and headlines, going about our own business and letting all that noise play out on its own. This would be a mistake.
We can only control what we can control, but within that realm, there are steps we can take to counteract these troubling narratives.
Two Key Opportunities for Digital Marketers
Internally and externally, marketers are dealing with uphill battles that are steepened by these developments. Internally, we have to be able to confidently trust our metrics and present them to our bosses. Externally, we’re facing an audience that is growing more distrustful by nature.
From my view, the growing recognition of fake web traffic and fraudulent metrics should compel marketers to reflect thoughtfully, and double-down on two vital cornerstones in the digital era: transparency and organic content.
#1: Transparency is More Essential Than Ever
It’s getting harder for people to take things at face value. So don’t force them to. The more we can be open and honest about our processes, practices, and principles, the more we can distance ourselves from shady actors who are damaging the industry’s reputation.
Data measurement and analysis is hard. Errors and mistakes happen. If your agency or business is frontal in the way it identifies and addresses these situations, you’re more likely to sustain trusting relationships with your clients, customers, and business partners.
One company that has impressed me with the way it embraces transparency is Lemonade, a tech-driven insurance company out of New York. In line with its overarching mission to combat trust issues that have plagued the insurance industry, Lemonade runs a content series on its website and social media called The Transparency Chronicles, introspectively discussing the business with a stunning level of candor.
“We suck, sometimes,” was the title of a post from co-founder Shai Wininger last June, reflecting on the first half of 2018. He didn’t shy away from his company’s shortcomings and failures; he acknowledged them, tried to learn from them, and invited the brand’s community to take part in the conversation. Beyond refreshing to see.
Lemonade is basically bringing a new model to the market: insurance claims submitted directly through an app, with a personable AI bot as your guide, removing brokers and conflicts of interest from the equation. There are bound to be unforeseen snags and hiccups along the way with such an endeavor. The company’s openness about its journey makes customers more comfortable in taking part.
As a marketer, you can’t guarantee everything you try is going to work. You can’t even guarantee every view counted by a third-party platform is a genuine human being. But if you’re open, honest, and transparent, you can mitigate these uncertainties and ambiguities.
#2: Investing in Organic Content Programs Now Makes More Sense Than Ever
Paid media and digital advertising will forever remain important. But they represent a short-term, finite usage of marketing spend, whereas organic content is a long-term play that can keep on giving. It’s like renting traffic versus investing in traffic. In an age of shaky consumption metrics, the latter becomes all the more appealing.
Smart, strategic content marketing that aligns with your target audience and adheres to modern SEO principles will build equity over time. It’s more qualitative, and not as reliant on short bursts of traffic volume, so brands don’t need to concern themselves as much with the value of each view and click.
Speaking of which, we also need to move away from superficial measurement and toward meaningful measurement. It was encouraging to see, per Demand Gen’s 2018 Marketing Impact Report, that volume, pipeline, and revenue metrics are being prioritized, but still a bit puzzling that two out of three respondents are using activity data as proof of marketing’s value:
At TopRank Marketing we’ve seen the bottom-line impact of content marketing demonstrated through program after program. One client, Welter Heating, saw a 590% combined increase in organic conversions during its busiest month over a four-year span with a best (local) answer content strategy. Another client, Innovatech, boosted conversion rates by 34% year-over-year through CRO and search optimization.
As I alluded earlier when talking about transparency, people tend to believe what they can see. The value of content marketing remains plainly evident, even in a hazy digital climate.
A Clear of View of Digital Marketing in 2019
In the movie The Matrix, quoted at the outset of this article, Morpheus presents Neo with an ultimatum: Take the blue pill and you’ll continue to live in blissful ignorance, believing whatever you wish to believe; take the red pill and you’ll see the truth, unpleasant as it might be.
That article from New York Magazine served as a red pill of sorts for me. There’s a seedy underbelly to this digital environment, one which has long dug at me like a splinter in my mind, but I’m ready to come to terms with it. And I’m ready to do all I can in 2019 beyond to make sure that our team is part of the solution, not part of the problem.
“The frustration across the marketing ecosystem is palpable, and new headlines that breach trust and showcase systemic carelessness have inflamed the issue,” says Liz Miller, senior vice-president of marketing at CMO Council. “The industry as a whole must align on transparency and reliability.”
Through transparent practices and the reliability of integrated content strategy, digital marketing and its reputation can thrive as much as ever.
Looking for further information on the subject? Here’s how marketers can use the art of storytelling to build and regain trust.
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Sofidel America partners with Toscotec for the turnkey supply of two tissue lines at its new Oklahoma mill.
Toscotec will provide a complete plant with two AHEAD-2.0L tissue machines on a full turnkey basis to Sofidel America’s integrated plant (paper mill and converting) in Inola, Oklahoma, the second greenfield investment of the Group in the United States. The start-up is scheduled for the last quarter of 2019 for PM1 and for the first quarter of 2020 for PM2.
The supply includes two AHEAD-2.0L tissue machines, equipped with second generation TT SYD and gas-fired TT Milltech-DYH Duosystem Hoods, with a high level of energy recovery. Each AHEAD-2.0L machine features a sheet trim of 5,500 mm, an operating speed of 2,000 m/min and is designed for an annual production capacity of over 80,000 tons.
The supply also comprises the stock preparation equipment and accessories, Toscotec’s TT SAF (Short Approach Flow) ensuring increased operation efficiency, the Distribution Control System (DCS) and Quality Control System (QCS) and the dust and mist removal systems.
The project’s turnkey scope includes the boiler plant, the compressed air station, the bridge crane, the shaft puller, the roll handling and wrapping systems, the chemical preparation system, the hall ventilation system and the water treatment system (Fresh Water Treatment Plant and Waste Water Treatment Plant).
Toscotec will also provide the detailed mill engineering according to US codes and standards, the construction management, the plant and the machine erection, commissioning and start-up supervision and training programs.
The two tissue lines are dedicated to the production of toilet paper and towels and will process 100% pre-dried virgin pulp.
Luigi Lazzareschi, CEO of Sofidel, states: "Toscotec’s tissue lines represent an important part of our expansion plan in the US, one of the most important markets for our Group. A key technology investment for our new, integrated plant in Inola to serve the South-Central and Central-Western United States. We opted for one of the most advanced and energy-efficient technology, to help pursuing our penetration in the American market and sustaining the high quality of our products."
The construction of the plant – that will combine sustainability and technological innovation – started in March 2018 and will be completed by mid-2020. Once fully operational, the new facility will employ 300 full-time workers. Since the beginning of the expansion to the United States in 2012, Sofidel has now operations in seven states: Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Sofidel is a family-run company owned by Stefani and Lazzareschi families, and is the second biggest player in Europe today, and the sixth worldwide in tissue paper manufacturing, with net sales of 1,947 million USD (2017) and a production capacity of over one million tonnes per year (1,098,000 tonnes in 2017).
"We are honoured to have been selected for such an important investment by Sofidel. And even more so, this project represents the joint effort of two Lucca-based Italian companies who set out to succeed in the USA. I know that we have already achieved important synergies and I firmly believe that working together for a shared expansion target will lead to a successful outcome," says Alessandro Mennucci, CEO of Toscotec.
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The Sofidel Group is one of the leading manufacturer of paper for hygienic and domestic use worldwide. Established in 1966, the Group has subsidiaries in 13 countries – Italy, Spain, the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Turkey and the USA - with more than 6,000 employees, net sales of 1,724 million Euros (2017) / 1,947 million USD (2017) and a production capacity of over one million tonnes per year (1,098,000 tonnes in 2017). “Regina”, its most well-known brand, is present on almost all the reference markets. Other brands include: Softis, Le Trèfle, Sopalin, Nouvelle, Thirst Pockets, KittenSoft, Nalys, Cosynel, Yumy, Soft & Easy, Volare, Onda, Lycke, Forest, Nicky, Papernet. A member of the UN Global Compact and the international WWF Climate Savers program, the Sofidel Group considers sustainability a strategic factor with regards to growth and is committed to promoting socially and environmentally responsible development.
Sofidel America
Sofidel America is a subsidiary of the Sofidel Group. It was established in 2012 through the acquisition of the Cellynne tissue company which was founded in 1988 with two converting plants in Green Bay (Wisconsin) and Henderson (Nevada), and one integrated plant in Haines City (Florida). The company is now active in seven states – the original three already listed, as well as Oklahoma (Tulsa), Mississippi (Hattiesburg), Ohio (Circleville) and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) where the company has its American headquarters. Furthermore, a new integrated plant is currently under construction in Oklahoma (Inola).
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Beautiful and nuanced as it is dangerous, the manners of Regency and Victorian England blend into a scintillating fusion of contemporary urban fantasy and court intrigue.
Between Mundanus, the world of humans, and Exilium, the world of the Fae, lies the Nether, a mirror-world where the social structure of 19th-century England is preserved by Fae-touched families who remain loyal to their ageless masters. Born into this world is Catherine Rhoeas-Papaver, who escapes it all to live a normal life in Mundanus, free from her parents and the strictures of Fae-touched society. But now she's being dragged back to face an arranged marriage, along with all the high society trappings it entails.
Crossing paths with Cathy is Max, an Arbiter of the Split Worlds treaty with a dislocated soul who polices the boundaries between the worlds, keeping innocents safe from the Fae. After a spree of kidnappings and the murder of his fellow Arbiters, Max is forced to enlist Cathy's help in unravelling a high-profile disappearance within the Nether. Getting involved in the machinations of the Fae, however, may prove fatal to all involved.
Emma Newman writes dark short stories and science fiction and urban fantasy novels. She won the British Fantasy Society Best Short Story Award 2015 and 'Between Two Thorns', the first book in Emma's Split Worlds urban fantasy series, was shortlisted for the BFS Best Novel and Best Newcomer 2014 awards. Emma is an audiobook narrator and also co-writes and hosts the Hugo-nominated podcast 'Tea and Jeopardy' which involves tea, cake, mild peril and singing chickens. Her hobbies include dressmaking and playing RPGs. She blogs at www.enewman.co.uk and can be found as @emapocalyptic on Twitter.
Publication Date: August 2nd, 2016
Series: Split Worlds
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Israeli official: We achieved Gaza objectives, more than 20 terrorists stopped
Live updates (closed)
South braces for possibility of renewed fighting after day of truce violations
With rockets targeting Israeli communities throughout the day despite Islamic Jihad’s pledge to hold fire, it remained unclear whether the IDF planned to respond — and if so, how
By TOI staff 14 November 2019, 12:25 am 3 Edit
Illustrative: Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on November 13, 2019. (Anas Baba/AFP)
The Times of Israel liveblogged the events of Thursday, November 14, after two days of intense fighting between Israel and Gaza following the killing of Islamic Jihad terror chief Baha Abu al-Ata.
IDF says Gaza command center, naval training base bombed
The Israeli military says it bombed a number of Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip in response to the recent barrage of rocket fire.
IDF aircraft struck a command center and a military base in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the army says.
Israeli Navy ships also bombed a training base used by PIJ’s naval commando unit, which was also used to store weapons, the IDF says.
Video shows rocket sirens crash wedding party
A video making the rounds of social media shows Israeli celebrants at a wedding in Nes Ziona keeping their spirits up as they crowd into a back room during the latest rocket barrage.
באמצע החתונה: אורחים הובהלו למטבח בשל אזעקה בנס ציונה (אבישי בן-חיים) pic.twitter.com/jl0Vqj64kd
— חדשות 13 (@newsisrael13) November 13, 2019
The town, sandwiched between Rehovot and Rishon Lezion some 50 kilometers from Gaza, had not been targeted at all during the day, so events that may have been canceled a day earlier went ahead anyway and the rocket fire caught many off guard.
There are no reports of any injuries or damage from the barrage.
Rocket siren reported in Nahal Oz
Rocket sirens are heard in Nahal Oz.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Sirens sound in Ashkelon
Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon, as fire appears to persist after midnight following a short lull.
Rockets fired at Ashkelon, Ashdod area
A volley of rockets is fired toward the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod.
Warning sirens wailed in both cities and surrounding communities.
At least one rocket is intercepted over Ashdod by the Iron Dome system.
IDF says widespread sirens before midnight caused by single rocket
The IDF says rocket fire from the Gaza Strip that triggered sirens from Ashdod to Rehovot shortly before midnight, and appeared to be a massive barrage, was actually just one rocket.
The IDF says the rocket was intercepted over Israel, but its trajectory, together with shrapnel from the interceptor, set off multiple warnings.
Palestinians say 1 killed as air force targets rocket launching squad
Palestinian sources say one person was killed and several others were injured as the air force targets a cell of rocket launchers in central Gaza.
There is no confirmation from the IDF.
Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon and Beer Ganim
Rocket warning sirens are sounding in Ashkelon and Beer Ganim in southern Israel.
Palestinian TV says toll in strike on central Gaza goes up to 4
Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV reports that the toll from an Israeli strike in central Gaza has gone up to four people, including a minor and two women.
The report says the strike hit a home in Deir al-Balah. Earlier reports said the air force targeted a squad of rocket launchers.
There is no confirmation of the toll from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry and no comment from the IDF.
Gaza ministry confirms 4 killed in suspected Israeli strike
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says the bodies of four people killed in a suspected Israeli strike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza have arrived at a hospital.
The ministry says 10 others were wounded.
The deaths bring the toll on the Palestinian side to 30 in the latest round of fighting, according to the ministry figures. Israel says most of them are terrorists.
Palestinians say toll in central Gaza strike rises to 6
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says the toll in a suspected Israeli strike in central Gaza rises to 6 dead, with 12 injured.
There are no immediate details on the identities of the dead.
This takes the toll in Gaza to 32. Israel says most of them are terrorists.
The IDF has not commented on the strike.
Rocket warning sires sound in Gaza border communities
Rocket warning sirens are sounding in the communities near the Gaza Strip border.
Sirens are going off in Sha’ar Hanegev, Sdot Yam, Eshkol and in the Lachish area.
Palestinians say six killed in Gaza strike from single family
Palestinian sources say the six people killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on a house in the Gaza Strip were from a single family.
Reports say the dead included parents and their children.
There is no comment from the IDF.
Egypt calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza fighting
Egypt is calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as the violence shows no signs of abating.
An Egyptian official tells Israel’s Kan public broadcaster that Cairo is calling on Islamic Jihad to stop firing rockets and return to peaceful protests along the Gaza border.
The official says Israel must end targeted killings and refrain from shooting protesters.
Egyptian sources say ceasefire to go into effect at 5.30 a.m
Egyptian sources tell Israel Radio that Israel and Islamic Jiahd have agreed to a ceasefire to end two days of fighting that will go into effect at 5.30 a.m.
An official say Islamic Jihad has agreed to stop firing rockets and will ensure protests along the Gaza border are peaceful.
Israel agreed to halt targeted killings and committed to stop shooting protesters along the fence, the report says.
There is no official confirmation.
Islamic Jihad source confirms ceasefire agreed
A senior Islamic Jihad official confirms that a ceasefire with Israel to end the Gaza fighting has gone into effect at 5.30 a.m.
There is no confirmation so far from Israel.
Rocket warning sirens sound in southern Israel
Rocket warning sirens are sounding in southern Israel despite reports a ceasefire has been reached.
The sirens sound in communities to the north of Gaza and residents report hearing an explosion.
The IDF says it is investigating the incident.
Rocket warning sirens sound in southern Israel despite reported ceasefire
Rocket warning sirens sound in southern Israel despite reports a ceasefire has been reached.
Sirens are heard in communities bordering the Gaza Strip.
IDF lifts restrictions on whole country with exception of Gaza border area
In light of the reported ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the IDF’s Home Front Command updates its instructions.
After consultations with government ministries and local authorities, the IDF lifts restrictions on schools, gatherings and work from the whole country with the exception of the Gaza border area.
Mladenov says UN, Egypt worked to prevent war, coming hours are ‘critical’
UN Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov says the UN and Egypt worked to prevent the situation between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from escalating into a war.
“The coming hours and days will be critical. ALL must show maximum restraint and do their part to prevent bloodshed. The Middle East does not need more wars,” Mladenov tweets.
An Israeli official says that Israel has achieved its operational objectives in Gaza including the destruction of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s infrastructure in the enclave, and the “thwarting” of more than 20 terrorists.
“Israel gave nothing. Whoever hurts us will be hurt back. There is no policy change,” the official says.
“Israel has achieved the objectives of the operation. Islamic Jihad was significantly damaged, we destroyed many infrastructures and over 20 terrorists were thwarted.”
A senior Islamic Jihad official confirmed that a ceasefire with Israel to end the Gaza fighting went into effect at 5.30 a.m. although sporadic rocket fire continues.
Security restrictions lifted on most of south, schools open
The Home Front Command lifts security restrictions on much of southern Israel, with the exception of the Gaza periphery and Lachish region.
This means schools are set to open in southern cities like Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheba as a tense calm returns to the country after two days of rocket fire.
Security officials will make a decision on the Gaza envelope region in the coming hours, the Home Front Command says.
IDF: Islamic Jihad rocket commander killed in strike on Gaza house
An IDF Arabic-language spokesperson says Rasmi Abu Malhous, a senior Islamic Jihad commander, was killed in the overnight strike that targeted a house in Deir al-Balah and claimed the lives of six members of the same family.
Avichay Adraee confirms the death and tweets a photo of Malhous, who was apparently the head of the terror group’s rocket unit.
المدعو رسمي أبو ملحوس القيادي في #الجهاد_الإسلامي وقائد الوحدة الصاروخية في لواء الوسطى في التنظيم قتل الليلة الماضية في الغارة على دير البلح pic.twitter.com/FtS9jtFIfa
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) November 14, 2019
FM says Israel will continue policy of targeted killings
Israel intends to continue its policy of targeting Gaza terrorists with deadly strikes, says Foreign Minister Israel Katz, in a warning that comes just a few hours after a ceasefire to end the latest round of Israel-Gaza fighting was announced.
“Israel will harm anyone who tries to harm it,” Katz tells Army Radio.
The fighting began when Israel killed an Islamic Jihad terror chief in Gaza early on Tuesday, setting off a barrage of rockets and a two-day round of violence. Early Thursday, an Israeli military spokesman says another Islamic Jihad commander was killed overnight, apparently along with five members of his family, shortly before the truce went into effect.
— with agencies
Israel Railways waiting for green light to resume southern line
Israel Railways says it has yet to receive IDF authorization to resume its train route from Ashkelon to Beersheba.
As a result, no trains are currently traveling to Sderot, Netivot and Ofakim.
IDF confirms ceasefire, dubs Gaza fighting Operation ‘Black Belt’
The Israeli army confirms a ceasefire has been reached with terror groups in the Gaza Strip.
The IDF names the two-day bout of fighting, in which two Islamic Jihad commanders were killed and its terrorist infrastructure was targeted, Operation “Black Belt.” The fighting saw some 450 rockets fired at Israel in 48 hours.
Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry puts the death toll at 32; Israel says most of the dead were terrorists.
The military says it has swiftly achieved its objectives in the fight, having struck a “harsh blow” to the Islamic Jihad’s weapon capabilities.
The army will now focus on the threat posed to Israel’s north by Iran-backed proxies, adds the IDF.
IDF eases some restrictions in Lachish but schools still off
The IDF Home Front Command says residents of the Lachish region may go to work and there are no security restrictions on large gatherings.
Schools in the area will remain closed, however.
Lapid, Liberman lambaste ceasefire, say more fighting just a matter of time
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman and Blue and White MK Yair Lapid are criticizing the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Islamic Jihad.
“The goal of every terror organization is to disrupt daily life,” Liberman, a former defense minister, tells Army Radio. “And here again we saw a minor organization shut down one-third of the country. Today, too, it’s clear to all: The next round [of fighting] is only a matter of time.”
“The compromise with Islamic Jihad is not good,” tweets Lapid. “It’s not good because it will lead to the next round [of fighting]. It’s not good because if you give Islamic Jihad achievements after firing 400 rockets, in the next round Hamas won’t be able to sit on the sidelines. It’s not good because again nothing has changed.”
“The deterrence is nonexistent,” adds Lapid. “The residents of the south don’t feel safe. The exceptional intelligence and operational achievement of the (justified) assassination of Abu Al-Ata remains an isolated incident that doesn’t change the public perception,” he says, referring to the Tuesday dawn IDF strike that killed an Islamic Jihad terror chief.
Bennett says rules of game in Gaza have changed, terrorists should live in fear
New Defense Minister Naftali Bennett says Gazan terror leaders should fear Israeli attack under the “new rules of the game” in Gaza.
“The new rules of the game are clear, under which the IDF will act entirely freely,” says Bennett. “A terrorist who tries to harm the citizens of Israel can’t rest well at night, not at home, not in his bed, and not in any hiding place.”
Deri: Hamas refusal to join fight encouraging for long-term truce
Cabinet minister Aryeh Deri says Hamas’s apparent refusal to join the Islamic Jihad-led rocket fire against Israel is encouraging for ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a long-term ceasefire with the Gaza-ruling terror group.
“We are in the middle of a process of reaching understandings with Hamas, and you see that it is interested [in securing an agreement with Israel] because it didn’t join the fighting,” the Shas leader tells the Ynet news site.
“We have no interest in continuing [the fighting],” says Deri as a ceasefire takes hold. “They [Islamic Jihad] didn’t enter this in order to open a new round [of conflict].”
IDF: Islamic Jihad homes legitimate targets, used to store weapons
The Israeli military is defending its attacks on private homes in the Gaza Strip during two days of fighting with Islamic Jihad fighters.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus tells reporters that Islamic Jihad commanders used their homes to store weapons, making them legitimate targets.
Eight members of a single family were killed in one airstrike. Conricus says he doesn’t have information on that incident but that terrorists used their families as human shields.
He says: “All of our operations were measured, proportionate and focused only on military assets belonging to the Islamic Jihad.”
Palestinian officials say 34 people were killed, including at least 18 members of the terror groups’ armed wings. Among the six children killed were a pair of 7-year-olds; three women were also among the dead.
Minister: Israel offered no concessions to Islamic Jihad in exchange for truce
A senior minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party pushes back against criticism of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, saying no concessions were made to the Gaza terrorist group.
Responding to Blue and White MK Yair Lapid’s rebuke on Twitter, Gilad Erdan writes: “There were no concessions and you know it. [Islamic] Jihad wanted a ceasefire and it received no commitments in exchange. ”
He calls the Israeli military activities “proactive, deadly and deterring.”
As Gaza violence winds down, Gantz and Liberman meet for coalition talks
Blue and White chair Benny Gantz and Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman begin a meeting to discuss coalition negotiations at Kfar Hamaccabiah in Ramat Gan.
The meeting was originally set to take place on Tuesday but was postponed due to the escalation in Gaza.
Gantz has just six days left to form a coalition.
— Raoul Wootliff
Sirens wail in southern Israel despite ceasefire
Rocket alert sirens are triggered in the Gaza-adjacent region and Netivot, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza terror groups.
5 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, 2 intercepted
The army says five rockets were fired at Israel in violation of a ceasefire.
Two of the projectiles are intercepted by the Iron Dome, according to the IDF.
BREAKING: Ceasefire broken. Multiple rockets fired now from Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/6tImhMYAcH
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) November 14, 2019
No reports of injuries or damage in fresh barrage
Medics from the Magen David Adom ambulance service say there are no reports of injuries in the renewed rocket bombardment from Gaza on the south.
No damage is immediately reported.
President hails Israeli resilience, says country not seeking war
President Reuven Rivlin says Israel’s willingness to reach a ceasefire agreement underlines its commitment to calm the situation.
“The State of Israel has again proved in this round of fighting that it will not stand idle when our citizens’ security is threatened. On the other hand, we made it perfectly clear that we are not interested in escalation and that the response to quiet will be quiet,” says Rivlin.
“I want to express my support for all Israeli citizens, who have again shown their resilience and willingness to follow instructions. It is this resilience that allows our security forces to do their vital work as professionally as possible, as they did this time. My thanks and appreciation, on behalf of all Israelis, to our soldiers and their commanders, members of the security, intelligence and rescue forces.”
Liberman seeks backing from all Blue and White leaders of president’s unity plan
Concluding a meeting with Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman, Blue and White head Benny Gantz says that he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is charging toward elections” and does not really want to negotiate over forming a unity government.
“We just finished a good meeting where we analyzed the situation,” Gantz says of his sit-down with Liberman, which was postponed from Tuesday due to the escalation in Gaza. “We do not want to see elections and will make every effort until the last minute.”
“To the best of my judgment, Netanyahu is keeping the bloc and is charging toward elections,” he says, referring to the Likud leader’s 55-MK strong right-wing and religious allies, who have insisted on negotiating together.
On President Reuven Rivlin’s unity plan that would allow Netanyahu to serve as PM but temporarily stand aside if indicted, Gantz says he “prepared to consider any option that will uphold my principles in terms of indictment.” Liberman has demanded Blue and White fully accept the plan, which, although not Rivlin didn’t explicitly say it, would also see Netanyahu serve as prime minister first.
Standing next to Gantz in the lobby of the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan, Liberman, hinting at disagreements within the Blue and White leadership, says, “What is missing for me is a clear announcement from all the leaders of Blue and White that they are accepting the president’s plan.”
He says that, “From Netanyahu we heard that clearly ‘no’ — he will not accept the full plan as I proposed. Here I didn’t hear no but I also didn’t hear ‘yes’ in a positive way. It’s sorely missing.”
The two say they have scheduled to meet again early next week.
Minister: If Islamic Jihad behind latest rocket fire, Israel must respond
A Likud minister says the Israeli air force must retaliate if the rocket fire aimed at Israel earlier today in violation of a ceasefire is determined to have been carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group.
“If the fire at Netivot was carried out by Islamic Jihad, we must respond with IDF strikes,” Ofir Akunis tells Army Radio. “That we agreed to a ceasefire doesn’t mean that we have to leave the field open to their mad whims.”
Tense quiet returns to south after bombardment
A fragile calm returns to southern Israel, several hours after five rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip.
There is no claim of responsibility for the latest barrage.
Sappers called to Netivot daycare over possible rocket shards
Police sappers are called to a daycare facility in the southern city of Netivot after reports that rocket fragments are found there.
Police say the daycare was empty of children at the time of the rocket fire earlier today.
Experts are examining the scene.
Ashdod mayor downplays latest rocket fire, says truce still on
Citing the IDF Home Front Command, Ashdod Mayor Yechiel Lasry says the recent rocket fire was “isolated” and doesn’t undermine the truce between Israel and Gaza terror groups.
“The fire in the past hour was isolated, and does not violate the ceasefire agreement with Islamic Jihad,” he assures residents in a Facebook post, urging them to keep on with their daily routines.
Video shows crater in Eshkol region from rocket
A video circulating on social media shows the impact site of a rocket attack in an open area in the Eshkol region, adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
תיעוד: בור ענק נפער בשטח המועצה האזורית אשכול לאחר נפילה במהלך הלילה@Itsik_zuarets pic.twitter.com/vmoVgvtpnI
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) November 14, 2019
Roads reopen along Gaza border as truce (apparently) sticks
Roads that were closed to traffic in the Gaza border area for security reasons have been reopened.
Students at Tel Aviv University protest IDF activity in Gaza
Arab Israeli students at Tel Aviv University protest against Israeli military activity in Gaza.
The demonstration attracts dozens of students.
Arab Israeli students protest against the bombing of the Gaza Strip at the Tel Aviv University on November 14, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Israeli Arab students protest against the bombing of the Gaza Strip at the Tel Aviv University on November 14, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
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Bennett huddles with security chiefs at Defense Ministry HQ
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett meets with the IDF chief of staff, Shin Bet security chief, the heads of the IDF Home Front Command and Military Intelligence, the deputy defense minister and other senior defense officials at the army headquarters in Tel Aviv for an update on Gaza, according to a statement from his office.
He receives a briefing on the security situation and thanks those involved in the so-called Operation Black Belt for their efforts, the Defense Ministry says.
Israel reopens Gaza crossings as ceasefire holds
Israel has decided to reopen all land crossings for the Gaza Strip and to again allow Palestinian fisherman to work up to 15 nautical miles from the shore, an Israeli official says.
This decision was made in light of a security assessment by top Israeli defense officials following two full days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group.
IDF eases restrictions on Gaza border areas
The IDF Home Front Command has decided to immediately remove all safety restrictions on the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip and the nearby Lachish region, the army says.
Netanyahu invites Liberman for Sunday meeting
With the fighting in Gaza ostensibly over, Netanyahu invites Liberman to a meeting on Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. to discuss the coalition stalemate.
Liberman does not immediately comment on whether he’ll attend.
Major roads reopened in Lebanon after 2-day closure
Lebanese troops reopened major roads around Lebanon Thursday after a two-day closure triggered by a TV interview with President Michel Aoun in which he called on protesters to go home.
The roads linking Beirut with the country’s south and north were opened shortly before noon Thursday, as well as others around the country.
Aoun’s comments had led to anger and renewed blockage of roads by demonstrators.
A fire fighter extinguishes burning pipes and tires set ablaze by anti-government protesters blocking the highway at the southern entrance of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on November 14, 2019 (Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)
Protesters have been holding demonstrations since October 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades.
Amid ceasefire, trains resume operations between Ashkelon and Beersheba
Israel Railways says it is resuming regular train operations between the cities of Ashkelon and Beersheba in light of the return of calm to the south.
The line had been closed since Tuesday due to the threat of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu: Goals of Gaza operation achieved in full, our enemies got the message
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the goals of the operation in Gaza “were achieved in full.”
In a statement the prime minister says, “The aim of the operation was to carry out a targeted killing of an Islamic Jihad commander. He was taken out alongside dozens of terrorists and dozens of important Islamic Jihad infrastructure… Our enemies got the message: We can reach anyone.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (not pictured) in Jerusalem October 28, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
The premier also commended the “exceptional achievement of our defense system that worked well,” in reference to the Iron Dome anti-rocket array.
Report: Intel on planned massive salvo on Tel Aviv led to nixing of work Tuesday
The rare and drastic measure taken by authorities Tuesday to cancel work and school in central Israel following the assassination of a top Gaza terrorist leader was taken due to intelligence pointing to an expected massive rocket barrage targeting the region, Haaretz reports.
Sources involved in the decision-making process tell the paper that at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, about two hours after the IDF hit on Islamic Jihad’s Baha Abu al-Ata, the military got word of plans for major salvos on the Gush Dan region, which includes Tel Aviv, just as residents were headed to their places of employment and study.
A snap decision was made to cancel work and school in order to prevent civilians from being caught in a hailstorm of rockets while in transit, they say.
Tel Aviv’s Ha’Bimah Square almost empty of visitors after the IDF closes schools and temporarily stops non-essential work in the city (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
Erdogan says Turkey won’t dispose of Russian S-400s
Turkey is willing to purchase US-made Patriot air defense systems but will not agree to dispose of the Russian S-400 system it has already bought, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
Speaking to reporters on board his plane on his way back from a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington, Erdogan says the US president is engaged in “sincere efforts” to resolve disputes between the NATO allies.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint press conference with the Hungarian prime minister in Budapest on November 7, 2019. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
Turkey took delivery of the Russian S-400 system this year, dismissing warnings from the United States that it poses a threat to NATO security. As a result, Washington suspended Turkish participation in the multinational F-35 fighter jet program.
Peretz: Labor has reached ‘dramatic’ coalition agreements with Blue and White
Labor-Gesher chief Amir Peretz says his party has reached “dramatic agreements” with Blue and White in coalition negotiations.
He says these would include a significant rise in the minimum wage; an end to employment of workers in the public service as independent contractors rather than full employees; free public education from infancy; a plan to help end the housing crisis; and full funding for a government plan to combat violence against women.
All well and good, but with less than a week left for Blue and White to form a coalition, and with the party seeming no closer to clinching it, it is unclear if these agreements will have much significance.
L to R: Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, Labor chief Amir Peretz and Gesher head Orly Levy-Abekasis in a meeting, November 14, 2019 (Facebook photo)
Rocket sirens sound in Gaza periphery after hours of calm
Incoming rocket sirens sound in Israeli communities outside the Gaza Strip, shattering hours of calm following an announced ceasefire agreement between Israel and terror groups in the coastal enclave.
The alarms can be heard in the communities of Be’eri, Nahal Oz, Kfar Maimon, Tushia and Alumim.
The military says it is investigating the matter. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Army says rocket launched from Gaza shot down by Iron Dome
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip is shot down by an Iron Dome interceptor missile, the army says.
The rocket triggered sirens in Israeli communities near the Gaza border, hours after a ceasefire was declared between Israel and terror groups in the coastal enclave.
IDF brass meet mayors in south, thank them for remaining ‘resilient’
Top IDF officers thank the heads of Israeli communities that were targeted the most by rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip over the past two days, lauding them for abiding by safety precautions and remaining “resilient” during the fighting.
The army says during the meeting with local mayors, Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi and Gaza Division commander Brig. Gen. Eliezer Toledano updated the mayors on the current situational assessment, ongoing defensive operations and thanked them “for their close cooperation in general and for the past few days in particular.”
Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, third from left, Gaza Division commander Brig. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, third from right, and other top officers meet with mayors from Israeli communities near the Gaza border who were targeted by rocket fire over two days, on November 14, 2019
The commanders “noted their great appreciation for the responsible conduct of residents of the area in abiding by IDF Home Front Command instructions and the resilience that they displayed during the days of fighting,” the military says in a statement.
IAF completes Blue Flag 2019 drill, with 4 other air forces
The Israeli military announces the completion of Blue Flag 2019, an exercise in southern Israel involving the air forces of four other countries.
The US, Italy, Germany and Greece took part in the 10-day drill while six other countries participated as observers.
“Some 70 war planes of six different types participated in the exercise, most of them from foreign air forces,” the army says. Cargo and refueling planes as well as helicopters and unmanned aircraft also took part.
The aircraft “flew 19 day and night sorties” under various scenarios over the 10 days of the drill.
Islamic Jihad to give ‘important’ statement at 8 p.m.
The spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Abu Hamza will deliver an “important address” at 8 p.m. tonight, the terror group says.
There are no immediate further details.
‘Multiple victims’ reported in school shooting near Los Angeles
California police are hunting for a gunman after a shooting broke out at a high school north of Los Angeles, with “multiple victims” confirmed.
“This is an active shooter situation. The suspect described to be a male Asian, black clothing is outstanding,” the local sheriff’s department tweets, as police swarm the area in Santa Clarita, 40 miles north of Los Angeles.
“There are multiple victims injured in this shooting at Saugus High School,” the city of Santa Clarita tweets. No details are immediately available on their condition.
Rivlin to meet with party leaders as political gridlock endures
President Reuven Rivlin is planning to meet in the coming days with political party leaders to try and find a way out of the current political impasse, Channel 12 news reports.
Among the Knesset members the president plans to meet, with six days until Blue and White’s mandate to form a government ends and no coalition in sight, are ultra-Orthodox leaders as well as the Arab parties that make up the Joint List, the report says.
Communities near Gaza cancel school studies Friday
The Israeli communities closest to the Gaza border preemptively cancel school for Friday in light of the ongoing threat of rocket fire from the Strip, following multiple breaches of an announced ceasefire.
“The decision was made out of concern for the students and teaching staff,” the communities say in a joint statement.
File: Children go to school in Sderot. (Anna Kaplan /FLASH90)
Earlier, the IDF Home Front Command announced it was removing all safety restriction on the area, allowing studies to resume and businesses to reopen.
“We are in touch with the IDF and are assessing the developments [of the situation],” the communities say.
— Juda Ari Gross
Hundreds said to protest ceasefire in northern Gaza
Several hundred people are demonstrating in the northern Gaza Strip against Islamic Jihad’s ceasefire with Israel and calling for continued rocket attacks on Israel, the Ynet new site reports.
There have been several rockets fired since the ceasefire went into effect early this morning.
PM to Liberman: Are you willing to endanger Israel with gov’t leaning on Arabs?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a public call to Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman to clarify his stance on a minority government supported from outside by the Arab majority Joint List party.
“Will you and your faction vote against a government that leans on the support, or abstention, of MKs from the Arab Joint List, that you have defined as a fifth column?” he says in a statement.
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting at Neve Ilan west of Jerusalem, September 22, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
“I want to know the truth. Are you really willing to endanger Israel’s security and form a government dependent on [MKs] Ahmad Tibi and Ayman Odeh? Enough with these dangerous games. Give a clear-cut answer: yes or no?”
Islamic Jihad announces new homegrown rocket: the Buraq-120
The Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad’s military wing, announces that it has added a new rocket to its arsenal.
The terror group says the new rocket is called Buraq-120 and asserts that is “totally Palestinian manufactured.”
It says that it will reveal “all the details about the rocket” in a video it will release soon, noting it was used in the latest escalation of violence with Israel.
— Adam Rasgon
Syrian troops begin deploying along border with Turkey
Syrian government forces started deploying today in areas close to the Turkish border in the country’s northeast as part of an agreement reached between Russia and Turkey, state media reports.
News agency SANA says troops are deploying between the towns of Jawadiyeh and Malkiyeh, also known as Derik, while state-run TV says Syrian border guards will be positioned at six points near to the frontier.
Illustrative: Syrian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck with national flags as they deploy for the first time in the eastern countryside of the city of Qamishli in the northeastern Hasakah province on November 5, 2019. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
The deployment is part of a ceasefire deal brokered by Moscow last month along much of the northeastern border that seeks to clear the area of the Kurdish fighters who were key US allies in the fight against the Islamic State group. Since the agreement was reached, Russia and Turkey began joint patrols along a narrower strip directly on the Turkish-Syrian border.
Turkey began a major military offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria last month, capturing dozens of towns and villages.
One killed in school shooting near Los Angeles
One female was killed in a school shooting near Los Angeles, hospital officials say.
The suspect is in custody and has been taken to a hospital for treatment, while at least three others were injured in the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Los Angeles.
“One female deceased patient. Two critical male patients. One male patient in good condition,” the nearby Henry Mayo Hospital in Valencia tweets.
Odeh: Does anyone feel more secure after decade of Netanyahu rule?
Joint List head Ayman Odeh responds to the prime minister’s claim, in his appeal to Avigdor Liberman earlier, that a government based on the support of his party would endanger the security of Israelis.
“Forget Liberman. After a decade of Netanyahu rule, does anyone feel more secure?” he tweets.
Pelosi says Trump sought to ‘bribe’ Ukraine
US President Donald Trump bribed Ukraine by withholding aid until Kyiv committed to investigating his political rival, the top congressional Democrat says after the first impeachment hearings yield “devastating testimony” against Trump.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says testimony provided Wednesday by two witnesses, including a US envoy to Ukraine appointed by Trump himself, was damning because it “corroborated evidence of bribery” by Trump in his actions regarding Ukraine.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference in the House Visitors Center at the US Capitol November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
The comments signal that Democrats believe the evidence that emerged from the first public hearing of Trump’s impeachment inquiry was strong enough to back their argument that Trump abused the power of his office to advance his political interests.
Islamic Jihad unveils new rocket with dramatic video, says it used it this week
The Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad’s military wing, reveals what it says is a new rocket that it has added to its arsenal.
In a video released on the website of the Al-Quds Brigades, operatives are seen assembling the rocket named Buraq-120.
In a statement, Al-Quds Brigades spokesman Abu Hamza says the rocket is “totally Palestinian manufactured.”
Text that appears in the video claims the Buraq-120 was used in the latest escalation between Israel and terror groups in the Gaza Strip between Tuesday morning and Thursday; it also contends that it hit the city of Hadera in central Israel.
The IDF did not report on a rocket hitting Hadera during the last round of fighting.
The terror group says its fighters “still have their fingers on the trigger” and that it is monitoring developments in both the West Bank and Gaza.
Report: Justice officials hope to decide whether to charge PM within 10 days
Justice officials are hoping to reach a final decision on whether to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges in three separate cases within 10 days, Channel 13 reports.
The network also reports that senior prosecution officials believe the charge of bribery against Netanyahu in Case 4000 — the most serious charge facing the premier — should remain in the indictment.
There have previously been reports that the attorney general is considering removing the bribery charge, leaving only the fraud and breach of trust allegations against the premier in the case. Bribery is a much more serious charge, though fraud and breach of trust, if proven, can also entail jail time.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, June 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Man seriously wounded in Arab town, apparently shot by policeman
A 41-year-old man has been shot in the northern Arab town of Tamra, and is in serious condition.
Media reports claim he was shot by a police officer.
According to Ynet the man hit his wife’s vehicle with his car and officers were called to the scene. He was shot during an attempt to arrest him.
The incident is being investigated.
Incoming rocket sirens once again blare in Sderot area
Incoming rocket sirens sound in the town of Sderot and the surrounding area, in what appears to be a fresh violation of a ceasefire between Israel and terror groups in the Strip.
Army says 2 rockets fired from Gaza intercepted by Iron Dome
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel are intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, the army says.
The incoming rockets triggered sirens in the southern town of Sderot and surrounding communities.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage caused by fragments of the intercepted rockets.
Ashkelon also said to cancel school tomorrow over rockets
Joining Gaza periphery communities, the city of Ashkelon will also cancel school on Friday due to the ongoing intermittent rocket attacks emanating from Gaza, Channel 12 reports.
Liberman to PM: Promise no third election under any circumstances
Avigdor Liberman reacts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call that he make clear whether he will allow the formation of a government leaning on Arab MKs.
“Mr. Prime Minister, before you demand promises from me, promise to the people of Israel that you won’t take Israel to an election for a third time in a year under any circumstances,” he says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with then-defense minister Avigdor Liberman at a joint press conference on May 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
He also claims it is Netanyahu who has had “close relations” with the Joint List’s Ahmad Tibi.
Elizabeth Warren welcomes Gaza ceasefire, urges end to rockets, blockade
Leading Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren welcomes the Gaza ceasefire and calls for an end to Palestinian rockets and the Israeli blockade on the Strip.
“I welcome the Gaza ceasefire. Dozens were killed in Gaza, and hundreds of rockets fired at Israel,” she tweets.
Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks during a town hall event on October 18, 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images/AFP)
“We must work to end rocket attacks on Israel, eliminate the Gaza blockade, and solve the humanitarian crisis so that all Israelis and Palestinians live in security and freedom.”
Netflix to fix Holocaust documentary after Poland complains
Netflix says it will add information to a Holocaust documentary on Nazi German death camps that Poland said “rewrites history” because it features an “incorrect” map.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki earlier this week called on the popular US streaming and production website to correct the “terrible mistake” that he believed had been “committed unintentionally.”
A map featured in “The Devil Next Door” documentary wrongly shows death camps built by Nazi Germany during World War II inside the borders of modern-day Poland that were established only after the end of the war.
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Rebel Stage at Summerfest offers unique experience, relies solely on volunteers
Posted: 3:15 PM, Jul 04, 2017
By: Carole Meekins
When heading out to Summerfest this year you may want to check out a distinctive venue. It's a stage that depends solely on volunteers. The Rebel Stage at Summerfest is a unique experience.
"It's a 100 percent volunteer and 100 percent non sponsored and they've been here for ten years," explains Rebel Stage supporter Mike Kryshak.
The venue is off the beaten path and welcomes a wide genre of musicians. It's not commercially driven.
Founder Eion McCarthy explains, "We originally were going to do a spot at a different stage and found out our spot was given away. But we had all our gear so we just found an outlet and started playing."
The Rebel Stage has gotten bigger and better every year. And, there's plenty of buzz, McCarthy says he got 3 thousand applications to play on the stage this summer.
He adds, "Absolutely not sponsored by Summerfest. We do everything independent, Everybody volunteers.. bands helping bands.. artists helping artists out artists every way they can it's great."
The Rebel Stage is an eclectic labor of love marching to it's own beat. It's proof that artists with passion will find ways to sing their songs, in a town with a strong music vibe and a crown jewel like Summerfest.
"The town and musicianship is unbelievable unquestionably some of the best in the country fantastic everyone comes out they volunteer, you couldn't ask for anything better," exclaims McCarthy.
For more information on Rebel Stage Acts, click here.
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Is Amazon Underground App Store Worth It?
By Cherlynn Low 2015-08-27T16:32:00Z
Amazon is paying developers to make apps free for you, but how does the new Underground app stack up against Google Play?
Mobile gamers are about to get a huge bonus. Amazon's new store Underground is like a black market for Android apps, giving you dozens of paid apps for free. Even in-app purchases in some free apps on Underground are available at no cost.
The online retail giant is paying developers so it can offer shoppers the freebies, calling these apps "Actually Free." Amazon Underground is here to stay, too, as the company said this isn't a one-off limited-time promotion. So just how good a deal is it? I went Underground with Amazon to see how it stacks up.
Surprisingly, lots of popular paid apps are available in Amazon Underground's "Actually Free" section, from games such as Goat Simulator (originally $4.99), Fruit Ninja (originally $0.99) and DuckTales: Remastered (originally $9.99), to tools such as Flashcard Machine (originally $2.99) and Learn Spanish Pro - Phrasebook (originally $4.99).
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The real magic comes in the form of free in-app purchases. The bonus is available in a wide selection of games, such as Jetpack Joyride, Cut the Rope HD, Inside Out Thought Bubbles and Sonic Dash, and can seriously improve your gameplay. I got a set of 1 million coins in Jetpack Joyride for free via Underground, which I can use to buy upgrades, clothing and utilities in the game. That would normally have cost $29.99 in the regular app.
The coin purchase page in regular Jetpack Joyride
To get the free in-app bonuses, all I had to do was go through the regular motions of buying the upgrades. In place of the prices that usually appear in the regular app, I saw three ellipses in the Amazon Underground version. Select whichever extra you want to get, then tap Buy.
The coin purchase page in Underground Jetpack Joyride
A notice pops up, saying that Amazon Underground is getting the item for you; shortly after, you get the freebie. There is no limit on the number of in-app purchases you can make, and you can buy items repeatedly, depending on whether the app allows it.
That's a huge perk, and not just for mobile gamers. There are plenty of productivity, language and other useful apps that come at a price which might have put off budget-conscious users. Those like me who are tired of having to wait 24 hours to gain more free points to get an upgrade in a game will also love the free in-app purchases. It's great that Amazon Underground is here to stay, but its appeal will depend on the apps that are available for free. Google Play might not offer such freebies, but it does have a wider selection of apps. For now, though, I'll be happily turning myself into a multi-millionaire in Jetpack Joyride.
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Admissions Office aims to separate Quaker Days and Spring Fling
By Caroline Simon 04/15/15 1:33am
Portraits of Pre Freshman Credit: Guyrandy Jean-GIlles , Gregory Boyek
As hundreds of prospective Penn students flood campus for Quaker Days, current students are gearing up for the wildest weekend of the year.
Penn’s Quaker Days program for prospective members of the Class of 2019 began on Sunday, April 12, and runs through Wednesday. Though official Spring Fling activities do not start until Friday, many students begin their festivities as early as Wednesday night.
For the Admissions Office, keeping Quaker Days separate from Fling is a priority. “We intentionally try to avoid pre- and post-Fling as much as possible,” Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said.
Positioning Quaker Days too close to Fling raises several concerns for the Admissions Office. Most importantly, it is more difficult to find hosts for prospective students when current students are preoccupied with Fling activities.
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Although the Admissions Office successfully recruited enough hosts in preparation for Quaker Days this year, Furda said that finding volunteers was a challenge, especially since this year is only the second year of overnight hosting. But Furda believes the difficulty was not necessarily due to Fling.
“The way I see it, it’s just a larger demand on students’ time,” Furda said. “It takes more than a year to build a culture.”
Since the Quad requires extensive cleanup after the weekend’s activities, allowing prospective students to visit directly after Fling would not provide them with an accurate impression of the heart of freshman life at Penn, Furda said. In previous years, prospective students visited on the Monday after Fling amid garbage and hungover students — but the Admissions Office is set on preventing this from happening again.
“On post-Fling Monday, we would not open the Quad up to anybody,” Furda said.
Scheduling Quaker Days is difficult for Penn, often forcing the dates of the program to land dangerously close to Fling. This year, prospective students had to visit between March 31, the day they received their acceptances, and May 1, the last day they can commit to a school. The Admissions Office also faced obstacles scheduling around Easter, Passover and the Penn Relays.
“The constraints that we have are similar to other schools but maybe even greater,” Furda said.
Danielle Swanson, a prospective Engineering student who is visiting campus for Quaker Days, said she has heard relatively little about Fling, other than a casual conversation in her host’s hallway.
“I was completely oblivious to everything,” she said. “They’ve been hiding it from us.”
Anna Mujica, another prospective Engineering student, also has not heard much discussion of Fling during Quaker Days. “I haven’t really heard anything, honestly,” she said.
But Mujica added that she felt the anticipation of Fling contributed to a more positive atmosphere on campus. “Everyone I think is happy because they’re all looking forward to Spring Fling,” she said.
Come Monday, that pre-Fling energy might turn into post-Fling exhaustion.
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SATURDAY CONCERT: Dubrovnik and Saint Blaise in the words and music of Dubrovnik authors: Traditional concert on the occasion of F
Impressive year for the regions airports with almost 30 million passengers: In 2019 a record 29.4 million passengers
Croatia’s European Handball success brings huge viewing figures: Croatia’s European Handball Champi
New York restaurant raises much needed funds for Dubrovnik Elderly Home: On the eve of the most important date on
Lokrum donkeys find a new home on Peljesac: The four donkeys from the island of Lokr
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Impressive year for the regions airports with almost 30 million passengers
In 2019 a record 29.4 million passengers passed through the airports of the former Yugoslavia. For the second year in a row, ten different airports had the opportunity to welcome more than one million passengers. The largest number of passengers, with more than six million passengers, was Belgrade. Last year, 2,896,227 passengers passed through Dubrovnik Airport, which is 356,815 more than the year before.
Croatia has cemented its position as the busiest hub for the countries of the former Yugoslavia with more than 11.5 million passengers at nine commercial airports. More than three million passengers passed through Zagreb for the third time in history, while Dubrovnik added another 300,000 passengers from the previous year.
Croatia’s European Handball success brings huge viewing figures
Croatia’s European Handball Championship adventure, which saw them grab the silver medal, proved extremely popular with viewers with figures showing that 1.6 million people in Croatia watched the final.
RTL managed to attract an amazing 1.6 million viewers in Croatia, or roughly half the population, to watch the final match against Spain. Croatia lost in the final 22-20 and picked up the silver medal.
And it seems that Croatia was one of the most watched national teams at the championships, with 1.4 million people watching the semi-final against Norway. Whilst earlier in the tournament when Croatia met Germany a huge 6.4 million Germans followed the game on public broadcaster ZDF.
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A total of 1 million fans accessed coverage of the tournament on the official ehfTV streaming platform, with almost 500,000 viewers watching live coverage.
“Croatia’s success again played a big part. Zeljko Musa’s dramatic winning goal in extra-time of the semi-final against Norway reached 2.3 million people on EHF Euro channels with over 600,000 interactions alone on the EHF Euro Facebook page,” commented the organisers, EHF.
The tournament, which was held in Austria, Norway and Sweden and attracted a record attendance of close to 500,000 fans, took place from January 9 to 26.
New York restaurant raises much needed funds for Dubrovnik Elderly Home
On the eve of the most important date on Dubrovnik’s calendar, the Festivities of St. Blaise, the patron saint of Dubrovnik, the Dubrovnik Restaurant in New York has organised a humanitarian action to raise much needed funds for the Dubrovnik Elderly Home.
Dubrovnik restaurant, owned by Željko Tomić from the island of Lopud, held this humanitarian, which was sponsored by the Croatian Radio Club NY - Slobodna Hrvatska and the Croatian World Congress USA, in order to collect funds for the home.
The organizers of the action promoted Dubrovnik’s cultural heritage, Croatian wines and, on the occasion, raised a valuable financial contribution for the beneficiaries of the Dubrovnik Elderly Home. The director of the home, Marina Sambrailo, thanked the organizers of this humanitarian action.
Posted by Dubrovnik Restaurant on Sunday, 26 January 2020
Lokrum donkeys find a new home on Peljesac
The four donkeys from the island of Lokrum have found a new home, on Peljesac.
“They arrived five or six days ago, neat, healthy and fat. We received them at the request of the administration of the Public Institution Lokrum Reserve. They asked us to look after them as they were looking for someone who would take care of them professionally and well,” commented Miljenko Antunovic who is the new owner and has a family farm on Peljesac.
Yesterday, the director of the Lokrum Reserve, Ivica Grilec, said that donkeys had been moved to the farm for re-socialization, and that the plan was to rearrange the area where the donkeys used to be into an area for picnickers.
“They adapted quickly. It will be nice for them here, we will treat them the same as all our other donkeys, for the joy of us and visitors,” concluded Antunovic.
Are the days of the postman numbered - Croatia Post tests delivering post by drone!
Your post could soon be delivered by drone as Croatian Post has successfully completed its first drone delivery. In this first experiment from Croatia Post the postal drone flew from the mainland across the Adriatic to the island of Ugljan. According to information from Croatia Post the drone flew autonomously, at a speed of 35 km / h, for about 12 minutes, and successfully delivered its package.
This innovative new way of delivering post in Croatia is part of a pilot project with the Croatian company AIR-RMLD that deals with the development of commercial and industrial services using drones.
“Many postal operators began testing drone delivery a few years ago and noted some shortcomings. But with the added advancement of free-flying technology, the use of drones is being considered today even for the commercial delivery of shipments,” commented Croatia Post.
During the pilot project, the drone successfully delivered deliveries from Gaženica to Preko a dozen times, and it also flew by storm. The drone used in testing can carry loads of up to 200 grams, while flying completely autonomously in a pre-programmed route. The testing will show the possibilities of using a drone in the delivery of letters and parcels between post offices and indicate what the needs of Croatian Post are for this type of technology.
"Today, Croatian Post is testing smart solutions faster and more often than ever before - from augmented reality goggles, pallet-carrier robots to electric vehicles and drones. Our teams are engaged in artificial intelligence, robots, augmented reality, advanced data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT)," concluded Croatia Post.
Message in a bottle for “pirates” washes up on Croatian island beach
It sounds like a Sting song, message in a bottle. On the Croatian island of Vis a young boy found just that whilst playing on the beach. The bottle washed up on the beach and contained a message addressed to “Pirates.” Filip Bozic, aged 8, discovered the bottle and to his surprise found a handwritten message inside that read “Pirates – I wish you happy journeys from Mia from Croatia.”
The message was dated the 10th of January a full 15 days after Filip found the bottle on the island of Vis. It appears that the message was posted in the bottle by two sisters, Mia and Matea from Kastel Novi around 80 kilometres from Vis, but so far the sisters haven’t come forward.
Message in a bottle - Photo http://www.kastela.org/
Fire alarm raised in Old City of Dubrovnik – false alarm
This morning at around 9:00 am there was an intervention by firefighters in the historic core of Dubrovnik as smoke was spotted drifting between ancient buildings in a residential area. After spotting a large amount of smoke spreading around on the surveillance cameras, they headed to the scene and found a person burning weeds in their garden.
Clearly when the fire-brigade spotted the large and thick smoke rising from the Old City they suspected the worse and were quickly on the scene. Luckily it was a false alarm, but again it shows that such activities inside the Old City will soon attract the attention of firefighters and indeed citizens.
Outlook Origins announces first wave of names for 2020 edition
Excitement continues to build for Outlook Origins as the cult bass festival returns to its roots in the stunning Garden Resort in Tisno from July 30th to August 3rd 2020. It can now be revealed that joining the 13 tastemaking curators will be the heavyweight likes of Shy FX, dBridge, Fabio & Grooverider, Randall, Wookie, Youngsta, Hatcha, Breakage, Doc Scott, DRS, J.Sparrow, P. Money, 6 Figure Gang (aka Dobby, FAUZIA, Jossy Mitsu, L U C Y, Sherelle, Yazzus), Children of Zeus, Coops, Darwin, Horsepower Productions, Jah Shaka, N-Type and many more to come.
Outlook has built a world renowned reputation for focussing on the best in drum & bass, dubstep, grime, garage, reggae and beyond on its scene-leading sound systems. Returning to their roots in 2020 with a new and exciting format, the mission this year is to showcase the very best in the game, old and new, as curated by 13 bass heroes who are experts in their field and include Calibre, D Double E, DJ Storm, Flava D, Fliptrix, Goldie, Iration Steppas, Lenzman, Mala, Mungo's Hifi, The Bug and Zed Bias - with new addition Hybrid Minds, added to the list with this announcement.
Celebrating the foundations of Outlook Festival, this year’s addition is set at The Garden Resort for the main festival, open-air club Barbarella's for after-parties, and the iconic St Michaels Fortress for an all new opening concert. As such, the new look festival promises to be an imitate, personal gathering of friends and family who all have a shared love of bass and are long time devoted dancers.
The first wave of names is irresistible, with all the most vital names included from the worlds of drum & bass such as Shy FX, dBridge, Breakage, Randall, Doc Scott, DRS and Fabio & Grooverider, amongst others. Red hot grime, dubstep and bass talents are also well represented with El-B, Horsepower Productions, Hatcha, Youngsta, Wookie, Darwin, P. Money, J.Sparrow and 6 Figure Gang (aka cult collective Dobby, FAUZIA, Jossy Mitsu, L U C Y, Sherelle and Yazzus) as well as plenty more, with hip hop heads like Children of Zeus and Coops also lining up.
As well as further details of the beach parties, boat parties, after-parties and opening concert, the all important stage splits will soon be revealed as the countdown to this much anticipated chapter in the history of Outlook gets ever closer.
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This Lousy Game of Thrones Episode was Par for the Course
Welp. It finally happened. We got a Game of Thrones episode that peeled the wool away from the eyes of fans and critics alike.
And some of the most scathing had rather neutral titles
Okay, to be fair, there’s still plenty of ardent defenders. But it’s hard to ignore the sudden, rapid onslaught of criticism now being levied at showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, or a hard pivot to the position of, “Oh well, it’s enjoyable fodder; stop taking it so seriously.” Sometimes both!
“Characters aren’t so much pieces being moved on a board than the board is being moved under them, credulity be damned. In a show full of dragons and magic, it’s strange that the humans are starting to feel fake.
To the series’ credit, if you are going to paper over gulfs in logic, the best way to do it is with explosions, zombie bears and flaming swords. Every episode is a tantalising prospect as the story gallops towards a conclusion like a windmilling drunkard, and none have disappointed so far. The pace hasn’t let up all season. It’s physically impossible to dislike a programme this relentlessly, air-punchingly entertaining.
So it’s still the best show on TV, and I will have an inappropriately passionate argument with anyone who claims otherwise. It’s just a shame it’s also now one of the daftest.” —Luke Holland, Guardian
The latter stance is empirically frustrating. For years and years this show has been hailed as mature, and gritty, and intelligent—supposedly worthy of the scores of Emmys chucked in its direction for the writing and drama. Just ignore that “bad pussy” line…the rest of “Mother’s Mercy” was totally well-written with Stannis’s farcical defeat, Jon and Sam’s bro-tastic conversation about how great sex is, Varys wandering his ass into Meereen so Tyrion could complete his quest, and the tiny candle contrivance.
Look, call the show fun fodder with dragons, because that’s what it is (except when it’s horrifyingly racist and sexist and ableist and ageist and—). Heck, that’s what we were hoping to accomplish with our 101 course on why GoT is a bad show! But the immediate, overnight pivot from the same people who cited GoT’s super serious setting and incredibly weighty writing as a suitable defense of Sansa’s rape-for-revenge horror show is a bit much to swallow. The only sense of it I can make is that they’re in the process of grieving, and not yet willing to admit that they were taken for a ride by the amazing production value, (usually) stellar acting performances, and poorly-lit sets.
I can’t see a thing! It must be mature!
However the former stance is the one I find most curious. It’s the AV Club posting reviews where criticisms are no longer hidden in between a compliment sandwich of mental gymnastics. It’s seeing the headline “Game of Thrones has become a terrible show.” Yes, Lili, it has!
Now, if I had to pinpoint the moment where that happened…
Of course even looking back, cracks were in the plaster from the get-go—pretty much any time the showrunners saw fit to alter the source material. Turtle has spent a painstaking amount of time watching back through the episodes and making observations on her blog, and you can completely see how Benioff and Weiss’s championing of Robb (and subsequent sidelining of Cat) were warning signs of Daenerys’s current plotline being, “Oh, however will Tyrion control this wild woman (except when she’s wonderfully reasonable to accommodate Jon)?”
Continuing on this trip down memory lane, I’m of the firm opinion that each season became consistently worse in quality—more lazy, more laughable, more focused on spectacle over character. Season 3 was perfectly watchable, yet the stand-out moment was Littlefinger’s “chaos is a ladder” speech intercut with voyeuristic shots of Ros’s sexually graphic death and, in true subtle fashion, Jon and Ygritte climbing. Do you get it? Ladder. Let’s not get started on time-traveling Talisa’s pregnancy only serving the purpose of EXTRA EVHUL with her death.
Season 4 is where Benioff and Weiss made the conscious decision to prioritize delivering a Spectacular Spectacular! over anything plot or character-motivated, in the form of “Watchers on the Wall.” The result? Craster’s rape-shack subplot with a monologuing asshole drinking out of Jeor Mormont’s literal skull, and the delay of Jon into a leadership position within the Night’s Watch, therefore screwing him over moving into Season 5. Well, nodding-Olly may have taking care of that too.
It’s Season 5 where things became utter tripe…a fact that is now apparently obvious to reviewers who were lavishing praise onto the shaky-cam battle of cliches in “Hardhome” that officially ended any delusions Benioff and Weiss had an interest in telling George R.R. Martin’s story. Sure, Dorne got its rightful ripping, but as Julia and I have said on countless occasions: how was it markedly worse than anything else? How was it worse than Margaery’s perjury trap that no logical thinker could have planned for, or Cersei getting punished for having the audacity of trying to save her son from statutory rape? How was it worse than an entire plotline contrived around the idea that you can marry your enemies for revenge?
Yeah, I know, Sansa.
Frankly, you’re hard-pressed to find anything adhering to logic in all of Season 5. Arya’s story makes sense if you squint (and you’ll have to), but her character development is a trainwreck, and half of the “logic” comes from the fact that nothing was ever explained about the House of Black and White. They smack her with sticks for lying and telling the truth? And not respecting the value of currency? Sure, why not. And of course her floor-sweeping enabled her to learn how to apply masks off-screen. Just don’t ask when they slipped her the apparent hallucinogen for that final scene!
We had hope just after “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” aired that the critical attitude towards the show was shifting. It shouldn’t have taken something as horrible as the illogical rape of a main character to bring it about, but hey…at least it meant people were wising up, right? Until “Hardhome” came, and then everything was reset.
Season 6 was a much similiar experience. Again, it was a poorly written season full of contrivances. Just try to parse out how Cersei actually managed the logistics of blowing up the sept, why those logistics included a special death for Pycelle, and why the High Sparrow became magically stupid when she had already refused his summons in a previous episode, with Franken-Gregor murdering one of his stupid sparrows, to boot. Or consider “Battle of the Bastards,” where Jon insisted on fighting with the army they had—one that was not even a third the size of his enemy’s, who sat in a defensive stronghold—because there could have been a snowstorm, which apparently would have upset his army of Wildlings and Mormonts. Then he marched his face into a trap after Sansa warned him about that exact thing, and received a kingship once she bailed him out because Lyanna Mormont felt like suggesting it.
…Okay??
Weren’t those two things, you know…the main plots of the season? Or was it Tyrion magically turning around commerce in Meereen by persuading the red priests to preach about Daenerys, despite the fact that they already were?
True, there were some insightful critics who would say things like “‘Hold the Door’ was actually superior to ‘Battle of the Bastards.’” Well, yes, it wasn’t just a random 300-style battle where the stakes were utterly unearned. Instead, it was the episode where, upon learning that the Army of the Dead was at the literally doorstep of the cave, the Three Eyed Crow insisted on showing Bran the home video of young Hodor, I guess because he read the script and knew that Bran would need to create a meaningful time paradox. Is that how Max von Sydow became the Three Eyed Crow? Is that why Bran is now incapable of empathy towards his sisters? Is this what compelling writing looks like?
So I’m sitting here, utterly flummoxed at the reception to “Beyond the Wall.” I’m not upset by it, mind you. Sure, the about-face is frustrating, but frankly being fair: I did the same thing. It’s the point where the wool comes off and you are no longer able to suspend disbelief or give the show Watsonian consideration. I just happened to have had that experience much earlier.
But…why this episode? Why is this what did it? Yeah, it was bad, but it wasn’t especially or even uniquely bad. “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”, for example, didn’t just include the unnecessary and irresponsible rape of Sansa. It also was the episode where:
Tyrion talks his way out of a slaver executing him by saying he has a large dick
We learned that Cersei had no reason to summon Littlefinger to King’s Landing whatsoever
Margaery is arrested for perjury through off-screen machinations that don’t follow a single scrap of logic, all on the basis of the word of a random sex worker/squire who knew what Loras’s thigh birthmarks looked like (uh yeah…he’s his squire)
Arya gets hit a bunch with a stick for not admitting to caring about the Hound, but then tricks a sickly girl into drinking poisoned water, which earns her a promotion to being shown the Hall of Faces, only to not get a face to carry out her next mission
Jaime and Bronn sneak into the Water Gardens behind a banana-toting-donkey and go for Myrcella just at the same time the Sand Snakes do (to kill her, and not Jaime who they know is in Dorne), and the worst fight scene in the history of television unfolds, all of which was watched by the Captain of Guards in broad daylight
Was it the teleportation? Because I see your sound-barrier-breaking raven and raise you the Sand Snakes magically appearing on Trystane’s boat when we SAW THEM waving goodbye to it from the docks. Was it the petty fighting between Sansa and Arya? To be honest, at least Sansa was making a strong case and finally pointing out the obvious about what she’s earned. But Game of Thrones has a long-documented history of catty women unable to rise above this childish behavior while formerly antagonist bros can chum it up. Was it because this is a post-Hardhome world, and the spectacle has lost some of its appeal? But then why was “Battle of the Bastards” lauded? Or “loot train attack” from “Spoils of War”? If the timeline was the problem, why were the issues of Jaime’s army sprinting around The Crownlands and the Reach in “The Queen’s Justice” excused? Or Jon and Sansa taking a bullet train around the North last year? Or Stannis being a mere twenty minute stroll from Winterfell after apparently needing to burn his only heir because getting there was such a challenge?
Was the problem the dialogue? It was bad, yes, but we’ve already been treated to this Emmy-winning banter with classic hits such as “I choose violence”, “Happy sh-tting”, and “You really are a greedy bitch, you know that?”. Was it the contrivance of the situation? Because Moat Cailin falling to the Vale Lords off-screen, and not a single scout alerting the Warden of the North seems up there. Or the fact that Sansa withheld information about that army existing. Or Lord Umber turning Rickon over to Ramsay because the guy’s kinslaying impressed him (dads are the worst!).
He said “f-ck” a bunch though, so we know he’s got the legit view on life. Add that to the sparkling dialogue!
Was it the smaller things like the metalworking wights producing giant chains, or the fact that water that far north would not take nearly twenty-four hours to reform? Because this is the show where Ramsay and his twenty good men managed to infiltrate Stannis’s army of thousands, pinpoint his supplies using night-vision-goggles, and set those tents ablaze in an instant despite the freezing temperatures and wet canvas from snow.
And most crucial of all, when Benioff and Weiss have been pulling this nonsense for years…when their writing has reached the most fundamentally lazy levels of requiring us to believe that the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard would think to take on the city’s major religious institution without securing the King (or figuring out where any other kingsguard were, for that matter), or that the smallfolk wouldn’t give two craps when said institution blew up even though people like Hot Pie knew the culprit, or that a marriage to Sansa Stark would bring the Boltons to their knees rather than legitimizing their claims, or that Arya could parkour around Braavos with her guts hanging out and then teleport across the globe to murder two people off-screen and bake them into pies after apparently taking over a kitchen, or that Tyrion would be freed from slavery by some random guy who head-nodded at him, or that Mace so desperately needed to go to Braavos and sing away their debts and no shut up this had nothing to do with getting Trant in the same city as Arya… When *this* has been what’s received Emmys and praise and unparalleled hype, does the mission to capture a wight really stand out?
“Beyond the Wall” was a bad episode of television. Laughably bad. It’s also exactly the same as the show you watched for years now. I might not understand it, but at least we can all lean into the mirth together now.
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Anthony Johnson comes up big against Kansas, but Iowa State defense needs to prevent big plays
Cyclones stepped up in fourth quarter 41-31 win over Jayhawks
Kansas Jayhawks wide receiver Daylon Charlot (2) catches a pass in front of Iowa State Cyclones defensive back Anthony Johnson (26) at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday. (Reese Strickland/USA TODAY Sports)
By Ben Visser, correspondent
AMES — Iowa State defensive coordinator Jon Heacock’s mantra is to show up when the team needs you the most.
The defense did that Saturday as No. 22 Iowa State beat Kansas 41-31 at Jack Trice Stadium.
While the defense was subpar most of the afternoon in surrendering 493 total yards — 328 through the air and 165 on the ground — it did come up big in the fourth quarter.
Kansas decided to go for it on fourth down with five minutes left. Iowa State sophomore cornerback Anthony Johnson read the play perfectly and broke up the potential first-down play on fourth-and-5.
“It was fourth-and-short and I knew all game on third-and-short that they were going to the sticks,” Johnson said. “I knew it was going to be a hitch or a slant.”
It was a slant and Johnson broke on the ball and deflected it away.
That’s something he’s been doing more and more of, Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell said.
“Anthony made the great pass breakup on the ball,” Campbell said. “I said this last week, Anthony Johnson was our defensive player of the game last week and there were some moments he broke on the football last week. I hadn’t seen that from our cornerbacks this season. We are so young in so many areas. And those corners, remember there were great cornerbacks here and now we’re playing with young guys.
“Anthony Johnson’s growth from game one to where he’s at now is incredible. It doesn’t surprise me that he makes an incredible play. Now he’s breaking on balls and Tayvonn Kyle is doing some of that at times, too.”
Two plays before that, Johnson broke up another pass to force a third down.
This time, he was coming off the edge on a cornerback blitz.
“I knew from watching film that once I blitzed, the receiver would stop his route and the quarterback would try to get it out fast,” Johnson said. “I was able to make the play.”
Johnson batted that ball up in the air and O’Rien Vance was nearly able to dive and intercept it.
But outside of the fourth quarter, Iowa State’s defense played poorly.
The Cyclones let Kansas running back Pooka Williams rush for 154 yards.
Five Kansas receivers had at least 50 yards.
“What do we not do? We don’t usually give up big plays,” Campbell said. “And you know what we did (Saturday)? We gave up big plays. Whether it was the first half or the second half of the football game, they were abundant and we’re going to have to figure out why that happened.
“Some credit has to go to those guys. The tailback’s elite. The quarterback’s a really good football player. They’ve got good skill players. But our niche is not to give up the big play and really work ourselves to win situational football. We did some of that in the situational piece of it and, again, there’s some good, but honestly, it’s some of the things that are the fabric of who we are that we kind of went against what we do well.”
Big plays have plagued Iowa State in recent weeks. Oklahoma State had three plays of at least 50 yards, Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks had a 48-yard run against Iowa State and Oklahoma receiver CeeDee Lamb had a 63-yard reception.
“We still haven’t played our best football and a full four quarters,” Johnson said. “We have room for improvement.”
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Ambassador of Indian food
Rajeshwari Kalyanam
Hans News Service | 24 Aug 2019 4:31 PM GMT
Sandeep Pandit
Born in Srinagar, Sandeep Pandit was still a kid when he along with his family had to leave Kashmir in a truck and got separated from his family in the 90s, and fate brought the family to south India, Bangalore. He grew up in the IT capital and got himself through MBA and began working in an IT company. All this while his love for cooking was blossoming as he helped his mother and along the way learn the secrets of cooking from his mother and grandmother. He learnt about traditional Kashmiri cuisines, and by virtue of living, he was getting acquainted with south Indian delicacies as well. In 2016, he shifted to Australia on work, and eventually became a permanent resident of the country. And it is there that he wanted to try his luck at Masterchef Australia, a show he diligently would watch back home.
"It was an insane moment. I was there selected to participate in my favourite show, and whenever I watched it in India I would look out for an Indian participant. I was standing there waiting to get my apron, and I knew the entire responsibility to showcase India was on my shoulders," shares Sandeep, who was the only Indian contestant on Masterchef Australia Season 10.
Evidently Sandeep cooked a lot of Indian food, beginning with Kashmiri Rogan Josh and Dum Aloo – his two favourite dishes. When he made Kashmiri dishes in the first round, it was a heart-stopping moment when the meat didn't turn out well. "My confidence again rose when I was given a second chance, and this time the name that was called for the third apron was mine," shares Sandeep, who says he ensured that his demeanour and the way he presented himself reflected the country he represents. "I was proud to showcase the values I have grown up with and show to the world that this is how we do it in India. I also wanted to showcase the rich culinary tradition," he adds. Once he made Basil Lachha Paratha with tomato curry and celebrity chef had a taste of it that left celebrity guest chef Rick Stein raving about it.
While the entire world and the judges on the show were rooting for the Indian-born Australian IT professional, there were comments that he always made curries. "This is the perception I want to change that Indian food is only curries. Dosa, biryani in Hyderabad, Avakaya and tomato chutney of Andhra - there is a whole gamut of dishes from India, and I wanted the world to know about Indian food. Infact Melbourne is known as the food capital, but all people know of Indian cuisine is Butter Chicken, and this has to change," he shares.
Sandeep had to leave the contest due to a back injury, but not before yet another defining moment that will remain memorable in the history of Masterchef Australia. It was the episode where he gets perfect score from all the three judges - Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Calombaris and food critic Matt Preston.
And the quintessentially south Indian dish that got him 10/10 from all the three chefs was lemon rice and raita, and lemon pepper chicken which he plated beautifully, and the chefs were absolutely thrilled with the explosion of flavours. "I asked myself which is the one dish I remember for its ingredient. And for me it was what we call in Bangalore Chitrannam. I felt it was one of the most versatile and under-appreciated dishes," states Sandeep, who has proved himself to be the true ambassador of Indian cuisine in its myriad variants.
"In future, I hope to do YouTube videos and shows on television on Indian food. I hope to talk to the west and educate them on how Indian food is beyond curries," he states. Sandeep is back to his routine of working in IT industry, blogging on his website, but one day, he aspires to start his own restaurant that will make biryanis and Indian barbeques. "I love Hyderabad's KachheGosht ka Biryani. It is the best," he says.
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10 killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan's Jalalabad
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A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least 10 people, government officials said, but no militant...
A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least 10 people, government officials said, but no militant group has yet claimed reponsibility for the attack.
Inamullah Miakhel, a spokesman for the provincial health department in the eastern city, confirmed the death of 10 people and said four wounded people were taken to a hospital.
The attacker detonated his explosives near a petrol station, causing a large fire, officials said.
"Most of the victims were children, who were working in a car wash close to the suicide bombing site," said Sohrab Qaderi, a member of the provincial council.
Eight cars were burnt in the explosion.
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Hospital Countersues FCA Whistleblower for Failing to Report Information Internally
On March 13, 2019, a West Virginia hospital facing a whistleblower lawsuit countersued a former employee who filed the False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against the health system. Wheeling Hospital alleges that the former executive, who is the whistleblower/relator in the lawsuit, breached his fiduciary duty to the company by failing to report the unlawful conduct internally, first. Instead, he used the information as the basis for his whistleblower claim. In the countersuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, the Hospital accuses the former executive-turned-whistleblower of attempting to ‘extort a settlement’ and filing the FCA whistleblower suit as an act of revenge.
The Whistleblower’s Complaint.
The whistleblower, a former accountant, and senior executive at Wheeling Hospital, was discharged in August 2015. In December 2017, he filed a complaint under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA). He alleged the hospital violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) by paying kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals to the Hospital. Based on this, it is alleged, the claims for the services the hospital provided to the referred patients were false claims, subject to recoupment by the government.
The Hospital’s Countersuit.
In an unusual strategy, the Hospital filed a counter-suit against the whistleblower, alleging that he breached his fiduciary duty to the Hospital and abused the legal process. The Hospital’s case asserts that instead of carrying out his duty to the Hospital, instead, he capitalized on his alleged knowledge of the conduct to “extort a settlement” through a “false and frivolous” FCA suit as an act of revenge.
Additionally, the Hospital alleges that “at no time during his employment, or in his role as a partner at Deloitte, did he report any suspicions of fraud or violations of federal regulations to Wheeling Hospital’s compliance officer.”
You can read Wheeling Hospital’s countersuit against the whistleblower on our website in full.
The Significance of This Case: Unique Defense Strategy for Defending a Whistleblower Suit.
This case shows a unique, but legally valid, defense strategy that might be used in other future whistleblower cases. Often the information about false claims is produced by a high-ranking hospital or institutional employees whose job duties may have required them to report what they knew to the company as part of their job. The company should then have the opportunity to investigate and correct any improper billing or other misconduct that an errant employee might be carrying out on his own. By failing to do this, the employee may breach his duties to the company, may violate his employment contract, and may be subject to a suit or counter-suit over this. To the extent that the actions of the ex-employee cause the employer damages, the employer may be entitled to indemnification from the ex-employee.
However, the other side of the story is when an employee does make his or her superiors aware of suspected misconduct and false claims within the company and the company does nothing about it. This is often the case that we have when potential blowers contact us about filing a False Claims Act case. Often the whistleblower attempts to do the right thing by reporting it within the company and is stymied by his or her superiors. To us, this opens the door to legitimate whistleblower suits.
To read one of my prior blogs about South Florida Hospital reaching a settlement for similar FCA
claims, click here.
Click here to learn more about who can file a whistleblower/qui tam lawsuit and the reward programs for coming forward with a false claim.
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Commins, John. “HOSPITAL COUNTERSUES FALSE CLAIMS WHISTLEBLOWER.” Health Leaders. (May 9, 2019). Web.
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Neurosurgeon Awarded $17.5 Million, Despite Arrest for Soliciting Prostitute
On June 25, 2019, a Washington state appeals court sided with an arbitrator’s decision to award $17.5 million to a neurosurgeon who was fired after he didn’t disclose his arrest for soliciting prostitute.
Swedish Health Services had appealed the original arbitration ruling, arguing that the neurosurgeon violated the terms of his employment contract when he failed to notify the employer that he had been arrested in a prostitution sting. However, according to the reports, the neurosurgeon claimed that in 2017 Swedish Health Services actually fired him after he complained of the practices of a different doctor. The arbitral ruled in favor of the neurosurgeon and made the monetary award. Click here to read more.
Swedish Health Services argued that the arbitrator unfairly limited how much it could cross-examine the fired neurosurgeon about his “illicit behaviors” before he was fired. However, the court rejected arguments that Swedish Health Services didn’t get a fair shake at the arbitration hearing. The court affirmed that his sexual activities were irrelevant to the claims about the cause of the termination.
To read the court’s opinion in full, click here.
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Lidgett, Adam. “Doc Who Solicited Prostitute Sees $17.5M Arbitral Win Upheld.” Law360. (June 25, 2019). Web.
Baker, Mike. “Judge confirms $17.5M award for fired Swedish Health neurosurgeon.” Seattle Times. (October 23, 2017). Web.
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Surgeon to Keep $17.5 Million Award, Despite Arrest for Soliciting Prostitute
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Florida’s Prescription Drug Importation Plan Continues to Gain Support
On March 12, 2019, the Florida House of Representatives’ Health Quality Subcommittee voted 15 to 2 to approve House Bill 19 (HB 19) that would implement one of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recently announced health care proposals. In February 2019, the new Florida governor, who was criticized for not having a health care platform while he campaigned, announced the proposal that Florida start importing drugs from Canada.
HB 19 -Prescription Drug Importation Programs.
HB 19 was created for the purpose of safely importing cost-effective prescription drugs from Canada and other foreign nations under specified conditions. The proposed program would go into effect on July 1, 2019.
HB 19 provides eligibility criteria for prescription drugs and program participants; provides distribution requirements; provides annual reporting requirements; provides application and permitting requirements for certain participating entities; and provides that implementation of International Prescription Drug Importation Program is contingent on federal arrangement or obtaining federal guidance. Click here for more information on HB 19.
Two Programs, One Goal – Lowering Prescription Drug Prices.
The program will offer access to FDA-approved prescription drugs imported from Canada, allowing the drugs to be sold to Floridians at a much lower cost than they could otherwise purchase them here. “One of the biggest drivers of this country’s out of control healthcare spending is the cost of prescription drugs,” said Governor DeSantis.
According to the bill, the U.S. spends 30 to 190% more than other developed countries on prescription drugs, and up to 174% more for the exact same for prescription drugs. The proposed bill aims to lower these unnecessary high costs by establishing two different drug importation programs.
The first program would allow the state to import prescription drugs from Canada for use by the Florida Medicaid Program and prison health care system. It would be known as the Canadian Drug Importation Program. It would be run by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
The second program would be known as the International Drug Importation Program. It would be run by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation and would be available to individual residents.
Despite gaining house support, both programs would still need approval from the federal government before they could be implemented in Florida.
To learn more about Gov. DeSantis’ proposal, click here to read his press release.
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Sexton, Christine. “DeSantis prescription drug savings plan gets early House support.” Orlando Sentinel. (March 12, 2019). Web.
News Service of Florida. “DeSantis Drug Importation Plan Wins House Support.” Sunshine State News. (March 13, 2019). Web.
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Neurosurgeon Keeps $17.5 Million Award, Despite Arrest for Soliciting Prostitute
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Florida Governor’s Prescription Foreign Drug Importation Plan Gains House Support
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Florida Sues Walgreens, CVS For Alleged Role in Helping Create and Increase Opioid Crisis
On November 19, 2018, the state of Florida announced that it is suing pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS over their role in what it calls “unconscionable efforts to increase and expand the ongoing opioid crisis in Florida.” State Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office announced that it added the two companies to a lawsuit filed in May 2018, against opioid distributors and manufacturers.
The Supply and Demand Problem with Opioids.
The state alleges that the two chains are responsible for overselling addictive opioids, as well as not taking precautionary measures to stop illegal sales, helping to inflate the supply and demand. The companies join Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, as well as several other opioid distributors, as defendants in the lawsuit.
In a news release, Bondi noted that the companies failed to stop “suspicious orders of opioids” and “dispensed unreasonable quantities of opioids from their pharmacies.” Click here to read the press release.
As the Opioid Crisis Continues, So Do the DEA Investigations.
Both companies have previously paid to resolve Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) allegations and have shelled out millions to settle allegations involving stores in Florida. In 2018, Walgreens agreed to pay $80 million to resolve a DEA investigation into inadequate record keeping and diversion related to opioids, according to the suit. Likewise, CVS agreed to pay $22 million in 2015 to resolve DEA allegations that its pharmacists were filling fake prescriptions for opioids and other drugs. Click here to read the amended complaint in full.
In the last decade, law enforcement has cracked down on opioid prescriptions and pill mill operations. Florida ‘s lawsuit comes at a time when more than 1,000 state and local governments across the U.S. are pursuing civil cases against opioid-makers and distributors.
Click here to read one of my prior blogs on this topic.
Sullivan, Emily. “Florida Sues Walgreens, CVS For Alleged Role In Opioid Crisis.” NPR. (November 19, 2018). Web.
Peters, Xander. “Florida files lawsuit against Walgreens, CVS for allegedly ‘playing a role’ in opioid crisis.” Orlando Weekly. (November 19, 2018). Web.
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East Texas Lab Agrees to Pay $3.75 Million to Settle False Claims Suit
On December 14, 2016, owners of an East Texas clinical laboratory who overcharged Medicare for falsified driving mileage bills have agreed to pay the U.S. government $3.75 million to settle a whistle blower’s False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit. The suit was brought by a former employee, the U.S. attorney’s office announced.
Submitting False Claims.
Texas-based Elite Lab Services LLC (Elite) and its owners, Gerard and Suzanne Dengler, reportedly settled claims brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) by plaintiff Karen Malcolm. The Denglers admitted that from approximately 2010 to 2014 they submitted inflated employee mileage claims to Medicare and billed the government health agency knowing it does not pay for mileage claims in excess of actual miles driven.
According to court documents, the defendants employed phlebotomists who traveled around East Texas to collect blood samples and transport those samples back to Elite for lab services. For several years, the defendants at Elite knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted inflated mileage calculations beyond the actual distances driven by the employees.
The Whistle Blower.
In 2014, the whistle blower Malcolm, filed the suit alleging that Elite had defrauded Medicare. She claimed that she approached the Denglers in the spring of that year to voice concerns about the billing practices, but the issue was not corrected. She then resigned from the company as a result. The U.S. Attorney’s Office revealed that the government intervened in the suit for purposes of the settlement.
In an agreed final judgment, the parties said that the defendants relinquished and waived all right and title to more than $2.5 million in cash held in a collection of several financial accounts and sales of real property that they owned to satisfy the settlement in the instant case.
As a result of the deal, Malcolm will receive a 21 percent share of the recovery, totaling $787,500, authorities said.
Medicare and Medicaid fraud cases brought on by whistleblowers are unfortunately becoming more common. To read about the serious repercussions of cases like this, click here to read one of my prior blogs.
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Wolf, Alex. “East Texas Lab Pays $3.75M For Falsified Medicare Billing.” Law360. (December 14, 2016). Web.
“Tyler lab, owners to pay $3.75 million for filing false Medicare claims.” Longview Business Journal. (December 14, 2016). Web.
“East Texas lab company, owners to pay $3.75M for false Medicare claims.” KLTV-ABC. (December 14, 2016). Web.
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DOJ Releases 2016 False Claims Act Recovery Statistics: Third Highest Annual Recovery Ever
On December 14, 2016, the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) recovery statistics. It revealed that the DOJ obtained more than $4.7 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in fiscal year 2016. What this indicates to me is that, if all of these cases had been brought by individual relators, those relators could have shared in as much as $1.41 billion as their personal reward for the relator’s part of the recoveries. A whistle blower can receive up to 30 percent of the amount warded to the government, plus all attorney’s fees and costs, for bringing a successful False Claims Act case.
The Third Highest Annual Recovery.
Based on these statistics, 2016 took its place as the third highest annual recovery since the FCA was established in the 1800s. The fiscal year average jumps to nearly $4 billion since fiscal year 2009, and the total recovery during that period to $31.3 billion.
“Congress amended the False Claims Act 30 years ago to give the government a more effective tool against false and fraudulent claims against federal programs,” said Mizer. “An astonishing 60 percent of those recoveries were obtained in the last eight years. The beneficiaries of these efforts include veterans, the elderly, and low-income families who are insured by federal health care programs; families and students who are able to afford homes and go to college thanks to federally insured loans; and all of us who are protected by the government’s investment in national security and defense. In short, Americans across the country are healthier, enjoy a better quality of life, and are safer because of our continuing success in protecting taxpayer funds from misuse.”
Fraud in the Health Care Industry.
The DOJ recovered $19.3 billion in health care fraud claims from January 2009 to the end of fiscal year 2016. Additionally, 57 percent of the health care fraud dollars recovered in the 30 years since the 1986 amendments to FCA claims. Most of the false claims actions are filed under those whistle blower, or qui tam, provisions. Whistle blowers filed 702 qui tam suits in fiscal year 2016, and the DOJ recovered $2.9 billion in these and earlier filed suits in 2016. The government awarded the whistle blowers a total of $519 million during the same time period.
Click here to read the DOJ’s press release in full.
These DOJ fraud recoveries restore valuable assets to federally funded programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE, the health care program for service members and their families.
To read more on the importance of preventing health care fraud, click here to read one of my prior blogs.
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Richardson, Kalie. “DOJ Announces $4.7 billion in False Claims Act Collections – $2.5 billion in Health Care Alone.” AHLA Weekly. (December 15, 2016). Web.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. “DOJ Releases its 2016 False Claims Act Recovery Statistics.” The National Law Review. (December 15, 2016). Web.
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Michigan mother says her baby was locked in a car despite keyless entry system
By: WXYZ
NOVI, Mich. — Katie Corbin thought that her car wasn't supposed to lock if the key fob was inside. But when she was filling up her car at a gas station, the doors unexpectedly locked — locking her one-year-old toddler, Joey, inside.
“At this point I’m panicking it’s 92 degrees outside,” Corbin said.
Corbin felt even more helpless because her phone was inside the car.
Luckily, other bystanders called 911 and tried to help. One woman ran over with a mallet and an off-duty firefighter also came over to open the door.
Corbin said police arrived about 10 minutes later and opened the door to get Joey.
“He was just pouring sweat and I got him out and he stopped crying immediately just laid his head on my chest," she said. "I just squeezed him and held him.”
Corbin has only had her 2018 Chevy Malibu for about a month but has used keyless entry systems in the past.
“I thought that having a keyless entry car meant that I could leave my key in my car while I went and pumped gas,” she said. “That was not the case.”
After the ordeal, Corbin called the dealership. They told her if the key fob is inside of a purse or in any type of fabric it can cut the signal off and lock the doors.
The dealership employee also told Corbin to turn off "passive lock" setting on the car to prevent a similar accident in the future.
Corbin says she will never leave the key fob in her car again.
Now, she’s hoping her story will prevent others from going through the same ordeal.
“Technology failed me and my child was or in harm’s way,” she said. “...Be careful, don’t trust technology.”
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Society of the Irish Motor Industry
The cost of buying a car has gone down, but fewer new ones were sold last month
The cost of fuel and insurance have increased, however.
By Órla Ryan Wednesday 1 Feb 2017, 2:59 PM
Feb 1st 2017, 2:59 PM 18,556 Views 57 Comments
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FEWER NEW CARS were sold in Ireland in January, compared to the same month in 2016.
Some 39,019 new cars were sold last month, while 39,722 were sold in January 2016 – marking a drop of 1.7% or 703 cars. The figures were released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) and Done Deal today.
In terms of annual sales, 146,603 cars were sold last year, a 17.5% increase on 2015. Car sales contributed €1.5 billion to the exchequer in 2016.
Looking at the cost of motoring, the average price of a new car dropped by 5.5% from December 2015 to December 2016.
However, petrol prices rose by 1.9 % during the same 12-month period, and diesel prices jumped by 3.2%. Motor insurance costs have increased by 61.5% since 2013, while average C02 emissions have declined by 30.5% since 2008.
SIMI has predicted 142,000 new cars will be sold overall in 2017.
Jim Power, economist and author of SIMI’s review, said: “Looking ahead to 2017, while the outlook for car sales is a bit more difficult to predict than last year, the projected growth in personal disposable incomes and the availability of credit provide solid support for car sales.
However, the impact of Brexit and the increased volume in imported used cars are other issues that may impact on new car sales this year. Overall, though, numbers should be fairly close to last year with perhaps a slight decline of around 3% in new car sales in 2017, which would imply new car sales of around 142,000.
SIMI President Alan Greene noted that the motor industry employees 40,800 people throughout Ireland.
“2017 was always going to be a more cautious year for businesses, right across the economy, but we have seen a steady start in January and hopefully we are on track for another good year and continuation of a stable market during the rest of the year,” Greene added.
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