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COVID-19: THE WAY FORWARD – PART 3
About Brad J. Lamb
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In Regard to the “Return to Sanity”
Yes, some real estate gains have been lost. My observations show Toronto enjoys; a record low office vacancy rate (4%), record low residential vacancy rate (below 1%), surging residential rents, rising Bank of Canada rates (due to full economic utilization), millions of square feet of new office space under construction, low inflation, 2%+ economic growth, excellent job formation. I don’t see it. This is not an environment that will support declining home prices. This price retrenching is short term and government influenced. I just can’t see prices doing anything but rising for a while.
Toronto’s falling house prices signal a return to sanity from Globe and Mail
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Pandemic Crowds Bring 'Rivergeddon' to Montana's Rivers
As urbanites flock to forests and rivers to escape coronavirus threats, trailheads are cramped with parked cars and fishing on the Madison River is like a Disneyland ride.
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>>>BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Madison River rushes down out of the snows and springs atop the Yellowstone plateau, a dark blue, rock-studded, world-class fishing stream.
The fishing season is nearly finished, but a season of discontent continues. Throughout the summer and fall, there have been traffic jams on the river, and the number of large fish has declined.
"You're in a flotilla with five boats in front of you and five in back of you," said Carl Hamming, a board member of a local chapter of Trout Unlimited, which wants to limit commercial guides on the river. "It seems like everyone was flocking to Montana this summer," he said.
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Note: If they keep going in that direction the Madison will soon be as crowded as the South Holston! jis say'in
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Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
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November 24, 2020, 09:18:55 AM #76
>>>The long-whispered-about purchase of the South Fork Lodge in Swan Valley was completed this summer.
Jimmy Kimmel, Oliver White buy South Fork Lodge
Comedian and late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" purchased the famed property on the South Fork of the Snake River in June with partner and well-known guide Oliver White. The lodge is situated on a stunning bend in the South Fork of the Snake River just off U.S. Highway 26.
The purchase price could not be determined but the 25.83-acre property was listed for $7.95 million.
https://www.postregister.com/news/local/jimmy-kimmel-oliver-white-buy-south-fork-lodge/article_41fb1780-887c-53be-a8ab-27fee7df708a.html
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>>> WHEN ERNEST Hemingway's well-worn steamer trunk containing his fly-fishing gear disappeared from a train bound for Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1940, the loss was so crushing that the author never again waded in the shallows. Instead, he concentrated his angling efforts far offshore, catching record-breaking pelagics like sailfish and marlin.
The trunk's disappearance also "shook" the family, said his great-grandson Patrick Hemingway Adams, who is helping launch the Hemingway Inshore Collection of rods, reels, inshore boats and more designed after the old man's heart.
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>>>Formerly known as Highland Outfitters, Boone's Fly Shop is located on the second floor suite of a refurbished and old antique building at 140 S. Depot St., Highland Outfitters is a full-service company ready to supply all of your fishing gear needs and put you on the water with experienced guides. Some of the prime fly-fishing rivers and streams serviced by the company are found in Linville, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk and Boone as well as the Watauga and the South Holston Rivers in Tennessee.
Owner Alex Dale found success with his Highland Outfitters store originally located in Linville. Then, he started a second business with the Foscoe Fishing Company located on Rte. 105 outside of Boone, which is still in business. Then, when he found out that this prime piece of real estate was open to rent in downtown Boone, he decided to take a leap and move his Highland Outfitters operation to the downtown area where the tourists and potential fly-fishing enthusiasts are thick, especially during the holiday months.
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It was recently reported that a serious accident in Illinois took place earlier this month and resulted in the death of a coal miner. The individual was on the job when the incident took place, and as a result of his death, his family could potentially be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Exploring additional information on such benefits could prove valuable.
The incident reportedly took place when the worker was moving equipment with a tractor and trailer. He was moving down a steep slope, and when he was unable to successfully make a turn, the vehicle struck the mine wall. The collision caused the trailer to break away from the tractor and crashed into the driver. It crushed the driver, and it appears that he was killed instantly, though his body was not recovered until approximately three and a half hours after the incident.
Reportedly, this was the 11th coal miner killed in the country in 2015. His family, including a wife and two young children, are surely devastated over the sudden death. A retired miner stated that safety problems were not uncommon in the mine where the accident occurred.
The loss of a loved one under any circumstances is difficult for any family. The surviving family of this Illinois miner may face financial hardships on top of their emotional challenges. That could prove cumbersome. However, because the death occurred while the man was on the job, they may be entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits, which typically include reimbursement of funeral and burial expenses along with an income package for the victim’s covered dependents.
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Press Coverage Highlights from 1/16/16 – 1/29/16
by Nicole McGougan
Our data, expertise and more were featured in many prominent publications, such as Forbes, TechSoup, Business 2 Community, and The Low-Down.
Forbes – A Beginner’s Guide to Filing Taxes in 2016 – Charitable giving is another popular deduction, but Millennials give away $481 a year on average according to a 2013 report from non-profit service provider Blackbaud, which doesn’t put them anywhere near the itemization threshold.
TechSoup – Seize the Opportunity for Mobile Engagement in 2016 – We’ve reached an important tipping point in how mobile is being used. Blackbaud has reported recently that mobile conversions in 2015 have reached a new record, with 19 percent of donations and 23 percent of event registrations made from a mobile device. In my own work with nonprofits of various sizes, I’m seeing email readership rates of 40 percent from mobile devices.
Business 2 Community – How B2B Customer Marketers Can Get The Love And Recognition They Deserve – In May 2014, Michael Beahm become Blackbaud’s first Customer Advocate Marketing Manager. He built Blackbaud Champions, an advocate marketing program designed to delight customers and help them succeed. By incorporating a fun customer referral contest into the program, he generated $213,000 in new pipeline for Blackbaud, blowing past their referral targets for the entire year within a few short months—and earning himself the 2015 Best Referral Program Award.
Our Sports Central – RiverDogs, Blackbaud Throw a Bone to Local Nonprofits Through ‘Dogs with a Cause’ – Charleston RiverDogs President and General Manager, Dave Echols, in conjunction with Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) has announced a joint effort to reinstate “Dogs with a Cause” at Joseph P. Riley Park (the Joe) for the 2016 season. Returning for another successful season, and for the first time in association with Blackbaud, “Dogs with a Cause” will highlight different local nonprofits each week as Charleston fans take in all the baseball action at the Joe this year.
The Low-Down – Charity Cases: Digital Donations Increasingly Crucial To Philanthropic Giving – “Giving in the U.S. has been stuck at 2% of GDP forever,” observes Steve MacLaughlin, director of analytics at Blackbaud, a think tank for the nonprofit sector. If these technological leaps “lift that 2% or 3%, that’s billions of extra dollars going to charities each year. I don’t think anyone will care how it gets there.”
The Post and Courier – BlackRock expands investment in Charleston tech firm – A major Wall Street investment firm has added to its stake in the Charleston software firm Blackbaud. BlackRock Inc. increased the number of shares it owns in the Daniel Island technology company by 10 percent over the past year to nearly 4.45 million, according to a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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AMTRAK Covid-19 Practices Puts Passengers and Workers at Risk
Published: Jun 22 2020 3:12PM
Northeast Corridor
The BMWED, representing Amtrak’s track, building and bridges and overhead catenary construction and maintenance workers, charged today that Amtrak’s lack of testing and tracing for the Covid-19 virus is negligent. Amtrak has denied repeated requests by the Union to begin general testing and tracing of the employees to contain the Covid-19 virus. This refusal puts the employees who work on the railroad and the passengers who use the railroad at greater risk to contract the virus. All medical and public health authorities have stated that testing and tracing must be included in an effective strategy to contain the spread of the virus. Amtrak relies upon a system of self-reporting which is ineffective. It does not include the substantial number of those who have the virus without symptoms but could still infect other workers and passengers. Other major urban transit agencies like SEPTA and New Jersey Transit already have general testing procedures in place.
Transportation workers like Amtrak employees are deemed essential workers and have been showing up for work despite the extreme health risks involved. The rate of infection and death from the Covid-19 virus is significantly higher for transportation workers as a result. Amtrak recently received an additional $1 billion to sustain itself and institute pandemic containment protocols because it provides this essential service.
Jed Dodd, Vice President of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes stated, “The failure of Amtrak management to institute a general COVID-19 testing program for the employees is outrageous and puts workers and passengers at needless risk. While we will continue to show up for America, it is time that Amtrak management shows up and does their jobs to protect the workers and passengers.”
The Union will begin informational picketing at Amtrak Board Chairperson Anthony Coscia’s house located at 35 Cypress Avenue, North Caldwell, N.J. on Monday, June 22 at 3p.m.
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes is a division of the Teamsters that represents 30,000 men and women who construct and maintain the railroad track, buildings and bridges and overhead catenary systems of the America’s freight and passenger railroads.
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Why Boarding School
Home > Blog > Why Boarding School > About Boarding Schools
Answers To Your Questions About Boarding School
Most of us parents have questions about boarding school. We know it is an option, but we tend put it lower down our list simply because we don't know much about schools and their programs. Some answers here.
Editor's note: I asked Whitney Retzer, the Senior Associate Director of Admissions at St. Timothy's School, Stevenson, Maryland, to answer some questions which I know most parents have about boarding school. Here are her answers. ~Rob Kennedy
RK: 1. Can't my child get just as good an education in my local public school? Why should I go to all the expense and trouble of sending her to a boarding school?
WR: There are benefits to private boarding school that cannot be matched. Students are given more support, encouragement and differentiated instruction that is only possible is small classes and with greater access to teachers. St. Timothy’s school has a teacher to student ratio of 8:1 which means students can be in classrooms as small as six students and as large as twelve per teacher.
Also, the majority of St. Timothy’s faculty hold advanced degrees, and many live on campus and are therefore accessible and available to students outside the classroom. In this environment, students truly get the time and attention to flourish as 21st-century learners that are critical-thinking, curious and caring global ambassadors.
RK: 2. What advantages can a boarding school offer parents looking to send their son or daughter to a private school?
WR: Boarding schools offer students once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to study and collaborate with friends from all over the nation and world. St. Timothy’s has students from 20 different countries and 15 different states who are all living and studying together. Students change roommates twice a year and assigned lunch seating changes bi-weekly offering opportunities for friendship and collaboration with all types of students from different backgrounds. This global network of friends, alumnae and families will last a lifetime and several lifetimes for legacy families.
A St. Timothy's girl finds the hours of the day filled with academic, social, athletic, and community activities. Students are encouraged to choose from a wide range of activities outside their academic requirements, as the daily life of a residential school continues well into the evening when academics and athletics give way to club activities, quiet study, and the many friendships of student life. Supporting students and guiding them is a team of deans, advisors, and counselors who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that they are both challenged and nurtured to grow in healthy ways.
RK: 3. Don't day schools and boarding schools offer the same kind of academic programs? What about sports and extracurricular activities?
WR: Academic programming depends on the schools’ certification, and boarding and day students receive the same superior level of academic instruction. Curricula has different requirements that students need to meet in terms of sports and activities. At St. Timothy’s School, being an International Baccalaureate (IB) program certified in Middle Years Programs and Diploma Programs (MYP and DP) requires activity in sports, rigor in academics, and leadership in social justice and service projects. Traditions and weekly formal and international dinners provide an opportunity for the entire community to gather, to enjoy fresh food from the school’s on-campus farm, and to explore the many cultures represented at the school.
RK: 4. American boarding schools welcome students from outside the United States. Explain briefly the basic steps parents of international students have to follow during the Admissions Process.
WR: The steps for international and domestic students are similar. At St. Timothy’s, we provide I-20 visas for our international boarding school students, so there is minimal paperwork and headache required. The following documents are required for application which can also be found on our website.
Application Form (Available online)
Application Fee ($100 for applicants living outside the U.S. payable online)
Essay (Available online)
Parent/Guardian Evaluation (Available online)
Transcripts (Current year and 2 previous)
Recommendations (current English teacher, math teacher and principal, advisor, or guidance counselor emailed from STT Admissions)
Standardized Test Results (ISEE/SSAT, TOEFL/TOEFL, jr.)
Interview (Available in-person or through Skype)
Graded Paper (Optional)
Once the student has been admitted, St. Timothy’s processes the visa, and the business office contacts parents for payment options. The Residential Life staff begins planning students’ schedule, boarding rooms, advisors, and “old girls” (senior students) are matched to provide support and guidance to new students.
RK: 5. What is the advantage of sending my daughter to a school which offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme?
WR: There are several advantages to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP). University preparedness is the first; students complete an extended essay and attend a Theory of Knowledge course exploring the philosophical, practical, theoretical and exploratory process of acquiring knowledge. The writing requirements, as well as the inquiry-based nature of the IB programme, prepare students for rigorous university work. Most IB students are surprised how manageable university work is after completing the DP. St. Timothy's School fulfills these requirements and more as students explore, write and reflect outside of the classroom during two weeks of Winterim each year. International students are placed in ESL classes appropriate to their skill level to help them improve their English speaking, reading and comprehension skills.
The IB is an established, prestigious, and world-renowned program of study that is considered a gateway to the best colleges and universities worldwide. Schools with IB certification undergo regular review and scrutiny to ensure that curriculum, assessment, staff and pedagogy align with world-class standards. This transparency and rigor mean that students meet international standards while developing culturally, academically and socially. The IB is dedicated to cultivating learners who are well-rounded, future leaders with the following attributes: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, and risk-takers. St. Timothy’s School is proud to be the first boarding school in the USA to offer all-girls IB education with certification in both the MYP and DP. This educational leadership is evident in our inspiring graduates.
Questions? Contact me on Twitter. @boardingschoolreview
"Admissions 101" available at https://www.privateschoolreview.com/blog/admissions-101
"What Is IB?" available at https://www.privateschoolreview.com/blog/what-is-ib
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Do you like large schools or small schools? Are you most comfortable in a city, small town or countryside? Are you interested in attending a school that has a religious or military orientation? Would you like to attend a school that is only for boys or girls? These are some questions you must ask yourself before you begin your search for the right U.S. boarding school for you.
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Warren Buffett's initial stake in Apple has paid off handsomely. | Image: REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
Here’s How Much Warren Buffett Has Made Off Apple (AAPL) Stock
September 23, 2020 UTC: 1:24 PM. December 17, 2019 UTC: 2:29 PM. by Mark Emem
Warren Buffett has traditionally avoided tech companies but Apple proves he has been wrong.
Apple is currently leading the Dow in growth this year.
Currently, Berkshire Hathaway holds stakes in two FAANG stocks.
Warren Buffett has historically avoided tech stocks, making exceptions in only a few cases in his decades of investing experience. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of those exceptions. Now heading into the fourth year of owning the stock, the bet has paid off handsomely for Buffett.
The Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) Chairman bought nearly 10 million Apple shares in May 2016. He has since then added to that stake but the value of the initial holding has now more than doubled in value, averaging an annual growth rate of 50%.
Apple up 157% since May 2016
According to an SEC filing made public on May 15, 2016, Berkshire Hathaway acquired 9,811,747 shares of Apple at a price of $108.99. With Monday’s closing price of $279.86, the stock has appreciated by 156.77%.
Since that initial stake, the investing conglomerate has purchased an additional 239,026,932 shares of the iPhone maker. Berkshire Hathaway is currently Apple’s second-biggest institutional shareholder, owning 248,838,679 shares worth nearly $70 billion. This stake accounts for roughly 6% of the tech giant.
Berkshire Hathaway is Apple’s second-largest institutional shareholder. | Source: CNN
Apple is this year’s biggest gainer among the Dow companies. As of Monday, the stock had appreciated 77% since the year began. It beat other tech stocks such as Microsoft (up 53%), IBM (up 18%) and Cisco (up 6%).
Besides the appreciation of the stock, Berkshire Hathaway has also benefited from dividends issued by Apple. Since Berkshire acquired its initial stake, Apple’s dividend per share has ranged between 57 cents and 77 cents per quarter. In the quarter that ended in October, the investing conglomerate raked in nearly $192 million on the over 248 million shares it held.
Is Warren Buffett now a fan of FAANG?
Besides Apple, another FAANG stock that Buffett has placed a bet on is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Berkshire Hathaway bought shares of the company months after Buffett expressed regret over missing out on Amazon’s stellar growth.
In the decade that’s about to end, Amazon has emerged as one of the best-performing-stocks, having appreciated by over 1,200%.
Per an SEC filing, Berkshire currently owns 537,300 shares of Amazon. This stake is currently worth slightly over $950 million as of Monday’s closing price.
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Biocon Reports Biosimilars Revenue Growth
Tony Hagen
Tony Hagen is senior managing editor for The Center for Biosimilars®.
Biocon had a busy quarter, which included the launch of a long-acting insulin glargine product (Semglee) in partnership with Mylan.
Biocon, which launched an insulin glargine product on the US market in August, reported increased revenue of $238 million for the quarter just ended, driven by 11% growth in biosimilar sales, as well as growth in research services (12%) and generics revenue (8%). The net profit was $23.6 million.
Revenue for the company’s biosimilar products totaled $91.5 million, up from $82.2 million. Biocon has commercialized biosimilar versions of trastuzumab, pegfilgrastim, bevacizumab, and adalimumab in markets around the world. Besides insulin glargine, it also produces rh-insulin.
Highlights of the Quarter
During the quarter ended September 30, Biocon launched the long-acting insulin glargine product Semglee in partnership with Mylan. Because it was approved by the FDA under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and not via the biosimilar pathway established under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, the agent is not officially considered a biosimilar, although Biocon and Mylan have announced intentions of seeking biosimilar and interchangeable status for the product on the US market.
Interchangeable status would allow pharmacists to dispense the product as a substitute for the reference product Lantus without the need to obtain clearance from the prescribing physician.
“Our insulin glargine, Semglee, was commercialized in the United States by our partner Mylan during the quarter, thus heralding our entry into the US insulins market,” Biocon Executive Chair Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said in the earnings statement. “With this launch, we have expanded our portfolio of biosimilars and occupy a position of impactful influence in the biosimilars segment.”
Semglee was launched in Spain over the past quarter. In addition, Mylan and Biocon launched an etanercept biosimilar in Europe, and Biocon aims to establish commercial offices in Brazil, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
Biocon said the quarterly growth in biosimilars revenue was led by its trastuzumab biosimilar (Ogivri), which the company said has a 6% share of the US market for trastuzumab (4% and 10% in the 150- and 420-mg product segments, respectively) and pegfilgrastim (Fulphila), which has a 15% share of the prefilled syringe market in the United States.
“Ogivri continues to be the leading biosimilar trastuzumab in Australia and Canada, and it has a double-digit share in 3 markets in Europe,” Biocon said. “For Semglee…we are witnessing encouraging market penetration in certain markets, such as Slovakia and Croatia.”
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By Arthur Demi via Porsche Published: Mar 16, 2014 Modified: Mar 16, 2014
Porsche 919 Hybrid
Porsche is returning to the top category of the famous endurance race classic at Le Mans and the World Endurance Championships (WEC) for sports cars with its newly developed 919 Hybrid. The LMP1 prototype, which is designed for extreme efficiency, is the most complex race car that Porsche ever put on wheels.
It serves as a research platform for fundamental technology to be used in future production models, with its combination of two different energy recovery systems and a downsizing turbocharged engine. So the real winner of Porsche factory racing is already clear: it is the customer.
The World Endurance Championship (WEC) for sports cars launches into a new era, beginning on 20 April at Silverstone in Great Britain. The season highlight, Le Mans, follows in June. The newly formulated regulations for the top class of this World Championship has completely changed in focus. From now on, the sporty performance of the LMP1-H prototypes will be rated in direct relationship to their energy efficiency. While the allowable fuel quantity per lap was reduced by around 30 per cent compared to the prior year, the amount of energy of the obligatory hybrid systems that can be used in the race was dramatically increased. This shifts technologies into the limelight that are most significant for future production vehicles. From the perspective of Porsche, that is a decisive argument for a return to the top league of sports car racing.
Maximum efficiency of all elements as development goal
Porsche engineers are taking on the challenges of the WEC regulations with innovative solutions and all the creativity they can muster. The development of the Porsche 919 Hybrid began in mid-2011 – literally on a blank sheet of paper. As newcomers, the developers had to do without the greater experience that their competitors in the LMP1 category enjoyed. However, they were able to access the know-how that Porsche had acquired in its racing success with the 911 GT3 R Hybrid and the 918 Spyder super sports car, which is also hybrid-driven.
The exceptional efficiency of the highly complex technology of the Porsche 919 Hybrid is the result of a carefully balanced overall concept. From the combustion engine to the energy recovery systems, chassis and running gear, aerodynamics and driver ergonomics, the sum of all individual components forms an exceptionally effective unit. It all serves one goal: a maximum of sporty performance within tight fuel economy constraints.
In choosing a hybridised drive concept, the newly formulated WEC regulations gave Porsche developers great freedom. The drive system of the new LMP1 race car is based on a four-cylinder petrol engine that is as compact as it is lightweight. It performs load-bearing functions within the chassis based on its V-construction, which also offers thermodynamic advantages. The petrol engine, which reaches a maximum engine speed of around 9,000 rpm, is a frontrunner in terms of its downsizing philosophy with its 2.0 litres of displacement, direct injection and monoturbo charging.
It also features two different energy recovery systems. Fundamentally new and especially innovative is the recovery of thermal energy from exhaust gases. An electric generator is used here, which is powered by the exhaust gas stream. The functionality of the second hybrid system is known from the Porsche 918 Spyder. Here, a generator on the front axle utilises braking phases to convert kinetic energy into electric energy. It is also stored in highly-advanced water-cooled lithium-ion battery packs until the driver needs the extra energy. Then the front generator is operated as a single electric motor and drives the two front wheels via a differential in the acceleration phases. This gives the Porsche 919 Hybrid a temporary all-wheel drive system, because the petrol engine directs its power to the rear wheels in a conventional way.
Powerful hybrid drive for the 8 megajoule premiere class
Intelligent management of this additional available energy assumes a special role here. Of course, the strategic focus of the racing engineers is always on the most efficient use of available power. This means an optimal lap time. The driver can choose from several automated drive modes that have an effect on vehicle dynamics as a function of the traffic situation, course layout and weather conditions. At this point, the developers made use of knowledge gained by Porsche with the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, including at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring.
The allowable petrol fuel consumption depends directly on the amount of electrical energy that the driver can call up per lap in what is known as the Boost function. Race rules distinguish between four levels ranging from 2 to 8 megajoules (MJ). Porsche is developing the 919 Hybrid for the "Premiere class" with an energy recover capacity of 8 MJ. This requires the use of high-performance energy recover and storage systems, which need to be sized larger and heavier. A flow meter device also limits the amount of fuel flow. Example of Le Mans: Here, the turbocharged petrol engine, which is driven at full load for 75 per cent of the 13.65 kilometre lap, only has 4.64 litres of fuel available. In the 2-MJ class, the figure is 5.04 litres.
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Live with Carnegie Hall: Judy Collins
Thursday, July 30, 2020 2 PM Online
Judy Collins by Brad Trent
Judy Collins burst onto the music scene in the 1960s and has not stopped since. Along with Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle, and Jimmy Webb, Collins leads a candid conversation about the larger community of singer-songwriters who continue to shape the musical landscape decades into their respective careers. Rounding out the afternoon, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming joins Collins to discuss musical theater icon Stephen Sondheim, who penned “Send In the Clowns”—arguably the biggest hit of Collins’s career.
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“Shotgun Down the Avalanche”
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Once again, Travis Fulgham is Eagles wide receiver du jour
Tom Rimback
Burlington County Times
Carson Wentz can’t order from the menu.
The Eagles quarterback doesn’t have that option. When he breaks the huddle, all that’s left for him is wide receiver du jour.
Sunday in Pittsburgh, the special was Travis Fulgham. A week after making a game-winning catch in San Francisco, the second-year Old Dominion grad was a safety net for Wentz. With 10 catches on 13 targets for 152 yards, he was more than his favorite target. At times, Fulgham was the only option.
“I’m just trying to do what I can,” Fulgham said. “If Carson throws me the ball, I'm just trying to come down with it and make a play. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to get the win, but we’ll keep building on it.”
Wentz was happy he had any options.
“He showed up today,” Wentz said. “He showed the plays he made last week weren’t a fluke. He’s a baller. He made a lot of big plays. I’m proud of him. As far as chemistry with him vs. other guys, I have chemistry with all the guys. His number just got called a lot today. He made some great plays.”
Without veteran starters Alshon Jeffrey and DeSean Jackson, in the absence of first-round draft pick Jalen Raegor, lacking the skills of No. 2 tight end Dallas Goedert, opposing defenses sell the store to take Zach Ertz off the menu. That leaves Wentz a discount pu pu platter of downfield options in the passing game.
Rookies John Hightower and Quez Watkins, who was playing his first NFL game, were two options in Pittsburgh. JJ Arcega-Whiteside actually got his first catch of the season. Greg Ward, who is a former wide receiver du jour for Wentz, was another option.
Ward had four catches and a touchdown Sunday. That’s 50 career catches for the former college quarterback. Hightower was targeted six times with two catches.
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Then there was Fulgham.
“He had the big catch in San Francisco,” Eagles coach Doug Pederson said. “He had a couple of big catches today. That something we have to continue to build on. We have to get all of our skill guys in the same position. I know our quarterback is comfortable with him. They work extremely hard during the week. It showed today.”
A sixth-round pick in 2019 by Detroit, Fulgham played in three games before being waived by the Lions this summer. He was signed and, nine days later, waived by Green Bay.
A day later, the Eagles claimed him. That was three transactions ago.
“You definitely notice him,” Wentz said. “I go where the defense is. He was in the right spots on a lot of those. A couple play-action passes were designed for him. He had the hot hand today. That’s the way it was flowing today.”
Fulgham was among the Eagles' final cuts but was signed to the practice squad to start the season. Fulgham’s 11th career transaction came a day before the Eagles played in San Francisco. Now he has 12 career receptions, a couple touchdowns and a strong case to stay in the rotation if the injured Eagles receivers ever get healthy.
“Whenever we have free time before, during or after practice we’re working on it, working on our chemistry,” Fulgham said. “Carson is a great quarterback. He’s putting the ball on the money. I’m just trying to come down with a play.”
Tom Rimback grew up reading the Burlington County Times and Courier Post sports sections and began writing for the BCT in 1996. He has covered everything from Super Bowls and Final Fours to Tri-County Swimming but he’s happiest on a sideline interviewing South Jersey scholastic athletes. Follow him on twitter @RimbackBCT. Email or call him with story ideas at trimback@thebct.com or 609 871-8067 and, most importantly, support local journalism with a subscription to the Burlington County Times.
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" document.write(adsrc) } catch (err) { console.log (err.message) } } Dash cams to the rescue
Dash cams to the rescue
Date: 31 May 2019 | Author: Sean Keywood
A service that could speed up emergency responses to major crashes is among the features Nextbase has brought to its new range of dash cams. Sean Keywood reports.
Dash cam firm Nextbase has unveiled an updated range of products, featuring a new service it claims could be a must-have safety feature for fleets.
The company, which says it took a 79% share of the UK dash cam market in 2018, has introduced a new, second-generation camera portfolio.
Among the new features announced is an emergency SOS function - fitted to the three most expensive products in the five-camera range - which can automatically alert emergency services if the unit detects the driver is unresponsive following a crash.
Speaking at the launch of the new cameras, Nextbase director Richard Browning told Business Car he thought it was a feature fleet operators would not be able to overlook.
"I don't know how companies, knowing this technology exists on top of a dash cam, could not put that in vehicles," he said.
"If one of your employees has a serious accident and comes to greater harm because they are not responded to as quickly as they could be. I think they have a responsibility, if [employees] are employed largely to drive, to have this in the car."
The system kicks in when the dash cam detects a major crash through its on-board g-sensor, at which point an audible alarm sounds on the driver's smartphone, which connects to the camera when the driver enters the vehicle.
It allows 150 seconds for the alert to be cancelled, either manually by the driver or if the phone detects the driver is moving - perhaps walking around outside the vehicle with their phone in their pocket.
If the alert is not cancelled, the Nextbase App will automatically contact the ambulance service directly through BT, and can provide them with information such as the location of the crash, which way the car was heading, the make and model of the vehicle, the driver's name and phone number, and important medical information - the driver can decide how much of this to provide when setting the system up.
Browning said: "The information [when entered] stays in the device, it doesn't go to Nextbase or anywhere else.
"Being certified to send this information is incredibly rare. No other camera system can send straight through BT to ambulance control."
Once contacted the emergency operator will then try to phone the driver, and deploy if there is no response.
Compared with the e-call feature fitted to new cars, Nextbase says its service offers more comprehensive information, and is also better at preventing false positives. This is because of the 150-second delay, and also because it cannot be manually triggered, and will not fire up for potentially minor incidents just because the airbag has deployed. It is free for the first year, after which there is a monthly charge.
Another potential attraction of the new Nextbase range for fleets is the incident aware feature. This works on higher-end models with Nextbase's Autosync system, which after a crash immediately and automatically sends a 30-second lo-res, easily sharable clip to the driver's smartphone.
The driver can predetermine a subsequent destination for this - such as a fleet manager's email address - so that after a crash it only requires one-touch approval to be sent over, meaning the manager can have video footage of the incident within minutes of it happening. This footage can also be shared with insurers to begin the claims process straight away.
Another feature of higher-end models in the range is Amazon Alexa voice recognition, which allows the driver to take hands-free control of the camera, and also smartphone apps such as navigation and music services.
The new cameras also boast improved image quality, and there has been a 35% reduction in the physical size of the units.
Intelligent parking mode - which triggers the camera to record footage if the car is crashed into while parking - has also been made standard across the range.
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Becca Tweeted The Perfect Response To Anyone Bashing Tia Over That Tough 'Bachelorette' Convo
Paul Hebert/ABC; Rebecca Kufrin/Twitter
By Nicole Pomarico
Tia Booth has made a couple of appearances on The Bachelorette this season, but her latest definitely sparked the most drama. On Monday night, Tia told Becca she still has feelings for Colton — despite the fact that he's one of Becca's final four and she just met his family during their hometown date. But even though plenty of fans are angry that Tia would wait so long to fill Becca in on her feelings, it seems like Becca isn't. In fact, after the episode aired, Becca tweeted in defense of Tia, because for her, friendship definitely comes first.
To be fair, Tia's appearance definitely threw fans for a loop, especially since what she was saying was so different from what she previously said was going when she and Becca approached the Colton topic episodes before. Then, it was the beginning of the season, and Tia swore she and Colton had just spent a weekend together and now, she was over it. But this time, she was saying the exact opposite — that it makes her sick to think about Colton getting this far in the competition, because she still has feelings for him.
After their conversation, Becca said she was frustrated, angry, and hurt, but now that she's had time to think about it, it seems like she's feeling a little differently.
"Let’s all stop tearing one another down and instead spread some love, folks," Becca wrote in her tweet, sharing a photo of her and her Bachelor friends hugging.
After everything Becca went through on The Bachelorette, it makes sense that she's holding the friends she made during that experience close. If you were checking Twitter last night, you already know that people were raking Tia over the coals for coming clean with Becca about how she felt about Colton.
In fact, even in the replies to Becca's tweet, people were still upset with Tia and not afraid to point out to Becca that they didn't believe Tia was actually a good friend:
To be fair, Tia deserves a little slack here. Maybe she thought she was telling Becca the truth when she said there was nothing there with Colton in the beginning of the season — or maybe she really believed she could suppress her feelings for the sake of her friend getting her happy ending. By the time she realized she couldn't hide her feelings any longer, it's not like it would have been easy to get in touch with Becca. Usually, phones are taken away during Bach filming, so it's not like she could have just called or texted her.
And regardless of Tia's feelings for Colton, it was pretty cool to see her conversation with Becca play out. They were both honest with each other, and ended it in a positive place for their friendship. Even though Becca said letting Colton go during the rose ceremony had nothing to do with what Tia told her, it does seem like she might have done it because her friend still liked him, and that's pretty cool of her.
If you're miffed at Tia for not opening up to Becca sooner, that's understandable — but if Becca's over it by now, shouldn't fans be over it, too? It seems like their friendship has managed to survive The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and a shared interest in the same guy, which is more than can be said for a lot of friendships out there. Maybe that's the real happily ever after this season? Both of these women deserve happiness, and it's awesome to see them still rooting for each other.
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Arjun Kapoor and Sajay Dutt unite for Ashutosh Gowarikar's Panipat- Cinema express
Arjun Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt unite for Ashutosh Gowarikar's Panipat
The director is well known for his period films such as Jodhaa Akbar and Mohenjo Daro
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Published: 14th March 2018
Jodhaa Akbar and Swades-fame filmmaker Ashutosh Gowarikar, who is well known for his historical dramas, will be making a period war film titled Panipat. His last outing in Bollywood was Mohenjo Daro which featured Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde in the lead.
Starring Arjun Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, and Sanjay Dutt, the upcoming film will be based on the third battle of Panipat which took place in 1761. The teaser poster of the film was launched on Twitter by the director today.
Historical dramas have always fascinated me.
This time it is a story about what led to the Third Battle of #Panipat.
Here’s the first Teaser Poster!!@agpplofficial #sunitagowariker @visionworldfilm @rohitshelatkar @duttsanjay @arjunk26 @kritisanon #PanipatTeaserPoster pic.twitter.com/QfEYxJ0jRZ
— Ashutosh Gowariker (@AshGowariker) March 14, 2018
Talking about the choice of the lead actors, Gowariker said in a statement, "I have shared screen space with Sanjay in Naam, which was a memorable co-acting experience and now it will be great to direct such a versatile and immensely talented actor as him."
He then said that he was impressed by the dynamism of Arjun Kapoor. "What impresses me most about Arjun, apart from his fine performances - is his dynamism. He has played dual roles twice, and he has portrayed an action hero as well as a lover boy." About the female lead, Kriti Sanon, he said, "I needed someone who's really beautiful as well as a good performer, and Kriti is both. The eclectic combination of these three is a first for me, and I look forward to this exciting journey with them called Panipat."
The film will go on floors in mid-2018 and is expected to hit the screens on December 6, 2019.
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On the morning of Thursday 27th September, staff at Classic Cottages could be seen staggering through Helston streets under the sugary weight of cake.
Every year Macmillan holds a national coffee morning, encouraging people to hold cake sales and get togethers to raise money for the charity. And this year was no exception for the 50+ staff based at the holiday cottage company’s Helston HQ with promise of a prize for the best cake baked. By 10am, the company kitchen table was groaning under the weight of sponge and buttercream, chocolate and even glittered roses.
Stef made a particularly impressive three-tiered pistachio and lime cake in memory of her father who benefited from Macmillan’s services last year: ‘His favourite sweets were those chocolate limes and he loved to grow roses in his garden, so I combined the two in tribute. Macmillan really helped through his final few weeks with us so I wanted to make something special’ – and he would be very proud of the result, a shimmering centrepiece of chocolate and homemade lime curd with (painstakingly hand-shelled) pistachios scattered among glittery red roses.
Organiser Katie has been undergoing treatment for breast cancer this year, having finished chemotherapy a month ago: ‘I wanted to come back to work with a celebratory bang, so a day of cake seemed like a good motivation. Plus it’s a great distraction from current treatment! I’m in awe of the efforts everyone has gone to with their baking and I’m confident we’ll have raised a good few pennies for Macmillan – thanks to all involved. Special thanks to Tanya who took over the event when the washing up was due…’
Classic Cottages were established back in 1977 by Tony and Clare Tregoning, who wanted to offer holiday cottages of a better standard. The family company has grown to over 1000 properties and 6 counties, despite losing Tony to cancer over a decade ago - so this really is a cause close to the heart of everyone in the company. A grand total of around £600 was raised thanks to a generous company donation and friends and family all benefiting from the plethora of patisserie. Oh, and the prize winner? Of course it was Stef with her extra special showstopper.
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The story of Edward McKay
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‘The following story as told to me by my parents and my uncles is of the life of Edward McKay who was my grandfather. The dates I will set down may not be exact but they will be approximate right…’
‘Edward was born at Red River near Winnipeg in 1825. Early in life, at 18 years of age, he entered the Hudson’s Bay Company’s service as apprentice in the fur trade, even making a trip to the York Factory in his third year of service. On that and subsequent trips every man was required to bring back 22 cwt. to Fort Garry. This was a strenuous ordeal as every man had to carry two hundred pounds to a trip over portages and then drag the York boat over and reload it, and then sometimes tow and row when the wind and current were adverse.’
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Finning reports fourth-quarter revenue jump
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Feb. 17, 2011 – Finning International Inc. reported solid Q4 2010 results, which were in line with the company's expectations and its positive medium-term outlook.
By Stefanie Croley
Feb. 17, 2011 – Finning International Inc. reported solid Q4 2010 results, which were in line with the company's expectations and its positive medium-term outlook. Finning achieved Q4 2010 revenues of $1.4 billion, a 26 per cent increase from Q4 2009. Earnings before interest and income taxes (EBIT) of $79 million doubled from Q4 2009 and EBIT margin of 5.8 per cent was significantly higher than 3.7 per cent in Q4 2009. The stronger results were primarily driven by improved profitability in Canada. Basic earnings per share (EPS) grew by 123% to $0.29 and included an impairment charge on investments of $0.04 per share and IT system implementation costs of $0.03 per share ($0.02 per share in Q4 2009).
For the full year 2010, Finning's revenues increased by four per cent from 2009 to $4.6 billion, driven by record product support activity. Modestly higher annual revenues combined with higher gross margins and a streamlined cost structure resulted in improved operating leverage and an 11 per cent increase in EBIT from 2009 to $275 million. EBIT margin improved to 5.9 per cent from 5.5 per cent in 2009. Basic EPS grew by nine per cent to $1.00 and included non-operational charges of $0.21 per share ($0.08 per share in 2009).
In May 2010, the company completed the strategic realignment of its UK operations by selling Hewden, its UK rental business. This transaction resulted in an after-tax loss of $244 million or $1.43 per share. As a result, the total 2010 basic loss per share was $0.46 compared to $0.77 earnings per share in 2009. The results of operations of Hewden have been reclassified as discontinued operations for periods prior to sale. All numbers in this earnings release are from continuing operations and exclude the results of Hewden, including the loss on sale. The sale of Hewden positions our core UK dealership business for future success.
"The fourth quarter results were in line with expectations and provided a solid finish to a successful year. Free cash flow totaled $265 million for the year exceeding our target. Since the fourth quarter of 2008, the beginning of the recession, the company has generated over $900 million in free cash flow, significantly strengthening the balance sheet," said Mike Waites, president and CEO of Finning International Inc. "We are well-positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities. We expect good top line growth in 2011 and beyond, reflecting robust commodity markets. And we are continuing to invest in our product line up and service capability to support customer demand. I am confident that we will drive margin expansion and achieve our EBIT growth projections."
Order activity continued to be strong in the fourth quarter resulting in a consolidated order backlog of $1.3 billion, six per cent higher than at September 30, 2010. Led by mining and a continued increase in new orders from the construction sector, the consolidated backlog increased in each consecutive quarter in 2010 and more than doubled from the end of 2009. The significantly higher backlog in each operation provides improved visibility into 2011 and beyond and supports the Company's expectation for a strong medium-term outlook.
Consolidated revenues are projected to grow on average at 10 percent per annum over the next three years. In 2011, mining deliveries are scheduled towards the latter part of the year, which are expected to drive stronger results in the second half.
Consolidated earnings growth is forecast to outpace revenue growth. The Company expects to make ongoing progress towards achieving a 10 percent consolidated EBIT margin in the medium term.
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How OPEC’s November Meeting could Drive Oil to the $30s
By Elliott H. Gue, on Nov. 11, 2016
For months in Energy & Income Advisor, we’ve argued that OPEC would struggle to finalize a credible deal to reduce output and prop up oil prices.
After major oil-producing countries announced a tentative accord in late September, we pointed out the deal’s obvious flaws and suggested that the whole process likely amounts to an effort to jawbone oil prices higher during a period of seasonal weakness.
We’ve also rejected irresponsible headlines in the mainstream media about Saudi Arabia’s purported U-turn on production cuts and crude-oil prices.
Although the prospect of an accord among OPEC members prompted many market participants to become bullish on oil prices, our formerly out-of-consensus views remain valid—and the market appears to be coming around. WTI has sold off significantly since peaking at more than $50 per barrel in mid-October.
Handicapping OPEC policy is admittedly much tougher than when its members met in early December 2015. At that time, an agreement to cap or cut production appeared unlikely without a meaningful decline in US oil output.
Today, OPEC can at least claim that its policies have helped to dent non-OPEC production and the industry’s capital spending on exploration and development. That said, US shale production would ramp up if oil prices remain above $50 per barrel for an extended period.
With this caveat in mind, here’s our basic assessment of OPEC policy.
We put the odds that OPEC’s Nov. 30 meeting will yield an agreement with country-level production quotas at 50-50. The probability of such a deal increases the farther oil prices prices tumble. Conversely, if oil prices were to recover to about $50 per barrel, the organization could argue that the market is rebalancing itself.
However, even if the next OPEC meeting yields a credible deal, the probability that this agreement involves a meaningful reduction in supply ranges between 25 and 30 percent. The likelihood that this accord targets production cuts of about 1 million barrels per day or more is no better than 10 to 15 percent.
What does this range of outcomes mean for oil prices?
If OPEC announces a meaningless agreement akin to the one after its meeting in Algeria or punts the decision to 2017, oil prices could tumble into the $30s per barrel this winter. Weakness in equities as part of a global risk-off trade could also contribute to this downside.
A deal that involves modest production cuts, flexible output targets or an OPEC-wide quota likewise wouldn’t prevent further downside in oil prices, especially if member states cheat—a distinct possibility, based on historical precedents.
The only credible production agreement would involve the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reducing their output. Saudi Arabia would need to promise to cut its oil production by a greater magnitude than the normal seasonal decline that occurs after the summer cooling season. If the GCC members agreed to sustained reductions of at least 1 million barrels per day, WTI would quickly surge to between $55 and $60 per barrel.
Such a deal faces significant obstacles.
Iran, Iraq, Nigeria and Libya all hope to grow their oil production beyond their current levels, with Iraq disputing OPEC’s estimate of its total output.
Bloomberg estimates total OPEC production at more than 34 million barrels of oil per day in October—up from 33.58 million in August—reflecting recovering output in Libya and Nigeria.
The tentative agreement in Algeria calls for OPEC to trim output to between 32.5 million and 33 million barrels per day, implying a reduction of 1 million to 1.5 million barrels per day from production levels in October. The necessary cuts will increase in magnitude as Iran, Iraq, Nigeria and Libya continue to ramp up their output.
Recent trends in US oil production and drilling activity may also worry policymakers in Saudi Arabia.
Weekly data from the Energy Information Administration suggest that US output has stabilized at about 8.5 million barrels per day, while the US oil-directed rig count has increased by 40 percent from its low at the end of May. Producers continue to add rigs in the Permian Basin and Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin, areas that offer compelling economics with WTI in the $40s per barrel.
Given these developments and Saudi Arabia’s focus on retaining market share, policymakers probably don’t want oil prices to climb to more than $55 per barrel for a sustained period.
Saudi Arabia also recently completed the largest bond sale ever by an emerging-market nation, raising $17.5 billion and attracting $67 billion worth of bids for these issues.
That talk of a potential production deal and consequent rally in oil prices coincided with Saudi Arabia shopping this massive bond issue to prospective investors in London, Los Angeles, Boston and New York City hardly comes as a surprise.
Bottom Line: Our base case remains that the upcoming OPEC meeting yields an underwhelming agreement on production and that seasonally weak demand combines with elevated inventories to pull oil prices back into the $30s per barrel over the next one to three months.
This sort of move creates both dangerous conditions for many energy companies, as well as and unique opportunities for investors. Our in-depth coverage in Energy & Income Advisor examines both the short-term trades to take advantage of the move and companies that can thrive during the long haul. Consider downloading a free issue to see for yourself.
Elliott H. Gue is founder and chief editor of Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor.
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Ryan Destiny Writes Letter to Fellow Young Black Women in Hollywood
Ryan Destiny earned a lot of kudos recently on social media from fans and contemporaries alike for being candid about experiences in her career so far, as well as giving advice. The actress posted an open letter last week that gained a lot of traction.
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Ryan Destiny is a rising star in Hollywood
Destiny first came to mainstream prominence as one of the three leads on the Fox drama series, Star. The series, which was a pseudo-spinoff of Empire, ran for three seasons on the network before it had its run ended. She headlined the series with Jude Demorest and Brittany O’Grady.
The series also starred Amiyah Scott, Quincy Brown, Benjamin Bratt, Queen Latifah, Miss Lawrence, Luke James, Michael Michele, Stephen Dorff, Lance Gross, Brandy Norwood, William Levy, and Matthew Noszka.
Aside from Star, Destiny also had a major recurring role in AMC’s Low Winter Sun. She recently recurred on the third season of Freeform’s grown-ish and play the lead in Flint Strong, the biopic on boxer Claressa Shields from Barry Jenkins and Rachel Morrison.
Last week, Destiny posted a letter on social media as several Black actresses open up about their experiences. Vanessa Morgan opened up about being the least-paid series regular on Riverdale and Samantha Marie Ware called out Lea Michele for her behavior on the set of Glee.
The actress posted an open letter on social media
Destiny stated on Twitter that she was inspired by former Glee star Amber Riley, as well as Ware, to make statements of her own.
And Im thankful for women like @MsAmberPRiley. Without her support & encouragement, Im sure I would’ve remained fearful on this subject. Everything you do does not go unseen sis.
— RD (@RyanDestiny) June 4, 2020
“This message is to my fellow Black sisters in particular… This goes for any career or work space but I’m speaking from my own experience,” wrote Destiny in part. “If you are just now entering Hollywood in any form or plan to… and at some point experience discrimination, appropriation, racism, colorist, microaggressions even if sometimes sadly by your own people… speak up for yourself. I didn’t do that. Not nearly as much as I should have. Educate yourself even more. I didn’t do that. The times I wanted to perfectly articulate exactly how I felt but didn’t know how, frustrated me. Do not continue to ‘brush it off’ to keep a ‘job’ or to not piss off ‘powerful people. You. Hold. Your. Own. D**m. Power. KNOW. YOUR. WORTH. You do not NEED anyone who contributes to the ongoing passive, tolerated behavior of this white favored industry.”
To young black women in hollywood/the industry or who want to be. #unMUTEny
A post shared by RD (@ryandestiny) on Jun 4, 2020 at 10:46am PDT
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She continued, “It’s easier to stay silent because we’ve all seen what happens when Black people hold people accountable. We’re the “problem.” We lose deals. We lose industry relationships. We lose roles. We lose opportunities. We lose support. All because companies and people don’t want to be held accountable. I refuse to be compliant….I will stand up for me and the ones that need it in these rooms and spaces…Social media support is not going to cut it. KEEP THIS SAME ENERGY IN REAL LIFE. That is the only way true change will happen.”
Her former co-stars co-sign her statments
Destiny’s former Star co-leads, Demorest and O’Grady, commented on her Instagram post and gave her support.
Demorst said, “Ryan, this is so honest and so brave. even though you said here you wish you’d done more- i want you to know that the times you spoke up, corrected and stood your ground, right before my eyes, will stick with me forever. i’m better for them. seeing and hearing your experience has challenged me to be better. and I’m sure so many others feel that way. your voice here is powerful, like your voice in real life has been. i can’t wait to watch you get every last flower you deserve,” wrote Demorest.
“This brings tears to my eyes Ryan. I am so grateful for this statement and your strength. I am so excited how you are going to impact our industry by speaking your truth with integrity. Thank you for speaking your truth. It is worthy. It’s the journey and it’s just the beginning,” wrote O’Grady.
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‘The Flight Attendant’: Did Luke Gulbranson Film His Scenes with Kaley Cuoco While Shooting ‘Summer House’?
Gina Ragusa
Were Luke Gulbranson’s steamy club and “day after” scenes with Kaley Cuoco shot for The Flight Attendant at the same time Gulbranson was filming Summer House on Bravo?
Kaley Cuoco | Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Portions of the HBO Max series were shot both pre and during the pandemic. Meanwhile, Gulbranson was also committed to a full-time filming schedule with Bravo.
Instead of allowing Summer House cast members to traverse between New York City and the Hamptons, the cast was quarantined at the Hampton’s home for the duration of filming.
So did worlds possibly collide for Gulbranson’s scenes? Like many productions, The Flight Attendant experienced a splintered filming schedule. The series was in the middle of shooting episode 6 in March when the pandemic brought all businesses to a screeching halt, Deadline reports. Crews waited for the green light to continue filming, which didn’t occur until August.
‘The Flight Attendant’ resumed production in New York in August
The Flight Attendant was nearly finished shooting with only two and a half episodes left to film in the eight-episode series. “We are looking to get back up and running at the end of August,” The Flight Attendant executive producer/co-showrunner Steve Yockey said during the show’s panel at CTAM’s virtual press tour in August.
“We are all feeling very positive about it but of course the health and safety of our cast and crew are the top priority,” he added. “But assuming everything goes to plan, you will be seeing The Flight Attendant on HBO Max this fall.”
Thanks @Andy it’s was blast working with Kaley on the @FlightAttendant it was the only dancing I’ve done in 2020. Happy Holidays! https://t.co/8ktbBG0pwV
— Luke_Gulbranson (@gulbranson_luke) December 16, 2020
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The remaining scenes were all shot in New York City in August, which is when Summer House was also filming in the Hamptons. Season 5, which usually begins in late June, started filming in late July.
Did worlds collide?
The Flight Attendant shot nearly 6 episodes before pausing due to the pandemic. Gulbranson’s cameo appearance came only during the first episode, which means he likely already shot his portion long before Summer House started filming.
Gulbranson posted on Instagram about The Flight Attendant when the series started streaming on HBO Max. “While you’re sitting on the couch with your pants unbuttoned because you ate your body weight in thanksgiving dinner. Check out the @flightattendantonmax It starts streaming live today!” he wrote along with a photo from his appearance.
#SummerHouse Season 5 Premieres February 4th on @BravoTV! Here's the FULL trailer. pic.twitter.com/m0s9E1fO3W
— Carl Radke (@carlradke) December 18, 2020
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The Summer House crew were also quarantined in the Hamptons. The trailer hints at intense drama. At one point Gulbranson is seen being restrained by the production crew as he screams at Kyle Cooke. He also seemingly hooks up with Lindsay Hubbard, which lends to more tension in the house.
Gulbranson and Hannah Berner had flirtatious romance last season. But it is clear that romance cooled with other emotions cropping up in it’s place. “Everything gets answered, don’t worry,” Berner told ET. “I just feel so fortunate that Bravo’s priority was our health and safety, and they figured out how to make the best show — the best season we’ve ever had — while keeping everyone safe. I just feel so fortunate to be able to make great TV, during such a crazy time.”
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Quarantine breach prompts demand for answers
by Hayden Johnson, Janelle Miles
'Vulnerabilities' in Queensland's hotel quarantine system have prompted the Opposition to demand an overhaul as police investigators prepare to sift through four days of CCTV to understand how a hotel cleaner was infected.
A joint Queensland Health and police investigation has been launched into the incident, which resulted in 2.5 million Greater Brisbane residents being plunged into a three-day lockdown.
The cleaner, in her 20s, is the first case of a hotel quarantine employee being infected at work in Queensland.
Genomic sequencing has linked her case to a man, in his 30s, who returned to Queensland on December 30 after travelling from Ghana - the state's first known case of the UK variant. The man's partner has also tested positive to the variant, dubbed B117.
The Opposition has written to Health Minister Yvette D'Ath demanding answers on how the Hotel Grand Chancellor worker contracted the virus.
Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Ros Bates has demanded answers about the ‘vulnerabilities’ in hotel quarantine. Pic: Tara Croser.
Opposition Health spokeswoman Ros Bates wrote to Ms D'Ath, calling for her to temporarily leave vacant any room inhabited by a person infected by the mutant UK strain.
Ms Bates said the lack of information about how the cleaner contracted the strain and a lack of clarity about what protective equipment she was wearing needs to be answered.
"If this incident has shown us anything, it is that there are vulnerabilities in the system," she wrote.
"While no system will be infallible, it is our responsibility to examine the circumstances and identify any systemic failures and vulnerabilities to reduce the likelihood of further lockdowns."
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said investigators were working through four days’ of CCTV. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
Queensland Police Service Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said investigators would view four days' worth of CCTV and assess whether system changes were required.
"It will be an investigation that as we and if we identify things that need to be improved in the system that we will implement them immediately," he pledged.
Police will develop a detailed timeline from when Queensland's first confirmed case of the UK variant entered the quarantine system on December 30 to January 2, the cleaner's last shift at the Grand Chancellor.
"We're trying to work out the nexus between those two people and how it may have been transmitted," Mr Gollschewski said.
"It will be a complete reconstruction of everything that's happened so that we can understand the whole process.
"We will absolutely look at everything in the hotel setting. That's a detailed piece of work."
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the nature of the mutant UK strain meant authorities may never know how the cleaner caught it.
"This is a very contagious virus so I'm not sure that we'll necessarily find what led to this particular breach," she said.
Dr Young said that under hotel quarantine protocols, all staff working on the same floors as returned travellers were required to wear personal protective equipment, such as masks.
LATEST RESTRICTIONS AND HEALTH ALERTS
Until 1am, Friday January 22:
Must be worn in indoor places, including shopping centres and supermarkets, gyms, workplaces where people cannot socially distance and where it is safe to do so, places of worship, libraries, public transport, taxis and ride share vehicles.
Must be carried at all times.
Are not required to be worn when outdoors at a safe distance from other people (for example, walking a dog), in private vehicles or doing
BUSINESSES AND VENUES
Indoors: 1 person
per 4sq m
Outdoors:
1 person per 2sq m
Seated eating and drinking only
Smaller venues up to 200sq m: 1 person per 2sq m up to a maximum of 50
No dancing except
Up to 20 in homes and public spaces
Weddings: Up to 100. No restrictions on dancing
Funerals: Up to 100
Indoor concert venues or theatres: 50% capacity, or 1 person per 4sq m - whichever is greater
Outdoor stadiums: 50% capacity with COVIDSafe plans
Restrictions on visits to hospitals, aged care, disability accommodation and prisons remain.
QUEENSLAND HEALTH ALERTS FOR TESTING:
SOUTHSIDE BRISBANE (RELATED TO CLEANER AND PARTNER)
Two sites were added to the contact tracing list after the quarantine hotel cleaner's partner tested positive on Monday.
Anyone who visited Bunnings Warehouse in Acacia Ridge from 2pm to 2:40pm on Tuesday, January 5, and Sunnybank Cellars in Sunnybank Hills from 2:05pm to 2:15pm on Wednesday, January 6, has been urged to get tested and quarantine at home for 14 days regardless of the outcome.
An urgent public health alert was issued late on Saturday evening, ordering anyone who had visited Coles at Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown on January 5, 7.30am-8am, or Woolworths Calamvale North on January 3, 11am-noon to get tested and quarantine for 14 days, regardless of the test result.
The Public Health Unit confirmed anyone who attended these venues at these times was now considered to be a close contact with a Brisbane quarantine hotel cleaner who tested positive to the UK variant.
The Nextra newsagency at Sunnybank Hills was also added to this list of "critical importance".
Authorities have also asked anybody on the Altandi to Roma St Station train at 7am on January 2 and Central to Altandi train at 4pm on January 2 to get tested.
MALENY (RELATED TO PASSENGER FROM MELBOURNE)
Health alerts have been issued for three venues in Maleny after a woman flew from Melbourne to Brisbane and then drove to the Sunshine Coast hinterland town on January 5. The woman also had the UK mutant strain of COVID-19 and had been in quarantine in Melbourne for 10 days before being allowed to fly but has since tested positive for the virus. At the time 10 days was the required quarantine period and no exit test was required.
Dr Young said the risk was "extremely low" but said Queensland Health wanted to be cautious.
Queensland Health has urged anyone who visited the Cappriccios Italian Pizza Restaurant on January 6, between 6.30pm and 7pm, to get tested.
They have also issued the same advice for those who visited Purple Palate Cellars between 4.15pm and 4.25pm on January 7 as well as the Maleny Woolworths supermarket on the same day between 4.30pm and 4.50pm.
Anyone in the Maleny area with any symptoms has also been urged to come forward for testing.
Dr Young said health authorities wanted to test passengers on Jetstar flight JQ570 but she said Queensland Health had already contacted all passengers.
Originally published as Quarantine breach prompts demand for answers
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The re-emergence of the virulent UK strain of COVID-19 in Queensland has set Australian health authorities again on edge, aware of potentially how quickly this more contagious strain could spread into the population. Genome sequencing has confirmed a female casual cleaner from Brisbane, aged in her 20s, who contracted the UK strain locally, is suspected to have done so while working in a quarantine hotel. She is understood to have been working while infectious for around five days after receiving a negative test on December 29. The positive test emanating from quarantine again elevates the discussion around whether authorities are doing enough to protect, test and isolate those people who are working in critical quarantine support roles such as cleaning, hospitality and transport. Once the case of the UK strain was confirmed, Queensland's chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young ordered a three day lockdown of the Greater Brisbane area, including Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands until 6pm on Monday. Mask wearing is mandatory in all these areas when people have to leave their homes for essential reasons. This is the second time the UK strain has been found in Australia, following the first detected in late November last year. It's known officially as VUI-202012/01 (or the first "Variant Under Investigation" in December 2020). It is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The British Medical Journal said this strain had 17 changes or mutations, with the most significant being in the spike protein the virus used to bind to the human ACE2 receptor. It is thought this change to the spike protein may be the reason why the virus spreads more easily. It was first detected in Kent, in south-east England in September last year by the COG-UK (COVID-19 Genomics UK) consortium. This consortium has been funded and resourced to investigate these types of variations. It collects, sequences and analyses the whole genomes of virus samples from all over the UK. The concern is this variant appears to be far more transmissible. All viruses undergo genetic changes which are called mutations, which results in different variants. Experts from the Imperial College in London say this new variant has a far higher basic reproductive number, or R number. The new variant increases the R number by between 0.4 and 0.7. England's chief medical officer, Dr Chris Whitty, said the new variant could be up to 70 per cent more transmissible. In the UK, the new strain was rapidly replacing other versions of the virus. Not necessarily. It's the potential speed of transmission that's of more significant concern. Australia's chief medical officer, Professor Paul Kelly, said this variant "doesn't cause more severe illness". "There is no increase in hospitalisation or increase in 28-day mortality," he said. But if it spreads faster, more people get it, so that increases the load on health resources. While the more transmissible nature of the variant is the key difference, a study by London's Imperial College also found in the UK, people under 20 years old made up a higher proportion of cases. The data which supports this anomaly was being further assessed. Perhaps, but that's if they can track and trace in time. As the British example revealed, with such a rapidly transmissible variant of the virus, the spread rate is phenomenal. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hoped a hard lockdown and mask mandate would buy enough time for health officials to trace the cleaner's contacts and stop the virus from spreading. "If we do not do this now, it could end up being a 30-day lockdown," she said. Sharon Peacock, the director of COG-UK, said: "With this variant there is no evidence that it will evade the vaccination or a human immune response." However, immunologists have warned COVID vaccines may need to be adjusted, as occurs with seasonal flu vaccines, as the virus mutates over time.
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January 11 2021 - 4:30AM
Why health experts are so worried about UK COVID-19 strain
Peter Brewer
Nurse Di Allende conducts a COVID-19 test at the drive-in COVID-19 testing site in Kambah. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
The re-emergence of the virulent UK strain of COVID-19 in Queensland has set Australian health authorities again on edge, aware of potentially how quickly this more contagious strain could spread into the population.
Genome sequencing has confirmed a female casual cleaner from Brisbane, aged in her 20s, who contracted the UK strain locally, is suspected to have done so while working in a quarantine hotel.
She is understood to have been working while infectious for around five days after receiving a negative test on December 29.
The positive test emanating from quarantine again elevates the discussion around whether authorities are doing enough to protect, test and isolate those people who are working in critical quarantine support roles such as cleaning, hospitality and transport.
Once the case of the UK strain was confirmed, Queensland's chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young ordered a three day lockdown of the Greater Brisbane area, including Logan, Ipswich, Moreton and Redlands until 6pm on Monday.
Mask wearing is mandatory in all these areas when people have to leave their homes for essential reasons.
This is the second time the UK strain has been found in Australia, following the first detected in late November last year.
What is the UK strain of COVID-19 and what makes it different?
It's known officially as VUI-202012/01 (or the first "Variant Under Investigation" in December 2020). It is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The British Medical Journal said this strain had 17 changes or mutations, with the most significant being in the spike protein the virus used to bind to the human ACE2 receptor.
It is thought this change to the spike protein may be the reason why the virus spreads more easily.
Where was this strain first found?
It was first detected in Kent, in south-east England in September last year by the COG-UK (COVID-19 Genomics UK) consortium.
This consortium has been funded and resourced to investigate these types of variations.
It collects, sequences and analyses the whole genomes of virus samples from all over the UK.
Why are health authorities so concerned about it?
The concern is this variant appears to be far more transmissible. All viruses undergo genetic changes which are called mutations, which results in different variants.
Experts from the Imperial College in London say this new variant has a far higher basic reproductive number, or R number. The new variant increases the R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.
England's chief medical officer, Dr Chris Whitty, said the new variant could be up to 70 per cent more transmissible.
In the UK, the new strain was rapidly replacing other versions of the virus.
Is the new strain more severe?
Not necessarily. It's the potential speed of transmission that's of more significant concern.
Australia's chief medical officer, Professor Paul Kelly, said this variant "doesn't cause more severe illness".
"There is no increase in hospitalisation or increase in 28-day mortality," he said.
But if it spreads faster, more people get it, so that increases the load on health resources.
What's different about the new strain?
While the more transmissible nature of the variant is the key difference, a study by London's Imperial College also found in the UK, people under 20 years old made up a higher proportion of cases.
The data which supports this anomaly was being further assessed.
Will the Brisbane three-day lockdown keep it at bay?
Perhaps, but that's if they can track and trace in time. As the British example revealed, with such a rapidly transmissible variant of the virus, the spread rate is phenomenal.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hoped a hard lockdown and mask mandate would buy enough time for health officials to trace the cleaner's contacts and stop the virus from spreading.
"If we do not do this now, it could end up being a 30-day lockdown," she said.
Will the three leading vaccines be effective against this new variant?
Sharon Peacock, the director of COG-UK, said: "With this variant there is no evidence that it will evade the vaccination or a human immune response."
However, immunologists have warned COVID vaccines may need to be adjusted, as occurs with seasonal flu vaccines, as the virus mutates over time.
This story Why health experts are so worried about UK COVID-19 strain first appeared on The Canberra Times.
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Must read: David Harper on the diminishing role of the comics artist at the Big Two
Must read: David Harper on the diminishing role of the comics artist at the Big Twohttp://ift.tt/1lC3u5C
It’s hard to believe in the era of Tumblr and Imgur and gifs and all that, but in comics artists seem to be getting the short end of the stick, at least in some places. David Harper takes a look at Comics and the Diminishing Role of Artists in a Visual Medium for Multiversity in a thoughtful piece that covers many bases. For those who grew up in the comics world of the superstar artist—Kirby yes but starting from Neal Adams to John Byrne to George Perez to the Image boys to Bryan Hitch and Frank Quitely, probably the last two “Superstar” artists—the very proposition that artists are not front and center in the comics world seems counter intuitive, but, it really has happened, thanks to the need to ship on time, house styles, the rise of writers and “editorial summit” culture, and many other factors that Harper discusses:
I’m not sure when everything changed, but at some point, comics became a writer driven industry, and this time more than ever before.
You had your aforementioned major runs being emphasized by writer and not artist (see: Bendis on “Avengers” and Johns on “Green Lantern”), you had Marvel’s unveiling of the (short lived) Architects* moniker (comprised of five writers in Bendis, Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and Jonathan Hickman), and you had books no longer having an emphasis on a consistent artistic presence, all pushing the marketing weight and reader interest onto the writers and their plots rather than the overall storytelling that writers and artists combine to create.
Much of this ties into the “Coloring Book Culture” of the Big Two that I talked about a while ago. But there’s also the very real decline in income for artists and writers as discussed in this twitter thread. I’ve been asking around a bit, and comics rates aren’t much more than they were when I was an editor and that was 12 years ago. Needless to say, most thing cost a bit more than they did 12 years ago, including food, clothing and shelter, but there are more people clamoring to make comics than ever before, more of them breaking in at higher levels and it’s a buyers market.
Note well that Harper’s discussion of the suppression of artists seems to be mostly about Marvel and DC culture—although he does tag Image as being quite writer-centric, a result of current Big Two superstars—who are all writers—heading west to find a better life. (Yet it would be hard to find a bigger superstar at Image than artist Fiona Staples.) Oddly enough, in other comics realms— manga, webcomics, literary comics and bookstore comics—cartoonists, those who write AND draw, remain triumphant, and artists seem to have more cachet.
Is this phenomenon overall a good thing or a bad thing? Well, take a look at last month’s sales figures, and let’s circle back.
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Telstra retail price controls
Telstra’s retail price controls (RPC) were repealed
Telstra's retail price controls (RPC) were repealed on 18 March 2015 when the Minister for Communications signed an instrument to revoke the RPC Determination.
Telstra Carrier Charges—Price Control Arrangements, Notification and Disallowance Determination No.1 of 2005
Price control arrangements applied to Telstra (or its predecessors, Telecom and the Overseas Telecommunications Corporation) since 1989. They were originally introduced at a time when Telstra was the only telecommunications provider and fixed line telephony was the predominant telecommunications service, giving Telstra significant market position. RPC and other regulatory measures were viewed as a means to appropriately balance this dominant position while the market was deregulated and competition increased through new players and services.
RPC were reviewed every two to three years since their introduction and were kept in place to address potential ongoing structural and social equity issues in the telecommunications market. These issues have declined with improved access to telecommunications infrastructure, including the National Broadband Network (NBN), the increasing availability and use of alternative services to fixed lines (such as mobile services) and increased retail competition.
In February 2014 the Centre for International Economics (CIE) was engaged to undertake an economic analysis of RPC to provide advice on the future of RPC in the context of the Government's broader deregulation agenda.
CIE found that the development and growth of a competitive retail market for telecommunications services has made retail price controls redundant. Because retail price controls are not leading to any discernible changes in prices relative to what would have otherwise occurred, retail price controls no longer address their original objective.
Differentiated pricing between metropolitan, regional and rural areas has not occurred. Analysis of RPC across Telstra and 16 other providers of voice services showed no regionally differentiated prices.
The findings of the CIE analysis confirmed the trends identified in previous reviews and reinforced the decreasing relevance of RPC in the current telecommunications market.
The full CIE report and a summary of consultation conducted by the Department on RPC are available here:
CIE final report—Telstra's retail price controls [PDF 738kB]
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Repealing RPC allows a reduction in industry reporting requirements for Telstra and will deliver a net economic saving of approximately $246,000 per annum due to reduced administration and compliance costs.
Monitoring of price movements will continue on an annual basis through the legislative requirement on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to review and report on prices paid by consumers for telecommunications services.
Legislative powers to reintroduce RPC remain in place should significant price increases or differentiated pricing in regional areas occur.
Extensive consumer safeguards remain in place, including the Universal Service Obligation, and as part of its carrier licence conditions, Telstra is required to provide the 'Access for Everyone' package targeted at low income consumers.
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President orders agencies to create regulatory task forces
By Joe Mont2017-02-28T10:30:00+00:00
Another day, another piece of President Donald J. Trump’s regulatory rollback clicked into place.
On Feb. 24, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring that all government agencies establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force in furtherance of his goal “to eliminate red tape.” Each task force will evaluate existing regulations and identify those that should be repealed or modified.
At a minimum, each task force will attempt to identify regulations that: eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation; are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective; impose costs that exceed benefits; and create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with regulatory reform initiatives and policies.
On Jan. 31, Trump issued an Executive Order demanding, in effect, that for every new regulation issued, at least two prior ones must be identified for elimination. In meeting those requirements, each agency head should prioritize, to the extent permitted by law, those regulations that the agency's Regulatory Reform Task Force has identified as being outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective.
Within 90 days of the date of the Executive Order, and on a schedule determined by the agency head thereafter, each task force must provide a report to the agency head detailing progress in meeting executive orders.
Also, within 60 days of the date of the order, the head of each agency, except the heads of agencies receiving waivers, are required to designate an agency official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO).
Each RRO shall oversee the implementation of regulatory reform initiatives and policies to ensure that agencies effectively carry out regulatory reforms, consistent with applicable law. These initiatives and policies of the curent or past administrations include:
Executive Order 13771 of Jan. 30, 2017 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs), regarding offsetting the number and cost of new regulations;
Executive Order 12866 of Sept. 30, 1993 (Regulatory Planning and Review), as amended, regarding regulatory planning and review; and
Executive Order 13563 of Jan. 18, 2011 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review), regarding retrospective review.
Each agency RRO shall periodically report to the agency head and regularly consult with agency leadership. Unless otherwise designated by the agency head, the agency RRO will chair the agency's Regulatory Reform Task Force.
Count U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley among those applauding the creation of regulatory task forces. “To get the economy growing more rapidly, we need regulatory relief and reform,” he said. “Business owners from all sectors and industries have acknowledged that red tape sows uncertainty and holds back investment and innovation. We appreciate that the Trump administration is tackling the regulatory state head on.”
A far different view comes from Robert Verchick, president of the Center for Progressive Reform. “Though the president claims he is simply seeking to enforce his arbitrary ‘one-in, two-out’ executive order and executive orders from past presidents, this new order is clearly aimed at embedding his overtly political, anti-protections agenda at federal agencies that are supposed to be using science and expertise to safeguard us all,” he said. “Agencies are once again being asked to waste scarce resources to target policies industry doesn't like instead of protecting the American people and responding to new and emerging health, safety, and environmental hazards. This is not a good use of staff time at our federal agencies.”
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Argentina seeks bigger share of China’s organic market
Organic producers reject GM seeds, chemical fertilisers, and agrochemicals, according to Ricardo Parra of Argentina’s Las Quinas beekeeping company in Argentina. Hard to believe, then, that a country like Argentina that used 500 million litres of agrochemicals last year would have a flourishing organic food sector.
But Argentine organic produce is now featuring more prominently in international markets and its companies are now targeting Chinese consumers, more so amid the coronavirus pandemic. With people at home due to lockdowns, there’s been a growing appetite for healthier meals as well as more time to cook.
“The pandemic is changing global food habits, with more people now convinced of the need to eat healthier food, making organics a good fit,” said Parra. “With most restaurants closed, consumers are getting more selective with what they eat at home. We have a favourable view of the future.”
Argentina, organic power
Argentina exported 166,000 tonnes of organic produce in 2018, according to government data. The US and EU are the main export destinations, although analysts estimate that total exports could be twice that because US control authorities use different classifications to Argentina’s.
166,000 tonnes of organic produce exported by Argentina in 2018
Pears, wheat, cane sugar, apples, soybeans, cider, wine, apple sauce, rice, wool and honey are the most widely sold Argentine organic products.
“Argentina’s organic production has the highest levels of quality, equivalent to those of the EU, Japan and Switzerland. And with 3.2 million hectares certified, ranks second worldwide behind Australia,” said Parra, who is also the president of the Argentine Movement for Organic Production (MAPO), an NGO consisting of around 1,600 groups involved in organic food production.
The central Pampas region grows multitude of organic cereals, legumes and vegetables and the Cuyo region in the west, produces wines and olives. In the south, it’s sheep. Fruits, juices and jams emanate from the valleys that run up through the country.
Organic activity is regulated by law and certification is mandatory before any product can be called such. Obtaining a certificate takes a minimum of two to three years and can be expensive. But growing international demand makes it worthwhile and profitable, experts say.
Facundo Soria, coordinator of organic production at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, believes that Argentina has “many comparative and competitive advantages”. The country has fertile soils, a variety of regional economies that can become organic, water availability, and opposite seasons to buyer countries, which means Argentina can provide them with products they can’t produce.
Diego Fontenla, of the Pampa Orgánica Sur Group, said producers’ decisions to go organic generally arise from environmental concerns over the impact of agrochemicals, and an interest in natural foods.
“The organic product provides a guarantee to the consumer that they are eating something safe, much more nutritious and healthier,” said Fontenla, adding: “An organic orange juice is orange juice, it is not water with syrup and acidifier.”
Bruno Vasquetto, producer of El Mate Organic Foods, says modes of production that do not use chemical or genetically modified inputs “will increase year by year because society demands more and more not only cheap food, but also quality. As the amount of organic producers increases, the prices of these foods will decrease”.
China’s organic awakening
China’s market for organic products has seen a rapid increase with goods available in supermarkets and through subscription schemes that, for an annual amount, regularly supply organic vegetables.
A recent survey by Chinese e-commerce giant JD Big Data Research Institute shows that almost 70% of respondents bought “fresh organic produce.” Another report by the company revealed that middle-aged, middle-class Chinese are those most likely to opt for fresh organic produce, as seen in other countries.
There is a new productive paradigm...Whoever doesn’t follow it loses an important portion of the market
Ernesto Fernández Taboada, executive director of the Argentine-China Chamber of Commerce, said China has a new generation of young adults that is driving the consumption of organic products: “They are professionals, children of prosperity, who want to eat healthy foods.”
“China is an organic market that needs attention. It will continue to grow and will offer good opportunities for our producers. Argentina is well perceived by Chinese entrepreneurs. We are a country they call ‘clean’ or ‘blue skied’, like Australia, New Zealand and Brazil – our competitors,” he said.
A big market to develop
Producers agree that China is the next big market to conquer.
“China is the goal and when we achieve it, it will have a very big impact,” says Parra. In November, Chinese authorities authorised the import of Las Quinas honey. He is now working for more producers to get approval but admits there is a lot to do to grow Argentina’s share of the Chinese organic market.
“We have to be careful not to make mistakes and only go halfway. Argentina’s supply is not very strong for a destination of that size. We need to have more producers and support policies for the sector,” he said.
Australia is currently the leading organic supplier to China, mostly organic dairy products and meats. It is followed by the US, Europe and Japan.
The Argentine Agency for International Trade and Investment (AACI) believes that there is ample room to increase exports because it specialises in numerous organic products that aren’t yet exported to China.
José Alberto Bekinschtein, the agency’s director of international trade, points out that to enter the Chinese market “certification of imported organic products is required under Chinese organic standards and compliance with all other Chinese laws and regulations.”
17 tonnes of Argentine organic products were shipped to China in 2018, mostly Chia seeds
Unlike the EU, Switzerland and Japan, Argentine organic certification has no equivalence with Chinese certification. That is a barrier to the entry of most organic produce. In 2018, only 17 tonnes arrived in China from Argentina, mainly chia seeds.
Juan Carlos Ramírez, former coordinator of Ecological Production of the National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) said: “China is a great market to develop and the opportunities are enormous, but it has very strict administrative requirements.”
New sustainable certifications
A growing concern by citizens over the way food is produced is forcing states and companies to establish standards to make sure that food meets sustainability criteria. This has opened the door to new certifications for food, not just to prove it’s organic, but also that it respects additional criteria.
Bruno Vasquetto says it’s important to look for certifications that show that biodiversity is respected and soil improved.
Sabine Papendieck, a consultant in international trade and sustainability, said: “There is a new productive paradigm and it cannot be produced in any other way. Whoever doesn’t follow it loses an important portion of the market.”
The environmental, social, economic and climate impacts of production are also considerations, she added: “Sustainability standards multiply and tend to be a condition of market access. Europe began, but then other countries mirrored and incorporated them. China is not going to be the exception.”
Ricardo Parra agrees. Five years ago, he added B-Corps certification to his organic production, demonstrating fair trade standards, social responsibility and sustainability.
“When you choose what to produce or what to buy you are also deciding in which world you want to live,” he says.
https://dialogochino.net/en/agriculture/35075-argentina-seeks-bigger-share-of-chinas-organic-market/
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Ash From The Sky, A Sheen On The Creek And Now A Nasty Smell Adds To Suncor’s Year Of Unintended Emissions
By Sam Brasch
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News
The Suncor refinery in Commerce City on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
Lucy Molina, a community activist in Commerce City, was at an outdoor Zumba class Thursday when she heard about the latest pollution incident at Suncor.
Another environmental advocate wanted to make sure she was safe. The Canadian company, which owns Colorado’s only oil and gas refinery, had posted a notice on Facebook earlier in the afternoon. A boiler at the facility had failed earlier in the afternoon, causing a release of steam, flares and “emissions exceedances.”
The euphemism hinted at toxic air pollution.
In a later email, a company spokesperson confirmed the breakdown caused emissions above limits set in the refinery’s operating permits. That includes high levels of carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes exposure to both levels can be deadly at high concentrations.
The second chemical also carries the distinctive scent of rotten eggs. At the Zumba class, Molina claims she could pick up the faint smell despite her facemask and the wildfire smoke choking Colorado’s Front Range.
“We have COVID up in the air, these fires and then these toxins,” Molina said. “It’s a mixture of death.”
After the incident, Suncor spokesperson Jessica Depencier said the company sent portable gas detection meters into the surrounding neighborhood. The results found air quality was at acceptable levels, as defined by standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and industrial health groups. Depencier did not provide the specific tests results.
The mishap is the latest in a long series of air and water pollution incidents at Suncor. In March, the company agreed to a $9 million settlement with state regulators over a number of air pollution violations. One involved grey-white ash falling on nearby windshields and schoolyards.
After the penalty, a similar event took place less than two weeks after the settlement announcement.
Further problems involved Sand Creek, which runs just next to the 80-acre industrial site at I-270 and Brighton Boulevard. In May, the company reported a sheen on the surface of the waterway, which it later traced to fuel oil or diesel in a bank along the creek. A company spokesperson said a third-party forensic lab found the spill likely happened before the company took over the facility.
State regulators oversaw company efforts to mitigate the site. After the company removed over 800 cubic yards of soil and completed regulated surface water tests, it now has permission from the state to finish restoring the stream bank.
“Additionally, Suncor extracts the creek water and transports it to their wastewater treatment plant where it is treated and returned back to the creek via the permitted outfall the department monitors,” said MaryAnn Nason, a spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.
While the treatment can remove hydrocarbons from the water, other pollutants are reaching the waterway. State-ordered tests have found high levels of “forever chemicals” in the outflow, which almost certainly comes from firefighting foam used at the facility for years.
Scientists have associated the per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, with a wide range of health problems. State water quality regulators are now considering applying a new PFAS standard in Suncor’s next wastewater permit, which would require the company to remove those chemicals as well.
The recent release of hydrogen sulfide could bring further consequences for the company. In the last legislative session, Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills meant to hold large polluters more accountable.
One piece of legislation increases the maximum penalties for air and water pollution violations — and gives nearby communities some power over how the money is spent.
The other law requires companies to inform residents of releases of benzene, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen sulfide through emergency notification systems, like a reverse 911. Warnings must be in both English and Spanish.
While Polis signed the law in July, it allows six months for companies and governments to comply. Democratic state Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, whose district includes Suncor, said the requirement is meant to provide some relief to anyone living or working near large pollution incidents.
“It’s really just important people understand what’s going and if any release can be dangerous,” Benavidez said.
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Gina Schwarz – Pannonica
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Pannonica
Artists: Gina Schwarz (bass, composition), Lorenz Raab (trumpet, flugelhorn), Lisa Hofmaninger (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet), Alois Eberl (trombone), Florian Sighartner (violin), Clemens Sainitzer (violoncello), Philipp Nykrin (piano), Primus Sitter (guitar), Judith Schwarz (drums)
„Pannonica de Koenigswarter, born Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild, was one of the most important promoters of Modern Jazz”, according to the entry in Wikipedia.
Kathleen was closely connected to Thelonious Monk as well as to his family, and in return for her selfless support as benefactress he dedicated several compositions to her.
“Pannonica” – arguably one of Monk’s most known works – is also the namesake of this fascinating project by the “Baroness of the low notes and deep sounds”, Gina Schwarz. Gina pays tribute to the patronage of Kathleen Rothschild and at the same time opens up a conscious female “sight for listening“.
Gina Schwarz acts as a prudent but sovereign bandleader, and is known to be a gifted and fascinating bass player, as well as a composer and an arranger. Her music leaves a lot of room for interpretation, which creates a fascinating interplay, exciting solos, as well as an ever surprising flow of ideas for co-musicians and listeners alike.
Gina Schwarz has been a bandleader of formations like “Schwarzmarkt” or “Jazzista”, as well as coordinating projects like “Unit”, featuring Jim Black. Over time she has become a highly productive catalyst of the present Austrian jazz scene. This recording is a sustainable proof thereof.
Pannonica started as a stage band at Porgy & Bess Jazz club in Vienna during the 2017/18 Season. The project invited international female composers and musicians as special guests, who performed their task exceptionally on eight highly variable and exciting evenings.
A profile of this work performed by Gina Schwarz’s new excellently cast formation Pannonica is captured on this double CD: CD 1 “Musicbox“ , and the newly arranged material on CD 2 “Free Landscape”.
The Baroness de Koenigswarter died in1988. A book titled “The Jazz Musician and her three wishes” was published posthumously I highly recommend it! To quote Duke Ellington: “My wishes are very modest…I want nothing but the best”. With pannonica, Gina Schwarz comes very close to Ellington’s paradigm. Chapeau!
(Christoph Huber, Porgy & Bess, Vienna, November 2019)
Pannonica performed eight concerts at the famous Viennese Jazzclub Porgy&Bess in 2017/18. Billed as the „Porgy&Bess Stageband“, pannonica collaborated with many international guests including: Karin Hammar (SWE), Julia Hülsmann (D), Camila Meza (CL/USA), Sylvie Courvoisier (CH/USA), Angelika Niescier (POL/D), Ingrid Jensen (CAN/USA) und Marilyn Mazur (DNK) – followed by collaborations with Mino Cinelu (perc) and Dave Taylor (trb).
Inspiration for developing the gender-idea of this project is an outstanding woman: Eponym Baroness Pannonica de Köenigswarter. She was a warrior, a patron, a muse, and an intimate friend of many musicians. For the Baroness, jazz is the embodiment of modernism, tolerance, and plurality – an urgent and most neccesary “antidote” to racism, sexism and gender-bias.
In the current program, the musicians shall impress the listener with strong solos, colourful sounds and collectiv-improvisations. The conceptual idea and the melodic shape represent the music of the composer. Creative horn arrangements and melodic string parts are played with passion, virtuosity and purity of expression. In combination with an exciting rhythm section they establish a homogeneous bandsound with unconventional colouring.
TRACKS CD I – Musicbox
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TRACKS CD II – Free Landscape
Cut I: Bienenschwarm
Chai Waltz
Cut II: Quadratlichter
Road Trip A22
Cut III: Zirkel
Cut IV: Schneefall
Abibliophobia
Cut V: Quantenmechanik
Cut VI: Drei Tage bei Oma
Free Landscape Reprise
Austrian bassist Gina Schwarz leaves no room for doubt as to who occupies the driver’s seat on Pannonica. A few measures into the opening number, “GM’s Musicbox,” Schwarz’s muscular bass melody is high in the mix, doubled by Lisa Hofmaninger’s bass clarinet, setting the tone for the rest of this two-disc affair.
Alex W. Rodríguez – June 2020
Jazzwise
Gina Schwarz is a leading exhibit on the Austrian jazz scene, one of the country’s finest bass players critically acclaimed composer and arranger.
Pannonica is a neat summation of why she’s so highly rated.
Stuart Nicholson – May 2020
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Austrian double bass player-composer-bandleader Gina Schwarz began her «Pannonica» project as a tribute to Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter (1913-1988), ala Kathleen Rothschild, known as a patron to bebop musicians and a friend of Thelonious Monk, who immortalized her name in a beautiful composition. Schwarz wanted that this project would reflect a female consciousness, close to the way that the Baroness saw jazz – jazz as the embodiment of modernism, tolerance, and plurality, an urgent and most necessary antidote to racism, sexism, and gender-bias.
Eyal Hareuveni – March 25th, 2020
Jazz Views
Gina Schwarz is a bass player and composer. Starting on the accordion, Gina later learned the piano before indulging her passion for the lower registers by learning the double bass, which became her main instrument. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory, the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and then gained a scholarship to Berklee and was also supported by the Austrian government. She won the Berklee-Best whilst a student there. She also won the Hans Koller Preis for sideswoman of the year in 2002. Since 2011 she has taught bass and performed. She has recorded albums as leader and co-leader and featured on many others. Her performances have taken her all over the world.
Sammy Stein – Feb 2020
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Treat Detainees Right
After terrorists hijacked four airplanes on 9/11 and killed thousands of people, it was easy to believe anything was possible. To protect the public and thwart any operations Al Qaeda might still have under way, the Justice Department quickly cast a wide net. Some 762 foreigners - mostly Arabs and South Asians - were detained on immigration charges. Most were deported.
Now a review by Justice's inspector general finds "significant problems" in the detainees' treatment: The Immigration and Naturalization Service took too long to charge them. The FBI took too long to clear them of involvement with terrorism. Dozens were held in "unduly harsh" confinement in a federal prison in Brooklyn, where they endured "a pattern of physical and verbal abuse by guards."
The Justice Department makes no apologies for acting to protect Americans following the 9/11 attacks. Indeed, US law allows detention for up to 90 days in immigration cases - longer if a criminal or terrorist investigation is involved.
The inspector general found no civil rights violations. Even so, Justice officials say they already have adopted some of the report's recommendations, including developing better criteria for determining links to terrorism and for processing detainees, and improving oversight of prison conditions. That's encouraging. The federal Bureau of Prisons says a guard resigned following the investigation.
Justice responded well in a trying situation. But it can and must do better. All detainees deserve treatment in accord with American law and values.
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Dave Brailsford faces further scrutiny over claims he misled MPs about Fluimucil package
Team Sky boss may have to reappear in front of MPs to give further evidence after it was revealed the Wiggins's medical records have not been made available to UKAD, and Fluimucil prescription has not been found in BC records
Henry Robertshaw December 22, 2016 10:42 am
David Brailsford, Sky, Tour de France 2011 press conference
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Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford could be called to appear in front of MPs for a second time after it emerged he may have misled them when giving evidence on Monday.
Brailsford told the Culture, Media and Sport select committee that Bradley Wiggins‘s medical records had been passed to a UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) investigation into the package delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.
>>> Seven questions that Team Sky and British Cycling still need to answer
However, according to The Times, UKAD investigators have not received the records.
After telling MPs that he had been told by former Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman that the package delivered to Wiggins at the Dauphiné contained the decongestant Fluimucil, Brailsford was asked by Damian Collins MP, the chair of the committee, whether Wiggins’s medical records had been handed over to UKAD investigators to check if the package did indeed contain Fluimucil, and if Wiggins had been treated with the drug.
“You are absolutely right,” Brailsford replied. “And my understanding is that they have been made available to UKAD.”
>>> Dave Brailsford says ‘he made things worse’ in Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins furore
As a prescription medication, Fluimucil should have also been recorded by British Cycling when it was prescribed to Wiggins.
However The Times also reports that UKAD has been unable to find any written record at British Cycling of Wiggins being prescribed the drug.
Watch: Dave Brailsford gives evidence to MPs
Collins said that the latest revelations meant that Brailsford had more questions to answer, especially after it came out on Tuesday that he had allegedly tried to prevent the Daily Mail from running its original story about the package.
“It adds to a picture which doesn’t seem to make any sense. Why should Dave Brailsford go to such lengths not to reveal what was in the package and try to prevent the story being published if what was in that package was completely innocent?” said Collins.
>>> Twitter reacts to Team Sky medical package revelations
“He appears to be trying to stop the line of inquiry. If he knew it was Fluimucil why did he not say so straight away?
“If he didn’t, why did he try to close down a legitimate investigation? He needs to explain why he said what he did, and what he knew about the package at the time. Then we can judge whether it was rash and foolhardy or more serious than deliberately trying to close down the investigation.”
Sir Dave Brailsford: ‘We continued to work with our heads down, we didn’t notice other teams were overtaking us’
Laurens De Plus: ‘I want to prove myself and show what I can do at Ineos Grenadiers’
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Egan Bernal waiting to decide between Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in 2020
Colombian says team will decide which Grand Tour he will target next year
Richard Windsor October 28, 2019 11:45 am
Egan Bernal at the 2019 Saitama Criterium (Sunada)
Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) says he is not yet thinking about which Grand Tour to target in 2020, but admits he is tempted by the mountainous Giro d’Italia route.
The 2020 Giro, the route of which was revealed last week, sits in contrast to the Tour de France with just under 60km of time trialling and long, high altitude mountain stages defining the final week. The Tour meanwhile features shorter, punchier climbing stages with just a single time trial on the penultimate day to the top La Planche des Belles Filles.
>>> Chris Froome needs further surgery as he looks to racing return
While both routes could suit Bernal, the defending Tour champion admits the more classic style Giro route appeals to him. He originally planned a challenge for the pink jersey this year but was forced to shift to the Tour after breaking his collarbone the week before the Giro start.
“I don’t know [which race I’ll ride] yet, I also have a lot of respect for the Giro and Vuelta,” Bernal told Sporza at the Saitama Criterium. “On the other hand, I would also like to be there in the Tour of 2020 as title defender. The plan has yet to be made.
“In the Giro there are many long stages and that is something I like, just like many long climbs. In the Tour the stages in 2020 are shorter and you have much shorter, explosive slopes. The Giro route is very complete, but I cannot yet say which course suits me best.”
Ineos in 2020 are a squad stacked with Grand Tour leaders. Not only do they now have this year’s Tour winner in Bernal and 2018 winner Geraint Thomas, but also four-time champion Chris Froome returning from injury and have for the new year signed Giro winner Richard Carapaz.
Thomas has already express an interest in returning to the Giro, while Froome is aiming for a record-equaling fifth Tour win. Bernal however says he will target the race the team decides will suit him best, potentially in a joint leadership role with either Thomas or Froome.
“I would like to return to the Tour, but I also want to be there in the Giro,” Bernal added. “The team will decide, they have more expertise in that. I don’t want to think too much about that yet.”
The 22-year-old also revealed to Sporza that he would be relocating to Monaco from Andorra for the new season, where he’ll be able to live and train closer to team-mates and Ineos team facilities.
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UCSF Dental Center is an established dental health facility that is managed and operated by the University of California, San Francisco. The clinic operates in three major outlets in San Francisco with its main offices located at Parnassus. Other offices of the UCSF Dental Center include Buchanan and at Mission Bay. Here is a few information of importance to potential clients.
Yvonne Kapila, DDS, Ph.D., is a notable member of the faculty at UCSF Dental Center. She attended Stanford University for her BA degree before pursuing her DDS and Ph.D. in periodontics at the UCSF. She is a member of several boards of dentistry in the US. Besides providing periodontal treatment, handling implants, bone grafts, esthetic crowns, oral sedation, sinus lifts, and other general dentistry, she serves the University as a chair of the Division of Periodontology in the Department of Orofacial Sciences.
Dr. Guo-Hao Lin. MS, DDS joined UCSF Dental Center in the Periodontology Division in 2017 while serving as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University. Lin is a profound researcher, a member of several associations and an award-winning dental practitioner.
The clinic also has Yogalakshmi Rajendran, BDS, MS who schooled at SRM University for her BDS and certificate in periodontology from UCSF. She earned her MS in Oral craniofacial Sciences at UCSF where she also serves as an assistant professor.
Pinelopi Xenoudi, DDS, MS, earned her DDS in 2003 from Kapodistrian University of Athens before taking a periodontics certificate at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry where she also took her MS in Oral biology in 2007. She is a member of numerous professional associations in the US and serves the UCSF as the director of postgraduate periodontitis program.
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The Evangelical Drug of Choice
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Phillip Holmes served as a content strategist at desiringGod.org. He is the Director of Communications at Reformed Theological Seminary and a finance coach and blogger through his site Money Untangled. He and his wife, Jasmine, have a son, and they are members of Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi.
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We’re obsessed with fantasy. The explosion of interest surrounding Pokémon Go is yet another example of our desire to escape the real world — of real people and real problems — and enter into a make-believe world, or at least an augmented one. In less than a day, Pokémon Go shot to the top of the app stores, and in less than a week it is now the biggest mobile game to date.
But before we poke fun at Pokémon fanatics too quickly, consider that it’s only one way our obsession with fantasy and entertainment manifests itself today. On-demand streaming, live television, video-sharing websites, and social media are platforms growing majorities binge on as ways of escape.
Our ability to access entertainment and escape from reality has swiftly and effortlessly encroached on every aspect of our lives. Impatiently waiting at a traffic stop? Grab your smartphone. Is your wife annoying you? Login to Netflix. Is the subject in class dry or irrelevant? Check your Twitter timeline. Bored? Instead of meditating and praying, we go searching for Pokémon.
Although these devices and platforms aren’t inherently evil or sinful, they become dangerous when we develop habits of defaulting to them primarily or alone, allowing them to become our means of escape from the complexities and inconveniences of life into the more easily controlled world of fantasy.
Evangelical Drug of Choice?
While many evangelicals are quick to condemn alcohol and drug abuse, our drug of choice has become entertainment and fantasy. It softly distracts and weakens Christians daily.
Using entertainment as a primary means of escape is like “chasing the dragon” — a slang phrase, which refers to the continuous pursuit of an ultimate high previously obtained at the initial use of drugs.
For example, a drug user tries heroin for the first time and has an amazing experience. But when he returns to the drug, he can’t get that same experience. Instead, the experience gets weaker, so the user takes more and stronger heroin to reach that same feeling. As he “chases the dragon,” the user’s body decays inside and out. This decay usually manifests itself in extreme itching, unwanted weight loss, slurred speech, kidney or liver disease, and more.
Addiction to entertainment is similar. The health effects are not as noticeable as heroin, but the spiritual effects are costly. Many have unrestrained affection for entertainment devices. They may seem to harmlessly distract us from the guilt of sin, friction in relationships, or anxiety about work. They become what daily prayer and Bible reading should be — a sanctuary for the rest and comfort of our souls.
We’ve failed to recognize that our never-ending pursuit to escape through games and fantasy is a direct enemy of our joy. And our addiction will subtly cause contempt towards God and reticence in our duty to ultimately delight in him.
Broad or Narrow Path
Jesus reveals that when we gravitate towards anything as our primary means of comfort, we’re moving further and further away from our Creator (Matthew 6:24). Jesus exposes an insightful reality: Love of anything other than God will cause hatred towards God. But the hatred is subtle.
If we devote inordinate amounts of time, money, and affection to anything, including entertainment, we will despise whatever draws us away. We’ve all faced the choice between spending time with God or spending time with entertainment. At the crux of these decisions, the all-satisfying gift of Jesus is pit against a temporal escape. Whichever road is chosen increases hatred for the path denied.
When we mindlessly default to the broad path towards temporal escapes, seeds of contempt are planted for Christ. Likewise, when we choose the narrow road to Jesus, seeds of hatred are planted for all of our sin. We recognize that earthly sources of comfort can be beautiful gifts when used as God intended them. But when they’re not, they are cruel masters, seeking to devour our true joy and lead us away from Christ, our source of lasting comfort.
Because of our sinful hearts, earthly comforts overpromise but under-perform. They’re unable to satisfy what we truly long for. We want real rest. We want true comfort. But they can only offer a temporary fix. As soon as we wake up from hours of searching for Pokémon or searching our SnapChat, our problems remain, still waiting to be confronted. And we’re faced with the truth that all we’ve done is put off the inevitable.
Jesus Doesn’t Overpromise
Jesus invites all who labor and are burdened to come to him, promising to provide rest for our weary souls (Matthew 11:28–30). This promise is not empty. In the gospel, he fulfills his promise by taking up our burden on the cross for our rest and joy in him.
As we walk through life, we will be tempted to continue to embrace mere earthly means of escapes and ignore our bondage. We will sometimes fail — falling into addiction and neglect spiritual nourishment. But you don’t have to live in bondage, no matter how many times you fall.
By his Spirit, God supplies us with the power to say yes to him and no to sin. In communion with Jesus, we experience lasting joy that this world promises but never provides.
Jesus doesn’t overpromise, but he does over-perform. Words cannot express the joy he offers his own.
Phillip Holmes (@PhillipMHolmes) served as a content strategist at desiringGod.org. He is the Director of Communications at Reformed Theological Seminary and a finance coach and blogger through his site Money Untangled. He and his wife, Jasmine, have a son, and they are members of Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Amazon sets Sundance record by acquiring Mindy Kaling’s ‘Late Night’
Amazon might just be the biggest player at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The internet giant has spent $13 million to acquire the US rights to Late Night, a movie written, produced and starring Mindy Kaling. As Deadline pointed out, that’s a record for any US-only deal at Sundance — even Amazon’s $12 million rights deal for The Big Sick included a few places beyond American borders. There was reportedly a fierce four-way fight for the movie, suggesting that Amazon was determined to stay on top.
The movie, directed by Nisha Gantara, stars Emma Thompson as a late night talk show host who responds to the threat of losing her job by shaking up her all-male writing staff with a woman from an Indian background — namely, Kaling’s character. It’s timely, of course, but it also made a splash at its Sundance premiere and could be a hit with a wider release.
The deal is a reflection of Amazon’s clout, and makes clear that recently hired studio head Jennifer Salke is proving her worth relatively quickly. It also shows that Amazon hasn’t backed out of Sundance simply because it’s shying away from art-house movies. It’s happy to spend money at the festival if it thinks a film has broad appeal.
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By Jack Shandle
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The next big leap in lighting technology will be adding it to the “Internet of Things” – devices that can operate autonomously and, in the case of lighting, be controlled remotely by humans using smart phones, tablet computers, and PCs. To become part of the Internet of Things, every lamp must have its own IP address, a RF/MCU chip, and a lightweight protocol stack – in addition to the traditional power supply, lamp driver and passive components that populate lighting control circuits today.
Lighting – including LED-based lighting that will be the subject of this article – has some technology accommodations to make that are largely due to control system diversity in a competitive market. Besides smart phones and tablets, lamps must communicate with sensors, wall switches, and universal remotes that control TVs, network boxes and set-top boxes. These devices use a variety of network protocols including RF4CE, 6LoWPAN, and three different ZigBee® application profiles – Home Automation, Light Link, and Green Power. There are also a number of proprietary protocols for home automation that could be included in a universal wireless lighting control system.
Viewed from protocol perspective, ZigBee is a well-established standard with carefully developed application-layer profiles that can reduce development time. ZigBee’s profiles help ensure that radios from different vendors use standard commands and provide standard commissioning and security capabilities. Smart grid/smart meter applications are likely to use IEEE Std. 802.15.4 for energy management, actuated by public utilities acting in accordance with agreements with individual consumers. ZigBee’s willingness to accommodate the preferences of utilities in its smart energy application profile gives it an advantage in this use scenario.
There are, however, intellectual property costs including ZigBee Alliance membership and certification fees, along with the potential for third-party licensing royalties.
6LoWPAN is IPv6-based, which greatly simplifies software development and maintenance for designers already familiar with IP interfaces. 6LoWPAN is basically a header compression scheme for IPv6 packets defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and promoted by the Internet Protocol for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance. When designing network functionality into a light bulb, a significant engineering decision point for designers is that the smaller packets used by 6LoWPAN require small memory and memory footprint. Memory size influences cost and energy consumption, but in this case the footprint takes on additional significance because the control module is embedded in the base of a bulb.
The RF4CE specification has been developed in partnership with ZigBee. It is a lighter protocol, which means it requires smaller memory configurations for lower cost devices, such as remote control of consumer electronics.
Unlike the numerous options available for protocol stacks, IEEE Std. 802.15.4 appears to be the favored physical (PHY) and media access (MAC) layer technology for all of the protocols previously mentioned.
The most likely lighting-specific solution for melding the segmented state of the networking world is a gateway device for IP signaling (smart phones and tablets) and a direct link to the LED lamp for the 802.15.4/ZigBee/RF4CE/6LoWPAN communications (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: A TCP/IP gateway expands the functionality of the system to smartphones and tablet PCs (Courtesy of NXP Semiconductors).
Design considerations overview
Designing a robust lamp control system with communications capability that can be successful in the competitive lighting market depends on several high-level considerations. The system must be small enough to fit inside the lamp housing, produce very little heat (due to the heat sensitivity of LEDs), be energy efficient (particularly when the lamp is not switched on), and be inexpensive enough to make integration cost feasible at a fairly low price point.
To this end, the RF transceiver and MCU should be integrated on the same chip and offer a number of features such as software upgrade ability and security. Specific features include:
Low operating power (ideally approximately 20 mA Tx and Rx)
Low sleep current (ideally approximately 0.1 μA deep sleep with I/O-wake-up)
128-bit AES encryption security embedded in the processor
Extensive set of peripherals for design flexibility, including I2C, SPI, UART, ADC, DAC, PWM, timers, and GPIO
On-chip temperature sensor
Several radio/MCU chips could be used for this application including NXP Semiconductor’s JN5148, which is designed for ZigBee software stacks. NXP also offers the JN5142 for its 6LoWPAN software stack (JenNet-IP). Texas Instruments’ CC2531 can be used with both ZigBee and RF4CE. Microchip Technology’s MRF24J40 and Freescale Semiconductors’ MC13213 are also possibilities.
Adding wireless control also introduces other issues that lighting system designers may be unfamiliar with, including antenna design and EMI considerations. To avoid interference, EMI must be kept to a minimum, which affects the selection both of the systems’ other main components – the voltage regulator and the lamp driver, which are both EMI sources.
AC/DC converter
In addition to the radio/MCU chip, the other two major components in the design are the lamp driver and the AC/DC converter. A block diagram of a typical remote-controlled smart lighting system is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: A smart lighting solution for LED lamps must fit in a restricted area inside the lamp (Courtesy of NXP Semiconductors).
Under normal operating conditions, the converter (smart supply) powers the logic circuits of the other two chips (nominally three volts for the MCU/RF and 15 volts for the lamp driver). An additional function is to provide standby power for the lamp driver when the lamp is off, and in its standby power role, the converter has much to contribute to the overall energy conservation goals. A five watt low-power SMPS converter with ultra-low standby power and a number of integrated functions is the preferred choice for a typical LED lamp application of less than 11 watts.
Primary characteristics to look for include: Low EMI (because the RF chip is nearby), no-load power consumption of less than 15 mW, universal mains compatibility, an integrated 700 volt MOSFET, high efficiency over its operating range, primary sensing to eliminate an opto-coupler, and several common voltage and temperature protection circuits. Because of the constrained design footprint, look for a converter/standby power supply with start-up directly from the rectified mains voltage (i.e., without any external bleeder circuits). LEDs are very sensitive to current instability so the converter – which operates as a regulated voltage source – should be able to deliver maximum current over a broad output voltage range.
A few parts fit the bill including NXP Semiconductors’ TEA1721 and ON Semiconductor’s NCL30000.
Although there is plenty of competition between the individual chips that can be integrated into the remote control system, few semiconductor companies excel in all three critical areas – ultra-low-power wireless chips, AC/DC converters and lamp driver technologies. Moreover, integrating remote control functionality on PC boards, small enough to fit in an LED lamp, is not trivial. A few reference designs are becoming available for lighting system designers and, among the earliest, targets a remote-controlled, non-isolated 11 watt LED driver using NXP Semiconductor parts. The design consists of two small PC boards: the MCU/RF IC and the controller are integrated onto a SSB, which is approximately 28 mm x 16 mm and the lamp driver is integrated onto the motherboard, which is approximately 49 mm x 20 mm.
Lamp driver
NXP Semiconductors’ TEA1721AT and JN5148, used in the reference design, fit the general specifications described in this article. So does their SSL21082 lamp driver. A block diagram is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: The SSL21082 lamp driver maintains LED current to an accuracy of within five percent (Courtesy of NXP Semiconductors).
The SSL21082 offers the small footprint, low cost and high efficiency (up to 95 percent) required for a remote-controlled lamp application. It starts directly from the mains supply through an internal high-voltage current source. Thereafter, a dV/dT supply is used with capacitive coupling from the drain or an auxiliary supply. This dual supply scheme provides flexibility in the application design. The SSL21082 consumes 1.3 mA of supply current with an internal clamp limiting the supply voltage.
The lamp driver’s output current maintains LED current accuracy within five percent, and its numerous protection features include LED temperature feedback that is easy to implement and a unique “valley detect” function that increases efficiency.
Powering the SSL21082 has three operating modes:
Under normal operation, the voltage swing on the dV/dT pin is rectified by the IC, which provides current for the VCC pin.
At start-up, an internal current source is connected to the HV pin. The current source provides internal power until either the dV/dT supply, or an external current on the VCC pin provides the supply.
An external voltage source can power the VCC pin.
The IC starts up when the voltage at the VCC pin is higher than a predetermined startup value. It locks out when the voltage at the VCC pin is lower than another predetermined value (stop value). The hysteresis between the start and stop levels allows the IC to be supplied by a buffer capacitor until the dV/dT supply is settled. The SSL21082 has an internal VCC clamp, which is an internal active Zener that limits the voltage on the supply VCC pin to the maximum value. If the maximum current of the dV/dT supply minus the current consumption of the IC (determined by the load on the gate drivers), is lower than the maximum value of the supply current, no external Zener diode is needed in the dV/dT supply circuit.
The dV/dT pin is connected to an internal single-sided rectification stage. When an alternating voltage with sufficient amplitude is supplied to the pin, the IC can be powered without any other external power connection. This solution provides an effective method to prevent the additional high-power losses, which would result if a regulator were used for continuously powering the IC. Unlike an auxiliary supply, additional inductor windings are not needed.
During supply dips, the input voltage can drop too low to supply the required IC current through the dV/dT pin. Under these conditions, if the VCC voltage drops lower than the regulator switch-on supply voltage level, another regulator with a current capability up to the value of high supply current on pin HV is started. The job of the regulator is to fill in the required supply current, which the dV/dT supply does not deliver, thus preventing the IC going into an under voltage lockout state. When the VCC voltage is higher than regulator switch-on supply voltage level, the regulator is turned off.
The converter in the SSL21082 is a Boundary Conduction Mode (BCM), peak-current controlled system that operates at the boundary between continuous and discontinuous mode. Energy is stored in an inductor during each period that the switch is on.
The basics of BCM operation are shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: The SSL21082’s converter operates at the boundary between continuous and discontinuous mode. Energy is stored in an inductor during each period that the switch is on (Courtesy of NXP Semiconductors).
When the internal MOSFET is switching, the stored energy in the inductor modulates the current through the LEDs in the lamp. During the primary stage, the current through the inductor is sensed by a resistor and, when the limiting voltage is reached, the internal MOSFET is switched off.
When the internal MOSFET switch is on, the amplitude of the current build-up in the inductor is proportional to VIN - VOUT. When the MOSFET switch is switched off, the current continues to flow through a freewheel diode and an output capacitor. The current then falls at a rate proportional to the value of VOUT. The LED current is almost equal to half the peak switch current. A new cycle is started as soon as the inductor current is zero.
At the beginning of each new cycle, the switch has a substantial voltage over it due to capacitance on the drain arising from the state of other components. As a result, the switch heats up and the efficiency decreases. To overcome this, the valley detect feature has been integrated that is unique for NXP Semiconductors’ converters. The valley detect circuitry senses when the voltage on the drain of the switch has reached its lowest value and this is used to trigger the next cycle resulting in a significant reduction in switching losses.
In this design, the conversion frequency must remain below 200 KHz so the inductance must be chosen to maintain that frequency under the operating conditions dictated by the supply voltage, LED voltage and component spread.
Antenna Connection
Many lighting designers are unfamiliar with antenna selection and implementation, but a few guidelines can make the job easier. The antenna is typically connected directly to the mains supply. In most remote controlled LED designs, the antenna must be located beyond the outer edge of the socket of the LED lamp because the socket is fully enclosed by metal and acts as a shield preventing RF radiation from being effectively transmitted. It is important be make sure that the antenna cannot be tampered with or touched from the outside of the housing because it is powered by the mains. Enclosing it in a plastic cover is a common and effective solution.
Ideally, the antenna signal is guided through a 50 ohm coaxial cable from the small signal board (SSB) solder pads to an external antenna. The solder connections to the coax cable must be kept as short as possible because each millimeter of wire adds one nanohenry of inductance which is already significant in the 2.4 GHz band in which 802.15.4 operates.
The first – and most cost effective – option is a small PCB that contains either an SMD chip antenna or strip line antenna. An antenna with a good tolerance to surrounding metal should be chosen and the system design must conform to the recommended clearance. While it is always a good idea to consult the antenna data sheet, the clearance is typically 8 mm to 10 mm. Care should be taken to keep the coaxial cable tails as short as possible to maintain the 50 ohm impedance of the system.
PCB antennas work well in many cases, but when they do not provide the performance the system requires, a second option is the wire loop antenna. This solution exhibits better RF performance and a well-defined radiation pattern, but may cause shadow effects if the LEDs cover the complete metal front plate of the lamp. Because the loop antenna is not in free space and is affected by the dielectric properties of the plastics that cover the bulb, it is important to tune the antenna’s diameter in order to obtain optimal antenna performance at 2.4 GHz.
Wireless remote control of lighting is more likely to achieve market success if each lamp can be controlled individually by sensors and by IP-based devices such as smartphones, tablet computers and other devices that give users control. Components are available to create these systems with the performance criteria driven by factors such as ultra-low power operation, small footprint, low EMI, and low cost. Reference designs are also becoming available that make what could be a steep learning curve for a lighting engineer into a much easier task.
Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and/or forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Digi-Key Electronics or official policies of Digi-Key Electronics.
Jack Shandle
Article authored by Jack Shandle of e-ContentWorks.
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After hundreds gathered at a California faith event without masks, officials ask them to self-quarantine
By Alexandra Meeks and Jason Hanna, CNN
Updated 8:52 PM ET, Fri July 24, 2020
Wednesday evening's event was held under the Sundial Bridge in Redding.
(CNN) Video from a Northern California outdoor religious concert shows hundreds of people crowding together and most of them not wearing masks -- drawing criticism from a local health department that says the gathering violated state coronavirus rules.
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Shasta County's health department is asking people who attended Wednesday evening's Christian music and faith event in Redding to self-quarantine for 14 days, get tested and monitor for possible symptoms.
"While outdoor faith gatherings are allowed, this event did not follow state guidelines" such as people staying 6 feet apart or wearing masks when that's not possible, and therefore the event "put our community at risk," the county agency said in a news release.
The event was publicized by Hold The Line, a faith-based political activist movement created by Sean Feucht, a Christian worship musician in Northern California who ran and lost in a March primary for the state's 3rd Congressional District seat.
Feucht and bandmates played under Redding's Sundial Bridge in front of hundreds. Video obtained by CNN affiliate KRCR shows people in the crowd singing or standing close together near the bridge along the Sacramento River, most of them without masks.
Wednesday's event in Redding.
A 42-minute video posted by Hold The Line shows some people spreading out, especially on embankments, but many of them are still close together and not wearing masks.
After receiving criticism on social media and from county health officials for holding the event, Feucht posted an online statement defending it.
"Government leaders voiced support for outdoor protests in recent months; they should not be condemning Christians seeking to gather in worship," his post reads.
"Masks were made available, social distancing was encouraged, and the gathering was held outside as an extra precaution.
"The freedom to worship God is the constitutional right of every American citizen and those who exercise this right should not be unfairly targeted for criticism."
What California's coronavirus restrictions say
California has enacted a host of social distancing rules and activity bans -- some of which deal with indoor and outdoor religious gatherings -- as it tries to curb recent spikes in coronavirus cases.
Outdoor worship services are allowed, with restrictions. The state says that, at a minimum, outdoor attendees who aren't from the same house should be at least 6 feet apart.
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Also, the state requires people to wear face coverings outdoors when distancing is not possible, regardless of whether they're at a religious gathering.
Feucht previously told Los Angeles television station KTTV he's been holding outdoor events like Wednesday's as a response to the state's even stricter pandemic rules for indoor worship.
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Shasta County's health agency said Thursday that it empathizes with "all who have had to change the way they worship in the past few months." But it pointed out that other groups have sacrificed.
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Coaching Maxim: Leadership demands we make decisions that define who we are and how we interact with others.
We often talk about a leader having a “style” of leadership, a distinctive way of thinking, feeling, and acting. And it is true; coaches do have a style that shapes who they are and what they do. The relationship between style and leadership is expressed as a systematic process in how a coach gets things done and inspires his or her players to be their very best.
Over the past decade I have watched many coaches in action and have detected a distinct difference between two dominant leadership styles. There are many ways to describe the leadership habits of coaches, but it appears to me that as leaders most fall into one of two categories—drivers or builders. Drivers tend to be what leadership experts refer to as transactional leaders while builders fall pretty naturally into the category of transformational leaders. Drivers and builders have two very different leadership mindsets and skill sets.
Drivers are generally after impressive achievements, especially the attainment of fame, status, popularity, or power. Not that there is anything wrong with that, as Jerry Seinfeld would say. Drivers view success to be mastery of the technical and tactical aspects of their sport. Builders commit to their calling and enjoy the human development side of coaching. For them, significance is found in contributing to the lives of their players. It’s not that they don’t want to win; it’s simply that winning includes building self-confident people who will succeed away from the playing field.
Coaching is a major factor in any team’s success. Most players recognize this. They’ve been coached since they were tots playing in youth leagues. And for the most part they’ve believed in and trusted their coaches to teach them to play the game while instilling life skills and personal values. However, many adults reveal years later that they learned little from coaches they encountered in their student-athletic experience. Generally, the coaches that fail to have a long-term impact on student-athletes are transactional leaders. Many former student-athletes view their experience as being a pawn in the game of student-athletics.
Transformational leaders (builders) do more with and for their student-athletes than transactional leaders (drivers). These leaders tend to empower student-athletes with challenge and persuasion and actively engage in supporting and mentoring the holistic development of their players. Transformational leaders seek to inspire their followers to commit to a shared vision of how student-athletics can enhance their lives. For the transformational leader the sport situation offers an opportunity for the participant to learn such life skills as perseverance, character development, relationship building, and goal attainment.
Transactional leaders, on the other hand, are those that prefer to set up simple interactional exchanges or agreements with their followers, often investing little in building relationships. They manage players through the use of carrots and sticks—offering a reward (usually playing time) for a desired behavior. These leaders are those that often use the maxim “the bench is my best teacher.”
This is a prime example of contingent reinforcement—you do “X” and I’ll give you “Y.” A transformational leader, while certainly not shy to use the bench as a learning tool, would not view the bench as a teacher—that’s a role they cherish. The transactional coach keeps his or her distance from the athlete, preferring to have a “distant” relationship. Some coaches will fake the relational process, but the lack of authenticity is quickly recognized by the student-athlete. The transformational coach is more likely to spend time building relationships with players and showing them he or she cares. Their mindset is that people aren’t going to care about you and your concerns unless they know you care about theirs.
Transformational leaders don’t do this just to be nice, they understand it to be an effective and appropriate way to deal with young and developing student-athletes. Building relations is not a road block to success as many coaches find that because they show they care about the person, they can ask for and demand more performance. Think about it. Are you more likely to extend yourself for someone you care about or someone you don’t like and care for?
Coaches do many things. They inspire and motivate, they teach and instruct, and they set an example. More than anything else, however, coaches help the student-athletes make sense of some of life’s most important lessons.
Over time many coaches move from a driver dominated way of coaching to that of a builder. Take for example Westmont College men’s basketball coach John Moore. “Coaching and teaching is more meaningful for me today than it was eight to ten years ago,” said Moore. “It is more significant because of the kinds of things that are important in coaching. Someone once said to me, ‘You don’t have a philosophy of coaching until you get to 15 years as a head coach.’ I discounted that originally, but there was a point for me, and it was in that 15-year range, that I realized that I had a philosophy of coaching – that makes it more meaningful for me and more meaningful for my players.”
Being a driver, a transactional leader, can be very effective in producing immediate results. However, the constant pounding and intimidating of your student-athletes will reduce the motivation of most student-athletes. Student-athletes prefer to be guided and seek motivation from the collaborative process of coaching. Even the most self-motivated player will lose their drive if you don’t provide them with positive reinforcement and a sense of worth.
Transformational coaches appeal to players by working with the athletes to create a compelling and collective purpose; a purpose beyond individual ambition that enriches the possibilities of each team member. By valuing both relationships and results, a builder’s influence leads to higher levels of trust, empowerment, and community.
For builders, the real definition of success is a life and work that brings personal fulfillment, lasting relationships, and makes a difference in the world in which they live.
Are You a Driver or a Builder?
Drivers / Dominant Leadership Style: Transactional Builders / Dominant Leadership Style: Transformative
Put results first. Relationships are subordinate to results, a means to an end.
Put people first. Relationships are priorities to producing results.
Make the decisions. Drivers like being decisive and in control. Drivers set the agenda.
Stress team capabilities. Builders want to build systems and talent.
Possess a controlling spirit. They feel if they can control people, they’ll maintain absolute authority.
Get others involved. Builders seek input from other coaches and value input from players.
Resort to more regulations. Drivers use rules and regulations to enforce compliance. Drivers want things done their way.
Let solutions emerge. Builders don’t try to tackle every problem knowing that some problems solve themselves.
Crack the whip. Drivers keep pressure on for accountability. Come down hard when goals aren’t attained.
Take a long-term focus. Builders assemble players, programs, and processes.
Take a short-term focus. Drivers tend to focus on the day’s or week’s results.
Are mission driven. It’s the mission that sets the priorities.
Focus on “what” have you done for me lately? Enough said.
Are servant leaders. What’s my contribution? Builders possess a mental model stimulated by a “What can I contribute to the lives of my players” approach to leading.
Get “in your face.” Drivers thrive on confrontation. “My way or the highway”.
Embrace empowerment. Builders work to prepare others for leadership roles.
Are more critical than positive. Drivers find it difficult to accentuate the positive.
Support identity of team. No two teams will ever be the same. Builders see value in the diversity of personalities.
Power trip. Fear giving away power. Empowering student-athletes to become team leaders is not a priority.
Vision is the main course, not an appetizer. Builders weigh the costs of today’s decisions on tomorrow.
Span of vision. Concern is for results today regardless of costs tomorrow.
Dr. Cory Dobbs is a national expert on sport leadership and team building and is the founder of The Academy for Sport Leadership. A teacher, speaker, consultant, and writer, Dr. Dobbs has worked with professional, collegiate, and high school athletes and coaches teaching leadership as a part of the sports experience. He facilitates workshops, seminars, and consults with a wide-range of professional organizations and teams. Dr. Dobbs previously taught in the graduate colleges of business and education at Northern Arizona University, Sport Management and Leadership at Ohio University, and the Jerry Colangelo College of Sports Business at Grand Canyon University.
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COVID-19 and people with obesity; what does the evidence say?
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to worldwide research efforts to identify risk factors for morbidity and mortality in order to identify high-risk populations and assist in the development of effective preventive strategies.
Initial data indicated that elderly people were particularly vulnerable, in addition to people with diabetes, or cardiovascular, respiratory or renal disease. And there is now a growing body of evidence that has identified obesity to be a risk factor for more severe COVID-19 illness and death.
Early research on the Chinese COVID-19 experience found patients with obesity had a 33.3% probability of more severe COVID-19 infection.
The OpenSAFELY cohort study in the UK actively sought to identify factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death by reviewing the linked electronic health records of more than 17 million adult National Health Service (NHS) patients. Most comorbidities were associated with increased risk, including obesity. For individuals already living with overweight or obesity, as their body mass index (BMI) increased, so did their risk of dying from COVID-19.
To date, the virologic and physiological mechanisms between severe obesity and COVID-19 infection severity are poorly understood. I would venture a hypothesis that more severe COVID-19 in patients with obesity may be the consequence of underlying low-grade chronic inflammation, and suppression of innate and adaptive immune responses, as described in earlier research.
It is well documented in the literature that adipose tissue in obesity is ‘pro-inflammatory,’ with increased expression of cytokines, particularly adipokines. Obesity is already recognised as an independent and causal risk factor for the development of immune-mediated disease such as psoriasis and many others.
I would also suggest that people with obesity have a higher risk factor of acquiring COVID-19 due to an impaired host response, given obesity is already known to impair adaptive immune responses to influenza virus. A similarly impaired adaptive immune response is conceivable with COVID-19.
Research has found the 2009 H1N1 swine flu could induce ‘distinct alterations in the lung metabolome, perhaps contributing to aberrant pH1N1 immune responses’ in mice with obesity.
By analogy to other respiratory infections, obesity may also play an important role in COVID-19 transmission. For example, in the case of influenza A, obesity increases the duration of virus shedding, as symptomatic patients with obesity shed the virus 42% longer than adults who do not have obesity. This suggests potential for great viral exposure, especially if several family members are above a healthy weight. It also appears that severe obesity can be an aggravating risk factor for death from COVID-19 infection.
One explanation of the above findings is that COVID-19 has high affinity for human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2), which has been shown to be the putative receptor for the entry of COVID-19 into host cells.
Individuals with obesity have more adipose tissue and therefore an increased number of ACE-2-expressing cells, and consequently, a larger amount of ACE-2. Furthermore, some people with obesity may be taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) for the treatment of concurrent hypertension, which will increase expression of ACE-2. All of these factors increase the susceptibility of people with obesity to viral host cell entry and propagation.
What do we know from overseas experience?
In a French study, the risk for invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to the intensive treatment unit was more than seven-fold higher for those with BMI >35 compared with BMI <25 kg/m2.
This study found that BMI seemed to be associated with ventilator treatment, independently of age, diabetes or hypertension. More broadly, mechanical dysfunction due to severe obesity may increase the severity of lower respiratory tract infection and contribute to secondary infection.
Research from a large New York hospital system shows the presence of obesity increases the risk of severe illness approximately three-fold with a consequent longer hospital stay. Having obesity and being aged older than 60 is a newly identified epidemiologic risk factor which may contribute to increased morbidity rates.
The retrospective analysis study examined BMI stratified by age in COVID-19-positive symptomatic patients who presented to a large academic hospital system in New York City. The BMI range of individuals in this study appears representative of the US, where 37% of the patients have a BMI ≥30, and is similar to Australia where one-third of the Australian adult population has obesity, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
What does this mean for healthcare professionals?
In short, people with obesity:
have a higher risk of acquiring COVID-19 due to an impaired host response
may exhibit greater viral shedding if they acquire COVID-19, which suggests potential for great viral exposure, especially if several family members have overweight or obesity
who are younger than 60 and have acquired COVID-19 are at increased risk of requiring hospital admission
who acquire COVID-19 have worse health outcomes, ie increased morbidity (requiring assisted ventilation etc) and increased mortality.
In addition, people with the highest BMI are more often seen in critical cases and non-survivors.
As a result, I would recommend extra attention paid and precautions taken for people living with obesity during this pandemic.
This includes using appropriate CDC codes to identify people with obesity, especially those with severe obesity. This should assist all practice staff in identifying at-risk patients, so appropriate preventive strategies can be implemented.
We must also share this information with the community, particularly those at risk, in a sympathetic and non-alarming fashion.
What we don’t want is at-risk people being too scared to seek the medical help and support they need and deserve.
The RACGP is a member of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, which is regularly preparing and updating guidelines for clinical practice.
The current guidance advises that people with pre-existing conditions and older people are at higher risk of COVID-19. The taskforce will be updating its advice about people with obesity in the near future.
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In a Nutshell: ADDIE Model
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This article is a extension to our 'In a Nutshell' series. Click on the following link to view our original article on 40 Must-Know HR, OD, L&D Models.
Background: The ADDIE model is virtually synonymous with instructional design or instructional systems design (ISD). Instructional design is the discipline concerned with the design of training programs (both online and classroom). Most all learning and development (L&D) professionals will, at some point, wear the hat of the instructional designer. With the growth of online learning platforms and software tools, instructional design is often equated with eLearning in the business world, although it more broadly covers any type of courseware design (physical or virtual).
The origins of the ADDIE model are somewhat obscure. Many accounts refer to a 19-step model (split across five core stages) developed in 1975 by Florida State University’s Center for Educational Technology, as part of their work with the US Army. This basic blueprint was adopted and modified for use by the broader Armed Forces, after which different types of ADDIE-named frameworks subsequently began appearing across the private sector.
The earliest ADDIE diagrams are referred to as ‘waterfall’ models, in the sense that one would move downstream through the sequence of five core stages without returning to any previous stage. Iteration (i.e., creating a new and better version of the course program) traditionally only happened in the final stage, Evaluation, after the training had been delivered. Most modern ADDIE descriptions are based on revisions to the ‘waterfall’ model that gained attention in the late 1980s. In these revised models, the Evaluation stage was shown to interact with the other four stages. This changed the model to a more ‘dynamic’ design. For illustrative purposes, it might be helpful to distinguish between ADDIE 1.0 (waterfall, iterative in the final stage) and ADDIE 2.0 (linear and dynamic, iterative in all stages). However, it is important to note that there is no definitive, original ADDIE model or authoritative description of what the five stages mean.
Molenda (2003) conducted a literature review and contacted 20 subject matter experts in an attempt to locate the original source of the ADDIE model. His investigation led him to conclude the label ‘ADDIE’ was a broad, umbrella term without any identifiable primary author or official description, but instead seemed to have evolved in the oral tradition. Significantly, Molenda made the following comment: ‘What everyone does agree on is that ADDIE is an acronym referring to the major processes that comprise the generic ISD process: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Beyond that, there is a widely shared understanding that when used in ISD models these processes are considered to be sequential but also iterative… but any claims about what the ADDIE model says beyond this are individual inventions’.
Overview: The term ‘ADDIE’ refers to a broad, generic framework that is commonly used by instructional designers to create and rollout educational courses and training programs (in both virtual and/or real world environments).
At its core, the ADDIE model represents a basic identification of the key phases entered during the instructional design process, not a specific list of activities that are carried out. This basic model serves as a general guideline for designing all types of training programs while moving in a general sequence or direction. There are many interpretations of what each stage means and what is involved.
ADDIE is similar in kind to many other types of traditional approaches used for problem solving. In the same sense that the acronym AHTE (Analysis, Hypothesis, Test, Evaluate) could be used as a broad, generic description of what happens during the scientific method, ADDIE is a broad, generic description of what happens during instructional design.
The acronym ‘ADDIE’ stands for:
Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation
A general summary of what might be considered in each stage is as follows.
Analysis: This is an initial pre-planning and information gathering stage where the instructional designer (ID) seeks to understand and clarify the job requirements including goals, audience, time, budget, delivery options, resources, and obstacles. In particular, the ID is concerned with the performance the client wants the learners to achieve compared to the learners’ current performance. Undertaking a Training Needs Analysis can determine what skills are needed to meet performance objectives and whether or not training is the right solution in the first place. In general, this stage asks the question, ‘What does success for the client look like?’
Common Deliverables: Job Brief (from client) Training Needs Analysis Audience Analysis Task Analysis Project Overview
Design: This stage is where the ID creates the strategy for the learning project at a high level and ‘blueprints’ the learning objectives, assessment approach, activities, content, and how the process will work. Sometimes, a prototype or multiple prototypes are created to provide the client with options and demonstrate certain aspects of how the course will look and feel before the full project is ‘greenlighted’ for development. Collaboration with the client throughout the stage is generally recommended.
Common Deliverables: Course Strategy/Overview Lesson Plans Storyboards Prototypes
Development: This stage fleshes out all of the elements drafted in the previous stage to produce a finished form. Once complete, the total learning package is often referred to as the ‘learning platform’. In the context of eLearning, ‘authoring tools’ are used to create the interactive courses, which are then uploaded into a ‘Learning Management System’ (LMS)—software that is used to deliver, track and analyse training programs. A test version of the program may be delivered to a sample group.
Common Deliverables: Ready-to-go Content / Course Materials Full Learning Platform / LMS Final Test / Run-through
(Note: many descriptions have overlaps between the Design and Development stages.)
Implementation: This stage is where the learning platform is delivered to the learners. For example, the learning platform might consist of a quick, 20-minute eLearning course designed to demonstrate the correct safety procedures to follow on a worksite, including a video demonstration and multiple-choice questionnaire to test knowledge retention. This stage is also where facilitators (if there are multiple people delivering the program) must be trained before the program can be delivered.
Common Deliverables: Learning Environment Facilitator(s) Participant Feedback Sheets
Evaluation: This stage involves two types of evaluation: (1) formative and (2) summative. Formative evaluation assesses a program while the program is being formed. Formative evaluation (e.g., interviews, informal observations, preliminary tests) can occur in each stage and allows corrective action to be made ‘on the fly’. Summative evaluation assesses a program at the summation or end of the program. Summative evaluation gauges the success of the learners’ performance and the overall program as a whole.
Common Deliverables: Training Evaluation Report
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Mid-Week Menu: Berkeley Welcomes Perdition Smokehouse, Los Cilantros, and Westbrae Biergarten
By Luke Tsai
Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:30 PM
Welcome to the Mid-Week Menu, our roundup of East Bay food news.
1) The Dock at Linden Street (95 Linden St., Oakland) — a collaboration between chef-restaurateur James Syhabout and Linden Street Brewery’s Adam Lamoreaux — will open in West Oakland next Tuesday. Check out our preview for details about Syhabout’s globally-inspired, beer-friendly menu: falafel waffles, pumpernickel-crusted onion rings, and giant punch bowls, oh my.
The Periodic Table of Meats, at Perdition Smokehouse (via Facebook)
2) In Downtown Berkeley, Perdition Smokehouse (2050 University Ave.), the Texas-style barbecue joint from craft-beer guru Chuck Stilphen (The Trappist, Mikkeller Bar) will open on June 13, the San Francisco Business Times reports. “Texas style” is a bold claim, as far as barbecue is concerned, but a press release notes that chef Michael O’Brien will prepare the meats at Perdition — brisket, pork shoulder, hot links, turkey, and more — in the dry-rubbed style that’s typical in the Lone Star State. Also on the menu: 43 rotating beer taps, cold-pressed Blue Bottle coffee (also on tap), and lots of pies. Opening hours will be 5 p.m. to midnight to start out.
3) A Mexican restaurant called Los Cilantros has opened inside South Berkeley’s La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave.), Inside Scoop reports. Chef-owner Dilsa Lugo, a longtime caterer, was able to open the restaurant with the help of La Cocina, the San Francisco-based food-business incubator. The breakfast menu, which includes quesadillas estilo tres marias (fried breakfast quesadillas stuffed with green peppers and Oaxacan cheese) and molletes (toasted Acme bread covered with refried beans and other toppings), looks especially interesting. Current hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.
4) So it’s official: KronnerBurger owner, and longtime pop-up restaurant practitioner, Chris Kronner has confirmed what we guessed last month — that his first permanent brick-and-mortar will be located at the old J’s Mexican American Food spot (4063 Piedmont Ave., Oakland). Not much new information about the menu is available at this point, but Kronner told Inside Scoop that he’s purchased a full liquor license. Wylie Price will design the space.
5) West Berkeley’s Westbrae Biergarten (1280 Gilman St.) is set to have its official opening on June 12, Berkeleyside Nosh reports. Word on the street is that the beer garden and food-truck gathering spot has already softly opened, with at least one food vendor — the Brazil Cafe truck — open and slinging sandwiches.
6) Also booze-related and coming to West Berkeley: Mosswood Distillers, a whiskey-aging and blending specialist that’s planning to move to 2619 Seventh Street from its current location on Treasure Island, Berkeleyside Nosh reports.
7) The East Bay Youth Center, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is hosting an international food festival, “Spices From Our Home,” as a fundraising event on Saturday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The family-friendly festival will take place outside of the youth center, located at 2025 East 12th Street in East Oakland, and will feature food (both home-cooked and provided by local food businesses) from Asia, Latin America, and beyond. Admission is free, but you can buy a tasting ticket ($20), which includes a free drink, in advance through Wednesday, May 28.
Blessed Thistle Negroni at A16 Rockridge
8) A handful of other notable food events coming up: First up, starting on Sunday, June 1, A16 Rockridge will celebrate its one-year anniversary by serving a version of its opening menu. And, since it’s Negroni Week, a special Blessed Thistle Negroni will be on offer, the proceeds from which will benefit the Alameda Food Bank.
Meanwhile, on Friday, June 6, Penrose (3311 Grand Ave., Oakland) will host a book signing with bread guru Josey Baker, who will on hand from 5:30-10:30 p.m. to sign books and, more significantly, to collaborate on a special dinner with Penrose owner Charlie Hallowell.
Finally, on Thursday, June 26, Camino (3917 Grand Ave., Oakland) will host a big tribute dinner for acclaimed cookbook writer Paula Wolfert, who was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s last year. A large portion of the proceeds from the dinner — which will feature the cooking of Bay Area food-world luminaries such as Daniel Patterson (Coi), Cal Peternell (Chez Panisse), and David Kinch (Manresa) — will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. All-inclusive dinner tickets start at $350; VIP tickets are $1,500.
9) San Francisco Magazine’s Oakland-themed issue is out, and includes a broad-ranging compendium of the city’s edible delights — a whopping one hundred of them. Full disclosure: I contributed a few short entries, including a “tasty, not touristy” walking tour of Oakland Chinatown.
10) Finally, ICYMI, the Kingfish, a beloved and historic dive bar in Temescal, is moving (literally!) across the street, and an app that let’s you settle the restaurant check via smartphone launches in the Bay Area.
Got tips or suggestions? Email me at Luke (dot) Tsai (at) EastBayExpress (dot) com. Otherwise, keep in touch by following me on Twitter @theluketsai, or simply by posting a comment. I'll read ‘em all.
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On this date, 2010: Joe Lacob buys Warriors,…
On this date, 2010: Joe Lacob buys Warriors, says championship or bust
Joe Lacob pulls off stunner by beating out Larry Ellison to become Warriors owner in record purchase
Joe Lacob, new owner of the Golden State Warriors, gestures toward Oakland during a media luncheon in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (D. Ross Cameron/Staff)
By Cam Inman | cinman@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 15, 2020 at 5:03 a.m.
(This story was originally published on July 15, 2010)
New Warriors majority owner Joe Lacob is…
Well, he is not the old Warriors owner, so he has that going for him in the bloodshot eyes of arguably the NBA’s most desperate and loyal fan base.
He also is not Oracle czar Larry Ellison, the world’s sixth-richest man who lost out in the record bidding for Chris Cohan’s Warriors.
But Lacob is a Warriors season-ticket holder. Fans, surely to their surprise, have shared a foxhole with him the past decade during the Cohan Cold War.
A teen-age peanut vendor at Anaheim Stadium before striking it rich as a venture capitalist, Lacob is now the Warriors’ front man. His ownership group splurged $450 million to rescue the Warriors from Cohan’s dreadful 16-year reign that featured only one playoff berth.
Lacob’s wingman is Hollywood movie mogul Peter Guber, who has a fascinating screenplay in the works thanks to this surprising snatch of the Warriors from Ellison’s clutches.
OK, so Lacob was not at the White House two weeks ago showing off the America’s Cup to President Obama. Get over the fact Larry The Oracle Guy and Larry The Sailing Guy will not morph into Larry The NBA Guy. His billions will not be spent on the Warriors. Hey, maybe our America’s Cup defense just got stronger.
Ellison called it “unusual” that his higher bid did not win. Tell it to the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose owner used much harsher terms when his more lucrative offer got bypassed in the LeBron James sweepstakes.
Bidding bon voyage to Ellison does not mean the Warriors got weaker, as if that was possible.
The Warriors simply needed an owner who will turn them into a legitimate contender rather than just a date-night option for the fans who filled Oracle Arena during Cohan’s dire reign.
Even an average Joe would be an improvement. His name might not ring as familiar as Ellison’s, but Joltin’ Joe can make a loud name for himself throughout the NBA and Bay Area circles.
Lacob claims his group offers better basketball know-how than Cohan’s other bidders. (Sidebar: No word if Lacob knows the starboard and port sides of a vessel.)
“It is our passion to return the Warriors to greatness,” Lacob said in a statement, “and build nothing short of a championship organization that will make all of us in the Bay Area proud.”
Rewind to that “all of us” phrase. He wants to stay in your inner circle. In contrast, Cohan (a seemingly nice man) became an outcast and a recluse who could not get the Warriors out of their tailspin and even got booed on his own court at the All-Star game.
Lacob joined the NBA fray in 2006 when he bought into the NBA’s most decorated franchise, the Boston Celtics. Two years later, the Celtics won their unprecedented 17th NBA title, and this past season they were runners-up to the Lakers.
Rather than bore you with Lacob’s exploits as a venture capitalist, let’s sum it up this way: He’s been handsomely rewarded for clocking in more than 20 years at Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He’s made a comfy living off life-science ventures.
His connection to sports may not feature an America’s Cup trophy, but it is intriguing.
He got weaned on basketball by watching the Celtics dynasty as a child in suburban Boston. The bar is set high, Warriors fans.
He sold peanuts at Angels Stadium while attending Katella High School and UC Irvine. Gotta love guys who worked in stadium trenches (see: George Seifert, Kezar Stadium usher).
He is a longtime rooter at Stanford (where he got his MBA) and likes to sit courtside.
He carries a 7.8 golf handicap and barely missed the pro-am cut at this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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He lives in the ritzy Peninsula foothills and also has a house next to the 14th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Thursday was a monumental day in Warriors history. It was the best day Warriors fans have enjoyed since a 2007 first-round playoff upset of the Dallas Mavericks.
Here is what the best day may offer in Lacob’s future as the Warriors owner: A championship celebration at the White House. Ahoy there, matey.
Joe Lacob
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Border Heroes Run Amok
The U.S. Border Patrol is investigating a Thursday incident involving the use of a Taser on an Ogdensburg woman at a checkpoint in Waddington.
Jess Cooke, 21, said she was pulled in for a secondary inspection after agents said she appeared nervous at the checkpoint. Cooke said she refused a search of her trunk and was asked to wait for a K-9 Unit to arrive.
A conversation with agents escalated and Cooke was tackled and Tased after she resisted an agent who had grabbed her after she refused to comply with a request for her to move.
The names of agents involved have not been released.
“Due to the privacy act and that this incident is under investigation, I am unable to release the names of anyone involved in this incident,” an emailed response from the agency said.
The scuffle was caught on video by Cooke and can be seen here.
Border officials have not released details surrounding the incident because it is being investigated, but the agency released the following statement.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection is investigating a report from the U.S. Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector about an altercation between an individual and two Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint on Thursday, May 7. The altercation followed a brief verbal exchange between the individual and the two agents regarding their intent to inspect the vehicle.”
Meanwhile, Cooke says she plans to take legal action.
“I was cuffed for over an hour after being out in the Border Patrol car and then brought to the U.S. Customs station in Ogdensburg. I sat there for a good 3-4 hours and got sent home due to they couldn’t figure out what charges to put on me,” Cooke said in a written response.
Cooke said she received scrapes and cuts on her legs, back and chest. She said her wrists are also marked from the handcuffs.
Cooke said her car was searched and found to be clean, but she is awaiting potential charges regarding the struggle.
Cooke has a two-year degree in criminal justice will graduate Saturday from SUNY Canton for law enforcement leadership with a four-year degree.
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European College of Zoological Medicine
Promoting excellence in zoological medicine
Approved Residency Training Programs
POLICIES & PROCEDURES, PART 1: GENERAL INFORMATION
POLICIES & PROCEDURES, PART 1:
Yalelaan 108, NL-3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
(KvK-nummer 57119422)
e-mail: admin@eczm.eu
website: www.eczm.eu
PART 1: General information
Chapter 2: Objectives of The College
Chapter 3: Officers & Committees
Chapter 4: Requirements for being a Specialist
Chapter 5: ECZM Residency Programmes
Chapter 6: Application process for ECZM examination
Chapter 7: ECZM examination
Chapter 8: Re-certification of Diplomates
Chapter 9: ECZM Fees
Appendix 1: ECZM Deadlines
Appendix 2: Re-certification points for ECZM Diplomates
Appendix 3: ECZM Exam Application form
Appendix 4: Curriculum Vitae for ECZM Examination Credentialing
Appendix 5: Knowledge, Skills and Competences of the Diplomates of the European College of Zoological Medicine
Appendix 6: Quality Assurance
PART 2: Specialty information
The European College of Zoological Medicine (ECZM) recognizes five separate specialties under the ECZM umbrella; Avian, Herpetology, Small Mammal; Wildlife Population Health and Zoo Health Management. Please refer to the specific specialty Policies & Procedures, Part 2 for more information about your area of interest.
The European College of Zoological Medicine was formed in 2009 as an umbrella college covering at the time 4 sub-disciplines (avian, herpetology, wildlife population health and small mammals) representing the discipline of zoological medicine. These were joined by a fifth, zoo health management in 2012. The de facto period for small mammal, herpetology and wildlife population health sub-disciplines closed in April 2014 and zoo health management will close in April 2017. The avian specialty was originally approved by the EBVS as the European College of Avian Medicine and Surgery and as such is already approved by EBVS. The College structure is organized along EBVS guidelines as defined in the Constitution and Bylaws. Administration is carried out by an over-arching Executive Committee, Education and Residency Committee, Examination Committee and Credentialing Committee with proportionate representation from all five specialties.
The Policies and Procedures contain information about requirements for admission to the College, a profile of the distinct specialties within ECZM, and application and examination procedures.
Currently, acknowledged specialties of the college are:
Avian Medicine and Surgery (Avian)
The original branch of The College and has been fully recognized by The European Board of Veterinary Specialization (EBVS) since 1999. Diplomates of the taxon-based ECZM (Avian) work predominantly in clinical avian medicine and surgery, including species kept as pets (e.g. psittacines, passerines, backyard poultry), in zoos and aviaries (e.g. penguins, flamingos, ratites, waterfowl), and for sport (e.g. racing pigeons, raptors). Commercial poultry is not included.
Herpetological Medicine and Surgery (Herpetology)
Given provisional recognition by the EBVS in 2009 and aiming for full recognition by 2019. Diplomates of the taxon-based ECZM (Herpetology) encompass the veterinary treatment, healthcare and preventative medicine of all reptilian and amphibian species (captive or wild) including Crocodilia (crocodiles, gavials, caimans, and alligators), Sphenodontia (tuataras), Squamata (lizards, snakes, and worm lizards), Testudines (turtles, terrapins and tortoises), Anura (frogs and toads), Caudata or Urodela (salamanders, newts), and Gymnophiona or Apoda (caecilians).
Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery (Small Mammal)
Given provisional recognition by the EBVS in 2009 and aiming for full recognition by 2019. Diplomates of the taxon-based ECZM (Small Mammal) work predominantly in clinical small mammal medicine and surgery, including rabbits, rodents (e.g. mice, rats, guinea pigs, chinchillas), small carnivores (e.g. ferrets), and non-conventional small mammals.
Wildlife Population Health
Given provisional recognition by the EBVS in 2009 and aiming for full recognition by 2019. Diplomates of the discipline-based ECZM (Wildlife Population Health) work predominantly with the diseases and health management of free-ranging wildlife (of any taxon) at the population level, including ecosystem health and conservation medicine.
Zoo Health Management
Given provisional recognition by the EBVS in 2012 and aiming for full recognition by 2022. Diplomates of the discipline-based ECZM (Zoo Health Management) work with wild animals (of any taxon) kept in a zoological institution. Along with comparative medicine, restraint and anaesthesia, major components of this specialty are herd and flock health management, preventative medicine, and zoo management (welfare, housing, nutrition, shipment, legislation, captive population management).
Zoological Medicine is a discipline that integrates principles of ecology, conservation, and veterinary medicine and applies them to captive and wild non-domesticated animals within natural and artificial environments. ECZM is dedicated to excellence in advancing the health and well being of non-domesticated mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates.
The primary objectives of the College shall be the promotion of study, research advancement and practise of zoological medicine in Europe and increasing the competency of those who practice in this field by:
i) Establishing guidelines for post-graduate education, training and experience as a prerequisite to become a specialist in one of the specialties of zoological medicine.
ii) Examining and authenticating veterinarians as specialists in zoological medicine to serve zoological patients, owners, the public, wildlife populations and zoological institutions, by providing expert care.
iii) Encouraging research and other contributions to knowledge in all aspects of zoological medicine and promoting communication and dissemination of this knowledge.
iv) The development, supervision and assessment of continuing education programmes in zoological medicine.
v) Committing itself to the development of a culture, which recognises the importance of quality, and quality assurance, in its activities and to this end the College should develop and implement a strategy for the continuous enhancement of quality.
vi) Guaranteeing and maintaining the highest level of specialisation in zoological medicine according to European Qualifications Framework (EQF) level 8.
Further objectives of the College are:
i) Encouraging the public, zoological institutions and wildlife agencies to use veterinarians who are qualified to fill a unique and specific role in the delivery of modern comprehensive zoological medicine at the specialty level.
ii) Positioning the zoological medicine specialist as a common source for referrals in the veterinary community.
iii) Improving and promoting the structure of health care for animals, thereby improving its perception and understanding by owners, veterinarians and those interested in introducing animal health insurance and supplying zoological health products.
iv) Providing an incentive and reward for achieving postgraduate education and experience in Zoological Medicine at the specialist level. The title Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine shall be restricted to those persons working in the field who have reached the highest level of achievement in the respective specialty
v) Encouraging veterinary schools to establish in-depth instruction and high standards for training in zoological medicine and develop specific funding for areas of research. Also encouraging the establishment of specific funding for areas of research by state and other organizations.
vi) Promoting continued improvement of practice standards and knowledge in zoological medicine through continuing education and self-assessment.
vii) Supporting the preservation of zoological species by promulgating the concept of wise use of animal resources, protection and restoration of their habitats, and the breeding of endangered species in captivity.
viii) Encouraging responsible management, husbandry and breeding of zoological species, both in captivity and the wild.
ix) Preventing the occurrence of zoonotic and allergic diseases in individual animals and zoological collections that may affect humans.
Officers and committees memberships are subject to frequent change. The most current information can be found on the college’s website at www.eczm.eu or by contacting the ECZM secretary (secretary@eczm.eu). The list below was last updated August 2018
Executive Committee 2018-2019
President: Dr Simon Girling
Vice President: Dr Debbie Myers
Secretary: Dr Stephen Smith
Treasurer: Dr Jolianne Rijks
Senior Vice-President: Dr Tom Tully
Avian Specialty Chair: Dr Petra Zsivanovits
Small Mammal Specialty Chair: Dr Elisabetta Mancinelli
Herpetology Specialty Chair: Dr Rachel Marschang
Wildlife Population Health Specialty Chair: Dr Carlos das Neves
Zoo Health Management Specialty Chair: Dr Hanspeter Steinmetz
Chairpersons of the committees
Examination Committee: Dr Ricardo DeMatos
Credentials Committee: Dr Mark Mitchell
Education and Residency Committee: Dr Michelle Barrows and Dr Peter Sandmeier
Scientific Committee: Dr Livia Benato
Nominations Committee: Dr Edmund Flach
Website Committee: Dr Romain Pizzi
The Diplomates will elect at least every three years, by secret ballot, the following officers to the Executive Committee:
One additional member if needed (to maintain an uneven number of voting members within the executive committee)
These officers, as well as the immediate Past-President and the specialty Chairpersons, will compose the Executive Committee of the College. The President may not be re-elected to the same office within a six year period. Other officers may be elected to only one additional term of 3 years.
The Additional Diplomates, without a right to vote, may be co-opted as observers or advisors to the Executive Committee if the officers agree unanimously. One member of the Executive Committee will act as (senior) representative on the European Board of Veterinary Specialization and another Diplomate will act as the (junior) representative.
The requirements for admission to the College as a Diplomate and being a Specialist are specified in the Bylaws of the College, in line with the Policies and Procedures determined by the EBVS. The requirements listed below are an abridged version of requirements found in Article 4 in the ECZM Constitution.
Specialists appointed by the College are veterinarians who:
Have demonstrated fitness and ability to practise the specialty by meeting the established training and experience requirements as assessed by the College.
Have also attained acceptable scores on comprehensive examinations administered by the College, unless exempted from this obligation and accepted as de facto Diplomates within the initial 5 years of approval of a specialty.
Demonstrate satisfactory moral and ethical standing in the profession.
Practise scientific, evidence-based veterinary medicine, which complies with animal welfare legislation.
Obtained their veterinary degree at least 48 months prior to certification.
Practise their specialty for at least 60% of their time, based on a 40 hour working week (i.e > 24 hours/week).
Are re-evaluated every 5 years using a standard re-certification process.
Each individual who has successfully passed the qualification procedure of the College shall be designated Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine. They shall be authorized to use the designation of Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine (name of specialty) in the specialties which have been approved by ECZM and EBVS. The official abbreviation is DipECZM (Specialty).
If certain criteria are met and maintained, the individual is entitled to be awarded, by the EBVS, the title of. EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Avian Medicine and Surgery, or EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, or EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery, or EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Wildlife Population Health, or EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Zoo Health Management.
Each Diplomate is expected to actively participate in the scientific and business affairs of the College.
Further information on specific requirements for prospective candidates is also found in the individual specialty Policies and Procedures; Part 2 documents.
The requirements for de-facto applications (for specialties in their initial 5 year period) can be found in Bylaws section 2.3.
In order to become eligible for specialty examination candidates must have devoted at least four years to formal training after graduation from veterinary school.
Training should be composed of at least one year rotating general internship or at least 2 years in general practice, followed by at least three year of specialty-focused training (residency).
A zoological medicine residency programme shall consist of supervised training, postgraduate education, and experience in the science and practice of the specialty within the field of zoological medicine and its supporting disciplines. The training is under the supervision of at least one ECZM diplomate who participates actively in that programme, as defined further below.
The Education and Residency Committee must approve all residency programmes in advance.
5.1 Objectives of ECZM residency programmes
The general objectives of the training programme are:
to promote aptitude and proficiency in zoological medicine, as well as its theoretical background.
to instruct the resident in the science and practice of zoological medicine and its supporting disciplines of the appropriate specialty.
to provide the resident with the opportunity to pursue career goals in teaching, research and/or specialty practice.
5.2. Prerequisites for specialty training
5.2.1. A first period must be a minimum of a one year rotating multi-disciplinary internship (in any species, as defined by EBVS), or a minimum of two years in general practice.
5.2.2 According to the EBVS internship definition: An internship shall be a minimum of a one-year term of flexible rotating clinical training in veterinary medicine beyond the professional degree. It provides practical experience in applying knowledge gained during formal professional education, and offers an opportunity for recent graduates to obtain additional training in the clinical and basic sciences. An internship is composed of a broad range of clinical assignments within one of the major divisions of veterinary medicine. This year of comprehensive broad postgraduate training and experience prepares a veterinarian for high-quality service in practice or for a decision on an area of specialization. It is important that an internship be truly a rotation, involving a wide range of clinical activities. It should be conceived as a training programme for the intern rather than a service benefit for the clinic.
5.2.3. The suitability of prerequisite experience or qualifications of a potential residency candidate is initially evaluated by the proposed supervisor. This does not need to be pre-approved, however, subsequent formal approval by the Education and Residency Committee of the internship or period in general practice is required prior to starting a residency training programme to ensure compliance with EBVS minimum standards. Details of this process can be found in section 5.8.
5.3 Residency programmes
A zoological medicine residency programme is an advanced training programme allowing a qualified veterinarian (the resident) to acquire in-depth knowledge of zoological medicine as it pertains to the relevant specialty, under the supervision and guidance of one or more ECZM Diplomates. The goal of a residency programme is to train individuals to become Diplomates who have developed self-confidence, self-criticism and sense of responsibility that are essential for the practise of the specialty.
5.3.1 Standard residency programmes
The residency programme shall comprise an at least three years of full time postgraduate training under the supervision of a Diplomate of the appropriate specialty of ECZM and located at an approved training centre. Residents must spend at least 60% of their time practising the speciality (based on a normal working week of 40 hours) under direct supervision.
5.3.2. Alternate programmes
The alternate programme route is intended for veterinarians whose circumstances do not permit enrolment in a standard residency programme. An alternate programme is individually tailored to the specified resident ONLY, such that he/she achieves the required standards by the time of completion. The alternative programme must be approved by the Education and Residency Committee before the Resident embarks on it, and the total length of this programme cannot be shorter than a standard residency programme. The total time of an alternate programme must not exceed six years.
A candidate for an alternate programme must also have previously completed a minimum of a one year rotating multi-disciplinary internship (in any species, as defined by EBVS), or a minimum of two years in general practice.
A resident on an alternate training programme must spend the equivalent of at least 60% of 3 years working in the relevant specialty of zoological medicine under direct supervision of a Diplomate of the ECZM in that specialty. This equates to a minimum of 84 weeks (or equivalent) of direct supervision during the alternate programme period.
5.3.3. All applications for approval of the prerequisites, residency programme or alternate programme are to be sent to the ECZM secretary electronically and will be forwarded to the chairman of the Education and Residency Committee. Prior to starting a residency training programme, the supervisor should ensure they have received approval of all elements of the training programme, including the prerequisites, from the Education and Residency Committee.
5.3.4. Residents may use the title “ECZM Resident” or “Resident in Zoological Medicine (Specialty)”, or similar, during the official training period. Once the training period is finished, the resident cannot use terms such as “exam ready”, “residency completed” or similar. There is no approved title that a former resident can use in the time leading up to their examination following completion of the residency training period.
5.4. Training Programme criteria
5.4.1. Residency programmes strive to result in the qualification of Specialists who have demonstrated the proper intellectual qualities, professional and technical skills. Moreover, residency programmes aim to develop a culture that recognizes the importance of continuous professional development. Specialty training in specific veterinary medicine disciplines may be required to be included as external rotations.
5.4.2. Prospective residents will be required to have undertaken broad training and experience in their chosen discipline. Post-graduate degree studies may be included in the programme; however, at least 60% of the resident’s time (80% for zoo health management) must be allocated to practise of the specialty. Continuing education programmes as the sole method of training will not meet the requirements of certification
5.4.3 Training completed during the internship (or other prior training time) may not be counted towards or replace training required during the residency programme.
5.4.4. There are general requirements for facilities, services, and equipment that are necessary to become an approved training centre. Training programme criteria are described in more detail in specialty-specific Policies and Procedures (Part 2).
5.4.5. In addition, for residents to qualify to sit the examination, they must meet the minimum requirements for publications as set by EBVS, and those set by the individual specialty (refer to Specialty Policies and Procedures). The minimum EBVS requirements are:
One original, peer-reviewed scientific research paper within the candidate’s specialty. The candidate must be the principal author and the publication must be mentioned in the Science Citation Index or the ECZM specialty reading list.
(i) One original, peer-reviewed case report or scientific research paper within the candidate’s specialty. The candidate can be the principal author or co-author and the publication must be mentioned in the Science Citation Index or the ECZM specialty reading list.
5.5. Supervision by ECZM diplomates in residency programmes:
5.5.1. Each programme must be supervised by at least one practising Diplomate of the appropriate specialty, physically present and working at the training centre. If there are several Diplomates present, one must be designated as the responsible supervisor and receives the re-certification points for resident supervision.
5.5.2. The supervisor is the primary responsible contact person for application, registration and approval processes and must maintain regular correspondence with the respective committees of the ECZM.
5.5.3. One Diplomate may be responsible for up to two residents concurrently.
5.5.4. The selection of a suitable candidate with adequate prerequisite clinical and academic training for the residency programme is at the supervisor´s discretion. The minimum requirements of one year rotating internship or equivalent training (as detailed in section 5.2 above) must be fulfilled and reported to the Education and Residency Committee according to the process described in 6.7.
5.5.5. Daily direct supervision is required, although it does permit the intermittent absence of the supervising Diplomate or the resident for standard reasons (vacations, meetings, days off and sickness). Supervision must include consultations, case discussions, and case management with actual cases (where appropriate to the specialty). Primary responsibility for case work may be increasingly delegated to the resident during advancing course of training and depending on the clinical skills and confidence of the resident.
5.5.6. Supervisors are responsible for evaluating and approving the residency monitoring forms (see section 5.6 below) prior to submission to the Education and Residency Committee. Comments and concerns by the reviewers must be discussed with the resident and addressed. A Supervisor Progress report must be submitted to the Education and Residency Committee along with the Case and Activity Log and Resident Progress Report, documenting and commenting the performance of the resident.
5.5.7. Residents must meet with the responsible supervisor at least twice yearly for evaluation of performance and progress. When the resident has multiple supervisors, a meeting among the supervisors should precede the meeting with the resident.
5.6. Monitoring Process during residency
5.6.1. All residents are required to submit residency monitoring documentation at the following pre-determined intervals:
Clinical residents (Avian, Herpetology, Small Mammal, Zoo Health Management) are required to submit documentation at 3 months and then 6 months, and every 6 months thereafter through the residency (3-3-6-6-6-6-6 frequency).
Non-clinical residents (Wildlife Population Health) are required to submit documentation at 6 months, then 12 months, and every 12 months thereafter through the residency (6-6-12-12 frequency).
5.6.2. The documentation to be submitted to the Education and Residency Committee by the resident, after verification and approval by the Resident Supervisor, includes the following:
Case and Activity Log: An Excel document including various logs, such as Medical and Surgical Case Log, Procedure Log, Residency Activity Log, as determined by the specialty. To be filled out and updated continuously throughout the entire residency period.
Resident Progress Report: A form recording the residency progress statistically. This serves as evaluation form of the Case and Activity Log for the reviewer of the Education and Residency Committee.
Supervisor Progress Report: Written by the supervisor, documenting and commenting on the performance and progress of the resident. This may be discussed with the resident prior to submission if the supervisor wishes.
Other Specialty Reports: Some specialties require additional reports which can be found in Policies and Procedures: Part 2.
If required by the Education and Residency Committee, the resident must also be able to produce detailed medical records of individual cases. These may be exerts from the clinic data record system.
In addition, the resident is required to complete an annual Residency Evaluation Form. This is submitted to the Chair of the Education and Residency Committee, and gives the resident an opportunity to evaluate the residency programme they are taking part in. The information is strictly confidential and if problems are raised, the Chair will contact the resident privately to discuss things further.
5.6.3. Policy on late submission of reports
It is the duty of residents and supervisors to submit the reports to the Chair of Education and Residency Committee at the required intervals (section 5.6.1). Reminders will not be sent. In case of delays and failure to receive the required materials without previous dispensation, the Education and Residency Committee may take the following steps of action:
i) If the residency progress monitoring documentation is not received within 2 months of the required date, an email will be sent to the Resident (and cc. to the Supervisor). This will be a first warning that submissions are overdue.
ii) If the required documentation is still not received within one further month, a second and final warning will be sent by e-mail to the Resident (and cc. to the Supervisor).
iii) If no action is taken after this period, the Education and Residency Committee reserve the right to take punitive action. This may include, but is not limited to, declaring the overdue (and therefore non-monitored) period of the residency programme void and thereby requiring an extension of the current training period. Where extending the time period of a residency programme is not possible, the resident may be required to carry out additional assignments as set by the ECZM Education and Residency Committee. This may have to be at the resident’s own time and expense.
iv) In the event of repeated and/or severe offences regarding this policy, the ECZM Education and Residency Committee reserve the right to take further punitive action, which may include termination of the residency training programme.
v) Supervisors will not receive re-certification points for residency time that has been declared void by the Education and Residency Committee.
5.7. Residency approval process
5.7.1. Diplomates wishing to offer a residency programme must submit a comprehensive and detailed programme proposal to the Education and Residency Committee for evaluation and approval. The content of the proposal package must include but is not limited to:
Description of the training site. This would include details about available facilities, equipment, case load, staff, and cooperation with other specialists. The Education and Residency Committee have developed a self-inspection form for clinical residencies to help with this part of the proposal. This can be found in the Specialty Policies and Procedures and can be used as a guide to the minimum requirements. No self-inspection form is required for wildlife population health programmes. Photographic documentation and floor plans of facilities may be included to aid the proposal.
Full curriculum vitae of the Supervisor.
Proposed Programme structure. This should include a description of the duties and responsibilities of the resident, study time allocation, research possibilities, opportunities for external rotations and specialty training. See the Specialty Policies and Procedures for further information.
5.7.2. The proposal will be assessed by the Education and Residency Committee and more information may be requested. In addition, a physical inspection of the training site may be required. In that case, applicants for new residency training facilities are expected to pay reasonable expenses to accommodate the ECZM inspection party. These fees will be refunded by ECZM upon successful acceptance as an approved residency facility.
5.7.3. Approval of the training programme is valid for 5 years, after which re-evaluation is performed by the Education and Residency Committee. Re-evaluation may also be required after major changes (e.g. change of supervisor, major changes in facilities, equipment or programme structure). Changes in the content facilities or structure of the approved programme must immediately be reported to the Education and Residency Committee.
5.7.4. In an approved standard residency programme, one supervisor may supervise up to two residents at the same time.
5.8. Resident candidate registration process
Once a training facility and training programme is approved, it is the responsibility of the residency Supervisor to select a candidate who satisfies the criteria required to embark on a residency programme as detailed in the Bylaws and Policies and Procedures.
Once a candidate is selected, then the potential resident must be registered with the Education and Residency Committee by submission (and acceptance) of the documentation specified below. The Education and Residency Committee must be notified of and formally approve a new residency candidate before the start of the training period.
5.8.1. Registration of a standard residency
Registrations are submitted by the supervisor and should include:
A recommendation letter from the supervisor, including the name of the proposed supervisor, proposed resident and the location, duration, timing and brief details of the training programme.
An academic curriculum vitae of the chosen candidate, including their graduate degree.
Specific indication of the section of the candidate’s curriculum vitae that fulfills the prerequisites of specialty training as defined in section 5.2. should be included in the above letter.
Please note: The prerequisite qualifications of a potentially suitable residency candidate are to be evaluated primarily by the supervisor, however, formal approval by the Education and Residency committee is needed to verify and confirm compliance with the minimum EBVS standards.
5.8.2. Registration of an alternate programme
Alternate programmes are tailored to the individual candidate´s personal circumstances and prerequisite experience. Therefore the approval of the programme and registration of the new candidate are parallel processes.
Applications for alternate programme approval and subsequent candidate registrations are submitted by the potential resident and should include:
An application letter from the candidate explaining their reasons for choosing an alternate route programme along with reasons for not participating in a standard programme. This must also confirm understanding the requirements for an alternate programme as detailed in section 5.3.2 of the Policies and Procedures.
In particular, the candidate must acknowledge the prerequisite requirements as defined in section 5.2 and the supervision requirements 5.3.2. indicating that the candidate will be spending the equivalent of at least 60% of 3 years working in the relevant specialty of zoological medicine under direct supervision of a Diplomate of the ECZM in that specialty. This equates to a minimum of 84 weeks (or equivalent) of direct supervision which must be completed over a period of greater than 3 years and less than six years.
An academic curriculum vitae of the candidate, including their graduate degree.
Detailed programme structure of the alternate programme, including the name of the proposed supervisor (s) and training centre(s). Where multiple Diplomates are involved in supervision, ONE Diplomate must be designated as the responsible supervisor of the alternate programme.
A letter of support from the supervisor of the alternate programme and confirmation of their participation. This letter must also include specific indication of the section of the candidate’s curriculum vitae that fulfills the prerequisites of specialty training as defined in section 5.2.
5.8.3. Once the registrations and training centres (and programme approval for alternate programmes) have been assessed by the Education and Residency Committee a decision will be communicated to the supervisor (in the case of standard residencies) or resident and supervisor (in the case of alternate programmes). If the registration is approved, the programme may begin as planned, ensuring the Education and Residency Committee are notified of the start date. If the application is not approved, areas for change will be suggested and the programme will be reassessed.
6.1. All potential applicants must notify the ECZM Examination Committee Chair of their intent to apply for the qualifying examination before October 1st of the year prior of their anticipated examination. Following this notification the Chair will send the all pertinent information required for the application process and the examination to the applicant.
6.2. Applicants must submit all in-press and published manuscripts and written evidence of other fulfilled requirements (see 6.4 below) to complete their examination credentials to the ECZM Secretary before November 1st of the year prior to their anticipated examination. This will be sent to the Credentials Committee for evaluation.
6.2.1. Whilst all other requirements of the application process must be completed prior to the November 1st deadline, it is not mandatory that the residency training programme is completed by this time. It is recommended that the training programme should be completed at least 2 months before the anticipated examination date. However, completing the training programme nearer to the examination date is permitted, providing all matters are in order and the Credential Committee and the Education and Residency Committee are aware of the shorter time frame. Completion of a training programme less that 2 months before the scheduled examination is entirely at the applicants risk. If there proves to be inadequate time for the relevant committees to fully evaluate the credentials then the applicant will not be permitted to sit the examination. Supervisors and applicants are encouraged to allow appropriate time examination preparation between the end of the training programme and the examination.
6.3. The approximate dates of examination will be posted on the website at least four months in advance, and the specific date will be provided to applicants nearer the time.
6.4. In order to credential for the examination, all candidates must submit the following documents electronically to the ECZM Secretary:
Covering letter requesting application for examination credentialing in your chosen specialty. Also include a summary of the documents you will be including in your application.
Curriculum Vitae – see appendix 4 for guidance.
Reference letter(s) from the programme supervisor(s) of each institution involved in the training programme. All letters must be from persons familiar with the candidate’s training and be sent (electronically) directly to the Secretary. Requests by the applicant for reference letters should be made early so as to assure that these letters are received by the Secretary on or before the application deadline (November 1st of the year prior to the examination). It is the applicant’s responsibility to see that all letters are sent to the Secretary on time. The Credentials Committee is responsible for absolute discretion and confidentiality regarding the reference letter(s). After approval of the candidate to sit the examination the reference letter(s) will be deleted. Reference letters must contain the following:
Verification of the specialty zoological medicine training programme and level of supervision.
An opinion regarding the applicant’s proficiency, judgment, and competence as a specialty zoological practitioner and readiness to sit the examination.
The commitment of the applicant to the constitutional objectives of the ECZM.
The moral and ethical standing of the applicant within the veterinary profession.
Documentation logs. The completed and verified logs required by the specialty must accompany the application. If the training programme is not yet finished then the logs must be compete up to the time of application.
Case Reports (where required): The specified number (See Policies & Procedures; Part 2 for specific requirements) of case reports of cases personally handled with a maximum of 1500 words each, which give an assessment of the analytical approach of the candidate.
Publications. Original peer reviewed papers from within the candidate’s specialty, as required for the specialty (see Policies & Procedures; Part 2). These must be published or fully accepted for publication as evidenced by a letter from the editor.
Any relevant previous correspondence relating to the training programme and application.
Evidence of payment of Credentialing for Examination fee. The application will not be evaluated or processed without payment of the fee indicated in Chapter 9. This fee is non-refundable. If any portion of the application has to be re-submitted the payment of further fees will be at the discretion of the Credential Committee. Contact the ECZM Treasurer (treasurer@eczm.eu) for details of how to make payment.
6.4.1. The responsibility for accuracy and availability of all required credentials rests with the applicant.
6.4.2. The Education and Residency Committee must also verify the successful completion of a standard residency or alternative training programme. They will inform the Credential Committee of this when the training programme is completed. If completion of the training programme is still pending, then provisional approval of the examination credentials may be provided, until such time as the training programme is finished (see 6.2.1. above).
6.4.2. Following review of the submitted credentials by the Credentials Committee, applicants (and the Examination Committee Chair) will be notified of the outcome by the ECZM Secretary on or before December 1st of the year prior to the examination.
6.4.3. Successful applicants will be invited to submit an application to sit the examination (see 6.5 below).
6.4.4. Unsuccessful applicants will receive an explanation of the deficiencies in credentials. Minor revisions may be accepted by the Credentials Committee in order to accept the application, and the applicant will be advised of this, as well as the revised deadlines expected. If credentials are rejected and require major additions or revisions, then the applicant will be invited to re-submit the following year. A subsequent re-application must include re-submission of credentials and a new application form, an updated Curriculum Vitae, relating correspondences, and an additional application fee. The documentation must be presented in the manner previously described, and in accordance with the same deadlines.
6.5. Applications to sit the examination must be made electronically to the ECZM Secretary by January 1st of the year of the proposed examination by submission of the examination application form (in appendix 3) together with proof of payment of the Examination Fee (Chapter 9). This would usually be done directly after acceptance of examination credentials but applicants do have up to eight years to pass the examination following completion of their training programme.
6.6. The Chair of the Examination Committee will notify successful applicants of the location, dates and procedure for the examination by February 1st of the year of the examination.
6.7. Late or incomplete applications at any stage of this process will not be considered.
6.8. All correspondence regarding the application procedure and notification should be addressed to the Secretary. All submitted application materials become the sole property of the ECZM and will not be returned to the applicant.
6.9. New ECZM Diplomates who have just passed the examination are expected to submit (and have accepted) 10 multiple-choice questions and two practical questions with suitably referenced answers, for use in subsequent ECZM examinations.
The examination will test all aspects of the relevant specialty of zoological medicine. More specific details of each specialty examination, including number of questions and time allowed, can be found in the Policies and Procedures, Part 2, as there are differences between the specialty examinations.
7.1. The examination may be composed of two sections:
7.1.1. Multiple-Choice Questions. The examination consists of a pre-determined number multiple-choice questions, with each question being worth 1 point. The pass mark is set at 65%. Each multiple-choice question consists of two parts: the stem and the responses. The stem is the introductory statement or question. The responses are suggested answers that complete the statement or answer the question asked in the stem. For each question, there is one correct response, and 4 distractors.
7.1.2. Practical/Written Questions. The practical portion of this examination is composed of short answer questions that relate to an appropriate clinical or management situation. There will be a pre-determined number of “stations” each containing a short essay question or a practical question (possibly in multiple parts). These stations may make use of physical material, radiographs, data for analysis, situational material, photos, videos and anything else that can be used to test knowledge of the specialty. Incorporated into the timing of examination will be a review period of 20 minutes at the end, granted before the question papers are passed to the examiner(s). The pass mark is set at 65%.
7.2. Extra time may be allowed in cases of dyslexia, medical reasons or other circumstances. A recent medical report or certificate must be provided with the examination application. An appropriate amount of extra time will be decided upon by the Examination Committee prior to the examination and the candidate will be informed.
7.3. The majority of examination questions will be referenced from the relevant specialty ECZM Reading List. However, occasional questions may be referenced from additional relevant resources where the subject matter is important and relevant to the specialty.
7.4. All questions in the examinations must come from the ECZM Examination Database, composed of questions written and submitted by Diplomates.
7.5. The reading list and the examination are only given in English. The Examination Committee may permit the use of dictionaries, with prior approval.
7.6. All parts of the examination must be held at all times under the direct supervision and physical presence of members of the Examination Committee or trained invigilators. In line with modern best practice, an invigilator must not be otherwise occupied during the examination and must not leave the room during the examination without being replaced by another invigilator.
7.7. Examination results will normally be provided within 7 days of the examination. A list of candidates who successfully pass will be sent to the President by the Chairperson of the Examination Committee. Examinees will be given an examination feedback form that must be completed and returned to the Examination Committee within one month of the examination.
7.8. After successfully passing the ECZM examination, each new Diplomate is expected to submit 10 multiple-choice questions and two practical/short answer questions to the Examination Committee. These should be referenced from the specialty reading list.
7.9. Candidates must pass the examination within eight years of completion of the residency programme. They may sit each different part of the examination on a maximum of four (4) occasions. Any candidate who fails either part of the examination may, at the discretion of the Examination committee, be permitted to re-sit just that part on a subsequent year.
7.10. Failure to pass the entire examination within the limits defined in 7.9. above means that the candidate must repeat the examination credentialing process and will be required to complete additional periods of training, experience or written work as decided by the Credentials Committee. The second approval by the Credentials Committee will be reviewed annually, the incoming Examination Committee chairperson and the incoming Credentials Committee chairperson having the option of recommending reapplication on a yearly basis if the candidate continues to fail the examination.
7.11. The repeat examination credentials must include as a minimum:
A written outline of the applicant’s self-evaluation and his/her attempts to improve on the areas of knowledge noted to be deficient.
A completed application form (appendix xx).
An updated Curriculum Vitae with an addendum reflecting training and experiences directed towards correcting any deficits in knowledge as noted by the report from the Examination Committee.
At least one letter of reference specifically addressing the efforts taken by the applicant to prepare for subsequent attempts to pass the examination.
At least one additional major publication in the field of the relevant specialty in zoological medicine, with the applicant being the first author. The publications must have been published or at least fully accepted for publication (proof must be provided) by an internationally refereed scientific journal (i.e. mentioned in the Science Citation Index or one of the journals mentioned in the reading list). The publication must be less than five years old at the date of the current application deadline.
All relating correspondence including a list of all dates of previous applications and relevant correspondence.
7.12. Payment of the examination fee is required on or before the application deadline of January 1st of the year of the anticipated examination. The fee is non-refundable. Repeated examination attempts (even if just one part) will require an additional payment of the full examination, on each occasion. Payment can be made in the same way as for examination credentialing, but contact the ECZM Treasurer (treasurer@eczm.eu) if you need any further assistance with making payment.
Each Diplomate is required to provide validation every 5 years that they sufficiently qualify to continue their certified Diplomate status. The College has established a standard procedure by which these requirements are re-evaluated via a standardized points system and other specified criteria. This procedure meets the requirements as established by EBVS.
More detailed information on the requirements for re-certification can be found in Article 4.9 of the Constitution and in Bylaws section 2.10. The allocation of re-certification points is detailed in Appendix 2.
In summary, successful re-certification of Diplomates every 5 years requires that:
The Diplomate receives at least 100 re-certification points based on the allocation detailed in appendix 2.
The specialty is practiced at a level of no less than 60% of their time, based on a normal working week of forty hours.
There has not been an interruption of practice for more than two continuous years (or equivalent) within the 5 year period (without previous dispensation by the Executive Committee).
The Diplomate has not been absent for more than 2 consecutive Annual General Meetings (without previous dispensation by the Executive Committee).
A minimum of five multiple choice questions and two practical questions are accepted by the Examination Committee over the 5 year period.
The Diplomate contributes to at lease ONE publication within the 5 year period (as listed in appendix 2)
In addition, Diplomates are required to ask two senior colleagues or authorities to send to the College a letter of reference certifying that the Diplomate in question has been active in practising his/her specialty for the last 5 years at the specialist level.
Diplomates who fail to achieve the above requirements will be moved to Non-Certified Diplomate status.
Certified Diplomate annual fee € 175
Non-certified Diplomate annual fee € 115
Retired Diplomate annual fee No Fee
Honorary Member No Fee
Application to start Residency No Fee
Credentialing for Examination € 150
Credentialing for de facto application € 150
Examination Fee € 450
Credentialing for return from non-certified to certified status € 200
Late re-certification fee (where approved) €100
Annual membership late payment surcharge €10
Visitation and Inspection of potential Residency Training Facility: Inspection expenses *
Annual dues (membership fees) are payable by January 1st every year and provide membership for that coming year.It is the responsibility of members to pay the appropriate fee by the deadline. (Constitution 4.12).
An initial request for fees will be sent 2 months before deadline on or around November 1st and then a second request will be sent 1 month before deadline on or around December 1st. Members who have not paid their fees by the deadline will be in arrears. An “overdue” reminder will be sent 2 weeks after deadline on or around January 15th requesting immediate payment along with a late payment fee. A “final notice reminder” will be sent on or around June 1st requesting immediate payment along with a late payment fee. No further reminders will be sent. Any Diplomate who has not paid by July 1st (6 months after deadline) may be voted for removal from the College by the Executive Committee at the next scheduled meeting (ECZM Bylaws section 6.7).
All other fees such as examination or credentialing fees must be paid at the time of application. No action will be taken until payment is received.
*Applicants for new Residency training facilities are expected to pay reasonable expenses to accommodate the ECZM inspection party. These fees can be refunded by ECZM upon successful acceptance as an approved residency facility.
October 1st Potential examination candidates must inform Examination Committee Chair of their intent to apply for the qualifying examination
November 1st Credentialing applications must be submitted if the candidate is to be considered for examination in the following calendar year.
December 1st Candidate will be informed if they have passed the credentialing process in order to potentially sit the ECZM examination in the following calendar year onwards.
December 31st Deadline for Diplomates to submit re-certification material.
January 1st Applications to sit the examination must be made by this time of the year they intend to sit the examination.
January 1st ECZM membership fee are payable by this date for membership of the upcoming year.
January 15th Overdue membership payment reminders will be issued (including the late payment fee).
February 1st Successfully credentialed candidates will receive information regarding location and time of ECZM examination from ECZM Examination Committee Chair along with the specific order of the various parts of the examination.
March-May ECZM Annual General Meeting takes place at this time of year – usually around another major zoological medicine scientific conference, or with ECZM’s own scientific symposium.
March-May ECZM examination will take place to coincide with ECZM Annual General Meeting. Individual results will be provided to each candidate within 7 days of the examination.
June 1st FINAL reminder for membership payment. If payment is not received by July 1st, then the member can be voted for removal from the College by the Executive Committee.
For successful re-certification, the minimum number of points required over the 5 year period is 100. The information must be clearly ordered and itemised before being submitted to the chair of the Credential Committee, along with any documentary evidence.
A. PUBLICATIONS (maximum 75 points)
At least ONE publication from this list is mandatory to achieve re-certification (effective for those re-certifying in 2019 and onwards).
– Original peer-reviewed scientific article (main author) 20 points
– Original peer-reviewed scientific article (co-author) 10 points
– Original peer-reviewed case report (main author) 6 points
– Original peer-reviewed case report (co-author) 3 points
– Review articles 6 points
– Textbook chapter as main author (minimum 1000 words) 6 points
– Textbook chapter as co-author (minimum 1000 words) 2 points
– Editor of a textbook (minimum 100 pages) 10 points
Publications must be relevant to the specialty. Peer-reviewed articles must appear on the Science Citation Index from the Institute for Scientific Information or in the specialty reading list. Main author is normally the first author, but in some situations can be the last author if it can be documented that this is the principal investigator. Co-author can be any other contributing author. Review articles and textbook chapters do not have to be peer-reviewed.
B. PRESENTATIONS (maximum 50 points)
– International scientific meetings, including ECZM meetings (per presentation) 8 points
– Poster presentation at international meeting as 1st author 6 points
– National scientific/educational meetings (per presentation) 3 points
– Continuing education presentations (per hour of presentation) 1 points
Presentations must be relevant to the specialty.
C. ECZM BUSINESS MEETINGS
– ECZM AGM attendance when held simultaneously with CPD conference 2 points
– ECZM AGM attendance when held simultaneously with ECZM Symposium 4 points
D. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS (maximum 50 points)
– ECZM Symposium (per half day) 6 points (max 12 points per meeting)
– International congress or meetings (per half day) 4 points (max 16 points per meeting)
– National congress or meetings (per half day) 2 points (max 8 points per meeting)
– Non-specialised congresses or meetings (per half day) 1 point (max 4 points per meeting)
Only sessions attended that are relevant to the specialty qualify to earn re-certification points
E. ECZM COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
– Executive committee member (per complete year) 12 points
– Examination supervisor (per year present as an examiner) 8 points
– Chair of College committees1 (per complete year) 8 points
– Member of College committees2 (per complete year) 4 points
– Member of other College committees3 (per complete year) 2 points
1Examination Committee, Credential Committee, Education and Residency Committee, and Website Committee, but excluding specialty chairs who already receive points for Executive Committee membership.
2Examination Committee, Credential Committee, Education and Residency Committee, and Website Committee.
3Scientific committee, nominations committee and auditors.
To claim the re-certification points above, the members must be active on the committees and this will be verified by the committee chair.
F. RESIDENCIES
– Standard residency supervisor (per resident, per year completed) 12 points
– Alternate programme supervisor (per completed programme) 20 points
G. EXAMINATION QUESTIONS (maximum 55 points)
At least FIVE MCQs and TWO practical questions are mandatory to achieve re-certification. Questions must have been accepted by the examination committee to qualify for re-certification points.
– MCQ (per accepted question) 1 point
– Practical Question (per accepted question) 3 points
H. OTHER ACTIVITIES
– Member of international editorial board 8 points
– Member of national editorial board 4 points
The member must hold a permanent position on the editorial board of a zoological medicine journal or the subject matter reviewed but be zoological medicine. Points awarded only once per editorial board per re-certification period.
I. TWO LETTERS OF REFERENCE
Two referees are required to support the application for re-certification. One referee should be an EBVS – recognised Diplomate from the same country and of the same specialty. If there are no professionally qualified persons in the applicant’s country or specialty, specialists in other disciplines or a senior colleague (e.g. Head of Department, Dean) may act as a referee. Only one academic colleague at the same institute may provide a reference. Please use the template below for the reference letters and they must be submitted with the application for re-certification.
Template ECZM Letter of Reference for Re-certification
Name of applicant:
Title of specialty:
1. In what capacity do you know the applicant?
It is not allowed that the referee is a relative or partner (business or social) of the applicant. One referee should be an EBVS – recognised Diplomate from the same country and of the same specialty. If there are no professionally qualified persons in the applicant’s country or specialty, specialists in other disciplines or a senior colleague (e.g. Head of Department, Dean) may act as a referee. Only one academic colleague at the same institute may provide a reference.
2. How long have you known the applicant’s work?
A referee must normally have known the applicant for the five-year period prior to application/re-application that the applicant is offering as experience in their specialty. A professional and not a personal reference is required.
I know the applicant
by reputation
3. Tick the criteria by which, in your opinion, the applicant is maintaining their EBVS Specialist status. The EBVS expects that all Specialists have:
Been practising (through practice, teaching and research) their specialty for at least 60% of their time (minimum 24 hours per week), for the last 5 years;
Demonstrated satisfactory moral and ethical standing in the profession;
Practised scientific, evidence-based veterinary medicine, which complies with animal welfare legislation.
Promoted continuous improvement in the quality and standard of specialist practice
Communicated effectively to the public and to professional colleagues.
I signify below my whole-hearted support for this application for.
Any other comments:
Name (in capital letters):
Specialty exam being applied for
Date examination credentials approved
Residency training location
Internship start and end dates
Residency start and end dates
Year of intended examination
Date exam fee paid
Signature of applicant
Signature of training supervisor
Name of training supervisor
Any other comments or information
The applicant’s usual C.V. can be used to credential for the examination, providing it clearly contains the following information:
MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICE HELD
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
PUBLISHED PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (IN THE SPECIALTY)
Training of Veterinary specialists: EQF level 8 (doctoral degree)
The minimum 4-year Training Programme allows graduate veterinarians, who have completed a minimum of one year internship programme or its equivalent, as defined in section 5.2 of the Policies and Procedure, Part 1: General information, and a minimum of a 3-year College-approved Residency Training Programme to acquire in-depth knowledge of the scientific field of zoological medicine and its supporting disciplines under the supervision and guidance of a Diplomate of the College of the same speciality.
This distinguishes the Specialist level from the first clinical degree (Masters) level, which is EQF level 7, and the “middle tier” or the “Advanced Practitioner”.
Overall specialists will have the intellectual qualities, professional (including transferable) and technical skills necessary for successful employment in professional environments requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in professional or equivalent environments.
By his/her expertise, the specialist should have developed the self-confidence, self-criticism and sense of responsibility that are essential for the practice of the specialty.
A. In particular in relation to knowledge, specialists will be veterinarians who have demonstrated:
a systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of facts, principles, theories and practices, which is at the forefront of their area of professional practice;
a high moral and ethical standard with regard to his/her contribution to the protection of animal health and welfare, human health and the environment;
willingness to maintain up to date knowledge through congresses and literature;
the ability to be acquainted with the structure, objectives, approaches and problems of the veterinary profession and specifically with regard to zoological medicine;
the ability to keep abreast of new developments in the specialty and become familiar with new methods, before applying these in practice;
understanding of the limitations of the specialty of zoological medicine;
understanding of the possibilities that other specialties may have to offer;
familiarity with the potential of multidisciplinary cooperation;
awareness of current E.U. and national regulations with regard to all aspects of zoological medicine;
the ability to conceptualise, design and implement research projects relevant to their own professional practice for the generation of new knowledge, applications or understanding at the forefront of the specialty;
a detailed understanding of applicable techniques for research and advanced professional enquiry to support all the above.
B. In particular in relation to skills, specialists will be veterinarians who have demonstrated ability to:
perform at a high level of professional expertise in the speciality area of zoological medicine, including the ability to make informed judgements on non-routine and complex issues in specialist fields, often in the absence of complete data;
use a full range of investigative procedures and techniques to define and refine problems in a way that renders them amenable to the application of evidence-based approaches to their solution;
use patient safety knowledge to reduce harm and complications;
communicate their ideas and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist clients and audiences;
act professionally in the provision of customised and optimal solutions to problems with regard to animals, clients, colleagues, public health and the environment;
apply high level knowledge and skills at the forefront of the specialist area of zoological medicine to their own professional work;
approach problems in an analytic, scientific way and attempt to find solutions;
assign priorities to identified problems;
use modern standards of skills and equipment;
find required information quickly;
organise all aspects of his/her work efficiently and effectively.
C. In particular in relation to competences, specialists will be veterinarians who have demonstrated ability to:
perform at a high level of competency through teaching, research and practice in their specialty;
carry out their responsibilities safely and ethically;
create, evaluate, interpret and apply, through clinical studies or original research, new knowledge at the forefront of their professional area, of a quality to satisfy peer review, and merit publication and presentation to professional audiences;
promote, within academic and professional contexts, technological, social or cultural advancement in a knowledge based society;
promote aptitude and proficiency in the field of zoological medicine;
continue to undertake research and/or clinical studies at an advanced level, contributing substantially to the development of new techniques, ideas or approaches in the speciality;
develop their professional practice and produce a contribution to professional knowledge;
maintain both professional expertise and research through advanced scholarship;
develop applied research relevant to their professional area and other scientific activities in order to contribute to the quality of the speciality of zoological medicine.
The mission of the College is to contribute significantly to the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of European Veterinary Specialists in Zoological Medicine across all European countries at the highest possible level so as to ensure that improved optimal veterinary medical services will be provided to the public.
1. Towards achieving this goal, ECZM imposes special training beyond the professional veterinary degree to enhance the ability of candidates to meet certification requirements and to update the competence of specialists, and has:
2. established a policy and associated formal mechanisms for the approval, periodic review and monitoring for the assurance
of the standards and quality of the programmes and awards is offering;
3. established a system of collection, analysis and use of up to date, impartial and objective, relevant information for the effective management of the training programmes and other activities of the College, to be regularly submitted to the EBVS;
4. established a clear policy and the procedures, including a re-evaluation form, for re-certification of the Diplomates for membership of the Colleges every five years;
5. conflict of interest avoidance mechanisms in place on all levels, e.g. applications for enrolment as a resident, approval of residency programmes, approval of credentials, examinations, appeals procedures and so on;
6. established a policy and the procedures for complaints or appeals, and disciplinary actions against Diplomates or Residents/Candidates.
7. Moreover, working under the umbrella of the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation, ECZM also contributes to its goals by ensuring that:
8. the College commits itself to the development of a culture, which recognises the importance of quality, and quality assurance, in its activities, and to achieve this, it develops and implement a strategy for the continuous enhancement of quality;
9. the interests of society and veterinary profession in the quality and standards of specialist education and training are safeguarded;
10. any specified experience requirement is clearly defined, relevant to the objectives of the specialty, and amenable to evaluation;
11. a strategic plan must be developed every ten years;
12. the strategy, constitution/bylaws, policy and procedures, and all major documents of the College are publicly available;
13. residents are assessed using published criteria, regulations and procedures which are applied consistently;
14. staff involved with
the training of residents are qualified and competent to do so;
15. the resources available for the support of resident learning are adequate and appropriate for each programme offered;
Accountability procedures
ECZM has in place its own procedures which include the following:
i. a published policy for the assurance of the quality of the agency itself, made available on its website
ii. documentation which demonstrates that:
the processes and results reflect its mission and goals of quality assurance;
enforces, a no-conflict-of-interest mechanism in its own activities or in the activities of its Diplomates and Residents/Candidates;
has reliable mechanisms that ensure the quality of any of its activities and material produced;
In accordance with its objective to function as an organisation developing, and enhancing standards and guidelines on quality assurance in the area of zoological medicine and to maintain and develop co-operation with other appropriate European stakeholder organisations, ECZM is committed to a continuing cooperation with partner organisations in Europe and beyond. These mainly include the other EBVS-recognised Colleges, the respective Associations in Europe and specialist Colleges in other parts of the world (e.g. North America, and Australasia).
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We need to rebuild better. Together.
This is a turning point
The country is facing a pivotal moment in history. Civil unrest, more than 150,000 COVID-19 deaths and tens of millions unemployed across the country. All the while, climate change impacts continue to mount, with low income and communities of color facing the brunt of these crises.
As we move to repair our COVID-battered economy, we have a chance to make it better and where the benefits are more justly felt by all. We can and must rebuild a better world where the air is cleaner, communities are healthier and people can prosper.
Congress: We need a healthier future where all people can thrive
A healthier, stronger and safer America
Workers in every sector of the economy need support, especially in low-income communities where residents have been hit hardest by this public health crisis and many have been struggling beforehand.
Rebuilding better means more than jobs. It means a healthier, stronger, safer America. We must work with the communities most impacted by this crisis to build a world where the air is cleaner, communities are healthier, and opportunities are greater.
We can rebuild healthier: Investing in clean energy will mean cleaner, healthier air for millions of Americans, including communities of color who suffer disproportionately from chronic air pollution. And because we know that breathing polluted air causes heart and lung diseases that make COVID-19 more likely to result in serious illness or death, that’s more important now than ever.
We can rebuild stronger, employing a diverse workforce to shore up our coastal and river communities to better withstand the intense storm systems that have and will continue to batter them, while putting boots-on-the-ground to help the Forest Service implement the measures we need to curtail deadly wildfires in the West.
We can rebuild safer and put people, including the thousands of fossil fuel workers who have lost their jobs, back to work shutting down abandoned oil wells that release toxic air pollution, repairing the nation’s leaky methane gas pipelines, and replacing the lead water lines that have made so many children sick in over 4,000 American communities.
Clean energy poised for strong rebound
Source: Electric School Bus Campaign
While we make investments to build a stronger and more inclusive economy, we should lead with the industries that show the greatest potential to help families recover.
Over 620,000 clean energy workers have been laid off since March. But before the coronavirus took down the economy, clean energy was one of the nation’s strongest sectors, growing 70% faster than the economy as a whole, and with support — including specific investments in communities of color — is poised for a strong rebound.
Science says the U.S. needs a 100% clean economy — one that produces no more climate pollution than we can also remove from the atmosphere – no later than 2050. Pumping money into the fossil fuel industry while ignoring the growing demand for clean energy will only continue to make people sick and not get us to that critical goal.
Read more: The energy job market is in trouble. Here's how we fix it.
Standing together
EDF Summer of Action partners at a recent Washington DC fly in.
As our leaders focus on stopping the pandemic and putting people back to work, they must also build racial equity and find solutions to the underlying causes of COVID-19’s unequal impact.
We will continue to work with our partners to bring down the barriers that affect people of color, indigenous communities and other historically marginalized groups, and work toward environmental justice and a society where all people can thrive.
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Know The Game Plan: Security initiative in place for 2018/19 season
Police and clubs give stewards information to help deter terrorism
Football fans gearing up for the 2018/19 season are being reminded to 'Know The Game Plan’ and report any security concerns to stewards or staff.
Officers have been working with the English Football League and individual clubs to enhance measures designed to keep supporters safe, and to raise awareness of the threat from terrorism among club employees and supporters.
While there is no specific threat to football grounds, the project is part of a wider police plan to work more closely with different sectors such as retail, hospitality and entertainment to help protect the public.
Other sports have been supporting the 'Know The Game Plan' initiative, while former England internationals Alan Shearer, David Seaman and Paul Parker took part in a police Twitter campaign during the recent World Cup.
National police coordinator for protective security, Chief Superintendent Nick Aldworth says: "The chance of being caught up in a terrorist attack is low but we want the public to feel confident to come forward and report any concerns if they see something suspicious to matchday staff or police.
"Earlier this year Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu called upon every citizen to be a 'Counter Terror Citizen', and this is a continuation of that.
"Fans can all play a role in a successful security operation and the more clubs encourage supporters to do this, the more likely they are to act on their instincts and not worry they might be mistaken or wasting time.
"Most concerns will turn out to be nothing and that's absolutely fine. It's far better to say something than risk an important piece of information being missed. Our mantra is Action Counters Terrorism. If you see something, don't hesitate to ACT."
Bob Eastwood, Security and Operations Advisor for the EFL adds: "Getting supporters to think about security is just part of the work football has been doing in partnership with the police.
"Over the last 12 months we have held many events all over the country so counter terrorism officers and stadium security managers can share their knowledge and do all we can to stay a step ahead.
"The safety of all fans is football's number one priority and we all have a role to play in doing everything we can to keep each other safe - police, officials and supporters."
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Marzia Kjellberg has been getting some much-needed rest after suffering a gruesome injury during her Japanese getaway with her husband PewDiePie. As many people notice, Maya is missing her left eye. She has her own song called Jabba the Hutt. later updated fans, assuring them that there’s ‘no need to worry’. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. ^Maya (born 2005), nicknamed Puga or Puga-Chan often by Marzia, is one of PewDiePie's three pet dogs, is one of two pugs. When talking to Maya, PewDiePie gives Maya a high voice, in his vlog, Fridays with PewDiePie. Meanwhile, Felix was overjoyed to be home with the pup as well, as he shared a video with her, writing: ‘Waking up next to my real wifey.’. following their wedding in London’s Kew Gardens earlier this year. ^Maya (born 2005), nicknamed Puga or Puga-Chan often by Marzia, is one of PewDiePie's three pet dogs, is one of two pugs. It is a very dark purple colour near the cut, so it’s not looking pretty BUT I’ve been able to walk all day so I assume it’s not that serious. Donning a cheetah costume, Nala looked cute as anything as she nestled in bed. Here is my 1rst Pewdiepie cry compilation, I hope you guys caring on on him! Although Felix has still been uploading videos every day, the pair have been enjoying a well-earned break in Japan (which is where they got engaged back in 2018) following their wedding in London’s Kew Gardens earlier this year. suffering a gruesome injury during her Japanese getaway with her husband PewDiePie. This is due to an incident with a cat when she was young while in 'Nam. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The internet star, who tied the knot with Felix back in August, shared an adorable snap of the pair’s pug Maya on Instagram. The big business of sharing adoption videos on YouTube, Ex-Google CEO calls social media an 'amplifier for idiots'. YouTuber Marzia Kjellberg shares update on bloodied toe following gruesome injury in Japan with PewDiePie, Inside PewDiePie and Marzia Kjellberg’s Japanese getaway as they enjoy second honeymoon. PewDiePie Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. She is unlockable at Level 19 and costs 2.64 million views. Pewdiepie posted a pic of Maya a few days ago on Twitter captioned “Look, I’ve found a random snorlax”. Thank you guys for watching the video, leave a like and subscribe if you did! This year is there last they are going to die :( cause there life span is 12-15 years:( Maya and Ynk appear in PewDiePie and Marzia's videos after either being heard barking or being seen in the background or being interacted with in certain videos. Ynk died on the 27th February 2018. PewDiePie's second pet dog is a Yorkshire terrier called Ynk pronounced Ink, and his third pet dog being another one of two pugs, Edgar. She later updated fans, assuring them that there’s ‘no need to worry’. She’s not dead. Maya is an item in Tuber Simulator, unlocked in the Animal Category. Not fun. She definitely deserves a lie down after all the drama. The 26-year-old shared a snap of a pesky knife, writing: ‘I was opening the packaging for this knife and it slid out and landed tip first vertically onto my bare toe. PewDiePie's second pet dog is a Yorkshire terrier called Ynk pronounced Ink, and his third pet dog being another one of two pugs, Edgar. Despite the pair having an amazing holiday in Japan, with Marzia sharing a whole host of gorgeous photos to social media, it wasn’t all smooth sailing after she suffered a gruesome injury. Sharing a cute cartoon drawing of what her toe might look like IRL, the 26-year-old doodled her digit with a big smile on its face. I’m hoping it will heal on its own.’. According to PewDiePie, Maya has gone blind, a sign of aging in dogs.[1]. MORE : YouTuber Marzia Kjellberg shares update on bloodied toe following gruesome injury in Japan with PewDiePie, MORE : Inside PewDiePie and Marzia Kjellberg’s Japanese getaway as they enjoy second honeymoon, Hollyoaks spoilers: 18 new images reveal life-changing injury, huge betrayal and steamy showdown, Coronation Street spoilers: Surprise new romance story revealed for Adam Barlow, Everyone in Liverpool to be offered Covid test in first big step for Operation Moonshot, Emmerdale spoilers: Will Taylor lashes out at Jamie Tate in brutal showdown, Emmerdale spoilers: Paddy Kirk reveals he and Chas Dingle are over. Maya is 14 years old and has a light gold coat with a dark brown face. Lots of blood.’, Giving her fans some sound advice, she added: ‘Just a reminder to be careful while handling knives.’, With fans clearly worried about her, Marzia went on to say: ‘Thank you all for worrying about the toe. Marzia Kjellberg rests up with adorable dog Maya after gruesome injury on holiday with PewDiePie Louise Griffin Wednesday 9 Oct 2019 12:32 pm … Ynk was a Yorkshire Terrier owned by Felix's parents who currently live in Stockholm, Sweden. She has starred in two videos: Puga Does Everything and Puga Does Everything 2. ‘I see lots of questions about my toe so here it is today,’ she wrote, with a winking emoji. I think he chose not to include her anymore because from what we can tell, she’s getting old, and maybe she’s just less hyper and playful now that she’s older. So happy to have her home and doing well…” Maya is also seen in the mini-game known as PUGGLE in which she is used to collecting items as well as being seen in the art involved in the background of the gameplay. Why has the Messenger app changed colour and what are the new features? https://pewdiepie.fandom.com/wiki/Maya?oldid=76302.
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De Blasio On The Run: Unequivocal Leader In NYC Mayoral Race By Peter Black | September 04, 2013
The New York City mayoral race is heating up. De Blasio is the clear frontrunner; recent polls estimate that he will receive a staggering 36% of the vote. If this trend continues, the other democratic candidates will be trampled. William Thompson, the former compcontroller, stands at 18%.
The Race Over New York’s Next Mayor is Tightening By Clemence Fontaine | June 12, 2013
The race for mayor is going full speed and candidates are becoming more virulent with one another as the primary comes closer. Seven Democrats vs three Republicans and one Independent will be competing until September 10th. The twenty year long control of City Hall from Republicans is probably soon coming to an end providing that even Joseph J. Lhota does not appear as a real threat to the other Democrat candidates.
Anthony Weiner’s 60/20/20 Proposal for Housing in New York By Aby Thomas | May 30, 2013
When Anthony Weiner announced that he was running for New York City Mayor earlier this month, there were many among us who had dismissed him off as not a viable candidate for the position. But the whole city is now sitting up and taking note of the former Congressman after a recent poll of Democratic voters put Weiner only six points behind the current mayoral frontrunner, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. According to the poll, Weiner enjoyed the support of 19 percent of Democrats for his mayoral run, which isn’t that shoddy when compared to Quinn’s 25 percent.
Rezoning Proposal Approved by Council Committee—Time to Wake Up, Hudson Square By Tim Sheehan | March 14, 2013
The quiet neighborhood of Hudson Square might not be so quiet anymore, as City Council’s Land Use Committee voted in favor of Trinity Real Estate’s rezoning proposal. With new modifications to the rezoning project, Trinity Real Estate and other property companies in the area are now able to proceed with various plans for residential buildings and hotels in the notoriously sleepy neighborhood.
Christine Quinn’s Housing Policy Draws Ire from Bill De Blasio By Aby Thomas | March 12, 2013
On Sunday, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn officially announced her bid to become the city’s next mayor, heralding the start of a campaign, which, if successful, will have Quinn become the first female and the first openly gay mayor of the City of New York.
What Do These Mayoral Hopefuls Mean for New York City Real Estate? By Tim Sheehan | February 26, 2013
Though we’re only two months through 2013, November’s mayoral elections are beginning to take shape. While nothing is set in stone just yet, frontrunners in both the Republican and Democratic parties have emerged in a race that is sure to affect New York City’s complex real estate market.
Chelsea Market Debates Rage On By Yuan Feng | July 20, 2012
Chelsea Market and its proposed expansions have become a battlefield commanding the attention of Chelsea apartment residents and, recently, of Manhattan as a whole. The current topic of debate comes from Manhattan borough president Scott M. Stringer, who has strongly urged for the expansion plans to be vetoed unless they are reduced significantly. Stringer in particular has argued that the expansion will overwhelm and overpower the surrounding neighborhood. As a very possible candidate for mayor, Stringer’s position raises an important debate of which should matter more: the development of economic opportunity or the desires of a neighborhood’s residents.
St. Vincent's Hospital Compromise Leads to Big Changes By Daniel Muhlenberg | March 15, 2012
In a compromise designed to address the objections that residents of Greenwich Village apartments had about the condo conversion of the former St Vincent’s Hospital site by Rudin Development, the City Council voted yesterday to rewrite many of the terms of the agreement between the development company and the city. "[The] agreement reached today between the City Council, Rudin Development and the Bloomberg Administration will bring much needed educational capacity to the West Village," said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said in the statement. West Village apartment dwellers credit her with playing a key role in the decision.
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Update: Texas Bans Cities from Requiring Owners to Participate in Section 8
In the July issue on fair housing requirements in the nation’s largest cities, the Coach emphasized the importance of keeping track of changes to state and local fair housing laws. In Austin, Texas, for example, local lawmakers adopted an ordinance banning discrimination based on source of income, including Section 8 housing vouchers. Despite ongoing litigation, the ordinance had taken effect earlier this year, but Texas lawmakers appear to have put a stop to it with a new state law that prohibits cities from requiring property owners to participate in the Section 8 housing program.
On June 22, 2015, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed S.B. 267 into law, effectively banning source-of-income ordinances that require property owners to participate in the federal government’s Housing Choice Voucher program, also known as Section 8, according to the Texas Apartment Association. Lawmakers were asked to consider the issue after Austin passed a source-of-income ordinance and the City of Dallas signed an agreement with HUD to consider a similar law.
“The Texas Apartment Association has worked diligently throughout the state to promote housing opportunities for all Texans through education, communication, and voluntary incentive-based programs,” George B. Allen, Executive Vice President of the Texas Apartment Association, said in a statement. “Many of our members provide housing under the Housing Choice Voucher program (Section 8), and our industry has supported continued funding for local housing authorities that administer the voucher program.”
“Our opposition to the Source of Income Ordinance in Austin was always based on the specific requirements and burdensome expenses and red tape associated with participation by property owners in the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program,” added Robbie Robinson, president of the Austin Apartment Association. “We are ready to continue to work with the City of Austin and other interested parties to develop and implement additional voluntary, incentive-based programs that expand housing choices without placing a financial burden on property owners.”
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Bob Oconnor: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About Politician
Bob Oconnor (Politician) was born on the 9th of December, 1944. He was born in 1940s, in Baby Boomers Generation. His birth sign is Sagittarius and his life path number is 3. Bob’s birth flower is Narcissus and birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz. What does this all mean? Let’s find out!
Discover all the facts that no one tells you about Bob Oconnor below ↓
NAME: Bob Oconnor
FULL NAME: Bob Oconnor
NICKNAME: Bob
BIRTHPLACE: Pennsylvania
ETHNICITY: Unknown
Bob Oconnor, best known for being a Politician, was born in Pennsylvania on Saturday, December 9, 1944. Democrat who was the 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh for nine months during 2006.
Family: He has three children with his wife Judy. Bob Oconnor father’s name is Under review and mother unknown at this time. We will continue to update details on Bob Oconnor’s family.
Education: Education details are not available at this time. Please check back soon for updates.
Dating: According to CelebsCouples, Bob Oconnor is .
Net Worth: Online estimates of Bob Oconnor’s net worth vary. It’s easy to predict his income, but it’s much harder to know how much he has spent over the years. CelebsMoney does a good job of breaking most of it down.
2. Bob Oconnor’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius
Bob Oconnor zodiac sign is a Sagittarius. Dates of Sagittarius are November 22 - December 21. The Sagittarius zodiac sign often gains the reputation of the philosopher among their fellow zodiac signs. They do have a great ability to focus, but this may be surprising since many of them love exploring and wandering the world, tasting all the pleasures of life. They are ambitious, lucky,moral, optimistic, enthusiastic, open-minded, and versatile. Although, they can be gluttonous, lazy, restless, irresponsible, blindly optimistic, and tactless.
BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE: Monkey
RULING PLANET: Jupiter
The politician has been alive for 27,797 days days or 667,134 hours hours. There were precisely 942 full moons after his birth to this day.
BORN: December 9, 1944
BORN ON: Saturday
GENERATION: Baby Boomers Generation
Bob Oconnor was born on a Saturday. Saturday's children come courtesy of Saturn, the god of wealth, freedom, and agriculture. People born on Saturdays are modest, studious, wise, practical, and strict. Fun!
Countdown to Bob Oconnor’s next birthday.
Bob Oconnor will be turning 77.
4. On Bob Oconnor’s birthday
The world’s population was and there were an estimated babies born throughout the world in 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) was the US President, and the number one song on Billboard 100 was [Not available]. No song matches found..
536 – Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire..
1212 – Frederick II (later also Holy Roman Emperor) crowned King of Germany in Mainz.
1968 – NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco..
5. Bob Oconnor’s stats
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6. The Year of the Monkey
Bob Oconnor was born in the Year of the Monkey. People with Chinese zodiac Monkey according to Chinese zodiac have are smart, clever and intelligent, especially in their career and wealth. They are lively, flexible, quick-witted and versatile. Their strengths are being enthusiastic, self-assured, sociable, and innovative. But they can also be jealous, suspicious, cunning, selfish, and arrogant. Their lucky numbers are 1, 7, 8 and lucky colors are white, gold, blue.
7. Bob Oconnor’s life path number is 3
Life Path Number 3 represent 'The Socializer '. Those who walk a Life Path with Number 3 have unlimited creativity and almost superhuman abilities. 3 reminds us that we are born both Human and Divine Spark. Its energy is that of the Bringer of Change. The values are creativity, self-expression, fun. The challenges are to remain optimistic — yet realistic — in the face of difficulties.
8. Baby Boomers Generation
Bob Oconnor was born in the middle of Baby Boomers Generation.
9. Bob Oconnor’s birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
Turquoise has been traditionally regarded as a love charm. It is also a symbol of good fortune and success, and it is believed to relax the mind. Turquoise rings, in particular, are thought to keep away evil spirits.
10. Bob Oconnor’s birth flower is Narcissus
The narcissus is symbolic of good wishes, hope and wealth. Narcissus is actually a genus of flowers, and daffodil is the common name for any of the plants that fall into this genus.
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CelebritiesEntertainmentIvan Mallon: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About TV Actor
Ivan Mallon: Top 10 Must-Know Facts About TV Actor
Ivan Mallon (TV Actor) was born on the 23rd of January, 2003. He was born in 2000s, in Generation Z. His birth sign is Aquarius and his life path number is 11. Ivan’s birth flower is Carnation and birthstone is Garnet. What does this all mean? Let’s find out!
Discover all the facts that no one tells you about Ivan Mallon below ↓
NAME: Ivan Mallon
REAL NAME: Ivan Mallon
NICKNAME: Ivan Mallon
PROFESSION: TV Actor
BIRTHPLACE: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
SEXUALITY: N/A
Ivan Mallon, best known for being a TV Actor, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA on Thursday, January 23, 2003. Rising child and teen actor who has worked with both AwesomenessTV and DreamworksTV. He would land a recurring role in Nickelodeon’s School of Rock and was featured in CBS’ The Odd Couple.
Family: He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ivan Mallon father’s name is under review and mother unknown at this time. We will continue to update details on Ivan Mallon’s family.
Education: The education details are not available at this time. Please check back soon for updates.
Dating: According to CelebsCouples, Ivan Mallon is single .
Net Worth: Online estimates of Ivan Mallon’s net worth vary. It’s easy to predict his income, but it’s much harder to know how much he has spent over the years. CelebsMoney and NetWorthStatus does a good job of breaking most of it down.
2. Ivan Mallon’s zodiac sign is Aquarius
Ivan Mallon zodiac sign is a Aquarius. Dates of Aquarius are January 20 - February 18. Aquarius often comes off as an oddball - they have quirky personalities and quietly go about accomplishing their goals in quiet, and unorthodox ways. Many of them are also easy going and their peculiarity alongside their curious nature make them fast friendships. They are intelligent, inventive, humanistic, friendly, altruistic and reformative. Although, they can be emotionally detached, scatterbrained, irresponsible, impersonal
BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE: Goat
RULING PLANET: Uranus
The American tv actor has been alive for 6,568 days or 157,638 hours. There were precisely 223 full moons after his birth to this day.
BORN: January 23, 2003
BORN ON: Thursday
GENERATION: Generation Z
Ivan Mallon was born on a Thursday. The 'thur' in Thursday is actually derived from the Norse god Thor. People born on Thursdays are generally a fun to be around, which means Thursday's babies get to be the life of the party.
Countdown to Ivan Mallon’s next birthday.
Ivan Mallon will be turning 18.
4. On Ivan Mallon’s birthday
The world’s population was 6,381,408,987 and there were an estimated 132,913,449 babies born throughout the world in 2003, George W. Bush (Republican) was the president of the United States, and the number one song on Billboard 100 was "Lose Yourself" by Eminem.
971 – War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops; Southern Han state forced to submit to the Song Dynasty. 1st regular war elephant corps in Chinese army.
1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries..
1556 – Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China.
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WEIGHT (LBS): 84
HAIR COLOR: Light Brown
6. The Year of the Goat
Ivan Mallon was born in the Year of the Goat. People with Chinese zodiac Goat are tender, polite, filial, clever, and kind-hearted. They have special sensitivity to art and beauty and a special fondness for quiet living. Their strengths are gentle, softhearted, considerate, attractive, hardworking, and persistent. But they can also be indecisive, timid, vain, pessimistic, moody, and weak-willed. Their lucky numbers are 3, 4, 9, and lucky colors are green, red, purple.
7. Ivan Mallon’s life path number is 11
8. Generation Z
Ivan Mallon was born in the middle of Generation Z.
9. Ivan Mallon’s birthstone is Garnet
Garnet traditionally is a symbol of faith, love and constancy are its attributes. Because of this, it’s held that it might prevent nightmares and can provide directional guidance in darkness.
10. Ivan Mallon’s birth flower is Carnation
Carnation symbolizes pride, beauty, admiration and gratitude, fascination, distinction, and divine love.
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The Canadian Open Preview
Could anything really sound more boring than "The Canadian Open Preview"? If that was a TV show, you'd slot it somewhere between "The Olympic Synchronized Swimming Trials" and "The 2013 Penn St. Football Highlight Show" (ouch . . . too soon?).* Let's spend a few paragraphs looking back at the British Open before we turn our attention to the proud national championship of a country with two less major titles to its credit than either Fiji or Zimbabwe.
The British Open Update
(In Peter Alliss' voice) "Someone
come and stop him . . . give him a
large Brandy and mop him down."
Choking comes in at least four different forms and golf provides the perfect bulletin board on which to display all of them:** (1) The most simple form is missing a two-foot putt to win like Scott Hoch did on the first playoff hole that would have won him the 1989 Masters (he would lose to Nick Faldo on the next hole); (2) Then you have the slightly more painful final hole catastrophe aided by a horrendous strategic decision made famous by Jean Van De Velde at the 1999 British Open (this is worth re-watching for the Peter Alliss commentary alone - 1999 British Open) and Phil Mickelson at the 2006 U.S. Open; (3) Add a few more holes to the equation and you have the multi-stroke lead frittering meltdown like Jason Dufner at last year's PGA Championship when he had a 5 stroke lead standing on the 15th tee and lost; (4) And finally you have the four plus hour tragedy of the big lead going into Sunday where shooting par virtually assures you of victory but instead you shoot your highest score of the tournament by at least 7 strokes a la Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters. I am not absolutely sure about this but I think Adam Scott just became the first player in the history of golf to do all four in the same tournament. Let's start with No. 4 and work backwards:
(4) Scott started Sunday with a 6 stroke lead over Ernie Els coming off three rounds where he shot 64-67-68. On Sunday, he shot 75 with 7 bogeys. Sixteen years ago Scott's mentor, Greg Norman, came into Sunday at Augusta on the heels of shooting 63-69-71 and then blew-up to a 78 with 6 bogeys and 2 doubles. Since Greg Norman won his first major in 1986, Australians have won only 5 of the next 100 (Norman, Steve Elkington, Wayne Grady, Ian-Baker Finch and Geoff Ogilvy). When you add guys like Scott, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby and Jason "Dead to Me" Day, it seems like they should have won a few more. Then again, when you pick a mentor who is famous for leading majors on Saturday and not delivering on Sunday, you kind of get what you pay for (it's pretty much been open season on Norman at the FGR since the President's Cup - Shark Sandwich);
(3) Scott bogeyed the last four holes in a row just giving away 15-17 and then making a huge mental error on 18 (more on that in a second). I have to believe that this is the most painful part of it for him because, if you told a pro on the 15th tee he could shoot 2 over the rest of the way and win, no problem. To do it as your whole world is falling down around you is a different story. It was clear that the roar from Ernie's birdie on 18 got to him when he pulled his second shot on 17 long left but that's where I thought Stevie Williams was supposed to make the difference by talking him into a shot that took long out of play. Come on Stevie, I defended you last year when you declared after your . . . I mean Scott's win at the Bridgestone that "I'm a very confident front-runner" (The Bridgestone Update). Put one less club in your man's hand and tell him you'll beat him senseless if he goes left of the pin. If you're still not confident, then hit the shot yourself. You know you want to;
Hey, that's an even better idea.
(2) Scott came to 18 needing a birdie to win and a par to tie and he had shrewdly hit iron there in the first three rounds to avoid the fairway bunkers on the left. He then made the same mistake that Van De Velde made on his second shot in 1999. He underestimated how much the pressure of the moment would mess with his swing.*** Scott's decision to try to thread a 3-wood down the middle instead of laying-up short of the bunkers was not quite in the elite class of stupidity with Van De Velde's 2-iron, but it certainly came from the same school of thought. Again, you have to wonder where Williams was when that decision was being made. It's not like making par would have sent Scott to a playoff against Tiger. This would have been four holes against Els who had already butchered the closing holes of two tournaments he should have won this year. Why hit a club that brings bogey into play? If I'm ever leading the British Open on Sunday, I'm paying an 80 year old Scottish caddie to walk with me and give me a subtle nod or shake of the head every time I reach for a club;
(1) Despite his Sunday meltdown, his bogey run at the end and his brain dead club selection on the 18th tee, Scott still would have forced a playoff if he made his 8 foot putt for par on the final hole. (It should be noted that 8 feet is the distance from which PGA Tour players make 50% of their putts). Obviously this on had some extenuating circumstances but it looked pretty straight and the greens were slow. If you miss it, that thing has to go at least 2 feet past the hole right? How far past did Scott's ball roll? 2 inches? When he first hit it, I actually thought he had left it short and, by the time it got there, it appeared to be peeling off to the left as it lost speed. Remember, a three putt cost him nothing. But that's the thing about pressure isn't it? It scrambles your freakin' brain whether you're a pro hitting an 8 foot putt for the 5,000th time or a kicker trying to hit a field goal from 32 yards (no, I'm still not over it) or a 5 handicap trying to hit a 50 yard pitch shot over a pond (I'll let you guess how that turned-out last Sunday).
After it was over, everyone kept commenting on how well Scott was taking it and predicting that he was too talented not to come back and win multiple majors. Unfortunately for Scott who is by all accounts a great guy, recent golf history is littered with super talented players like Davis Love, III, Fred Couples and David Duval who were destined to win multiple majors but barely won one. Some players only get one chance. And that was before the game was overrun by dozens of guys who have the ability to win a major every time they tee it up. After what happened on Sunday, it would be a great story to see Scott putting on a green jacket or holding the Claret Jug one day but for now, he has to settle for the distinction of perpetrating possibly the most comprehensive meltdown in golf history.
It's been over a year since the
wedding. Isn't it about time for
Kandi to start modeling again?
Last Week's Report Card: B-
1. Jason Dufner - T31st
2. Ian Poulter - T9th
3. Sergio Garcia - M/C
4. Justin Rose - M/C
5. Martin Laird - T72nd
6. Matt Kuchar - T9th
7. Dustin Johnson - T9th
8. Francesco Molinari - T39th
9. Ross Fisher - T45th
10. Adam Scott - 2nd
The Canadian Open Top Five
1. Matt Kuchar
2. Hunter Mahan
4. Brandt Snedeker
5. Seung-Yul Noh
Now we head to Ontario for the tournament recently made famous as the "thing" everyone assumed Els was talking about during his victory speech when he said, "I was supposed to go to Canada but I think I'm going to blow that thing off." (Turns out Ernie was just kidding and is going to play but the FGR always loves taking a shot at the Canucks****). The Canadian Open is a tough one to forecast because they started moving it around to different courses a few years ago and lately it's produced random winners like Nathan Green, Chez Reavie and Sean O'Hair who had been pretty much left for dead when he won it last year.
This year they're playing at Hamilton Golf and Country Club which is short and tight. The last time it was there Jim Furyk won it which makes sense but I'm not sure Furyk has quite recovered from his own meltdown at Olympic so he does not quite make my list. I normally like to avoid players coming-off a major and a long trip but this field is pretty loaded and it's late in the season so it's time to bring-out the big guns like Kuchar and Mahan unless you want to save them for the Bridgestone or the PGA Championship which would be understandable considering they're going to be favorites at both. If you want a dark horse, check-out Seung-Yul Noh who has quietly been on fire for over two months. And with that, I'm off to help my son work on his serve so that maybe one day in 30 years he too can experience the feeling of having a relatively meaningless tennis match ruin his evening.
* I felt sorry for the Penn St. faithful for exactly two days after the story really broke last fall. I changed my mind when I saw a guy defiantly dressed from head to toe in a Nittany Lion hat and full warm-up suit . . . at my 8 year old son's soccer tournament. Stay classy Happy Valley!
** Tennis works pretty well too as I discovered last night while losing a three set match where my partner and I blew the first set after being up 5-2, 40-15. Unfortunately, I am an expert on choking. It is one of the things that has led me to the cathartic outlets of writing and drinking.
*** According to Van De Velde's caddie, as they were deciding whether to lay-up with a wedge or take a shot at the green, Ven De Velde said, "I hit 2-iron all the week and perfectly." He learned the hard way that hitting it perfectly all week is not the same as hitting it perfectly on the 72nd hole of the British Open when he blew it off the grandstand on the right which precipitated his downfall. He had five shots to get the ball into the hole from about 220 yards away with trouble everywhere around the green and he hit 2-iron!?! I've made better decisions that resulted in me walking down the side of a highway at 3:00 a.m. wearing one flip-flop.
"I hope this is the mess hall . . .
how's it going Eisenhower?"
**** After enduring the longest year of my life working as a first year associate for a partner who apparently liked being a lawyer a lot more than I did, I quit and the FGW and I bugged out for six of the greatest months of my life, four of which were spent blowing every dollar I had made in that year (plus a few that I hadn't made yet) wandering around Europe. One vivid memory was that all of the Canadians had big maple leaf flags stitched on the back of their backpacks. When I asked why they did that, they would invariably respond, "so no one will think we're Americans" and we would all laugh until one time when I responded, "you know every country on this continent would kick your ass in a war . . . including France" and then suddenly I was the only one laughing.
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LSU AgCenter scientist sees fish as more than a meal
Scientists at the LSU AgCenter Aquaculture Research Station have been known for genetic research on farm-raised fish, but that research is evolving into genetics in the biomedical arena.
Johnny Morgan, LSU AgCenter | Oct 26, 2012
Terry Tiersch, a researcher at the station, has two National Institutes of Health grants totaling more than $1.5 million that allow him to look at certain fish species to be used in human healthcare.
His work with these two grants involves cryopreservation or the freezing of sperm from zebrafish, swordtails and platyfish to look at preserving the genetic resources of these fish which are a tremendous value in disease research.
“Of these two grants, I’m the principal investigator on a five-year grant, for which we’re doing cryopreservation work for the Zebrafish International Resource Center in Eugene, Oregon,” he said.
Because ZIRC doesn’t have expertise to do this research, Tiersch and fellow researcher Huiping Yang do the work for them and provide them with technology tailored to their needs, which is frozen fish sperm.
“We develop the technology, and they make it available to the research community,” Tiersch said.
The second NIH grant is for the development of storage preservation for platyfish. Both grants have been renewed several times, which shows their importance.
Zebrafish are a powerful biomedical model used around the world because they have the same basic genetics as humans, but are cheaper and easier to work with than mice or monkeys.
Hundreds of thousands of lines of research fish are available, and it is impossible to store and feed them all as live fish. There are more than 20,000 lines of zebrafish alone.
“Some of these lines may hold the cures for cancer -- but we can’t maintain them all. That’s why NIH wants to get them frozen,” Tiersch said.
Without cryopreservation, it would be nearly impossible to study the many lines, largely because each line would need more than one tank.
Instead of having to feed, house and handle live fish, Tiersch is shifting the focus to germplasm and genetic resources, which can be frozen and stored in “straws.”
There’s a multi-billion dollar global industry for frozen cattle sperm and human sperm, Tiersch said. “There will also be a multi-billion dollar global industry for fish sperm.”
The technology is there to move forward with cryopreservation. But first, there has to be market development, safety measures put in place, ownership agreements signed and pricing worked out.
Work on these biomedical fish species is directly transferable to farm-raised or imperiled species.
“We’re involved in improving or managing the genetics of fish and oysters to give benefits to the people who raise those animals; the fish farmers and oyster farmers,” Tiersch said.
Two barriers to the fish genetic research that has been done over the past 50 years include many studies that produce lots of data but have not been extended to the scale that would be useful to hatcheries, and farmers and hatcheries that are unfamiliar with the new technology.
“My approach has always been to get over technological barriers to make research useful to the end user,” said Tiersch.
Fewer than 10 American companies are currently involved in Tiersch’s research, but there is wide interest in this type research worldwide. That may be explained by the U.S. making up only three percent of the world’s production in aquaculture.
“In addition, aquatic animals are the species that is going extinct the fastest,” Tiersch said. “The only work I do overseas is with endangered species.”
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Godzilla (2014): Gareth Edwards
One of 2014’s surprise hits plunked down in mid-May and came away with $200 million, though that was only good enough for 13th on the domestic chart. Still, the success was enough to land Edwards a little movie called Rogue One, or How Princess Leia Stole the Death Star Plans, or If Edward Snowden was of Royal Blood and Could Fly.
Dozens of films after his Japanese debut in 1954, Godzilla arrived on American screens the largest he has yet been. Or at least he seemed that way. Detractors mocked his American fatness, and indeed the King of Monsters has a big gut, despite hibernating for untold decades.
One Sentence Plot Summary: Godzilla awakens to battle MUTOs, humans are killed, San Francisco crumbles.
Like later sequels to the original series, Godzilla stars as the hero. He is cast as a God-like creature, nature’s hammer to restore balance destroyed by the insect-like Massive Unknown Terrestrial Organism, or MUTOs. What is Godzilla? He is an ancient predator, from a time when the Earth was ten times more radioactive than today. He eats that radioactivity. How can you eat radioactivity? Nature finds a way. The first nuclear submarines awoke Godzilla, and initial bomb tests were attempts to destroy him. They failed.
Godzilla has a great origin story. Radiation, secret government organizations, our Ultimate Weapons: all these make for the the best espionage movies and the most frightening real-life war fears. That Godzilla is a monster, a god-monster, makes him all the more terrifying. And he’s the good guy. The movie tries to cast him as a hero. One newscast, after he slays the MUTOs, asks if he is San Francisco’s “savior.” But viewers know the truth–Godzilla hunts, and that’s it. Only by default is he the hero, from human perspective. If Galzilla popped up and the two tried to reproduce, humans would probably try killing them as well.
Godzilla forces humans to make interesting moral choices, but he doesn’t do so through villainy or interest in human moral choices, like some actual gods would.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a brick wall, er, Ford Brody, whose father, Joe (Bryan Cranston), died in the nuclear catastrophe that was all too real in Fukishima three years prior to the release of the movie. Boy, I’d much rather Cranston have lasted longer. Ford is fresh off a tour of duty when his father’s antics sweep him back to Japan, where they witness the hatching of the male MUTO.
The Ford family reunites in Japan, specifically the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear plant that exploded in 1999. Both Fords visit their old home, and lo and behold, what is touted as a fallout zone is actually a clean site. When the Fords are arrested for their trespasses, they get to visit the old plant. Only they find it a secret military site, and where the old reactors were, that’s just the home of a pulsing cocoon. And its pulses mimic exactly those from the first nuclear disaster in 1999.
We first glimpse the male MUTO nearly 30 minutes into the movie, when its cocoon finally hatches in Japan. Joe Ford expected something like this to happen, the same thing that occurred on his watch in 1999. When the MUTO hatches, it emits electromagnetic pulses, crashing the computers at the former plant. Both Brody men escape their captivity, but the elder is injured during the escape and subsequently dies. The MUTO takes flight.
Tucked away in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal Site sits a pod found unhatched in the Philippines. When the flying MUTO hatches, it calls the other pod to hatch, and it does, sending a flightless, but much larger, female MUTO toward San Francisco by way of the Bellagio.
Casting Godzilla as hero is equally as difficult as casting the MUTOs as villains. But it must be done. Because there are two, the MUTOs damage things more than Godzilla. They also seem hungrier, and anyone waking from a long sleep can understand. When they aren’t crunching submarine reactors or ICBMs, they dig holes in the city center for thousands of little MUTO eggs. They just want to live, and they care nothing about humans.
The mother provides the film’s most impactful moment. When Ford kills her offspring, she weeps for them. A monster giving viewers the most heart of all the characters speaks well of the skills of the effects team, but possibly the opposite for the screenwriters and actors.
Action/Effects (10/10)
The first action scene occurs on Oahu. The Navy has tracked the MUTO there, although they first thought they were only looking for a missing Russian nuclear submarine. They found the submarine, and a gooey cocoon, and what’s that? An insect more than 100 feet tall munching on a nuclear reactor? It is, and it’s kind of cute. The jets buzzing it agitate it, so the MUTO illuminates one leg in the same reddish orange from its cocoon and smashes it on the ground, sending out an EMP that kills the jets, helicopters, and all the electricity in Honolulu, including the airport tram on which Ford is riding to catch his flight home. Meanwhile, on the beach, a small girl notices the sea recede, a sign of impending tsunami, as the world recalls from the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. But, unlike that disaster, this wave is not earthquake-made.
Godzilla shows his back fins as he swims beneath the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. Before he takes a step on shore, he sends a three-story wave through Honolulu. The scene cuts to a bird’s-eye view of the water washing through streets before watching four sailors fire red flares skyward. The flares trace an arc past scaly armor and, after nearly an hour, the title character appears on screen, crushing a building like you would an ant hill.
The city’s lights come back on, just in time for Ford and his child friend to watch the MUTO bite off the railway ahead. Some people die from this. Gunships are flying around shooting the bug, mostly angering it and crashing into its wings. One chopper explodes into a passenger jet. The scene cuts to the view from the terminal, where, on the left, the MUTO screams and a jet explodes, sending burning debris to another fuel-loaded jet and yet another in a chain reaction, and, on the right, Godzilla’s leg thunders to the ground. The MUTO opens his wings and screams. The camera traces Godzilla’s entire height before he bellows a scream that measures on the Richter scale.
The characters in the Hawaii scene act independently. Many things happen at once: the MUTO is eating nuke reactors, Godzilla is coming ashore, the power is out in the city, and a tsunami is sweeping across the land. The Navy, focused on the monsters, ignores the natural disaster at their feet. The sailors and soldiers react in a fog of war, much like real war, where little is known and much is feared. The monsters behave best, as they don’t care about humans, don’t even know what they are. They are the alpha predators of Earth, awakened after a long sleep, and hungry.
Action sequence two starts with an homage to Hitchcock: in which a flock of gulls crashes into a window in San Francisco. These birds are not frightening, because they are fleeing the true monster lurking in the city’s famous fog–Godzilla. Millions are evacuating the city, and thousands of them are stuck on the Golden Gate Bridge, including Ford’s son, who we don’t care about because we have lost interest in what the humans are doing. We just want to see the creatures fight.
Sometimes when I’m in the ocean and I’m wading ashore, I like to pretend the water is deep by bending my knees as the water shallows. When I am inches from the shore, I stand to full height, like a monster sneak attacking. Godzilla does the same thing, but the shore for him is beneath the Bridge, where the water is the bay’s deepest at 430 feet. The Navy starts shooting missiles at Godzilla, and both hit the bridge, where Sam’s bus driver said to himself “Fuck it,” and floored it.
The two MUTOs descend on the city. The male plunges into the bay, which averages about 43 feet in depth, basically it’s the shallow end of the pool, where you are never to dive. The male finds the nuke the Navy wanted to use as bait and takes to the female, who starts digging a nest in Chinatown. If you’ve ever seen Big Trouble in Little China you know much mystical energy lives there. She chose well. The MUTOs sweetly nuzzle each other and the male leaves to find more radiation. F-22s rain from the sky, but this brief scene changes our wants for the animals. Now there’s an armed nuke in the center of the city.
The effects team mastered showing the right amount of these creatures and from the best angles. We first glimpse parts of Godzilla–his fins, his tail, his thigh, and his foot–before we see the whole thing. We’re seeing the human scale first. The camera mostly looks up at the MUTOs. Again, human scale. The creatures spend much of their time in San Francisco fighting behind a veil of smoke and shadow. Humans just can’t grasp the size of these creatures, and the effects people understood that.
I was not prepared for the emotional wallop this movie packs. It starts in Japan, where seismic activity is causing some heartburn for Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston), who is tasked with safety at the local nuclear plant. This guy is no Homer Simpson. He’s nervous, so nervous that he forgets his own birthday. At the plant, things start shaking, and Sandra Brody (Juliette Binoche) is down in the reactor when it breaks. Joe runs to the containment door. He stares into a long corridor. Racing toward him is Sandra, but racing faster is a cloud of radioactive gas. She begs him to seal the door, because, “You have to live, for our son.” If he does not seal the door, the entire town will die. If he seals the door, Sandra will die. He seals the door with a scream as the gas cloud approaches with the same menace as the Smoke Monster from Lost. Joe turns and weeps, and seconds after the door shuts he hears thudding on glass. It’s Sandra and her team. They made it to the door, but they will die, only inches from Joe and safety.
The cooling towers are falling, the town is evacuating, and young Ford Brody watches, knowing what the sight means. Fifteen years later, Ford has moved on from that day. He’s in the Army, diffusing bombs, and he returns from a tour of duty to San Francisco to get a phone call, coitus interruptus, informing him that his father has been arrested in Tokyo again. He goes back, and the two Brody men uncover the true secret hiding in town, and right near their old house. Can you believe that? The MUTO hatches, and Joe dies.
I could have sued more Cranston and less Taylor-Johnson. The former earns the one point, but he was so quickly killed that he couldn’t earn more.
Since the hero and villains are enormous ancient monsters, they don’t command much help. The humans are, by default, on Godzilla’s side, mostly because they want him to kill the MUTOs. The humans are also the ones sending nuclear missiles to major cities to use as bait. This exact missile ends up in the cocoon of the MUTO eggs, and the paratroopers have to carry it out to sea.
If the MUTOs are villains, and their “goal” is to destroy San Francisco, then the humans, specifically the Navy, are the henchmen. They are unwitting henchmen, which makes them more interesting. The Armed Forces behave exactly as we expect, and if we could believe the MUTOs possessed things like “plans” and “intellect” we would applaud them for such a fiendish use of these talents.
The arrogance of man is in thinking that nature is under our control, and not the other way around. The monsters are animals, and they fight as animals do. Humans, we believe ourselves to be, act above animal instinct. Though we may have plans, the humans in the movie seek exactly what Godzilla seeks: prey. We/they act as nature taught us to act, we just have more technology behind us. Perhaps, then, Nature is the enemy to the mind of Man. Our Instinct helps Nature in Godzilla.
Stunts are hard to utilize when the title character is a city-destroying monster. One scene of stunt work stands out as my favorite in the film. Ford joins the paratroopers set to descend on San Francisco. The fastest way to the armed nuke is from the air, but they have to jump from 30,000 feet so the MUTO doesn’t fly up and kill the plane. The scene starts with the creepiest chanting yet put to film. If anyone ever adapted Inferno, they’d probably use this music. A dozen guys run out the back of a plane. Red smoke trails from their heels. They look like blood tears from heaven weeping onto the city. Lastly
A transport plane opens its cargo doors. Night has descend upon the city, where fires, not lights, illuminate the San Francisco with a dull glow. A cohort of soldiers leap into clouds crackling with lightning. Red smoke trails from their heels. The sky cries blood tears for the ravaged city. Through glimpses, the paratroopers see Godzilla fight the male MUTO. Finally, a parachute opens and Ford lands safely on a street. Was any of this a stunt? I don’t know, but it looked beautiful so I give it credit.
Let Dr. Serizawa (Ken Wantanabe) explain what happens in the climax of the movie. “The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in their control, and not the other way around. Let them fight.”
As the troopers land inside the city, the male creatures clash through smoke and shadow. The troops gather and hup hup hup toward the nuke. The female joins the fray, but Godzilla is able and nearly crushes her. The male swoops in to save his mate, jabbing his hooked foot into Godzilla’s mouth. Now the fight is even. The soldiers grab the nuke from the nest of MUTO eggs and schlub it toward the water. Ford has other ideas. He finds a tanker overturned near the eggs. He floods the depression with gasoline, hoping that it will touch a fire. It sure does, and the explosion sends him flying. It also distracts the female MUTO. She runs to see her unborn children barbecued. We hear her scream and rage and keen. No moment packed more power than this one. What was indifference toward Ford turned to rage and recalled Serizawa’s Arrogance of Man. I hope your kid dies, Ford.
She faces Ford but gets distracted by a blue light suddenly electrifying the air. It’s Godzilla’s tail, and his torso, and his mouth, and HOLY SHIT HE BREATHES FIRE. The shot wounds her, but the male takes the charge. Meanwhile, the soldiers get a boat started. Distraught and wounded, the female MUTO won’t engage Godzilla. Instead she seeks the bomb. The male wants a final shot. He flies up, swoops behind Godzilla and speeds toward him. Godzilla is ready, and finishes the male MUTO with a tail thwack into a skyscraper, the only one, perhaps, that doesn’t collapse, until it does, right on a weary Godzilla.
The female is swatting the soldiers like flies. They are brave men to stand and shoot bullets at so massive a creature, but this creature EATS RADIATION. Imagine boxing an opponent one thousand times larger than you that literally eats punches. You don’t box it; you run. Ford starts the nuke boat, only to see it shut down when he faces the female MUTO. She. Knows. Ford draws a gun, but before he stupidly, uselessly shoots, she quivers. Godzilla strikes again, and this time he grabs her mouth, opens it, and breaths fire into her. When she dies, Godzilla belts one final scream, that famous scream audible from space.
The filmmakers obscured the monster clashes throughout the film. They fight in Hawaii, but on a news clip in the background. They fight first in San Francisco, but through the eyes of Elle Brody as a shelter door closes on her line of sight. They fight again in the city, but through the eyes of Ford as he falls from the sky and concealed by smoke and night. Only at the end to the creatures finally fight in the open. Godzilla, knowing he’s reached the climax of his film, zaps the two monsters with his fire breath and tail-thwack. The buildup worked so well that, combined with Godzilla’s great finishing moves, made this film.
Godzilla is a serious movie, but the filmmakers threw in some humor. When the Brodys tour their old home, the camera pans across an old terrarium that says “Mothra” on it, thanks to creative tape. In Hawaii, a search team hunts for signatures of MUTOs. The camera spots a chameleon and follows its track across a log before pulling back to follow the SEAL team.
Most of the characters allow viewers to reflect on the one long joke that is The Folly of Man. The movie begins with nice touches of human intimacy: Ford made a banner for his dad’s birthday, Joe watched his wife die after he sealed her into the nuclear reactor, and Ford helps a Japanese boy reunite with his parents in Honolulu.
The monsters awaken and expose the insignificance of human life. The MUTOs destroy cities and nuclear submarines, to mate. Godzilla floods islands and smashes bridges chasing them, to eat. Mating and eating, eating and mating. No urges are more primal, more biological than those, and that’s what the monsters are there to do. They don’t want or need or care about the petty desires of humans. What, they ask, is a human?
One of the Navy guys, psyched to nuke the monsters, claims that current bombs make the 1954 bombs “look like a firecracker.” Does he consider the consequences? That is not his job. And, of course, the train carrying the nuke is attacked–it’s like carrying a tub of salmon through the Alaskan wild. You’re asking for it. In San Francisco, the male MUTO thwarts the Navy’s brill-i-ant plan to use a nuke as bait by taking the bait and eating it. Fish do this all the time to fishers who don’t know what they’re doing, and, relating to Precambrian reptiles that eat radiation, the Navy have never seen the water.
I guess that makes the movie a joke, but not a ha-ha joke.
If you want to destroy a city, make it San Francisco. The city and its surroundings are beautiful and beckon to all disasters, both natural and man-made. Godzilla and the MUTOs love SF. They must be Giants fans. The cameras in Godzilla beautifully capture the landscapes of Japan, Oahu, and the Bay Area.
“The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in their control, and not the other way around.” Those words should echo in your ear, after Godzilla’s screams dissipate. When Godzilla awakens and stumbles from the ruined city like he has a bad hangover, a news station asks if the monster is the savior of the city. Like Godzilla gives the tiniest of shits about the city. He doesn’t even know what a city is. People of KNRD, stop feeling so high and mighty. Godzilla fought the MUTOs because that’s his job, because he is a product of Nature, and nothing escapes Nature’s power.
I didn’t find anything to offend me.
(2) Cinematography choices were interesting. Consider the hatching of the second MUTO. It bursts from Yucca Mountain and walks toward Las Vegas. (Never mind that Sin City is east of Yucca, and the MUTO wants to reach San Francisco.) The movie doesn’t show the creature tearing through the city, save one moment when it crashes a leg through a casino, instead opting to show the path of destruction as jets fire missiles at it in the far distance. We see the creatures as the characters see them: from airport terminal windows, with UAV footage, on a TV screen in a casino, beside a river flowing with fiery wreckage. These views add verisimilitude.
Scary shot of the movie: a plane tracking shot of California roads packed solid with cars and the wreckage of passenger plane.
(3) The sound team excelled. The MUTOs walked around sounding like enormous steel cables snapping. Tubas brayed when they spoke. The sounds had to evoke the size of these creatures, and they nailed it. Each step sounded like world’s end.
(1) The opening credits use news clippings like some crazy person’s conspiracy board. The names of the actors appear after blacking out other words. Also playing is a mixture of possibly real bomb test footage and fake Godzilla sightings. These images imply nuke tests were to kill Godzilla, which is later confirmed by Dr. Serizawa. Again, more verisimilitude.
(-2) Ken Wantanabe is an Oscar-nominated actor who appeared in Batman Begins and Inception, among other films. Edwards comically underutilizes him here. Serizawa, at least four times, hopelessly stares, mouth agape, at some terrifying scene. This guy knows more about Godzilla than all other humans combined (save his sidekick), yet he he mouth-breathes his way through the movie.
I thought Michael Bay was the only filmmaker who could make me care less about the humans than the other entities. Edwards achieves this in Godzilla. Godzilla is an animal and the Transformers are robots, with human-like intelligence, but not humans, but practically humans, mentally speaking. Godzilla is an animal. What Edwards did was hard; what Bay did should not be done. We are meant to fear these monsters, instead we long for them succeed. The animals engage in the endless struggle of nature, to live long enough to reproduce. Godzilla stops them…this time.
Tags: aaron taylor-johnson, bryan cranston, elizabeth olsen, godzilla, hawaii, japan, ken wantanabe, monsters, san francisco
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Maharashtra Tourism will be starting sea plane operations in the second week of November. The first flights are scheduled to be from Juhu to Aamby Valley near Lonavla. This was announced by Chhagan Bhujbal, minister of tourism, Government of Maharashtra recently. Bhujbal said, “The seaplanes will use our lakes or dams to land and take off,” further adding, “We want to introduce new products like adventure tourism, hot air ballooning etc. We have recently signed agreements with Quebec and Japan to boost inbound tourism numbers from these countries. The New York Times Square Diwali event was a huge success which was attended by nearly five lakh people. So we need to publicise our products to bring the tourists in.”
Bhujbal was speaking at the launch of a joint initiative between Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), Sky Waltz and Rainbow Riderss who are introducing hot air balloon safari in Mumbai, Pune and Lonavla. MTDC managing director Jagdish Patil, Sky Waltz top executives Samit Garg and Jai Thakore were present at the official launch. Sky Waltz is the first and the largest licensed and approved commercial hot air balloon operator in India, authorised by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India. The company is already operating hot air ballooning in Rajasthan since 2008. The company will operate two flights daily. The entire experience will be of three hours including filling the air in the balloon and a guided tour of the balloon for enthusiasts and will cost Rs 12,000 per head. Presently, Sky Waltz has a fleet of seven hot air balloons.
According to Garg, over 15,000 people have enjoyed hot air ballooning with the company since its entry into India.
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Rancher Relief Fund Grows, Now Accepts Applications
by Bob Schmidt, Senior Vice President for Business Development | Dec 2, 2013 | The Business of Agriculture,
The South Dakota Rancher Relief Fund is closing in on $2 million raised since its launch in the wake of an October blizzard. As of late last week, donations totaled nearly $1.8 million including $175,000 given by the Farm Credit System. Fund organizers say 3,300 people have donated from 49 states and several countries outside the U.S.
On November 15, the relief fund began accepting online applications from ranchers who need help. To date, 100 producers have applied. The deadline for completing applications is December 31. Note that people can also nominate producers who could use a hand but may be reluctant to ask for help themselves. Application forms are available on the relief fund website.
The latest report by the South Dakota state veterinarian showed that more than 15,500 animals had been confirmed lost to the storm – mostly cattle but also sheep, horses and bison.
Pictured from left to right: Monty Williams (SD Cattlemen’s Association), Bob Schmidt (Farm Credit Services of America), Regina Jahr (Black Hills Area Community Foundation), Randy Volmer (SD Stockgrowers Association)
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The hotel was built in 1990. Guests are welcomed at the accommodation, which has a total of 75 rooms. In the air-conditioned establishment, travellers are welcomed at the reception area with 24-hour reception and a 24-hour check-in/check-out service. Most of the storeys can be reached by lift. Amenities include a cloakroom, a safe and a currency exchange service. Wireless internet access in public areas (for a fee) allows guests to stay connected. Among the culinary options available at the hotel are a restaurant, a dining area, a breakfast room, a café and a bar. Shopping facilities are also available. Additional facilities at the accommodation include a TV room. Travellers arriving by car can leave their vehicles in the garage or in the car park (for a fee). Available services and facilities include medical assistance, room service and a laundry service. In addition, a shuttle service is offered.
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USA Triathlon Launches “Transition 3” Elite Athlete Career, Education and Wellness Program
Resources help prepare professional triathletes for life after sport
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today officially launched Transition 3 (T3), a new elite and para elite athlete service program developed by the National Governing Body to provide educational, career and wellness support for professional triathletes as they prepare for life after sport.
The program offers resources to guide elite paratriathletes and triathletes preparing to transition to the next phase of their professional lives — including a mentorship program, a variety of internship opportunities with USA Triathlon, an online professional development program, and education services such as scholarship opportunities and tuition discounts. T3 also includes mental health support through Talkspace, the nation’s leading online therapy provider, through the end of 2020. The T3 program is currently in the process of being introduced to U.S. National Team and Toyota U.S. Paratriathlon National Team elite athletes.
The phrase “Transition 3” is a play on the two transitions that take place within a triathlon competition. “Transition 1” is the transition from swim to bike, and “Transition 2” is the transition from bike to run. “Transition 3,” then, is what takes place after an athlete’s racing career comes to an end.
“Elite athletes contribute so much to the multisport community, showing us what is possible at the highest level and representing our country with integrity on the world stage,” said Melissa Otterbein, USA Triathlon Education Manager. “But professional athletes often face unique challenges as they transition to the next phase of their careers. By launching Transition 3, USA Triathlon aims to provide professional development resources and foster lifelong leadership skills — from the time an athlete first earns elite status to when they are ready to retire, and into their post-retirement journey from professional triathlon.”
“It’s great to see USA Triathlon invest further in its elite athletes by launching T3,” said Lindsey Jerdonek, 2017 IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman champion and former U.S. National Team member. “I recognize that I won’t race triathlon for forever — and preparing for life beyond sport, while I’m still competing, is critical in making the transition smooth. I’m looking forward to the development calls and mentorship program, in particular. Learning how to leverage the discipline, ability to perform and other skills I’ve acquired as an athlete into my next career will be extremely beneficial.”
T3 is aligned with Stage 8 of the USA Triathlon American Development Model (ADM), “Triathlon for Life.” To learn more about the ADM, a concerted effort between the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and its sport National Governing Bodies to apply long-term athlete development principles in a way that resonated with the culture of sport in the United States, click here.
The following T3 resources are available to all current and retired USA Triathlon elite athletes:
USA Triathlon has created the USA Triathlon Certificate in Professional Development, a free online learning program for elite athletes through LearnUpon, the organization’s learning management system. The professional development certificate is comprised of seven modules, which cover topics such as career and academic preparation, financial wellness, public speaking and long-term vision crafting, as well as stories from current and retired elite athletes on the transition process. Each module contains applied learning activities to advance skillsets in each area. There is no timeframe required to complete the course, as athletes will be able to access all materials throughout their career.
Athletes may apply to the T3 Mentorship Program to be paired with a mentor who can advise on their professional and personal goals beyond elite triathlon. Athletes will meet in-person or virtually with their mentors on at least a monthly basis, receiving feedback and accountability while achieving personal growth through proactive goal-setting exercises.
Monthly Professional Development Calls
USA Triathlon is facilitating monthly Zoom calls focused on professional development and community building within the elite and para elite athlete community, with guest speakers including retired elite triathletes and professionals across the multisport industry. Each call will feature a dedicated theme such as financial management, athlete transition and business development.
Elite athletes will have preferred access to internship opportunities with USA Triathlon, including remote and in-person opportunities at the USA Triathlon National Office in Colorado Springs. Positions vary in total hours and time commitment, as well as in area of interest. Opportunities may include coaching education, marketing and communications, fundraising, legal and governance, NCAA, high performance and more.
Talkspace Online Therapy
Through its partnership with USA Triathlon, Talkspace, the nation’s leading online therapy provider, is offering counseling services to U.S. National Team and Toyota U.S. Paratriathlon National Team athletes. Talkspace is 100 percent online and mobile, making its services accessible from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and convenient for elite athletes who typically travel extensively during the triathlon season. All Talkspace therapists are licensed, verified and background checked. For more information about USA Triathlon’s partnership with Talkspace, click here.
Additional details about the T3 elite athlete service program are available at usatriathlon.org, and further information regarding career and education resources will be shared with elite athletes on a regular basis.
About USA Triathlon
USA Triathlon is proud to serve as the National Governing Body for triathlon, as well as duathlon, aquathlon, aquabike, winter triathlon, off-road triathlon and paratriathlon in the United States. Founded in 1982, USA Triathlon sanctions more than 4,300 events and connects with more than 400,000 members each year, making it the largest multisport organization in the world. In addition to its work at the grassroots level with athletes, coaches, and race directors — as well as the USA Triathlon Foundation — USA Triathlon provides leadership and support to elite athletes competing at international events, including International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championships, Pan American Games and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. USA Triathlon is a proud member of the ITU and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
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In 1974, the French composer Gérard Grisey (1946–1998) began working on the impressive evening-length cycle ›Les espaces acoustiques‹. The instrumentation is intrinsic to the artistic concept, expanding in range from solo (one viola) to septet, large ensemble and chamber orchestra, all the way to symphonic orchestra. That same year, whether by coincidence or not, the student orchestra Junge Deutsche Philharmonie was founded, from which Ensemble Modern emerged in 1980. Symbolically, Grisey’s acoustic spaces correspond with the sonorous volumes of Ensemble Modern, which has been known to adapt to the instrumentations called for by the works it performs: as a collective of soloists, as a smaller, medium-sized or larger formation, and – since 1998 – also as a full symphonic orchestra, the Ensemble Modern Orchestra. In 1985, Gérard Grisey completed the cycle with its sixth and last part, ›Épilogue‹ for four horns and large orchestra. That same year, whether by coincidence or not, Ensemble Modern took up permanent residence in Frankfurt am Main. In the spring of 2020 Ensemble Modern plays this cycle, rarely performed in its entirety, at Berlin’s Philharmonie, Cologne’s Philharmonie and at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. For this, it joins forces with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie – its mother ensemble, so to speak – and the conductor Sylvain Cambreling, the former general music director of the Frankfurt Opera.
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Several global megatrends are driving wealth managers’ views on the equity markets, with a greener, more digital future the over-arching theme. Read on as experts from our panel unpick which markets, sectors, stocks are likely to be the winners in 2021.
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Positioning portfolios for a greatly changed future is highlighted as a route to outsized returns
Investors are urged to consider opportunities for “recovery returns” in less popular equity markets
Big 2021 ESG investment themes are identified, along with funds that offer access
Caution is sounded on some ESG stocks running hot, however, and a subtler approach advocated instead
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1. Why 2021 will be a year of renewal
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Following an unprecedented year, we expect that economic output and corporate earnings will rebound to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, as companies benefit from increased consumer and business spending, facilitated by vaccination programmes. However, rather than a simple return to normal, we expect this rebound to be coupled with a rapid acceleration into a transformed future.
As a result of this, investors need to be positioned both in cyclical opportunities in the sectors most negatively affected by the pandemic, and in more future-proofed opportunities.
Over the next decade, investors face a significantly evolved world: one that is more indebted, more unequal, and more local than before. This will mean lower returns in traditional assets as a whole.
We think that the “Next Big Thing” will materialise within companies that are using technology to disrupt other sectors, and see particular opportunity in fintech, healthtech and 5G
But investors can earn potentially outsized returns by positioning themselves for a more environmentally conscious and digital future.
We think that the “Next Big Thing” will materialise within companies that are using technology to disrupt other sectors, and see particular opportunity in fintech, healthtech and 5G.
And with the EU, Japan, and China all pledging to be carbon neutral by the middle of the century, those “greentech” companies which are positioned to help economies transition to net zero emissions more easily should see good returns.
In fixed income, we expect the “hunt for yield” to continue, with central banks unlikely to increase interest rates until output gaps have closed, a process likely to take years rather than months. In this context we like yield opportunities in emerging markets and Asia
Finally, in currencies, the US dollar index has dropped nearly 10% from its highs in March 2020, but we expect that it will weaken further in 2021. A recovering global economy will reduce safe haven demand for the dollar, and real US interest rates are now lower than those in the eurozone. Considering this, we believe that investors should continue to diversify across G10 currencies or into select emerging market currencies – like the Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah.
Kiran Ganesh
Multi Asset Strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management
2. Precise pockets of value are there to be sought
To say there has been a disconnect between asset markets and the economy this year would be a major understatement. If we had said a year ago that in twelve months’ time we would be suffering a global pandemic, had experienced the worst economic shock since the end of the Second World War and that many asset markets would be at record high levels and trading at valuations rarely seen before in history, you would have thought we were mad. This is making our role as asset allocators and investment selectors particularly challenging. Our response is to cast our net as wide as possible and to eke out precise pockets of value from global asset markets.
Our current strategy is to focus in on specific assets that still offer reasonable growth potential at justifiable valuations, with industries like healthcare, elements of the technology sector and specific plays on infrastructure and “green” technology all favoured within our portfolios.
We also have certain investments in the less popular parts of global equity markets, including the UK and Japan, where valuations are simply too cheap and the opportunity for recovery returns is on offer
We also have certain investments in the less popular parts of global equity markets, including the UK and Japan, where valuations are simply too cheap and the opportunity for recovery returns is on offer. Assuming that there is some sensible conclusion to the never-ending Brexit saga in the coming months, which is our expectation even if there is a delay until early next year, then UK equities could continue their recent pattern of improved performance.
The equity investments that we own across our portfolios have been blended with a range of fixed interest investments, including those that we own for “defensive” returns and others that are priced appropriately for the challenging economic situation we are dealing with. We continue to be able to source attractive fixed interest investments where we are being suitably compensated for the risk that we are taking, and that gives us confidence that we will be able to achieve our clients’ ambitions in the coming years.
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3. The big five ESG themes for 2021 and the funds to capture them
What a year that was. You can say what you like about COVID-19, but one silver lining is that it shone a light on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. This was for a few reasons – ESG funds tend to be underweight airlines, oil and “dirty” cyclicals and overweight “quality” companies. And ESG investing attracts some talented fund managers.
Whatever the reason, if there were any ESG investing detractors at the start of 2020, there are far less now. In the context of the coronavirus crisis and – hopefully – a more positive, vaccine-fuelled outlook for 2021, what might be the big ESG trends for 2021?
Cybersecurity is one. As offices turned their lights off and went home and more of our lives moved online, the risks associated with online shopping, banking and working soared. So, cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important to businesses and individuals. Exchange-Traded Funds like Rize and L&G capture this theme.
Cloud is another. As our digital footprints escalate and we rack up reams of data, we need somewhere to store it. And somewhere to access applications and other software that we might want to license. The cloud is where we stream our favourite Netflix box-sets from or where our kids play Fortnite. A way to access this is through the First Trust Cloud Computing ETF, or through a fund such as Polar Capital Technology Trust.
During lockdown, as skies cleared, roads emptied and the air we breathe became cleaner, governments pledged to create a carbon-free world. This has driven down costs around wind and solar power, so we think we will see a bigger focus on sustainability
Clean energy is another. During lockdown, as skies cleared, roads emptied and the air we breathe became cleaner, governments pledged to create a carbon-free world. This has driven down costs around wind and solar power, so we think we will see a bigger focus on sustainability. The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF and Lyxor New Energy ETF focus on this theme.
Electric vehicles is another theme, as is the biotechnology sector. And developments in both these markets will ratchet in coming years.
2020 was the year of a lot of things. But it was undoubtedly the year ESG became part of the establishment.
Patrick Thomas
Head of ESG Investing at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management
4. Are investors paying too much for ESG stocks?
Investors have moved aggressively away from fossil fuel stocks and into the renewable sector this year, but does switching to obvious low-carbon alternatives present a different threat – valuation risk?
Wind farm developer Ørsted, for example, is now valued at over 50 times earnings, relative to Shell on less than 10 times. That is pricing in an awful lot of growth when we expect increased competition from the big oil companies transitioning to renewable energy and potentially driving down returns.
With ESG and wealth preservation both at the core of our investment strategy, we are looking for other ways clients can benefit from the transition to a low-carbon world in 2021.
Investors must not assume that obviously green industries are the only way to capitalise on the drive to transition to a low-carbon world
We take the classic picks and shovels approach. Rather than take the call as to whether solar or wind will win, or whether to back BP or Ørsted, we take the view that, whatever happens, you need network grids that can deal with variable demand on electricity, as well as variable supply. So, we have been looking closely at utility companies.
Similarly with transport – responsible for around 25% of CO2. We do not have to bet on VW or Tesla. All these cars are going to have more semiconductors on them, because they are having to deal with electrification of the drive train, so we can own companies in that space instead.
Investors must not assume that obviously green industries are the only way to capitalise on the drive to transition to a low-carbon world.
Mark Leach
Partner at James Hambro & Partners
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We always advise consultation with a professional before making any investment decisions.
Always remember that investing involves risk and the value of investments may fall as well as rise. Past performance should not be seen as a guarantee of future returns.
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Good Boys movie review: the razor edge of innocence
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MaryAnn’s quick take…
Much more sweet than raunchy, and surprisingly innocent. Genuinely kind to its young protagonists as they try to navigate a culture that doesn’t much care to protect them from growing up too soon.
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of grossout this looked to be
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Parental alert! Good Boys, a day-in-the-life comedy about a trio of grade-school besties at that difficult moment right on the cusp of puberty, is absolutely not for children. In one of the film’s wickedly amusing trailers, producer Seth Rogen — who does not appear in the film — informs his young cast that while it’s fine for them to star in the movie, they are absolutely forbidden from actually seeing the movie. The film’s ratings — R in the US, 15 in the UK — are absolutely warranted… at least by the industry’s current metrics.
And yet Good Boys is much sweeter than I was expecting, and much more surprisingly innocent in its celebration of modern ascendant manhood. This is not a crass grossout but a story that is genuinely kind to its young protagonists, and authentically understanding of their tricky positions as 21st-century kids trying to navigate a culture that doesn’t much care to protect them from growing up too soon.
Honestly, some grownups have a similar reaction to lots of Internet porn…
I’m genuinely stunned at how much things have improved, for instance, in the decade-plus on from the distasteful celebration of toxic male teenhood that was the also–Seth Rogen–driven Superbad. Good Boys is, well, supergood. (Rogen’s recent wokeness — see also Long Shot — seems actually genuine. They can be taught!)
Three sixth-grader boys (Jacob Tremblay [The Predator, Wonder], Keith L. Williams [Sadie], and Brady Noon) spend a day bunking off school to vie against older teen girls (Midori Francis [Ocean’s Eight] and Molly Gordon [Booksmart, Life of the Party]) — whom, thankfully!, they are not middle-school-romantically interested in — in a complicated plot involving drones, the mildest sort of party drugs, and making their way toward a grade-school “kissing party.” Mostly it’s about worrying that, at the tender age of 11, one might become a “social piranha”; securing consent to engage in any kind of physical contact with another kid; and ensuring that nothing one is doing constitutes bullying. These kids today, with their concrete physical and psychological boundaries! “We’re not kids, we’re tweens!” they declare, staking a claim on a developmental phase that didn’t exist for us adults when we were kids. *lolsob*
“We’re not kids, we’re tweens!” they declare, staking a claim on a developmental phase that didn’t exist for us when we were kids.
Yes, this is a movie full of jokes about sex toys — jokes that are funny because of the boys’ ignorance about what these objects are — about looking at Internet porn — which is funny because the boys are grossed out by it — and tons of other grownup stuff… all of which is depicted with a poignancy over how charmingly naive the boys remain even as they are steeped in a culture that is overly sexualized. (They mispronounce “cum.”) The humor here is adult, but Good Boys directly addresses real things that real kids are encountering in their real lives. We might be able — just barely — to keep kids from seeing this stuff in movies, but it’s almost impossible to entirely shield them from it everywhere else.
And so Good Boys becomes a provocative and unexpectedly sly challenge to our notions of what is suitable for children, and what isn’t. The copious content related to sex and drugs — these are not oblique references, and there’s nothing implied about any of it — are no more outrageous or shocking than what real children will be encountering in their curious considerations of and explorations in the adult world that are an inevitable part of growing up.
Honestly, some grownups also need to be told not to misuse a drone…
This is a clever skewering, too — unless it’s an accidental one? — of modern Hollywood, which has no compunctions whatsoever of loading up even movies with no obvious audience beyond little kids with sexual innuendo, damaging stereotypes, and gleeful, consequence-free violence. Why is that okay for kids, but not straightforwardly examining how such attitudes impact them in the real world they live in?
Did I say this movie wasn’t for kids? Here’s a caveat: Though it might constitute an enormous embarrassment to the children, Good Boys might be a movie for openminded parents to watch with their older grade-schoolers, and to discuss the topics it broaches. If that’s too much for parents, at least adults worried about These Kids Today can take some reassurance. The good boys are handling a scary modern world in a way that’s not just pretty okay but probably downright healthy.
Click here for my ranking of this and 2019’s other theatrical releases.
Good Boys (2019) | directed by Gene Stupnitsky
US/Can release: Aug 16 2019
UK/Ire release: Aug 16 2019
MPAA: rated R for strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol material, and language throughout - all involving tweens
BBFC: rated 15 (strong language, sex and drug references)
viewed at a semipublic screening with an audience of critics and ordinary moviegoers
2019 theatrical releases | black comedy | comedy | reviews
Brady Noon | Gene Stupnitsky | Good Boys | Jacob Tremblay | Keith L Williams | Long Shot | Midori Francis | Molly Gordon | Sam Richardson | Seth Rogen | Superbad
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10 Reasons Why I'm Selling All of My Apple Stock
This Fool thinks it is finally time to cash out on one of his biggest winners of all time.
Brian Feroldi
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Jun 10, 2018 at 9:32AM
Brian Feroldi has been covering the healthcare and technology industries for The Motley Fool since 2015. Brian's investing strategy is to buy high-quality companies and then let compounding work its magic. See all of his articles here. Follow @brianferoldi
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I've been an Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) fanboy for nearly two decades, so this is a bittersweet article for me to write. In my house, you'll find two iPhones, three iPads, an Apple Watch, an Apple TV, and an iMac. My three young children literally have no clue how to use Microsoft Windows.
My love affair with Apple's products convinced me to become a shareholder in February of 2010. I made several more purchases in the ensuing years. My average cost basis is about $35 per share. With the stock currently hovering around $193, buying and holding Apple ranks as one of the smartest financial decisions that I've ever made.
And yet, despite my long-term devotion to Apple's products and stock, I've concluded that it's finally time for me to move on. Here are 10 reasons why I've decided to cash in all of my chips.
Image source: Apple.
1. The megacap multiplier obstacle
Apple's market cap is $949 billion as I type this. That makes it the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. Long-term shareholders like me have already won big by owning this stock.
The downside to Apple's gargantuan size is that it's going to be extremely difficult for the stock to produce multibagger returns from here. Fool co-founder David Gardner coined the term "the megacap multiplier obstacle" to describe this principle many years ago. The idea is that it becomes harder and harder for a company to double in value as it increases in size.
Consider this: Even after factoring in hundreds of billions in additional stock buybacks, Apple's market cap would probably have to reach $1.7 trillion or so for the stock to double from here.
2. My upgrade cycle has been getting longer
I vividly remember buying my first iPhone. I happily switched from a BlackBerry Storm -- which was a piece of junk -- the day that the iPhone became available on Verizon Communications' network.
Switching was an amazing experience. The iPhone was fast, intuitive, and extremely useful. I was so happy with my decision that I convinced my wife to become an iPhone user soon after.
We both happily jumped on the iPhone upgrade cycle. We were happy to pay up to get our hands on the latest iPhone as soon as we qualified for an upgrade.
Unfortunately, the charm has worn off. We eventually realized that we use our iPhones primarily for text messaging, taking pictures, browsing the web, posting to Facebook, and listening to podcasts. Our current iPhone 6s handles all of these tasks just as well as a brand-new iPhone X. Paying hundreds to upgrade every two years now just seems like a waste of money.
It's a similar story for our other Apple products. Our iPads, Apple TV, and iMac were all purchased years ago and continue to function flawlessly.
Our revised upgrade strategy is to buy used Apple products that are at least two generations old off of sites like eBay, glyde.com, or gazelle.com. Aside from a few small hardware differences, we can barely tell the difference between these new-to-us models and our old products. They are functionally identical.
I have no doubt that millions of other loyal Apple users have reached the same conclusion. If my assumption is true, then it will act as a major drag on unit sales volume growth for many years to come. That's a big problem since the vast majority of Apple's revenue is generated from the sale of brand-new products.
3. Average selling prices on iPhones could be peaking
While Apple's portfolio has become more diversified over time, the iPhone still accounts for more than 60% of total revenue. That means that top-line growth will be driven by two primary levers for the foreseeable future: iPhone unit volumes and average selling price.
I have a hard time seeing the company producing meaningful unit volume growth from here. The company sold 217 million iPhones in the last 12 months. Since there are only so many consumers around the world that can afford to buy a brand-new iPhone in any given year, moving this number higher is going to be very challenging. That's especially true since Mary Meeker's must-read 2018 Internet Trends report just showed that worldwide smartphone shipment volumes were flat in 2017.
This likely means that Apple's most important lever for driving iPhone revenue growth is the average selling price. On this front the company is currently doing phenomenally well. Last quarter Apple reported unit volume growth of just 3%, but total iPhone revenue actually grew by 14%. The big difference between those two numbers is largely owed to surging average selling prices thanks to the recent launch of the ultra-premium iPhone X.
This leads to the question: Will Apple still be able to sell enough ultra-premium iPhones to keep its average selling price so high? It's possible, but I think that skepticism is warranted since iPhone X demand appears to be weaker than the company was expecting.
If iPhone average selling prices do flatline (or fall) and unit volume growth stalls, then Apple is going to struggle to move its top line higher.
4. The repatriation tax catalyst is over
Apple bulls have been pointing to the company's massive overseas cash hoard for years as a potential catalyst. The idea was that Congress would eventually change its repatriation tax policy that kept the vast majority of Apple's cash trapped overseas. Once the law was changed, Apple would be finally able to use its mountain of cash to reward shareholders.
Well, now that the lower repatriation rate has been announced, Apple CFO Luca Maestri recently said that the company's goal is to become cash neutral over time. Getting there will require spending hundreds of billions on buybacks, which is great news for shareholders.
However, since this news is so well known, I think it is reasonable to assume that this catalyst has already been priced in.
5. Apple is behind in the home-speaker market
While Apple has a history of slowly entering new markets -- there were plenty of other smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches available before the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch were introduced -- I think there are reasons to worry that Apple won't be successful with its delayed entry into the home-speaker market. This market is already flooded with popular products made by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL). These companies sell a range of cheap products that are supported by vast ecosystems that make them highly attractive to consumers.
Will the superior sound quality of the HomePod prove to be enough to convince consumers to pay a big premium to own it instead of the current market-leading devices? While that can't be ruled out, the early signs are not very encouraging.
6. The Buffett bump
Warren Buffett recently took investors by surprise when SEC filings showed that his Berkshire Hathaway he had been buying Apple's stock hand over fist. In fact, it's bought so much Apple stock that it has officially overtaken Wells Fargo as Berkshire Hathaway's largest publicly traded stock position.
While it is great to see such a huge vote of confidence from Buffett, I think that his interest in the stock is at least partially responsible for Apple's recent P/E ratio expansion to a five-year high.
AAPL PE Ratio (TTM) data by YCharts.
Will Buffett's blessing allow Apple to sustain its higher valuation in the years ahead? It's possible, but that theory didn't hold up when Buffett took a meaningful position in IBM a few years ago.
7. Apple deserves to trade at a below-market multiple
Apple bulls will point out that even after the recent run, shares trade for "only" 18 times trailing earnings. That seems to be low when considering that the average company in the S&P 500 currently trades for about 25 times trailing earnings. The mismatch makes no sense to many investors since Apple is clearly a better company than the average business.
For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why the market wouldn't award Apple an above-average multiple either. However, I've since changed my tune and now fully agree that Apple deserves to trade at a below-market multiple.
Why? The reason is that Apple is a tech hardware company at its core. The vast majority of the company's revenue and profits are made from selling brand-new iPhones, iPads, iMacs, and other electronic products. This means Apple has to continually refresh its product lines with brand-new features that continually convince customers to stay loyal and upgrade. If new products fail to capture the public's attention -- or even just don't sell as well as a previous model -- then Apple's revenue and profits would fall hard.
Thus far Apple hasn't had any problems convincing millions of customers to buy its new products in droves as soon as they come out. But will this still ring true three, five, or 10 years from now? That's awfully hard to say since the tech world moves fast.
This omnipresent uncertainty is likely to be a major reason why Wall Street consistently keeps Apple's P/E ratio so low. Since this situation won't change anytime soon, I have a hard time believing that Apple's current P/E ratio of 18 means that its stock is "cheap." In fact, I think there's an argument to be made that today's valuation is actually quite generous, especially when compared to what this company's P/E ratio has been over the last five years.
8. Dividends and buybacks don't excite me
There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most shareholder-friendly companies in the world since Tim Cook became CEO. Under his watch, Apple has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on stock buybacks and dividends
I love dividends and stock buybacks as much as the next investor, but I have a hard time getting excited about owning a business that relies heavily on financial engineering to drive earnings growth.
9. I've got plenty of other FAANG exposure
FAANG is an investing acronym that stands for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet). These super-high-quality tech stocks have crushed the market for many years, and many investors view them as must-own stocks.
I've personally owned all the FAANG stocks for many years, but I'm starting to worry that they have become too big (and too popular) for their own good.
Collectively, these stocks make up about 30% of my portfolio. When I force myself to rank these businesses based on my conviction in their staying power and growth potential, all the factors listed above cause me to put Apple in last place.
Selling off all of my Apple stock now will bring down my overall exposure to this group of stocks. I find that idea to be appealing.
10. I've got better places for the money
My Foolish colleague Brian Stoffel recently published a fantastic article on how to know when it is time to sell a stock. The No. 4 reason on his list was "there are better places for your money."
Since I believe that Apple's current valuation is generous and that the company is going to struggle with growth over the next few years, I think that reallocating this capital elsewhere makes a great deal of sense.
So where am I going to invest my capital? While I'm still refining my list, here are seven stocks that I currently own that I'm strongly considering adding to:
Hubspot (NYSE: HUBS) -- A software-as-a-service provider that is pioneering the shift toward "inbound" marketing.
HealthEquity (NASDAQ: HQY) -- A fast-growing company focused on Health Savings Accounts that boasts three sources of recurring revenue.
Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AAXN) -- The leading provider of Taser stun guns, law enforcement body cameras, and evidence-management software.
Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) -- A founder-led payroll-processor company that is gobbling up market share.
Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) -- The company's push to the cloud is driving double-digit gains in revenue and profits.
AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF) -- A software-as-a-service provider focused on servicing business owners in several niche markets.
BlackLine (NASDAQ: BL) -- A software company that is attempting to bring the accounting process into the 21st century.
All seven of these businesses are poised to deliver double-digit organic revenue and profit growth over the next five years. That's a prospect I find quite enticing, and I think the odds are very favorable that they'll outperform Apple as a group from here.
I could be making a mistake
I'll readily admit that a lot of my analysis could prove to be dead wrong. Apple's valuation might stay high "forever" now that it has the blessing of Buffett. New iPhone models could help Apple to take market share, and average selling prices might remain very strong. Apple might also enter a brand-new product category in the near future that sends revenue and profits to all-time highs.
Still, given Apple's gargantuan size, the risk of slowing growth, its generous valuation, and the huge list of other stocks that I'd rather own instead, I can't help but feel that ringing the register finally makes sense. That's why I plan on selling all of my Apple stock as soon as The Motley Fool's trading rules allow.
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Woman re-arrested in Rochester trash-filled home case
By Kyle Stucker kstucker@seacoastonline.com
Aug 23, 2017 at 4:35 PM Aug 23, 2017 at 4:35 PM
ROCHESTER — As the child endangerment case involving a trash-filled Rochester home gets closer to trial, authorities have arrested the resident for a second time in order for prosecutors to seek harsher misdemeanor penalties.
Keni-Lynn Mone, 33, of Rochester, had been charged June 23 with two counts of child endangerment and one count of animal cruelty, all misdemeanors, after the city found nine months of trash and animal waste inside her 7 South Blueberry Lane manufactured home.
Due to the conditions, the Division of Children, Youth and Families removed a teenage boy and a preteen girl from the home, while animal control officials removed a dog and a cat, police have said.
Prosecutors intended to seek Class A misdemeanor penalties on the child endangerment charges, which are normally Class B offenses. However, because they never filed a notice of intent to do so, Mone’s original charges had to be dismissed and Mone had to be re-arrested on Aug. 18, according to police.
Police said that Aug. 18 arrest, which occurred when Mone turned herself in that day, will allow prosecutors to seek the Class A offenses when Mone’s case goes to trial in Rochester District Court on Sept. 12.
Mone was arraigned on the new, but identical, set of charges on Monday. Her previous bail conditions weren’t affected by the second arrest, according to court records.
Mone now resides in the Partridge Green Apartments off Old Dover Road, according to court records.
Her former home at 7 South Blueberry Lane was demolished a few weeks ago after pest remediation company Modern Pest determined doing so wouldn’t lead to a dispersal of rats and other pests into the surrounding neighborhood, according to city Health Inspector Bob Veno.
According to Veno, Modern Pest removed dozens of rats from the 7 South Blueberry Lane and the surrounding area in the weeks after Mone was ordered to vacate the property, which is a part of Briar Ridge Estates.
Rochester Police Capt. Jason Thomas said Mone only faces one animal cruelty charge because there were “obvious signs” her dog was affected by the living conditions, whereas her cat showed no such signs.
The dog was removed June 23, the day of Mone’s arrest, whereas the cat wasn’t located and captured until about two weeks later, said Thomas.
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Second body found after landslide in Norway 8 they’re still missing
by Mutinus Mutunus
Helsinki (AFP) – Rescue teams are searching for survivors four days after the landslide that led to the displacement of homes in a Norwegian village, finding no signs of life on Saturday amid destroyed buildings and debris.
Two bodies have been recovered, but researchers are still searching for eight other people believed to be missing. The landslide in Ask Village is the worst in the modern history of Norway and has shocked the citizens of the northern country.
Ground search teams patrolled with the dogs as helicopters and drones equipped with cameras to detect heat flew through the harsh winter conditions on the fractured hillside of the 5,000-person Askar village 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of Oslo.
Norwegian police pledged not to cut back on searches, although a rescue team from neighboring Sweden has already returned home.
Local police chief Ida Milbo Oestizi said survivors could still be found in air pockets inside the destroyed buildings.
“Medically speaking, you can survive for several days if you have air,” she told reporters at a news conference.
By Saturday afternoon, a second body had been found, after the first body was discovered on Friday. Only a Dalmatian dog has been rescued alive from the rubble so far.
Late Friday, Norwegian police released the names and years of birth of the 10 people who were initially reported missing, including a two-year-old. Officials have not yet identified the two recovered bodies.
A landslide early Wednesday cut its way through Ask, leaving a deep, crater-like ravine that cars could not pass. Pictures and video footage showed dramatic scenes of buildings hanging on the edge of the valley, which grew to be 700 meters long and 300 meters wide. At least nine buildings containing more than 30 apartments were destroyed.
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The rescue operation is hampered by the limited number of daylight hours in the area at this time of year and concerns about soil erosion. The ground is fragile at the site and unlikely to bear the weight of rescue equipment, including a heavy Norwegian army vehicle.
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, and officials said that as many as 1,500 people may be relocated from the area amid fears of more landslides.
The exact cause of the accident is not known yet, but the Girdrum is known to have a lot of rapid mud, a form of clay that can change from solid to liquid. Experts said the mud with heavy rain and typical wet weather conditions in Norway may have contributed to the landslide.
Norwegian authorities in 2005 warned people against building apartment buildings in the area, but homes were built there later in the decade.
Spokeswoman Toril Hofschagen of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate described the landslide as unique in its destruction.
“There has not been a rapid landslide in this distance since 1893 in Norway,” Hofshagen told Norwegian media on Saturday.
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Rio Police Engage in Slum Shootouts Ahead of Carnival Celebrations, Killing 7
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Heavily armed police cracking down on gangs ahead of Rio's famed carnival celebrations killed at least seven alleged drug traffickers on Wednesday, sweeping through two slums with automatic weapons and armored vehicles.
Five suspects were killed in the Jacarezinho shantytown and two more were killed after fleeing to the neighboring Mangueira, police inspector Rodrigo Oliveira said. The operation was aimed at seizing drugs and stolen vehicles, he said.
Brazilian media reported that nine suspects were killed, but Oliveira said he could not confirm the higher figure.
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Carnival celebrations get into high gear Friday night in Rio, one of the world's most crime-ridden cities. Violence often breaks out before carnival, but usually evaporates after festivities begin.
Residents stood by stony-eyed, sometimes quietly hostile as police armored cars rumbled down the shantytown's narrow streets past graffiti proclaiming the area under the control of the Commando Vermelho drug gang.
The victims in Wednesday's violence, said Oliveira, "were all bandits, all actively resisting" the raid on gangs that steal cars and motorcycles. Police seized 30 motorcycles, four cars and an undetermined quantity of drugs.
A record 1,260 civilians died in clashes with police in Rio de Janeiro state last year, according to the Rio de Janeiro State Institute of Public Safety.
The tally only includes figures reported by police stations that have computers — omitting about one-third of precincts from the total.
While officials have promised that increased security will keep carnival celebrations peaceful, the city's police chief and nine top commanders were fired on Tuesday by Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Sergio Cabral after officers mounted a protest on Ipanema beach to complain about low salaries.
Public security chief Jose Mariano Beltrame characterized the protest as insubordination.
O Globo reported that 40 high-ranking officers sent a letter to Cabral demanding the reinstatement of Police Chief Ubiritan Angelo, and that 30 threatened to quit the force.
Beltrame said any commanders who leave the force will simply be replaced, the Agencia Estado news service reported.
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Montreal pines for Rockefeller Center-style tree, fails spectacularly
By Andrew O'Reilly, | Fox News
Philippe Pelletier and his Christmas tree delivery business promised the citizens of Montreal a tree that would be bigger and more impressive than the famed evergreen in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.
That didn’t happen… not by a long shot.
“I was really surprised by the reaction to the tree,” Pelletier told FoxNews.com of the 88-foot, gangly tree in the city’s Quartier des spectacles. “We want to show people a natural Quebec Christmas tree, so that’s what we got.”
When a flatbed truck accompanied by police escort brought the balsam fir through the streets of the Canadian city in late November – broken branches, bare spots and all – Montrealers were far from impressed. After hoisting the tree up and covering it with lights and mini red Canadian Tire logos for the Le Grand Marché de Noël festival, things only got worse.
“Montreal's Christmas tree looks like it was just released from Xmas tree rehab and needs any spare change you might have for a bus ride home,” one Twitter user said on the social media site. Other social media users compared it Charley Brown’s sad Christmas tree and, worse off, “an erectile dysfunction.”
Montreal's Christmas tree looks like it was just released from Xmas tree rehab and needs any spare change you might have for a bus ride home pic.twitter.com/DbcHdy28M6
— zak (@zaktebbal) December 6, 2016
Local media tried to put a better spin on the scraggly tree, with an anchor on CTV saying the tree was “not perfect, but unique, they say — just like this city.”
A columnist at the Montreal Gazette waxed poetic that the balsam fir made him ponder the long history of the word “balsam.”
“The balsam fir is a North American species; indigenous peoples used its gum to treat coughs, colds and asthma,” columnist Mark Abley wrote in the newspaper. “Yet long before ‘balsam’ meant the type of tree now often adorned with Christmas lights and ornaments, it referred to a fragrant resin.”
Pelletier, who started the tree delivery company Sapin MTL last year with some friends, is used to attracting attention with his trees. Last year the company hosted the first Pan-Am Tree Toss in Montreal – but the scorn and criticism for the lanky tree is something he didn’t expect.
He added that the tree – which they found in a rural area near Quebec border with the United States – is what a real Christmas tree looks and that the one in Rockefeller is not what a tree looks like in nature.
Notre immense sapin est arrivé à bon port! Il sera illuminé mercredi lors d'une émission d'@enmodesalvail! #immensesapin #montréal pic.twitter.com/CNk604CG2P
— Sapin MTL (@Sapinmtl) November 27, 2016
“What we’ve realized is that people expect perfection from a tree, but we didn’t add any branches,” he said. “We presented the tree in its natural state.”
Despite the Christmastime criticism, Pelletier echoed the old saying that any publicity is good publicity.
“If it wasn’t for this tree, we wouldn’t have all these people talking about us,” he said. “We wouldn’t be getting calls from media all over the world.”
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Exercici de ritme
DECEMBER - JANUARY 2015
Lola Lasurt’s work takes its roots from a testimonial material belonging to a distant past, from a temporary space that the artist has never been at hand, and works on des-time aspects, avoiding the historic doctrine as an open and self-critical enterprise and surveying it all, both through the phenomenon of recognition and by means of the generation of strangeness.
With a critical approach to the idea of nostalgia, Lola Lasurt carries out an analysis of the recent past characterized by a paradigm shift in the social, political and self-referential facts in the art world itself, working on the relationship between this space and the how-to-build oneself and the collective identity, in an organization system which does not distinguish between culture and heritage, popular and institutional initiative.
The artist is interested in individual historical time, in its relationship with behavioral guidelines of the hegemonic culture, and in its processes for building collective symbols.
Her work is formalized through the pictorial installation, video, and is shown through collaboration processes. On the occasion of this exhibition, the first exhibition of Lola Lasurt in Galeria Joan Prats, the artist presents the following works:
Exercici de ritme (sobre el monument a Francesc Layret), 2010-2014, project based on the monument to Francesc Layret, politician and labour lawyer, located in Plaça Goya, Barcelona. By means of an analogue register (super-8 film), Exercici de ritme, proposes to convert the monument into the stage of a love affair between the four characters that make the sculpture, through the cinematic rhetoric of eroticism. This way, Exercici de ritme is an exercise of experimentation with film media that aims to revive in the present time a public sculpture that easily goes unnoticed in the city layout. By approaching an illusory and a priori illogical sculpture, Exercici de Ritme wishes to convey the monument to Francesc Layret from the area of hegemonic history and collective struggles to a personal field.
El Partido. Mujeres casadas contra mujeres solteras, una iniciativa de Manuel Ramírez, barman del Club Federico García Lorca. Bruselas, 1976, 2014, project that recreates the football game in which married women played against single ones in the Communist Party annual festival in Belgium in 1976, that comprises a group of seventy-six paintings in the form of animated boards, made from moving images of the super-8 film documenting the original match. This work, the same way as it happens with Exercici de ritme, could be placed at the junction between the personal level, in this case linked to gender issues, and collective interests, as it reviews relevant aspects of recent history concerning moments of change.
Amnèsies, 2011, series of paintings based on pictures from the artist’s family album, where they appeared cut out by her father who, at a time, decided to take their context away and show only family members and acquaintances. Lola Lasurt’s work is based on this decision and involves the rearrangement of clipped images and keeping gaps of some pictures, as if, at some point, they had fallen or been removed. These painted gaps introduce amnesia in the family story and, somehow, evoke the discontinuity and fragmentation that define the mechanisms of construction of memories.
Lola Lasurt (Barcelona, 1983) lives and works between Barcelona and Ghent, Belgium. Bachelor of Fine Arts at Universitat de Barcelona, she postgraduated in Aesthetics and Theory of Contemporary Art Pensar l’art d’avui at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and did the Master Produccions Artístiques i Recerca at Universitat de Barcelona. She has been resident in HISK, Ghent (2012-4), La Ene, Buenos Aires (2014), Kunsthuis, Friesland, Holland (2013), Greatmore Art Studios, Cape Town, Southafrica (2012), Eart, Barcelona (2010) and Hangar, Barcelona (2008). Her recent shows include Write of Spring, Het Paviljoen, Ghent, Doble autorització, Fundació Miró, Barcelona, Los Inmutables, DAFO, Lleida, Learn and Teach, Cape Town Art Week, Amnèsies, Espai2, Terrassa, La gran aventura, Can Felipa, Barcelona, El Gegant Menhir, Museu Abelló, Mollet del Vallès, Contextos Intermedia, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Paradís Perdut, Can Felipa, Barcelona. Nominated for the ‘Young Belgian Art Prize 2015’, she will participate in an exhibition at BOZAR museum, Brussels, in June 2015.
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DNV GL approves carbon capture technology
Quality assurance and risk management company DNV GL has approved technology for a full-scale demonstration project in Norway to remove carbon emissions at a cement plant.
Gassnova, the Norwegian state’s agency for implementation of carbon capture and storage projects, initiated the project which will apply carbon capture technology developed by Aker Solutions at Norcem’s cement plant in Brevik, Norway.
Globally, the cement industry accounts for 5-7% of total CO2 emissions – from all industries and sectors.
Aker Solutions’ post-combustion technology is intended to capture and liquefy 400,000 tonnes per year of the released carbon dioxide at the Norcem plant.
Once the technology is applied this will contribute to Norway’s target of becoming a low-emission society by 2050.
DNV GL engaged with Norcem and Aker Solutions to verify the application of DNV GL’s recommended practices DNVGL-RP-A203 Technology Qualification and DNVGL-RP-J201 Qualification procedures for carbon dioxide capture technology at the plant.
Novel elements of Aker Solutions’ carbon capture technology and potential technological risks were evaluated and mitigation identified. Documentation was reviewed to provide a better understanding of the technology and the specific application and conditions at Norcem’s plant.
Source: DNV GL
Arve Johan Kalleklev, Regional Manager, Norway and Eurasia, DNV GL – Oil & Gas, said, “Carbon capture, and subsequent storage, is currently the only technology that can achieve significant reductions in CO2 emissions from industrial processes.”
“Carbon capture can play a vital part in decarbonizing our planet. DNV GL’s qualification review of Aker Solutions’ technology is a great example of how we engage to enable implementation of this crucial technology.”
As a result of the qualification procedure review, DNV GL issued a ‘Statement of Qualified Technology’ for Aker Solutions’ carbon capture and heat recovery technology, applicable for the conditions at the Norcem Brevik cement plant.
The Norcem Brevik carbon capture plant forms part of Europe’s first industrial demonstration of CO2 capture, transport and storage.
The captured CO2 is to be transported and injected into a CO2 storage site offshore Norway, developed by the Equinor-headed Northern Lights consortium.
Oscar Graff, Head of CCUS in Aker Solutions, said, “The extensive experience and systematic qualification procedures from DNV GL have been a great support for our engineers in our technology development.”
“The procedure is an excellent tool to identify risk elements and to propose how to solve them. To get a statement of qualified technology from DNV GL, as a recognised third party, has high value for Aker Solutions and our clients.”
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In order to strengthen its commitment to energy innovation, Southern Company, in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), has expanded its focus on the National Carbon Capture Centre located in Wilsonville, Alabama.
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Grand Central Rail brings Yorkshire Jazz to Kings Cross Passengers
Grand Central Rail is helping to spread the sound of Jazz throughout the Yorkshire Pennines this October by lending its support to the 26th annual Marsden Jazz Festival.
Between Friday 6th and Sunday 8th October, Grand Central Rail is sponsoring one of the four music marquees at the annual jazz music festival, which will bring over 150 hours of live music, including more than 70 free gigs around the village’s pubs, clubs and local venues.
The Grand Central Rail Marquee, which is one of four outdoor venues, will be located on a bridge overlooking the River Colne, and will host seven free gigs over the weekend, including youth and community bands.
To celebrate the upcoming event, and to give a taste of what’s to come at the festival, passengers at King’s Cross station in London were given a taster of what the festival has to offer from headlining performers Alcyona Mick and Tori Freestone before they boarded a Grand Central train.
Richard McClean, Managing Director of Grand Central Rail, said: “We are delighted to support Marsden Jazz Festival this year. As a company, we are closely bound to the communities we serve and always look for opportunities to support them. Jazz is such a broad and diverse genre, so we hope there is something for everyone at the festival this October for a fun filled and memorable experience.
“Grand Central runs four daily services from London to Yorkshire for passengers to visit, work and enjoy the beautiful natural scenery that is characteristic of the region, and with thousands of customers expected to descend to the North for Marsden Jazz Festival, we always strive to make our customer’s journeys with Grand Central memorable.”
Barney Stevenson, Artistic Director at Marsden Jazz Festival, said: “We are delighted to receive support from Grand Central. Commercial sponsorship is vital to us in order to be able to host such a huge event. At the festival, thousands of visitors make a trip to Marsden by train to experience the unique atmosphere the festival brings and we are thrilled to get backing from a local train operator to help showcase a wide range of jazz musicians at the Grand Central Rail Marquee.”
Grand Central provides an easy and direct train service from London to Yorkshire, offering passengers the best possible customer service, recently topping the National Rail Passenger Survey, as well as comfortable seats with plenty of legroom, free Wi-Fi and extra luggage space.
Full details and tickets for Marsden Jazz Festival are available at marsdenjazzfestival.com
For more information contact Danielle Kaye or Eleanor Cropper at Grayling on 0113 273 9900 or email [email protected]
Grand Central Railway Company Limited operates West Riding services between Bradford Interchange, Low Moor, Halifax, Brighouse, Mirfield, Wakefield Kirkgate, Pontefract Monkhill, Doncaster and London Kings Cross
Grand Central has been ranked as Britain’s best value long distance train operator for the fifth year in a row in the Spring 17 National Rail Passenger Survey. Grand Central was also revealed as Britain’s highest-rated long distance operator in the 2017 Which? Magazine Train Satisfaction Survey with 72% passenger satisfaction score
For further information on Grand Central, and to buy tickets with no booking fee, visit www.grandcentralrail.com.
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Grolltex develops graphene-based sensor for Covid-19 detection
Grolltex has teamed up with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to develop a graphene-based virus testing platform to help combat COVID-19. The project involves using hand held reader units and disposable plastic testing chips designed for U.S. points of entry including hospitals and “point of care” locations.
Jeff Draa, co-founder and CEO of Grolltex said: “When we saw the COVID-19 virus detection work come out in the literature, showing sensitive and selective detection with a graphene sensor, we knew we had to jump on this project.”
Graphene sensors have been shown for several years to be capable of advanced detection and testing in fields such as genomics, small molecule-protein receptor interactions and advanced allergen sensing as well as virus detection.
“Productization and roll out of a sensor like this is right in our technology wheelhouse. We’re very thankful for the quick response of the folks at Sanford Burnham with their help on the science and testing. It would take many more months, maybe even years, without them,” Draa said.
The “graphene sensor chip on plastic” platform uses a very small biological sample and can perform up to 4 to 12 viral tests, all at one time. As a result, this information may indicate the presence of having a normal flu symptoms versus serious pathogens, including the novel coronavirus.
In addition, its technology comes with a number of control channels which eliminate time-consuming verification steps and helping to provide answers in minutes.
In terms of cost, using the Grolltex industrial-scale graphene manufacturing platform, sensing chips can be made for pennies and in arrays of about 10,000 per single square foot sheet, 100 sheets at a time, according to the company.
In particular, the sensor employs monolayer graphene, a single atom thick sheet material. On top of the graphene, the company places additional proprietary and patented nanotechnology, including a unique sensing capability made of “gold nano-islands.”
As of today, the small startup lacks the bandwidth to roll its virus detection platform out following the completion of the science. Draa said, what lies ahead for the startup is to find a local financial partner to help scale its testing platform.
“We currently have our hands full with several prototyping efforts in place in other areas, ranging from glucose detection in saliva to a wearable blood pressure monitor in a patch configuration. But when the Sanford Burnham folks volunteered the science help on this COVID virus detection platform, we knew we had to jump on it”, said Draa, “We’re still a small start-up so we’re looking for a financial or resource partner to help us get this up to volume and in the right hands. We know we’re in one of the best locations in the U.S. for an effort like this so once we make the partnering connections, the ramp will be fast.”
The company which spun out of UC San Diego has raised a total of $2.2 million from Tech Coast Angels, UC San Diego’s Triton Technology Fund, among other local investors.
Over the past three years, Grolltex primarily sold raw research materials to labs across the globe and eventually pivoted to servicing biosensors giants including a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company and another pharmaceutical organization based in Japan. Names were not disclosed.
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As a welcome move-in day gift for our resident of Irish descent, we arranged for a bagpiper to be here and entertain her and the rest of the community! It was very special! Peg, our new resident, was delighted and made her transition smooth.
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A woman who came to live with us earlier this summer was a nurse for many years, and she takes great pride in her profession. We learned how important this was to her identity from her partnership profile, conversations with family members and the photos...
A woman who came to live with us earlier this summer was a nurse for many years, and she takes great pride in her profession. We learned how important this was to her identity from her partnership profile, conversations with family members and the photos she displayed outside her apartment.
Her initial transition was difficult and our care team had been trying for weeks to coax her out of bed and out of her apartment. Her demeanor was sullen; her temperament was angry. Yet she began to notice the nurses’ name badges and connect with them over their shared profession. She was heartened by their interest in her career and shared knowledge. Then, we had the idea to ask our resident if she would like to be our Nursing Supervisor in the community and to give her a badge with her own name and title that she could wear every day. This offer and her acceptance was the start of a remarkably positive change in this resident.
She began to spend more time in the neighborhood outside of her apartment and participate in more community life enrichment. Her demeanor and temperament also improved over time. She engaged more with staff and other residents. And the nurses continue to talk with her as a peer to a peer, which reinforces her status and shows that we benefit from having her here as a resident. Her family is delighted with the turnaround and very complimentary on how this strategy has worked for their mom.
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A longtime resident, Beverly, had been a piano teacher for many years but due to her dementia, had not played for at least a decade, according to her family. Beverly had been living in our community for two years and although she had been invited...
A longtime resident, Beverly, had been a piano teacher for many years but due to her dementia, had not played for at least a decade, according to her family. Beverly had been living in our community for two years and although she had been invited to play the piano many times, she always declined. Beverly had been hard to engage, as her attention span was short, which is why playing the piano had become so challenging for her. One day, one of our Life Enrichment assistants, Wayne, asked Beverly if she wanted to play the piano. Beverly responded with her usually boisterous “no,” but Wayne kept asking, hoping she could eventually be redirected to play. After some time, Wayne finally got the idea to roll the piano over to where Beverly was seated and sat down beside her. He started tapping the keys and talking to Beverly about her years playing the piano. Within a few minutes, Beverly began tickling the ivories, slow and steady at first, but soon was playing a beautiful piece without prompting from Wayne. This was such a sentinel moment as the staff had always heard of Beverly’s talent on the piano but had never witnessed it in person. Since that day, Beverly has enjoyed sitting at the piano and playing alongside another resident, Polly, and the two have played to a large audience much to the joy of Beverly’s family!
A Musical Breakthrough
Marc was an entrepreneur and had his own Business Development Consulting business, where he would consult with small businesses to make them better. While living at Artis, Marc would “conduct meetings” and manage our work ethic and give us helpful tips and advice to make...
Marc was an entrepreneur and had his own Business Development Consulting business, where he would consult with small businesses to make them better. While living at Artis, Marc would “conduct meetings” and manage our work ethic and give us helpful tips and advice to make a better day.
One way we express Artis Senior Living's ideal that “everyone deserves to have a voice” is by holding monthly Town Meetings. At these events, residents can weigh in on policies, their preferences about daily life and even what restaurant to visit that month. At a...
One way we express Artis Senior Living's ideal that “everyone deserves to have a voice” is by holding monthly Town Meetings. At these events, residents can weigh in on policies, their preferences about daily life and even what restaurant to visit that month. At a recent Town Meeting, residents were asked about things they used to love to do but can no longer enjoy. The topic of missing going to farmers markets came up. So our creative Life Enrichment associates designed an authentic farmers market, complete with a wide selection of produce, fall decorations, delectable baked goods and baskets for each resident to shop.
Farmers Market Comes to Visit
Nancy was the executive director at a local senior community, so on her first day living with us, and still to this day, Nancy has been an Artis “employee.” She helps residents get where they need to be, and she helps our new residents...
Nancy was the executive director at a local senior community, so on her first day living with us, and still to this day, Nancy has been an Artis “employee.” She helps residents get where they need to be, and she helps our new residents become familiar with their new community.
Resident, Peter, moved to Artis at 101 years old and has since celebrated two birthdays with us. When we learned that he had been a POW and was a decorated WWII veteran, we contacted the local Veterans Affairs office to help us welcome and celebrate...
Resident, Peter, moved to Artis at 101 years old and has since celebrated two birthdays with us. When we learned that he had been a POW and was a decorated WWII veteran, we contacted the local Veterans Affairs office to help us welcome and celebrate Peter. We were prepared to honor him with some fanfare, but we could not have anticipated the response from local veterans who arrived en masse to the event. In addition to his entire extended family, there were three generals, 25 soldiers in fatigues, five local veterans, two selectmen, and two state representatives in attendance. It was particularly heartwarming to witness the respected tradition of the generals passing their commemorative coins on to Peter, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
Saluting a POW and World War II Vet
On the Longest Day of the year, June 21st, we hosted a fashion show to celebrate. Our residents, who are true fashionistas, walked the red carpet as they modeled beautiful clothing from Macy’s. The smiles on our residents’ faces were priceless, and the event was...
On the Longest Day of the year, June 21st, we hosted a fashion show to celebrate. Our residents, who are true fashionistas, walked the red carpet as they modeled beautiful clothing from Macy’s. The smiles on our residents’ faces were priceless, and the event was outstanding! Our residents live with dementia and fight every day with dignity and class. We were so grateful to Macy’s for partnering with us and making the day extra special.
One resident had aphasia and had pretty much lost his ability to speak. It’s very frustrating for him, but he wanted help in celebrating his wedding anniversary. On the anniversary date, when his wife came to visit, residents and staff were all gathered around the...
One resident had aphasia and had pretty much lost his ability to speak. It’s very frustrating for him, but he wanted help in celebrating his wedding anniversary. On the anniversary date, when his wife came to visit, residents and staff were all gathered around the room, carrying a banner the residents had made—with our resident in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers and a card for his wife. We even helped him sign his name on the card—something he hadn’t been able to do in years!
One year during a snowstorm, the residents wanted to have a snow ball fight—so we brought in bowls of snow for them and they did indeed throw snowballs at one another.
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Super Smash Bros eSports Committee Row Over All Male Panel
Professional Super Smash Bros: Melee player Adam “Armada” Lindgren has stepped down from the game’s rules committee, to open it up for more female representation.
On the 6th September, the community platform Melee It On Me, who spearhead the committee announced the 25 panellists who will vote on all future amendments to the official Super Smash Bros rules are all men. The five-member leadership panel who selected the 25 panellist are all men as well.
Matthew Zaborowski who serves as one of the 5 leader panellists tweeted that two women were “solid picks and were to be included, but we were informed they didn’t want to be on the panel.” Emily Sun who is one of the founders of Smash Sisters, stated that she was one of those two women however she initially declined the offer. She tweeted “if no one else is interested, I’d like to be on the panel.”
A day after the panel lineup was announced. Lindgren responded by tweeting “I would give up my spot if it means a girl gets a chance.” On the 9th September he stepped down from the committee stating in a video stream that:
“When I saw the tweet, and the tweet was like 20 hours old, and no one really had stepped up, I was thinking: what if I just leave my spot and open up the possibility for a girl?… It’s good for our community as well, if girls feel more welcome. A lot of them probably have knowledge that some of the competitors or TOs or commentators don’t have.”
On the 10th September Emily Sun then wrote a post which elaborates on the benefits of gender diversity on the Super Smash Bros: Melee rules panel stating that panellists who would vote on the amendments about “code of conduct guidelines – how we operate as a community and our interpersonal relationships have all proven to be super important.” She then listed several other women who would be perfect to take Lindgren’s place.
She also wrote that she had not intended to decline the offer of being on the panel stating “I didn’t know I was being asked. I had a casual conversation about it where I mentioned I was busy.”
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Tuesday's icy roads lead to rash of collisions in Guelph
One involved a Guelph Transit bus
Jan 13, 2021 1:11 PM By: GuelphToday Staff
Tuesday’s icy road conditions kept Guelph Police officers busy, with 10 collisions reported. Only one minor injury was reported.
In the most serious of the collisions, officers responded to a head-on collision on Cassino Avenue near Victoria Road North at 2:50 p.m. Investigation revealed one driver had lost control on the icy road, crossing the centre line and colliding with an oncoming vehicle.
An adult female driver of one of the vehicles sustained a minor head injury and was treated by paramedics at the scene. No charges were laid.
In another collision, reported at 5:22 p.m., a Guelph Transit bus collided with two stopped vehicles near the intersection of Ironwood Road and Steffler Drive. There were no injuries reported and no charges laid given the road conditions.
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Jan Olieslagers, a.k.a. "The Antwerp Devil" ('De Antwerpse Duivel' in Dutch), transporting his Blériot airplane through the streets of Ostend, a Belgian beach resort, during an Aviation Week in the early 1900's.
Jan Olieslagers in the cockpit.
Jan Olieslagers posing in front of his airplane.
Jan Olieslagers posing once more in front of his airplane.
Anthony Fokker. This picture was possibly taken during the 1911 Queen's Day festivities in Haarlem, Netherlands. During these festivities he flew several times round the Haarlem St. Bavo Church with his legendary "Spin" (Spider).
A postcard from the early 30's with Fokker F12 "Valk" ('Falcon') on the airfield of Knokke-Zoute, Belgium.
Fokker F22 PH-ABA "Lapland" ('Lapponia'). This aircraft, constructed in 1935, was frequently used on the Amsterdam - Stockholm line.
Henri van Wijnmalen and his wife.
Soesterberg airfield, Pentecost 1911: What was left of Van Wijnmalen's plane after the wind took it up and smashed it down again.
The monument that has been placed on Clement van Maasdijk's grave. He was the first Dutch victim of amateur aviation.
The Belgian pioneer F. Verschaeve a.k.a. "The Devil of Liège" ('Le Diable Liègeois' in French) on a postcard, published in 1910.
Due to the weather, Verschaeve was one the very few who was able to make some nice demonstration flights during the Rotterdam Aviation Week in 1911.
Dutch pioneer Lütge during an emergency landing near The Hague.
Frits Koolhoven and his wife ready for take off. His wife was revered (decorated?) after this successful flight.
Dutch pioneer Jan Hilgers, posing in front of his airplane that he constucted himself.
A photo collage, also depicting Hilgers (I). Furthermore we see Verschaeve, Tyck and Koolhoven (II), Mr. and Mrs. van Wijnmalen (IV). Most prominently present in this collage, however, is mysterious Miss L. Engelkens. It is known that she was a pupil of Hilgers, but nobody actually knows whether she got her flying-certificate or not (III).
Adriaan Mulder was the first Dutchman to receive his flying-certificate (early 1911).
Jan van Bussel, a German of origin whose real name was Josef Maurer, on a postcard that was handed out by the Rotterdam Aviation Society Inc.
Marinus van Meel, builder of the famous airplane that he called "Brik" ('Brig' or 'Break').
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"Let’s Fight Buhari Together" – Reno Omokri Tells Northerners After Borno Massacre
Social critic and author, Reno Omokri, has said that the southerners are ready to join the north in the fight against the bad governance of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd).
Omokri made this known on Sunday while reacting to the slaughtering of at least 43 farmers and fishermen by suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed in the northern state of Borno on Saturday.
His reaction comes as further reports revealed that at least 110 villagers were killed during the attack by the insurgents on a village in the region.
In a series of tweets, Omokri, an ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, suggests that nothing will change in the north as long as they continue to tolerate Buhari’s bad governance.
He also condemned the president for not making a live broadcast on the killings, labeling the tweets by his spokesman as empty.
Omokri went further to express surprise that nobody has been sacked in the country’s armed forces adding that Borno people lost their lives because they voted for Buhari.
“As long as the North continues to tolerate General @MBuhari’s bad governance, nothing will change. Southerners can’t fight this battle for them. We can only join them. And we are ready to join them if they start. #EndSARS shook Buhari. #ZabarmariMassacre should also shake him!
“110 farmers slaughtered like chicken and @MBuhari says NOTHING. Just empty tweets and statements by his spokesman. No national broadcast. No heads rolling in the armed forces. And Borno gave him 92% of their votes. Alas! Their votes cost them their lives!”
olowoinlionsden at 30-11-2020 09:37 AM (1 month ago)
Hmmmm, just as you joined hands with Northeners when Chibok girls were abducted, while your Principal was snoring. Stop making politics with every available situation. Perhaps if our Security Apparatic had all been Inclusive, we might not all be thinking in the same direction.
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UK CPAP device production to increase as a result of COVID-19, says GlobalData
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The UK’s continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device market is set to reach $45.5m by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3%, prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Aliyah Farouk, Medical Device Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the use of CPAP machines as life support devices for coronavirus patients needing intensive care has been trialled in countries such as Italy and China. The UK followed course with Mercedes F1 and mechanical engineers at University College London, as well as clinicians at University College London Hospital (UCLH), collaborating to produce these re-engineered machines as a less invasive alternative to ventilators.”
Previous NHS recommendations advised against the use of CPAP for COVID-19 patients. However, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has given its approval for the device’s use as approximately one hundred of the machines have been rolled out for clinical trials at UCLH, and many more have been planned to be distributed across the country.
Farouk continues: “The CPAP machines market is currently driven by an aging population and increasing prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases/obstructive sleep apnea. However, the use of the machines for coronavirus patients will result in increased production creating a shift in market outlook in the coming months.
“The non-invasive nature of CPAP machines is advantageous for patients as the intubation and sedation required for ventilation can be avoided. Additionally the cost effectiveness of the device allows mass production, therefore addressing the limited supply of ventilators faced by many countries who are combating the COVID-19 outbreak.”
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Immigration Detention in the European Union
By Global Detention Project on 30 August 2020
This book offers a unique comparative assessment of the evolution of immigration detention systems in European Union member states since the onset of the “refugee crisis.” By applying an analytical framework premised on international human rights law in assessing domestic detention regimes, the book reveals the extent to which EU legislation has led to the adoption of laws and practices that may disregard fundamental rights and standards. […]
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Poland Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Poland, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Poland Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Poland: Country Page Poland: COVID-19 Updates Report: Immigration Detention in Poland: Systematic Family Detention and Lack of Individualised Assessment […]
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This past summer, people across the globe watched in outrage as children were forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and placed in hastily set up camps and cages. Overlooked in much of the criticism, however, was the fact that children are locked behind bars for immigration-related reasons in dozens of other counties across the globe, all of whom—with the notable exception of the United States—have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. […]
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Poland has experienced a sharp drop in the numbers of people applying for asylum since 2017. Yet, anti-immigrant rhetoric dominates public discourse, foreigners are viewed as security threats, and pushbacks are common along the border with Belarus. While material conditions in detention centres appear to meet basic standards, Poland rarely considers “alternatives to detention,” systematically […]
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Although Poland has not faced the same refugee challenges impacting neighbouring countries, it has adopted similar responses. It accepts only a small number of asylum seekers, opposes EU relocation quotas, and has boosted its detention efforts. It recently amended its legal framework, including the adoption of alternatives to detention and restrictions on child detention. It […]
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Immigration Detention in Austria: Where the Refugee “Crisis” Never Ends
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Immigration Detention in Portugal: Resettling Refugees, Detaining Asylum Seekers
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Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW): Honduras
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The Ongoing Business of Strengthening the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Human Rights Day 2020: Respecting the Human Rights of All People, Regardless of Their Immigration Status
International Migrants Day: Global Celebration of Our Rights and Our Struggle for Justice
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Yoshiyasu Tamura x McQ by Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2014 "Manga" Collection
2014-07-29 06:43 Words By Brian Farmer
For its Fall/Winter 2014 collection, McQ by Alexander McQueen has collaborated with Japanese artist Yoshiyasu Tamura on extracts from a fictional manga comic book series. Inspired by Japanese youth culture, the prints revisit Spring/Summer 2014's Angry Bunny, reimagining him as a samurai fighting on the streets of Tokyo. Dynamic, loud and modern, the designs appear both as patchwork and as an allover print, referencing both the DIY feel and the spirit of youthful rebellion. The Fall/Winter 2014 "Manga" collection will be available at select stockists beginning next season.
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Subject: Re: Yooka-Laylee / Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair Mon 4 May 2015 - 8:38
A lot has been said to what I was going to say to you Jas to
It's easy to say that but I'd rather have a game that was engaging to play with clever/new ideas than have them cherry pick ones from a 17 year old game, as I said I think there's an element of being blinded by nostalgia at play here be it for ex Rare staff or wanting an older style 3d platformer.
People want this sort of platformer doesn't matter it might feel like a 17 year old game, Shovel Knight looks like it's 25+ years old and plays like one but with new elements as long as it's fundamentally a good game which Banjo was. It's been for big kickstarters all have that nostalgia factor.
I know they want to make the collectables meaningful as certain ones will unlock certain ability's to access new areas for instance.
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I am pretty confidant that this game will be good, however, this isn't a nostalgia I am looking for and platformers in general don't appeal much. I hope it succeeds, but I doubt I will try it until it is cheaper, much later on.
If they do it right, Nintendo should hire them to remake/reimagine their old platformers from the N64.
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Subject: Re: Yooka-Laylee / Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair Mon 4 May 2015 - 12:34
Jay wrote:
I'm surprised at you taking issue with nostalgia fuelling a game's development - Shovel Knight is quite plainly inspired by Mega Man and Castlevania, much like this is inspired by Banjo Kazooie. Granted, Shovel Knight was engaging to play, but I'm confident that PlayTonic will make Yooka-Laylee similarly engaging. I wouldn't have backed them otherwise. PlayTonic are flat-out stating that this is a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie - elements from that game are going to be present, but I would be astonished if they didn't update the game for a modern audience. They know what they're doing.
Like I said I hope turns out to be good just sharing my fears and with SK it done a lot of new things for me and only ended up looking like a NES game but played very differently.
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Yeah, I see where you're coming from, but it would have been very easy to have similar fears looking at Shovel Knight in development, yet we all know that was a fantastic game in the end. I'm confident this will prove to be a fantastic game as well.
Balladeer
The Next Aonuma
Location : Admintown
The_Jaster, in the Shovel Knight thread, long before the game was released wrote:
Takes me back to the good old days.
No consistency.
Also what did SK do new, I only played like 4 levels then lost my save but seemed to me just a really polished NES game with bits from lots of games put together in a nostalgia filled game.
Nobody expected anything revolutionary from SK, much like most won't expect the same from Yooka-Laylee. Both are love letters to a certain age of gaming, but the question at hand here is whether or not these games are simply empty nostalgia trips. And that's not the case at all. It wasn't just a nostalgia-fuelled trip, but one of the most tightly designed platformers I've had the privilege of playing. The level design was on point, the art style was colourful and replete with a great cast of characters, the music (THE MUSIC) was so damn good, and it was just simply a blast to play. It took the template from Mega Man and classic Castlevania and refreshed it for a modern audience, making it faster paced and tightening the level design to perfection. I expect much the same from Yooka-Laylee.
Hence the highly polished NES game from me and I reckon Yooka-Layee will be a highly polished N64 game.
But what's wrong with that, I'm happy with that as we all know the N64 is great.
You've missed the point I'm making - it's not just a NES game. Yes, it uses an NES style aesthetic, but mechanically it's so much more than that. It's a modern 2D platformer wearing a NES skin.
See from what I played it only remind me of Mega Man 2 along with other games & how it plays not how something like Rayman Legends plays.
Also I don't want Yooka-Laylee to play like can't think of a 3D platformer that's modern that I've played of the top of my head, I want it to play like SM64, Banjo etc.
@JayMoyles wrote:
Like I said (again) I hope so too but I just can't share the same excitement for it that everyone else seems to have because I have to see more of it before I fully make up my mind, my excitement levels didn't go through the roof for SK either until I seen a good chunk of it.
I doubt this is the case but it feels like I'm trying to pushed into being excited for it just because the majority on here are, I have my eye on it otherwise I wouldn't be in this thread very much but excited? Not yet.
@masofdas wrote:
I think Jay has covered this pretty well but I will add that they flipped a lot of the classic world themes (lava/snow etc) on it's head with really clever/new ideas which is what I want Yooka-Laylee to do as well.
(side note: I don't just mean the world themes btw I'd like to see some genuine new ideas that haven't been seen before in a 3d platformer)
balla wrote:
No consistency
Jaster from the SK thread, what I actually said in the proper context wrote:
I'm with zero on this one, tbh apart from a handful of retail games here & there I'm honestly more excited for the e shop games (Same goes for ps3/psn stuff too) as I'm currently preferring the quick & fun experience.
Takes me back to the good old days. :Smile:
This is wasn't even about SK it was about downloadable games in general in how most are short/fun & that they remind me of how it was back on the NES/SNES etc.
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But NEW ideas doesn't mean the game will be good/better which brings me back to if it ain't broke.
And I've backed £55 (+ £10 postage) for a game to be like Banjo and that's why I given them my money.
You've given Zero money towards it, because you don't want a nostalgia filled game but I do.
If they came out with some stupid new ideas I wouldn't be backing.
What's stopping you from going and playing Banjo & Kazooie if you want the exact same experience then? Seems like you could have saved yourself some money by doing that.
Also just because I haven't backed it doesn't mean I'm not entitled to an opinion on the game.
Not really a N64 and Banjo is about the same price but I want a new platformer in that vain. That's like saying why play any Nintendo game when they've just made the same thing for 25 years (which they don't).
Like how people wanted a point & click adventure in the vain of day of the tentacle and they got it with broken age. Broken Age from what I played does nothing new in terms on how the game plays but new story etc.
Yooka-Laylee can do a similar thing and build on what was there like other sequels do.
I'm not saying your not entitled to a opinion but I reckon a vast majority think like me on what the game should be like and what we want and why we backed it. Just looking on here that seems to be the case for Me, Balla, Zero and Jimbob (I don't if he's backed) that we want this style of game.
Location : Milton Keynes
I've not backed it because I'm a lazy sod and it's already way above any goal targets. If it was a close run thing I'd think about it. But I'm definitely getting it. Unless it turns out to be shit. Which I don't think it will be.
I accept I'm reading between the lines a little here (and probably if I read someone else writing what I'm about to, I'd think "dickhead") but I suspect Rare got wind of this, hence the half-hearted Conkey/Banjo/Battletoads push in the last couple of months, and also the very recent announcement that Rare's about to make the most fun thing in the whole universe; attempts to curry favour with them. Having said that, I guess if they were really worried they could just have had the original team make a game in that vein. So I'm probably talking out of my arse.
Subject: Re: Yooka-Laylee / Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair Tue 5 May 2015 - 10:28
Mas wrote:
I may have assumed that you still owned it. (silly me)
Also it isn't like saying that at all, you said yourself that you wanted a game like Banjo and I merely asked why not go and play that specific game? (Which you've answered) The reason what I said isn't the same as your example above is Nintendo always innovate their games with fresh/clever ideas especially so with their long standing IPs and this is all I want to see in Yooka-Laylee, if they do this it doesn't automatically compromise or stop the game from having a B&K feel. (Like how Mario will always feel like Mario no matter what type of platformer he's in)
You have said "if it ain't broke" a few times but I'm not saying anything has to be fixed but rather add to it so it's the best it can be.
It is as I was using it how the trolls of the internet use Nintendo, as why play Mario 3D World as it's the same as Mario 30 years okay. Which we know isn't true.
And I agree take the bases of B&K and build on it but that doesn't always mean it's going to be better, Sunshine is a good game but it's not better the Super Mario 64 for instance and what is balla always asking for Super Mario 64-2.
I didn't feel that the omitted bit in that quote added anything, Jas, but fair enough if I misunderstood your original comment.
I just think that they're both coming from the same "retro revival" place, both presumably going to add things to the genre (like an orchestral soundtrack!!!! And I assume other stuff), and yet you seemed much more keen on SK at the time, is all.
But I seem to be repeating people, so here is Captain Falcon instead.
I honestly don't get what point you were trying to make with that statement then as nothing I said resembled that anti-Nintendo sentiment.
@Balladeer wrote:
No problem, I am OK with them coming from the same "retro revival" place as it shows they are proud of their roots I just hope they don't stick to those roots too closely.
(That emote is a good way end a sentence. )
It did to me and how I read you telling me to play Banjo.
I think were going to have to agree or disagree as I think we want slightly different things and what I've read and seen is what I want and why I've backed it and at the moment isn't what you want hence why you've not backed.
As I don't mind sequels but that still add eg Yoshi in SMG2 to innovated in someway but I don't want them to go to far from what is essentially Banjo 3 or you end up with the real Banjo 3 which is Nuts & Bolts.
Then you completely missed my point and opinion of Yooka-Laylee. (so far)
what I've read and seen is what I want and why I've backed it and at the moment isn't what you want hence why you've not backed.
That's also not why I didn't back it, I'm personally just not a fan of the whole kickstarter thing.
I'm only reading what you put, if I interrupted it different to how you feel then sorry.
I like Kickstarter as it get games like a Yooka-Laylee made that publishers wouldn't touch and without it would you got to play Shovel Knight.
But I've said what I want and that's basically make Banjo 3 if they want to add new stuff that builds on that core game that possibly improves it. I'm all for that but I don't want them to go mad and make a Nuts & Bolts and ad lot's of crazy new things that doesn't make it the game I've backed or want.
Nobody here even suggested they were going to do that - I've no idea where you pulled that Nuts and Bolts comparison from. You've seen the Kickstarter trailer, so there's no point in even suggesting that they're going to deviate heavily from their collect-a-thon platforming roots.
I used it as example of bad new things and how not everything new is good or better.
I think the new thing is that the collectables matter from what we seen and how collecting certain ones unlock new ability's .
Crumpy Andy
Rotating Platform
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Alexandra replied to the topic Grammys Delayed? in the forum Music 1 week, 2 days ago
Hope the winners leak
Alexandra replied to the topic The Taylor Swift Thread (Part 9) in the forum Music 1 week, 3 days ago
Voting is over. It won’t make a difference.
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SOTY is the most likely in GF for an upset and I hope it happens for the sake of something interesting award night.
I always thought this about Cardigan but others will disagree with me. It’s possible it wasn’t a ROTY type of song.
Grammys voters don’t care about external factors. If they so much don’t want Taylor to become a 3 time AOTY winner, why clear the path for her so blatantly? Why not nominate someone who could beat her? Anyone can see that BLM had no signifiant effect on the General Field nominations.
Who are the country voters going to vote for then?? Tay…[Read more]
Alexandra replied to the topic The Taylor Swift Thread (Part 9) in the forum Music 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Imagine if August was the lead and submitted for SOTY or even Exile then I think her chances would have been higher.
I really think Taylor can win SOTY if the voters are very passionate about her this year. It’s become very evident that she is an excellent songwriter with Folklore & Evermore. That alone could get her the win. If there’s an upset in the GF, I think it will be that. Nobody knows how far the hype will take her. I’m 50/50 at this point between that…[Read more]
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Taylor had commercial success with reputation and Lover but was still blocked. This is why I think the most important factor for a possible 3rd AOTY win for Adele will be the quality / acclaim and narrative in comparison to her previous albums. Two things that Taylor achieved with Folklore. She is the Adele but she is not immune to being blocked…[Read more]
Adele will need to be absolutely undeniable to get into AOTY again. She is the definition of a true Grammy darling. The only way she would lose AOTY if is someone else had a much stronger narrative to win.
Adele needs to have high critical acclaim (something 21 and 25 didn’t have) and a very strong narrative to be nominated in AOTY again. I d…[Read more]
Alexandra replied to the topic folklore vs evermore in the forum Music 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Folklore or 1989 as Taylor’s magnum opus??
Honestly, Taylor knows the business inside and out at this point in her career. She knows the game and how to play it. Like I said previously, it’s not insane to think that Folklore was made to win Grammys. It’s just so baity. She knew that it had to be something not only undeniably good but also different from her previous efforts. She pulled it…[Read more]
Evermore (song) is now my top 3. On initial listen, I didn’t like Bon Ivers voice but I love it now!! The back and forth is my favorite part. It’s just stunning. The whole song is.
Folklore is more “baity” and accessible for critics. It’s the “better pick” in terms of Grammys and other award shows. It’s a lot more cohesive and “put together”. Everything just flows.
Evermore, to me at least, is something she made primarily for her fans. It’s definitely not as cohesive, more upbeat, radio friendly, and “raw”.
Alexandra replied to the topic 2021 Grammy Predictions: Album of the Year (Part 17) in the forum Music 2 weeks, 6 days ago
I don’t think the label your on has any signifiant impact on winning Grammys.
I also believe that what will push Taylor to an AOTY win is the narrative. It’s the quarantine album that actually encapsulates 2020. That’s probably the main reason why I think TS will win. Not even the fact she’s TS even though I’m sure that her name helps.
I don’t think there’s a lot of factors working against her tbh. She has hype, accla…[Read more]
Alexandra replied to the topic The Taylor Swift Thread (Part 8) in the forum Music 3 weeks ago
I like repuation but it’s always the album a lot of Swifties put at the bottom. End game, I did something bad, don’t blame, Dancing with our hands tied, so it goes (my stripper song haha) In all seriousness I prefer it over Lover. I do agree that if it wasn’t for all the 2016 drama we would have got something completely different.
Taylor could win SOTY. It really comes down to how much voters are feeling Folklore. If they are really loving her this year, she can win. It’s hard to tell how much the hype will take her.
Alexandra replied to the topic The Taylor Swift Thread (Part 8) in the forum Music 3 weeks, 3 days ago
If Taylor wins AOTY (which seems petty likely). I think she should take a break being that she released her last 3 albums pretty close to each other.
Taylor has always been an albums artist.
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Everyone in Ballyfran has a secret, and that is what binds them together…
Fifteen-year-old twins Madeline and Catlin move to a new life in Ballyfran, a strange isolated town, a place where, for the last sixty years, teenage girls have gone missing in the surrounding mountains.
As distance grows between the twins - as Catlin falls in love, and Madeline begins to understand he Everyone in Ballyfran has a secret, and that is what binds them together…
As distance grows between the twins - as Catlin falls in love, and Madeline begins to understand her own nascent witchcraft - Madeline discovers that Ballyfrann is a place full of predators. Not only foxes, owls and crows, but also supernatural beings who for many generations have congregated here to escape persecution. When Catlin falls into the gravest danger of all, Madeline must ask herself who she really is, and who she wants to be - or rather, who she might have to become to save her sister.
Dark and otherworldly, this is an enthralling story about the bond between sisters and the sacrifices we make for those we care about the most. For fans of Frances Hardinge and Laure Eve. ...more
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May 31, 2019 Whispering Stories rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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Madeline and Catlin are teenage twins and have just moved across the country to a place called Ballyfrann, Ireland, to live with their mum and her new husband Brian who just happens to live in a castle. His ‘aunt’, Mamo, also lives in the castle in her own section. She is a strange lady who has visitors coming and going all day long and is at one with nature and uses herbs for ailments. You are never quite sure if she is just eccentric of there Book Reviewed by Stacey on www.whisperingstories.com
Madeline and Catlin are teenage twins and have just moved across the country to a place called Ballyfrann, Ireland, to live with their mum and her new husband Brian who just happens to live in a castle. His ‘aunt’, Mamo, also lives in the castle in her own section. She is a strange lady who has visitors coming and going all day long and is at one with nature and uses herbs for ailments. You are never quite sure if she is just eccentric of there is something more sinister about her.
Ballyfrann is a town surrounded by mountains where over the last sixty years teenage girls have gone missing. There is something in the air in this mysterious little village where everyone knows everyone and everyone seems to be keeping secrets.
Told from Madeline’s POV we witness this young girl trying to come to terms with who she really is. Not only as she seems to possess some kind of inner magic which she feels like an itch inside of her, but also sexually as she is trying to understand her attraction to females.
Catlin was a very self-centred young girl. She definitely had a ‘me, me, me’ attitude, even her own mother says she behaves like a princess – a needy one at that! She is determined to find herself a boy in Ballyfrann and it’s not long before older Lon takes a fancy to her and the two have this lust for one another.
Whilst I expected the book to have a more supernatural element to it, I did enjoy the plot and how it mainly revolved around these two girls. It felt a little like a book about teenage self-discovery with some raw earthly magic thrown in. Don’t get me wrong, the book does get darker and more sinister the further you read but I still wanted a little more.
Overall it really is a spellbinding book. You’re never quite sure what is going to happen next. Ballyfrann comes across as a town with a hidden identity, one that Madeline is trying to solve. The pace is quite slow, but it works for this book. On a side note, I also want to add that I love the chapter titles too, they fit the story perfectly.
Jul 26, 2020 Krystal rated it it was ok · review of another edition
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I honestly have no fking clue what the hell just happened.
Alright, look.
I wasn't really sure what this book was about, going into it, and I'm not entirely sure I know much better on the other side of it.
Here's what the blurb says: Sixteen-year-old sisters Maddy and Catlin have just moved to the isolated Irish town of Ballyfrann. Normally close, they find their paths diverging, as Catlin falls in love and Maddy falls ... into powers?
My run down would be similar, but I would expand on Maddy's powe I honestly have no fking clue what the hell just happened.
My run down would be similar, but I would expand on Maddy's powers being rather witchy (the fact that every chapter is a plant/herb/flower and its medicinal use is a bit of a hint) and also isolated Ballyfrann being a fkn WEIRD place.
To be perfectly honest, I was pretty bored for the first 200-odd pages, and did a fair bit of skimming. There's a lot of info about how close the sisters (twins, btw) are and how they're having a hard time fitting in, although Maddy is the weird one and Catlin is the popular one. There's a lot of random boring school stuff (which actually doesn't seem to involve any kind of classes), and the older boy that Catlin is interested in hangs out at the school so much that I was trying to figure out if I'd accidentally skipped over the explanation of why this older kid is still a student there (he's not, he's just a creeper who hangs out at the school). There are conversations between the kids that I really didn't care about, and the relationships are so watery and pale and lifeless that I just didn't care anything about them.
As for the characters, I just couldn't really get a read on any of them, except for Lon who was just a creep from the beginning. Did not like him a single bit. Maddy is quirky but she spends so much time focusing on boring things that reading from her POV is super dull. Catlin is the typical 'popular sister' who cares more about boys than her sister even though she professes this to be false. Oona was ehhhh and aside from being French didn't really have much of a personality at all, and Mamo is clearly batsh*t insane and could have been a lot of fun but was basically wasted on Maddy's ramblings. I don't think any of them were really described particularly well, so I never got a feel for who they were or what was driving them. It was a bit disappointing because I feel like there was a lot of potential that was wasted.
So here's me reading this totally boring tween story about fitting in and then there's suddenly random dead animals? Just lying on the side of the road? With no explanation? This is not a spoiler, this happens like on Day 1, and it's just so chill that it's a non-event? That confused me so much.
Here's the deal - most of this book is entirely dull and lifeless but then you get all these random super dark moments and it's like you're reading an entirely different story. I freaking LOVED the dark stuff but it was so jarring and awkward!
There was just so much wasted potential with this story, and the way it ended it felt like it'd just been setting the whole scene for an epic series of witchy adventures but ... it's a standalone? If I'm wrong about that someone please correct me, because the only way this book makes sense is if it's setting up for a series. On it's own its just ... a mess.
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-Turns out the whole town is full of 'weird' people. Eg. The Collinses are shape-shifters. Why make a town full of strange creatures and then not use any of them?! What a waste!
-Mamo turned out to be kind of a villain at the end? Yet the whole way through, Maddy constantly turns to her for help/advice. The relationship between the two is just super confusing.
-The whole deal with their mum and dad. The whole, secret witchy past. Why not give us the details? This is one of the things that had me mystified about it being a standalone. So many unanswered questions! And what the heck did that ending even mean?!
-What Lon did to Catlin was PROPER PSYCHO. Yet I am confused. We never really find out what he was, why he did what he did, what the deal was with the other girls, and exactly why he was able to get away with everything for so long? YOU HAVE SHAPESHIFTERS IN YOUR TOWN. Surely there should be someone who could hunt this mofo down??
-Catlin's praying and Mary obsession? I am confused. What was the point?
-The entire castle has lots of secret passageways etc but, again, we never get to explore them. What's the point??
-Goddamn when Maddy grabbed that kitten, I was bloody nearly having kittens myself! Finally some super dark, macabre action! But jeezuz that was a dark moment. I did not see it coming at all! That single moment scored the bonus star for this book.
-How long was that ending? It was drawn out for so many extra, pointless chapters. EUGH, the POINTLESSNESS of it all.
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Everything about the way this ended had me convinced it was setting up for a series. I didn't even like this book all that much and I want a sequel. Without a sequel, this whole thing was just pointless.
So in summary it was kinda boring and pointless but it did have some super dark and bizarre moments that kept me entertained, even if I was scratching my head a lot by the end of it. If there's no sequel to this mess, however, it was basically just 352 pages of wasted potential.
If I am wrong, though, and there is a sequel, I WANT IT. ...more
Jun 07, 2019 Megan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
DEIRDRE SULLIVAN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE AND MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS.
This book was phenomenal and atmospheric and I have many thoughts I will add later.
Nov 09, 2019 Patricia rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This was the perfect Halloween book the plot was thrilling and captivating. It’s one of those stories one should read without knowing much about.
But apart from all the things I really enjoyed about this book there are two things that I didn’t like, and the main thing is the title of the book. I don’t want to give anything away, but it just makes no sense, I don’t even know how this title has anything to do with the story. And the other thing is the ending, there are so many open questions and l This was the perfect Halloween book the plot was thrilling and captivating. It’s one of those stories one should read without knowing much about.
But apart from all the things I really enjoyed about this book there are two things that I didn’t like, and the main thing is the title of the book. I don’t want to give anything away, but it just makes no sense, I don’t even know how this title has anything to do with the story. And the other thing is the ending, there are so many open questions and loose ends for me. It feels a bit unfinished, but I know that it must be tricky to wrap this story up. ...more
Jun 23, 2020 Samuel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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Set in Ireland, this present-day folk story tells the tale of twin sisters Madeline and Catlin who, with their mother, move in with the mother’s new husband Bryan. Bryan just so happens to live in a castle. Also living on the castle grounds is Bryan’s great aunt Mamo, a bad-tempered ‘wise woman’ who’s perfected the art of glaring and who people come to see for all manner of ailments. The twins decide that she must be a witch, of course. The castle is near the strange little town of Ballyfrann, w Set in Ireland, this present-day folk story tells the tale of twin sisters Madeline and Catlin who, with their mother, move in with the mother’s new husband Bryan. Bryan just so happens to live in a castle. Also living on the castle grounds is Bryan’s great aunt Mamo, a bad-tempered ‘wise woman’ who’s perfected the art of glaring and who people come to see for all manner of ailments. The twins decide that she must be a witch, of course. The castle is near the strange little town of Ballyfrann, where everyone is friendly but also seems to be hiding something. Not really helping the town’s public image is the fact that for generations teenage girls have gone missing in the surrounding mountains. Gruesomely, only their body parts are ever found. Against this sinister background, Madeline and Catlin have a hard time adjusting to life at their new school. Catlin finds escape by falling head over heels for the local bad boy and Madeline discovers that she may have hidden magical talents. (A gift that the ‘creepy’ Mamo wants to develop.) As Catlin grows more and more infatuated with her Bellyfran boyfriend, Madeline has the increasingly uneasy feeling that something is very wrong.
What I liked a lot:
1) Beautifully written in eerie, atmospheric prose. Sullivan zooms in on strange and interesting little details that made this world feel so real and authentic (if not creepy). She also uses a lot of short sentences that added extra tension and impact to the narrative.
2) I listened to the audio version of this book and it almost felt like it was written to be read out loud. This was probably also thanks to the Irish narrator, who did a great job bringing this story and its characters to life.
3) Despite some of the gruesome themes in this book, there’s also a lot of punning wit from the sisters and other humour to enjoy.
4) The depiction of the sisters’ relationship felt very believable to me. There was real warmth to their interaction and it was nice to have two sisters that actually liked each other for a change. The teasing back-and-forths between them were charming and very amusing at times.
5) All the characters in this book were compelling, even those that featured only briefly.
6) Sullivan really takes time to explore this world, in all its weirdness, and builds up the suspense nicely.
7) The magic system was refreshing for a YA novel. Magic is not something to be taken lightly; it can come at a heavy cost.
8) There is an LGBT element in this book that was skilfully told and felt very natural to the character’s journey.
What I liked less:
1) The story was perhaps a bit predictable in places.
2) There’s a particular scene of animal abuse that I found almost too disturbing to listen to and I almost switched the recording off. Perhaps I’m just too sensitive to animal cruelty, but I wonder if that scene really needed to be so detailed (especially considering this is a YA novel).
3) Mamo (the ‘witch’) was a wonderful character and I would’ve liked to have learned more about her.
4) Much of this book is build-up. No major biggy because the book held my attention so well. The climax did seem a bit sudden though and felt rather quickly resolved.
On the whole, I enjoyed this book immensely and I would recommend it to anyone who loves dark, atmospheric stories with paranormal elements. 4.5 stars rounding up. ...more
May 19, 2019 Hâf rated it it was ok · review of another edition
*TRIGGER WARNING for disturbing animal abuse scenes and graphic violence*
A word to describe this novel is anticlimactic. It had such potential to be an amazing witchy novel full of mystery and intrigue, with a stunning cover but it didn't deliver.
The story was incredibly vague, the writing is described as lyrical but to me, it was a book full of very short sentences that either made no sense or repeated everything.
The characters were boring. Catlin was a domineering and selfish sister, Madeline *TRIGGER WARNING for disturbing animal abuse scenes and graphic violence*
The characters were boring. Catlin was a domineering and selfish sister, Madeline who was internally discovering herself as LGBTQ+ had very little personality, she only ever thought of Catlin. Madeline's self discovery was possibly the only redeeming quality about this book, Mamo was an interesting character and I wish we'd had more of an opportunity to learn about her and her witchcraft.
Members of the community were explained as having some sort of powers but we don't learn anything more about them, it was just so vague it was frustrating.
The supposed murder mystery was predictable. The only action in this novel happened in the last 50 pages or so and to be honest it was disturbing. There was a horrendous animal abuse scene and then a very graphic description of the abuse that had been inflicted on one of the characters. I saw no warning about these scenes and I found them a bit unnerving. To consider that 300 pages of this novel was boring and uneventful, coming across these scenes was very unexpected. I'm not a squeamish person, but I wasn't prepared for the gruesome details. ...more
Feb 07, 2020 Renee Godding rated it liked it · review of another edition
Perfectly Preventable Death is a 2019 YA-fantasy that was briefly on my radar around its releasedate, yet slipped my mind for some reason. When I saw it at my library however, I decided to give it a go.
We follow twins Madeline and Catlin, growing up in a small town where girls go missing and mysterious vibes are in the air at all times. Whilst Catlin explores her sexuality and feelings for a local boy, Madeline discovers an inner power she didn’t know she possessed.
Perfectly Preven 3.5/5 stars
Perfectly Preventable Deaths was a very atmospheric and enjoyable read that I feel would be a perfect autumnal or Halloween read for those looking for something darker, and more “witchy” in tone, yet not full on supernatural horror. The book definitely focusses more on the development of the main characters and their sisterly bond, than the supernatural elements, which I personally love in my witchy books. I loved the way the atmosphere and setting were described, to where I could vividly picture the town and surrounding mountains.
I didn’t particularly enjoy Catlin as a character, which did hinder my enjoyment of the novel to some extent. Additionally, although it was a very enjoyable read, it did little to “wow” me. I have read stories like it before in the works of Moïra Fowley-Doyle, which this reminded me a lot of, The Lost Coast and Other Words for Smoke. For those reasons, I landed on a final rating of 3.5 stars. Extra credits go to the stunning cover design however. Let’s face it: that thing will always remain a 5-star in my book. ...more
Oct 24, 2019 Kathi rated it really liked it · review of another edition
WHAT A FANTASTIC BOOK! Finally one that lives up to its absolutely gorgeous cover! Expect an unnecessary cheesy love-letter to this novel because I'm in awe right now and ready to scream it out loud TO THE WHOLE WORLD!
I honestly thought this would take me much longer to read, and decided to choose it as my Halloween book (if that's not a Halloween cover, I don't know what is). Little did I know that it would barely take me two days of reading! I am in absolute love, and I hate that no matter wh WHAT A FANTASTIC BOOK! Finally one that lives up to its absolutely gorgeous cover! Expect an unnecessary cheesy love-letter to this novel because I'm in awe right now and ready to scream it out loud TO THE WHOLE WORLD!
I honestly thought this would take me much longer to read, and decided to choose it as my Halloween book (if that's not a Halloween cover, I don't know what is). Little did I know that it would barely take me two days of reading! I am in absolute love, and I hate that no matter what I'm going to write next, there really is no way I can do this book justice. No fucking way. First of all, if I ever were to write a book (never going to happen but let's pretend I have all these amazing ideas crispy and ready for publishing), I hope I'm as good, no, fantastic at conveying a mystical atmosphere as Deirdre Sullivan. Never have I read a book that has intended to be as creepy as possible and managed to actually pull it off at the same time. Too often I end up underwhelmed, and I already gave up on ever getting spooked out about anything (because that's how cool and brave I am. The girl who can't even get on ghost trains without getting close to panic attacks). And the characters felt so REAL! In the best way, not the way where you'd roll your eyes and think, real life-people suck enough as they are, I don't need more of them in my leisure material as well. They were funny, and flawed, and complicated, and they had too many secrets and not enough at the same time. Amazing! If they acted stupidly, then for a very good reason! Which is more than can be said about other fictional characters...Not gonna say names here because I really want to keep this review within the character limit (what an amazingly terrible pun). I did have my problems with the ending, admittedly; it felt messy and kinda rushed, but I like how the author didn't decide to go for a shocking plot twist there, but rather let it develop all organically throughout the whole book. Which was so much better than destroying it all just for the sake of having a plot twist to make your book seem cooler. Even though there were times I wished for one, I'm going to give you that. But I made my peace with it; it's a risky, but very mature decision for a thriller (not sure this even is a thriller, but not sure what else it is) and after thinking about it, I appreciate it so much for how authentic it makes it feel. It just fits the novel like a glove, and that's the most important thing for the coming-up winter. And oh my god, speaking of important things! The whole...let's call it incident, with cute little kitten Button! It was so dark! Tell me one YA novel that is similarly dark (not even THG is, since I can deal way better with dead children than...this. I'm telling you, THIS was soooo much worse!) and you know what, I could barely look at the page and whoever has read the book knows exactly which page I'm talking about, inwardly screaming "No...No...NO!!!!" the whole time, and yet, it was all so...believable. Almost horrible in its justifiability! AND I HATE AND LOVE THE AUTHOR FOR MANAGING THIS. I have to say that I didn't understand every part of the ending - maybe I'm just too stupid, but I actually feel like that was very much intentional (the mystery part, not my being stupid). I wouldn't be surprised if this book is going to have a sequel, since the whole storyline around their father has so much potential left and I'm not 100% sure on what happened and why. Plus I'd love to read more about the village and its more than weird and quirky habitants, who somehow all managed to feel real from the very second they were introduced! And to manage to pull that off given that those very habitants include the incest-supporting Collinses is a master stroke in its own way. Furthermore, I absolutely loved the magical realism-elements in this book. You know, I'm not getting tired of dishing Deborah Harkness, and will continue to do so for a long time, but this time (not only this time, actually) for a very good reason! There's also a magic/witch storyline in this book, and Deborah Harkness really should take notes because thats how you handle witches and magic. Simply, but realistically, leaving a healthy dose of mystery! (and rhyming in the process) I could believe everything I was being told because it sounded so damn genuine! (telling you, if the flat earthers wrote like that they'd probably get more support for their asinine theory) And the author didn't do it by giving bunches of unnecessary information about alchemy that no one fucking cares about; but by letting it combine with the flow of the storyline, never giving too much away, but handing out just enough explanations for you to get a medium-ish grasp of what's going on. It's actually an insane feat that the author managed to pull this off, because at first it's all very...well, non-magicky, but this part gets introduced in such an ingenious way that you just roll with it. You never ask yourself "Why" or "Did we really need this", you just accept it because there really is no reason not to. Does everything make sense? Absolutely not! Did I ask myself why the village acted the way they did? Oh hell yes. Did I care about any of that? NOPE! Because that's how good it is written. You just don't care. Because even though what people in this novel do and did may not make sense in a stereotypical manner, it all fits in this really REALLY fucked-up way. Because people aren't perfect, people are illogical, and stupid, and should really use their brain more. And unlike in other books, the stupidity just makes sense (ha, something does make sense after all) in this case. It's strange - and that's exactly what makes it brilliant! Brilliantly strange. Theme-wise, this novel is a lot about self-exploration, and even though that's not necessarily one of my favourite topics, it was handled so damn well. Better than in most YA books I've read, where it always feels so incredibly forced, dull and uninspired. This book gave off insane "Bone Gap" vibes, which, if you've read my reviews over time, is one of my all-time favourite books and another one that is heavy on the magic realism with this healthy dose of...authenticity and weirdness thrown into it And PPD was so god-damn funny too! Sometimes it made me laugh out loud like a crazy person on a bus full of people, but I have no regrets. That was exactly my type of humor, and after having read the dullest books ever (All Souls trilogy, I'll hate you forever) I really needed a bit of dark fun in my literary life. And the relationships in this book! I especially loved the chemistry between both sisters and the author for not going the "They are complete opposites and must therefore hate each other"-route, but pretty much every relationship was handled SO well and realistically. The whole resolution with Oona? Perfect. Just thank you for this. It's actually impressive how the author managed to convey it all so amazingly, given that the book isn't exactly long, and so full of all kinds of events at the same time (some of them really, unbelievably horrible and gaspworthy) - and nothing suffers, neither plot, nor the atmosphere (and the author uses such beautiful and mystified language in describing it!!), nor any of the relationships. Especially not the relationships! Yes, some of them naturally got the short straw, and yet you still got a good enough sip, err grasp of the whole dynamics and sometimes that (not love) is all you need. I liked how not everything and everyone got a happy ending, because after all, that's just what life is: you win and you lose some. And yes, there was so much lost, but still so much hope left at the same time. Which is impressive, given the incredibly gruesome things that happen in this book, one more stomach-turning than the other. But it was never written in a gory or sensational way like in those 08/15 thrillers that all want to top each other in the oh-so-terrible-but-actually-totally-uninspired cruelty of their murders (yawn...it's fun for a time, but gets very old really soon); instead, the descriptions were very blunt and matter-of-fact, sparse and leaving a lot of room for imagination, and that made everything seem even more terrible. So yes, the ending was neither a classically good or bad one; rather, there's this fabulous (and horribly underestimated) grey zone that really not enough authors make use of but that fortunately enough got featured heavily enough here. Still, as I said, for me personally, there was something missing in the ending, which is why the book doesn't get its full five stars from me - but I can't put my hand on it, and maybe I'm just not super-satisfied because the ending may have been even too ambiguous and weird for my liking. Plus all those unanswered questions...But that's probably just on me though and really doesn't matter too much. I should just start to become even weirder instead, in order to be then able to appreciate it fully. And who cares about the ending if the other 80% were so good? The book managed to completely draw me in, and unsurprisingly I found myself being completely unwilling as well as unable to put it down until the very end (am I imagening it or do I write this sentence in every review of the books I enjoyed...) It's simply that amazing! I almost felt witched myself, because I feel like the book has made such an impact on me. I blame it all on the afore-mentioned, absolutely marvelous writing style. So simple, and yet so effective! And so wonderfully strange and arcane! Absolute proof that you don't need overly complicated, pretentiously-poetic flowery language or endless descriptions about surroundings no one fucking cares about, just because the author doesn't have any other means to pull it off. Deirdre Sullivan makes it all seem so...easy. She never pretends that her characters are anything other than they are, teenagers (but still manages to have the perfect amount of parody thrown in without it ever breaking the flow of the novel; cue to Catlin's outbreak over how her parents don't understand her forbidden and very intense love for some allegedly dangerous weirdo). I'm sure that I'll keep thinking about the book for a long time and I already know that this is perfect reread-material. One of those books that you can read a thousand times probably and that will still be amazing. Oh god, what an embarrassing and chaotic love-letter this review is. But this book deserves it! And although it pains me deeply and very lividly how many unanswered questions there are in this book, I (grumpily) understand that they are an intentional and probably important part of this novel. Or something. And I'm not quite ready to sacrifice a fox to get my answers yet. I think I'm good for now...And so is this novel, quite obviously!
PS: Unfortunately, so isn't the title. "Perfectly Preventable Deaths"? Really? What's that supposed to have to do with the book? Like...What? Why? Or....Wait! Because the deaths could've been prevented in the end? It does sound like sarcasm though. Frankly, I am confused, and I don't like it. But as long as I like everything else, I'm going to leave that grumpiness at the door right now!
PS2: This is what I call a typical Kathi-book. A typical Kathi book is: extremely weird, full of quirky yet loveable characters, heavy on the dialogue and dark humor, very fucked-up and awwwww-able (cruising perfectly between the two), questioning your sanity in the best way, and last but not least: very magically realistic! Usually an acquired taste, but once acquired, really tasty. Always leaving you hungry for more though :( Poor next course...err book.
PS3: Also, will I ever pay attention to what fucking (wrong!) bus I'm getting into while editing my review?! Why am I like this. ...more
Apr 23, 2019 Dave rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Nobody writes magic, anxiety and the strange awful power of being a teenager like Deirdre Sullivan, and this is her best book yet. There's an incredibly grounded realism to both the characters and the magic that make this story feel like its happening just around the corner, with people you know and love. This of course just makes the lurking horror even scarier. Deirdre has Pratchett-levels of skill at veering from warm human drama to otherworldly terror and back again. This is the book the Sab Nobody writes magic, anxiety and the strange awful power of being a teenager like Deirdre Sullivan, and this is her best book yet. There's an incredibly grounded realism to both the characters and the magic that make this story feel like its happening just around the corner, with people you know and love. This of course just makes the lurking horror even scarier. Deirdre has Pratchett-levels of skill at veering from warm human drama to otherworldly terror and back again. This is the book the Sabrina reboot wanted to be. ...more
Aug 12, 2019 Robin Stevens rated it really liked it · review of another edition
A creepy, beautifully written Sabrina-esque mystery about twins who are sent to a tiny town in Galway where witchcraft seems to be everywhere ... (15+ - anyone who struggles to cope with animal mutiliation should steer clear!)
*Please note: this review is meant as a recommendation only. If you use it in any marketing material, online or anywhere on a published book without asking permission from me first, I will ask you to remove that use immediately. Thank you!*
Jul 23, 2019 Nora rated it liked it · review of another edition
This book had the slowest and vaguest start ever, I literally had no clue what kind of book I was reading and where it was going. This was charming, in a way. But also extremely confusing and it didn’t really make me want to keep reading.
After getting used to the writing style and after some explanation I was eager to find out what was going on, but having finished it I still have many questions but no need to have them answered.
Other than that I truly didn’t like the way Mad’s anxiety was han This book had the slowest and vaguest start ever, I literally had no clue what kind of book I was reading and where it was going. This was charming, in a way. But also extremely confusing and it didn’t really make me want to keep reading.
Other than that I truly didn’t like the way Mad’s anxiety was handled and approached, especially by her mother, which was extremely frustrating. Other than that it was kinda homophobic, there were mentions of grooming, abuse, and very detailed animal cruelty.
I don’t think I will be buying any further books in this series (if it is? probably) and to be very honest, I wouldn’t recommend this book. Not my cup of tea. Quite anti climactic.
Hooray for lesbian irish witches, though. ...more
Jun 04, 2019 Gabriela Pop rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This is -both objectively and moreso subjectively- The Best.
I have been struggling to the past few days on what to say in my review for this particular book simply because I don't think I could possibly find the appropriate words to do this book justice. Definitely not only one of my favourites of the year, but one of my new favourites of all time.
Deirdre not only revives the gothic, but she also redefines it and adapts it to fit a contemporary setting and to appeal to modern audiences while al This is -both objectively and moreso subjectively- The Best.
Deirdre not only revives the gothic, but she also redefines it and adapts it to fit a contemporary setting and to appeal to modern audiences while also making it so that Perfectly Preventable Deaths could easily establish itself, in my opinion, as a timeless piece. I have heard countless times that the book is the product of 7 years of work and I think that's apparent for anyone who picks this up, as it is a monument in terms of craft. Each word feels intentional, deliberate and carefully curated into this ambitions overall narrative. This was obvious to me upon first reading, but it becomes much more so once going back over passages (i.e: when Deirdre was reading the prologue at the launch of the book, my brain kept throwing huge exclamation marks as things I had previously not paid quite As Much attention to at first gained much more ominous meanings when analysed having read the whole book). What PPD also does fantastically is function very well as a singular entity while also teasing you with the promise of the what-ifs and enchanting you with the possibilities of what could happen after the book itself ends. To put it as simply as I possibly can, please give the people (specifically : me) either a sequel or a companion because I just need more.
The characters in this book all come alive right off the page. What makes them all even more lifelike is the way they function like real people - they are never perfect, they give away either too much or too little of themselves in the way people have the tendency to. The way the dynamics between the relationships between the characters are established also feels very organic. I think Deirdre also goes against the generic expectations of the typical YA stories about 'new girls' - the twins, upon almost intruding on the social order of Ballyfran, find it hard to insert themselves within the pre-existing social circles. Therefore, the way their new circumstances challenge the twins and the roles they had -somewhat unbeknownst to even themselves- assigned for the two of them is truly compelling. The singular characters, the crushes, the illusions, the family dynamics, it's all a very complex and intriguing character study and I am here for it.
The atmosphere is another one of the things that distinguishes this book. Although the promise of that is to come is suggested from very early on, it almost feels like the book tricks you into thinking it might not be what you thought it will be, it keeps you guessing and plays trick on you, much like it often feels like the story does with the characters. You are almost gently pushed into believing that this may be your more eerie coming of age story about young women finding their place in the world once they have been very much displaced, both physical and on a deeper level. It makes you believe it could be a coming of age, a coming out, a story about sisterhood and found family, a mental health story, a story about toxic love .... And what makes this so special , is that it is very much all of that, yet so much more.
Once you get comfortable enough with the mundane(er) elements of the story and get invested with the quotidian, things take a much darker turn. The looming presences of lives lived and lost there before is everpresent. There are stories hiding underneath this story. This is very much an ode to those stories stripped from their owners, those mountain girls whose names are whispered and become sort of local legends. And then you have the bizarre and grotesque coming at you like a fabulous dark punch in the gut. A mean old crone. A dead fox. Rituals and energies and dead girls and secrets whispered in hushed tones. The lives lost that cannot be reclaimed. Dark castles and secret tunnels and limitless woods. Blood and guts and gore and all those physical representations of violence and pain.
This has all the necessary elements required from a good gothic: evil yet strangely alluring men, a vulnerable young heroine with a flair for the dramatic, an eerie castle in the middle of the forest, hushed secrets, monumental life changes, local stories repeated to the point of their becoming mythical narratives, allusive father figures, the fear insidiously seeping into your bones, the gore, etc. It also has what it takes to elevate the genre and adapt it to a modern climate: a strong protagonist, recentering classical narratives in unexpected ways, fEMINIST, authentic humour and wit to be expected of your teenage protagonists, queerness, discussion of mental health issues, female empowerment and so on.
This also probably has one of the absolute best representations of anxiety/OCD I have read in a long time. What makes it even better is that I didn't even know this before going into the book. This is one of the strange stories that is very much a mental health book without ever being a Mental Health Book, if you get me.
I could probably go on and on and on for hours about the many things that make this book magical, but I feel like you might as well be better off reading the book itself than reading my ramblings about it. CANNOT SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF IT!!
(do also need to say for those bothered by those depictions of seeing someone in an abusive relationship, seeing a characters struggle with MI, blood/guts/gore/violence towards animals, pls do keep your own mental health safe and don't trigger yourself!! stay safe young witchy pals!!) ...more
Apr 18, 2019 Chloe Bailey rated it liked it · review of another edition
My Review-
I really liked the main character Madeline, she was a strong character who made some difficult decisions throughout this book. She had a lot of conflict going on with her personal, romantic life as well as her relationships with her family. It was interesting to see her cope with the things that were thrown at her and how she dealt with all the strange information she learned.
Catlin, her twin sister, was a completely different story. I could not stand her, she was so toxic. Even right My Review-
Catlin, her twin sister, was a completely different story. I could not stand her, she was so toxic. Even right at the beginning of the book she was so catty. She clearly cares for her sister and throughout the book she does worry for her and support her, there are just a few comments and things she does that hurt Madelin and Catlin could not see that. She was also very overly sexual in the beginning of the book, it came on a bit strong. I am all about expressing sexuality but I don't know, it was a lot for the beginning of the book. Throughout the book it was completely fine and it didn't bother me, it was just the first couple of chapters.
Their family is interesting, their mum tries to be supportive of the girls and wants to do what's best for them but she doesn't. She doesn't understand Madelin and the things she does and instead of trying to help her and talk to her about it, just gets angry and tells her to stop. I feel like this is something a lot of people will be able to relate to, many people have parents or family members that don't understand their mental health struggles and its represented well in this book. Their new stepfather is another interesting character the entire way through the book you don't know how to feel about him, he is a really nice person who is so in love with their mum but there is obviously something going on. His father wasn't a nice person and you slowly learn more about this throughout the story.
Mamo was one of my favourite characters, you genuinely have no idea what she is doing most of the time and she's scary. You have no idea if you can trust her or not or if she is a good person or is up to no good. I really liked the mystery surrounding her and I liked her more and more throughout the book. I just wish there were a few more answers surrounding certain things she may or may not do, you never find out what's going on so hopefully there is a sequel.
The other characters throughout this, the people from the town were also strange. They were distant and closed off, which was to be expected of such a small town. I just feel that there wasn't enough information about them. you heard all of these rumours about this notorious family and then never actually interacted with them properly? I don't think the town was as fleshed out as I would have hoped.
I really liked the setting, the castle where the girls lived was amazing and the town and the scenery was really well detailed. It felt like I was there, there were parts in this book where I felt cold, it was really immersive in some parts which I really enjoyed. The writing style was really lyrical, I really enjoyed it, it was perfect for this book.
I loved the natural aspect of this book, I loved the facts about plants and being a plant lover myself, I really enjoyed reading about them.
There were a couple of things I disliked about this book, the main problem I had was that I knew almost nothing about the girls who had previously been murdered in the town and I felt like I couldn't really feel anything about it as there wasn't enough information. The entire time the characters are talking about how they are reading about them and researching them and they really grow a connection to them and as a reader I felt I missed out on that. I just wish there was a little more information about the girls and who they really were. I do also understand that the town keeps it pretty quiet but if Madelin or Catlin are reading about I don't understand why the reader couldn't have learnt something. I don't care about learning more about the deaths, I just wanted to be able to care about the girls.
The other huge problem I had was the amount of animal abuse and dead animals there were throughout this book. There was something that Madelin does near the end that nearly made me DNF this whole book. I know that animal death happens and the natural ones that happen in this book, whilst uncomfortable, I could deal with. But I could not handle the abused and tortured animals. Especially what Madelin does at the end, I felt it was an unnecessary thing to have in the book, it left an animal mutilated and I DO NOT want to read about that, especially in that much detail.
Overall, this book was an incredibly descriptive and unique read and I feel that a lot of people are going to absolutely love this. If you love dark, atmospheric books then this is for you.
My rating- 3/5 stars
UK Release Date- May 30th 2019 ...more
Jan 11, 2020 Tatiana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I think this book was brilliant, but also terrifying. The terrifying part was a little bit too much for me. I don't handle horror well. I still can't put everything that happened in this book out of my mind and I desperately need to because it's scary and too much.
My favorite parts about the book are the narrator and the beautiful prose. I loved the narrator aka the main character. She is so sarcastic and smart.
If you like something spooky and scary, this book is for you. I would 100% recommen I think this book was brilliant, but also terrifying. The terrifying part was a little bit too much for me. I don't handle horror well. I still can't put everything that happened in this book out of my mind and I desperately need to because it's scary and too much.
If you like something spooky and scary, this book is for you. I would 100% recommend it. However beware of trigger warnings for physical abuse. ...more
May 23, 2020 Kirsty rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Shelves: borrowed, abandoned, may-2020
I read the first third, but found the novel highly problematic. Not for me.
Aug 15, 2019 Harpies in the Trees rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: horror
Coming of age tale set in modern-day Ireland that deals with young love and growing up but with witchcraft, fantasy, gothic horror and a bit of fairytale in this intriguing, dark, and macabre story. Unexpected for me! I loved it.
Watch my review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYkA0...
Maddy and Caitlin are twin sisters, 16 years old and have just moved into an old Irish Castle, or as Caitlin puts its, a Murder Palace for all it's battlements. The castle comes with one fixture no one is exp Coming of age tale set in modern-day Ireland that deals with young love and growing up but with witchcraft, fantasy, gothic horror and a bit of fairytale in this intriguing, dark, and macabre story. Unexpected for me! I loved it.
Maddy and Caitlin are twin sisters, 16 years old and have just moved into an old Irish Castle, or as Caitlin puts its, a Murder Palace for all it's battlements. The castle comes with one fixture no one is expecting, and that is Mame. An older surly woman, Mamé, who seems to be very invested in gardening, has a sort of friendship with a crow and rarely speaks. Living in a hut behind the castle she has a deal with their stepdad, Brian, to use the kitchen and other rooms whenever she wants in the castle. This is very weird to Maddy who takes an instant dislike towards Mamé but as time goes by it becomes more curious about her.
Maddy and Caitlin are twins but are very different people, where Caitlin thrives in social environments, Caitlin is Maddy's only friend, peers surround Caitlin wanting to be her audience. Maddy is awkward and an overthinker but their relationship is tight and unbreakable.
Their mother Sheila has a hard time with Maddy, finding her quirks and rituals irritating and unhealthy. Maddy is obsessed with salt. She carries salt packets in her pocket, and when she feels danger she will put salt under Caitlin's bed, her mother's bed, her own, everyone's bed until she feels relaxed. But her mother thinks this is an issue that requires therapy and discipline.
Caitlin also has her own way of staying safe, and that is by surrounding her self with Madonna statues, roses, crosses, and candles. She has a fairly large shrine in her room. But Shelia thinks this is fine and like everything else, Caitlin is able to do what she wants. Maddy observes this difference between them but accepts it as how it always has been.
Caitlin meets an older boy named Lon and the two of them become disturbingly close while Maddy is stranded alone she meets Oona, a girl from France who befriends her. Maddy and Caitlin begin to diverge for the first time in their lives.
Moving to Ballyfran brings love & pain, magic & cruelty. ...more
Jul 12, 2019 Annette rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: bookbox-books
Sometimes you open a book and you know from the start that it's a book that people either hate or love. This is such a book. It's too unique, too different, it stands out, it's like not much else I've ever read. It either works for you and grabs you in some way, or it's just a hard to understand story with a lot of violence, darkness and gore.
This book totally worked for me, although I always hope that a book manages to trigger some more emotion. The writing style is unique, although I already g Sometimes you open a book and you know from the start that it's a book that people either hate or love. This is such a book. It's too unique, too different, it stands out, it's like not much else I've ever read. It either works for you and grabs you in some way, or it's just a hard to understand story with a lot of violence, darkness and gore.
This book totally worked for me, although I always hope that a book manages to trigger some more emotion. The writing style is unique, although I already got to know it a little in the fairytale retellings I've read a few weeks ago. It's in a way very raw and pure, and yet it also has something flowery and old fashioned. It's hard to describe, but it clearly comes from within.
That also means that the descriptions aren't always detailed. The focus of the writing is on the emotion, on the current trail of thoughts, on what's going on at the time and not on what has been or what the characters already know. Therefore as a reader there are a lot of moments where gaps aren't fully explained or filled. I personally don't mind that, because I like being challenged a little and having to use my own imagination, but I can imagine that for some people this book is quite confusing.
Especially because the characters are mostly true teenagers. They are flawed, deeply flawed. They're egocentric and not always nice. In a world where especially YA heroines always have to be those perfect saints who can't make any mistakes or who can't be real teenagers, that was very refreshing. It doesn't always make it easy to form a connection with the characters, but for me I could identify with them exactly because they were flawed and therefore realistic. They mess up, they make mistakes and therefore it's not an impossible standard to live up to.
The true star of the story however was the atmosphere. I felt chills rolling down my spine, excitement rushing through my veins and the more we discovered, the more I was sucked into this story. Especially the ending made me stop breathing.
Reading this book was a unique experience that I wouldn't have wanted to miss. ...more
Apr 24, 2019 Georgi rated it liked it · review of another edition
I got a sampler of this book somewhen last year and it sounded like such a good and intriguing read that I knew this was one that I wanted to read, except it's not what I thought it was going to be really, I think I expected a little bit more?
I liked the idea of this book, I really did but it was just missing something, I'm not entirely sure what though, maybe it was just the characters seemed to flop a little bit. The concept of this book is incredible a dark witchy mystery but it wasn't much o I got a sampler of this book somewhen last year and it sounded like such a good and intriguing read that I knew this was one that I wanted to read, except it's not what I thought it was going to be really, I think I expected a little bit more?
I liked the idea of this book, I really did but it was just missing something, I'm not entirely sure what though, maybe it was just the characters seemed to flop a little bit. The concept of this book is incredible a dark witchy mystery but it wasn't much of a mystery to me, it was kind of obvious what the reason for Caitlin being in grave danger was I though..
I thought that Madeline was okay, she's the main character and I thought that she was a strong character and she's LGBTQ but not openly, one person I just didn't like was Caitlin, I didn't like her at all, she was just an awful sister, she's got an awful attitude and she treated her sister terribly even before she fell in love and I just didn't like it, I think Caitlin could've been such a better character if I'm honest, I don't think she needed to be written this way.I thought that the plot sort of dragged on and that it didn't really get going.
I do have to admit that the cover is gorgeous but sadly I don't think that I will be buying myself a full cover copy of this one. ...more
Mar 18, 2019 Claire Hennessy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A gorgeous, engrossing read with a narrator whose heart beats so close to your own it's impossible not to love her. A gorgeous, engrossing read with a narrator whose heart beats so close to your own it's impossible not to love her. ...more
Jun 17, 2019 rosamund rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: irish-lit, fantasy, lgbt, ya
Deirdre Sullivan's prose is so unique and so beautiful that I would follow her anywhere: if she chose to write a book about angling, say, or a carpentry manual, I'd still read it. Thankfully Perfectly Preventable Deaths, a witchy tale set in rural Ireland, is exactly what I want to read anyway. Sullivan chooses words precisely; her sentences often have the rhythm of blank verse. Yet they're unfussy, capturing the cadence of speech, and her images, while arresting, don't draw attention to themsel Deirdre Sullivan's prose is so unique and so beautiful that I would follow her anywhere: if she chose to write a book about angling, say, or a carpentry manual, I'd still read it. Thankfully Perfectly Preventable Deaths, a witchy tale set in rural Ireland, is exactly what I want to read anyway. Sullivan chooses words precisely; her sentences often have the rhythm of blank verse. Yet they're unfussy, capturing the cadence of speech, and her images, while arresting, don't draw attention to themselves. She has an eye for the beauty and strangeness of the world, and an ear for dialect and humour. While this story is dark, and full of the atmosphere of a haunted house, it's also thoroughly modern, referring to gifs and memes, and alive with jokes. The story centres on twins: Madeline and Catlin, who have moved to Ballyfrann after their mother remarries. The isolated village in Galway is unwelcoming, and full of memories of death: girls have been murdered in the mountains surrounding it, little dead animals find their way under the characters' feet, wild animals are tortured in the woods.
This is a chilling story. At times, it felt too grisly for the YA genre, and pushed the boundaries of what I felt comfortable reading. But Sullivan handles the darkness carefully, and it's certainly not just there for kicks. It's a passionately feminist novel, about the dangers young women face, and contains a long list of names of the girls who have died: Sullivan is determined to give her young women a name, and their names become a litany that gives the characters power to overcome evil. The story is also an exploration into witches, and what it means to be a witch or wise woman, and it's a story about discovering yourself, and discovering love. Madeline learns that she's a witch and a lesbian as the novel progresses, and both elements of herself bring her power.
The ending is satisfying, but certainly leaves the plot room to grow, which I very much hope it does! ...more
Jul 05, 2020 Kevin Lobo rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
Average.
I started reading this story because i really liked the dark cover of it. Blurb sounded really interesting and so does the title of the book. But story is not at all justified by the title. I felt the title and blurb was misleading. I kept on expecting something amazing at the end of each chapter,but it did not deliver what i needed from it. Story was amazing, charecters were really relatable and the Memo charecter is what i liked the most. Initially it was slow paced, but i liked the na Average.
I started reading this story because i really liked the dark cover of it. Blurb sounded really interesting and so does the title of the book. But story is not at all justified by the title. I felt the title and blurb was misleading. I kept on expecting something amazing at the end of each chapter,but it did not deliver what i needed from it. Story was amazing, charecters were really relatable and the Memo charecter is what i liked the most. Initially it was slow paced, but i liked the narration and writing style. It kept me hooked to the story. Most of the conflict happens at the end of the story and it was a bit rushed up is what i felt. It had potential. Really. Could have been a masterpiece.
But no regrets, no memories.
1*- writing style
1*- charecters
1*- for keeping me interested till the end.
Conc.
1*-slow paced, rushed up ending and witchcraft was not explained much.
1*- I am pissed of because of the misleading title and blurb of the book. ...more
Oct 17, 2019 Sam (she_who_reads_) rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I having the hardest time reviewing this book- on the one hand I couldn’t seem to put it down, but on the other hand, I never seemed to truely sink into the story. The writing style takes awhile to get accustomed to, and the characters make some truely horrific decisions but I still quite enjoyed myself. If you like stories that include magic, witches, and family drama, if you don’t mind a lyrical writing style, and are ok with not having everything fully explained and with only hints at underly I having the hardest time reviewing this book- on the one hand I couldn’t seem to put it down, but on the other hand, I never seemed to truely sink into the story. The writing style takes awhile to get accustomed to, and the characters make some truely horrific decisions but I still quite enjoyed myself. If you like stories that include magic, witches, and family drama, if you don’t mind a lyrical writing style, and are ok with not having everything fully explained and with only hints at underlying mystery, then definitely give this one a try! ...more
Jul 25, 2020 Helena rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: age-young-adult, read-spanish-translation, read-in-2020, rep-mc-is-lgbtq, rep-wlw-mc, genre-fantasy, owned-read, standalone, 3-stars
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Actual rating: 3.5
Perfectly Preventable Deaths is a curious, weird book, much different from everything else witch-related I’ve read before, and perfect to read in October.
Without a doubt, its strength lies in its atmospheric setting. The story takes place in Ballyfrann, a small and dark Irish village whose mysterious aura will slowly trap the reader in its dense forests and its castle, and will make them discover its secrets along with the protagonists. This is due to the Reseña en español aquí
Without a doubt, its strength lies in its atmospheric setting. The story takes place in Ballyfrann, a small and dark Irish village whose mysterious aura will slowly trap the reader in its dense forests and its castle, and will make them discover its secrets along with the protagonists. This is due to the author’s writing being very characteristic, composed mostly by short sentences – something that would bother me in another book, but I think works very well with the main character’s personality and helps maintain that disturbing sensation. Besides, it’s full of symbolism and has a rich (and, at times, even chilling) imagery that immerses you right into the story.
However, even though it’s a book about witches, the main focus is on the twins. Despite being polar opposites, Maddy and Catlin have a close relationship, support each other and never judge each other. But Ballyfrann, its villagers and its magic will change this, change them, and test their friendship and trust.
In relation to this, an important aspect of the novel I was grateful for was the criticism of toxic relationships and power imbalances. As I said, Maddy and Catlin are tight-knit at the beginning of the story, but when the last one meets Lon, an older boy, and falls in love, she starts to distance herself from her loved ones and to lose herself. The novel never romanticises this relationship and, in fact, since it’s narrated by Maddy, it always points out how dangerous, manipulative and possessive Lon’s behaviour is. I found it a realistic portrayal of abusive relationships and it’s important to show the dangers of that mysterious-and-interesting-older-boy cliché that’s sometimes so used in YA fiction.
As for Maddy, as she gets deeper into Ballyfrann she discovers that, aside from having a certain sensitivity to witchcraft, she’s a lesbian. The topic is discussed in a natural way and, without entering into spoiler territory, I’ll say there are some touches of romance.
Nevertheless, not everything in this novel was positive for me – I would’ve liked for the witchcraft to be explained a bit more, as well as the mystery surrounding the twins’ father. Although it’s true the lack of explanations makes you get into Maddy’s shoes and speculate with her, I’m someone who likes mysteries to be solved in stories to understand them better. So, even though I enjoyed the book, the ending disappointed me a little in that sense.
Anyway, if you’re looking for something to read next Halloween and you like very atmospheric, character-driven and slowly-paced novels, Perfectly Preventable Deaths is most interesting and original.
Trigger warnings: very violent images, animal abuse and deaths, toxic relationships ...more
Aug 10, 2019 Grace rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, lgbt, 2019
I liked this book, but I did not love it. The descriptions of the Irish landscape were beautiful and the chapter names relating to the uses of plants for ailments were cool. However, it was at times quite boring and felt the ending was rushed.
I would recommend it if you were looking for a light, easy read with some mystery and witchy happenings though.
Sep 13, 2019 Jenny (Bookbookowl) rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Thank you so much to Allen & Unwin, for providing me with a copy of Perfectly Preventable Deaths!
Twins Madeline and Catlin have just been moved to Ireland with their mother and new stepfather, to live in a castle. A castle they’ve dubbed ‘murder palace’ because of the girls who have been murdered on the mountain close by over the years. Madeline is worried about fitting in at the new school, but she wasn’t expecting the strangeness of the other kids, the grandmotherly figure living on the cas Thank you so much to Allen & Unwin, for providing me with a copy of Perfectly Preventable Deaths!
Twins Madeline and Catlin have just been moved to Ireland with their mother and new stepfather, to live in a castle. A castle they’ve dubbed ‘murder palace’ because of the girls who have been murdered on the mountain close by over the years. Madeline is worried about fitting in at the new school, but she wasn’t expecting the strangeness of the other kids, the grandmotherly figure living on the castle grounds or Lon, the older boy her sister Catlin suddenly seems to be attached at the hip to.
Perfectly Preventable Deaths successfully manages to strike the perfect balance between creepy and ….. truly funny. Madeline is one of my new favourite people. Her dry wit had me smiling through a book with very unsmiley subject matter! A creepy, atmospheric story about a girl trying to protect her sister from disastrous relationship mistakes, while dealing with her own confusing feelings.
I loved the way the story cleverly wove a gothic feeling into a modern setting and hinted at past events, without having to spell everything out to the reader. Madeline’s feelings of desperation, at trying to open her sister’s eyes to an unhealthy relationship, were palpable and so were her attempts to protect her family from the unknown, in unconventional and superstitious ways. Perfectly Preventable Deaths doesn’t deliver action packed scenes, it builds a slow and eerie mystery, towards a more shocking conclusion than I wasn’t quite prepared for! Beware, things get DARK at the end and there is an animal abuse scene I had to quickly skip over, but this was such a unique and brilliant book!
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Mar 09, 2020 Manon the Malicious rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: lgbtqiap, fantasy, physical, signed
*4.5 Stars*
Delightful witchy book set in Ireland. Always love a Deirdre Sullivan book.
May 18, 2019 Naaytaashreads rated it liked it · review of another edition
Disclaimer: I receive a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
"I wake up, sweating like I have been running. Rain beats on the windows. Dreams of foxes interspersed with screams. We're high up, but the mountains here cast shadows, day and night."
I have yet to read a lot of witchcraft plotline based book. Especially seeing it on YA.
For a YA book, I felt like this book was quite dark and gruesome.
Firstly, I like the writing style of Deirdre Sullivan, though I feel like a bit of Disclaimer: I receive a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Firstly, I like the writing style of Deirdre Sullivan, though I feel like a bit of editing can be done in the book. The story really get into it 100 pages into the book. All the character's was written really so they balance out each other. Like we have the good one, the annoying one, the side characters/interest, the involvement of parents etc.
I like the main character Madeline, her character development sky rocketed each time. She has her plans straighten out, she knows what she wants and her romance story was adorable, that I was making sure she gets the ending she deserve. Some of the side characters being introduce in the beginning felt like they were forgotten in the later parts of the book.
The storyline wise, I love the mystery and thriller of it. I do wish we see more back story of the missing girls. I felt like the book hype on it so much but we didn't get what we want to know. I wanted to see more of the witchcraft and the involvement of magic that Madeline feels. I feel like we didn't get a satisfactory story of it.
Overall, I like and enjoyed the book. If a sequel were to come out, I won't be rushing to pick it up but still am curious of knowing more and in hopes we see the holes in this book an improvement.
"It's all too much, and somehow not enough." ...more
Jun 13, 2019 Trisha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: ukya, humour, fantasy, romance, lgbt, grief-loss, suspense, survival, friendship, family
This ticks a lot of boxes. Plus it offers strong, interesting writing, a quirky narrative voice, and many compelling details.
Jul 14, 2020 Edit rated it did not like it · review of another edition
Shelves: lgbtqia, ya, magic-paranormal
Disgusting, disappointing, disturbing.
I picked up this book not knowing what I would get myself into. I knew it was YA and probably had mystical mythical elements. Let me spare your time, don't read it.
I will try to explain without any spoilers, why this book is so horrible, and why, after considering giving it two stars, I wish I'd never read it.
Apart from the fact, that there is some sort of an animal abuse part and I nearly threw this out the window because I could not believe how stupid the Disgusting, disappointing, disturbing.
Apart from the fact, that there is some sort of an animal abuse part and I nearly threw this out the window because I could not believe how stupid the author was, this story is a boring retelling of any other story ever. So what do we have in the book?
1. She's a FIFTEEN year old that whines about her sister being more popular and free, and so cool, whilst she's this grey little mouse, boohoo.
2. However, for some reason, she clearly claims, she has ONLY kissed four or five people at parties before, like, whatever, no big deal.
Sweetie. You're fifteen, not supposed to be at house parties and kissing boys and crying about how uncool you are.
(That's a first though, most YA protags are actually uncool and never been kissed, etc. It just didn't make sense to me.)
3. Her and her sister move to the middle of nowhere terrible horrible no good very bad place after their mum gets remarried.
4. Guy mum has remarried has got a castle.
They live in a castle now. Woo.
BTW how come this guy has never even shown you the castle? Clearly some time must have passed between dating and marriage and taking it slow since the twins... You know. Mummy just met him or....
5. She has a gut feeling therefore she is a witch
She sees a dead animal that was abused morbidly. And she feels that's bad.
She's a witch!!!
6. Let's talk about the sister who immediately falls for the strange hot guy
Let's not. So boring.
7. So mum is happy to move to murder town where girls of the same age disappear every year basically?
8. How about the strange witch looking grandmother figure living there who is no one's grandmother but her name is mamo.
8. Everyone knows things in this town but everyone says, EVERYONE, 'you'll find out on your own'
Boring ass fcktard book most problematic thing ever.
Lgbt characters tho. Only + ...more
Jun 21, 2019 E. Thomas rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Full disclosure: I don't usually read YA fiction. (That's "don't usually," as in, "not since I was yay-high").
I'm more of a military history guy. Clausewitz is my bag, not Harry Potter. YA fiction? That's my daughter's department.
She's about the same age as the twins in Perfectly Preventable Deaths. So, when she urged me to read it, I thought, "Oh, well. She's a smart kid. It must have something going for it."
It does, in spades. This book is pure enjoyment. Cynthia, you were right.
For a start, i Full disclosure: I don't usually read YA fiction. (That's "don't usually," as in, "not since I was yay-high").
For a start, it's all in the present tense. Why don't more authors do this? Uncertainty is good! If the narrator doesn't know what's about to happen, then I don't either. That keeps things interesting.
(Just now, I almost added that I was on tenterhooks. What a hackneyed expression. And how unsuitable, given Deirdre Sullivan's extraordinarily rhythmic prose — beginning with the title — and her skill in subverting cliché. A tenterhook, by the way, is a hook used to fasten cloth on a drying frame or tenter. Thanks, online dictionary!)
What impressed me the most, though, is how deftly she balances this tenderness with action and humour — it's no small accomplishment, this way she has of investing the everyday with magic. The story becomes alive through countless small moments that have universal application. In fact, the family relationships felt so authentic that, as I read on, a peculiar correspondence developed between the world of the book and that of Cynthia, her cousins and their grandmother...
One last point. As an ancestral Galwegian, I was tickled to see the land of my forebears™ represented in the fictitious-yet-eerily-plausible shape of Ballyfrann. A revisit is long overdue. Consider my appetite whetted! ...more
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About Deirdre Sullivan
Deirdre Sullivan is a writer from Galway. Her books include Prim Improper, Improper Order and Primperfect, which was the first YA novel ever to be shortlisted for the European Prize for Literature.
Her 2016 novel Needlework was awarded a White Raven and the CBI Honour Award for fiction. Deirdre's book, Tangleweed and Brine, a collection of dark fairy-tale retellings, won an Irish Book Award for Bes Deirdre Sullivan is a writer from Galway. Her books include Prim Improper, Improper Order and Primperfect, which was the first YA novel ever to be shortlisted for the European Prize for Literature.
Her 2016 novel Needlework was awarded a White Raven and the CBI Honour Award for fiction. Deirdre's book, Tangleweed and Brine, a collection of dark fairy-tale retellings, won an Irish Book Award for Best Young Adult Book of the Year 2017. Deirdre loves reading, knitting, bodily autonomy and guinea-pigs. ...more
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Quieter week as I’ve spent most of my time reading documents at work so a bit ‘over reader’.
The Generation That Doesn’t Remember Life Before Smartphones
Down a locker-lined hallway at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, Zac Felli, a junior, walks to his first class of the day. He wears tortoiseshell glasses and is built like he could hit a ball hard. He has enviable skin for a teenager, smooth as a suede jacket.
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Frankie Boyle on the fallout from Paris: ‘This is the worst time for society to go on psychopathic autopilot’
There were a lot of tributes after the horror in Paris. It has to be said that Trafalgar Square is an odd choice of venue to show solidarity with France; presumably Waterloo was too busy.
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Bringing Up Genius
Before Laszlo Polgár conceived his children, before he even met his wife, he knew he was going to raise geniuses. He’d started to write a book about it. He saw it moves ahead.
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Why you always get sick over the holidays
Lucky are the few who haven’t gone on a much-needed holiday only to spend their vacation hugging a box of tissues in a bed-bound Theraflu blur. So commonly do people seem to fall ill on vacation that some psychologists have christened it “leisure sickness.
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Kristin Beck: A Navy SEAL in Transition
Back when she was a member of SEAL Team 6—Kristin Beck liked to grow her beard real long. But as disguises go, that was nothing compared with the life she lived as a man. What’s it take, and how does it feel, for a paragon of masculinity to travel so far to find her true self?
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Eagles of Death Metal Discuss Paris Terror Attacks
During Eagles of Death Metal’s November 13 show at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, gunmen entered the venue and opened fire on the crowd, leaving at least 90 dead. The band spoke to VICE about the tragic events that took place that night.
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The Unlikely True International Story of the Man Called Orange Brother
Li Hongjun did not usually take selfies. But out in the orange grove, he was not in his usual state of mind. It was early February, and the lunar New Year was approaching.
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The Duke, the Landscape Architect and the World’s Most Ambitious Attempt to Bring the Cosmos to Earth
Last fall, a hand-picked group of the world’s top theoretical physicists received an invitation to a conference about the multiverse, a subject to which many of them had devoted the majority of their careers. Invitations like these were nothing unusual in their line of work.
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Resurrecting the Original Road Trip on America’s Ghost Highway
In the past 15 years, while hunting for missing pieces of the Old Spanish Trail, Charlotte Kahl would sometimes find herself following pick-up trucks. She could be in a town she’d never been in before, at 7 or 8 o’clock in the morning, and everything would be quiet.
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‘Blackrock’, which was written by Australian playwright Nick Enright in 1992, was inspired and loosely based on the rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, Leigh Leigh, in Stockton NSW three years earlier. The student’s real name was Leigh Rennea Mears, but called ‘Tracy’ in the cinema film. However, as this was almost the same as Leigh’s cousin’s name, and so on the insistence of Leigh’s family, the acting part was removed from the stage play. This play started life as ‘A Property of the Clan’, a practise piece for Enright’s Newcastle students. It was picked up by NIDA in 1993, then developed and transformed into ‘Blackrock’ over the next two years. In 1996, it won an AWGIE Award for Best Play.
The Revellers are performing this heavy-duty play to audiences of all age groups. Because of the wonderful character studies, this 100-minute play is on the schools’ set book list for this year. It is being performed at the Murdoch University Drama Workshop, off car park 4 in Murdoch University, 90 South Street. The performances commence at 8.00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until the 10th May.
The scene is a fictional, Australian, working-class suburban beach in November 1989. The set is totally black, with the word ‘Blackrock’ emblazoned in red on the rear wall. White milk crates depict rocks and larger boxes symbolise a jetty. The set is quite ‘loose’ as the scenes change from outside locations to house interiors in seconds throughout the play, but the neutral ambience works well (Set design and costumes Tiffany Banner).
It is late evening and as Jared (Joshua Towns) is sitting looking out to sea, his cousin Cherie (Hayley Lyons), who has managed to escape from the overbearing supervision of her mother Glenys (Shannon Rogers), walks down the sand to join him. As they discuss next Saturday’s birthday party for their quiet friend, Toby (Jesse Williamson – convincing), Toby’s caring sister, Rachel (Catherine Parrish), appears on the scene. This is Jared’s wealthy girlfriend.
The night of the party arrives, and as Jared is leaving home, he gets some maternal advice from his divorced, sick mother, Dianne Kirby (Tegan Evans). At the beach club, loud-mouthed surfing star and bully, Brett, generally known as Ricko (Andrew Dawson) immediately tries to pick on Toby, but sensing that those present want Toby to have a pleasant birthday, he eases off. Ricko is followed closely by a starry-eyed love, Shana (Kate Raine). Another girl, Tiffany (Dominique Evans) is mingling and trying to join in with the various groups, but seems to be rejected by most.
As the young teenagers get into the grog and cones, the unsupervised fun turns to debauchery. Toby has sex with a young virgin, Tracy, in the sand dunes. His lovemaking was rapidly followed by violence at the hands of a couple of local yobs, Davo (Cat Perez) and Scott (Travis Hasson) looking for ‘easy meat’. Was Tracy at any point consenting? On the other hand, was she repeatedly raped? Jared saw the whole incident and having done nothing to save the young victim, is filled with guilt and keen to tell the police; however, his mother and overbearing father, Len Kirby (Dean Lovatt – excellent) are far more worried about the family’s reputation and being dragged into the investigation.
Jared is now faced with a moral dilemma, either going against his parents’ wishes and doing the right thing by Tracy, or remaining silent and covering for his miserable friends who are carrying on regardless.
Some of the girls try to bring things into the open but meet a brick wall.
Even though the above synopsis may seem to be filled with ‘spoilers’, the storyline for this play is fairly obvious from the start, so what it is really doing is demonstrating the numerous attitudes, morals and behaviour to be found in any small community. The direction called for plenty of pace and clear guidance as to the innate personality traits of each character, and Adam Dean – through being a very competent actor – has done a sterling job. He has captured the nasty undertones of the rapists, and has chosen a wonderful actress in Catherine Parrish, to show the compassionate side of the repercussions.
The intimate setting of this theatre allows the audience to be part of the surfing crowd, far better than the larger venues that I have experienced in the past. The director has created several entry points for the cast around the auditorium and at times had several in action. This helped build the tension very effectively. The cast were generally well above average, but one or two members found it difficult to be convincingly uncouth or display incredible anger, a skill that comes with time.
The lighting was designed by Adam Dean, Aleesha and Joey McKenna-Green. Multiple spotlights picked out the specific areas, thus keeping the action intimate. The quality sound was operated by Pippa Makin, and often called for accurate cuing. The Artistic Director, Andrew Kocsis created a very effective shrine and kept on top of the numerous exits and entrances from around the auditorium. Andrew is helping Revellers set up an acting training school in Kadidjiny Park Hall in Melville, to encourage anyone that fancies trying the theatre.
This is a very demanding play to present, but this team has given us an admirable night’s entertainment and plenty to think about when it comes to camaraderie versus decency.
Adam DeanMurdoch University Drama WorkshopNick Enright
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Despite all that, Belfast is really just a bustling U.K. city, with high street shops, modern restaurants and a fair smattering of historical sites. Among them, the grand Baroque Revival City Hall building marks the centre of the city in Donegall Square, while spreading to the north is the Cathedral Quarter, a booming cultural district centred on St. Anne's Cathedral. The massive, Greek-inspired white Stormont Parliament Buildings in the far north part of the city are also well worth a look.
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Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary: Outcomes and patterns of failure
RC Mistry1, SS Qureshi1, SD Talole2, S Deshmukh1
1 Department of Head and Neck Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, India
2 Department of Biostatistics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, India
R C Mistry
Department of Head and Neck Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.41771
Context: Management of cervical lymph nodes metastases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) from primary of unknown origin (PUO) is contentious and there is insignificant data from India on this subject. Aims: To present experience of management of these patients treated with curative intent at a single institution. Settings and Design: Retrospective study of patients treated between 1989-1994 in a tertiary referral cancer centre. Materials and Methods: Eighty-nine patients were evaluated in the study period and their survival compared with patients with common sites of primary in the head and neck with comparable node stage. Statistical analysis used: Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The clinical stage of the neck nodes at presentation was N1 in 11%, N2a in 28.5%, N2b in 22.5%, N3 in 35% and Nx in 3.4% patients. All patients underwent surgery and 70 patients received more than 40Gy postoperative radiotherapy. Twenty-nine (32.6%) patients had relapse of which 19 (21%) were in the neck. Postoperative radiotherapy did not influence the neck relapse (p=0.72). Primary was detected in 13 patients (14.6%) on subsequent follow up. The overall five and eight-years survival was 55% and 51% respectively. The overall five-year survival was better compared to patients with known primary with comparable node stage. Conclusions: Patients with cervical lymph nodes metastases of SCC from PUO have reasonable survival and low rate of development of subsequent primary when treated with surgery and radiotherapy. The overall survival is comparable to that of patients with known primary and hence an attempt at cure should always be made.
Keywords: Cervical metastases, head and neck, squamous cell carcinoma, unknown primary
Mistry R C, Qureshi S S, Talole S D, Deshmukh S. Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary: Outcomes and patterns of failure. Indian J Cancer 2008;45:54-8
Mistry R C, Qureshi S S, Talole S D, Deshmukh S. Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary: Outcomes and patterns of failure. Indian J Cancer [serial online] 2008 [cited 2021 Jan 16];45:54-8. Available from: https://www.indianjcancer.com/text.asp?2008/45/2/54/41771
Metastases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) to cervical lymph nodes from primary of unknown origin (PUO) represent 1% to 2% of head and neck cancers. [1],[2],[3] The explanations for this unusual form of presentation are of speculative nature: spontaneous regression of the primary and inability to detect a small primary particularly in the nasopharynx, which is known to metastasize to nodes at an early stage. Unlike metastatic lymph nodes from PUO at other body sites, the prognosis in metastatic cervical nodes is not discouraging. The five-year overall survival rates range between 40% to 60% in recent series. [3],[4],[5],[6],[7] However, the optimal management of these patients remains controversial. The lack of randomized studies comparing treatment options has led to therapeutic decision based on retrospective non-randomized studies involving patients managed with various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and institutional policies. [2],[4],[5],[8],[9] Although sufficient data exist in the literature on the subject, reports from India are deficient. [10]
The paper presents the experience at the Tata Memorial Hospital with treatment of patients with SCC metastatic to cervical lymph nodes from PUO.
The study included 89 patients with metastases of SCC to cervical lymph nodes from PUO treated with curative intent between 1989 to 1994. The study excluded patients who received palliative therapy because of advanced or comorbid disease, with histology other than SCC and distant metastases at the time of diagnosis.
The median age of patients was 55 years (range 28 to 84 years). There were 78 men and 11 women. Forty-six patients had involvement of right sided cervical nodes and 43 had left sided nodes. The frequency of metastatic lymph nodes at various neck levels were as follows: level 1, 9 patients (10%); level 2, 67 patients (75%); level 3, 46 patients (51.7%); level 4, 12 patients (13.5%); level 5, 1 patient (1%). All patients were staged according to the 2002 American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) system for nodal disease in the head and neck region. [11] The clinical stage of the neck at presentation was N1 in 10 patients (11%), N2a in 25 patients (28.5%), N2b in 20 patients (22.5%), N3 in 31 patients (35%) and Nx in 3 patients (3.4%). The diagnosis of SCC in neck nodes was confirmed by FNAC in 50 patients (56%) and by open biopsy performed elsewhere in 39 patients (44%).
The provisional diagnosis of neck node metastases with unknown primary was made after a comprehensive clinical examination of the upper aerodigestive tract failed to detect a primary lesion. All patients underwent chest X-ray, barium swallow, X-ray of the nasopharynx and paranasal sinuses. Computerized Tomography (CT) was performed as a routine in the later years of the study. Subsequently patients underwent a meticulous examination under anesthesia with panendoscopy (direct laryngoscopy, oesophagoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy and bronchoscopy) and palpation of nasopharynx and base of tongue. Random biopsies and washings for cytology from tonsil, base of tongue and/or nasopharynx was not performed. If these investigations failed to reveal the primary tumor, diagnosis of cervical node metastases from PUO was established.
All patients underwent neck dissection and were advised postoperative RT. Ten patients did not take RT and nine patients did not complete RT for various reasons. Thus 19 patients (21%) had none or less than 40 Gy and the remaining 70 patients (79%) had 40 Gy or more of postoperative RT. The RT portals were unilateral, bilateral or antero-posterior depending on the discretion of the treating radiotherapist.
Patients were followed-up at regular interval; endoscopy and/or imaging were performed if patient was symptomatic or clinical examination raised suspicion of primary. Follow-up were completed by letters, telephone calls and home visits.
The survival was measured from the date of diagnosis to the last day of follow-up or to death. The data was analyzed using SPSS for windows version 11.5 statistical software. Survival was computed by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared by log-rank testing.
In six (7%) patients none of the nodes were metastatic; all of them had open biopsy before neck dissection. In six (7%) patients nodes were involved at a single level and in seven (8%) patients, nodes were involved at all levels in the neck [Table 1]. Details of the level at which nodes where involved is listed in [Table 2]. Extra nodal disease was reported in 59(66%) patients.
Fifty-one patients were alive at the time of review. Ten patients died due to recurrent disease, ten died of subsequent primary, nine patients died of distant metastases, one patient had recurrent disease and distant metastases and in eight patients the cause of death was not known.
The five and eight-year overall survival for all patients was 55% and 51% respectively, with median survival of 98 months [Figure 1]. Patient with N1 neck stage at presentation showed a trend towards better survival as compared to N2 and N3 together at 30 months [Figure 2], although this was not statistically significant ( P =0.16). Similarly extra nodal spread also showed a weak evidence of having an impact on survival (P= 0.07). However, postoperative radiotherapy, prior open biopsy of the node and involvement of nodes at multiple levels in the neck did not have any impact on the survival.
Twenty-nine patients (32.6%) had relapse of disease. The site of relapse was neck in 19 patients (21.3%), distant in nine (10%) patients and neck with distant failure in one patient. Four of the 19 patients (21%) who received less than 40 Gy postoperative RT and 15 of 60 (25%) patients who received more than 40 Gy of post-operative RT developed a neck relapse (P= 0.72). Only three of the 29 patient with relapse of disease were alive.
The primary was detected in 13 patients (14.6%) on follow-up. Two of these patients received less than 40 Gy and 11 had more than 40 Gy of RT. The mean time to detection of the primary was 24 months. In two patients, the primary was detected in less than a year and could represent missed primaries. The commonest site of the primary was oropharynx; none presented with primary in nasopharynx [Table 3]. All, except three with primary in hypopharynx, larynx and oral cavity, died of disease.
The survival of patients with known primary site treated in Tata Memorial Hospital is reported in the Hospital Registry. [12] The five-year survival of patients with common sites of primary in the head and neck area was compared with the patients reported in this study. For comparable node stage the overall survival was better for patients with unknown primary [Table 4].
The diagnosis of cervical node metastases from PUO is made after thorough assessment fails to reveal the presence of tumor in the upper aerodigestive tract. In addition to the array of investigations, many reports have advocated tonsillectomy, blind biopsies and/or washings for cytology from nasopharynx, and base tongue. [1],[13],[14],[15] However, none of the patients reported in this study underwent routine blind biopsies and yet the rate of detection of primary on subsequent follow-up was no higher than reported in the literature, thus questioning the role of these investigations in the work up for PUO. Similar conclusion can be drawn for CT scan. In gastrointestinal cancers CT is considered to be less sensitive in identifying small peritoneal deposits and superficial liver metastases. Hence the importance of laparoscopy, wherein there is direct visualization of the abdominal cavity is substantial. [16] Akin to this in cervical metastases from PUO, the primary, if there is one, is likely to be small the best investigation would be thorough examination of all the mucosal areas in the upper aerodigestive tract rather than relying on CT scan which is not ideal for detecting small lesions.
Hence we believe that imaging of the neck, if performed, should be to define the extent of nodal disease and its resectability rather than search for a primary. However, Sinnathamby et al and other authors recommend routine imaging so as to avoid missing an occult primary and unnecessary radiation to mucosal areas. [2] Lately newly introduced diagnostic methods have also been endeavored. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) have been utilized. However, limited data has suggested that they are useful only in small subsets of patients. [1],[14],[15],[17] Laser-induced fluorescence imaging, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) evaluation in metastatic lymph nodes by in situ hybridization, Human papilloma virus (HPV) detection by polymerase chain reaction, microsatellite mutation analysis of metastatic nodal tissue and samples of normal pharyngeal mucosa were also proposed. [18],[19],[21]
The management of patients with cervical metastases from PUO evokes considerable controversy and has not been standardized. Nieder et al , [1] in their review have suggested surgery alone in selected patients with N1 disease without extracapsular extension and with no history of incisional or excisional biopsy based on their finding of an appearance rate of the primary tumor of 25%, median nodal recurrence rate of 34% and overall five-year survival rate of 66%. The application of RT has ranged from RT alone to postoperative RT and the portals included spanned from ipsilateral neck nodes to bilateral neck nodes and the putative primary sites. [2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[22] There is evidence that patients receiving postoperative RT to bilateral neck nodes and potential primary sites have higher reported control odds and survival rate than patients receiving postoperative ipsilateral RT or RT alone. [5] Nevertheless, considering the lack of comparative studies, the optimal radiotherapy strategy remains to be delineated. Similarly, the role of chemotherapy in the management of PUO with cervical metastases is also indistinct. In fact, in the review by Nieder et al , [1] substantial data supporting the use of chemotherapy was deficient.
The incidence of subsequent primary in our series (15%) is in agreement with incidence reported by other studies where postoperative RT was routinely administered. [1],[4],[5],[6],[7],[22] We did not include any patient with metastases of undifferentiated carcinoma in the study. This could explain why none of the primary was found in the nasopharynx. As reported in the literature, patients in whom primary was detected later did poorly as compared to those who continued to be free of disease. [5],[14]
Postoperative RT did not help in controlling the disease in the neck for 21% patients who had less than 40 Grays versus 25% in those who had 40 Grays or more of radiation (P= 0.72). This is contrary to the experience at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital where postoperative radiation failed to influence the overall survival but helped in improving the local control. [23] Iganej also described a similar experience with postoperative RT. [7]
Numerous factors have been recognized influencing the overall survival including node stage, number of histologically involved nodes, grading, presence of extra nodal disease and performance status. [1],[2],[3],[4],[24] In our study presence of extra capsular disease had a minor impact on survival and nodal stage at presentation showed a trend towards better survival although it did not achieve statistical significance. None of the other factors studied (open node biopsy, presence of metastatic nodes at multiple levels, tumor grade and postoperative radiotherapy) had impact on the overall survival.
The five-year survival of 55% is comparable to published results. [3],[5],[6],[23],[24],[25] We compared the overall survival of these patients with that of patients with known primary at common sites in the head and neck region as reported in the hospital registry. [12] For comparable node stage, patients with occult primary appear to fare better than patients with known primary. This observation should be interpreted with caution as the comparison is with historical data. Jones et al , on similar comparison did not find any difference in the survival between the two groups. [26]
The limitation of this study is its retrospective nature. However all the patients had similar histology and treatment was uniform in all patients. Based on this, it appears that routine blind biopsies from upper aerodigestive tract may not be necessary. Nodal stage at presentation and extra capsular disease has a role in outcome of these patients.
In conclusion, the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approach still eludes us. The first randomized trial proposed by the European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), and other cooperative groups from Australia, Canada, Denmark and Germany (study 24001-22005) is ongoing. [1],[14] The results of this trial will help in expounding several questions regarding passable management of cervical metastases from PUO
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BT appoints new Scotland director
Alan Lees will lead the telecoms company's Enterprise business
Alan Lees
BT has appointed Alan Lees as the new director of its Enterprise business in Scotland.
Glasgow-born Lees takes on the role having been with the telecoms giant for nearly 20 years.
He had most recently lead BT's corporate business team in Scotland, responsible for supporting some of Scotland's largest businesses.
In his new position, Lees will lead the Enterprise business' relationships with large business and public sector customers across Scotland in what is a particularly challenging time as the country eases its way out of lockdown.
Speaking following his appointment, Alan said: “We know how tough it has been for our customers, including some who’ve had to temporarily cease trading and others who are adapting to finding new ways of working.
“The shutdown of normal activity is having a huge impact on businesses, particularly in the hospitality, leisure, entertainment, travel and education industries. As a critical enabler, we are doing all we can to support our partners in both the public and private sectors. We are helping the NHS with their critical requirements, and the invaluable LifeLines – a project providing a secure virtual visiting solution for families whose loved ones are in intensive care units. We also helped the Scottish Government to quickly setup their Shielding Helpline, allowing the most vulnerable people in our communities to get the support they need.
“We’re also supporting businesses from sole traders and SMEs, all the way through to large corporates by giving them access to the best technology, flexible options and training to help them navigate through this crisis.”
BT has invested heavily into Scotland in recent times, with the recent announcement of 5G mobile services in Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well expansion plans in its Glasgow Clydeside office.
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Public Health - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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COVID Community Grants and Residential Care Settings
Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme
In relation to the COVID-19 situation please follow the latest advice from the government - for employees, employers and businesses.
This includes updates on safely operating businesses, grant funding and the full range of other support.
For key information on COVID-19 safe working for your business and other regulatory requirements please visit our Environmental Health pages and our covid secure business web pages.
For advice on what to do if there is a suspected case of COVID-19 in the workplace, see our guide for employers, businesses and workers below.
New grant support under national lockdown
New government grants are now available to eligible Island businesses for the current national lockdown period (from 5 January 2021).
There is also grant support relating to the previous Tier 3 and Tier 4 restriction periods around Christmas and the new year, together with support for ‘wet’ led pubs for late December.
In addition, the council is offering discretionary grant help to businesses which may fall outside these schemes, and has created a Winter Business Support Grant scheme.
The grant categories are shown below.
Please use the relevant links to make your application(s).
The information you provide in the application forms will help us to calculate your entitlement.
We will make payments as swiftly as we are able (please do not to contact us to chase payments as this may lead to delays).
Rolling grant payments (from 5 January 2021) – These are for eligible ratepaying businesses (non-essential retail, hospitality venues, accommodation, leisure and sports facilities, entertainment venues, animal attractions, indoor attractions at venues, personal care facilities, community centres and halls). They are rolling 28 day payments (but you will initially get a payment for six-weeks up to 15 February):
£1,334 for each 28 day period your business is closed - for a business with a rateable value of £15,000 or under.
£2,000 for each 28 day period your business is closed - for a business with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000.
£3,000 for each 28 day period your business is closed - for a business with a rateable value of over £51,000.
One-off top up grants (from 5 January 2021) – These are for eligible ratepaying businesses (in retail, hospitality, leisure, sports facilities and personal care sectors) which are legally required to close under the current lockdown and cannot operate effectively remotely:
£4,000 - for businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or under.
£6,000 - for businesses with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000.
£9,000 - for businesses with a rateable value of over £51,000.
Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) – This scheme relates to grants that are available to eligible businesses for the period during the earlier local Tier 3 and Tier 4 restrictions on the Island, as follows:
During Tier 3 (26 to 30 December):
LRSG (for businesses that were required to close under the restrictions) - You may be entitled to a pro-rota payment for the five-day period 26 to 30 December 2020. The amount you may receive is based on the rateable value of your property.
LRSG (for businesses that were able to remain open under the restrictions) - This grant supports severely impacted businesses that occupied rated premises but were not legally required to close.
During Tier 4 (31 December to 4 January):
LRSG (for businesses that were required to close under the restrictions) - You may be entitled to a pro-rota payment for the five-day period 31 December to 4 January. The amount you may receive is based on the rateable value of your property
LRSG (for businesses that were able to remain open under the restrictions) –You are not entitled to a payment.
Please use this application form for the rolling grant payments, one-off top up grants, and LRSG categories under Tier 3 and Tier 4.
Winter Business Support Grant (WBSG) – The council has created this scheme as an extension of the previous Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme, which operated for the previous November lockdown. This discretionary scheme will support businesses severely impacted by the lockdown, including those in the supply chain and not eligible for national lockdown or LRSG support.
Please use this application form for the discretionary Winter Business Support Grant. Please also view the guidance notes. If you have any queries please email ecdev@iow.gov.uk
Christmas support grant for ‘wet’ led pubs - If your pub was in Tier 3 between 2 December 2020 and 29 December 2020 you may be eligible for a one off grant of £1,000. Island pubs were in Tier 3 from 26 December. You are eligible if your pub has less than 50 per cent in revenue from food sales (you must provide accounting evidence).
Please use this application form for the ‘wet’ led pub grant. Please also view the guidance notes. If you have any queries please email ecdev@iow.gov.uk
Special ‘support finder’ tool
The government has published a special ‘support finder’ tool to help businesses and the self-employed quickly and easily find out what financial support is available.
Grant support schemes
Restart and Recovery, and Kickstarting Tourism Grant Fund
The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is seeking applications for a share of a new £375,000 grant fund for SMEs.
The Restart and Recovery and Kickstarting Tourism Grants have been created specifically to help those in Solent LEP area to adapt and diversify in response to the impacts of Covid-19, with at least £157,000 ring-fenced to support the visitor economy.
Visit the Solent LEP webpage - restart and recovery for more details on the grants and an online application form.
Round one of the fund will close once 1,000 applications have been received, or one week from its launch on 16 September 2020, whichever is the sooner. Should 1,000 applications not be received, round one will close at 11.59 pm on 23 September 2020. The Solent LEP is expecting application levels to be very high and is strongly encouraging businesses to apply as soon as possible.
Support package for businesses
The government introduced a package of temporary measures to support businesses through the disruption caused by COVID-19, beginning in March 2020.
These have included:
an extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme;
deferring VAT and Income Tax payments;
a Statutory Sick Pay relief package for SMEs;
a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England;
grant funding schemes based around business rating qualification (earlier in the year and during the second lockdown);
local discretionary grant funding schemes (earlier in the year and during the second lockdown);
the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank;
a new lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity among larger firms, helping them bridge coronavirus disruption to their cash flows through loans;
the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme;
self-assessment income tax payments that were due in July, can be deferred to the end of January 2021;
self-employed people can receive up to £2,500 per month in grants for at least three months;
a government-backed Bounce Back Loans scheme for small and medium businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000;
a Future Fund providing government loans to UK-based companies ranging from £125,000 to £5 million, subject to at least equal match funding from private investors - the scheme is open for applications until the end of September 2020.
Small Business Britain introduced ‘The Big Support’ campaign to encourage small businesses to reach out for support during this difficult time.
Small Business Britain support and advice - with the opportunity to sign up for the daily newsletter.
Join Small Business Saturday for Facebook Live daily business support
The resources listed below provide further websites, phonelines and free chat rooms to attempt to resolve issues and uncertainties that people have been facing.
Business Support Helpline - Telephone 0300 456 3565 (England), business support and advice directly from the government.
Government WhatsApp service – Telephone 07860 064422 a free to use service set up by the government to provide official information and advice about coronavirus.
Enterprise Nation - a website providing up to date government information, support schemes and advice for businesses through an online FAQ and live chat service.
BT Skills for Tomorrow - helping families, businesses and communities across the UK widen their skills with the use of online courses in a variety of different topics, such as: managing your money, using email, promoting your business, learning how to use LinkedIn and much more.
The Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs Business Survival Toolkit - a free to use small business survival toolkit of support and learning resources that will be available for as long as the coronavirus outbreak continues.
Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Coronavirus Support Hub - the Solent LEP has produced a support hub to allow individuals to have access to relevant information and advice.
WSX Enterprise Free Business Advice - supporting SMEs with 1:1 email and telephone exchanges with advisers and business owners in the region.
COVID-19 Toolkits (NOSYDesign) - free browsing of articles from industry experts on how their businesses are dealing with the current crisis.
Many businesses have needed funding support to help them through this uncertain period. Below is a list of opportunities currently available, including the Rural Business Resilience Fund which is specifically for the Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Rural Business Resilience Fund - grants of up to £2,500 for rural, small and medium-sized businesses on the Island looking to develop alternative ways of working during the coronavirus pandemic. For guidance visit IOW Rural business resilience fund - technical guidance. For the application form visit IOW Rural business resilience fund - application form
Sustainable Innovation Fund grants - Innovate UK (IUK), a government agency, is looking to help businesses recover, grow and create new opportunities from the aftermath of the pandemic. From an overall budget of £55 million, applicants can claim a maximum grant of £175,000 against their eligible project costs. Each project's total eligible costs must be between £100,000 and £500,000. Proposals must show evidence of key challenges as a direct consequence of Covid-19, and how the project can help solve them. In addition, IUK expects proposals to ensure that any recovery, growth and opportunity is clean and sustainable.
Solent LEP Crowdfunding Programme: Pay it forward - an impact support fund for micro/small businesses that require help.
The Prince’s Trust & NatWest £5million COVID-19 Relief Grant for Young Entrepreneurs - this initiative aims to assist 18 to 30-year olds in keeping their business afloat during this pandemic, and also offers one-to-one support and advice.
Innovation funding
There is also funding available for innovative and research-intensive businesses that have been impacted.
GOV.UK website - support package for innovative firms
The resources listed below are all free to use and can support you at this very difficult time.
GOV.UK: COVID-19: guidance for the public on mental health and wellbeing
Other key advice for businesses including COVID-19 related opening advice and guidance
For key advice on other council services affecting your business at this time, please access the relevant information via the links below.
These include areas such as:
Licensing (including ensuring licences held by businesses are renewed);
Environmental Health (including COVID-19 safe working, business closures and opening and other regulatory requirements);
Trading Standards;
Planning Services.
Business asset toolkit
A Business Asset toolkit has been developed for use by the retail sector on the Island.
This toolkit provides template advisory posters to assist businesses in becoming COVID-19 secure. Businesses should ensure they have undertaken all steps to risk assess their business activities in line with the government guidance - working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19).
Please note: As the situation is changing on an ongoing basis, businesses are advised to continue to check information on the government website for the latest updates.
COVID-19 in the workplace: a guide for employers, businesses and workers
This information sheet is a guide to explain what to do if there is a suspected case of COVID-19 in the workplace.
An example review sheet is available to download and use.
As an employer, what is my role in preventing the spread of COVID-19?
As the restrictions have eased and businesses and sectors have reopened, there are a number of considerations for employers around the health, safety and wellbeing of their colleagues and customers.
COVID-19 is still a risk. Critical to success is prevention, which means working together to contain both single cases and outbreaks.
Businesses have responsibilities to undertaken a risk assessment and put in place controls and mitigation to make sure they are COVID-secure following the sector-specific guidance .
The opening of the economy following the COVID-19 outbreak is being supported by NHS Test and Trace . Businesses should support this by keeping a temporary record of customers and visitors for 21 days, and help NHS Test and Trace if they ask for the data.
There is more guidance about this on the council’s COVID-19 webpages , or contact eh@iow.gov.uk
One of my staff has coronavirus symptoms – what must they do?
As soon as an employee shows coronavirus symptoms (a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss or change to their sense of smell or taste) they must go home immediately to self-isolate . The staff member should book a test immediately by visiting the NHS website or calling 119.
As well as people who have symptoms of COVID-19 themselves, this can also include people who are directly linked to someone else who has symptoms:
Those who live in a household or are in a support bubble with someone who has symptoms
· Those who are advised to self-isolate as part of the government’s test and trace service regardless of whether or not they are showing symptoms.
What must I do if one of my staff has coronavirus symptoms?
This is what to do if there is a single case, if there are two or more cases linked to your establishment then please also refer to the later section and advice on outbreaks.
By following the governments sector-specific guidance , employers can reduce the risk of co-workers having to self-isolate if a member of staff is suspected or even in some cases if they test positive for COVID-19.
Things to do straight away
You need to ensure that individuals who are advised to stay at home following government ‘stay at home’ guidance to stop infection spreading do not physically come to work.
Enhanced hygiene, hand washing and cleaning regimes should take place in line with the COVID-19: cleaning in non-healthcare settings guidance.
Employers may need to keep staff informed about suspected COVID-19 cases among their colleagues. But if possible, don’t name the individual. This should be used as a chance to remind everyone about the symptoms and make sure they are aware of the process to follow to isolate and get tested.
Carry out a review of the information and factors in your workplace and the implementation and effectiveness of your control measures. An example review sheet is available. You might decide, going through this review, that there has been a risk of transmission. You may then consider further additional measures to limit the access or a temporary close of the premises. If this is the case please make contact with your Public Health England (Local Health Protection Team) or the council’s Environmental Health, Regulatory Services team for support and advice.
Negative test result
If the test comes back negative, the member of staff will no longer need to self-isolate. Members of their household and support bubble can also stop isolating.
Positive test result
If the test is positive, the member of staff should complete the remainder of their 10-day isolation period and their household/support bubble should complete the 14-day isolation period.
They will then be contacted by the NHS Test and Trace service and should provide contact details for people they have been in close contact with in the 48-hours before they started to develop their symptoms. These details will be held in strict confidence and will only be used in compliance with data protection laws.
If a co-worker is at risk because of close contact with the positive case, then they will be notified to self-isolate by the NHS Test and Trace service.
You may be required to complete a RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013). Check out HSE guidance on RIDDOR reporting for more information.
How ‘close contact’ is defined
According to the Test and Trace service , close contact can refer to the following:
Having face-to-face contact with someone at a distance of less than 1 metre
Spending more than 15 minutes within 2 metres of someone.
Travelling in a car or small vehicle with someone – even if it was only for a very short amount of time.
Sitting close to someone on a plane.
If you work in, or have recently visited, a setting where there are other people present – such as a school, doctor’s surgery or place of work.
Interaction between 2 people having taken place through a Perspex (or equivalent) screen, will not be considered sufficient contact, provided that there has been no other contact.
However, the wearing of personal protective (PPE) outside health and care settings will not be considered as mitigation when assessing whether a recent contact is likely to have risked transmitting the virus.
What is an outbreak
This is when more than one confirmed case is associated with your premises or business.
We are likely to have an increase in cases in the community as the restrictions have lifted, so early outbreak management and intervention is critical to contain any outbreak and minimise possible wider cases in the community.
You must report to PHE Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health Protection Team who can give support and advice to help you manage the situation.
More details are provided the in National Action Cards , which you should check before any outbreak occurs. Review the cards and download any that apply to your organisation so you are prepared in the event of an outbreak that affects you.
Media guidance in cases and outbreaks
If your businesses is affected by COVID-19 good and appropriate communication is critical to support you staff, reassure customers and the community, in addition to protecting your reputation.
If you are busy handling a difficult situation, media enquiries can add to the challenge, so the Isle of Wight Council’s communications team may be able to help if you need media advice or support as a result of COVID-19 cases or outbreaks.
PHE Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health Protection Team T: 0344 225 3861 and you must select option 2
Business Regulations and Public Protection T: 01983 823000 E: eh@iow.gov.uk
Isle of Wight Council Communications Team E: media@iow.gov.uk
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The Junior League of Long Island Announces the 2020-2021 Board of Directors
Roslyn, NY, August 19, 2020 – The Junior League of Long Island® (“JLLI”) has announced the 2020-2021 Board of Directors. The Board comprises 10 women who are active members of JLLI, have given hundreds of volunteer hours to planning and implementing events and fundraisers, and dedicated themselves to JLLI and giving back to the Long Island community. The Board of Directors is responsible for governance and management of the organization for a one-year term commencing July 1, 2020.
President: Stephanie Kearns, Garden City
President-Elect: Carol St. Jacques, Commack
Finance Director: Cristine Bruno, Oakland Gardens
Treasurer: Feiona Churaman, Massapequa
Membership Activities/Training Director: Loretta Hahn, Garden City
Nominating/Placement Director: Cindy Dwyer, Massapequa
Projects/Research Director: Alicia Aguilera, Westbury
Parliamentarian: Donna Fiore, Bellmore
Sustaining Directors: Joel Blainey, Centerport & Deidra Maleno, Port Washington
The Junior League of Long Island serves its mission through direct service projects, advocacy, training, grants, and partnerships with other Long Island organizations. JLLI’s projects include Project Playground, to finance and build playgrounds for communities of need in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Positively Me, to address teenage self-esteem and bullying amongst young girls, and a myriad of “Done In A Day” volunteer opportunities that benefit Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The Junior League of Long Island strives to be the organization of choice for voluntarism and community partnerships to improve the health and well-being of women and children on Long Island. Our commitment has remained unwavering: to develop exceptionally qualified civic leaders who can identify a community’s most urgent and pressing needs and address them with meaningful and relevant programs and initiatives
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特集号：富士山をめぐる人文地理学研究—観光を中心に—
冬の真白き富士―新道峠からの富士山―
2015 年 124 巻 6 号 p. Cover06_01-Cover06_02
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.124.Cover06_01
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富士山は，四季折々いろいろな姿を見せてくれる日本の自然を代表する最高峰の秀麗な火山である．春から秋にかけては，空気中の水蒸気や塵が多くなるために，ハッキリした富士山が見える機会は少ない．しかし秋から冬は，空気が澄んでいるので雄大な富士山の形姿を見る機会が多くなる．なかでも山頂平均気温が－15℃以下になる厳冬には，富士山は清廉で凛として普遍的価値をもつ荘厳で崇高な山そのものを見せてくれる．
写真は，富士山の北麓に面した御坂山塊にある新道峠（山梨県）から撮影した．笛吹市の芦川から林道に入り，終点に車を止めて，稜線まで登り，20分ほど尾根道を歩くと峠にたどり着く．この場所からは眼下に河口湖を臨み，真正面に均整のとれた富士山を見ることができる．ここから撮る富士山は，ヤマツツジが新緑に彩をそえる5月末～6月初めもよいが，冬の雪や樹氷，霧氷に飾られた姿が際だって立派で，霊峰富士らしくてよい．
（村松茂貴（山梨県笛吹市在住）2014年2月5日撮影；説明：佐野 充・村松茂貴）
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Overview of Special Issue: Human Geographical Studies of Mount Fuji Region Focusing on Tourism
Masaaki KUREHA, Toshio KIKUCHI, Mitsuru SANO, Mitsuru YAMAMOTO
2015 年 124 巻 6 号 p. 877-885
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.124.877
特集号「富士山をめぐる人文地理学研究―観光を中心に―」序説
呉羽 正昭, 菊地 俊夫, 佐野 充, 山本 充
総説
近世期における富士山信仰とツーリズム
松井 圭介, 卯田 卓矢
This paper examines the relation between traditional pilgrimages to Mt. Fuji and related tourism in the pre-modern era. It takes into account the worship of Mt. Fuji as a sacred mountain and the activities of oshi pilgrim masters (low-ranking Shinto priests) who organized pilgrimages. Chapter II presents an overview of the worship of Mt. Fuji in its original form before modern times, and the historical development of that worship. Like other sacred mountains in Japan, Fuji was worshiped from a distance as a kannabi, a place where gods were believed to be enshrined. It was also worshiped as an area of the underworld, takai, where ancestral spirits rested. In addition, the mountain was thought itself to be a god: both a benevolent god who brings water and an angry god who brings natural disasters through volcanic eruptions. Historically, pilgrimages by ascetics to Mt. Fuji are first found in sources from the Heian era to the Kamakura era. Subsequently, Mt. Fuji gradually became one of the mountains of Shugendo, a Japanese ascetic-shamanist belief system incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts. Chapter III examines the establishment of devotional Fuji confraternities, called Fuji-ko, and the popularization of pilgrimages in modern times. The viewpoints of the various types of Fuji-ko, their religious beliefs, and aspects of their pilgrimages are discussed. In general, a Fuji-ko confraternity consisted of three officers—komoto (host of the ko), a sendatsu (guide), and sewanin (manager)—and members. They made pilgrimages in a three-to-ten-year cycle; the journey was usually a round trip of eight days and seven nights from Edo (the former name of Tokyo) to the mountain, arranged by oshi at Kamiyoshida, at the mountain's foot. Although Fuji was the main destination, others were often included. Some of these were sacred places related to Kakugyo (the founder of the pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji) and Jikigyo Miroku (the famous leader of Fujiko in the Edo era), and other sacred mountains such as Mt. Ooyama. Chapter IV examines the characteristics of Kamiyoshida, the village of oshi priests, which provided pilgrims with a range of services, including accommodation and assistance in climbing the mountain. Kamiyoshida was a particularly large settlement among those at the foot of Mt. Fuji, featuring large residences and rectangular zoning with special entrance roads. At its peak, the village had more than 100 houses aligned in a row. It was very prosperous in summer, when pilgrimages were most frequent. Chapter V examines characteristics of the pilgrimage destination and politics of location. The fact that citizens of Edo could view Mt. Fuji even though it was far away gave it a disarming allure and familiarity. Climbing the mountain was regarded as a great accomplishment, and in this way the pilgrimage became a journey of faith. The oshi priests, as the receiving party, created various legends of faith to draw pilgrims to their village rather than other starting points to Mt. Fuji or other shrines or temples. These legends contributed to the rise of Kamiyoshida and the oshi, and ultimately to their downfall.
絵画に表現された富士山
中西 僚太郎
This study surveys pictures of Mt. Fuji in the following three categories: Japanese paintings, pictorial mountain-climbing guide maps, and panoramic maps. To date, art historians have conducted many studies on pictures of Mt. Fuji. However, there have been no studies that consider pictorial mountain-climbing guide maps and panoramic maps as “pictures” of the mountain. Certainly, this study's major contribution to research on Mt. Fuji is its comprehensive understanding of “picture.” More importantly, the fact that most art historians have ignored panoramic maps drawn by Yoshida Hatsusaburo, Kaneko Jyoko, and others in the first half of the twentieth century is a mistake. They did examine Ukiyoe prints by Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, and others from the nineteenth century; nevertheless, both these Ukiyoe prints and the panoramic maps drawn by Yoshida Hatsusaburo were forms of commercial art. Geographers dealt with panoramic maps, which have been examined by other geographers and map enthusiasts. From a geographical perspective, Mt. Fuji drawn as a panoramic map is a valuable research resource. In addition, by examining Japanese paintings and pictorial mountain-climbing guide maps, Mt. Fuji is recognized to be an awe-inspiring subject, as well as the one that can be revered. Furthermore, by examining of panoramic maps, it is demonstrated that Mt. Fuji was recognized to be an object of modern tourism.
富士山をめぐる北麓地域住民の環境・景観意識
尾藤 章雄
The public consciousness of local residents towards environments and landscapes around Mt. Fuji, which was registered as a Cultural site of World Heritage in 2013, is investigated. Questionnaire survey data on environmental conservation around the Mt. Fuji area and social awareness survey data for landscape planning at the sub-montane town are used for the analysis. Residents near Mt. Fuji may have lived in the area all of their lives and may be stakeholders in Mt. Fuji, providing services for tourists and climbers, and deriving benefits from them all-year around. Those residents face various environmental issues and problems resulting from their guests and the scale of development. It is important in this study to understand the residents' views in relation to Mt. Fuji, contacts with guests, and on preserving attractive environments and landscapes in the future.
短報
日本人の富士山観の変遷と現代の富士山観
田中 絵里子, 畠山 輝雄
This study clarifies contemporary perceptions of Mount Fuji on the basis of the sensibilities of the Japanese people, who are influenced greatly by subjective and sentimental ways of viewing landscapes. Over the course of history, the way in which the Japanese have perceived Mount Fuji has changed due to experiences in each successive era, whether these have been natural disasters that accompanied eruptions, the shifting vista of Mount Fuji as seen from moving political capitals, or the development of mountain-climbing routes; in other words, reflecting of subjective factors such as individuals' perceptions of nature and culture within the context of such experiences. This study is a quantitative analysis based on a questionnaire survey of contemporary Japanese perceptions of Mount Fuji following its registration on the UNESCO World Heritage List. From the results of the analysis, when considering the way Mount Fuji is perceived from the Japanese sense of landscape, a comparison with ways Mount Fuji was perceived in the past indicates the following: while some aspects of contemporary perception of Mount Fuji have been inherited from a past that reflects underlying Japanese views of nature and culture, there are also newer aspects that have originated from a more recent overall national experience of the movement for World Heritage registration and the social background revealed in media coverage following registration. However, no significant differences are found as to whether individual respondents' had ever climbed to the summit or lived in a region where Mount Fuji is visible. This appears to be a result of increased exposure to various of information on Mount Fuji in the mass media, which have provided supplementary information to citizens living far away or who have no personal experience of Mount Fuji. This can be said to have formed a unified national view of Mount Fuji.
富士山麓における別荘地の開発と利用形態
佐藤 大祐, 澁谷 和樹
The development process and usage patterns of second-home areas at the foot of Mt. Fuji are clarified by analyzing their expansion process, capital, and owner behavior. After World War I, in 1929, Fuji Kyuko Company, profiting from a business boom, started to develop a second-home area south of Lake Yamanaka [Yamanaka Kohan Bessochi]. This approach, by which a private company borrowed a section of Imperial Gift Land from Yamanashi Prefecture and established a second-home area, served as a model for developments at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji. In the early 1960s, second-home areas were developed north of Lake Yamanaka and at Fujizakura Highland south of Lake Kawaguchi. With the opening of the Chuo and Tomei Expressways in 1969, there were large capital flows into the creation of up-scale second-home areas at Juriki Highland, Fujigamine Highland, and Asagiri Highland, as well as around Lake Kawaguchi from the late 1960s until the mid-1970s. Large railway, trading, and paper manufacturing companies, as well as local developers, started to create second-home areas throughout the high-growth period. These investors, therefore, competed for land at the foot of Mt. Fuji. As a result, speculative capital flowed into development projects in second-home areas. This speculation created the potential for massive environmental destruction. Consequently, local governments concluded agreements with second-home owners' associations to clarify management responsibilities. Owners are most frequently at their second homes on weekends and during summer vacations in the hot months from mid-July to mid-September when temperatures at the foot of Mt. Fuji are below 30°C. Owners also visit frequently at weekends and holidays in the spring and autumn. The second-home areas around Mt. Fuji, therefore, are both summer and weekend resorts, because they are located within a two-hour commute from Tokyo by car. The second-home areas, moreover, receive many migrants from urban areas, including aged persons, who seek an attractive natural environment at a relatively low price.
山梨県山中湖村における保養所の特質とその変容
渡邊 瑛季
The purpose of this study is to clarify changes in the management characteristics of Hoyo-jo and local conditions related to their decline in Yamanakako Village on the foothills of Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. A Hoyo-jo in Japanese means a lodging facility owned by companies or governmental bodies that provide resort accommodations for their employees. After World War II, many Japanese companies and their health insurance unions established Hoyo-jo in order to improve the benefits provided to employees. In Yamanakako Village, large corporations and government agencies had built about 1,000 Hoyo-jos by the early 1990s. The Hoyo-jo are divided into two types based on their management features: Kashi-ryo and Chokuei-ryo. A Kashi-ryo is rented from local residents. A Chokuei-ryo is directly managed by corporate or governmental owners. From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, some companies and their health insurance unions decided to discontinue Hoyo-jo without consulting their local managers. Since the abolition of Hoyo-jo, there have been distinctive changes in the patterns of the households in terms of their management. Most households that formerly managed Kashi-ryo continue to live in the building because they own the land and buildings. In contrast, in most cases of former Chokuei-ryo, the land and buildings are unused. Hoyo-jo played an important role in the development of tourism during the decades of the 1960s to the 1990s. Therefore Yamanakako Village will have to re-examine the role of Hoyo-jo for the sustainable development of tourism.
ユネスコの追加勧告にみる富士山の世界文化遺産としての課題
鈴木 晃志郎
2015 年 124 巻 6 号 p. 995-1014
In 2013, Mt. Fuji was inscribed on the World Heritage List. However, the World Heritage Committee made six recommendations to be implemented before February 2016. While most are linked directly to environmental conservation plans to control the number of climbers, other points give particular attention to the lack of information for tourists to understand the endemic importance of Mt. Fuji. The cultural and social backgrounds of religious beliefs associated with Mt. Fuji (namely Shugendo and Fujikou) are summarized. These developed over a long period and underpin regional spiritual and aesthetic relationships among pilgrimage groups, regional owners of pilgrim hostels, shrine priests, and Mt. Fuji itself. Although the World Heritage Committee valued this religious background as being of outstanding universal value, an analysis of the contents of Internet tour bookings and reviews of a website demonstrates that itineraries related to Mt. Fuji largely omit the 25 components of this World Heritage. Although the number of inbound tourists increased sharply after the World Heritage listing, due to language barriers, as well as time and financial constraints, visitors have a strong tendency to choose short-term package tours, meaning they may bypass the heart of the cultural landscape of Mt. Fuji. To help deepen the understanding of tourists, it would be valuable to develop an ability-based grade system and conduct a human resources development program.
富士山麓地域における観光行動の特徴
—着地からの旅行距離に着目して—
杉本 興運, 小池 拓矢
2015 年 124 巻 6 号 p. 1015-1031
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.124.1015
This study examines tourist behavior in the Mt. Fuji area in terms of distance traveled by tourists, and clarifies differences in types of tourist and their movements based on distance traveled. Moreover, it describes the social impact of the area's recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site on the behavior of tourists. Tourism in the Mt. Fuji area began as Fuji Tohai, which means “climbing for worship” in the Edo era, and was popularized by subsequent tourism development. At present, the Fuji area is a tourism region that provides opportunities for sightseeing, leisure, and recreational activities, such as exploring and staying in the Fuji Five Lakes region, to visitors who live in or near urban and metropolitan areas. By analyzing the results of a questionnaire survey given to domestic individual travelers who use private cars, we found that their behavior is characterized by differences related to travel distance, although most of them share the common purpose of experiencing natural landscapes during their travels. Neighborhood residents tend to visit for daily leisure activities, whereas visitors from distant places tend to make overnight trips and visit only major tourist attractions. This shows the nature of the concentric model, which means that travel distance influences the behavior of tourists, their perceptions, and frequency of trips, and vice versa. However, we simultaneously discovered a distortion in this model, which is caused by the locality of the Mt. Fuji area. Tourism in the Mt. Fuji area currently faces changes resulting from the significant social impact of the area's recognition as a World Heritage site: Tourism demand is increasing, especially among persons who live in more distant places, which means foreigners living abroad in this study, and local residents are working to develop tourist areas and touring routes, focusing on World Heritage. Tourist behavior, such as perception and movements, have gradually changed in parallel with social and environmental changes.
旅行ガイドブックにみる富士山観光のイメージ変化
—『るるぶ富士山』の目次を対象としたテキスト分析—
有馬 貴之
Mass-information media such as guidebooks, novels, movies, and TV dramas present images of tourist areas. This research aims to investigate changes in the content of one guidebook series concerning Mt. Fuji. Mt. Fuji offers many tourist attractions, including climbing the mountain, viewing it, and shopping in its vicinity. The content featured over the 20 years during which the guidebook series has been published is divided into four periods, which are characterised as follows: sightseeing period (1st period: 1995), leisure and activity period (2nd period: 1996 to 1999), climbing period (3rd period: 2000 to 2008), and climbing and general activities period (4th period: 2009 to 2014). During the 1st period, the word “resort” was important in the guidebooks' content, crafting an image of Mt. Fuji tourism that was led by a resort boom in Japan. The words “leisure,” “history,” and “nature” acquired significance in the 2nd period, when content concerning some activities increased in the guidebooks against the background of a connection between tourism and regional promotion. Guidebooks of the 3rd period heavily used imagery of climbing to characterise Mt. Fuji tourism, with the words “entrance” and “climbing” appearing frequently. This period coincided with a generational transition among climbers, during which there was an increase in Japan of younger climbers and female climbers. During the 4th period, climbing remained the most significant topic of the guidebooks; however, words related to recent Japanese tourism topics, such as “B-grade” “gourmet” “local” and “holy place” took important positions alongside the topic of climbing, because B-grade gourmet products within the Mt. Fuji region such as pan-fried noodles in Fujinomiya city became famous during the 2000s. As a whole, the content of the tourism guidebooks over the years illustrates changes in perceptions of Mt. Fuji from diverse and general images of leisure and pleasure to specific images of climbing.
富士山北西斜面御庭付近のカラマツ低木林はなぜ維持されるのだろうか？
—御中道巡りの魅力の再認識のために—
岡 秀一, 白川 亜沙子, 菅野 洋光
Mount Fuji is a relatively young mountain, which erupted intermittently until 1707. The tree limit on Mount Fuji is composed of larches (Larix leptolepis). The limit ranges from 1,400 to 2,900 meters in altitude, depending on the slope. Around Oniwa on the northwestern slope of Mount Fuji, a larch scrub community is scattered in patches, forming an island, where the tree line is 2,650 meters. All of the larches are severely deformed toward the northeast due to strong winds. Factors maintaining the larch scrub are examined referring to tree size and tree age. Tree size decreases rapidly above an altitude of 2,390 meters on the northwestern slope, where the forest limit is located. On this slope, we can observe both a group of trees showing a stronger tendency toward growth in terms of height and another group growth in terms of diameter. These growth patterns change depending on the altitude; that is, the higher the altitude, the greater the diameter, and the lower the altitude, the greater the height. On the other hand, the relationships between tree size and tree age show a tendency at lower altitudes of older trees having greater heights, and at higher altitudes of older trees having greater diameter, but not heights. These facts suggest that a larch scrub community forms by controlling exposure to the severe environment. This is also in accord with the observation of older trees having greater deformation. It is considered that embolism is a plausible cause controlling tree size, especially tree height, because frost action with severe transpiration frequently occurs on this slope. As a result, a scrub formation would be fixed. This explanation of the growth mechanism of the landscape around Oniwa on the northwestern part of the Ochu-do trail running along the side of Mount Fuji will assist eco- and geo-tourism development on the Ochu-do.
富士山周辺地域における農業的土地利用変化とその地域性
太田 慧, 菊地 俊夫
This study clarifies changes in agricultural land use at the foot of Mt. Fuji and regional characteristics. Variations at different altitudes at the foot of Mt. Fuji are examined. An agricultural land-use map of the foot of Mt. Fuji was prepared from data of the Census of Agriculture and Forestry. Comparative data from 1970 to 2010 are analyzed. Using this map, trends can be identified in changes of land use across the study period. The foot of Mt. Fuji is divided into four regions: northern foot area, eastern foot area, Suruga Bay area, and western foot area. Orchards at all altitudes in the Suruga Bay area have expanded. This may be attributed to increases in the production of green tea and fruits from 1970 to 2010. On the other hand, in the eastern and western foot areas, agricultural land-use trends varied by altitude. Areas at lower altitudes were used as suburban agricultural fields. The middle altitude areas of the eastern and western foot areas were used as paddy fields due to the automation of agriculture. In the northern foot area, the number of fields used for vegetable production increased due to tourist farm development. Thus, changes in agricultural land use at the foot of Mt. Fuji from 1970 to 2010 indicate that socio-economic changes override land-use patterns based on environmental conditions. In 2010, horizontal regional characteristics of the northern, eastern, southern, and western areas at the foot of Mt. Fuji show larger variations than vertical regional characteristics.
口絵1：富士山麓の土地資源を活用したさまざまな観光
菊地 俊夫
2015 年 124 巻 6 号 p. xix-xx
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.124.xix
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