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Scientists used to think amyloid plaques were the problem in Alzheimer’s disease.
“Now it seems clear that the aggregates are not the main culprits, it’s their precursors,” so-called Aβ oligomers, said Claudio Soto of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. “This is the key molecule and could be the best, most reliable way to make an early diagnosis. That’s been the biggest problem in the field: you can’t identify patients until they are already sick.”
“Those Aβ oligomers may be circulating in the body years if not decades before cognitive symptoms arise,” Soto added. If only there were a way to detect them.
In the new study, Soto and his colleagues applied a technology they developed earlier to detect the misfolded proteins responsible for prion diseases, including mad cow disease. Their protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) technology works by amplifying existing misfolded proteins and then breaking them into smaller pieces. When mixed with the equivalent, normal protein, the misfolded fragments act as seeds for the formation, in the case of Aβ, of amyloid clumps like those found in the Alzheimer’s brain.
The researchers showed that their PMCA technology could detect Aβ oligomers at incredibly low concentrations. In principle, their earlier prion work suggests it might be possible to detect even a single particle of misfolded Aβ. Most importantly, Soto and his colleagues were able to distinguish between patients with Alzheimer’s disease and those with other neurodegenerative or neurological disorders with 90% sensitivity and 92% specificity by applying their test to cerebrospinal fluid samples.
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Antisemitismusbericht 2015 / Rapport sur l'antisémitisme 2015
Translated Title
Antisemitism Report 2015
Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund – Fédération suisse des communautés israélites
GRA Stiftung gegen Rassismus und Antisemitismus
In 2015, SIG and GRA registered 14 anti-Semitic incidents in German-speaking Switzerland.
This is significantly less than in 2014: in that year 66 incidents were registered. As in previous
years, in 2015 the actual quantity of anti-Semitic hatred on the internet was not recorded;
however there was a noticeable tendency towards less anti-Semitic hatred than in the previous
As in 2014, two anti-Semitically motivated physical attacks were registered in the reporting year.
On one occasion, Jewish adolescents were physically attacked in Zurich by adolescents of the
same age - in the second case, it was neo-Nazis who also attacked a Jew in Zurich.
However, this drop in the number of registered incidents should not be taken as a sign of any
corresponding reduction in the level of anti-Semitic sentiment.
The study "Living Together in Switzerland", conducted on behalf of the centre for anti-racism and
published early in 2015, reveals that the spread of anti-Semitic sentiment across the broad
spectrum of society is, at around 10% of the Swiss population, relatively stable. This sentiment
often remains hidden and emerges in surges, sparked off by 'trigger events' such as conflict
between Israel and Palestinians. This was particularly apparent in 2014. While the Israeli military
deployment in Gaza was a response to rocket attacks on Israel, the number of anti-Semitic
incidents accelerated, only to drop quickly again afterwards. A further point to make is that
criticism of Israel's policies is not regarded explicitly as a form of "anti-Semitic incident", whereas
statements such as "all Jews should be gassed" are.
In 2015, there was no military escalation with Israeli involvement such as in 2014 and also no
other trigger events. This could well be the main reason for the lower number of registered
incidents. As in previous years, the actual number of incidents is most probably higher, because
many incidents go unreported.
In autumn 2015, there were numerous knife attacks by Palestinians on Jewish Israelis in Israel.
This also led to anti-Semitic comments in Switzerland, for example on Facebook, which glorified
the perpetrators as heroes. However, there was no heightened activity, as in 2014 during the
Gaza War, when Facebook hatred-mongers whipped each other up and tried to outdo each
In 2014, SIG and GRA brought 25 criminal charges against individuals making hate statements
about Jews on Facebook. In the cases were it was possible to unmask the perpetrators, they
were found to have breached the anti-racism penal code. However, many cases against
unidentifiable Facebook hatred-mongers had to be abandoned. Also, other institutions and
private individuals brought dozens of other charges. SIG and GRA do not know the outcomes of
these proceedings.
It cannot be ruled out that these charges and media reports about them in 2014 led to fewer and
less drastic hate statements against Jews on Swiss Facebook pages in 2015 than in previous
years. In summer 2015, hate statements on the net became a broad subject of media attention in
connection with the refugee crisis. This debate, too, could have led to the sensitization of many
people. Today, it may well be true that more people than in the past are aware that racist and
anti-Semitic hatred in the internet can be a criminal offence.
The fact that 2015 also saw not only written and verbal attacks but also physical assaults on
Jews shows that anti-Semitic sentiment can still lead to physical violence on occasion.
Such as, in summer 2015, more than 20 neo-Nazis turned up in Zurich-Wiedikon and attacked an
orthodox Jew. They insulted him, spat at him, and jostled him. This may well have had a more
serious outcome, but for the energetic interventions of passers-by and the police. Another
incident took place at a football pitch in Zurich. Young footballers from a Jewish football
association were insulted anti-Semitically, jostled and finally beaten by other young people. The
perpetrators only left their victims in peace when passers-by got involved. The perpetrators then
fled the scene unidentified.
Antisemitism Antisemitism: Monitoring Hate crime Main Topic: Antisemitism
Note that this report only appears as a selection of webpages. They are collated as downloadable pdfs on this page, together with an English summary
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For reports on antisemitism in French-speaking Switzerland, search for "Coordination intercommunautaire contre l’antisémitisme et la diffamation (CICAD)"
Link to online edition, Antisemitismusbericht 2015
Link to online edition, Rapport sur l'antisémitisme 2015
PDF, Anti-Semitism Report: Summary
antisemitismus.ch
Antisemitismusbericht 2015 / Rapport sur l'antisémitisme 2015. Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund – Fédération suisse des communautés israélites , GRA Stiftung gegen Rassismus und Antisemitismus. 2016: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-swi16
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Dora Estelle Thompson
Liberty Township, Ringgold, Iowa, United States
The Life of Dora Estelle
When Dora Estelle Thompson was born on 4 May 1881, in Liberty Township, Ringgold, Iowa, United States, her father, William Bradford Thompson, was 31 and her mother, Inez May Herring, was 25. She married Isaac Newton Wagner on 30 November 1895, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Downey, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Downey Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 9 September 1968, in Oakdale, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 87.
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Inez May Herring
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1882 · Electricity Comes to Los Angeles
Electricity was first introduced to Los Angeles. The first electric street light had “three carbon-arc lamps of three thousand candle-power” and stood 150 feet tall.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Dora E Grothe in household of Hiram F Grothe, "United States Census, 1940"
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An Nio Tan
Malang, East Java, Indonesia
The Life of An Nio
When An Nio Tan was born on 2 September 1918, in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, her father, Bian Ie Tan, was 27 and her mother, Hiang Nio Tjioe, was 23. She died on 29 March 2008, in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 89.
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Hiang Nio Tjioe
Siong Nio Tan
Kiem Nio Tan
Kok Bing Tan
Kian Nio Tan
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1919 · Nazi party is founded
Founded by Anton Drexler and Karl Harrer, the German Worker's Party, which eventually would become the Nationalist Socialist German Worker�s Party or Nazi Party. The Nazi Party would eventually take full control over Germany in 1933 and spark a second World War.
Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg.
Indonesia achieves Independence.
1 Chinese 谭: from the name of the state of Tan during the Zhou dynasty. After Wu Wang established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc , he enfeoffed the state of Tan to a descendant of the model emperor Yu ( 2205–2198 bc ), with the status of Viscount. Descendants adopted the name of the state Tan as their surname.2 Chinese 谈: said to be from the name of a certain King Tan of the state of Song, a 36th-generation descendant of its founder ( see Song ).3 Chinese 陈: variant of Chen .
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#437971 Video Friday: Teleport Yourself Into ...
Posted on January 15, 2021 by Android
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far (send us your events!):
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Samsung announced some new prototype robots at CES this week. It's a fancy video, but my guess is that the actual autonomy here is minimal at best.
[ Samsung ]
Some very impressive reactive agility from Ghost Robotics' little quadruped.
[ Ghost Robotics ]
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is researching how to bring together the instinctive reflexes of professional drivers and automated driving technology that uses the calculated foresight of a supercomputer. Using a Toyota GR Supra, TRI will learn from some of the most skilled drivers in the world to develop sophisticated vehicle control algorithms. The project’s goal is to design a new level of active safety technology for the Toyota Guardian™ approach of amplifying human driving abilities and helping keep people safe.
The end of this video features one of the most satisfying-sounding drone outtakes I've ever heard,
[ ASL ]
Reachy can now run the first humanoid VR teleoperation app available on the market. This app allows you to place yourself in the body of a humanoid robot, in VR, wherever you are in the world, to remotely operate it and carry out complex tasks. With this new functionality, Reachy is able to learn from the demonstration of the humans who control it, which makes application development even easier.
[ Pollen Robotics ]
Thanks Elsa!
Boston Dynamics has inspired some dancing robot videos recently, including this from Marco Tempest.
[ Marco Tempest ]
MOFLIN is an AI Pet created from a totally new concept. It possesses emotional capabilities that evolve like living animals. With its warm soft fur, cute sounds, and adorable movement, you’d want to love it forever. We took a nature inspired approach and developed a unique algorithm that allows MOFLIN to learn and grow by constantly using its interactions to determine patterns and evaluate its surroundings from its sensors. MOFLIN will choose from an infinite number of mobile and sound pattern combinations to respond and express its feelings. To put it in simple terms, it’s like you’re interacting with a living pet.
I like the minimalist approach. I dislike the “it’s like you’re interacting with a living pet” bit.
[ Kickstarter ]
There's a short gif of these warehouse robots going around, but here's the full video.
[ BionicHIVE ]
Vstone's Robovie-Z proves that you don't need fancy hardware for effective teleworking.
[ Vstone ]
All dual-arm robots are required, at some point, to play pool.
[ ABB ]
Volkswagen Group Components gives us a first glimpse of the real prototypes. This is one of the visionary charging concepts that Volkswagen hopes will expand the charging infrastructure over the next few years. Its task: fully autonomous charging of vehicles in restricted parking areas, like underground car parks.
To charge several vehicles at the same time, the mobile robot moves a trailer, essentially a mobile energy storage unit, to the vehicle, connects it up and then uses this energy storage unit to charge the battery of the electric vehicle. The energy storage unit stays with the vehicle during the charging process. In the meantime, the robot charges other electric vehicles.
[ Volkswagen ]
I've got a lot of questions about Moley Robotics' kitchen. But I would immediately point out that the system appears to do no prep work, which (at least for me) is the time-consuming and stressful part of cooking.
[ Moley Robotics ]
Blueswarm is a collective of fish-inspired miniature underwater robots that can achieve a wide variety of 3D collective behaviors – synchrony, aggregation/dispersion, milling, search – using only implicit communication mediated through the production and sensing of blue light. We envision this platform for investigating collective AI, underwater coordination, and fish-inspired locomotion and sensing.
[ Science Robotics ]
A team of Malaysian researchers are transforming pineapple leaves into strong materials that can be used to build frames for unmanned aircraft or drones.
[ Reuters ]
The future of facility disinfecting is here, protect your customers, and create peace of mind. Our drone sanitization spraying technology is up to 100% more efficient and effective than conventional manual spray sterilization processes.
[ Draganfly ]
Robots are no long a future technology, as small robots can be purchased today to be utilized for educational purposes. See what goes into making a modern robot come to life.
[ Huggbees ]
How does a robot dog learn how to dance? Adam and the Tested team examine and dive into Boston Dynamics' Choreographer software that was behind Spot's recent viral dancing video.
[ Tested ]
For years, engineers have had to deal with “the tyranny of the fairing,” that anything you want to send into space has to fit into the protective nosecone on top of the rocket. A field of advanced design has been looking for new ways to improve our engineering, using the centuries-old artform to dream bigger.
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#437957 Meet Assembloids, Mini Human Brains With ...
It’s not often that a twitching, snowman-shaped blob of 3D human tissue makes someone’s day.
But when Dr. Sergiu Pasca at Stanford University witnessed the tiny movement, he knew his lab had achieved something special. You see, the blob was evolved from three lab-grown chunks of human tissue: a mini-brain, mini-spinal cord, and mini-muscle. Each individual component, churned to eerie humanoid perfection inside bubbling incubators, is already a work of scientific genius. But Pasca took the extra step, marinating the three components together inside a soup of nutrients.
The result was a bizarre, Lego-like human tissue that replicates the basic circuits behind how we decide to move. Without external prompting, when churned together like ice cream, the three ingredients physically linked up into a fully functional circuit. The 3D mini-brain, through the information highway formed by the artificial spinal cord, was able to make the lab-grown muscle twitch on demand.
In other words, if you think isolated mini-brains—known formally as brain organoids—floating in a jar is creepy, upgrade your nightmares. The next big thing in probing the brain is assembloids—free-floating brain circuits—that now combine brain tissue with an external output.
The end goal isn’t to freak people out. Rather, it’s to recapitulate our nervous system, from input to output, inside the controlled environment of a Petri dish. An autonomous, living brain-spinal cord-muscle entity is an invaluable model for figuring out how our own brains direct the intricate muscle movements that allow us stay upright, walk, or type on a keyboard.
It’s the nexus toward more dexterous brain-machine interfaces, and a model to understand when brain-muscle connections fail—as in devastating conditions like Lou Gehrig’s disease or Parkinson’s, where people slowly lose muscle control due to the gradual death of neurons that control muscle function. Assembloids are a sort of “mini-me,” a workaround for testing potential treatments on a simple “replica” of a person rather than directly on a human.
From Organoids to Assembloids
The miniature snippet of the human nervous system has been a long time in the making.
It all started in 2014, when Dr. Madeleine Lancaster, then a post-doc at Stanford, grew a shockingly intricate 3D replica of human brain tissue inside a whirling incubator. Revolutionarily different than standard cell cultures, which grind up brain tissue to reconstruct as a flat network of cells, Lancaster’s 3D brain organoids were incredibly sophisticated in their recapitulation of the human brain during development. Subsequent studies further solidified their similarity to the developing brain of a fetus—not just in terms of neuron types, but also their connections and structure.
With the finding that these mini-brains sparked with electrical activity, bioethicists increasingly raised red flags that the blobs of human brain tissue—no larger than the size of a pea at most—could harbor the potential to develop a sense of awareness if further matured and with external input and output.
Despite these concerns, brain organoids became an instant hit. Because they’re made of human tissue—often taken from actual human patients and converted into stem-cell-like states—organoids harbor the same genetic makeup as their donors. This makes it possible to study perplexing conditions such as autism, schizophrenia, or other brain disorders in a dish. What’s more, because they’re grown in the lab, it’s possible to genetically edit the mini-brains to test potential genetic culprits in the search for a cure.
Yet mini-brains had an Achilles’ heel: not all were made the same. Rather, depending on the region of the brain that was reverse engineered, the cells had to be persuaded by different cocktails of chemical soups and maintained in isolation. It was a stark contrast to our own developing brains, where regions are connected through highways of neural networks and work in tandem.
Pasca faced the problem head-on. Betting on the brain’s self-assembling capacity, his team hypothesized that it might be possible to grow different mini-brains, each reflecting a different brain region, and have them fuse together into a synchronized band of neuron circuits to process information. Last year, his idea paid off.
In one mind-blowing study, his team grew two separate portions of the brain into blobs, one representing the cortex, the other a deeper part of the brain known to control reward and movement, called the striatum. Shockingly, when put together, the two blobs of human brain tissue fused into a functional couple, automatically establishing neural highways that resulted in one of the most sophisticated recapitulations of a human brain. Pasca crowned this tissue engineering crème-de-la-crème “assembloids,” a portmanteau between “assemble” and “organoids.”
“We have demonstrated that regionalized brain spheroids can be put together to form fused structures called brain assembloids,” said Pasca at the time.” [They] can then be used to investigate developmental processes that were previously inaccessible.”
And if that’s possible for wiring up a lab-grown brain, why wouldn’t it work for larger neural circuits?
Assembloids, Assemble
The new study is the fruition of that idea.
The team started with human skin cells, scraped off of eight healthy people, and transformed them into a stem-cell-like state, called iPSCs. These cells have long been touted as the breakthrough for personalized medical treatment, before each reflects the genetic makeup of its original host.
Using two separate cocktails, the team then generated mini-brains and mini-spinal cords using these iPSCs. The two components were placed together “in close proximity” for three days inside a lab incubator, gently floating around each other in an intricate dance. To the team’s surprise, under the microscope using tracers that glow in the dark, they saw highways of branches extending from one organoid to the other like arms in a tight embrace. When stimulated with electricity, the links fired up, suggesting that the connections weren’t just for show—they’re capable of transmitting information.
“We made the parts,” said Pasca, “but they knew how to put themselves together.”
Then came the ménage à trois. Once the mini-brain and spinal cord formed their double-decker ice cream scoop, the team overlaid them onto a layer of muscle cells—cultured separately into a human-like muscular structure. The end result was a somewhat bizarre and silly-looking snowman, made of three oddly-shaped spherical balls.
Yet against all odds, the brain-spinal cord assembly reached out to the lab-grown muscle. Using a variety of tools, including measuring muscle contraction, the team found that this utterly Frankenstein-like snowman was able to make the muscle component contract—in a way similar to how our muscles twitch when needed.
“Skeletal muscle doesn’t usually contract on its own,” said Pasca. “Seeing that first twitch in a lab dish immediately after cortical stimulation is something that’s not soon forgotten.”
When tested for longevity, the contraption lasted for up to 10 weeks without any sort of breakdown. Far from a one-shot wonder, the isolated circuit worked even better the longer each component was connected.
Pasca isn’t the first to give mini-brains an output channel. Last year, the queen of brain organoids, Lancaster, chopped up mature mini-brains into slices, which were then linked to muscle tissue through a cultured spinal cord. Assembloids are a step up, showing that it’s possible to automatically sew multiple nerve-linked structures together, such as brain and muscle, sans slicing.
The question is what happens when these assembloids become more sophisticated, edging ever closer to the inherent wiring that powers our movements. Pasca’s study targets outputs, but what about inputs? Can we wire input channels, such as retinal cells, to mini-brains that have a rudimentary visual cortex to process those examples? Learning, after all, depends on examples of our world, which are processed inside computational circuits and delivered as outputs—potentially, muscle contractions.
To be clear, few would argue that today’s mini-brains are capable of any sort of consciousness or awareness. But as mini-brains get increasingly more sophisticated, at what point can we consider them a sort of AI, capable of computation or even something that mimics thought? We don’t yet have an answer—but the debates are on.
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#437940 How Boston Dynamics Taught Its Robots to ...
Posted on January 7, 2021 by Android
A week ago, Boston Dynamics posted a video of Atlas, Spot, and Handle dancing to “Do You Love Me.” It was, according to the video description, a way “to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year.” As of today the video has been viewed nearly 24 million times, and the popularity is no surprise, considering the compelling mix of technical prowess and creativity on display.
Strictly speaking, the stuff going on in the video isn’t groundbreaking, in the sense that we’re not seeing any of the robots demonstrate fundamentally new capabilities, but that shouldn’t take away from how impressive it is—you’re seeing state-of-the-art in humanoid robotics, quadrupedal robotics, and whatever-the-heck-Handle-is robotics.
What is unique about this video from Boston Dynamics is the artistic component. We know that Atlas can do some practical tasks, and we know it can do some gymnastics and some parkour, but dancing is certainly something new. To learn more about what it took to make these dancing robots happen (and it’s much more complicated than it might seem), we spoke with Aaron Saunders, Boston Dynamics’ VP of Engineering.
Saunders started at Boston Dynamics in 2003, meaning that he’s been a fundamental part of a huge number of Boston Dynamics’ robots, even the ones you may have forgotten about. Remember LittleDog, for example? A team of two designed and built that adorable little quadruped, and Saunders was one of them.
While he’s been part of the Atlas project since the beginning (and had a hand in just about everything else that Boston Dynamics works on), Saunders has spent the last few years leading the Atlas team specifically, and he was kind enough to answer our questions about their dancing robots.
IEEE Spectrum: What’s your sense of how the Internet has been reacting to the video?
Aaron Saunders: We have different expectations for the videos that we make; this one was definitely anchored in fun for us. The response on YouTube was record-setting for us: We received hundreds of emails and calls with people expressing their enthusiasm, and also sharing their ideas for what we should do next, what about this song, what about this dance move, so that was really fun. My favorite reaction was one that I got from my 94-year-old grandma, who watched the video on YouTube and then sent a message through the family asking if I’d taught the robot those sweet moves. I think this video connected with a broader audience, because it mixed the old-school music with new technology.
We haven’t seen Atlas move like this before—can you talk about how you made it happen?
We started by working with dancers and a choreographer to create an initial concept for the dance by composing and assembling a routine. One of the challenges, and probably the core challenge for Atlas in particular, was adjusting human dance moves so that they could be performed on the robot. To do that, we used simulation to rapidly iterate through movement concepts while soliciting feedback from the choreographer to reach behaviors that Atlas had the strength and speed to execute. It was very iterative—they would literally dance out what they wanted us to do, and the engineers would look at the screen and go “that would be easy” or “that would be hard” or “that scares me.” And then we’d have a discussion, try different things in simulation, and make adjustments to find a compatible set of moves that we could execute on Atlas.
Throughout the project, the time frame for creating those new dance moves got shorter and shorter as we built tools, and as an example, eventually we were able to use that toolchain to create one of Atlas’ ballet moves in just one day, the day before we filmed, and it worked. So it’s not hand-scripted or hand-coded, it’s about having a pipeline that lets you take a diverse set of motions, that you can describe through a variety of different inputs, and push them through and onto the robot.
Image: Boston Dynamics
Were there some things that were particularly difficult to translate from human dancers to Atlas? Or, things that Atlas could do better than humans?
Some of the spinning turns in the ballet parts took more iterations to get to work, because they were the furthest from leaping and running and some of the other things that we have more experience with, so they challenged both the machine and the software in new ways. We definitely learned not to underestimate how flexible and strong dancers are—when you take elite athletes and you try to do what they do but with a robot, it’s a hard problem. It’s humbling. Fundamentally, I don’t think that Atlas has the range of motion or power that these athletes do, although we continue developing our robots towards that, because we believe that in order to broadly deploy these kinds of robots commercially, and eventually in a home, we think they need to have this level of performance.
One thing that robots are really good at is doing something over and over again the exact same way. So once we dialed in what we wanted to do, the robots could just do it again and again as we played with different camera angles.
I can understand how you could use human dancers to help you put together a routine with Atlas, but how did that work with Spot, and particularly with Handle?
I think the people we worked with actually had a lot of talent for thinking about motion, and thinking about how to express themselves through motion. And our robots do motion really well—they’re dynamic, they’re exciting, they balance. So I think what we found was that the dancers connected with the way the robots moved, and then shaped that into a story, and it didn’t matter whether there were two legs or four legs. When you don’t necessarily have a template of animal motion or human behavior, you just have to think a little harder about how to go about doing something, and that’s true for more pragmatic commercial behaviors as well.
“We used simulation to rapidly iterate through movement concepts while soliciting feedback from the choreographer to reach behaviors that Atlas had the strength and speed to execute. It was very iterative—they would literally dance out what they wanted us to do, and the engineers would look at the screen and go ‘that would be easy’ or ‘that would be hard’ or ‘that scares me.’”
—Aaron Saunders, Boston Dynamics
How does the experience that you get teaching robots to dance, or to do gymnastics or parkour, inform your approach to robotics for commercial applications?
We think that the skills inherent in dance and parkour, like agility, balance, and perception, are fundamental to a wide variety of robot applications. Maybe more importantly, finding that intersection between building a new robot capability and having fun has been Boston Dynamics’ recipe for robotics—it’s a great way to advance.
One good example is how when you push limits by asking your robots to do these dynamic motions over a period of several days, you learn a lot about the robustness of your hardware. Spot, through its productization, has become incredibly robust, and required almost no maintenance—it could just dance all day long once you taught it to. And the reason it’s so robust today is because of all those lessons we learned from previous things that may have just seemed weird and fun. You’ve got to go into uncharted territory to even know what you don’t know.
It’s often hard to tell from watching videos like these how much time it took to make things work the way you wanted them to, and how representative they are of the actual capabilities of the robots. Can you talk about that?
Let me try to answer in the context of this video, but I think the same is true for all of the videos that we post. We work hard to make something, and once it works, it works. For Atlas, most of the robot control existed from our previous work, like the work that we’ve done on parkour, which sent us down a path of using model predictive controllers that account for dynamics and balance. We used those to run on the robot a set of dance steps that we’d designed offline with the dancers and choreographer. So, a lot of time, months, we spent thinking about the dance and composing the motions and iterating in simulation.
Dancing required a lot of strength and speed, so we even upgraded some of Atlas’ hardware to give it more power. Dance might be the highest power thing we’ve done to date—even though you might think parkour looks way more explosive, the amount of motion and speed that you have in dance is incredible. That also took a lot of time over the course of months; creating the capability in the machine to go along with the capability in the algorithms.
Once we had the final sequence that you see in the video, we only filmed for two days. Much of that time was spent figuring out how to move the camera through a scene with a bunch of robots in it to capture one continuous two-minute shot, and while we ran and filmed the dance routine multiple times, we could repeat it quite reliably. There was no cutting or splicing in that opening two-minute shot.
There were definitely some failures in the hardware that required maintenance, and our robots stumbled and fell down sometimes. These behaviors are not meant to be productized and to be a 100 percent reliable, but they’re definitely repeatable. We try to be honest with showing things that we can do, not a snippet of something that we did once. I think there’s an honesty required in saying that you’ve achieved something, and that’s definitely important for us.
You mentioned that Spot is now robust enough to dance all day. How about Atlas? If you kept on replacing its batteries, could it dance all day, too?
Atlas, as a machine, is still, you know… there are only a handful of them in the world, they’re complicated, and reliability was not a main focus. We would definitely break the robot from time to time. But the robustness of the hardware, in the context of what we were trying to do, was really great. And without that robustness, we wouldn’t have been able to make the video at all. I think Atlas is a little more like a helicopter, where there’s a higher ratio between the time you spend doing maintenance and the time you spend operating. Whereas with Spot, the expectation is that it’s more like a car, where you can run it for a long time before you have to touch it.
When you’re teaching Atlas to do new things, is it using any kind of machine learning? And if not, why not?
As a company, we’ve explored a lot of things, but Atlas is not using a learning controller right now. I expect that a day will come when we will. Atlas’ current dance performance uses a mixture of what we like to call reflexive control, which is a combination of reacting to forces, online and offline trajectory optimization, and model predictive control. We leverage these techniques because they’re a reliable way of unlocking really high performance stuff, and we understand how to wield these tools really well. We haven’t found the end of the road in terms of what we can do with them.
We plan on using learning to extend and build on the foundation of software and hardware that we’ve developed, but I think that we, along with the community, are still trying to figure out where the right places to apply these tools are. I think you’ll see that as part of our natural progression.
Much of Atlas’ dynamic motion comes from its lower body at the moment, but parkour makes use of upper body strength and agility as well, and we’ve seen some recent concept images showing Atlas doing vaults and pullups. Can you tell us more?
Humans and animals do amazing things using their legs, but they do even more amazing things when they use their whole bodies. I think parkour provides a fantastic framework that allows us to progress towards whole body mobility. Walking and running was just the start of that journey. We’re progressing through more complex dynamic behaviors like jumping and spinning, that’s what we’ve been working on for the last couple of years. And the next step is to explore how using arms to push and pull on the world could extend that agility.
One of the missions that I’ve given to the Atlas team is to start working on leveraging the arms as much as we leverage the legs to enhance and extend our mobility, and I’m really excited about what we’re going to be working on over the next couple of years, because it’s going to open up a lot more opportunities for us to do exciting stuff with Atlas.
What’s your perspective on hydraulic versus electric actuators for highly dynamic robots?
Across my career at Boston Dynamics, I’ve felt passionately connected to so many different types of technology, but I’ve settled into a place where I really don’t think this is an either-or conversation anymore. I think the selection of actuator technology really depends on the size of the robot that you’re building, what you want that robot to do, where you want it to go, and many other factors. Ultimately, it’s good to have both kinds of actuators in your toolbox, and I love having access to both—and we’ve used both with great success to make really impressive dynamic machines.
I think the only delineation between hydraulic and electric actuators that appears to be distinct for me is probably in scale. It’s really challenging to make tiny hydraulic things because the industry just doesn’t do a lot of that, and the reciprocal is that the industry also doesn’t tend to make massive electrical things. So, you may find that to be a natural division between these two technologies.
Besides what you’re working on at Boston Dynamics, what recent robotics research are you most excited about?
For us as a company, we really love to follow advances in sensing, computer vision, terrain perception, these are all things where the better they get, the more we can do. For me personally, one of the things I like to follow is manipulation research, and in particular manipulation research that advances our understanding of complex, friction-based interactions like sliding and pushing, or moving compliant things like ropes.
We’re seeing a shift from just pinching things, lifting them, moving them, and dropping them, to much more meaningful interactions with the environment. Research in that type of manipulation I think is going to unlock the potential for mobile manipulators, and I think it’s really going to open up the ability for robots to interact with the world in a rich way.
Is there anything else you’d like people to take away from this video?
For me personally, and I think it’s because I spend so much of my time immersed in robotics and have a deep appreciation for what a robot is and what its capabilities and limitations are, one of my strong desires is for more people to spend more time with robots. We see a lot of opinions and ideas from people looking at our videos on YouTube, and it seems to me that if more people had opportunities to think about and learn about and spend time with robots, that new level of understanding could help them imagine new ways in which robots could be useful in our daily lives. I think the possibilities are really exciting, and I just want more people to be able to take that journey. Continue reading →
#437935 Start the New Year Right: By Watching ...
I don’t need to tell you that 2020 was a tough year. There was almost nothing good about it, and we saw it off with a “good riddance” and hopes for a better 2021. But robotics company Boston Dynamics took a different approach to closing out the year: when all else fails, why not dance?
The company released a video last week that I dare you to watch without laughing—or at the very least, cracking a pretty big smile. Because, well, dancing robots are funny. And it’s not just one dancing robot, it’s four of them: two humanoid Atlas bots, one four-legged Spot, and one Handle, a bot-on-wheels built for materials handling.
The robots’ killer moves look almost too smooth and coordinated to be real, leading many to speculate that the video was computer-generated. But if you can trust Elon Musk, there’s no CGI here.
This is not CGI https://t.co/VOivE97vPR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 29, 2020
Boston Dynamics went through a lot of changes in the last ten years; it was acquired by Google in 2013, then sold to Japanese conglomerate SoftBank in 2017 before being acquired again by Hyundai just a few weeks ago for $1.1 billion. But this isn’t the first time they teach a robot to dance and make a video for all the world to enjoy; Spot tore up the floor to “Uptown Funk” back in 2018.
Four-legged Spot went commercial in June, with a hefty price tag of $74,500, and was put to some innovative pandemic-related uses, including remotely measuring patients’ vital signs and reminding people to social distance.
Hyundai plans to implement its newly-acquired robotics prowess for everything from service and logistics robots to autonomous driving and smart factories.
They’ll have their work cut out for them. Besides being hilarious, kind of heartwarming, and kind of creepy all at once, the robots’ new routine is pretty impressive from an engineering standpoint. Compare it to a 2016 video of Atlas trying to pick up a box (I know it’s a machine with no feelings, but it’s hard not to feel a little bit bad for it, isn’t it?), and it’s clear Boston Dynamics’ technology has made huge strides. It wouldn’t be surprising if, in two years’ time, we see a video of a flash mob of robots whose routine includes partner dancing and back flips (which, admittedly, Atlas can already do).
In the meantime, though, this one is pretty entertaining—and not a bad note on which to start the new year.
Image Credit: Boston Dynamics Continue reading →
#437929 These Were Our Favorite Tech Stories ...
This time last year we were commemorating the end of a decade and looking ahead to the next one. Enter the year that felt like a decade all by itself: 2020. News written in January, the before-times, feels hopelessly out of touch with all that came after. Stories published in the early days of the pandemic are, for the most part, similarly naive.
The year’s news cycle was swift and brutal, ping-ponging from pandemic to extreme social and political tension, whipsawing economies, and natural disasters. Hope. Despair. Loneliness. Grief. Grit. More hope. Another lockdown. It’s been a hell of a year.
Though 2020 was dominated by big, hairy societal change, science and technology took significant steps forward. Researchers singularly focused on the pandemic and collaborated on solutions to a degree never before seen. New technologies converged to deliver vaccines in record time. The dark side of tech, from biased algorithms to the threat of omnipresent surveillance and corporate control of artificial intelligence, continued to rear its head.
Meanwhile, AI showed uncanny command of language, joined Reddit threads, and made inroads into some of science’s grandest challenges. Mars rockets flew for the first time, and a private company delivered astronauts to the International Space Station. Deprived of night life, concerts, and festivals, millions traveled to virtual worlds instead. Anonymous jet packs flew over LA. Mysterious monoliths appeared and disappeared worldwide.
It was all, you know, very 2020. For this year’s (in-no-way-all-encompassing) list of fascinating stories in tech and science, we tried to select those that weren’t totally dated by the news, but rose above it in some way. So, without further ado: This year’s picks.
How Science Beat the Virus
Ed Yong | The Atlantic
“Much like famous initiatives such as the Manhattan Project and the Apollo program, epidemics focus the energies of large groups of scientists. …But ‘nothing in history was even close to the level of pivoting that’s happening right now,’ Madhukar Pai of McGill University told me. … No other disease has been scrutinized so intensely, by so much combined intellect, in so brief a time.”
‘It Will Change Everything’: DeepMind’s AI Makes Gigantic Leap in Solving Protein Structures
Ewen Callaway | Nature
“In some cases, AlphaFold’s structure predictions were indistinguishable from those determined using ‘gold standard’ experimental methods such as X-ray crystallography and, in recent years, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). AlphaFold might not obviate the need for these laborious and expensive methods—yet—say scientists, but the AI will make it possible to study living things in new ways.”
OpenAI’s Latest Breakthrough Is Astonishingly Powerful, But Still Fighting Its Flaws
James Vincent | The Verge
“What makes GPT-3 amazing, they say, is not that it can tell you that the capital of Paraguay is Asunción (it is) or that 466 times 23.5 is 10,987 (it’s not), but that it’s capable of answering both questions and many more beside simply because it was trained on more data for longer than other programs. If there’s one thing we know that the world is creating more and more of, it’s data and computing power, which means GPT-3’s descendants are only going to get more clever.”
Artificial General Intelligence: Are We Close, and Does It Even Make Sense to Try?
Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review
“A machine that could think like a person has been the guiding vision of AI research since the earliest days—and remains its most divisive idea. …So why is AGI controversial? Why does it matter? And is it a reckless, misleading dream—or the ultimate goal?”
The Dark Side of Big Tech’s Funding for AI Research
Tom Simonite | Wired
“Timnit Gebru’s exit from Google is a powerful reminder of how thoroughly companies dominate the field, with the biggest computers and the most resources. …[Meredith] Whittaker of AI Now says properly probing the societal effects of AI is fundamentally incompatible with corporate labs. ‘That kind of research that looks at the power and politics of AI is and must be inherently adversarial to the firms that are profiting from this technology.’i”
We’re Not Prepared for the End of Moore’s Law
David Rotman | MIT Technology Review
“Quantum computing, carbon nanotube transistors, even spintronics, are enticing possibilities—but none are obvious replacements for the promise that Gordon Moore first saw in a simple integrated circuit. We need the research investments now to find out, though. Because one prediction is pretty much certain to come true: we’re always going to want more computing power.”
Inside the Race to Build the Best Quantum Computer on Earth
Gideon Lichfield | MIT Technology Review
“Regardless of whether you agree with Google’s position [on ‘quantum supremacy’] or IBM’s, the next goal is clear, Oliver says: to build a quantum computer that can do something useful. …The trouble is that it’s nearly impossible to predict what the first useful task will be, or how big a computer will be needed to perform it.”
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
Kashmir Hill | The New York Times
“Searching someone by face could become as easy as Googling a name. Strangers would be able to listen in on sensitive conversations, take photos of the participants and know personal secrets. Someone walking down the street would be immediately identifiable—and his or her home address would be only a few clicks away. It would herald the end of public anonymity.”
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
“Mr. Williams knew that he had not committed the crime in question. What he could not have known, as he sat in the interrogation room, is that his case may be the first known account of an American being wrongfully arrested based on a flawed match from a facial recognition algorithm, according to experts on technology and the law.”
Predictive Policing Algorithms Are Racist. They Need to Be Dismantled.
“A number of studies have shown that these tools perpetuate systemic racism, and yet we still know very little about how they work, who is using them, and for what purpose. All of this needs to change before a proper reckoning can take pace. Luckily, the tide may be turning.”
The Panopticon Is Already Here
Ross Andersen | The Atlantic
“Artificial intelligence has applications in nearly every human domain, from the instant translation of spoken language to early viral-outbreak detection. But Xi [Jinping] also wants to use AI’s awesome analytical powers to push China to the cutting edge of surveillance. He wants to build an all-seeing digital system of social control, patrolled by precog algorithms that identify potential dissenters in real time.”
The Case For Cities That Aren’t Dystopian Surveillance States
Cory Doctorow | The Guardian
“Imagine a human-centered smart city that knows everything it can about things. It knows how many seats are free on every bus, it knows how busy every road is, it knows where there are short-hire bikes available and where there are potholes. …What it doesn’t know is anything about individuals in the city.”
The Modern World Has Finally Become Too Complex for Any of Us to Understand
Tim Maughan | OneZero
“One of the dominant themes of the last few years is that nothing makes sense. …I am here to tell you that the reason so much of the world seems incomprehensible is that it is incomprehensible. From social media to the global economy to supply chains, our lives rest precariously on systems that have become so complex, and we have yielded so much of it to technologies and autonomous actors that no one totally comprehends it all.”
The Conscience of Silicon Valley
Zach Baron | GQ
“What I really hoped to do, I said, was to talk about the future and how to live in it. This year feels like a crossroads; I do not need to explain what I mean by this. …I want to destroy my computer, through which I now work and ‘have drinks’ and stare at blurry simulations of my parents sometimes; I want to kneel down and pray to it like a god. I want someone—I want Jaron Lanier—to tell me where we’re going, and whether it’s going to be okay when we get there. Lanier just nodded. All right, then.”
Yes to Tech Optimism. And Pessimism.
Shira Ovide | The New York Times
“Technology is not something that exists in a bubble; it is a phenomenon that changes how we live or how our world works in ways that help and hurt. That calls for more humility and bridges across the optimism-pessimism divide from people who make technology, those of us who write about it, government officials and the public. We need to think on the bright side. And we need to consider the horribles.”
How Afrofuturism Can Help the World Mend
C. Brandon Ogbunu | Wired
“…[W. E. B. DuBois’] ‘The Comet’ helped lay the foundation for a paradigm known as Afrofuturism. A century later, as a comet carrying disease and social unrest has upended the world, Afrofuturism may be more relevant than ever. Its vision can help guide us out of the rubble, and help us to consider universes of better alternatives.”
Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
Richard Cooke | Wired
“More than an encyclopedia, Wikipedia has become a community, a library, a constitution, an experiment, a political manifesto—the closest thing there is to an online public square. It is one of the few remaining places that retains the faintly utopian glow of the early World Wide Web.”
Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?
Gabriel Popkin | The New York Times Magazine
“The geneticists’ research forces conservationists to confront, in a new and sometimes discomfiting way, the prospect that repairing the natural world does not necessarily mean returning to an unblemished Eden. It may instead mean embracing a role that we’ve already assumed: engineers of everything, including nature.”
At the Limits of Thought
David C. Krakauer | Aeon
“A schism is emerging in the scientific enterprise. On the one side is the human mind, the source of every story, theory, and explanation that our species holds dear. On the other stand the machines, whose algorithms possess astonishing predictive power but whose inner workings remain radically opaque to human observers.”
Is the Internet Conscious? If It Were, How Would We Know?
Meghan O’Gieblyn | Wired
“Does the internet behave like a creature with an internal life? Does it manifest the fruits of consciousness? There are certainly moments when it seems to. Google can anticipate what you’re going to type before you fully articulate it to yourself. Facebook ads can intuit that a woman is pregnant before she tells her family and friends. It is easy, in such moments, to conclude that you’re in the presence of another mind—though given the human tendency to anthropomorphize, we should be wary of quick conclusions.”
The Internet Is an Amnesia Machine
Simon Pitt | OneZero
“There was a time when I didn’t know what a Baby Yoda was. Then there was a time I couldn’t go online without reading about Baby Yoda. And now, Baby Yoda is a distant, shrugging memory. Soon there will be a generation of people who missed the whole thing and for whom Baby Yoda is as meaningless as it was for me a year ago.”
Digital Pregnancy Tests Are Almost as Powerful as the Original IBM PC
Tom Warren | The Verge
“Each test, which costs less than $5, includes a processor, RAM, a button cell battery, and a tiny LCD screen to display the result. …Foone speculates that this device is ‘probably faster at number crunching and basic I/O than the CPU used in the original IBM PC.’ IBM’s original PC was based on Intel’s 8088 microprocessor, an 8-bit chip that operated at 5Mhz. The difference here is that this is a pregnancy test you pee on and then throw away.”
The Party Goes on in Massive Online Worlds
Cecilia D’Anastasio | Wired
“We’re more stand-outside types than the types to cast a flashy glamour spell and chat up the nearest cat girl. But, hey, it’s Final Fantasy XIV online, and where my body sat in New York, the epicenter of America’s Covid-19 outbreak, there certainly weren’t any parties.”
The Facebook Groups Where People Pretend the Pandemic Isn’t Happening
Kaitlyn Tiffany | The Atlantic
“Losing track of a friend in a packed bar or screaming to be heard over a live band is not something that’s happening much in the real world at the moment, but it happens all the time in the 2,100-person Facebook group ‘a group where we all pretend we’re in the same venue.’ So does losing shoes and Juul pods, and shouting matches over which bands are the saddest, and therefore the greatest.”
Did You Fly a Jetpack Over Los Angeles This Weekend? Because the FBI Is Looking for You
Tom McKay | Gizmodo
“Did you fly a jetpack over Los Angeles at approximately 3,000 feet on Sunday? Some kind of tiny helicopter? Maybe a lawn chair with balloons tied to it? If the answer to any of the above questions is ‘yes,’ you should probably lay low for a while (by which I mean cool it on the single-occupant flying machine). That’s because passing airline pilots spotted you, and now it’s this whole thing with the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration, both of which are investigating.”
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Show Pics: The War on Drugs @ Stubb’s (9/30)
October 2, 2017 brian.gray Leave a comment
Nicole and I are going to tag team coverage for The War on Drugs with Land of Talk at Stubb’s plus bonus coverage of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at Mohawk.
NB: Saturday night was another one for the books as Austin was lit up as ever with great bands and crazy antics on Red River. My main event was at Stubb’s for The War on Drugs, touring incredible latest album, A Deeper Understanding. B. Gray was on double duty–taking killer shots of The War on Drugs and then bouncing over to The Mohawk to catch King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard. Follow the jump to see his pretty pics and read some brief thoughts on a night at the gravel pit.
BG: Click through, y’all.
New One From The War On Drugs
August 4, 2017 nicole.baumann Leave a comment
On the off chance you have been living under a rock and somehow missed that The War On Drugs have a new album coming up, I wanted to share with you another single fromA Deeper Understanding. “Pain,” is both classic War On Drugs and a glimpse at another side of the band that I expect we’ll see even more of on this new album. The track is highly emotive– the americana piano and strumming acoustic guitar gives this nostalgic, wistful sort of feeling of missing something. Of course, the band builds to their signature cathartic swell with buzzing guitars. It’s truly a treat.
A Deeper Understanding will be out quite soon on August 25 viaAtlantic Records.
Show Review: The War On Drugs ACL Taping 04/06
April 7, 2015 nicole.baumann Leave a comment
Last year’s Lost In The Dream took The War On Drugs’ claim to fame to a whole new level, landing them atop most year end lists as well as a longtime spot in my personal listening catalogue. So naturally the folks over at ACL TV wanted to catch Adam Granduciel and company at the height of their musical career so far and get them on for a taping, which resulted in a short night of tunes mostly from that newest album. Read on for more thoughts on the night.
December 5, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
These lists are everywhere, so you’ll be excused if you just roll your eyes and skip on. But, that being said, we always seem to be way off the mark when it comes to our Top 50 Albums of the Year. Sure, we have some of the sure fire hits on this list like Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, but don’t even read on if you’re look ing to see where Run the Jewels made it…they’re not there. Sorry not sorry. So, if you’re into arbitrary lists by people who like to push their own agenda, then this list is for you! Read more
Show Review: The War on Drugs @ Stubb’s 9/28
September 29, 2014 nicole.baumann
Last night at Stubb’s was a night for a little hillbilly-esque rock and roll, as Philidelphia’s The War on Drugs made their way to Austin once again to play the hits off their stunning release, Lost In The Dream, which came out to great praise earlier this year. A fair number of folks eventually turned up for this Sunday night show, albeit, mostly after the opening band, Califone, were halfway through their set. Read more about how the night unfolded after the jump.
The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
March 19, 2014 nicole.baumann Leave a comment
Slave Ambient, the 2011 sophomore record by The War on Drugs pushed the group to new heights, and was marvelously well received, turning out to be exactly what a sophomore album should, despite several changes in band members. Lost in the Dream looks to be a further push down the line of progress for Adam Granduciel and company, the result of which is a cinematic, sweeping rock narrative, that will do more than make you jam along.
The album begins with “Under the Pressure,” a grower of an opener that chips its way, shyly at first, into your heart. At close to a nine minute long song, it comes across as a small folky rock star version of an opera, with its Dylanesque lyrical wanderings, sharp guitar meandering and ultimate reprise of the piano as well as Granduciel’s repetition of the title of the song. With each repeat, it seems like Granduciel tacks on more and more lyrics to come back around to the beginning of the circle, and you’ll follow him, knowing that it will come back again with a slightly different, more intense finish. It’s a sweepingly beautiful track, with nuances and special twists and turns to stumble into.
But if you thought the first song was a treat, just wait until you reach “Red Eyes,” the exciting track that immediately follows it. An immediately infectious guitar riff, accompanied by gracefully swelling synth and steadily trucking percussion kicks things off, and while you have the same feeling of build up as the first number, but somehow the stakes are higher, already intensified by the quickened percussion. Then the number explodes with a whoop into its chorus, and we see the band cut loose in a wildness that is warmly welcome—there’s no loss of control, but the song feels like a folk song that picked up ground with some electric guitar and ran with it. It has become one of my favorite tracks from the album, as well as from the band’s whole discography; for another particular gem, see “Burning.”
It is apparent now that when this band sets out to make an album, they don’t do so haphazardly or short-winded. As with the prior release, Lost in the Dream is sprawling, with songs that seem to stretch on into the horizon and gradually fade away into an ethereal dissipation. Each track is crafted artfully—a careful balance of delicate and harsh elements over sets of long tracks. Usually this is a plus for the band, adding to their grand style and overall transcendental transportation, but this album carries on superfluously somewhat towards its final stretch, ultimately taking you out of that atmosphere if you’re not completely on board.
This is my only complaint thus far in my listening experience with Lost in the Dream, and it is still a fairly small one. The War on Drugs have created yet another album of epic proportion for you to devour and spin all week, all year, and perhaps till the next album from these gentlemen. If you’re new to the group, this is a great place to start, but it seems that every work from this band is just that.
New Music from War on Drugs
We’ve long appreciated the work of Adam Granduciel and his project War on Drugs. His last effort, Slave Ambient, came out in 2011, and he’s definitely grown from album to album, so his upcoming release will surely show the next step. When listening to this first single, I can sort of hear bits of Arcade Fire in the way the vocals are recorded, but I definitely appreciate his guitar playing here. Secretly Canadian will be releasing his new effort, Lost in the Dream, on March18th, so be prepared for another solid release from Adam and his band.
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ACL Spotlight: The War On Drugs
September 25, 2012 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
It’s that time of year again, with the Austin City Limits Festival just around the corner. As one of our favorite festivals, and one of the many musical outlets in the city, we thought it was our job to keep you updated on the acts that are vital to a successful weekend out at Zilker Park. Our first act to take a look at is Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs. Read more
Show Preview: War on Drugs @ Emos (10/18)
October 17, 2011 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
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As our time runs out on Emos Red River, we’ve got to take advantage of the great shows still left at the venue; Tuesday night’s set definitely fits the bill. Philadelphia’s War on Drugs returns to Austin to promote the release of another solid album, Slave Ambient. Last time they played in town, I had a great time, as their live sound provides a slightly different twist than the recorded material. The opening acts aren’t anything to ignore either, with Purling Hiss set to follow Carter Tanton, who will be releasing his new record on local label Western Vinyl. Seems like this is the place to be, so we’ll see you there.
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The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
August 22, 2011 nicole.baumann Leave a comment
While some may say to ‘never judge a book by its cover,’ I will forever judge an album by its artwork, or at least base my idea of what the band behind the cover art would possibly sound like. Sometimes, this theory proves faulty and none of the visual clues match up with the sound. Others, however, like with this release, fit perfectly; the ethereal pinks and purples mixed with the overall fuzziness match the lush waves of guitars and hazy pop/rock sounds of The War On Drugs.
The first track, “Best Night,” is one that should blow you away, as it did to me. Upon listening the first time, I was pleased with it, but after repeated listens, it began to grow to something much more. Soft, muted drums echo demurely in the background, easing into the meandering guitar parts until the scraggly vocals of Adam Granduciel chime in and you’re instantly hooked. Steady guitars feel confident and omnipresent, creating a flowing wall of background sound that is always buzzing in your ears. It’s a killer track to begin with, but then The War on Drugs throws in some extra minute details that just sets this above most common tracks; there’s something about the way the guitar part matches the little stretch out of a word that has me swooning over this track. To top it all off, the song transitions to the next with a sensational instrumental groove that is sure to have you grooving along with each riff.
Even though the first track is a big deal in itself, the rest of the album is nothing to turn your nose up at. There isn’t a song that you’ll want to skip, and there are certainly more to treasure than just “Best Night.” “Come to the City” is a four minute and thirty second drum-driven party number, complete with buzzy guitar break. “Blackwater,“ the ending track, loses the drums for the most part, and takes a leaf out of the acoustic book, allowing you to appreciate the strength in such a powerful voice. Unifying all these great numbers is some stellar songwriting and the thematic waves of serenity.
When comparing this band to others, names like Bob Dylan and Springsteen tend to crop up, leaving big shoes to fill. However, it seems like this band has taken comparisons like these in their stride and not looking back. While this may not be a revolutionary album, filled with a dramatic and entirely unique sound, Slave Ambient is still a constant and confident effort from The War On Drugs.
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Featured Artist Illustration September 4, 2017 September 27, 2019
My name is Tom Deason, I’m from London, studied illustration in Bristol. Half English, half Colombian descent, a bit more english so I’m living in Colombia at the moment to get to know that side. Have always loved drawing, drew at museums as a young child, that turned into drawing comics at school, which turned into doing an Art Foundation in graphic design and eventually a Degree in illustration.
Instagram: @_tom_deason
Website: www.tomdeason.co.uk
I like to make my work surreal and futuristic. And a bit psychedelic. Definitely more absurd pseudo-futuristic than prophetic. It’s a print based aesthetic, which comes from my time in different print studios since foundation. I use a simple graphic approach with bold line work and a selective colour palette.
Hands down got to be screen printing and riso printing. Screen print is king when it comes to colour and finish; and riso is fantastic as a lower end print which is still tactile and satisfying in its finish. The process to both techniques is also good fun. For my drawing I’m just sticking with a pencil and a pen. I try to keep it simple.
Lots and lots of quick sketching. Drawing out ideas and shapes and compositions. Then I’ll come back to stuff later to refine it if I like it. Ill combine ideas too. Ill have an aesthetic in mind when I sketch, like whether I want colour or not. Then when I am happy with an idea I’ll draw out the final version by hand, then I scan that and touch it up and add colour digitally.
I’m really into technology and the future. And past versions of the future! Film and animation are big inspirations as well. I love digging for rare old animations. But something that isn’t rare like The Simpsons or Akira can be just as inspirational.
Painting, sculpture, illustration, film, music, architecture, whatever, I’m seeing as much as I can. It’s really the best way to view the world, from a human perspective, otherwise it’s getting out into nature. At best art can make you refocus your own perspective, almost making life more like a film. Maybe only for the rest of the day after an exhibition. It’s my visual experience, so exposing myself to as much as possible is amazing for me.
London College of Communication and then The University of the West of England, in Bristol.
I’ve still got so much to achieve with my work, to work in lots of different areas and mediums, with different people. And I’m keen to get into animation, maybe that will be the next step.
With a nice place and a dog. Travelling all over to climb.
I just want to people to think, ‘that’s dope’. I do also include some personal comment on human condition or my own condition sometimes in my work. There’ll always be both of those things. It’s open to interpretation though. Maybe I’ll work on some larger projects to try and expose people to the ideas and philosophy that I’m into. For now I’m focussing on drawing as a job.
It’s been a while since I’ve had a good pizza. And I love pizza.
The last book I read was fantastic, The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts by Louis de Bernières. Perfect book to read coming to Colombia, its a fictional re-telling of Colombian history, shout outs to my dad for the recommendation.
It’s a toss up between Hip Hop and Techno.
Main one has to be rock climbing, I do it as much as possible. Can just be at the local climbing wall, but mainly for the trips to climb outdoors. Ah and what a privilege to do it in South America! Grander views than I have ever experienced before! The climbing is still way underdeveloped compared to Europe, but it’s certainly growing, which is exciting to see. Climbing trips are a perfect balance for my (or any) life working at a desk. Also playing football and cycling trips, though I couldn’t bring my bike out here so its been a while.
That’s a great question. A dirtbag climber?
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Liam Flynn’s Ale House in Station North Closes Permanently
Ed Gunts
After five-and-a-half years in business and a highly publicized effort to avoid eviction last July, Liam Flynn’s Ale House has closed for good.
Mayor Pugh Launches Task Force to Create Safe Working, Living Spaces for Baltimore’s Artists
Ethan McLeod
Just over two weeks after city officials condemned the Bell Foundry building in Station North and evicted dozens of artists in the process, Mayor Catherine Pugh today announced the formation of a task force entrusted with creating more safe, livable and workable spaces for Baltimore’s artists.
Wendell Pierce Helps Break Ground on Station North Apartments for Artists
Wendell Pierce as “Bunk” Moreland in The Wire.
Wendell Pierce’s latest groundbreaking role came with shovels and dirt. The actor who played Bunk Moreland on The Wire was among the dignitaries who turned out to mark the start of construction on an apartment complex in Station North on Tuesday. His involvement goes beyond tossing some dirt with the golden shovel.
Liam Flynn’s Needs to Raise $50,000 in One Week
Rachel Monroe
For the past eight years, Liam Flynn’s Ale House has been the place to stop in Station North if you’re in the mood for a pint of something cold and delicious. But not for much longer.
Soon You Might Be Mini-Golfing Across Station North
Robert OBrien
Photo by Groupuscule.
Imagine playing the first two holes of a round of mini-golf at Penn Station, then hiking up past the Metro Gallery for another couple, then to the Ynot Lot, and finally to the park at St. Paul Street and Lafayette Avenue with the “We the People” mural.
“Wire” Actor Invests in Baltimore
You may remember Wendell Pierce from his memorable turn as Bunk Moreland, The Wire‘s gruff homicide detective with a strong moral sense and a weakness for whiskey.
Station North Complex Will Provide More Affordable Housing for Artists
Renderings via Hord Coplan Macht.
New spaces for artists to live is coming in the Station North area. Construction officially started on a second City Arts building with a groundbreaking on Tuesday.
Scapescape Returns to Station North After Year Hiatus
Scapescape wasn’t around in 2014, but the DIY fest returns for its fourth edition this weekend to showcase some of the Baltimore City bands you haven’t heard of (yet).
Don’t Worry About the Yuppies, Station North Developer Says
via LSC Design
A lot has been going on in Station North in recent months–even if the WaPo still doesn’t get it. And if you needed any further confirmation that the burgeoning neighborhood is definitely gentrifying, now you’ve got it: Developers are planning Station North’s first apartment/retail complex, the Baltimore Business Journal reports.
Baltimore Murals Added to Google Earth Collection
The street artist Nanook in process – photo by Martha Cooper.
Over the past three years, Baltimore’s Open Walls project has livened up the city with murals painted on the sides (and fronts!) of city buildings.
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Bengaluru: Shivajinagar to be cleared of black spots | Bengaluru News – Times of India
BENGALURU: In the coming days, mosques, temples and churches at Shivajinagar will not just talk about theological matters, but also deliver sermons on sanitation, garbage disposal and hygiene.
This new initiative will be part of a larger campaign called #ProjectShivajinagar, which will be launched this Saturday at ward number 92 (Shivajinagar). The ward is currently at the bottom of the ranking list as far as garbage segregation and disposal are concerned. The initiative will subsequently be scaled to all seven wards in Shivajinagar assembly constituency.
The campaign spearheaded by Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad aims at creating a people’s movement to transform the black spots in the city’s commercial hub into garbage-free places. Arshad told TOI the project will involve residents. The aim, he said, is to drive a largescale change in mentality.
The drive will start with basic arrangement for door-to-door garbage collection in the ward, said Arshad. “Without a proper collection system, residents end up throwing garbage on roads. My priority now is to fix this,” he said, adding that the cost of the project will be borne by Rizwan Arshad Foundation.
“In each ward, we will create 14 blocks and set up a garbage block committee for each. Every committee will handle 750 households. There will also be one garbage-collection autorickshaw for each block and it will be fitted with GPS. This will help monitor work in the designated area,” said Arshad.
In addition, each committee will also have a WhatsApp group with a representative from the office of the MLA. The group will deal with related complaints.
To kickstart the campaign, the foundation has organised a training session for 200 volunteers, garbage contractors, helpers, drivers and BBMP officials and marshals on Thursday. The attendees will be taught about cleanliness, how to coordinate with the Palike and be sensitised about encouraging each other. The model will be replicated across other wards.
Arshad said The Ugly Indians, a citizen volunteer group, is being roped in to beautify 10 black spots across the constituency this weekend. “Artists and residents will be painting walls in their neighbourhoods. This will inculcate a sense of belonging and ownership,” he added.
Volunteers will go door to door in the constituency to spread awareness and hand out 10,000 dustbins to households. The MLA also plans to hold meetings with commercial establishments like restaurants, tea stalls and pan shops in the area. He said every tea stall will be held responsible for the litter around it and owners will need to have a dustbin in place for them to be allowed to function. “The next three months will be about transforming the area into a garbage-free zone,” added Arshad.
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Atomic Show #228 – Energiewende status
November 26, 2014 By Rod Adams
On November 18, 2014, I participated in a round table discussion hosted by the Global American Business Institute (GABI) and the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER). The guest speaker for the round table was Georg Maue, First Secretary for Climate and Energy, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, DC. The topic of his talk was Energiewende Today: Status of Germany’s Energy Transition.
As explained by my hosts when I obtained permission to use my recording of the discussion for an Atomic Show podcast, all of the round tables that GABI hosts are “on the record.”
There were approximately 20 people in who participated in the discussion. The speaker gave us permission to ask questions at any point during the presentation, which led to a reasonably lively discussion by people with questioning attitudes and curious minds.
There were a number of apparent nuclear energy supporters in the room. During the discussions after the meeting, I made a number of useful contacts.
When you listen to the audio, pay close attention to the woman with the German accent who has a different view of energy than the one promoted by the German government. It was refreshing to hear her insightful questions.
I took several key pieces of information away from this discussion:
The Energiewende calculations include an assumption that the German population will shrink by 10% before 2050.
Calculations assume a 50% improvement in energy efficiency; Germany is not on track to meet that challenging goal.
The representative of the German government who spoke thought it would be fantastic if the market would choose Russian gas over German lignite.
The German government claims that market decisions are the most important factor in the course of the Energiewende given the preexisting condition that the government has imposed the nuclear phase out policy and implemented several policies that strongly support sanctioned energy sources like solar and wind.
Germany would prefer to import hard coal than import the same energy equivalent in uranium.
Biofuels count as “zero carbon” and “renewable” in the Energiewende.
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Inside a German Lignite Mine
On Germany, coal and carbon
Energiewende - planned by industry and government without customer considerations
German analyst prefers Russian gas over German nuclear
Germany learning difficulty of self-imposed nuclear energy abandonment
http://s3.amazonaws.com/AtomicShowFiles/atomic_20141118_228.mp3
Filed Under: Alternative energy, Climate change, Podcast, Solar energy, Unreliables, Wind energy
Daddeldu says
I hereby wholeheartedly, sincerely and unreservedly apologise in the name of all sensible Germans for the propaganda of the German government.
Only 2098 industrial producers were privileged. They were not totally freed from any feed-in tariff (FIT), but rather had to pay a greatly reduced FIT. About 18 % of the electricity demand was privileged.
Producing industry made 46.6 % of demand in 2011,
Trade and Businesses 14.3 %
Households 25.5 %
Public Services 8.8 %
Traffic 3.1 %
Agriculture 1.7 %
So it is not like they had to pay nothing and put the whole burden on private households.
Just to put that one fact straight.
jmdesp says
No there’s not just 2098 users privileged, who in addition almost won’t pay the grid connexion costs, which is another burden on private households and small scale business where all companies above 100 MWh already get a significantly reduced contribution (19-Umlage) which this time includes small scale industrial users.
At the end, consumers between 160 et 20000 MWh are paying 14,97€/MWh against 28,73 for individual users and mom and pop business. Those mid-scale consumers aren’t as privileged as large industry but they’re already quite privileged.
The numbers I’m using here come from an interesting comparison in French between France and Germany prices change since 15 years on this site http://prix-elec.com/etranger/allemagne which uses German data from the BDEW.
Oscar Archer says
I sincerely wonder how German energy security (mainly in terms of fuel) can be stressed on one hand, then the current situation of transmission between East and West, (sometimes) using parts of neighbouring countries’ grids, can be just casually mentioned?
@Oscar Archer
The Engergiwende is not known for its intellectually consistent arguments. It is supposed to help reach “climate targets” yet preferentially shuts down ultra low emission nuclear. It is supposed to aim at reducing fuel imports, but prefers imported hard coal and natural gas to uranium. It is supposed to improve energy security, yet aims to depend on tenuous wires bringing weather dependent power from the North Sea and the Baltic.
KitemanSA says
Have you considered selling a “Donation Book” on Amazon Kindle?
@KitemanSA
Until you asked, I had never heard of a “Donation Book.” A quick search didn’t provided me with much insight on the topic. Can you provide a link or a short explanation on how it works?
Jeffrey Miller says
I love this sentence:
Let’s put some numbers on the carbon footprint of the German electric power sector, compared to neighboring France.
http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/CO2EmissionsFromFuelCombustionHighlights2013.pdf
From page 112 of the pdf (page 110 of the document), as of 2011…
Germany: 477 grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour of generation
France: 61 grams of CO2 per kwh
The 2014 version of this document is out, but for some reason they have stopped reporting the grams CO2/kwh measurement. Regardless, coal consumption in Germany is going up, so the carbon footprint is getting bigger. But still, President Francois Hollande in France wants his country to be more like Germany. Hollande recently sacked the pro-nuclear head of EdF, Henri Proglio.
Some other numbers to consider…
Germany has around 70 gigawatts (GW) of combined solar and wind power capacity. In 2013, those 70 GW generated 85,132 GWh of electricity.
Germany also has 12 GW of remaining nuclear capacity in operation. Last year, those 12 GW produced 92,097 GWh.
So, over the next 8 years, when they plan to retire all of the remaining nuclear plants, they will need to build another 70 to 75 GW of wind and solar capacity just to replace the clean electricity from the nuclear plants. This is why they are failing to achieve their climate goals. They need to build huge amounts of renewables just to replace the nuclear plants, so they still need to burn lignite for baseload power. How much higher will the power bills go with another 70 GW of renewables receiving feed in tariffs?
Data from here:
http://www.iea.org/media/statistics/surveys/electricity/mes.pdf
plus wikipedia and world nuclear org.
Plus the fact those 85 GWh are generated randomly and not when they’re needed, or at least able to cover the baseload. This means that at times a significant amount must be exported, and at other times either backup fossil power started, or imports used.
Denmark which is further along that road than Germany ends up both a very major exporter, exporting about 14% of it’s production (it’s a higher percentage than France, maybe even Canada), but also at other times needing to import almost 10% of it. This work as long as you’re a small country that can rely on neighbors to complements ones production, but doesn’t at a larger scale.
robjoh says
@jmdesp
Denmark is importing more electricity than they export. Yes Denmark export a lot when the wind is blowing, it just happens that Denmark import even more when the wind is not blowing.
You’re right, I mixed up import and export above, even if the percentage is correct. So that’s the reverse, exporting almost 10% of it’s production, and also importing about 14%.
Eino says
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_transition_in_Germany
Seems to be a pretty good summary.
One factor that has inhibited efficient employment of new renewable energy has been the lack of an accompanying investment in power infrastructure to bring the power to market. It is believed 8,300 km of power lines must be built or upgraded.[6] The different German States have varying attitudes to the construction of new power lines. A second factor is the storage capacity needed to create a stable electricity supply from wind and solar energy is far beyond what can be realized in Germany. A third factor is the amount of windmills needed to meet the German electricity consumption can by far not be realized on German territory. [7] Industry has had their rates frozen and so the increased costs of the Energiewende have been passed on to consumers, who have had rising electricity bills. Germans in 2013 had some of the highest electricity costs in Europe.[8] In comparison, their nuclear-reliant neighbour France has some of the cheapest in the EU (#7 out of 27).
Another aspect of Germany’s energy transition involves bulldozing entire towns to mine the lignite underneath.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/green-village-to-be-bulldozed-and-mined-for-lignite-in-germanys-quest-for-nonnuclear-fuel-9760091.html
In the article, Energy and Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel is quoted as saying more lignite mines are needed. Lignite is seen as a vital energy source “for the times when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine”. He also mentions gas reserves, which, as discussed in the podcast, most likely will come from Russia. One of Rod’s smoking guns involves former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who went on to become the chairman of the board of the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.
Ed Leaver says
From the better-late-than-never dept, the 30 Nov. 2014 New York Times reports Plan Outlines Low-Carbon Future for Germany, from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, in Freiberg. It paints a rosey picture:
“Our estimate is that the changeover will cost about 500 billion euros,” or about $628 billion, (Institute Director Prof. Eicke Weber) said. “However, between now and 2050 we will realize savings of between €600 billion and €1,000 billion. These are savings on the total energy system, including fossil fuels and the distribution system.”
“To go beyond 80 percent would cost a lot more,” he added. “But the low-hanging fruit is to start with an 80 percent renewable energy system. The faster you add renewable energy to the grid, the faster you reach the crossover point where the savings become greater than the costs. We estimate that Germany could reach that point as soon as 2025.”
The penultimate statement invites (at least) a few questions:
1. All else being equal, the unit cost of any renewable energy system must increase once the unreliable penetration exceeds its capacity factor, roughly 30% for onshore wind and 10% for solar. Is the cost increase from the remaining 50% to be absorbed solely on the back of increased efficiency, or are there assumptions about unreliable supply utilization as auto fuel transitions from petrol to wind/solar generated hydrogen and methane?
(The article also mentions increase in pumped hydro capacity, which is at present on decline. However, storage of any form and/or overbuild is what causes unit cost to escalate with high penetration of renewables.)
2. While one must welcome any such study, one must also scrutinize its assumptions. For example, this Fraunhofer study concludes 80% German carbon reduction may be realized
without economic hardship. This may be a matter of opinion, as Germans seem willing to shoulder a bit in the name of green economy than are, for example, most Americans. And a lot rides on both efficiency increase, and fossil costs avoided. By way of apples-to-oranges comparison, NREL’s Renewable Electricity Future 2012 concluded an 80% carbon reduction in the U.S. would come at a unit electricity cost increase of about 50% over bau baseline, assuming moderate efficiency gain resulting in essentially flat demand growth, with unit cost rising more with increased demand.
That is, unreliables don’t scale really well. In contrast, Fraunhofer models sharply decreased German demand with sharply increased German efficiency. Also, REF 2012 collects residuals on existing U.S. nuclear to the tune of 9 or 10% of total generation out to the 2050 time frame, so in that sense is renewable in name only. There are no doubt other differences that must be accounted for before a direct comparison is made with Fraunhofer.
But okay, so Germany elects to trade increased unit energy cost for increased efficiency and decreased demand. It all works out in the end, and in fact gives a fairly healthy payback up to about 80% total carbon reduction. So German economy comes out ahead. Yay!
1. Although a commendable start, 80% reduction isn’t going to be good enough by century’s end. One hopes Fraunhofer plans for that eventuality as well. (In contrast to the United States, which is making no plans at all.)
2. The German economy comes out ahead only if other competitive economies play the same game by the same rules. And China, at least, is not noted for such sportsmanship. (Neither is Russia.) China intends to keep ramping up energy consumption like there’s no tomorrow, peak its carbon emissions around 2030 (no new coal), and have over 1.5 TWe nuclear by 2100. (The U.S. is currently about 1 TWe total.)
By which time China’s coal plants should have reached end-of-life and she’ll be running entirely on renewables, hydro, and nukes. Mostly nukes.
The environmental and climate damage done in the meantime, of course, is TBD.
That New York Times article just convinces me more how difficult it will be for Germany to go to a 80% reduction in CO2 emissions without nuclear. As mentioned in the podcast, this 80% reduction is from 1990 levels, and includes the old East German power supply system, which was very dirty and inefficient.
But even allowing for a reduction from high levels, it will be very difficult. The NY Times article describes how 150 GW of new solar PV is needed, as well as 120 GW of on-shore wind, 30 GW off-shore wind, 60 GW of combined heat and power (presumably from natural gas), as well as the existing 37 GW of solar PV and 33 GW of existing wind. Adding all of this up is 430 GW of clean, or cleaner than coal, power. It has been difficult just to build the existing 70 GW of solar and wind capacity.
Look at the solar PV output for today, Dec 01, in Germany.
http://www.sma.de/en/company/pv-electricity-produced-in-germany.html
The peak was 1.7 GW, on a system with 37 GW of capacity. Must have been a cloudy day. Also, there are not many sunny hours available in Germany in December. But people, businesses and industry still need to use electricity.
Jeff Walther says
I would like to know how Weber can claim with a straight face, “However, between now and 2050 we will realize savings of between €600 billion and €1,000 billion. These are savings on the total energy system, including fossil fuels and the distribution system.”
If they are realizing savings on the system about equal to the costs then the price should not be going up. Right? Yet, the cost of electricity in Germany has more than doubled and continues to increase.
Or was he working under the assumption that costs would more than double without the Energiewende? That seems a little far fetched.
Simple arithmetic and a few widely known facts say that this guy is either a great liar or delusional.
Having made a number of bad investments in coal plants in Germany and elsewhere, many of which aren’t making any money, suffering write-downs, and are leaving a “trail of blood on our balance sheet” (here), EON has decided to join others (such as RWE) and will be refocusing it’s corporate strategy on renewables, distribution networks, and customer solutions and spinning off it’s troubled assets into another company.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/01/eon-splits-energy-renewables
In press conference, Chief Executive Teyssen described it this way (here):
“Until not too long ago, the structure of the energy business was relatively straightforward and linear. The value chain extended from the drill hole, gas field, and power station to transmission lines, the wholesale market, and end customers. The entire business was understood and managed from the perspective of big production facilities. This is the conventional energy world familiar to all of us. It consists of big assets, integrated systems, bulk trading, and large sales volume. Its technologies are mature and proven.
“This world still exists and will remain indispensable. In the last few years, however, a new world has grown up alongside it, a world characterized above all by technological innovation and individualized customer expectations. The increasing technological maturity and cost-efficiency and thus the growth of renewables constitute a key driver of this trend. More money is invested in renewables than in any other generation technology. Far from diminishing, this trend will actually increase.
“At the same time, the costs of some renewables technologies — such as onshore wind farms — have sunk to parity with, or below, those of conventional generation technologies. We expect that other renewables technologies could become economic in the foreseeable future.
“Renewables aren’t just revolutionizing power generation. Together with other technological innovations, they’re changing the role of customers, who can already use solar panels to produce a portion of their energy. As energy storage devices become more prevalent, customers will be able to make themselves largely independent of the conventional power and gas supply network.
“The proportion of customers that want to play a more active role in designing their energy supply is growing steadily. Above all, they want clean, sustainable energy that they can use efficiently and in a way that conserves resources.
WSJ adds: “The split will provide a clear distinction between business portfolios that vary in risk, with each company appealing to different investor groups … the renewables-focused EON SE would have low volatility and could tap growth potential from the transformation of the energy market” (here). In so doing, it joins Vattenfall (here) who is divesting from brown coal, RWE, NRG, and others in responding to shifting prospects, policy reform, and changing market circumstances in Europe and elsewhere. For EON, this is likely consistent with the realization that Germany will be imposing more strict controls on coal plants, dealing with current over-capacities by shutting down plants (here), and additional reforms in renewables, grid expansion and interconnection, fuel supply concerns, and carbon reduction policies.
With France doing much the same (here) … where is the pitch from nuclear on controllability (load following and peak generation), demand response, efficiency, fuel security, low risk investment, and cost effectiveness in a changing consumer environment focused on vertical integration, individual customer expectations, local storage alternatives (EVs), ownership, conservation of resources, and more. With conventional producers getting out of the business of big assets and bulk trading … is it anywhere to be seen?
I’ve never been much of a follower, especially of lemmings that are running headlong over a cliff. You may continue to try, but you have little hope of convincing me that my technical judgements on energy production systems are way off base by quoting pronouncements by business leaders and financial press reports.
@Rod Adams
The idea that E.ON is a “follower” is a stretch … unless by following you mean focusing on the profitable side of their business. They seem motivated by survival more than anything else: E.ON “has been one of the strongest opponents of the ‘energiewende’ (energy transition) in Germany.”
If you’re not convinced by business and finance professionals … who will convince you to modernize and revise your technical judgements.
The profits in E.ON’s business are now determined by legislative fiat, not any aspect of cost vs. customer revenue. When the Energiewende is un-wound due to massive overspending and voter rebellion, E.ON will again be on the wrong side.
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Facebook says it may sue employers who demand job applicants’ passwords
After an alarming increase in reports of employers demanding Facebook …
Jon Brodkin - Mar 23, 2012 3:05 pm UTC
Facebook has taken a stand against what it calls a "distressing increase" in reports of employers demanding the Facebook passwords of employees and job applicants.
One such report came from the Associated Press this week, which detailed cases of interviewers asking applicants for Facebook usernames and passwords, a clear invasion of privacy if we've ever heard of one. Employers examining applicants' and employees' activity on social media networks isn't new—but typically it is restricted to what information users have made publicly available to everyone. Facebook said it could seek policy changes or file lawsuits to prevent employers from demanding passwords.
While Facebook is often criticized for privacy violations of its own, this time it's fighting on behalf of its users.
"Facebook takes your privacy seriously," Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan said in a statement issued today. "We’ll take action to protect the privacy and security of our users, whether by engaging policymakers or, where appropriate, by initiating legal action, including by shutting down applications that abuse their privileges."
Separately, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, is drafting legislation that would outlaw the practice of employers asking for login credentials to social networking sites and e-mail accounts, Politico reported Wednesday. Blumenthal called it an "unreasonable invasion of privacy."
Sharing or soliciting a password is already a violation of Facebook's user agreement.
"As a user, you shouldn’t be forced to share your private information and communications just to get a job," Facebook said. "And as the friend of a user, you shouldn’t have to worry that your private information or communications will be revealed to someone you don’t know and didn’t intend to share with just because that user is looking for a job. That’s why we’ve made it a violation of Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to share or solicit a Facebook password."
In addition to these password requests being a threat to both user privacy and security, Facebook said it could expose employers to legal liability.
"We don’t think employers should be asking prospective employees to provide their passwords because we don’t think it’s right the thing to do," Facebook said. "But it also may cause problems for the employers that they are not anticipating. For example, if an employer sees on Facebook that someone is a member of a protected group (e.g. over a certain age, etc.) that employer may open themselves up to claims of discrimination if they don’t hire that person."
UPDATE: Facebook has contacted us with an additional statement to clarify that the company has no immediate plans to sue any specific entity. "While we do not have any immediate plans to take legal action against any specific employers, we look forward to engaging with policy makers and other stakeholders, to help better safeguard the privacy of our users," the company said.
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Canis Ars Legatus Legionis
Any prospective employer that asked for this and didn't understand when I declined to provide it would be a place that I would not choose to work at. I'm glad Facebook is taking a stand.
TripleHelix Seniorius Lurkius
Seriously??
Companies are asking for facebook U/P??
Which companies? I sure wouldn't want to work for any of them...
18 posts | registered Jan 21, 2009
btmlltt Ars Legatus Legionis
It would be impossible for me to be more confused by this apparent trend. Why would they want someone working for them stupid enough to give them the password? And what possible grounds could they possible even think they have for such a request? If someone asked me that I'd literally just say "what the fucking fuck did you just ask me?" and walk out.
15156 posts | registered May 22, 2001
TheTerribleTwist Smack-Fu Master, in training
What kind of a dirtbag employer asks for their applicants' passwords for websites? I would tell them to F off.
70 posts | registered Sep 3, 2010
aramando Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Good for Facebook, this is a despicable practice and should be stamped out. Obviously prospective employees should refuse on princinple to provide any access whatsoever to their interviewers, but some people are desperate for work and may feel they have no choice.
Happysin Moderator et Subscriptor
The part that baffles me the most is Facebook's last line. Not that they said it, but that employers don't realize that once they're in, they now can see (potentially) any and all information that is protected by federal employment laws.
Suddenly, they're instantly culpable for any action they take with that person. If I ever felt compelled to share my access information with an employer, I would make sure every single bit of protected information I had was posted in my private profile and then sue the pants off them if they didn't hire me.
85501 posts | registered Jan 30, 2001
abadidea Ars Scholae Palatinae
I think most of us work in tech for tech companies where an HR person who tried this would be tarred and feathered. It really takes a special breed of ignorance to think this is okay.
If *anyone* ever asks you for *any* password to a personal account:
1) Tell them that logging in as someone else on a social network constitutes identity theft
2) Tell them that anyone who will give up their personal password can also be convinced to give up their corporate password.
SilverSee Ars Scholae Palatinae
I'd be on the phone to my state's attorney general in a second if a prospective (or current) employer "demanded" this of me. Unbelievable invasion of privacy.
1800doctorb Seniorius Lurkius
TheTerribleTwist wrote:
The State Department of Corrections in Maryland is one of them. I don't have the link on hand (story was about a month back), but they were requesting the information to access non-public facing information under the guise of "preventing individuals with gang associations" from working in the prison... which, you would think would be found in a background check.
killing_time Ars Praefectus
TripleHelix wrote:
" mostly US public agencies like police or emergency dispatch departments"
from another article on theverge.
dferrantino Moderator et Subscriptor
I've heard about employers doing this. I would never do so myself, and would likely either trash an application that asked for it or directly tell them to fuck off. Take a look at my public profile if you want, but you're not getting at anything private.
1800doctorb wrote:
Especially since some background checking companies are trolling FB and the likes when they check you out, even Twitter accounts are being checked/asked for
abadidea wrote:
Heh, from that perspective, that would be a great trick question. Demand passwords, and only hire people that refuse to give them to you. "Congrats on adhering to basic network security!"
DKron3 Seniorius Lurkius
I don't even have an FB account, but if an employer asked this of me, I would decline the position. It's an insane request.
SanGreal Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
It does sound like tortious interference, and I can see how it would cause monetary harm to Facebook by leading people to associate less information with their profile
drinkingcoffee Seniorius Lurkius et Subscriptor
"Separately, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, is drafting legislation that would outlaw the practice of employers asking for login credentials to social networking sites and e-mail accounts"
Wait, how is this not already illegal? Where I live, it's not even allowed for a prospective employer to ask if you're married or have kids.
MrJackson2000 Ars Praefectus
If I was interviewing for some sort of information security position, I may ask for something like this to get their response, but never actually use it, that's just bad form.
Hmm, I suspect all the people saying "I would decline the position" are among the small fraction of job-skill-in-demand people who COULD do such a thing. The sorts of positions this has been reported happening in are exactly the sort of lower-to-middle-class jobs where the victim of this privacy abuse is desperate enough to agree in this economy.
idspispopd Ars Praetorian
I don't think I have said this before, but way to go Facebook. Private life is none of your employer's business.
Things like demanding passwords should be criminal. <sarcasm>Can we charge these employers under wiretapping and hacking laws in the same twisted ways they use them against citizens doing things the government finds inconvenient?</sarcasm>
Some of my family in Canada was telling me they have laws that make it illegal to make hiring decisions based on what people did in social media. Now they could be making it up, I did not verify, but I like the idea of a law like that. Something like along the lines of non-work activity is not allowed to be used in any hiring/firing/disciplinary decisions, doing so opens them up to wrongful dismissal or discriminatory hiring charges.
t_newt Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
Canis wrote:
Yes but in the current job environment you could have someone who's been looking for work for over a year, and has a family to feed, and finally gets a job interview. Everything is looking good, then the interviewer asks for your password. What would you do in this situation? If it is just you, tell them where they can put their request. But your family? I'd reckon most people would grudgingly, and hatefully, give it to them.
Facebook should find an easy case, and sue the pants off them (maybe just in support of the privacy of, or to counter the discrimination of, the applicant). This would give notice to other companies.
As it is, it sounds like they are making empty threats.
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Mad Man Ars Centurion
drinkingcoffee wrote:
Wait, how is this not already illegal?
Because there's no law prohibiting it.
Braumin Ars Praetorian
All they have to do is hire the person on probation, and then they can just steal the credentials off of their web proxy server.
This is the most insane thing I have ever heard of. Where I work, we can't even access corporate email of a person without a lot of sign offs.
448 posts | registered Oct 5, 2010
VulcanTourist Ars Scholae Palatinae
Next up: Wal-Mart demands that applicants for sales associate positions must submit to fMRI brain scans whilst being 'tempted' with various workplace scenarios. If your brain "goes to a bad place" at any point, not only will you be summarily denied a job offer but the results will be quietly turned over to the police.
mexaly Ars Scholae Palatinae et Subscriptor
Happysin wrote:
... that would be a great trick question. Demand passwords, and only hire people that refuse to give them to you. "Congrats on adhering to basic network security!"
I agree, and this was my initial reaction. "Why would they ask for a username and password, unless they expect the person to responsibly say No."
It's like stealing someone's spouse and then demanding fidelity.
Stryker137 Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Anyone being interviewed for a job should go into it knowing what information is illegal for employers to ask for. I'm pretty sure that stuff like religion, sexual orientation, and family are all things they can't ask about, but can be voluntarily given by the applicant. But there's a good chance that every bit of that stuff is listed on a given person's facebook page, so any employer demanding login information, or even over-the-shoulder browsing, could be sued for asking illegal questions.
Employers wouldn't be allowed to demand access to your house to look at the pictures on your wall, listen to the messages on your answering machine or go digging through your closets, so what makes them think they have the right to do the digital equivalent of that?
NinjaLime Seniorius Lurkius
I thought there were some discussions recently about violating a web site's terms of use being treated as unlawful access of that website. I don't remember what the current state of that is, however. I have also heard that some prospective employers are not asking applicants to provide their FB log-in information; rather, they ask the applicant to log-in and navigate around their information while the prospective employer watches and directs them. This would let them avoid any website access violations, since it is the account holder that is logging in.
Unfortunately, I can't readily find links for any of that, so it's all just scuttlebutt.
40 posts | registered Oct 1, 2009
</dev/null> Seniorius Lurkius
Facebook is only upset that the employer is getting the information for free.
They want the employer to have to pay Facebook for the information, i.e. they're pissed
because they don't profit from the transaction.
1 post | registered Mar 6, 2010
JEDIDIAH Ars Praefectus
Many of us here are aware that a failure to follow basic industry security practices could cause severe and irreparable harm to the companies we work for.
VulcanTourist wrote:
In the State of Washington, we attach devices to the genitals of sex offenders, and then show them bad things to see if they get a rise. But hey, they're sex offenders, so it doesn't matter if we're torturing them.
Still, you want to be sure that the person administering the test has the right motives. So you need their facebook login to check up on them and see if they have any kinks.
Captain Riker Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
Wouldn't even asking if you HAVE a Facebook account be on the edge of unacceptable? What online sites I use or clubs I belong to are irrelevant to my application in most cases. Can they ask "Are you a member of the NRA? AARP? AA?"
TrellyTB Ars Scholae Palatinae et Subscriptor
This. I was about to post exactly this.
Plus, if they don't hire you they forced you to give up private information and then walked away. They aren't an "employer" until they hire you. Until then, they are privacy thieves.
I would do the very same thing, except I would create a "special" account just for them. They can see all the reasons I am protected, then if I don't get the job they can justify their actions in court. Without hiring, they simply took off with my personal information.
And, it's a good thing all corporations and employees or contractors who work for them in the hiring process are 100% knowledgable about the laws, and ethical. Nobody would ever hold faked up job interviews to be able to get private access to social media for malicious purposes. Of course not. Everyone on the internet is friendly and harmless.
832 posts | registered May 3, 2011
bigkoss Ars Praefectus
idspispopd wrote:
I'm not exactly sure, but obviously this doesn't apply to everything. Government, in particular.
AttackOfTheThumbs Seniorius Lurkius
Mad Man wrote:
Attaining FB login details for another person other than yourself could be considered identity theft, thus making it illegal.
mexaly wrote:
Wow... that's a state being added to the relocation blacklist. Reminds me of California's sanitarium eugenics programs in the 1920s.
eljefeloco Ars Centurion
MrJackson2000 wrote:
I have never had an interviewer ask for credentials explicitly, but I did have one ask about the willingness to relinquish them. I told him that I would do so only with an HR person and supervisor present (and no one else), and only if absolutely required due to some impending doom. I would leave before giving it up under other circumstances.
Of course this was before social networking and only applied to my log in for the system access, but I still got the job and never released my creds to anyone. I have always made sure there is a distinct separation between work and real life, so I wouldn't even consider giving my facebook log in info as a possibility, let alone thinking of probability...
That guy ended up being one of the best bosses I have ever had and just used the question to root out boot lickers and insecure people. He gave people a lot of leniency when it came to things that didn't matter but would punish theft or gross insecurity with termination.
AttackOfTheThumbs wrote:
Not technically. The potential employer would have to obtain them through underhanded means. Straight-up asking for them and plainly stating that they're going to log in as you as part of the employment process would not be identity theft in and of itself.
jackstrop Ars Tribunus Militum
And republicans ask what we need labor laws for...
mnemonicoverload Ars Praetorian
If I was asked this in an interview my response would be:
1. Pull out my phone my phone and ask them to repeat the question on the off chance they'd be dumb enough to say it on camera.
2. Walk out of the interview.
3. Call and report them to the labour board.
4. Post any video to youtube.
5. Email the local paper and TV station.
RyricKrael Ars Praefectus
mnemonicoverload wrote:
You forgot step 6, depending on jurisdiction be arrested for violating wiretapping laws.
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Berkshire Hathaway may get Ajit Jain, as Buffett signals retirement
In his recent letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett has said he has entered the urgent zone and Berkshire was ready for his departure. Indian-born Ajit Jain has been speculated for long to succeed the legendary investor. Will it ring true this time?
February 25, 2020, 13:22 IST
Octogenarian billionaire Warren Buffett has given the sign of his retirement just ahead of entering his tenth decade.
"Charlie and I long ago entered the urgent zone," Buffett, 89, quipped in his annual letter to shareholders last week, referring to longtime partner Charlie Munger, aged 96.
"That's not exactly great news for us. But Berkshire shareholders need not worry: Your company is 100 percent prepared for our departure."
Way ahead for Berkshire Hathaway
This brings forth the question that has been vexing the investor world: Who will succeed Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway?
While he did not go into detail or name a successor, Buffett at an annual shareholders' meeting last May, gave a clue as to who might follow him, when he said that Gregory Able and Ajit Jain would in the near future join him and Munger on the stage to answer questions.
Able, 57, and Jain, 67, had been promoted to the board of directors the previous year.
"Charlie and I have very pragmatic reasons for wanting to assure Berkshire's prosperity in the years following our exit," Buffett said in the letter published Saturday.
"The Mungers have Berkshire holdings that dwarf any of the family's other investments, and I have a full 99 percent of my net worth lodged in Berkshire stock."
Buffett added that he has never sold any shares -- and has no plans to do so.
Who is Ajit Jain?
Born in Odisha in 1951, Jain graduated in mechanical engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 1972 and has completed MBA from Harvard University in 1978.
In his professional life, he has worked with giants like IBM, McKinsey & Co, apart from Berkshire Hathaway with which he's been working since 1986. Warren Buffett's star executive handles several reinsurance businesses in the billion dollar company.
Jain is one of the favourites of Buffett, who doesn’t miss an opportunity to praise Jain who lifted the Berkshire's sagging insurance business to great heights.
The insurance businesses generated after-tax earnings of $1.4 billion from underwriting in 2016, an increase of $208 million from a year ago.
While the business that Jain heads is a risky one, he doesn’t expose the company to risk.
Buffett on Jain
“His operation combines capacity, speed, decisiveness and, most important, brains in a manner unique in the insurance business,” Buffet once wrote. “Yet he never exposes Berkshire to risks that are inappropriate in relation to our resources.”
The bouquets from the Oracle of Omaha included public admiration of Jain’s ability to negotiate challenges. If someone has an option to save one of the three in a sinking ship that included himself, his business partner Charlie Munger and Ajit Jain, opt for Jain. ``Swim to Ajit,’’ Buffett wrote in a letter to shareholders.
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At the original time of writing Ralph Hudson was hoping his 284.361mph on the Uyuni salt lake will be ratified as an FIM world record for partially-streamlined motorcycles
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Feature: Ralph Hudson – Fastest Rider in the World
By Bike Review • 3 years ago
Ralph Hudson recently has his 284.361mph record approved at the FIM awards in Andorra on November 27, here's how he got there! Words by John Nutting, Images by Jean Turner, Team Akatiff
World motorcycle speed records don’t come tougher than when you’re sitting atop the machine at almost 300mph. But that’s what Californian Ralph Hudson has achieved on his Suzuki. John Nutting reports on events last August in Bolivia
The world’s motorcycle speed record doesn’t make the headlines these days. Perhaps it’s the huge cost of building sophisticated streamliners and taking them to far flung places like the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA that has diluted the mystery of being faster than anyone else on two wheels.
It’s been seven years since the official world record was raised to 376mph with the Ack Attack streamliner piloted by Rocky Robinson, and since then the salt conditions at Bonneville have conspired against any successful attempts.
Fully-enclosed streamliners like the Ack Attack built by Mike Akatiff are difficult machines to master even when conditions are good, and the learning curve for those teams outside the US hot-rod community is even more steep, as illustrated last year when the Triumph-powered machine ridden by Guy Martin managed just 274mph.
But there’s another breed of riders who are pushing the outer limits of conventional motorcycles. On both sides of the Atlantic they use modified road bikes and compete to be the fastest at places like Elvington airfield in Yorkshire and in the USA on airfields and dry lakes like El Mirage, in California.
In the UK, the highest speed recorded for a motorcycle was the 264.1mph achieved in 2014 by Becci Ellis riding a turbocharged Suzuki Hybusa built by her husband Mike. It was measured at the end of a standing-start mile at Elvington during the filming of a television program so didn’t qualify for a record.
But it was timed on the equipment used by Straightliners, which organises regular speed events. At the recent Elvington meeting in September the highest average speed for the standing mile was the 213.9mph clocked by Ken Dunn on his turbocharged Kawasaki ZX-12R, a record for the UK.
Because Ken set off from a standstill suggests that his terminal speed must have been approaching or exceeding 260mph.
Imagine then what it must be like to ride at almost 290mph, and average that speed over a full mile. That’s what Ralph Hudson, a speed freak from California, achieved early in August on a turbocharged Suzuki in an attempt to clinch the world record for partially-streamlined motorcycles, according the to the rules of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).
At that speed you’re travelling at four-and-three-quarter miles a minute. Unlike streamliners in which the rider is squeezed into an enclosed and protective cockpit, feet extended forward, you’re sitting conventionally on the bike. Tucked into the tightest of racing crouches, you’re blasted by a wind tearing at every ripple of your leathers. The slightest twitch can knock several mph from your speed, or worse.
The prospect of losing control doesn’t bear consideration. But it’s happened, and often enough to be more than an ever-present worry about the reliability of the machine or changes in wind speeds. Hayabusa rider Bill Warner, who in 2013 briefly clocked 311mph at the former air base at Loring in Maine, died two years later after crashing in an attempt to clock 300mph at the end of a standing-start mile.
At the original time of writing Ralph Hudson was hoping his 284.361mph on the Uyuni salt lake will be ratified as an FIM world record for partially-streamlined motorcycles, and it was.
Ralph Hudson
Hudson’s speed, which is to be ratified as a world record by the FIM, was achieved on the world’s largest salt lake, in Bolivia, 12,000 feet up in the Andes, during the Top 1 Top of the World Speed Trials. It was the culmination of almost a decade of development of his Suzuki by Hudson, the boss of a Hollywood firm that fabricates mechanical props and effects, mostly for museums and theme parks.
A member of the California racing community, Hudson has been racing his Suzuki at Bonneville and at the El Mirage dry lake north of Los Angeles since 2009, when he returned to bikes after a lapse of more than three decades during which he brought up his family.
In his last year at high school in 1969, Hudson had started out at a Kawasaki shop and drag raced a 500 two-stroke triple. He first went to Bonneville two-years later and took three records. “I thought it was easy! My best speed was 131 mph.” he recalls.
During his time away from bikes he thought about ways of going faster, and his skills with fabricating props came in handy. In 2009 he bought a Suzuki GSX-R1000 dating from 2003 and started work modifying it for speed records.
The Ironwood Racing salt racer up on the bench
“I had an idea about streamlining that I carried in my head for 33 years,” says Hudson. “In 2009, after a discussion with another road racer who also wanted to get into the 200mph club at Bonneville, I decided I’d better try to build the bodywork, before I got to be too old. It worked! With a completely stock bike inside my bodywork, the bike went 210 mph, bettering the existing record of 207mph.”
He then wondered if he could get a 750 to top 200mph, and with a GSX-R750 engine in the machine clocked 211mph in 2010, followed a year later using a 600 Suzuki engine to clock 202mph.
With improvements to the aerodynamics using the stock 1000cc engine, in 2012 Hudson lifted the partially-streamlined record at Bonneville to 239mph. But more power was needed so the Suzuki engine was turbocharged.
“I had expected great speeds at Bonneville but on my first serious attempt, I crashed the bike at 218 mph,” says Hudson, who suffered shoulder injuries in the spill. No speed attempts were made in 2014 and 2015 because Bonneville speed week had been cancelled due to weather-related issues.
“2016 was better, but the bike would start wobbling at 235 mph, and I couldn’t get a decent pass. We did go slightly faster than the existing record, but 239.97mph was not nearly what I had hoped.”
During this period Hudson was also racing at the El Mirage events, using a 1.3-mile strip on the dry lake. “At the end of 2016, on the second day of a two-day meet at El Mirage, the traction was good and the bike went 266 mph, the fastest run there by a motorcycle of any size – ever. The previous fastest speed was 252 mph, set on a 1650cc bike. That was a good day!”
Despite his successes, Hudson admits to not being good at asking for sponsorship. Ironwood Racing, which is emblazoned on the side of his bikes, is his own company. “I don’t have any major sponsors,” says Hudson. “Carpenter Racing does my engine work at cost, but that’s about it. CBR bearings give me ceramic wheel bearings at no cost.”
Workshop facilities had to be set up on the Bolivian salt
Racing the Uyuni Salt Lake – Bolivia
Late last year USA-based oil company Top 1 planned the support of an attempt by Mike Akatiff’s Ack Attack team to raise the streamliner two-wheel record above 400mph, and identified the salt lake at Uyuni where more than 15 miles of pristine salt was available. Hudson was delighted to be invited with four other racers to join the group, seeing it as the best opportunity to go even faster with better salt conditions.
A complex logistical plan was put in place to ship containers of not just machines and support equipment the 5,000 miles, but the necessary kit for preparing the dry lake’s surface. Adding to the challenges were the thin air, with pressure some 40 per cent less than at sea level, low temperatures of around 50 deg F and limited daylight hours.
For the Bolivians it was a big deal, who led by the country’s president Evo Morales rolled out the carpet to the teams with dancing and partying. But several days passed before the containers arrived and work could start on speed records. For the Ack Attack team it turned out to be fruitless, and despite at one point entering the timing mile at 378mph, the streamliner suffered turbocharger and brake problems that couldn’t be corrected by the time the team were due to leave.
It wasn’t plain sailing for Ralph Hudson and his Suzuki either. After a single run at 274mph, which had been enough to beat the record set at 266mph set by colleague Al Lamb on a turbocharged Honda CBR1000, Hudson’s Suzuki started overheating. During the journey from the US the water pump had frozen, so Hudson spent a lot of time sorting that out using a pump from a spare engine, then on the next run the clutch burnt out, clogging the oil filter with debris.
At the best of times, reaching speeds approaching 300mph demands a special range of engineering and riding skills. But on salt and at high altitude, there are additional problems to surmount.
The power of Hudson’s machine is increased with turbocharging and on the dynamometer at near sea level in California the maximum recorded was 420bhp, but 12,000 feet higher at Uyuni the air pressure measured was just 0.8 bar, or 11.2 psi, so even with forced induction the power would have been reduced.
Although air drag is cut by the lower pressure, stability of the machine at speed is provided by the aerodynamic slipperiness of the bodywork and a wheelbase elongated by about six inches. Key to preventing weave, says Hudson, is to keep the centre of mass behind the centre of pressure by the positioning of weights, and careful design of the rear fin.
Set up at the Bolivian salt
To qualify for an international speed record in the partially-streamlined category the FIM requires that the wheels must be visible for 180 degrees of the circumference at the front and 135 degrees at the rear. The fin mustn’t be higher than 150mm above the seat base and 400mm behind the rear tyre.
The rider must also be visible from both sides and above, apart from the hands and forearms, without using transparent body work.
For the record attempts, the FIM also requires that two runs be made in opposite directions over the measured mile within two hours, an average of the two figures being used.
Because the gearing is so high, and Hudson’s Suzuki engine uses the stock gearbox and primary drive, it takes a while to get moving from a standstill. “The launch is painfully slow,” he says, even with a push from the team. But once up to speed, Ralph reckons that each run took about 90 seconds, with the mile being covered in almost 12.5 seconds.
Tyres are “the big concern” at elevated speeds, says Hudson. “I used Dunlop road race tyres and had better luck with slicks than the treaded tires. The tyres tended to crack, down inside the grooves of the treaded versions. I never lost any tread, but found the defects after the runs.
“It was very cold even during the day. Race tyres that normally feel a bit gummy, felt like hard plastic. You couldn’t get your fingernails into them at all. We didn’t have electricity for tyre warmers until the last couple of days. The tyres still felt slightly warm, even after the second leg of the record run.”
With so much distance available, the engine is being held at maximum power for several minutes, and that’s uppermost in your mind, says Hudson.
“Near the end of the high speed runs, I’m often talking to the engine, inside my helmet, thinking, ‘Come on, don’t blow, you can make it, almost there, come on!’ That last mile, with the engine at red line, just screaming, is the longest mile of your life,” he says. “So many things can go wrong, you just hope that any glitches will be minor ones, that won’t slow you down, or at least not much.”
Two miles high and Hudson’s highly-geared 400bhp Suzuki needs a push
Braking from such high speeds isn’t a problem though. “Not on a course this long,” says Hudson. “The timing lights are between miles 7 and 8 and the course was groomed by Mike Cook for seven more miles to let the Ack Attack slow down. The sit-on bikes don’t have any trouble stopping with minimal braking in three to four miles.”
Even so, Hudson uses carbon fibre front discs and pads supplied by Lamb Component in Upland, California, which are necessary on the airfield courses when there is less than mile to stop from 260mph plus.
After the first 274mph run at Uyuni, Hudson made changes to the bike. “On Monday we re-geared it,” Hudson said. “I thought everything was going to be great, but we did a run of only 266mph. It wasn’t faster than the existing record, which Al Lamb set on the Sunday, so I was pretty disappointed. We found that a line that shows how much boost the turbo is making had disconnected.”
The final afternoon on the Monday turned into a head-to-head between Hudson and Lamb, both having set qualifying speeds.
“We made our next run and I was not feeling very hopeful after it turned out to be only 281,” Hudson told photographer Jean Turner. “And Al had just run a 285. I had a pretty good run, stayed in it and we actually went 289 on the return. So the average came out to 284.361mph. Al’s first run was 285 but his return was 272. So his average was lower, but only by a couple miles an hour. So it was extremely close!
“Having logged a run at 289 mph, with this setup, I firmly believe that 300mph is well within the realm of possibility. I’m 66 and having the best success of my racing life.”
Ralph Hudson had the 284.361mph record approved at the FIM awards presented in Andorra on November 27. Looks like Ralph will be returning to the salt flats at Uyuni next year!
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RCMP Brush Aside Their Own Safety Warnings
Posted on June 16, 2020 by Bill Casey
In 2004, the RCMP commissioned an Expert Panel to determine the best location for their 911 Emergency Call and Dispatch Center (OCC) in Nova Scotia. The resulting comprehensive 91 page RCMP Expert Panel report chose Truro as the best location.
This same RCMP Expert Panel ruled out only one community in Nova Scotia as “too risky” to be considered as a location for the OCC….Halifax Regional Municipality. This safety warning about HRM was repeated three times in the RCMP report. The main reason for the warning was the close proximity to the other Nova Scotia OCC.
Contrary to these warnings, the RCMP now want to solve an empty office space problem in their Dartmouth HQ building by moving the OCC to the Dartmouth.
In order to justify contravening these repeated safety warnings, the RCMP performed another in-house study in 2017 which has only one mention about safety. The 2017 RCMP study says
“Security risks outlined in the 2004 Report have since been assessed by RCMP Departmental Security, and are no longer a risk to relocating to the Halifax Region”.
In June 2019, I applied through Access To Information for a copy of the “assessment by the RCMP Departmental Security” referred to in the 2017 study, as well as research and data to support this statement.
The RCMP response to my ATIP came last week on June 11, 2020 and is attached. The ATIP response says:
“ The RCMP is not in possession of a Departmental Security Report that analyses the risks outlined in the 2004 study that explains why these risks are no longer applicable”.
The RCMP has no record of the analysis of how these risks have become “no longer applicable”. The RCMP has brushed aside a 91 page RCMP Expert Panel Report with one sentence for which they have no supporting documentation, research or data.
Although the 2017 RCMP report says that the Halifax risks identified in the 2004 RCMP report have now evaporated, events have proven them wrong.
In the last six months, Dartmouth has experienced it’s first earthquakes; Nova Scotia is in lock down for the first time ever due to a Global pandemic; months ago coastal communities including Halifax suffered terrific damage from Hurricane Dorian; and Nova Scotia has just experienced the worst shooting in Canada’s history. To say that the risks in the Halifax Region have all vanished is just not true.
Other federal, provincial and municipal governments do not agree that the risks to Halifax Regional Municipality “are no longer applicable”.
Halifax Regional Council recently declared a “climate emergency” as “a serious and urgent threat”. “HRM staff report identifies risks to Halifax and other coastal communities that include threats to physical infrastructure like buildings, roads, bridges and railways, energy supplies, water and wastewater infrastructure, damage from flooding, high winds, saltwater intrusion and coastal erosion. “
Why is the RCMP moving all of our safety eggs to one basket?
The Government of Nova Scotia Department of Environment says the risk is higher for coastal communities. “We can expect warmer average temperatures, rising sea levels, and more-frequent extreme storms. Nova Scotia is particularly susceptible to these changes because most of our population lives along the coastline, and much of our infrastructure is located in vulnerable areas. ”
Why move the OCC to a “coastal community” resulting on both of Nova Scotia’s OCCs being in that same coastal community? This is the reason that the 2004 RCMP Expert Panel issued the warnings about co-locating in HRM. Nothing has changed.
says “The Atlantic region is subject winter cyclonic storms, tropical cyclones and other severe weather events. There is evidence of recent trends toward greater extremes and higher frequencies of such events. “ Weather threats are getting worse and more often.
Even the latest report of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) says emergency communications systems “face more risks and threats than ever before”.
What the RCMP are not making pubic is that Public Works Canada has threatened the RCMP with substantial fines ($164,100 per year, from an ATIP) if they continue to refuse to allow Public Works Canada to rent vacant the space to other government departments. This space has been vacant for seven years already.
The selection process for a new OCC should be done over again with only safety of Nova Scotians, RCMP officers, and first responders as the main priority……….. not preferred office space. The safety of emergency communications was not the first priority in this RCMP decision and it should be.
I have shared this ATIP response and my concerns with Commissioner Brenda Lucki, Commissioner of the RCMP, and the federal Minister of Public Safety, Hon Bill Blair. Please feel free to ask them how the risks originally identified by the RCMP have suddenly evaporated.
If you need more information, I have a considerable file. I still have two outstanding ATIP requests in the system and I expect those answers soon. RCMP ATIPs are supposed to take 60 days but the RCMP do not always comply with the Access to Information laws. Some RCMP ATIPs have taken over two years to get a response, and then are heavily redacted.
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The ATIP response below says that the RCMP does have a copy of the Report on Feasibility Study of RCMP H Division Operational Communication Centre dated August 31st, 2017. This is the 2017 report that says security risks “are no longer a risk” and brushes aside the three warnings in the 2004 report.
ATIP Response
Constance Carlotti – Access to Information Act request A-2019-04092 / F124 Clarification Required
From: Constance Carlotti
To: bill.casey@parl.gc.ca
Date: 2019-11-07 2:12 PM
Subject: Access to Information Act request A-2019-04092 / F124 Clarification Required
Dear Mr. CASEY:
This is in response to your request under the Access to Information Act, which was received by this office on June 7, 2019, for:
Re: Report on Feasibility Study of RCMP H Division Operational Communications Centre.
I respectfully request a copy of the RCMP Departmental Security Report that analyses the risks outlined in the 2004 study and explains why these risks are no longer applicable. I am also requesting any research and data that resulted in the conclusion that eco-disasters and terrorism are no longer a threat, and why it is now acceptable to eliminate the geographic separation between the two 9-1-1 Communications Centres in Nova Scotia..
I am the analyst responsible for your file.
Please note that after a thorough search for the requested information, the RCMP is not in possession of a Departmental Security Report that analyses the risks outlined in the 2004 study that explains why these risks are no longer applicable.
I did locate a Report on Feasibility Study of RCMP H Division Operational Communication Centre dated August 31st, 2017. This report reviews the H Division Occupational Communication Centre (OCC) H Division to examine and make recommendations on the sustainability of the OCC H Division facility beyond the next ten years.
Please let me know if you would like a copy of this report. Additional documents retrieved that are relevant to this request is a Briefing Note as well an Additional Information Technology Report and RCMP Physical Security Stands.
Your file will remain open in our office for the next 30 days. If we have not received a response by December 9, 2019, this file will be closed. Note, that we will not close a file if we are able to process it. For example, if you are unable to provide consent of other individuals for the release of their personal information; we may still be able to review the file; however, information released to you will be limited.
Please be advised that you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner concerning the processing of your request within 60 days after the day that you become aware that grounds for a complaint exist. In the event you decide to avail yourself of this right, your notice of complaint should be addressed to:
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street, 7th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3
file:///C:/Users/000189951/AppData/Local/Temp/1/XPgrpwise/5DC42639NCR_LEIKIN… 2019-12-12
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact the undersigned at 1-855-629-5877 or ATIPB@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Please quote the file number appearing on this letter.
Ms. Constance Carlotti
Access to Information and Privacy Branch
Mailstop #61
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Leikin Drive
Ottawa,
Ontario K1A 0R2 constance.carlotti@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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Commenter Spotlight: La Donna Pietra
Posted by Tony Hue on August 12, 2014 • ... comments
Illustration by Luigi Savino
We're in the midst of another exciting movie season this summer, with surprise hits like The Guardians of the Galaxy and Boyhood. At Badass Digest, you'll find a community of passionate movie junkies obsessing over the latest box office or movie trailer releases, delving into pop culture, cult classics, and more.
BAD (awesome acronym isn't it?) commenter La Donna Pietra is like that stranger you always see at your favorite coffee shop; her presence reminds you that you're at the right place. When you mention a recent movie or TV show to her, you're hardly surprised to learn that she has already seen it. She's like a walking IMDB ready to dispense opinions about anything including the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer, and that's what you've come to expect and love about her. Read on to find out where she finds her inspiration for meaningful discussions.
Q: What are your favorite sites to visit and why?
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Get Big Without Getting Fat
Yes, it really is possible to do a "clean bulk," getting bigger and stronger while eating healthy foods and staying lean. Here’s how.
by Chris Shugart
Let's say we have two guys, Bart and Larry. They're both T-men, members of our tribe. They lift weights, they take supplements, and they try to manipulate their diets to achieve certain physique goals. In other words, they're our brothers in iron, so let's be respectful to them ... even though they're both fucking up.
To what end are they fucking up? Let's take a closer look:
Lean Larry: Our buddy Larry wants to gain muscle, so he hits the gym hard. Problem is, his muscular gains stalled out shortly after he lost his newbie status. He wonders if he has pencil-neck genetics, and he secretly wishes his mom had stepped out on his father with that burly Samoan mailman they used to have. Maybe then he could put on some real size.
But genetics isn't the real problem. You see, Larry may not be all that muscular but he has a rockin' set of abs. Understandably, he doesn't want to lose them. So Lean Larry is basically always on a fat-loss diet. His calories are just way too low to support optimal muscle gains and reap the benefits of all that training.
Lean Larry knows he should be eating more to help him gain muscle, but he's just not willing to get fat to do it. And with his family's history of disease, he doesn't want to sacrifice his health. But damn it, he sure would like to look like he lifts weights when he's wearing a large T-shirt.
The solution? We'll get to that in a minute. First, let's meet Lean Larry's friend Bart, who's also fucking up, but in a different way.
Big Bart: Bart's no slouch in the gym either. Like Larry, he trains his ass off. Problem is, Bart's ass is so big it seems no amount of training could get rid of it.
See, Big Bart wants more muscle too. He knows that requires more than a maintenance level of calories, so he makes sure to eat plenty. But let's be honest here: every pimply-faced kid at every fast food drive-through in town knows Bart by name.
Bart wears an XXL T-shirt, but like Lean Larry, he doesn't really look like he lifts. He just looks like a fat guy with better than average traps. Sure, there's muscle under there, but you can't really see it.
And the last time Bart went to the doctor he didn't like what he heard. Bart wants more muscle, but he'd also like to see his kids graduate ... from kindergarten. And it would be nice to take his shirt off at the pool this summer without looking like he was about to give birth to triplets.
The solution for Big Bart? Believe it or not, it's the same as Lean Larry's: Consume clean foods, in the right amounts, for clean muscular gains.
The Downside of the "Dirty Bulk"
Lean Larry seems to think that the only way to add big muscle is to eat so much that he adds big fat in the form of matching pairs of love handles and "moobs." Because of this belief, he restricts his diet so much that he can't put on even marginal amounts of muscle. He's lean, fit, and healthy — give him credit for that — but he's also failing to reach his goal of building bigger, stronger, more noticeable muscles.
Big Bart also thinks the only way to gain muscle is to overeat, so that's what he does. He's big and strong, but he's also fat and unhealthy. And, since bad nutritional habits tend to be addictive, he's seriously hooked on junk food.
Both of these guys are stuck on the idea of a "dirty bulk" — eating a gross excess of calories, many from unhealthy sources, in order to gain muscle. But the dirty bulk is a bad idea, especially now that the experts know a better way to do it.
The Experts Have Had Enough
Longtime Testosterone Muscle contributor Christian Thibaudeau is downright pissed off: "I'm tired of seeing young kids with good potential — who are lean and have nice shapes to start with — ruin their bodies by following the bulking advice from Internet 'gurus' who tell them to eat as much food as they can, even junk food. All this will accomplish is helping them add heaps of fat to their lean bodies."
"Somehow we've confused extra calories to build muscle with eating burgers and fries," says Alwyn Cosgrove. "We can't forget that the entire bodybuilding world came about as a pursuit of health. Bob Hoffman's original fitness magazine was called Strength and Health. Let's not lose sight of that."
Here are a few more reasons to skip the dirty bulk:
Reason #1: The premise is fundamentally flawed. Do you need more than a maintenance level of calories to build muscle? Yes, everyone agrees on this point. Do you need thousands of excess calories? No.
Let's pull some theoretical numbers out of our collective ass, and say that Lean Larry needs 1,000 extra calories a day to gain muscle. He may add a small, acceptable amount of body fat doing this, but those 1,000 calories will give him plenty of energy for his workouts, plenty for recovery and tissue remodeling, and a little extra to account for the uptick in his metabolism caused by the training, excess calories, and increased muscle mass.
With those extra calories, Larry would be at what Thibaudeau calls the "limit rate" of muscle gain. That upper limit is the most lean tissue your body will add in any given amount of time, assuming this is new muscle mass we're talking about. (You can regain lost muscle on an accelerated schedule, but that doesn't apply to Larry.)
Now let's say Lean Larry has an identical twin named Gary, with identical training experience and goals. We're going to give him an extra 3,000 calories a day, a lot of it from junk food. In other words, Gary gets the dirty bulk. Is he going to add three times as much muscle as his brother?
Charles Poliquin puts it like this: "Bulking-up diet programs won't produce any more muscle growth than ingesting an ideal amount of nutrients. Sorry, but it's simply not possible to force additional muscle growth by overfeeding."
Thus, Gary builds the same amount of muscle as Larry, while adding a lot more fat. But there's even more bad news for Gary.
Reason #2: The dirty bulk leads to a downward spiral of damaged health and, ultimately, lifelong fatness.
How? For starters, it can make you more insulin resistant, just as it does to the typical couch spud. Poliquin points out that this makes it harder to gain muscle in the long run, since carbohydrates get stored preferentially as fat, rather than being used for energy and to fuel muscle growth.
The problem multiplies if you do a series of dirty bulks without losing the fat in the interim. "The fatter you get, the harder it becomes to get lean," Poliquin says.
Thibaudeau echoes Poliquin's concern. "The more fat cells you have, the easier it is for your body to store fat. And when overeating for a significant period of time, your body increases its number of fat cells, which are impossible to remove without surgery. By adding new fat cells to your body, you're actually making it better at gaining body fat, and worse at losing it."
If you think about it, the constant bulk/cut cycle, when taken to extremes, is the same thing as a yo-yo diet, which we know is very damaging.
"Bodybuilders are just as likely to suffer from the metabolic effects of frequent weight fluctuations," says Lonnie Lowery, Ph.D., R.D., an assistant professor at the University of Akron. "The list of nasty side effects is long: thyroid suppression, leptin suppression, muscle loss, depressed metabolism of about 10 to 15 percent, increased lipoprotein lipase activity and fatty acid synthase function, and exaggerated insulin action. Add to that the very real concept that yo-yo dieting 'awakens' fat cells that were previously non-functioning, and you've got yourself one hefty case of metabolic damage."
Then there's this charming, if extreme, possibility: "The fatter you get, the more aromatase enzyme your body will produce," Poliquin warns. "In the extreme, getting fat could be considered a form of self-castration, as your own Testosterone will be converted into the female hormone estrogen. If you're a man and you enjoy wearing a bra, go right ahead and get fatter."
Reason #3: The dirty bulk is hard to kick. Sports psychologist Jack Singer, Ph.D., tells us that it takes about 21 days of going cold turkey to defeat a bad habit or ingrained pattern of behavior.
But it's hard to say how long it takes for a negative habit to develop. In my experience and observations, it might take less time to fall into an unhealthy pattern of behavior than it takes to break out of it.
A dirty bulk starts with two intentions: You'll eat a ton of calories, gaining fat along with muscle. Then you'll lose the fat while keeping the muscle.
Unfortunately, the first intention is much easier to act upon than the second. Not only are you dealing with the biological changes that favor future fat gain and prevent fat loss, you're also dealing with psychological obstacles, and perhaps even neurological changes that mirror the hallmarks of substance addiction.
Bart Hoebel, Ph.D., a Princeton University psychology professor, has shown in his recent studies that rats allowed to binge on sugar showed signs of actual chemical dependency, with neural changes to their opioid receptors. In a study published in 2002, the rats even showed classic signs of drug withdrawal, such as chattering teeth and shivering, after the sugar was pulled from their diets.
Alain Dagher, M.D., and colleagues from the Montreal Neurological Institute also found that ghrelin, the appetite hormone, worked on regions of the brain involved with reward and motivation. These are the exact same regions implicated in drug addiction. In fact, cocaine and nicotine can affect the same areas of the brain as junk food.
And it's not just sugar: Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found in a 1998 study that a high-fat diet alters brain chemistry in a similar way to drugs like morphine. Again, those pesky opioids are involved, in this case reducing the feeling of being full.
"Overeating triggers overeating," says Jonny Bowden, Ph.D. "Overeating can actually stimulate a metabolic response in the brain that induces cravings to eat more. These excess calories upset and inflame metabolic processes that underlie disease." Result? "A vicious cycle of elevated calorie consumption that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance."
Let's simplify all this even more: When you allow yourself to acquire bad habits in a dirty bulk, you risk changes in brain chemistry very similar to those seen in drug addicts. It's like playing with matches in an open field in the middle of a drought.
The Clean Bulk
"Okay, Mr. Hawt-Abz McHealthypants," you might ask, "how do I take in just the right amount of excess calories using only clean foods?"
Good question. Actually, two good questions:
How many calories do you need?
How do you get them with clean, health-promoting foods?
To figure out the answer, I studied at least a half-dozen calorie-calculating systems. At the simple end, you might not need to take into account anything more complex than your weight and body-fat percentage. At the other end, you'd end up calculating everything from your age, gender, activity level, lean body mass, and astrological sign.
And you know what? They're all crapshoots, educated guesses that give you a starting point but no clear and foolproof route to your destination. But I did find a general pattern in their assumptions and methodology. Here, I think, is what just about everyone can agree on regarding muscle gain:
Eat 800 to 1,000 calories a day over your personal maintenance level.
This should be plenty to increase muscle size without bulking up your waist size. And if you do find yourself with some mid-body spillover, you can easily adjust your calories downward or your workout volume upward to nip it in the bud.
But now we get to a third question — or, more accurately, the precursor to the first question: How do you calculate your maintenance level?
I don't know. My crystal ball is in the shop. But if you've weighed about the same for at least six months, never fluctuating by more than a few pounds, you can assume that's your maintenance level. So, just to pick some numbers, let's say you're training hard and eating as well as you can, and your weight has stayed between 178 and 182. Whatever your current calorie intake is, we can safely guess it's your maintenance level.
Add 800 to 1,000 calories a day, and see what happens for four to eight weeks. Add more calories if you don't gain any muscular weight. If you gain solid weight with no evident ill effects, stay at that level. If you gain a combination of muscle and fat, adjust the additional calories downward. And if you gain fat without adding any muscle, get a new workout program.
If you aren't at a steady weight right now — it's fluctuated by more than a few pounds over the past six months to a year — then you need to take some extra steps to get to your maintenance level.
Your major goal is to establish consistent exercise and eating patterns. I've preached for years about the importance of a food log, which is easier than ever to do. (FitDay has a simple program you can do online.) If your diet is consistent, try keeping exercise logs to see if you're really training as hard and as often as you think you are.
Once consistency is mastered, we come to the fun part: how to get those extra calories.
Clean Bulking for Busy Guys and/or Lazy Bums
The following ideas help you add calories with a minimum of higher math and forensic label decoding.
The Fair Shake
Most protein shakes billed as "weight gainers" could more accurately be called Diabetes in a Bottle. They're filled with poor-quality protein and enough sugar to send Mary Poppins into rehab.
Try this tasty tropical concoction instead:
3 scoops (1 serving) of Metabolic Drive® Protein
2 tablespoons organic, virgin coconut oil
2 cups low-fat milk (use instead of water)
A few drops of pineapple flavoring, or a few chunks of real pineapple
This will give you 820 to 900 calories, enough extra "fuel" for the average guy to stimulate muscle gain without adding excess body fat. Simply add one of these shakes per day to what you already eat, between two regular solid meals.
The 2+1 Method
This one is really easy and convenient, a no-brainer approach. Just add either of these combos below to your normal diet:
2+1= 740 Calories
2 Metabolic Drive® Complete shakes
1 Finibar™ Competition Bar
1 Metabolic Drive® Protein shake
The Olive Oil Shooter
Extra virgin olive oil is a heart-healthy cancer fighter. It's actually one of the few foods allowed by the FDA to claim health benefits on the label. But that's not why we're interested in it for this article. We like it here because it's calorically dense, containing about 120 calories per teeny-tiny serving.
Just get yourself a standard shot glass — a "single," or 1.5 ounces. Now fill it with extra virgin olive oil and toss it back. Do that three times in one day and you'll add 900 squeaky-clean calories to your daily intake.
You can't beat the convenience — those 900 calories take you maybe five seconds to prepare and consume. As an added bonus, those calories leave you feeling as if you haven't eaten anything, which makes them perfect for skinny guys who undereat because they just aren't hungry enough.
Now, is this a pleasant experience? Well, it's not too bad. Using "extra light" olive oil can help if you don't like the flavor ("light" in this case means light in flavor, not in calories; oil is oil, no matter how it looks or tastes), but it helps to just slam it down without thinking too much about it.
Mass phases have a long tradition in bodybuilding and physique transformation, and I'll concede there's no single way to do it successfully. The idea of a "clean bulk" isn't entirely intuitive, especially for those who've tried it but fallen short of their goals because they couldn't consume enough calories while restricting themselves to healthy foods. My goal was to alleviate those concerns by giving you some calorically dense options that are simple and easy to get and prepare.
Really, the key to adding muscular weight without excess fat gain is to follow these two rules:
Rule #1: Train hard and eat more than maintenance, but not much more. About 800 to 1,000 extra calories a day will do it.
Rule #2: Get those extra calories from clean foods and supplements.
More muscle, less fat, better health. Isn't that what we're all here for?
Chris Shugart
Chris Shugart is T Nation's Chief Content Officer and the creator of the Velocity Diet. As part of his investigative journalism for T Nation, Chris was featured on HBO’s "Real Sports with Bryant Gumble."
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Justice Department launching broad antitrust review of Big Tech
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July 23, 2019 by Blockchain Consultants
Washington (CNN Business) The Justice Department is launching a formal antitrust review of the nation’s biggest tech companies, raising the stakes for Silicon Valley after weeks of anticipation in Washington.
“The Department’s review will consider the widespread concerns that consumers, businesses, and entrepreneurs have expressed about search, social media, and some retail services online,” the DOJ said in a press release Tuesday afternoon. “The Department’s Antitrust Division is conferring with and seeking information from the public, including industry participants who have direct insight into competition in online platforms, as well as others.”
The DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission had previously negotiated to divide up oversight jurisdiction over the tech industry, with Justice assuming responsibility for Google. But the new, broader probe is separate from a potential Google-specific investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report the review.
Amazon and Apple didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Facebook declined to comment, and Google also declined to comment but referred CNN to testimony company executives delivered before Congress last week.
“Depending on the facts that are developed during this inquiry, the DOJ could eventually open a more focused investigation that seeks to address the business practices of specific companies,” said Juan A. Arteaga, who served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s antitrust division under the Obama Administration.
In conducting its initial inquiry, the DOJ will likely review documents provided by the companies whose practices are being reviewed and speak with their employees, as well as obtain information from market participants such as the companies’ customers and competitors, according to Arteaga.
The DOJ announcement follows a week of congressional hearings that were bruising for the tech industry. Lawmakers slammed Facebook over its attempts to enter the financial services industry with a new digital currency, Libra. Amazon faced tough questions over its relationship to third-party sellers on its own platform, and Google over fake listings on Google Maps.
Rep. David Cicilline, a New Jersey Democrat who heads the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, on Tuesday sharply criticized the three companies in letters to their executives, accusing the companies of providing “evasive” testimony and demanding they provide further answers. Ciciline is leading what he has described as a “top-to-bottom” investigation into the tech platforms.
The DOJ announcement also comes as Facebook braces for a multi-billion-dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission that was spurred by an investigation into numerous privacy mishaps by the social media giant during and after the 2016 election.
News of the review drew swift praise from vocal critics of the tech industry. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who has introduced various bills to rein in the tech industry, said in a statement it is important that regulators ensure markets function properly, “particularly when a firm controls an entire ecosystem on which innovation and communications depend.”
But Warner also cautioned that the review should take place free from “outside political considerations” — a nod to high-profile conservatives who have alleged, without systemic evidence, that large tech companies’ platforms are biased against right-wing viewpoints. On the heels of those claims, President Trump has called for a lawsuit targeting Google and Facebook.
“We should be suing Google and Facebook and all that, which perhaps we will,” Trump told Fox Business in an interview last month.
Researchers who have studied the issue say they have not found support for claims of anti-conservative bias.
The announcement also signals that a deeper look at the tech industry has the backing of Attorney General William Barr, who has voiced concerns about Silicon Valley.
“I don’t think big is necessarily bad, but I think a lot of people wonder how such huge behemoths that now exist in Silicon Valley have taken shape under the nose of the antitrust enforcers,” Barr said during his confirmation hearing. “And you know, you can win that place in the marketplace without violating the antitrust laws, but I want to find out more about that dynamic.”
The review in some ways also raises the stakes for the government, said Gene Kimmelman, a former DOJ antitrust official.
“Whether it ends up being an antitrust investigation or not, the public is going to expect that the government is now really taking charge of everything people are worried about. … If we don’t get antitrust action, I think there’ll be increased pressure for doing something else,” he said, referring to additional regulation.
Despite the widening challenges facing tech companies in Washington, analysts said the long-term risk for the big players remains unclear.
“We ultimately believe this is more noise vs. the start of broader structural changes across the tech food chain and will likely result in business model tweaks and potential DOJ/ FTC fines in a worst case scenario rather than forced breakups of the underlying businesses,” according to a research note sent to investors Tuesday by the market research firm Wedbush Securities.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/tech/justice-department-big-tech-antitrust/index.html
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Revisiting Shakespeare's Language
Edited by Annalisa Baicchi, Roberta Facchinetti, Silvia Cacchiani and Antonio Bertacca
Lear’s questions revisited
Ulrich Busse | Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
This paper applies a pragmatic approach to King Lear’s questions. To this end the communicative function of different types of questions is worked out first. In a second step Lear’s questions are correlated to the dramatic development of the play. In terms of dramatic text construction, the two questions from the opening of the play – “Which of you shall we say doth love us most” (1.1.51) – and from the play’s final act – “Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, / And thou no breath at all?” (5.3.305–6) – epitomise the complete change of the tragic hero from a more than self-assured person and instigator of his tragic downfall to a human being whose beliefs are shattered.
Keywords: communicative functions, interrogative, King Lear, question, speaker conditions, syntactic form
https://doi.org/10.1075/etc.00004.bus
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Home » COVID-19 » It is our turn to say thank you: a physician’s perspective
May 8, 2020 Dr. Ann Collins
Thank you. They’re words that carry a great deal of meaning these days.
Whether it’s clapping outside hospitals, banging on pots and pans, or people posting signs in their windows, the public show of thanks for my work and the work of my colleagues is truly valued.
Even more remarkable is the fact this outpouring of appreciation is occurring across Canada, including in regions such as my own ― in New Brunswick ― which have been relatively unscathed by COVID-19.
As a family practitioner, much of my work is now done virtually and I’m finding this phone contact with patients ― especially those who are older and more isolated ― really means something to them. They tell me they appreciate these calls, and many also take the time to ask me “how are you doing?” with the emphasis on my well-being.
A painted rock that was left on Dr. Collins’ doorstep
As doctors, we don't get asked that very often. But I've been hearing it a lot more lately and it’s heartening.
Children are also playing a big role in these “thank-you’s”, and I don’t think they always get enough recognition for raising our spirits.
In our neighborhood, there’s a little girl who’s dropped off painted rocks on my doorstep on more than one occasion. I don’t know if she knows I am a doctor, but she has been spreading joy and literally bringing some colour to my days at a time when it's needed.
Last Friday – May 1 – was National Physicians’ Day in Canada and again, the outpouring of gratitude from all levels of society was truly moving. But I also believe it is equally important to return those sentiments.
National Physicians' Day provides an opportunity for all of us to give a heartfelt thank you to physicians, residents and medical students across our country, and this year, that recognition is even more important. pic.twitter.com/3pTFHk2ebv
— Patty Hajdu (@PattyHajdu) May 1, 2020
As a physician, I am truly thankful to all the people in this country doing their part to help control the spread of COVID-19 ― all the people staying home and staying apart from the people and things they love, to help keep their communities safe.
Your sacrifices have been many, and each sacrifice makes our work a little bit easier. Thank you.
Doctors Nova Scotia says thank you
More from Dr. Ann Collins' COVID-19 experience:
Flattening the curve in New Brunswick
An eerily quiet hospital waits
Back to an empty office
Two weeks of self-isolation
This material is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and should not be relied on as health or personal advice. The opinions stated by the authors are made in a personal capacity and do not necessarily reflect those of the Canadian Medical Association and its subsidiaries including Joule. Feel passionate about this topic? Please connect with us at jouleinquiries@cma.ca
For three decades, Dr. Collins ran a full-time family practice in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She has served as president of the New Brunswick Medical Society (NBMS) and spent five years as chair of the NBMS Board of Directors. Prior to taking on the role of CMA president, she spent seven years serving as the New Brunswick representative on the CMA Board of Directors.
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Organisational Change through Design
What I learnt at the final week of CIID Summer School 2019
Last week, I attended the “Change Management through Design” summer school course at CIID. The course was facilitated by Mary Wharmby and Grace Ascuasiati of Design Transformation, and formerly from Spring Studio and BBVA, where they led the design transformation change across the BBVA organisation.
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It was exhausting, but I got a lot of out of it. It renewed my optimism for design thinking approaches as a counterpoint to traditional top-down, management-driven initiatives, by balancing it with human-centricity, creativity and experimentation, iteration and learning.
The main takeaways for me was about maintaining focus on people, having the right attitude, making incremental impact and trusting the process. I’ve tried to document my reflections from the course here.
Design Thinking in Org Change
Design thinking has been around for awhile, and designers are no strangers to its methods and applications. This course re-emphasizes its process in non-designer hands — a phenomenon that’s been taking place across enterprises like IBM (pdf), Salesforce, and Kaiser Permenente. It transitions the designer’s role from craftsperson and facilitator to teacher and coach.
Each enterprise design thinking / org change case study has its own unique set of stories — which, in and of itself, is interesting — and it’s often hard to see past the hype to question whether it really does put people at the heart of the process (e.g. design thinking is, in many ways, a sales process). We also discussed the expansion of the problem space that designers traditionally operate in, shifting away from areas like products and services to areas like HR, accounting, and legal.
I learned about Jeanne Lietdka’s work, an extensive piece of research about the impact of design thinking within orgs. There’s an iceberg model she uses to communicate four different types of changes, which really resonates with me. It reveals the complexities of change and how design does really well in tackling the root issues below the surface of the iceberg, by focusing on people and designing solutions that address their needs and contexts. (Her webinar and reports also evidences the case studies in her extensive research that maps to different parts of the iceberg model.)
source: https://blog.mural.co/designthinking-roi
A critical shift in the transformation journey is where there’s a change of conversation, says Mary. It signifies people’s willingness to engage in dialogue, a fundamental component of human exchange. Often, you can’t engineer your way to a solution within the iceberg — but design thinking can help you figure out where the main challenges are, and what possible leverage points exist for more optimal solutions.
A real-world brief with real-world participants
The course was very hands-on, and was brought to life via a real-world brief, provided to us by our partners at UNOPS (a United Nation’s project implementation arm). We were asked to help UNOPS improve and hopefully achieve, their gender parity targets for 2020 within hardship duty stations across the world (i.e. somewhere between 47 to 53% male:female ratio across the org).
All this stuff is in the public domain and very up to date. If they had credible solutions yesterday, they would have attempted to implement it today.
UNOPS gender parity strategy
News: Gender Parity — a top priority for UNOPS
We were also given a lot of supplementary reading around gender parity, UN strategy as pre-work for the course. Grace mentioned she had done a lot of primary research on the target audiences, which produced the personas we worked off in our teams. So, a lot of preparation on all sides (facilitator + participants + stakeholders), which I really appreciated.
I mean — it’s 5 days worth of learning. I really wanted it to count!
This real-world challenge and the involvement of UNOPS stakeholders also made a lot of difference as it levelled up the course and enabled the maturity of the facilitators and participants to really shine.
I was blown away by the representation of non-designers in the class — fairly senior people with strong expertise in areas like change management, trade and policy, operating models. The ratio of non-designers to designers was about 3:2, it felt like. Despite this, everyone was really open to learn new things and work together. It made me really crave for more courses that intently leverages the diversity of talent in groups.
Can you tell between the designers and non-designers? (not as easy as you think)
The methods we used in our design process were fairly typical tools of the trade, for example:
empathy maps
ecosystem models (of various sorts — spiral diagrams, 2x2s)
prototyping (of various sorts e.g. bodystorming, paper prototypes, customer journeys)
value proposition canvas
how might we’s
OK, there were a LOT of tools for 5 days… we were tool-tastic. What would typically be taught as a course on its own ended up being a 5 minute introduction (“This is an example of body storming. Go!). I was half wondering how my non-designer friends were coping although we were really productive and healthy. The facilitators deliberately paired designers and non-designers within the teams.
What made it really work was the expert facilitation and packaging of these methods into a process (and getting feedback each day and tweaking bit by bit along the way too!) — just the right amount of stuff to guide us to the right sort of outcomes. You could teach an entire masterclass on designing and running a 5-day workshop for this sort of thing!
There were also some new tools created by Mary and Grace (e.g. org change canvas) they experimented with us, which was an interesting exercise. Some teams came up with their own “tools” — at one point, our team used a narrative structure to construct a story, as one of team mates had a background in drama.
Successful change initiatives are about unlocking diversity and deep levels of expertise. It’s always easier said than done. What Mary and Grace echoed several times is that design thinking approaches can offer a ‘common language’ for organisations to collaborate. And by starting small, making early wins with a select group of advocates, and building on top of that — this change then starts to percolate across other groups over time.
Obviously, a week isn’t going to yield substantial solutions, but our hands on simulation of the process was sufficient to prove the value of how to do things right.
Design thinking skepticism normalised
The course helped me realise my own blind spots about the term, “design thinking”. I’ve seen design thinking applied in a lot of bad ways, and skeptical perceptions of it over the years has made the term taste a bit sour for me. But this course helped normalised my perceptions.
My skepticism, I think, grew out of many observations and experiences of superficial applications and peddling of methods, thought leadership, and perspectives… then obscured by hype, media and social amplification — all of which has distracted me from the heart of what makes all this valuable: people.
I felt as though Mary and Grace’s approach throughout the course was built on a sensitivity that big changes are hard and tends to work against the way you think it does, but design (when done in the right way) can be a powerful approach to empower all kinds of people to build the right bridges and solutions without killing each other. Plus, they had the evidence from the past work to prove it. Suddenly, all these design thinking case studies became a lot more interesting and relevant again.
The main difference between the more-common product and service design situations versus designing for organisational change is the empowerment of non-designers within organisations to apply design-based approaches to their work, which isn’t limited to products and services, which is the primary area designers partner with non-designers, but also functions like HR, accounting, legal, etc. — there is a big difference in mindset, hearts and approach between the two.
Knowing the difference helps me breath a huge sigh of a relief. In an instance, I see the landscape, and I can ask myself — am I here to help improve a product’s value, or help someone deliver meaningful systemic change? And sometimes it’s both, but knowing the difference helps, and I’m grateful for the course in helping me navigate that.
I love my team (Team Apple — left to right: Jesper Nolhage, Martin Qwist, Cosima Steiner, Eduarda Freire, me)
Anna Margolis’ reflections from the course
https://designtransformation.com—Mary and Grace’s consultancy
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Rockwell Collins and Jet Aviation St Louis Team for Development of FANS 1/A
A FANS 1/A STC for Bombardier’s Challenger 604 involved a collaboration of Rockwell Collins and Jet Aviation St Louis, combining experience from both companies on the airframe.
The aftermarket FANS 1/A solution package offers CPDLC compliance and ADC-C to reduce the workload for the crew on the flight deck while navigating remote global airspace and vast oceanic expanses.
As we know, CPDLC gives access to equipped aircraft to preferred tracks, further enhancing flight efficiency with the benefit of time and fuel savings. Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion avionics is a necessary suite for FANS and is already widely used.
Aviation Security Budget for the UK to be Doubled
The UK Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron has announced that the UK aviation security budget will be doubled to £18 million, in a bid to combat the threats to the country, and following the devastating attacks in Paris that have rendered France in a state of emergency.
Mr Cameron also claimed that seven terrorist plots in the UK had been headed off during this year, one of which was in the last month.
He also added that government funding plans include the recruitment of 1900 additional officers for the intelligence agencies GCHQ, MI5 and MI6.
The news is welcomed as a general feeling of concern spreads through the UK and other European countries. Mr Cameron will be in meetings with heads of state from around the world in the coming weeks and months to discuss the possibility of attacks on Daesh, the Islamic group that claims it was behind the recent attacks.
Aircraft Messaging Solution Unveiled by Latitude Technologies
Canada-based Latitude Technologies has joined the aircraft messaging sector for next generation solutions with their satellite data unit, DL150, which will support ACARS and CPDLC, and complete their FANS 1/A+ offering.
As the commercial and business aviation industry moves towards a holistic approach to flight communications, and with the CPDLC compliance initiative just around the corner, operators are searching for the most competitive aircraft messaging solutions.
Other providers, such as Rockwell Collins’ ARINC, with their CPDLC and Type B messaging suites, are delivering packages to ensure their customers find the right fit for their business and requirements.
ATP Acquired by ParkerGale
Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has been acquired this week by ParkerGale Capital LP, Chicago-based investment company for an as yet undisclosed sum.
ATP has offered information management services to the aviation industry since 1973, with an aim to provide safety and compliance. Family-owned, ATP will continue with a new CEO, Charles Picasso, former CEO of IHS Inc. with a proven track record in the information management sector.
Caroline Daniels, former CEO of ATP felt that she had made the right choice to take her business forward with Mr Picasso and ParkerGale, who look forward to taking over.
Japan Begins Changes to Encourage Business Aviation Sector
The Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau has pledged to make its airports more attractive to the business aviation sector after admitting that they were ‘not so user-friendly’.
In the last five years, Japan has been taking steps to make business aviation a larger part of the country’s growth strategy, particularly in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The improvements include a number of measures to make the major airports more accessible to corporate jets with additional parking, additional taxiways and dedicated customs and terminal space for business passengers.
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Bureau said that although the results of the initial efforts have been slow, the first six months of this year has shown an increase of 14%.
Baggage Handling in Airports Must Step Up
Many passengers dread the security screening process in airports. Although most of us are not carrying prohibited items, that feeling of being screened give us a sense of guilt anyway.
Baggage handling systems in airports have inevitably improved in the past five years and screening using the latest technology has undoubtedly speeded up the entire check-in process. Systems such as ExpressDrop have given passengers greater control of their journey times using self-service kiosks and bag drop desks to have baggage weighed, measured and tagged before leaving the terminal to continue through the screening process.
Some of the world’s top security experts have said that the greatest threats to airport security can come from inside the terminal, with personnel having greater access to vulnerable areas. It is thought that the Metrojet incident was likely caused by the placement of a bomb by a baggage handler, which begs the question are these self-service, automated systems going to improve security by effectively reducing the amount of handling baggage goes through by ‘real’ hands?
Undoubtedly, airport security screening must step up to look as closely at the airport staff as it does at the passengers, particularly now, as the entire world feels vulnerable to attack.
New Horizons for Automated Border Control
With issues of airport security rising significantly every day, operators, agencies and governments are turning to the latest technology to ensure critical security measures are maximised at airports all over the world.
With solutions for electronic identity and automated border control, travellers can feel as though they are protected, without adding time and hassle to their journey.
Recently, Keensight Capital invested in Vision-Box, a Lisbon-based automated border control provider, who produced a biometric solution to keep passengers moving through border security, including automated gates and identity management.
Rockwell Collins offers a range of automated border control solutions using eBorders technology with biometric benefits for both passengers and airports, maintaining high levels of security and integrating self-service applications.
As the world looks to the largest providers of automated border security solutions to keep security measures in place, passengers can also look forward to a streamlined and efficient passage through airports.
Cabin Management Reaches New Heights
Cabin management systems on business jets have become as important to travellers as the stylish interiors, with demand rising for comparable comforts and connectivity as those of the best hotels.
Honeywell is offering upgrades for its analogue C-series systems, which will deliver digital capabilities over a three-phase upgrade that will include updated HD monitors and surround sound systems.
In-flight entertainment and integrated cabin management systems, such as Honeywell’s latest offering and others like Rockwell Collins’ Cabin Connect, which combines options for concierge services, cabin crew applications and opportunities for enhanced revenue, are giving corporate and commercial aircraft operators far greater choice than ever before.
UK Norwich International Airport Promises Update of Security After Hacking Incident
Norwich International Airport pledged to update its security systems after an embarrassing incident this month when their website was hacked ‘within minutes’.
Airport operations director will look into replacing the system to include secure protocols as soon as possible. The hacker, who called himself ‘His Royal Gingerness’, claims he hacked into the site to ‘see if [he] could,’ in an alarming short space of two to three minutes. His Royal Gingerness will not reveal his true identity in case of prosecution, but says that he enjoys trying to find vulnerabilities in modern systems.
Providers of airport security systems software realise that vulnerabilities exist, and encourage airports to ensure robust networks to protect passenger and airline data.
Rockwell Collins’ ARINC GLOBALink Selected by Royal Jordanian Airlines
Royal Jordanian Airlines have selected a suite of ARINC GLOBALink services for aircraft communications for its entire fleet this week. GLOBALink, from Rockwell Collins, delivers VHF, HFDL and SATCOM communications to fulfil the requirements of the diverse fleet, which often travels over desert and oceanic routes that need a wider range of global communications solutions.
Royal Jordanian expanded earlier this year, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa and is the first ME carrier to select Rockwell Collins as its primary provider.
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ARC funding to strengthen industry partnerships
Three projects involving researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law will share in more than $600,000 in funding from the Federal Government’s Australian Research Council Linkage Project grants.
BEL researchers will work with industry and partner institutions on projects to unlock the benefits of digital systems in hospitals, improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities, and determine how economic complexity and competitiveness drive innovation.
Their co-investigators will include researchers from the University of Wollongong and Flinders University, and partner organisations including Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Vancouver Coastal Health, the Cerner Corporation, the Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of State Development.
BEL Faculty Associate Dean (Research) Professor Victor Callan said the funding reflected BEL’s track record for strong collaborative research partnerships.
“Our researchers are committed to working with their co-investigators, industry and government to confront the challenges facing our local and global community,” Professor Callan said.
“This latest round of funding will support game-changing research in many different areas, including healthcare, Australian workplaces and the innovation space.
“Congratulations to all BEL researchers involved in these collaborative projects. We look forward to seeing the outcomes.”
Across Australia, 66 new Linkage Projects were supported for a total of $26.5 million, with partner organisations to contribute additional cash and in-kind contributions of more than $55.4 million. UQ researchers will lead 12 of the funded projects.
BEL researchers will be involved in the following ARC Linkage Projects:
Unlocking benefits from digital investments through meaningful use
Hospitals are shifting from paper-based and siloed systems to fully integrated digital systems that can underpin new models of care. Administered by UQ, this project will pinpoint how these new platforms need to be used to best generate value from their investments.
ARC funding amount: $330,000
Investigators: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones (UQ Business School), Associate Professor Paul Spee (UQ Business School), Dr Saeed Akhlaghpour (UQ Business School), Adjunct Professor Michael Draheim (UQ Business School), Dr Andrew Staib (UQ Faculty of Medicine), Dr Clair Sullivan (Princess Alexandra Hospital).
Partner organisations: Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Vancouver Coastal Health, Cerner Corporation.
Greater inclusion of people with a disability in Australian workplaces: a social marketing challenge
Administered by the University of Wollongong, this project will help more people with a disability gain meaningful employment. Investigators will develop a model of successful employment for people with a disability, identify sources of employer diversity that explain the differences in willingness to hire people with a disability, and develop social marketing messages that improve employer attitudes and inclusivity in Australian workplaces.
Investigators: Associate Professor Melanie Randle (University of Wollongong), Associate Professor Rob Gordon (University of Wollongong), Professor Kathy Eagar (University of Wollongong), Professor Sara Dolnicar (UQ Business School), Mr Simon Watts (Department of Family and Community Services).
Partner organisations: Department of Family and Community Services.
This story was originally published by BEL News, view the original story here.
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Insurance Agency Renaming and Rebranding
What They Do: IndePro is an independent insurance brokerage in Northern Kentucky with a 30+ year history.
For 30+ years, Auton Insurance in Northern Kentucky had been a name in local insurance that people had come to know. Whether by seeing the sign for the agency along the road, a radio ad on WNKU from campus, or simply word-of-mouth, Auton was an established insurance agency.
The agency eventaully changed owners, and while the Auton name remained, the new owners wanted to breathe fresh life into the brand. The only problem with that is 30+ years ago Google did not exist, and so people did not search for insurance using a tool like Google that auto-completes their search queries. Just try typing in “auton insurance” to a search engine, and you will see the problem: These tools we use every day make an established brand like Auton problematic because the technology wants to think on our behalf by assuming we meant to type “auto insurance.”
This was just a taste of the challenges they faced as they wanted to give the agency a fresh face. Other challenges came up, and so the owners decided a new name was needed.
Brand Shepherd was hired to help rename the agency, and then develop a fresh new identity for the new name.
Our process began, as it always does, with listening. We listened to what the owners wanted in a new name, what it should feel like, how it could be used, what aspirations they had for it. After distilling what we heard, we set out to develop the first of several sets of new names. In all of our lists we made recommendations for what were the strongest contenders in our estimation. We sometimes applied color to the background of a name to communicate feelings and tone, but we kept the logo creation process for after a name was picked.
Through several rounds of name ideation, as well as considering a few final choices, the owners landed on the new name: IndePro™. It is a nod to “independent professional,” and it met all of the criteria the insurance agency’s owners wanted in a new name.
We crafted a lot of different ways of presenting the new name, but in the end simple typography won the day. By using a thin/thick combination in the name, we made the new identity distinctive and professional in presentation. And while the name is spelled with initial caps for each of the phonic breaks in the name, the logo presents it in all caps because it displays the name best.
The icon for IndePro was developed as a separate process, as were the colors for the identity system. Through an iterative process, we arrived at the full new identity. Because we knew that IndePro would need to use their new identity in a variety of formats, we created an identity system with forethought into how the logos should be used.
By also providing IndePro with a brand identity user guide, as do for all brand identity projects, they and the other vendors they hire that will use this new logo are equipped to use it correctly. We provided typography guidance and a set of logo files that can be used both in-house and by professional service vendors for things like signage, apparel, and in-office documents.
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"I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble"
Gideon Sa’ar is sane, but not the solution
What is actually killing Israel is not only Netanyahu, but his right-wing policies that Sa'ar does not disavow
Likud member Gideon Saar speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
It is a better day than average when a Likud stalwart abandons ship, portraying the party as sycophant mafia wholly dedicated to the cult of a criminal defendant.
Gideon Sa’ar was no doubt a little slow: it needed Benjamin Netanyahu to freeze him out of the Cabinet for this perspicacity to flower. But his resignation from the Knesset is a case of better late than never, and reasonable Israelis can be forgiven for wishing Sa’ar well.
Remember, please, however: Sa’ar is not the answer to what plagues Israel. In declaring a run for prime minister, he essentially proposed that what plagues Israel is Netanyahu’s comportment. It is true, to a degree: no one who has lived through the Donald Trump presidency will disrespect toxicity again. But what is actually killing Israel is the right-wing policies that Sa’ar does not disavow.
Israel needs to find a way to avoid becoming a binational state, an outcome that the right-wing’s suicidal Jewish West Bank settlement project is inadvertently advancing by the day – by not realizing the Palestinians cannot and should not be forever subjugated.
On this issue Sa’ar may be more reliably right-wing than the slippery Netanyahu. He railed against Ariel Sharon’s 2005 pullout from Gaza. As education minister a decade ago he dragged Jewish schoolchildren to tours of the Jewish enclave in Hebron, where a few dozen radical families have taken over the center of downtown and brought tremendous dysfunction and mayhem to much of a major Arab town. In his failed 2019 primary bid against Netanyahu, Sa’ar challenged the premier from the right and called the two-state solution an “illusion.”
Indeed, Sa’ar has never shown an understanding that the occupation is bad for Israel or manifested anything but indifference to the denial to millions of voting rights for the government that rules them.
Israel also needs to find a way to rejigger its relations with the ultra-Orthodox minority, whose astounding birthrates, dependence on state handouts, low participation in the workforce, evasion of the military, imposition of religion and refusal to teach most of its young marketable skills is threatening to bring down the house, on everyone, for real.
Sa’ar shows no evidence that he understands this either. Instead, he boasts of closeness to the cynical Haredi parties (the ones that consider offering a Knesset place to women to be absurd). To advance this narrative, he has claimed to be growing closer to a religious lifestyle (which few believe). To grease the wheels of future machination, he did his best, as interior minister, to impede commerce in secular areas on the Sabbath.
Sa’ar has also shown little understanding that the one-fifth of Israelis who are Arabs cannot forever be banished from the political game. He did not complain at Netanyahu’s rants against Israel’s Arab citizens over the years and is reportedly courting for his new outfit the electoral pickpockets Zvi Hauser and Yoaz Hendel, the two Blue and White Knesset members who refused to allow Benny Gantz to become prime minister after the last election because it meant relying on the votes of Arabs.
All this underscores a paradox of current Israeli politics: Netanyahu’s corruption scandals, mendacity and authoritarianism make him something of an asset to opponents of his policies — because some of his less unethical ideological fellow travelers cannot stand him.
The coming days’ polls will show what Sa’ar’s plan to set up a new center-right party to challenge Netanyahu means to Israel’s fractured political landscape.
By now, a good part of the population has actually been successfully gaslighted by Netanyahu into such a state of credulous immaturity as to believe his bribery trial is a deep-state conspiracy (and perhaps that up is down and that two plus two is a goldfish).
Sa’ar is an establishment type who probably genuinely opposes the “reforms” with which Netanyahu aims to refashion Israel into a sort of Jewish Turkey. And he will probably right-size Naftali Bennett, the nationalist extremist who lately has ballooned in the polls by expertly masquerading as a pandemic expert. Ideally, though, he would actually take votes from the right as a whole and deliver them to what was once the left but can now be called the anti-Netanyahu camp.
There is some precedent for this. Avigdor Liberman seems to be a credible part of that camp at present despite having been in the right-wing bloc for years. But Liberman has a genuine ideological axe to grind: he may project anti-Arab racism, but seems to comprehend the demographics like a person who knows math, and his mainly Russian-speaking base skews secular, has suffered at Haredi hands, and can stomach it no more.
But it is not difficult to envision Saar making future excuses for backing Netanyahu for favors grand enough (yes, Gantz pitifully did the same, but only after he mistakenly felt he had no choice). After all, Sa’ar supported Likud and ran on its list earlier this year, when every child knew victory (which proved elusive) meant immunity for Netanyahu. And certainly Sa’ar is a prime candidate to support another abysmal rightist government once Netanyahu is gone.
Sa’ar may end up more akin to poor Moshe Kahlon. Tiring of Netanyahu, he too left Likud and formed a “centrist” party to run in 2015. He managed to attract a few political saps to join him, drew tens of thousands of votes from leftist suckers, and then dutifully handed that dowry to Netanyahu in exchange for the finance ministry. When the suckers abandoned him, it soon led to inglorious retirement.
I met with Sa’ar 18 years ago in his office when I was the chairman of the Foreign Press Association and he was Ariel Sharon’s youthful cabinet secretary. The government had just pulled the press cards of Palestinians working for the foreign press, which did not seem so democratic and made things rather difficult (as the Shin Bet tends to arrest journalists in the territories who cannot produce them).
Sa’ar presented as the very picture of the sympathetic bureaucrat: well-groomed and bespectacled, moderate in his gestures and soft-spoken to a fault. Unlike another Likudnik younger than Sharon, he certainly projected no potential to ever become a grievance-peddling charlatan milking state coffers dry and agitating like mad against the rule of law.
He also did not lift a finger to do the right thing about the press accreditations. All 10 fingers clutched firmly his well-padded leather seat.
Dan Perry is the former Cairo-based Middle East editor and London-based Europe/Africa editor of the Associated Press, and served as the chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem. A technologist by education, he is the Chief Business Development Officer of the innovative ad tech company Engageya, and Managing Partner of the award-winning communications firm Thunder11. Follow him at twitter.com/perry_dan www.linkedin.com/in/danperry1 www.instagram.com/danperry63 https://www.facebook.com/DanPerryWriter/ https://muckrack.com/dan-perry-22
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What follows are terms and expressions which appear in the posts and comments at Get The Picture and are of particular interest to the Georgia fan base. Some are of my invention; others have been provided by a group of folks who outdid themselves in the comments to this post. The list is subject to change and expansion; feel free to add your suggestions in the comments.
Arena (n.) – a special place where people who are critical of a football program have never been.
Banished from Valdosta (n.) – something bad that happens that really has virtually no effect on the aggrieved party. (h/t David Hale)
Beer (n.) – a form of liquid refreshment that “drink pretty good”.
Best Shot (n.) – the superhuman effort Georgia faces from every team on its schedule it should beat on paper.
Beyond Crompton (adj.) – 1. the measurement of a truly incompetent performance by a team, unit, or individual. 2. a completely out-of-nowhere superlative performance by a team, unit or individual who until then had given no indication of such capability. (h/t David Hale)
Big game (n.) – any game that Georgia loses.
Blackout (n.) – [NOTE: this entry has been removed or is no longer valid.] See, Fake Juice. (h/t Andy)
Bulldog Joe (n.) – an anonymously critical Georgia fan who’s never stepped inside the arena.
Buttah (adj.) – a Ray Goff measure of improvement. (h/t ‘matsdawg)
Cannon shot (n.) – the sound made by a South Carolina fan writing checks about recruiting that his coaching staff’s ass can’t cash.
Celebration (n.) – an act so depraved that it will be forever in the mind of Urban Meyer. (Which made it totally worth it, of course.)
Chantastic (adj.) – the general condition of Georgia Tech football.
Corch (n.) – a term of endearment and respect for Irvin Meyers.
Corrine Brown (n.) – an articulate Florida Gator fan.
Cowbell compromise (n.) – the act of addressing a problem by passing a rule that no one will follow.
Coxian (adj.) – a type of “what, me worry?” on-field decision by a player who should know better that leads to disaster, e.g., “I kind of saw Norwood and was like, hmmm, but I decided to throw it anyway…”
Creating balance (v.) – dropping a formidable opponent from a school’s schedule in order to avoid an almost certain defeat.
Dantzlering (v.) – hackishly piling up clichés and metaphors in the service of excusing as many Throwaway Seasons as it takes.
Dawgrade (v.) – using hindsight in the wake of a Georgia win to reduce the stature of a previously feared opponent to that of an also-ran. (h/t WH) See also, Pupgrade.
Directional kicking (n.) – a demon that gnaws at the soul of Jon Fabris.
Dissmayed (adj.) – to be the misplaced object of Mark May’s lack of respect. (h/t NRBQ)
Dog (n.) – a term of address used by Reggie Ball when in a state of denial.
Dooley-hour (n.) – a unit of distance, measured by how far a member of the University of Tennessee’s coaching staff can travel in a car in one hour.
Dooleyland (n.) – an area mapped and claimed by the noted cartographer and football head coach Derek Dooley. Also known as the State of New Tennessee (n.), it consists of a circle having a radius of three Dooley-hours, centered on its capital, Knoxville. It is not to be confused with a larger region, Aaron Douglas’ Home (n.), with which it overlaps and shares certain defining characteristics.
Dooley’s Junkyard Dawgs (n.) – the only extant R&B song with lyrics that include the words “Joel Eaves”.
Doucheoisie (n.) – a member of a class of individuals, usually male, with a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and engaging in obnoxious and/or irritating actions; in college football, the class includes, but is not limited to, certain coaches, Tom Lemming, Paul Finebaum and John Feinstein. (h/t The Realist)
Dragon*Con (n.) – an event which causes a football scheduling tug-of-war in the hearts of the Georgia Tech faithful.
Driving Mudcat’s car (v.) – tempting fate by repeating the same stupid mistake over and over. (h/t Tatum/dave)
Emerging from an alley (v.) – an act which while seemingly innocuous and harmless is frowned upon by the authorities in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. (h/t Brandon)
Evil Richt (n.) – a much-beloved persona of Georgia’s former head coach.
Fair catch specialist (n.) – a special teams player incapable or restricted from performing running duties, preferably assigned to backup quarterbacks. (h/t Richt-Flair)
Fake juice (n.) – the product of obvious gimmickry mixed with embarrassing results.
Fifty five years and one month (n.) – the amount of time it took Quincy Carter to demolish Jim Donnan’s coaching career at Georgia.
First! (adj.) – generally, one of the most coherent posts in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports blog comment thread.
Flag Boy (n.) – one of the grand traditions of Georgia Tech football.
Flagellant (adj.) – legal terminology indicating untruthfulness, e.g., “It’s just all made up and flagellant”.
Fourth down (n.) – the down that Patrick Nix uses to set up his fifth down call.
G-Day QBR (n.) – An infallible statistical predictor of success relied upon to prove that Georgia’s best quarterback isn’t starting.
GATA (v.) – Erk Russell’s immortal exhortation to live by.
Ginger Ninja (n.) – Joe Cox’ non-Coxian persona.
GPOOE™ (n.) – 1. Urban Meyer’s pet name for Tim Tebow. 2. shorthand for Tebow worship.
Herbstreit Doctrine (n.) – the principle that no team that is in a conference may play for the BCS title without first winning its conference championship, except for Ohio State or Michigan and possibly Southern Cal. (NOTE: While the dictates of this rule are generally immutable, Kirk Herbstreit reserves the right to alter them at any time without cause.) (h/t Brandon)
Inman (n.) – an ill-timed personal foul by an offensive lineman. Usage: “We were in field goal range until _______ pulled an Inman”. (h/t Brandon)
Jonesed (v.) – having to change positions to allow an upperclassman to start, even if he should be 4th string. (h/t Julie)
Jorts (n.) – slang for jean shorts. These are most often worn by the fashion illiterate and the fan base of the University of Florida. (via Urban Dictionary)
Likes the challenge (v.) – irrationally attempting to justify unjustifiable, quasi-insane decision-making; frequently accompanied by eventual loss of employment.
Lulu and Junior (n.) – visual shorthand for the Tennessee fan base.
Manball (n.) – what you get when you cross an offensive scheme with Kirby Smart’s brain.
Montana (n.) – Stewart Mandel’s state of mind.
Mustained (adj.) – the descending arc of a career path shaped by a football mother’s direction.
One arm (n.) – a symbol of misplaced bravado.
Pessimist (n.) – Larry Munson in a good mood.
PH™, or Preseason Homerism (n.) – prior to the start of the season, a fan’s quasi-religious conviction that his or her previously mediocre program is destined for greatness in the upcoming year, based on the belief that every shortcoming which contributed to the prior lack of success has been overcome, coupled with the equally deeply held notion that none of said team’s rivals have addressed theirs.
The Portal Master™ (n.) – What Florida fans call Dan Mullen when they acknowledge his lack of recruiting chops.
Pumping gas (v.) – ego-driven predicting of someone’s disappointing fate fueled by the personal rejection of the accuser.
Pupgrade (v.) – using hindsight in the wake of a close Georgia win to raise the stature of a defeated also-ran to that of a feared opponent. (h/t Bulldog Joe)
Radakoviched (v.) – when your athletic director cancels games with opposing teams he respects even though he knows it would be great fun to play them. (h/t Dog in Fla)
Rebuilding (adj.) – state of mind in which fan thinks team is improving, but in reality the team isn’t yet done falling apart. (h/t Section Z alum)
Reddinged (adj.) – an official, after-the-fact type of explanation of why another SEC team has been screwed out of a win due to inexplicably bad, game-changing calls by Wagers, Curles, etc. (h/t Julie)
Reggie Ball (n.) – the greatest Georgia Tech quarterback in the history of Georgia football.
Seat 37F (n.) – the functional equivalent of Siberia for members of the media who run afoul of Urban Meyer.
SEC speed (n.) – Jim Delany’s code phrase for the academically ineligible. (Or something worse.)
Second Chance U (n.) – Any place that stands for the principle a football player’s character is a terrible thing to waste.
Shreveport (n.) – the ultimate destination for college football mediocrity.
Six degrees of Richt (n.) – the concept that everyone in the college football world is separated from the Mark Richt-is-on-the-hot-seat meme by six links.
SOD (n.) – acronym for Son Of Dooley; refers to Derek Dooley, the orange pants-wearing fruit of Vince and Barbara Dooley’s loins.
Third and Willie (n.) – a situation when a defense has absolutely no chance of stopping a (usually long) 3rd down conversion. Sometimes referred to as Third and Grantham. (h/t Trey)
Throwaway Season (n.) – the time when a Georgia fan should lower expectations, but not financial support, for the program in hopes of a brighter future, based on a suggested plan that is both vague and definite all at once. See also, Dantzlering.
Thug (n.) – an African-American football player who enjoys dancing in public.
Thug Love (n.) – tough love with an unregistered hand gun and a joint under the driver’s seat.
Touchmybaby (adj.) – accolade reserved for a player or coach who performs his duties in a Godlike manner. (h/t Red Blackman)
Tripp (v.) – ruthless continual changing of a player’s position. (h/t Brandon)
Verne crush (n.) – a form of extreme admiration for another man expressed ad nauseam by the CBS football broadcast team.
World’s Smallest Outdoor Cocktail Party (n.) – Jim Donnan’s designation for the ACC Championship Game.
Yaw yaw yaw yaw yaw yaw yaw footbaw (n.) – the way a Cajun says “football” after his seventh Red Bull of the morning.
Year of the Gamecock (n.) – an era currently spanning the period from the second week of January to about the middle of the month of October for the years 1992-2010.
Zabransky’d (v.) – 1. being exposed in front of a national audience as a falsely hyped program which reputation was built beating up on patsies by scheduling a difficult season opener against a quality team in the best conference in the country in order to bring positive attention to said program. (h/t Puffdawg) 2. being asked repeatedly to verify the religious affiliation of a football player whose career you haven’t closely followed.
51-7 (n.) – a metaphor for an ass whipping.
2004 (n.) – the season when Auburn under Tommy Tuberville won its only football national championship.
_IAR,B! (n.) – the way in which a Georgia fan tracks the Georgia Tech series.
4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 cokes (n.) – the quintessential Georgia Tech marketing promotion, offered as a substitute for a successful, entertaining football program.
“We didn’t come to paint.”® (n.) – proof that profound and Bobby Petrino don’t mix, and that Arkansas fans can’t tell the difference.
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JasonC
Certainly, someone has coined a phrase about Penn Wagers or the horrible officiating in the SEC (that usually screws UGA).
Also, I can’t believe “the Master Plan” didn’t make it. (n) an excuse to downplay something bad that happens under the false pretense that it is both good and intended.
1-Les Miles- A fourth and dumb play that is so incredibly idiotic that it works. 2- Martinized- when a cornerback stares into the backfield long after a play action fake he can be said to have been Martinized. 3- One hour Martinizing- The art of giving up forty points to an inCrompetent QB in one football game. A feat requiring rare ability by a DC.
Raleighdawg
Hands down he best idea of 2010. Thank you senator.
The Malzhan (n)- an innovative, pass-first offense in which 2 quick-strike touchdowns serve to stun the other team, allowing the Malzhan to disappear for the rest of the game.
Dooleyfense- in American football an extremely conservative offense designed to lull opposing defenses, and one’s own fans, to sleep. One only passes,[ie. throws the football], when opposing defensive backs have begun throwing rocks at the scoreboard or are engaged in a crap game behind the goal post. see also “Beamerball”.
The “Dooleyfense” was once described thusly, “Vince took the second half kickoff and ran out the clock.”
Chunky A
You need one for “Clemins” explaining why you refer to Clemson that way. You also need to add “teh awesome” explaining what the heck that’s all about. You certainly use those frequently enough to deserve space here.
“Clemmins” is just something I picked up a long time ago from the way a friend of mine pronounced the name of the school.
“Teh” is one of those Internet traditions.
“Clempson.” Phonetically correct spelling of the school that calls Death Valley home.
Hobnailed-(v.) the process of crushing your rival’s face by defeating them in the very last part of the game.
I second this Definition! Love it.
I thought “chosen reservoir” was good and pertinent. Its a takeoff on an army battle fought during the Korean War where we were bottled up at Chosun Reservoir(a small reservoir near the Korean/China border) and cut off by the North Koreans aided by massive Chinese troops . We were in danger of losing an entire Division, but fought valiantly to break out and escape. Thereafter MacArthur landed on the eastern peninsular and fought across Korea to separate into two parts at the 38th parallel and prevented the Red Chinese Army from solidifying all of Korea.
Dawg in Fla was alluding to Murray’s Jewish background and as the “chosen one” in this small reservoir of QBs to lead us out of sure destruction. The matchup is clever and pertinent. I apologize for the history lesson that you probably knew, but thought perhaps everone else didn’t. Consider this my first lobby to a good cause.
It’s damned clever. I just don’t know if I’ll use it.
X-Dawg
Wild Boyz – Players who have no purpose other than to be recruited & signed by Kiffen & Orgeron
Dawgdayafternoon
Nance – (v.) to leverage your child’s relationship with a highly touted prospect in attempt to secure a fbs scholarship for an undeserving player.
I am extremely disappointed you did not include “Tebowed” as in “Brandon Spikes just Tebowed the UGA running back
That reminds me, shouldn’t “suspended for a half” be in here somewhere? Meaning an extremely tough punishment doled out by that legendary disciplinarian, Corch Meyers.
Your running back did not whine about that as much as the fans have.
It was dirty by any definition or viewpoint. Why would you ever not want to distance yourself from it? Or not want to use that as a low point you never want to revisit?
JC in Powder Springs
gatorbate: Sexual self-gratification by florida fans, players & corches. Use (note: this is purely hypothetical): After taking an oath to remain a virgin, the florida QB’s only option for sex was to gatorbate. Unfortunately, it became so frequent and vigorous that by the end of the season it damaged his arm, requiring him to develop a new throwing motion for the NFL scouts.
dawg521
Knowshon (v.): 1. to extraordinarily and suddenly leave the ground while in forward motion in a highlight-reel manner and render an opponent confused and therefore useless to his football team. Ex. Central Michigan and Arizona State 2008
2. to turn an individual or group of people into dancing fools when it is least appropriate. Ex. Auburn Blackout 2007, players and announcers
In 2007, the whole Florida defense got Knowshon’ed.
But in 2008, I think Knowshon got Tebowed by Spikes before he could Knowshown
i smell a troll
A variation on that theme is using “Tebow” for the word awesome. Early on in Tim’s career, every other word he uttered was “awsome.”
So, you UGA fans might say something like “That end zone celebration was TEBOW!”
Section Z alum
Richmond Spiders: (proper noun) – the best on-side kicking team I have ever seen.
Directional kick- Slang phrase for a very good strategy that somehow doesn’t work.
Vindexdawg
Pearl-Harbored (synonymous with 9/11’d) – describes the condition of a traditional CFB power being defeated by an absolute bottom-feeder from a lower division; as when Nick Saban compared Bama’s 2007 loss to Louisiana-Monroe to two of the darkest days in American history.
One could also perhaps tease out an alternative – but archaic in CFB terms -usage from the Miami vs Penn Statematchup in January 1987 when the Canes’ Thug Era was in its fullest flower. One of their star players, Jerome Brown, proclaimed at a steak dinner that was hosting both teams that sitting down to dinner with the Nittanies made as much sense as the Japanese sitting down with “Pearl Harbor”; then he proceeded to lead his team in a walkout from the dinner. However, it was the highly favored Canes which lost the actual battle on the field, 14-7 – although that was a closer score than the final result of the actual war to which Brown so foolishly referred.
As far as I’m concerned, Gordon Solie retired the use of that term.
Mr. Tu
Ten to nine (10-9)- The never changing time of day in Texas (See, e.g., 1983 Cotton Bowl)
Senator, love the blog. It’s on my daily “must-read” list. How about “Vince Dooley Stadium at Historic Mark Richt Field” (or VDS@HMRF) as a lexicon entry for the Joke by Coke?
Markmayed. (v) To have success in an impending game guaranteed by an avowed “expert,” despite the absence of logic or reason pertaining thereto. See: Hawai’i, Sugar Bowl.
As I mentioned in the other thread, I’m sort of leaning towards this:
DisMayed (adj.) – to be the misplaced subject of Mark May’s lack of respect.
Pulpwood. (v – active). To promise to rain destruction on your upcoming opponent, no matter the odds against. Especially: with colorful and profane language delivered in a gravelly voice, in 60 second video clips featuring chimpanzees.
Dawgdayafternoon’s “Nance” could be modified further to “Nanced” or “Nancied” and using the last half of the poster’s def.
Munsoned: a term for a team that hasn’t had a lot to celebrate since their legendary announcer retired.
That one’s already taken. But Munson’s latest comment did inspire an addition (see “Pessimist”).
Sakerlina — place where coaching careers go to die
Braine Power – (n) using one’s AD leadership as to reward mediocrity with lucrative contracts even its own fanbase cannot explain.
King/Ealey Connector – (n) a stretch of turf off of North Avenue 339 yards long that connects Dawg fans with yet another victory at Historic Mark Richt Field.
I thought the Herbstreit Doctrine was to rationalize the Big 10 into a national title game at all costs, even if it means contradicting your earlier logic. What you described was only a side-effect of the overall doctrine (conference title requirement vs. “Who are the two best teams in the nation right now?”)
Dawgaholic
Goffed – grossly underutilizing talent by playing players out of position or failing to give them an opportunity to succeed. Examples include the 1994 season which saw Hines Ward at running back, Robert Edwards at corner, and Terrell Davis on the bench. Usually this statement can only be made years after it happened. ex. Knowshon was Goffed in 2006.
Do you really think Herbstreit would pull that stunt for Purdue or Michigan State? I don’t think so, I think it’s OSU or Mich specific (and possibly USC could reach that level of his fancy).
Driving Mudcat’s car – (v.) repeating the same stupid mistake over and over (can be used in conjunction with other words on the list) ex. – “We were facing another third and Willie, but instead of blitzing, we ended up driving Mudcat’s car and played cover two again.”
Dawg N Suds
A few classics:
“It’s Rollin’, Baby!”
“I’ve waited 55 Years.”
“It’s Just A Game, Dog.”
“Back, like cooked crack.”
“We have other fish to fry.”
“Work hard to get butter.”
“If you get tired of it, punch him in the face.”
“We will bring those cheaters to their knees.”
“We deserve it because we were undefeated in regulation.”
“We failed to make our coaching points more compelling than their fat little girlfriends.”
“I’m a man. I’m 40!”
“Fear the thumb.”
cookinandsmilin
Sugar – n. tasty bits that falls from the sky… oft sprinkled by Lady Luck…
should read “fall”… not “falls”…
Punched in the face: the process of getting bitchslapped by your archrival without their best player, then dismissing the game as no big deal.
Pulpwood: to denigrate and humiliate via profanity laced tyrades.
sic: tirades.
Dawg in Omaha
Aww man, you must absolutely use 3 that I don’t see up on the lexicon…JC in Powder Springs had 3 great ones: Tebloviate, Wyndhamed, and Wynd-surfing. I literally blew coffee out of my nose at the last one. Should go in the lexicon if for no other reason than the funny factor is through the roof.
Thought “gatorbate” was funnier and a more incisive blow.
Millennium Dawg
Dawgstalgia – (n) living in the Bulldog Glory Years that ended in the 80s.
Dawg License (n) what our Bulldog moped drivers often fail to get.
Geridawgs (n) the elderly fans in Sanford that get blamed or are responsible for the disappointing sound levels in Sanford Stadium on gameday.
Russ – Otto Award (n) given to outstanding performance by a substitute player
Track Fan (n) fans who “stole” money from Dooley by watching football games from the railroad tracks prior to the 1981 season.
St. Simon (n) a fan whose team wins one game against its rival every ten years
Jasper (n) an officiating call indicating an fumble that never happened; can also refer to any erroneous officiating call
Half time (n) the idiosyncratic condition in which a football team is unable to execute a play on offense and/or defend its goal line for either the first 30 minutes or the last 30 minutes of a football game.
Special Needs Teams (n) a special teams unit using second, third, or fourth team players to field kickoff/punt coverage, kickoff/punt returns
Canine Inferiority Complex (n) a Dawg fan at home thinking that every play by play and/or color commentator on TV is rooting for the other team
HBTD (phrase) How ’bout them Dawgs!
Between the Hedges (n) reference to the field at Sanford Stadium
Silver Britches (n) silver pants worn by the Georgia Football team; a reference to the football team
Red Coats (n) University of Georgia band
Remerton (n) term for choosing the wrong place to spend spring break.
Certainly a second definition:
Thug, 2. (noun) Any player that
a) singularly pulled your team apart and beat you by himself. If he has either a tattoo, braided hair, or wears sunglasses on sideline, he can get no credit for hard work, leadership or scholarship. .
b) committed elsewhere on Signing Day.
Those comments were some of the funniest I have read on here, it was heaven sent for me I was stuck in a seminar the day I was reading it. I liked whoever it was that suggested calling Les Miles, “Das Hat”. “Willie Fingers” (faceguarding), “Chapaquitic” (3rd Down Full back dive), and “Know No” (redshirting grade A talent) were also some funny ones that were left out but I understand the need to cut it down.
Man enough – (adj.) – when a once-proud team that has fallen on hard times suddenly reasserts itself.
The Fire Girls -1. (n). the most entertaining halftime spectacle on the planet
– 2. (n). if they are not on scholarship, please give them scholarships now. there must always be fire girls at halftime
hailtogeorgia
Kiffin (n) – a self-reported secondary recruiting violation, having no real consequences other than giving message board fodder in the offseason, e.g. “In other news, UGA picked up self-reported two kiffins for improperly facebooking recruits.”
Well, in the light of Damon Evan’s lapse of judgement:
Refusing a Breathalyzer (v.) – the act of taking responsibility for your actions while not admitting guilt; something players might want to start doing.
Damon Evans (n.) – giving the worst, most incriminating mug shot of all time, without admitting guilt.
Usage: “My buddy got arrested and pulled the worst Damon Evans I’ve seen in a dog’s age.”
terrible situation, but we must make light of it.
the Coondawg
Holdin’ the panties (v) – The in-explainable act of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. 2. While having the summit of your career within a breath, you enter into an act of such sheer stupidity that you lose everything that you had gained to that point. Usage: 1). Well, he was on the verge of a $550,000 paycheck. Yea, he’s holdin’ the panties on that one.
Senator, I would nominate one of my favorites:
The Joke By Coke. No other description need be given, in that we all know what it is. That seems lexiconish to me.
Bad dude (adj.) – one who does ones job correctly, yet pisses you off because it doesn’t benefit you. eg. “that trooper caught me going 30 mph over the limit but didn’t give me a warning; he’s a BAD DUDE”
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i suggest that “memorabilia collector” be given consideration for ye olde lexicon.
Not bad – I’ll have to think about it.
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After the Cam Newton allegations, a new term has developed. The person asking for money for Newton wanted $200,000, but offered Mississippi State at discount of $180,000. That is 10% off. Here is my suggestion:
The Mississippi State Discount – 10% off of the original price.
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Needed a smile and decided to revisit the lexicon. Will you have to asterisk the Year of the Gamecock entry?
Maybe 2010 will go down as the Leap Year of the Gamecock.
crapsandwich
How about a new phrase: “I’ve been Johnsoned”, for any gushed praise by Bradley at the AJC about the coach of GATech
Pumpdawg
I know it’s waaayy over-used but I thought “Drinking the Kool-aid” would have made the list.
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F’ing Scooters!!-A single person conveyance found on college campuses. Manufactured by and for the F’ing Chinese, it is completely unsteerable when driven by athletic college football players.
“Folks”- An inclusive form of address aimed at loyal fans, ahole naysayers and schizophrenic fans of Georgia Football.
Zero Point Zero
The Manchurian Corch. The deep cover plan of installing a UGA man as the head coach of all our SEC rivals to bring them down from the inside. AKA Drooley, Muschump and Smart when he moves on to SC.
I think you need to change “pupgrade” and list it as an antonym of dawgrade. After all, they are opposites.
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In the spirit of GATA, Coach Russell use to wear a t-shirt the week before the Tech game that said “Tuck Fech”. Enough said.
“won’t start”..reference to a player, usually a Gamecock, whos’ punishment requires him to sit out the first play of the game. In a more general sense, a punishment that is jokingly light.
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Boboed (adj:) As in “We got Boboed on that one”. term to describe the inexplicable use of plays in the worst situation. Example: We got boboed running a draw on 3rd and 20.
Granthams replacement
How about ” A Richtsquibber” – When a head coach makes a game losing epically stupid decision. Also used as a verb “Richtsquibbing” – when a coach coaches not to lose due to lack of trust in his players
VoxDawg
Helloooo? “Meteor Game”???!
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Hilldawg
The late great Rex Edmondson said the most exciting part of the Dooley brothers Gator Bowl game was “the coin toss”. That seems to have some potential for your list.
Could you explain the Shorter pre-fix that you occasionally use for job titles? I’ve googled a few times and can’t come up with anything.
It’s an Internet meme, started, I believe, here.
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We need to add “Throwaway Season”
I’m on the mother. 😉
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What about “The Georgia Way”?
I know, I know. I need one, but I’ve really struggled to come up with a properly pithy definition.
(adv.) The manner of verbalizing a commitment to success in order to build a financial war chest that is not used effectively to the pursuant of said aforementioned success.
(n.) The belief that operating in a more self defeating, higher standard of accountability mode than one’s peers, will somehow lead to greater long term success and intangible benefits.
(v.) The act of, or giving the appearance of, working at great expense and energy, only to ultimately achieve an end result that may otherwise have been realized with minimal effort.
lakedawg
May have missed them above, but “face plant” and “wet the bed” became poplar on here from a couple posters.
just call me Chuck
Pruitt Effect: referring to the ability to embarrass an A.D to action (indoor playing field) and stage a coup to dismantle a coaching staff
Highlands Dog
What about being Roquan Smithed: a heat seeking missile, sideline to sideline.
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Memory loss: what you come down with when you’re under investigation but forget that you have when you’re in a living room with a 5-star recruit and his family.
dawgxian
We needs some updates- Mudcat’s car and update 51-7 to 52-7
“Escape Goat” and “Made up and flagellant” need to be memorialized somehow.
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Pete Olson on Government Reform
Voted NO on Senate pay raise.
Congressional Summary:
Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2010 for:
expense allowances;
representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders;
salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations);
agency contributions for employee benefits;
inquiries and investigations;
the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control;
the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate;
miscellaneous items;
the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and
official mail costs.
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act of 1968 to increase by $50,000 the gross compensation paid all employees in the office of a Senator. Increases by $96,000 per year the aggregate amount authorized for the offices of the Majority and Minority Whip.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D, FL-20): We, as Members of Congress, have responsibility not just for the institution, but for the staff that work for this institution, and to preserve the facilities that help support this institution. We have endeavored to do that responsibly, and I believe we have accomplished that goal.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. SCALISE (R, LA-1): It's a sad day when someone attempts to cut spending in a bill that grows government by the size of 7%, and it's not allowed to be debated on this House floor. Some of their Members actually used the term "nonsense" and "foolishness" when describing our amendments to cut spending; they call that a delaying tactic. Well, I think Americans all across this country want more of those types of delaying tactics to slow down this runaway train of massive Federal spending. Every dollar we spend from today all the way through the end of this year is borrowed money. We don't have that money. We need to control what we're spending. Reference: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act; Bill HR2918&S1294 ; vote number 2009-H413 on Jun 19, 2009
Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill.
Olson signed the Contract From America
The Contract from America, clause 1. Protect the Constitution:
Require each bill to identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to do what the bill does. Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA01 on Jul 8, 2010
Audit federal agencies, to reform or eliminate them.
The Contract from America, clause 5. Restore Fiscal Responsibility & Constitutionally Limited Government in Washington:
Create a Blue Ribbon taskforce that engages in a complete audit of federal agencies and programs, assessing their Constitutionality, Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA05 on Jul 8, 2010
Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced.
The Contract from America, clause 9. Stop the Pork:
Place a moratorium on all earmarks until the budget is balanced, and then require a 2/3 majority to pass any earmark. Source: The Contract From America 10-CFA09 on Jul 8, 2010
Require Congressional certification of president's "Czars".
Olson co-sponsored Sunset All Czars Act
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To define advisors often characterized as Czars and to provide that appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries and expenses associated with such advisors.
Whereas Congress recognizes the importance of coordinating executive agencies, and recognizes that Presidents often appoint special assistants, commonly referred to as 'czars', to manage this coordination with regard to important areas of national policy, and to advise the President;
Whereas at least 36 czars have been appointed in 2009, raising concerns about the Federal government's provision of adequate transparency and accountability to the public; and
Whereas members of Congress are concerned that the appointment of these czars and their actions may subvert the legislative and oversight authority of Congress under article I of the Constitution:
Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of Congress that the President should--
issue a report to Congress clearly outlining the responsibilities, qualifications, and authorities of the special assistants to the President, commonly referred to as 'czars', that he has appointed; and
certify to Congress that such czars have not asserted and will not in the future assert any powers other than those granted by statute to a commissioned officer on the President's staff; and
Congress should hold hearings on such report and such certification within 30 days after the date of their receipt.
[HR59 adds the additional stricter clause]: Appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries or expenses of any task force, council, policy office within the Executive Office of the President, or similar office that is established by the direction of the President; and the head of which is a Czar. Source: HCR3&HR59 11-HR059 on Jan 5, 2011
No recess appointments without Congressional approval.
Olson co-sponsored Resolution against Presidential appointments
Congressional Summary: Resolution Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days and expressing that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.
Text of Resolution:
Whereas the Constitution states, 'Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days';
Whereas, on January 4, 2012, President Barack Obama appointed Richard Cordray to be the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and appointed Sharon Block, Terence Flynn, and Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board; and
Whereas these appointments broke the long-established precedent of Congress being in recess for more than three days before the President can make a recess appointment:
Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of the President's appointment of four officers when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized.
OnTheIssues Notes:Pres. Obama attempted to appoint Elizabeth Warren to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in May 2011; House Republicans disapproved of Ms. Warren. House Speaker John Boehner disallowed the Senate's adjournment resolution, which meant the Senate was legally not adjourned and Pres. Obama could not make a "recess appointment" which would otherwise be allowed. This Resolution brings the issue to the fore again, for another set of Obama appointments for which House Republicans disapprove. Source: H.RES.509 12-HR509 on Jan 10, 2012
Prohibit IRS audits targeting Tea Party political groups.
Olson co-sponsored Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act
Congressional summary:: Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act: Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) standards and definitions in effect on January 1, 2010, for determining whether an organization qualifies for tax-exempt status as an organization operated exclusively for social welfare to apply to such determinations after enactment of this Act. Prohibits any regulation, or other ruling, not limited to a particular taxpayer relating to such standards and definitions.
Proponent's argument in favor (Heritage Action, Feb. 26, 2014): H.R. 3865 comes in the wake of an attack on the Tea Party and other conservative organizations. The current IRS regulation is so broad and ill-defined that the IRS applies a "facts and circumstances" test to determine what constitutes "political activity" by an organization. This test can vary greatly depending on the subjective views of the particular IRS bureaucrat applying the test. IRS employees took advantage of this vague and subjective standard to unfairly delay granting tax-exempt status to Tea Party organizations and subject them to unreasonable scrutiny.
Text of sample IRS letter to Tea Party organizations:We need more information before we can complete our consideration of your application for exemption. Please provide the information requested on the enclosed Information Request by the response due date. Your response must be signed by an authorized person or officer whose name is listed on your application.
Have you conducted or will you conduct candidate forums or other events at which candidates running for public offices are invited to speak?
Have you attempted or will you attempt to influence the outcome of specific legislation?
Do you directly or indirectly communicate with members of legislative bodies?
Do you have a close relationship with any candidate for public office or political party?
Source: H.R.3865 & S.2011 14-H3865 on Jan 14, 2014
No holiday on election day; no same-day registration.
Olson voted NAY For the People Act of 2019
This bill expands voter registration and voting access, makes Election Day a federal holiday, and limits removing voters from voter rolls.
The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions.
The bill also sets forth provisions for sharing intelligence information with state election officials, and supporting states in securing their election systems, and establishing the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.
This bill addresses campaign spending, by expanding the ban on foreign nationals contributing to or spending on elections; and expanding disclosure rules.
This bill establishes an alternative campaign funding system [with] federal matching of small contributions for qualified candidates.
The bill also requires candidates for President and Vice President to submit 10 years of tax returns.
Opposing argument from the Heritage Foundation, 2/1/2019: HR1 federalizes and micromanages the election process administered by the states, imposing unnecessary mandates on the states and reversing the decentralization of the American election process. What HR1 Would Do:
Seize the authority of states to regulate the voting process by forcing states to implement early voting, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, online voter registration, and no-fault absentee balloting.
Make it easier to commit fraud at the polls through same-day registration, as election officials have no time to verify the accuracy of voter registration.
Degrade the accuracy of registration lists by automatically registering individuals from state databases, such as DMV.
Cripple the effectiveness of state voter ID laws by allowing individuals to vote without an ID and merely signing a statement in which they claim they are who they say they are.
Legislative outcome: Passed House 234-193-5 on 3/8/19; received with no action in Senate thru 12/31/2019 Source: Supreme Court case 19-S949 argued on Jan 3, 2019
Require all laws to cite Constitutional authorization.
Olson signed Enumerated Powers Act
A bill to require Congress to specify the source of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws.
Each Act of Congress shall contain a concise explanation of the specific constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. The failure to comply with this section shall give rise to a point of order in either House of Congress. The availability of this point of order does not affect any other available relief.
Constitutional Authority for This Act: This Act proposes to establish new procedures by which legislation shall be considered by Congress and is enacted pursuant to the power granted Congress under article I, section 5, clause 2, of the United States Constitution establishing that each House may determine the rules of its proceedings. Source: S.1319&HR450 2009-S1319 on Jun 22, 2009
Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises.
Olson signed Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act
A bill to prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2010.
For purposes of the provision of law amended by section 704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have taken effect in fiscal year 2010 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule. Source: S.542&HR.156 2009-S542 on Jan 6, 2009
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JLR Showroom Christchurch
Westover Group has invested £15 million into the development of a new Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Christchurch. Built in place of the former Land Rover showroom on Bailey Drive, Christchurch, the new showroom will use the JLR branding incorporated into the design by SRA Architects. The opening of the new site follows the opening of Westover’s new £7.5m Jaguar Land Rover service centre set on a three acre site to the rear of the dealership.
Housing more than 100 approved used cars, as well as the complete line up of new vehicles, the new site delivers a complimentary barista bar, electric vehicle charging facility, relaxed seating areas with free Wi-Fi, interactive colour and trim display, brand heritage and merchandise area, and dedicated areas for vehicle handover as well as improved parking.
The task set to Calcinotto was to reuse as much of the original showroom structure for the new development. The modern architectural design of the new facility was far from the original building. Working with the design team we were able to retain over 50% of the original steel frame and 80% of the original foundations without additional strengthening works.
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A dozen more cases of COVID-19 found at grocery stores in the Calgary area
Michael Franklin CTVNewsCalgary.ca Senior Digital Producer
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Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:03PM MST
Sobeys Inc. says a worker at the Lakeview IGA tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 23. They last worked there on Nov. 12. (File/Google Maps)
CALGARY -- There are 12 new COVID-19 cases connected to a number of grocery stores and pharmacies in the southern Alberta region, according to an update from Sobeys and Loblaw.
The two companies have been recording the number of positive cases detected in workers at their stores since the beginning of the pandemic.
Since the last update, the companies have recorded another dozen cases of the disease:
Loblaw
An employee at the Shoppers Drug Mart (804 Main St. S.E., Airdrie, Alta.) tested positive Nov. 25 (last worked Nov. 16)
An employee at the Real Canadian Superstore (20 Heritage Meadows Way S.E., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 25 (last worked Nov. 17);
An employee at the Real Canadian Superstore (3633 Westwinds Dr. N.E., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 25 (last worked Nov. 18);
An employee at the Real Canadian Superstore, (5251 Country Hills Blvd. N.W., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 24 (last worked Nov. 13);
An employee at the Real Canadian Superstore, (4700 130 Ave. S.E., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 24 (last worked Nov. 19);
An employee at the Shoppers Drug Mart, (41 Railway Ave. W., Drumheller, Alta.) tested positive Nov. 23 (last worked Nov. 18);
An employee at the Shoppers Drug Mart, (7606 Elbow Dr. S.W., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 23 (last worked Nov. 17);
An employee at the Shoppers Drug Mart, (Dunmore Rd. S.E., Medicine Hat, Alta.) tested positive Nov. 21 (last worked Nov. 17), and;
An employee at the Shoppers Drug Mart, (19369 Sheriff King St. S.W., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 19 (last worked Nov. 15);
An employee at the Safeway, (399-36 St. N.E., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 23 (last worked Nov. 13);
An employee at the IGA, (6449 Crowchild Tr. S.W., Calgary) tested positive Nov. 23 (last worked Nov. 12), and;
An employee at the Safeway, (100-135 Chestermere Station Way, Chestermere, Alta.) tested positive Nov. 20 (last worked Nov. 18).
Both companies say they are working with public health officials and will follow official guidance when it comes to supporting team members impacted by COVID-19.
CTV Calgary Webcast at Six for Saturday, Jan. 16, 2020
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Best Of TV Awards 2011 Favorite Character Winner is - DEAN WINCHESTER - Supernatural
The Favorite Character of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Dean Winchester "Supernatural" (played by Jensen Ackles).
The final award of the year makes Mr. Ackles a 3 award winner, and 5 total awards in 2 years winner. With best actor & favorite character awards last year under his belt going into 2011s voting, it wasnt a big shock he would win something again. Winning 3 awards however.. that shows a dominance. With the Best Sci-Fi Acot award & Sexiest Actor Award already wrapped up Jensen snagged 1 final honour by way of his on screen persona, the smart ass, world saving hunter Dean Winchester.
Deans win came at the cost of a character we no longer will see in this form. Runner up "Smallville" disguised super-hero Clark Kent makes it 2 years in a row a Smallville character was runner up. 3rd went to "Lost Girl" Dr. Lauren Lewis. Its 4th place for Deans brother Sam Winchester..same place he finished in 2010. 5th place for "Supernatural" angel turned god turned nothing Castiel, he finished 3rd last year. "Sanctuary" lead Dr. Helen Magnus is 6th, the character responsible for the Best drama actor win for Nathan Fillion is 7th "Castle" lead Richard Castle, 8th is "Fringe" phenomenon fighting FBI agent Olivia Dunham, 9th is the Best Drama actress Stana Katic inspired "Castle" detective Kate Beckett. Falling 3 spots from 7th to 10th this year is insanely genius "Fringe" doctor/scientist Walter Bishop, Another Dr. drops 3 spots from 8th to 11th this year, as "The Big Bang Theory" resident know it all Sheldon Cooper takes 11th. 12th is "Lost Girl" lead character Bo. 13th is last years 9th place finalist "How I Met Your Mother" character responsible for Neil Patrick Harris winning Best comedy Actor this year, Barney Stinson. Last years 10th place finalist is this year 14th, the quirky theif from "Leverage" Parker. 15th is "Fringe" mystery man Peter Bishop. 16th is the soon to retire/or be fired "House" doctor, Gregory House. 17th is the TV/movie obsessed obvserational "Community" character Abed Nadir. 18th is the new sheriff in town on "Once Upon A Time" Emma Swan. 19th is last years runner up, and the character that helped Erica Durance win this years Best Sci-fi actress award, "Smallville" Lois Lane. 20th is the 3rd "Lost Girl" character to make it Kenzi. 21st is last years 13th place "Burn Notice" burn out Sam Axe. 22nd was 15th last year "The Big Bang Theory" quirky brilliant other hald of the couple known as Shamy Amy Farrah Fowler. 23rd is "The Big Bang Theory" resident hottie Penny. 24th is last years 14th place finisher, super spy "Burn Notice" Michael Westen. Rounding out the finalists is "The Secret Circle" witch Charles Meade.
Despite 8 different leaders thru the voting period, there was only 21 lead changes total. The top 3 all lead at 1 point, as did Castiel, Helen Magnus, Abed, Penny & even Charles Meade early on before his fans opted to boycott these polls. This award makes a total of 7 awards in total for "Supernatural" (8 if sexiest actor is included), by far the most of the awards.
In the next couple days I will do 1 last blog about these awards. I will talk about the voting, interesting things I noticed, I will list all the winners in 1 post, and I will also, give who I would have given the awards to if it was solely up to me. In the next couple days I will do 1 last blog about these awards. I will talk about the voting, interesting things I noticed, I will list all the winners in 1 post, and I will also, give who I would have given the awards to if it was solely up to me.
Final vote results
Dean Winchester "Supernatural" 1165
Clark Kent "Smallville" 1023
Dr. Lauren Lewis "Lost Girl" 838
Sam Winchester "Supernatural" 772
Castiel "Supernatural" 720
Dr. Helen Magnus "Sanctuary" 604
Richard Castle "Castle" 528
Olivia Dunham "Fringe" 507
Kate Beckett "Castle" 458
Dr. Walter Bishop "Fringe" 390
Dr. Sheldon Cooper "The Big Bang Theory" 380
Bo "Lost Girl" 366
Barney Stinson "How I Met Your Mother" 335
Parker "Leverage" 330
Peter Bishop "Fringe" 321
Dr. Gregory House "House" 317
Abed Nadir "Community" 297
Emma Swan "Once Upon A Time" 285
Lois Lane "Smallville" 245
Kenzi "Lost Girl" 244
Sam Axe "Burn Notice" 227
Amy Farrah Fowler "The Big Bang Theory" 221
Penny "The Big Bang Theory" 214
Michael Westen "Burn Notice" 203
Charles Meade "The Secret Circle" 156
Best Of TV Awards 2011 Sexiest Actor Winner is - JENSEN ACKLES
The Sexiest Actor of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Jensen Ackles.
This comes as no shock to someone who reports on Supernatural a lot. I have learned over the past couple years theres 2 things that are evident about SPN fans. 1- their online devotion to the show, and 2- their overwhelming support of Jensen as their favorite cast member. While his castmates also have quite a lot of rabid fans as well, there is a sizable difference in the attention I get for a blog post of just Jared or Misha, as opposed to a post including Jensen. His win as sexiest actor was not too shocking to me. From the get go, I expected him to at worst, be in the top 3.
Jensen had a couple of times where a challengers made a run at him & even dipped into 2nd a couple times, but he eventually pulled ahead & the pulled away from runner up Tom Welling. The Supernatural dominance grabbed Jared Padalecki 3rd & Misha Collins 4th. Early on leader Johnny Depp finished 5th, Fringe stud Joshua Jackson nabbed 6th, apparent "sexiest man alive" Ryan Reynolds did not win such honours here getting 7th, neither did another alleged "sexiest man alive" Ryan Gosling who was 8th. 9th was Lost Girl star Kris Holden-Ried, 10th was The Secret Circle star Gale Harold, who despite a boycott by some of his fans to my site still managed to make it to the finals, 11th was Chris Evans, and Smallville co-star Justin Hartley rounded out the finalists.
This was the poll with the most lead changes. 29 lead changes, 16 on day 1, 6 on day 2, from 5 different challengers. Jensen, Tom, Johnny, Joshua & Kris all held leads, although only Tom or Jensen held the lead at any time past day 4.
Jensen Ackles 1087
Tom Welling 851
Jared Padalecki 676
Misha Collins 548
Johnny Depp 535
Joshua Jackson 399
Ryan Reynolds 347
Ryan Gosling 310
Kris Holden-Ried 195
Gale Harold 186
Chris Evans 159
Justin Hartley 144
Best Of TV Awards 2011 Sexiest Actress Winner is - ERICA DURANCE
The Sexiest Actor of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Erica Durance.
Commom theme in this years awards. If you won the sci-fi acting award for your gender, you apparently are also the sexiest. The Smallville hottie Erica Durance matched her male award winning counterpart in the sci-fi category Jensen Ackles, by also taking home the sexiest category. Having had the honour of meeting Ms. Durance severla times, I can say I understand the voters decision. She really is as stunning in person as the tv screens & magazines make her appear.
Erica won this category with a bit of a lead over eventual runner up "Lost Girl" star Zoie Palmer. Mila Kunis, who lead for several days, eventually would fade back & finish 3rd. "Fringe" cutie Anna Torv was continually in the race, but would eventually finish 4th. "House" hottie Olivia Wilde was 5th, my personal pick finished 6th, "The Client List" star Jennifer Love Hewitt. Another "Lost Girl" on the list in 7th Anna Silk, 8th is "Once Upon A Time" sherriff Jennifer Morrison, 9th is "Community" cutie Alison Brie, and rounding out the finalists is "The Secret Circle" hottie Britt Robertson.
Like the mens category, there was 5 different leaders over the course of the polls, but only 21 lead changes. Erica, Zoie, Mila, & the 2 Jennifers all had leads, but it was Mila & Zoie that really only had the leads after about day 5 until Erica took over in the final 3-4 days of voting. Interesting observation I made with this result. Erica won sci-fi actress, and sexiest actress.. yet her character Lois Lane finished nowhere close to the top in the favorite character category.
Erica Durance 909
Zoie Palmer 733
Mila Kunis 637
Anna Torv 599
Jennifer Love Hewitt 401
Anna Silk 374
Jennifer Morrison 300
Alison Brie 240
Britt Robertson 183
Best Of TV Awards 2011 Best Sci-fi Program Winner is... SUPERNATURAL
The Best Sci-Fi Program of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Supernatural.
Back to back wins for Best Sci-fi show go to the world saving brothers from "Supernatural". Last year the Winchester brothers win in this category might have seemed a small surprise, but after 2 People's Choice Awards this past year, winning here seemed a give in. No doubt a lot of you that voted on these awards already come here for various SPN news/candid photos so, the win is sort of a "home field advantage" type of win for them, as a large chunk of the viewers on this site come for my occasional info on the show & its cast. Unlike the PCA's I dont allow shows or actors to compete in multiple categories, thus why SPN is up for the sci-fi award, and not the drama award, like it was in the PCA's, where it won both.
"Supernatural" won fairly easily in the end with a 200+ vote lead over runner up "Smallville" (for the 2nd year in a tow). 3rd place came out of nowhere this year to make noise at these awards "Lost Girl" edged out last years 3rd place show "Fringe" who fell to 4th this year. "Sanctuary" picked up 5th place, beating out the final finalist 6th place "The Walking Dead", the 2010 Best New Show winner.
All of the shows, but The Walking Dead were at 1 point leaders, although Fringe & Sanctuary never had the lead for long & only led in the early days of voting. Smallville & Supernatural eventually distanced themselves from Lost Girl down the stretch & battled down to the wire. SPN eventually was able to widen the small gap they had on Smallville in the final day or so of voting.
With 1410 votes "Supernatural" also lays claim to the finalist with the most votes in its category
Supernatural 1410
Smallville 1183
Lost Girl 920
Fringe 772
Sanctuary 640
The Walking Dead 447
Best Of TV Awards 2011 Best Actor in Sci-fi Winner is ... JENSEN ACKLES - Supernatural
The Best Actor in a Sci-fi of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Jensen Ackles - Supernatural.
The winner of last seasons Best Actor award here won this years award for Best Sci-fi Actor. Jensen Ackles, the guy who brings Supernatural hunter Dean Winchester to life clinched another award this year. The smart alec, emotionally damaged demon hunting bad boy spent this past year doing what him & his brother on the show do best, annoying monsters & saving the world. Maybe this year, mnore than any in the past few has tested the acting skills of the shows stars as thee shows secondary castmates have been killed off, leaving Ackles & his co-star Jared Padalecki to pick up the slack, and they have, by all accounts (this poll suggesting such) have done so quite well.
Ackles dominated voting most of the time, but did slip shortly into 2nd behind eventual distant runner up "Smallville" star Tom Welling for a bit down the stretch before finally pushing thru & running away in the end. 3rd place "Supernatural" co-star Jared Padalecki was quite a bit behind the top 2, but he can lay claim to beating out his "Supernatural" cast co-star Misha Collins who finished 4th. A 5th place finish for Ryan Robbins from "Sanctuary" ahead of the "Fringe" stars John Noble in 6th & Joshua Jackson in 7th. "Sanctuary" star Robin Dunne was 8th, "The Vampire Diaries" star Ian Somerhalder finished a shockingly low 9th, only ahead of the guy who rounded out the finalists Gale Harold of "The Secret Circle".
In the early days of this voting, it appears Ryan Robbins might make a legitimate claim for the title, as he lead after day 1 thanks to his twitter account retweeting the info & asking if there was a prize for winning, he was still in the top 3 until the last 3 or 4 days.. As voting went on though, the short burst of early support of Robbins & Gale Harold, who was at 1 point 3rd early on, wore out & the long continual voting of more notable shows took over. Besides Robbins, 2 others held leads in these polls. Tom & Jensen. The results for the Fringe duo seems a little more impressive when you take into account after day 2 they were last & 2nd to last with 8th having about double their vote total. Ackles had 6 different days where he had 100+ votes in a day, The most of any challenger this year... each of those days landed on days the poll was promoted on our twitter, or was posted on a large SPN fansite. He was also the person with the most referrals to the site thru google during the poll running, as terms "Jensen Ackles vote", "Jensen Ackles best of tv", "Jensen Ackles polls" & other variations combined for 148 new unique viewers to the site.
Jensen Ackles "Supernatural" 1237
Tom Welling "Smallville" 1036
Jared Padalecki "Supernatural" 777
Misha Collins "Supernatural" 684
Ryan Robbins "Sanctuary" 638
John Noble "Fringe" 524
Joshua Jackson "Fringe" 474
Robin Dunne "Sanctuary" 382
Ian Somerhalder "The Vampire Diaries" 320
Gale Harold "The Secret Circle" 247
Best Of TV Awards 2011 Best Actress in Sci-fi Winner is.. ERICA DURANCE - Smallville
The Best Actress in a Sci-fi of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Erica Durance - Smallville.
The final season of the long lasting CW hit Smallville saw its leading lady Erica Durance's character Lois Lane figure out the identity of Clark Kent, head to Egypt, become a superhero herself & have a wedding with the man of steel. The popularity of the Smallville cast in our awards over the last 2 years has always been considerable, in fact, if it were not for many Smallville challengers last year being removed from voting because of bot cheating that tainted no less than 3 different shows results, she could have possibly won Best Actress last year. With no such scandals this year (thanks to some wonderful knowledge from a friend on how to minimize such things), Erica Durance was able to compete in the finals & went on to win.
Ms Durance won this award handily, as last years Best Actress winner Anna Torv from "Fringe" finished a distant 2nd. A strong showing by Sanctuary fans pushed their leading lady Amanda Tapping up to 3rd. Close behind her was 4th place "Lost Girl" actress Anna Silk. There was a considerable gap to 5th place "Lost Girl" Ksenia Solo, 6th place Jasika Nicole "Fringe was next, ahead of 7th & 8th "The Secret Circle" ladies Britt Robertson & Natasha Henstridge
Early on Amanda Tapping & Anna Silk looked poised to fight it out for 1st. But around 1/2 way thru, the Smallville fans finally took notice & started to rally their challengers. Erica recorded 350+ votes in 72 hrs at 1 point, 1 of (if not THE) the largest vote pushes of the entire awards. The nominations process for these awards were early on in the contest, and this might explain the interesting void of a notable challenger in many of this years categories, "Lost Girl" star Zoie Palmer was not even nominated. Oversight on whoever originally nominated her castmates?? Side note, the gap of 442 votes between 4th & 5th was the largest single gap in votes in the whole awards.
Erica Durance "Smallville" 1213
Anna Torv "Fringe" 918
Amanda Tapping "Sanctuary" 858
Anna Silk "Lost Girl" 839
Ksenia Solo "Lost Girl" 397
Jasika Nicole "Fringe" 361
Britt Robertson "The Secret Circle" 278
Natasha Henstridge "The Secret Circle" 265
Best Of TV Awards 2011 Best Action or Drama Program winner is - CASTLE
The Best Action/Drama Program of 2011 as voted by you the fans was.. Castle.
This year, the ABC show Castle did something that no other show did. It won every category in its genre. While other shows dominated their genres as well, only Castle can lay claim to winning best show, best actor & best actress honours in its said genre. The crime drama about a murder mystery writer & his character inspiration for his new series of books, a homicide detective in New York City has been on the air for 4 years now & seems to only be getting stronger. The cocky, smart & smug writer, Richard Castle has faced lots of battles in his 4 yrs of unofficially fighting crimes, none more prominent however than the battle of winning over his partner, the sometimes sharp tongue & sharper witted Det. Kate Beckett. They have been shot at multiple times, pushed, punched, nearly frozen to death & even almost fed to a tiger. Yet the unlikely crime fighting duo manage to keep going. The secondary characters on the show have become stronger as well, Castles mother Martha & daughter Alexis are brilliant, bringing a level of zany & wisdom that makes Castle who he is. The other detectives in the 12th Precinct Esposito & Ryan have themselves added texture to the show. Its appeal is understandable, and it is no shock to me it won.
"Castle" dominated voting in this category. Its closest competitor "Criminal Minds" was well back, nearly 300 votes back. 3rd place "House" was in 2nd for much of the voting, but slipped to 3rd on the final day. 4th place was last years Best Drama winner "Dexter". 5th was "Grey's Anatomy" who started strong, but faded 1/2 way thru voting. 6th was "Leverage" just slightly ahead of 7th place "The Mentalist". In 8th "Hawaii Five-O" beat out 9th place "CSI" by 1 vote, and rounding out the finalists was "Burn Notice"
Castle 732
Criminal Minds 466
Dexter 434
Grey's Anatomy 390
The Mentalist 296
Hawaii Five-O 230
CSI 229
Burn Notice 217
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Can Stargate Universe be resurrected? Yes, it can.
But it will take even more luck & work than even the likes of the characters have had in surviving as many near deaths as they have.
Last month, a post made by a site called deadline.com stated that Syfy, a station allegedly for science-fiction television, was going to cancel 1 of the few shows, on their quickly depleting list of original programs.
Stargate Universe (aka- SGU) cast & crew learned this news not thru a phone call, but a tweet. A 140 character or less update on their livelyhoods & careers. While the utter lack of class Syfy station has shown to their possible former employees is appalling, and should be a red flag warning sign to anyone who in the future thinks of working on a project for them, what is actually more disturbing is that they let this news slip out to a website to tell the world first. They didnt even have the respect, decency or professionalism to tell those who it affects themselves. They let a website tell it, then later used a 140 character or less post on twitter to confirm it. It really makes you wonder how Syfy president Dave Howe was ever given the job if this is how he handles such major issues.
The amazing part is that the station has currently 6 actual sci-fi style original program shows to its list. Of it, there is really only 3 they have that can without question say they outperform SGU at this time.
"Being Human" 1st season- Unproven
"Caprica" Already Cancelled
"Eureka" which started with 4.1M for the shows premiere episode, and is down to 2.5M now in its 4th season.
"Haven" in only its first season Unproven.
"Sanctuary" one show that has managed to capture an audience.
"Warehouse 13" which started with a 3.5M opening & has dropped off to 2.4M for its S2 closing.
While the numbers for SGU are below that of Eureka, Sanctuary & Warehouse 13, the fact still remains that Syfy had very few shows they can call their own & are often filling their television voids with marathons of shows that fans have very likely watched already, dont care for specifically, or more likely, already own the box sets of. Even the most ardent Star Trek fan can only sit thru their favorite versions of the show so many times.
This is a station thats been so desperate to fill time, it has resorted to adding Professional Wrestling & a reality game show about video game players to its table of shows. While I have been in the past a pro wrestling fan & have nothing against those that still are, reality is, it has no right being on a network solely devoted to sci-fi programming. But, it is a ratings juggernaut for a station & has low costs to them as WWE picks up much of the production costs. There in lies the problem. Syfy has sold out. Its no longer about creating programming for a subsection of society that tend to be loyal to a fault for products they like. Its about whoring themselves out for ever last penny they can, even at the cost of the stations soul.
This station has very few of its own shows, so why cancel 1 that has held its own in season 2? While season 1 saw a sharp drop in ratings, season 2 has been steady. There is something to be said about a show, on a station where almost everything it airs has massive ratings drops, is holding its own & not losing viewers. While season 1 was finding its feet & at times, may have been a bit long in getting to its points, season 2 has been intense, full of action & arguably amazing. If S1 was "decent", season 2 has been "absolutely amazing". If fans from S1 were to rejoin, they would be blown away at the changes & character development that has happened since then. but we may not see it develop beyond, because as it stands right now, its to be terminated at seasons end... despite being probably the best show currently on the network & arguably, one of the top sci-fi shows on all of TV.
The question is "what now?" for the show.
Various campaigns thru twitter & facebook have popped up to "Give SGU another season" & it certainly is a campign that has garnered a lot of attention. One campaign has garnered over 8500 fans on facebook (probably be 10,000.. if they hadnt spit in the face of the fans by alienating them thru actions depicted by the leader whom told a cast members mother to 'fuck off" in a disagreement), while smaller campaigns have popped up ranging from a few dozen to several hundred. These campaigns are so passionate about what they are doing, they now find themselves at odds over how to best promote the concepts & gameplans to save the show. But I am not going to get into the politics of fandom in here...this is about coming up with a gameplan for the show. This does show however, excessive devotion. To fight this hard, so hard you are even fighting with yourselves, means you want to see the idea succeed. It might be self destructive, or, it might be healthy.
While shows that are cancelled arent all that often saved by their networks, or new networks, it does happen. I can vouch for that on 2 different fronts. Two of my all time favorite shows, Dead Like Me, and Robson Arms both came back from essentially being dead for short lived returns.
DLM managed a straight to DVD movie to quell its fans & while it was not anything near the 3rd season fans screamed for, petitioned for, wrote into Showtime & MGM for, and even held rallies for outside the offices, it was something...even if it was a hack version of something (try to not rant about Sarah Wynter's lack of acting skills right now...*deep breath*). The shows fans fought hard and got something.
While Robson Arms was the little show that could. It first fought just to get on the air. After season 1, it sat, with no 2nd season announcement for over a year. Its second season aired 19 months after the final episode of S1 aired. It fought & clawed its way back from death to manage not just a 2nd season, but a 3rd too, before again, meeting an unjust fate by CTV. The fanbase for them was admittedly far smaller than DLM or SGU. But they were devoted & let the station know what they wanted....and they got it. The reality is, fighting sometimes works.
All that being said, stats dont lie, lots of shows have campaigns to resurrect their programs, and most fail. But I can tell you, from my personal experiences, it can happen.
SGU is 1 that could have that lifeline to draw from. It has some things going for it, such as it is a Canadian based show. This means a Canadian station could look at a show, with an already developed fanbase & jump in & just fine tune things to their liking a little. The most likely choice for this is "Space" the Canadian version of Syfy (they have many of the same programs on), but Space isn't known for creating its own shows too much. In fact, they have already come out & said its not feasable. Like Syfy, who gets their approval from the pursestrings of a bigger media conglomerate (NBC), Space also is under the umbrella of a media conglomerate, CTVglobemedia, arguably the largest such television empire in Canada. Besides Space, the CTV empire is responsible for over 20 other stations from basic cable to pay per view channels in Canada. It is, without question, the most viable solution for a home for SGU to end up on if a Canadian company steps up.
The question becomes, how to convince them to run with the show.
Well, the first fact is simple. SGU is filmed in Canada. As a Canadian station, Space is obligated to show a minimum amount of Canadian content. Sure, they have quite a bit already, including EVERY...SINGLE...SHOW Syfy carries right now, but this would give the CTV empire 1 more, which they also could move to their flagship station CTV for any variety of schedule filling needs (a weekend afternoon filler, or late night marathon materials)
The second fact needs to be about financial potential. They are business people afterall. Can they make a profit from this? Or, at least make it financially sensible thru selling off international distribution?
The U.S. has 10Xs the population of Canada. It is also the primary financial centre for television. Ratings in America count exponentially more than ratings in Canada. So for a Canadian show to do well, they theoretically need far beyond 10% of the domestic numbers to warrant labelling something a success...unfortunately, the budget of the show still needs to stay comparable...so suddenly, you need to have better results than even that assuming U.S. numbers struggle to rise. That is where it gets complicated...proving that is possible without being able to show it first. I dont know what the numbers are on SGU showing on Space, but theoretically, if its doing about 150,000 households or more, it would be doing approximately 1.5Xs better here than in the U.S. currently, where its doing about 1.0M households a week. Those numbers may not be enough for CTV to take a chance on it by itself. This is where the idea of a split cost idea with a foreign station may come in.
Why couldnt the Canadian company work on a split deal with another country that admires their Sci-fi programming? Hello U.K?? We might have a business proposition for someone there. With a split cost between two stations in two different companies, it becomes quite financially feasable...then take into consideration distribution rights still in the rest of the world...well, how could it NOT look appealing?
The complexity of striking a deal to get the shows rights might be confusing as well. If Syfy has the rights, what might happen could be a deal where CTV, for the Space Channel, buys the rights from Syfy, in agreement, they give Syfy a deal on the U.S. rights for broadcasting it, taking away some bargaining power for looking for the best financial situation in the U.S. market.
Maybe, there is even a deal, like how other shows from other networks have done it. Where CTV, for the Space Channel, doesnt actually buy the rights, but instead puts up some $ for the production costs to Syfy to continue making the show.
If MGM is the owner of the shows rights, what do they want? Do they barter a deal where they get to choose the U.S. distributror? Do they get a nice deal on DVD sales? Or do they simply look at it as a dead asset that they can turn into liquid asset now & sell for whatever they can get?
Theres still even outside all of those question, the possibility that maybe they cant work out a deal to generate a 3rd season...so what about a few straight to DVD movie like Dead Like Me or Firefly managed? Simply to wrap up loose ends & complete the story? Correct me if I am wrong, but the sales for Dead Like Me: Life After Death were financial gold for the company. I vividly recall it being in the top 3 in Canada & top 10 in the U.S. opening day on Amazon. In the top 5 in Canada after a week & top 20 in the U.S. Unfortunately, Firefly was not something I followed when it did its movie, but I recall hearing a lot of buzz about it, I am sure its sales were just as incredible. If they put together a 2 or 3 movie set to wrap up the storlines (although its being suggested the creators are saying they cant do it with anything less than a season...you take what you can get).
How can you, the fan get involved? The obvious answer- BUY SGU PRODUCTS. But also, make your voices heard. Let the stations know, let advertisers know, hell, even let the cast know, that they are wanted back.
Any potential suitors will want to see a healthy show. So alienating & abandonning it is not the best avenue. Support is. Buying the DVDs is good, buying episodes online is good, but in the end tv viewers matter the most. ALSO, key battle point people often overlook.....
MAKE NOTE OF WHAT PRODUCTS ARE PAYING FOR ADVERTISING TIME!!
Seriously. This can make a difference. If you see a product being advertised during an episode, whether its first run, or a repeat, make note of it, and definitely let that company know that you saw their ad on an SGU broadcast. Whether its a short email to their site, or a phone call into a comments/questions/complaints line, let them know. They are, afterall, the ones who pull the pursestrings open or closed. DO NOT take commercials lightly, they have more influence than most board members. If the products tell Syfy, or other stations "we are getting a lot of recognition off this show..." trust me, they will find a way to magically come up with the $ in their budget to keep making it.
Theres a lot of questions that I personally cant answer, but this does show that there are a multitude of potential options still out there for SGU to breathe more life. It is just a matter of whoever is holding the keys, to hand them to someone willing to take over.
Saving SGU is a real possibility. It will just take all hands on deck to steer the Destiny to that outcome... to complete its mission.
Buy SGU Blu-Ray, DVDs & single online episodes on Amazon
(U.S.) http://amzn.to/fNmE0K (Canada) http://amzn.to/elGBzq
Want to learn more about the campaign or the cast? Check them out on twitter or facebook.
Helping to resurrect SGU campaign twitter accounts.
http://twitter.com/SGUawareness
http://twitter.com/SGunite
Cast's twitter accounts
http://twitter.com/AlainaHuffman - Alaina Huffman (Lt. Tamara "TJ" Johansen)
http://twitter.com/AtleastLevesque - Elyse Levesque (Chloe Armstrong)
http://twitter.com/BrianJacobSmith - Brian J. Smith (Lt. Matthew Scott)
http://twitter.com/Cpbinder - Carl Binder (crew- writer)
http://twitter.com/DavidBlue - David Blue (Eli Wallace)
http://twitter.com/Ivonbartok - Ivon Bartok (crew- producer/director)
http://twitter.com/jbowyerchapman - Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (Private Darren Becker)
http://twitter.com/Julia_Benson - Julia Benson (2nd Lt. Vanessa James)
http://twitter.com/JulieMcNiven - Julie McNiven (Ginn)
http://twitter.com/limajamil - Jamil Walker-Smith (Master Sgt. Ronald Greer)
http://twitter.com/LouDPhillips - Lou Diamond Phillips (Col. David Telford)
http://twitter.com/MingNa - Ming Na (Camile Wray)
http://twitter.com/PatrickGilmore - Patrick Gilmore (Dr. Dale Volker)
http://twitter.com/PeterKelamis - Peter Kelamis (Adam Brody)
http://twitter.com/SpenceJen - Jennifer Spence (Dr. Lisa Park)
Facebook accounts,
http://www.facebook.com/#!/SGUnite
Want to tell MGM or Syfy or Space how much you want this show to continue (being respectful works better than crude & angry letters with these people....and thats coming from ME)
Email Charles Cohen Executive Vice-President of MGM ccohen@mgm.com (also believed to be a Stargate fan)
Email the Syfy Station feedback@syfy.com or post on their facebook wall http://facebook.com/SyFy
Contact Space Channel on their facebook wall http://facebook.com/SPACEchannel
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Inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene
Pruritus ani - Inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 30 June 1999.
Investigative Documents
Claimant Report - Inability to Maintain Adequate Anal Hygiene - Pruritus Ani [CR9136]
the veteran has been unable to maintain adequate anal hygiene at some time.
16846 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and VEA service for pruritus ani.
16853 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and VEA service for the clinical onset of pruritus ani.
16857 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and operational service for the clinical onset of pruritus ani.
16858 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and eligible service for the clinical onset of pruritus ani.
the clinical onset of the veteran's pruritus ani occurred after the end of the veteran's last period of VEA service.
the veteran's pruritus ani permanently worsened.
16856 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and VEA service for the clinical worsening of pruritus ani.
16859 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and operational service for the clinical worsening of pruritus ani.
16860 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene and eligible service for the clinical worsening of pruritus ani.
the veteran was unable to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, for 30 days at some time.
the veteran was unable to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical onset of pruritus ani.
operational service made a material contribution to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical onset of pruritus ani.
the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, to which operational service made a material contribution, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.
the veteran was unable to maintain adequate anal hygiene as a consequence of an illness or injury which is identifiable.
the identified illness or injury made a material contribution to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.
16867 — the identified illness or injury which materially contributed to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene is causally related to operational service. [10] [11]
[12]16851
eligible service made a material contribution to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical onset of pruritus ani.
the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, to which eligible service made a material contribution, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.
16868 — the identified illness or injury which materially contributed to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene is causally related to eligible service. [10] [11]
Clinical worsening and operational service [16859]
the veteran was unable to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical worsening of pruritus ani.
the clinical onset of the condition under consideration occurred before the period of 30 days when the veteran was unable to maintain adequate anal hygiene.
operational service made a material contribution to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical worsening of pruritus ani.
the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical worsening of the condition under consideration, to which operational service made a material contribution, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.
the identified illness or injury made a material contribution to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical worsening of the condition under consideration.
the clinical onset of the condition under consideration occurred prior to that part of operational service to which the identified illness or injury that materially contributed to the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene is causally related.
Clinical worsening and eligible service [16860]
eligible service made a material contribution to the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical worsening of pruritus ani.
the veteran's inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene, daily, over the 30 days immediately before the clinical worsening of the condition under consideration, to which eligible service made a material contribution, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.
the clinical onset of the condition under consideration occurred prior to that part of eligible service to which the identified illness or injury that materially contributed to the inability to maintain adequate anal hygiene is causally related. [22]
Source URL (modified on 20/10/2014 - 3:25pm): https://clik.dva.gov.au/ccps-medical-research-library/statements-principles/c-d/chronic-pruritus-ani-j014-l290/rulebase-pruritus-ani/inability-maintain-adequate-anal-hygiene
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/ccpsclaimant-149
[3] clikpopup://CCPS/Reject/OnsetAfterService
[4] clikpopup://CCPS/Reject/NoPermanentWorsening
[8] clikpopup://CCPS/rejectwilful
[10] clikpopup://CCPS/reject20325No
[11] clikpopup://CCPS/reject16867,16868No
[12] https://clik.dva.gov.au/16826-inability-maintain-adequate-anal-hygiene
[18] clikpopup://CCPS/Onset of pruritus ani prior to op service which ill/inj causing inability to maintain anal hygiene is causally related
[21] clikpopup://CCPS/Onset of pruritus ani prior to el service which ill/inj causing inability to maintain anal hygiene is causally related
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Innovating Social - Four Key Examples
This article takes a look at the best digital innovations
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Max Bowen
Digital has been awash with new innovative trends over the last couple of years and in this article I take a look at four of the most pertinent ones.
Twitter’s use of Vines
Twitter has been central to most of the innovative trends surrounding social media in the last five years, but the standout development was arguably its acquisition of short-form video sharing service, Vine, in October 2012.
The service now has over forty-million users and has managed to grow despite the insurmountable pressure being placed on it by Instagram. Its trademark six-second videos have given birth to a new breed of viral celebrity and it's now the go-to platform when anyone’s looking to tease Hollywood A-listers and professional sports stars.
WhatsApp’s capture of Facebook’s fleeing under 25 demographic
Facebook hasn’t been ‘cool’ for a while. Ever since grandmothers started using it to wish their grandchildren happy birthday, the under-25 bracket has been leaving Facebook in their droves. Whilst Mark Zuckerberg’s company remains the world’s biggest social network, over 3 million teens left the site in the last 3 years.
WhatsApp has captured this market, with over 50 billion messages being sent over its network. As SMS continues to fall lower onto its knees, Whatsapp is reported to have in the region of 430 million users.
The network has branched out too, it now offers a variety of additional services, like voice messaging and group chats, making it probable that the platform’s going to be around for sometime.
Tinder revamping the reputation of online dating
Before Tinder came along, online dating was something which its participants were a little ashamed of, now, people are quite happy swiping on the tube on their way to work.
Tinder’s done two things incredibly well and that’s firstly to take advantage of touch screen technology by incorporating its swipe action, and secondly to make it easier for people to sign up - all users have to do is sign in with a social media account and they’re good to go.
The platform now boasts an impressive 400 million swipes per day.
Snapchat helping everyone manage their social media loads
Snapchat’s had its fair share of controversy over the years, but whilst others would have melted under it, it's risen stronger.
Its most innovative aspect is that allows its users to get rid of content that they’ve seen, eliminating any form of backlog which comes with the overabundance of social media we’re all exposed to.
More content is uploaded on Snapchat than Facebook, perhaps the many reason why their CEO, Evan Spiegel, rejected Zuckerberg’s $3 billion offer for the service back in 2013.
There are of course other companies I could have mentioned - RebelMouse, even NASA, are great examples, too. These four however have become cultures in themselves and will be platforms which the next generation of sites will be looking to for inspiration.
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‘At Least 140’ House Republicans Plan To Object To Biden Electoral Votes
Date: January 2, 2021Author: lance goodall 0 Comments
BY TYLER DURDEN Zero Hedge FRIDAY, JAN 01, 2021 – 8:55
Update (1415ET): CNN‘s Jake Tapper says that two House Republicans told him at least 140 GOP members of the House will object to Biden’s Electoral College win.
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— Greenup 🇺🇲 (@GREEEN_UP) December 31, 2020
List of confirmed objectors
List of Republicans planning to challenge Electoral College results (2/3):
Rep. Louie Gohmert
Rep.-elect Bob Good
Rep. Lance Gooden
Rep. Paul Gosar
Rep. Mark Green
Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell
Rep. Jody Hice
Rep.-elect Ronny Jackson
Rep.-elect Barry Moore
Rep. Ralph Norman
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) December 30, 2020
Addendum: Sen. Josh Hawley
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
At least 25 Republicans plan on challenging electoral votes during next month’s joint session of Congress, according to a tally by The Epoch Times.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks to reporters in Washington on April 21, 2020. Gaetz is one of dozens of Republcian lawmakers who plan on contesting electoral votes during the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Twenty-four representatives and representatives-elect, who will enter office several days before the session, plan on filing objections. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is the only member or member-elect of the upper chamber to commit to an objection.
“You’ve got 74 million Americans who feel disenfranchised, who feel like their vote doesn’t matter. And this is the one opportunity that I have as a United States senator, this process right here, my one opportunity to stand up and say something, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” Hawley said on Wednesday.
Objections are filed in writing and must have support from at least one member of each chamber. If they do, they trigger a two-hour debate and a vote by the House of Representatives and the Senate. A simple majority in each chamber is required to uphold the challenge.
Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) told The Epoch Times that the group plans to file objections against the votes from six states, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada. They’re mulling an objection to votes from New Mexico.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) was the first to announce plans to file an objection.
“In my judgment, based on what I have seen so far and my own personal experience with voter fraud and election theft by Democrats, in my judgment, if you only could count lawfully cast votes by American citizens, Donald Trump won the Electoral College,” Brooks told The Epoch Times “American Thought Leaders” last month.
A slew of members or members-elect have said this week they’re joining the group plotting the objections.
“If irregularities exist, we should examine and provide solutions to make sure our electoral process is accurate and represents the will of the people,” Rep.-elect Burgess Owens (R-Utah) told news outlets in a statement. “Millions of Americans across this country are concerned about the electoral process and we do them a great disservice by merely ignoring their voices.”Former NFL player and Rep.-elect Burgess Owens (R-Utah) addresses the virtual RNC convention on Aug. 26, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)
Republican Senate leadership opposes the planned objections. About two dozen GOP senators have said they will not object, while others have indicated opposition. A small group—Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)—have said they may object.
Virtually all Democrats have said they will not object, and have criticized those who plan to challenge votes. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s spokeswoman told reporters on Wednesday that the team views the counting of electoral votes as a mere formality, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) expressed confidence Biden would be confirmed as president-elect.
Here are the lawmakers planning on challenging votes:
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)
Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.)
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.)
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas)
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.)
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)
Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
Rep.-elect Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.)
Rep.-elect Barry Moore (R-Ala.)
Rep.-elect Bob Good (R-Va.)
Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)
Rep.-elect Ronny Jackson (R-Texas)
Rep.-elect Burgess Owens (R-Utah)
Rep.-elect Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.)
Rep.-elect Jerry Carl (R-Ala.)
Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.)
Rep.-elect Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.)
100 Republicans?
Kicking things up a notch is Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who told “The Bulwark Podcast” that there could be “upwards of 100” Republican lawmakers who object to Biden’s Electoral College votes.
Via Jack Phillips from Epoch:
“I think you’re going to have some people that come out and take a strong stand,” he said, adding that “I’m not going to be surprised if it approaches three figures.”
In the podcast interview, Kinzinger said that he does not support the initiative to object to the votes led by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday said he would join their challenge, becoming the first senator to do so.
The bid requires both a senator and a representative to carry out. An objection to any state by a representative and a senator will prompt up to two hours of debate in the Senate and House on whether to accept a state’s Electoral College votes; it means that if the lawmakers object to more than one state, the procedure could last for hours.
Some GOP senators said that their challenge would fail.
“Senator Hawley has every right to object,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News on Thursday. “But it’s another thing to overturn an election of another state.”
“If dead people were voting, I want the names,” Graham added. “If you’re going to retry the case in the Senate that’s already been tried in the federal courts it would be hard for me to basically take over the federal courts’ role. But I will listen and we’ll see how it comes out.”
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An Empty Ache in Your Chest: A Review of Anne Fleming’s Anomaly
Posted on October 28, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian
Anne Fleming’s Anomaly (2005) is one of those novels, which, despite being nearly five hundred pages long, makes you want to return right to the first page and begin again once you’ve finished reading it. It’s the kind of book that leaves an empty spot somewhere inside your chest or stomach when you suddenly realize your sojourn in its world is done. Despite having spent so much time with them, I wasn’t ready to leave the characters, desperately thinking when I closed the book: ‘But, but, what happened to that character? What was this character’s reaction to her daughter’s revelation? Does this character change her mind about dating the other character? What does the future hold for them??” Like all great books, Anomaly leaves the reader wanting more.
The novel is fundamentally a story about growing up. In fact, it’s a tale of two seemingly average girls: two sisters, a mere year and a half apart, who live with their middle-class family in Toronto, in the 70s and early 80s. Carol and Glynnis, however, are anything but average: the official anomaly in their family is Carol, who is an albino. In elementary school, Glynnis, her younger and much more popular sister, actually brings Carol to school for show and tell, only dimly aware of why this is quite an awful thing to do to her poor sister. Glynnis, however, soon joins Carol in the ranks of outsiderdom: one day at Brownies, a horrific accident—for which Carol is to blame—results in her sister’s permanent disability. The repercussions of this event echo throughout the novel, well into the teens of each girl: at sixteen, Glynnis allows her friend to make a documentary titled A Day in the Life of a Teenage Cripple; at seventeen, Carol tells her boyfriend that she’s been known as a killer since age eight.
Although there are two men in their family—Carol and Glynnis have an older brother and their father is relatively present—Fleming never gives us the direct perspective of any man, instead choosing to focus on Glynnis, Carol, their mother Rowena, and Rowena’s older friend Miss Balls, who functions as a kind of grandmother figure for Carol and Glynnis. I found this to be a moving feminist strategy, giving voice to these diverse but everyday women. Fleming has an astonishing talent for entering the minds of her characters, no matter how different from each other. She’s equally comfortable showing us the inner workings of the aging Miss Balls, still living out her days as a nurse in the first world war, and seventeen-year-old Carol when she enters her punk phase in 1982. Although not narrated from a first person point of view, each section takes on the voice of whichever character Fleming is concentrating on.
Let me focus for a bit on the queerness in the novel; there’s two very different kinds, in fact. You see, Miss Balls—Beryl—had a very close relationship with a fellow nurse, Miss Boothson—Bootsie, for short—while they were serving together in the first world war. Fleming describes Beryl’s feelings for her friend: “There was something about her—beyond the quick likability that attracted everyone—that Beryl was drawn to and a little in awe of. Warmth was the chief offshoot of it, but it was not the main thing. The main thing Beryl could not for the moment identify. She only knew she would always want to be close to it.” Beryl, however, is not ever able to fully recognize what to the reader is clearly love. It’s a painful but beautiful story.
Glynnis’s story, however, is much more satisfying, although not without a few bumps on the road. Fleming’s description of Glynnis’s moment of queer realization is nothing short of brilliant:
[Glynnis] did not go straight to band but into the washroom, where she sat on a toilet seat and lightly banged her head on the side of the stall. Fu-uck. She had a crush on [her]. It was obvious. It was pathetic. She felt vaguely sick. How had this happened? Her stomach floated balloonlike in her belly, her cheeks were hot. In grade eight she and Tamara had entertained themselves with preteen advice books from the library. “A crush on older girls or women is normal and nothing to worry about. Before you can say ‘I adore my camp counselor’ you will grow out of it and find your crushes placed firmly on ‘dreamy’ boys.” But Glynnis would not grow out of this because she had never grown into it, it had always been there. Alongside, it’s true, crushes on boys. But those were different crushes, the ones on boys. Social crushes. I-know-you-like-me-so-why-won’t-you-ask-me-out crushes. You-fit-my-conception-of-social-worth crushes. This was a heart-thumping, tongue-tying crush precisely like every puppy-love gush story she’d ever pretended not to read in the corner of the library.
My favourite part is “Fu-uck” spelled just like how you would say it. Don’t worry, I haven’t spoiled anything—you don’t know which one of her friends Glynnis eventually falls in love with. But I do have to quote the description of her, if only to show you how brilliantly Fleming captures that feeling of intense first love and lust:
[She] was leaning against the next locker. Her pea jacket was open, her arms were folded across her chest, her feet in their perfect-shade-of-tan Grebs were crossed, her faded jeans hung low in front, higher in back. She wore a Cowichan toque. Glynnis had never before been aware of such perfection in a human being, not in the clothes themselves, but in the wearing of them, in the pose, in the skin they covered, the muscle and bone the skin covered, the heart beneath it all that pumped.
Fleming manages to brilliantly strike a balance between ruthless honesty about and affectionate generosity towards her characters. You see clearly the mistakes and flaws of each character: but you also can’t help but love them. You, of course, feel sorry for Carol, the kind of kid who just isn’t cool, who’s trying too hard, who has ‘love me’ desperately written across her forehead. But you also sympathize with Glynnis, who rolls her eyes at Carol’s attempts to make people like her and is frustrated that Carol hasn’t learned how to milk her difference. When Carol much later finally sheds her self-consciousness performing her song “Hello there, Death” with her punk band, you are right there with Glynnis cheering her on. You understand why Miss Balls lives in the past, never having recovered from the death of the woman she never admitted she loved, but you cringe when she’s reprimanded for calling some young Black girls under her care in Girl Guides pickaninnies. What’s worse, she doesn’t even understand what the problem is. What century is she living in, honestly?
In fact, as epitomized in the ‘pickaninnies’ scene, the novel is often both painful and funny at the same time. It’s also poignant, ruthless, and unbearably real. I loved it. Along with Bottle Rocket Hearts, it’s one of the new books I’ve read this summer that has firmly earned a space on my shelf of all-time favourites.
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Mae and Me
The two years after Daniel’s disappearance felt like a decade. My colleagues and students couldn’t decide whether to treat me like a widow or divorcée. Mae treated me like neither.
When Daniel vanished, he left two women behind. Mae, our elderly landlady in 4A, and me, his wife. She’d somehow come to have an equal claim on him. We both lost him that day. He’d held Mae’s hand as often as mine, each time he led her up the creaking steps to her apartment. Only when Mae and I started to wonder, in a way that ached deep in our bones, if he’d really never return, did she finally have the elevator fixed. She found me a much less suitable companion for the treacherous journey up the stairs.
“Too fast,” she’d say. “You act like we’re losing in a race, Anjali.”
I was impatient, still reeling from Daniel’s disappearance. In the absence of any instructions regarding what he would have wanted, I found myself taking care of this unpleasant woman, whose company I would have happily avoided—entirely possible in New York City. Before Daniel merged our lives, we were strangers who happened to traverse the same bit of floor. Now the skin on our two bodies seared together with the absence of his fingertips, calloused from guitar strings and rock climbing.
Mae was Daniel’s responsibility. I wasn’t the one who struck up an acquaintance with our lonely neighbor. We were both teachers, but he’d been laid off from his school due to budget cuts. Daniel began visiting Mae down the hall and grew indispensable to her. Picking up her groceries, staying to throw a haphazard meal together, reading to her as her cataracts worsened, hooking his arm through the crook of her elbow and taking her for slow, meandering walks around our block. He’d tell her, in poetic detail, of his adventures, from the world travels that defined him before he became Mae’s voluntary caretaker. She had never left the state.
Their friendship didn’t concern me. It gave him something to talk about in bed, much as stories about Mae bored me. I could tell she gave him purpose. The few times Mae emerged from her lair to come to our door to demand Daniel’s help in opening a jar or changing a bulb, we barely acknowledged each other.
Once he was gone, I felt like I should take over and make sure this woman he’d loved would be okay without him.
Besides, focusing my energy on Mae distracted me. It kept me from wondering if Daniel had been taken from me or wandered away of his own volition. Still, even as we talked over tea or listened to her blaring television while I prepared dinners soft enough for her new dentures, Daniel’s low voice whispered doubts in my ear.
“Have the police found anything new?” she asked one night, her loud voice drowning out the contestant’s correct response on Jeopardy.
I shifted uncomfortably, like I did whenever she brought up my missing husband. “I was watching that. Now I don’t know the answer.”
“You can Google it later.” Ever since Daniel had taught Mae how to use Google, it was her solution to everything. “No updates?”
They had scanned each security tape in the vicinity of Mae’s brownstone and any leading up to the entrances of nearby Central Park. Then all the ones close to every bridge in the city. They scoured the Hudson many times over, weeks apart. His body would have floated to the surface by now , Detective Wilson had explained. His more tactful partner reassured us that it must mean Daniel was alive, wherever he was. I still couldn’t decide which was better.
I had to call and tell his mother, whom he hadn’t spoken to in years and had only introduced me to once. Daniel’s father had left when she was pregnant. Needy and demanding Daniel’s constant attention and affection, she rained down verbal acid whenever Daniel couldn’t give her all she wanted and craved from the man who’d abandoned them.
“Always knew he’d pull something like this,” his mother said. “Selfish. Gone and left you just like his dad did to me. Lucky you don’t have any kids.” Her triumphant I-told-you-so inflection was unbearable. I wanted to slap her, not just for her heartless and cold attitude now, but for the years he’d suffered as her child.
It was during his adolescent years that he’d first experimented with cutting himself and his substance abuse problems began. Daniel said he couldn’t go to his mother for help because she treated him like a disturbed monster lurking in her home. By the time I met him, he was a gentle, thoughtful history teacher who had scaled mountains on almost every continent.
“He didn’t pull anything,” I said. “He started getting depressed again after he got laid off. I thought he was doing better after a while, but he wasn’t. He’s gone and you should care because you’re his mother.”
Her long silence on the other end chilled me from my hairline to my toes. Just when I thought she must have hung up, she cleared her throat. “Oh, sweetie. He did a real number on you. Trust me, you’re better off.”
Mae started peeking out her door every time she heard me opening mine after work. Sometimes, I told her I was too tired to join her, but eventually, I was over there more days than I wasn’t.
Soon, Mae began rattling off vignettes of her life’s story, like I was her willing biographer. I came to depend on her tales for relief from my anxiety about Daniel. My fear for him consumed me the rest of the time.
Sometimes, I wondered if Mae invented it all. But that would be too beneath her. Mae’s pride wouldn’t allow her to lie about her glittering and gritty life as a Broadway dancer and her torrid love affair with the director. Embellishment of the details seemed more likely.
“They auditioned hundreds of gals for the part,” she said one time after dinner, “but once I sashayed into that room, Reggie couldn’t remember a single one of them. He couldn’t remember his wife the longer he watched me dance.”
I tried not to be judgmental, though I knew she wanted me to be—a little bit, at least. If I was too accepting of her greatest misdeed and normalized it too much, then her existence lost all its spice, her love all its heady flavor. She counted on that past excitement of their wrongdoing to keep her interesting now, as she and her director had gone on to spend a perfectly boring and happy life together after their affair ended his first marriage. He was Mae’s husband for forty-seven years until his death, and the children they never had left her all alone.
“You and Daniel never faced any obstacles to you being together,” Mae said, waving her hand as she saw me gearing up to protest. “Oh, I know, you were brown, he was white, what would your parents think, and all that jazz—but you kids can do most things you want just fine now. You tell everyone where to shove it and then you shack up together.” She waited. I didn’t interrupt. “Very little can stand in your way. But Reggie and me—”
Mae’s voice trailed off as she fingered a nearby framed photograph of them on their wedding day, like she forgot I was in the room. It was black and white and Mae was laughing in it, gazing up at her husband in a way I never had at Daniel. Daniel made me burn with heat when he held me close, but it wasn’t often that he made me laugh.
“Mae?”
“What?” She looked confused and I knew it was getting late.
“Reggie and you. You were talking about obstacles. How you had to walk twenty miles in the snow to get to Reggie and build the chapel yourselves before you could get married.”
“Oh, very funny, Miss. I’m old and you've heard it all before. Why don’t you blow it out your ass, wise-guy.” Mae shoved my shoulder hard with an unexpected strength that made me smile in spite of myself.
I started to stand but felt her staring. I was startled by the way she leaned back and spread her arms, baring herself to me like she was naked.
“Reggie made me love him more than the stage and I didn’t think anyone ever could. It didn’t matter that we were different religions, or that he was older and accomplished, and I was just some sassy kid with long legs and feet that wouldn’t stay still. No, Miss, there was a twister picking up speed all around us from the moment I walked into that room and he asked my name.” She shrugged. “No wife of his stood a chance.”
It was when she would get into the sordid particulars, like the time they made love in his director’s chair backstage with the rest of the cast and crew dangerously nearby, that I’d squint and scrunch my nose in disbelief. But as Mae would tell me whenever she detected skepticism, “What do I care about impressing you? Who are you, sweetheart?” Or “You think I’d spend the precious time I have left dreaming up stories to show off for you? Polishing them up before you get here?” Always followed by a defensive snort, as if she, too, began to question the reality of her own history’s retelling.
I had been the first to meet Mae, not Daniel. I’d applied for the apartment when he was still only my boyfriend, so I didn’t bring him along when I went to go see 4B.
When I arrived at the foot of a majestic-looking, bird-shit-stained staircase, an old woman sat in a rocking chair on the landing, yawning. A fly buzzed around both our heads as I walked up to meet her. She swatted it away from a cheek caked in the blood red rouge of an earlier time. Flyaway wisps of snow-colored hair, sprinkled with traces of the rich brunette it once was, framed her heavily lined face. A few strands clung to her forehead, damp with sweat. Her eyes, a steely gray, stared off into nothing.
“Glad you’re a teacher,” she said, grunting as I helped her up out of the chair. We’d chatted on the phone a day earlier. “Means you’ll be quiet, grading and lesson planning, and whatnot.” She pushed her glasses back to the bridge of her nose and peered at my features more closely. “Not wearing makeup. You Indian women are modest folk—that’s good, too.” Her back was to me, as she placed her key in the lock, when she said, “Not that it seems likely, but any obnoxious music or loud sex, and I’ll have your ass back out on the street.”
The building was hot and stuffy when she took me inside. Mae claimed the air conditioner was running, but the oppressive stillness of the heat in the unit was inescapable. It also reeked of Mae’s cigarette smoke, which would go on to curl and wisp out of my vents at all hours once I moved in. She and I gazed around at the small space, pretending together that there was anything more to tour than the room we were standing in already. The fact that I’d be able to reach out and touch the microwave from my bed was not an appealing prospect.
But I was charmed by the rust red and tan color of the old, dusty bricks stretching from floor to high ceiling. This Upper West Side recluse’s haven was also steps from Central Park in the genuine way, not the Craigslist false promises followed by a dozen exclamation points way. It was ideal for my early morning runs with Daniel before the school bells started ringing in our ears and jostling our brains all day. Mae could see all this in my eyes and sensed the hard sell wouldn’t be necessary.
“Well, go on. Take a look around without me hovering, but hurry up.”
The two years following Daniel’s disappearance stretched on like a decade. He still haunted every inch of the tiny studio and any time I caught myself feeling vain and smiling at my appearance in the mirror, he stared back at me from behind the glass, wondering with his hurt expression who I was trying to look pretty for with his fate still unknown. The neighborhood search parties had long since dispersed, his photo was no longer being shared on Facebook, and my colleagues and students couldn’t decide whether to treat me like a widow or divorcée.
An old classmate from my high school, Rohan, reached out to me. He was new to the city and didn’t know anyone. As dinner with him approached, little things like the choice of romantic restaurant and his increasingly flirtatious texts made it start to seem like this was more of a date than a friendly reunion. In many ways, it felt too soon. But Mae didn’t think so.
“You being a shut-in and not getting any won’t bring Daniel back,” she said. Her frankness and embrace of modern-speak helped me to loosen up. “And you’ve never dated one of your own kind, have you?”
I shook my head, ignoring her rude phrasing. Growing up in rural Connecticut hadn’t led to interaction with many other Indians.
“Well, I say go and get a free meal.” She looked me up and down, like she was surveying a beat-up car in need of a wash and paint job. “Maybe a trip to the salon first.”
Mae’s encouragement somehow felt more important than that of my friends. Like if she thought it was okay for me to take a break from my bleak Friday night routine of wine and Netflix alone in Daniel’s old T-shirt, then it wasn’t as disloyal to him as I knew it was.
Rohan and I were dating before I realized it. Six months with him rushed by. He made me laugh. We rediscovered the city that I’d once loved, before it became such a lonely, foreign place without Daniel. We walked the length of the Brooklyn Bridge. We pretended to appreciate an art exhibit at the MOMA made up entirely of text messages, including messy break-up ones. We ate soup dumplings at Shanghai Joe’s in Chinatown and Shake Shack burgers all over the city. We were so busy being tourons , as Daniel would have called us (tourist and moron rolled into one), that my apartment at night was the only place left where I was forced to remember I was a missing man’s wife.
It was on a hike in the Adirondacks that Rohan asked me a serious question I wasn’t anticipating. That night, I dropped by Mae’s for dinner.
When I let myself in and joined her at the kitchen table, Mae was fanning herself with her checkbook. I started to ramble about how humid it was.
“Save it,” Mae said. “I can tell you’ve got something on your mind.”
I was relieved. I didn’t have to build my way up to what was weighing on me. “Rohan wants to move in together.”
Mae stared at me, like she was the teacher and I was her student, searching for the right answer in her eyes.
“It’s too fast,” I said.
“You seem to really like him, Anjali.”
“I know I do. But something’s not right. I need to end it.”
Mae’s impassive face caught me off guard. I’d never had trouble reading it before. “Before you do that, there’s something I need to tell you.”
Her tone of voice made my shoulders tense.
“It’s about Daniel.”
The world stopped turning for an instant and my memory of how to keep breathing did, too. “What are you talking about? Daniel? Has he tried to contact you—”
Mae started clicking her teeth and shushing me in a lilting rhythm, like I was a baby jolted out of a deep sleep that she needed to rock back into dreaming. “No, no, nothing like that.” She sat up straighter. “You know his mom put Daniel’s grandmother in a home once the dementia overtook her and she required constant care? He wanted her to come live with them, but his mother said it would be too hard. Probably would have been.”
“He told me his grandma was dead,” I said, breathing steady again. I was pretty sure Mae was confusing him for someone else. Daniel had mentioned she was getting more easily mixed up as their time together progressed.
“And she was, by the time he met you.” She sounded too confident to be wrong, but Mae was always confident.
“I don’t get what this has to do with—”
“He was closer to his grandmother than anyone,” Mae said. “She was the only one that he could talk to about the darkness. The sadness. How he couldn’t control it anymore. How it always came back.”
“I didn’t know that,” I said, the hurt flaring in my belly and ricocheting like a firecracker. “How could he not tell me any of that?”
“I imagine as young people falling in love, you were often busy doing other things,” Mae said, her eyebrow arched and her smile mischievous. Then it disappeared. “But when he started to get that drowning feeling again, all he could think of that might help to pull him back above water was her. So he turned to me.”
I was embarrassed by the wetness pricking at my eyes and refused to let them develop into tears in front of Mae. “So he couldn’t even talk to me.” I looked at the floor instead of her.
“Wait, Anjali. I’m trying to tell you something.”
I motioned for her to continue.
“He’d started using again. The drugs. A lot.”
I snapped back to attention. “What drugs? Which ones? He said he’d never—”
Mae cut me off with the usual wave of her hand. “Not really the point, is it? Better you don’t know. But that’s why he was over here so much. Didn’t want you to see him like that.” She waited for me to respond, but I didn’t. “It got so bad that he showed up to work one morning, just gone out of his mind. Trying to teach the kids. They fired him on the spot.” She cleared her throat. “That’s what really happened. No budget cuts. No layoffs. It nearly killed him and he didn’t want you to know.”
One punch in the stomach after another stops feeling like anything, after a while. You just go numb and still, hoping it’ll be over soon.
“Is that all?” I asked.
Mae nodded.
“I never really knew him, did I? I didn’t try hard enough. I didn’t make him happy.”
“That’s not anything you did wrong. You were what he needed in other ways. There’s no accounting for what comforts a person once they’re in that state.” Her rough voice was smooth and thick now, warming me from the inside like steaming hot chocolate. “You couldn’t fix him, honey. Neither could I. That’d be like blaming ourselves if we couldn’t cure someone’s cancer. Your husband was sick and he was always doing the best he could.”
In a rare moment of physical connection between us, I felt her hand, all wrinkles, blue veins, and bones, resting on my head. I glanced up to find her standing beside me.
“You and I did the best we could, too,” she said. “He loved us and we loved him. I don’t know what happened to him or where he is, but I do know that.”
I tried to nod, but when I crumbled forward into her thin, weathered arms, they were ready for me. Close enough to inhale the scent of her menthols and brassy perfume, a memory sprang to my mind, one so insignificant I didn’t even know it was buried there.
It was early evening on a sultry day. I’d been out afternoon drinking with some friends as we often did in the summer months. Daniel had said he wanted to stay in to read a book. I stumbled into our studio with laughter on my lips only to find the place empty. Irritated that the funny story I was excited to tell him would be forgotten, I went looking for him at Mae’s. I never had before. When I rapped on the door, I’m sure I must have startled them.
Yet they didn’t change positions to stand up and come let me in. It’s open , Mae had called out, boredom in her tone. When I entered, neither looked up. They were on the gray loveseat. Mae was seated upright but Daniel was curled up like a spoon, his head in her lap, her blue veined fingers combing his golden curls. I stared for a second before glancing over at the television to see what they were watching. It was off.
Was that the day he told Mae the truth he couldn’t tell me? With his soft hair pressed against her sharp pelvic bone in the smoky haze of her musty smelling apartment—the very picture of intimacy.
Suddenly, I felt sick. I extricated myself from Mae’s warmth, stood up, and walked out her front door without another word.
Once all my things were stowed in the back of the U-haul, Rohan climbed into the driver seat.
I turned and made my way back up the staircase to Mae. She was waiting for me. Above her was the home and ghost of a husband I had to leave behind to be able to start living again. I felt awful that it meant I needed to leave Mae, too. She was so tightly and inextricably wound up in my uncertain lingering need for Daniel, as well as the pain and anger his memory inspired, that I couldn’t keep going with her the way things had been. As the women who had lived with, loved, and mourned Daniel together, I couldn’t take her with me or return to her with any great frequency. It would be like staying married to Daniel while trying to make a fresh beginning with Rohan.
“This is just a see you later,” I said. But something of my guilt and hesitance seeped out of my pores, because Mae fixed me with a long look, her nostrils flaring.
“You take care, Anjali.” Set against the background of the looming sturdy brownstone, she looked smaller and frailer than usual.
The following spring, nearly nine months later, I was at the front of my classroom when my cell phone rang. I never answer during a lesson, so I let it go to voicemail. The bell rang and as my students spilled out into the hallway, I glanced at the phone. My stomach lurched when the screen lit up again. It was Detective Wilson. We rushed through the polite hellos.
“We recovered a body from the river.” My hearing dissolved into nothing. I could tell he was still talking, but I missed it. “Anjali? Are you there?”
“Did you hear what I just said?”
“The remains were unrecognizable as any person, so we ran it against Daniel’s dental records.”
I leaned forward. “And?”
“It’s not him. All our other leads have already gone cold. Every person that’s called to report someone that looks like him, that could be him, they’ve been wrong.”
“They’re reassigning me to another case.”
“I don’t understand. Who will be taking on Daniel’s?”
He sighed. “Sometimes, people leave, Anjali. They just run.” For a second, the face of Daniel’s mother smirking was all I could see, but I blinked and she was gone. “I really am sorry.”
When I got home, Rohan was still at work. I gravitated to my side of the shared closet in our bedroom. I had to use a stepladder to reach the purple shoebox I kept wedged in the corner of the shelf on top. It’s where I stored the few of Daniel’s things I took with me when I moved. The rest I had left with Mae or donated to Goodwill.
I rubbed Daniel’s guitar pick with a light pressure at first. It was red with white marbling, like raw meat. I pressed it harder against my fingers, leaving an indent in my skin, like it would make me feel something. Like I’d suddenly know what happened to him and hear him tell me that he’s okay. Hear him tell me why he left. I closed my eyes and placed it against my forehead, trying to listen for him. It was as cold and inflexible as glass.
I waited for the feel of his sandpaper hands to sweep my coarse hair aside and caress my shoulders, for his lips to whisper along the nape of my neck. There was only one person that could ever help me to connect with Daniel again and I walked away from her. I hadn’t even returned to the intersection or the stretch of uneven sidewalk that would put me in too close range of the brownstone I called home for years.
The truth burned in my chest—that Mae had been taking care of me for him, more than the other way around. I returned the shoebox to its place and headed outside to the subway station.
I got buzzed up without a word and wondered for a moment if it was really her letting me in. Afraid of who I might or might not find up there, I paced in the entryway for a bit. Then I avoided the rickety elevator and started climbing the many familiar steps. As I neared the fourth floor, I coughed and noticed the layer of dust beneath my palm on the mahogany banister. I dragged my hand across my skirt, marking myself with the evidence of my neglect. When I knocked, it felt like an eternity before the door finally eased open.
Looking at her for the first time in so long, I felt like an ashamed kid in the corner after my time-out. Contrite with hands behind my back and dragging my feet. “Hey, Mae.”
She leaned hard on her walking cane, her gray eyes blurry behind her thick lenses but penetrating my soul anyway. I don’t know why I expected her to age dramatically since I’d last seen or spoken to her, but she didn’t look too different. I realized that the warmth making my fingers and toes tingle was from the relief surging through me that she wasn’t already dead.
“I’m sorry it’s been a while,” I said.
“Yes. But I’m glad you came.” Mae, to my grateful surprise, didn’t prolong this introduction to our awkward reunion. She turned and shuffled away, leaving me alone in the doorway. “Tea’s almost ready.”
A framed photo of a plaintive Daniel on the wall, beside one of her and Reggie, gave me pause. But it didn’t hurt exactly. I smiled and followed.
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American philosopher
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(1932-01-21) January 21, 1932 (age 88)
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Nicholas Paul Wolterstorff (born 1932) is an American philosopher and theologian. He is currently Noah Porter Professor Emeritus Philosophical Theology at Yale University.[2] A prolific writer with wide-ranging philosophical and theological interests, he has written books on aesthetics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of education. In Faith and Rationality, Wolterstorff, Alvin Plantinga, and William Alston developed and expanded upon a view of religious epistemology that has come to be known as Reformed epistemology.[3] He also helped to establish the journal Faith and Philosophy and the Society of Christian Philosophers.
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Wolterstorff was born on January 21, 1932,[4] to Dutch emigrants in a small farming community in southwest Minnesota.[5][6] After earning his BA in philosophy at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1953, he entered Harvard University, where he earned his MA and PhD in philosophy, completing his studies in 1956. He then spent a year at the University of Cambridge, where he met C. D. Broad. From 1957 to 1959, he was an instructor in philosophy at Yale University. Then he took the post of Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College and taught for 30 years.[5] He is now teaching at Yale as Noah Porter Professor Emeritus Philosophical Theology.
In 1987 Wolterstorff published Lament for a Son after the untimely death of his 25-year-old son Eric in a mountain climbing accident. In a series of short essays, Wolterstorff recounts how he drew on his Christian faith to cope with his grief. Wolterstorff explained that he published the book "in the hope that it will be of help to some of those who find themselves with us in the company of mourners."[7]
He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Oxford, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, Temple University, the Free University of Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit), and the University of Virginia. In 2007, he received an honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[8] He has been retired since June 2002.
Wolterstorff published his memoir with William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. in 2019, illustrating the close relationship between his personal life and his distinguished academic career.[9]
Professional distinctions[edit]
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1953
Harvard Foundation Fellowship, 1954
Josiah Royce Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University, 1954
Fulbright Scholarship, 1957
President of the American Philosophical Association (Central Division)
President of the Society of Christian Philosophers[2]
Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Culture, University of Virginia, 2005
Endowed lectureships[edit]
Wolterstorff speaking at a conference in South Korea in 2014
Kuyper Lectures, Free University of Amsterdam, 1981
Wilde Lectures, University of Oxford, 1993
Gifford Lectures: "Thomas Reid and the Story of Epistemology", St Andrews University, 1995
Tate-Willson Lectures, Southern Methodist University, 1991
Stone Lectures, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1998
Lectures at Southern Seminary, Lecture #2, Lecture #3, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000
Taylor Lectures, Yale University, 2001
Laing Lectures, Regent College, 2007
Personal life[edit]
Nicholas Wolterstorff lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his wife Claire. He has four grown children. His oldest son died in a mountain climbing accident at age 25. He has seven grandchildren.
Thought[edit]
While an undergraduate at Calvin College, Wolterstorff was greatly influenced by professors William Harry Jellema, Henry Stob, and Henry Zylstra, who introduced him to schools of thought that have dominated his mature thinking: Reformed theology and common sense philosophy. (These have also influenced the thinking of his friend and colleague Alvin Plantinga, another alumnus of Calvin College).
Wolterstorff builds upon the ideas of the Scottish common-sense philosopher Thomas Reid, who approached knowledge "from the bottom-up". Instead of reasoning about transcendental conditions of knowledge, Wolterstorff suggests that knowledge and our knowing faculties are not the subject of our research but have to be seen as its starting point. He rejects classical foundationalism and instead sees knowledge as based upon insights in reality which are direct and indubitable.[5]
Selected writings[edit]
On Universals: An Essay in Ontology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1970.
Reason within the Bounds of Religion. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1976. 2nd ed. 1984
Works and Worlds of Art. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1980.
Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1980. 2nd ed. 1995
Educating for Responsible Action. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1980.
Until Justice and Peace Embrace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 1983. 2nd ed. 1994.
Faith and Rationality: Reason and Belief in God (ed. with Alvin Plantinga). Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 1984.
Lament for a Son. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1987.
"Suffering Love" in Philosophy and the Christian Faith (ed.Thomas V. Morris). Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 1988.
Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim That God Speaks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1995.
John Locke and the Ethics of Belief. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1996.
Religion in the Public Square (with Robert Audi). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 1997.
Thomas Reid and the Story of Epistemology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2001.
Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and Learning. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. 2002.
"An Engagement with Rorty" in The Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Spring, 2003), pp. 129–139.
Educating for Shalom: Essays on Christian Higher Education. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2004.
Justice: Rights and Wrongs. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2008.
Inquiring about God: Selected Essays, Volume I (ed. Terence Cuneo). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.
Practices of Belief: Selected Essays, Volume II (ed. Terence Cuneo). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.
Hearing the Call: Liturgy, Justice, Church, and World . William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2011.
The Mighty and the Almighty: An Essay in Political Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2012.
Journey toward Justice: Personal Encounters in the Global South. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. 2013.
Understanding Liberal Democracy: Essays in Political Philosophy (ed. Terence Cuneo). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012.
Art Rethought: The Social Practices of Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2015.
Justice in Love. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2015.
The God We Worship: An Exploration of Liturgical Theology. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2015.
Acting Liturgically: Philosophical Reflections on Religious Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780198805380
In This World of Wonders: Memoir of a Life in Learning. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2019.
Secondary[edit]
Sloane, Andrew, On Being A Christian in the Academy: Nicholas Wolterstorff and the Practice of Christian Scholarship, Paternoster, Carlisle UK, 2003.
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"The Irony of It All"[permanent dead link] in The Hedgehog Review vol. 9, no. 3 (Fall 2007). Article discussing human dignity and justice.
Lecture at Calvin College on "How Calvin Fathered a Renaissance in Christian Philosophy".
Wolterstorff's Spiritual Autobiography from Clark, Kelly James, Philosophers Who Believe (Intervarsity Press, 1993).
Theology and Ethics Contains many PDF files of Wolterstorff's work not available elsewhere.
Art in Action: New Thoughts Lecture at the 2009 International Arts Movement.
Lectures by Wolterstorff from the C.S. Lewis Institute.
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Requiem for a Librarian: Gigi Galich and the Church Street Protected Lanes
Gigi Galich. Photo: Evanston Public Library
[This piece also runs in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in Wednesday evenings.]
From what I’ve read, it sounds like Gigi Galich, a children’s librarian who died after an Evanston bike crash, was a wonderful lady.
Shortly before 9am on the morning of June 30, Galich was bicycling to work eastbound on Church Street, a roadway where the city of Evanston installed protected bike lanes two years ago. As she arrived at the main branch of the Evanston Public Library, at the northeast corner of Church and Orrington Avenue, she began switching lanes midblock, according to a witness. It’s possible she was crossing the street to park at a bank of bike racks by the library’s main entrance.
As Galich, a fifty-five-year-old Evanston resident, was shifting lanes, a twenty-seven-year-old Chicago man, riding eastbound on a motorcycle, struck her from behind. Although the librarian was wearing a bike helmet, she suffered a severe head injury, according to Commander Jay Parrott from the Evanston Police Department. She died two days later.
Shortly after Galich’s death, the library issued a statement noting that she had originally begun working for the library as a high-school student almost forty years ago. “Gigi was energetic, dedicated and passionate,” said the statement. “Her work will live on through the many, many children who learned to love reading under her care and who will remember her presence and assistance as they came to the library for books, stories, crafts and fun.”
A week later, the Evanston Review ran a tribute to Galich with remembrances from family, friends and colleagues. Fellow librarian Brian Wilson recalled working with her on an early literacy program for babies. “She radiated a joy for these children who would match her captivating smiles with smiles of their own,” he said. “She understood them, loved them and was looking out for them, possessing the belief that all children could become lifelong readers.”
The motorcyclist in the fatal crash was not injured and has not been issued any citations, according to Parrott. When I first read about the case, I suspected that the motorcyclist had been speeding. The default speed limit in Evanston is twenty-five miles-per-hour, a speed at which studies show people struck by motor vehicles usually survive.
However, when I spoke to Parrott two weeks ago, he said the police had determined that “there was no excessive speed on the part of the motorcyclist.” That finding was based on witness statements and a crash scene investigation by a traffic reconstructionist looking for skid marks.
“There was nothing to indicate any wrongdoing on the part of the motorcyclist,” Parrott said. “Apparently, the bicyclist had made a tragic mistake.” He added that, while Galich was an experienced bike rider, it’s possible that the motorcycle was in her blind spot, or that she was distracted, when she began changing lanes.
I can relate to the experience of briefly losing concentration while cycling and accidentally making a risky move. Still, if the motorcyclist was really going the speed limit and had been attentive, he probably should have been able to brake in time to avoid the crash. It seems that, if there hadn’t been two mistakes made here, Galich would still be alive.
When I read about the case, it also occurred to me that the Church Street protected bike lane might have been a factor in the crash. Church features the suburbs’ first Chicago-style protected lane, where the lane is located next to the curb and, in general, cyclists are protected from traffic by flexible plastic posts and/or parked cars to their left.
On parking-protected bike lanes, parking spaces are eliminated near intersections to make it easier for cyclists and turning motorists to see each other. However, some cyclists argue that poor sightlines can still be an problem, increasing the chances of “right-hook” or “left-hook” crashes.
The 600 block of Church Street in Evanston, where Gigi Galich’s crash took place. Photo: Justin Haugens
At first, I thought that parked cars might have obstructed Galich’s view of motor vehicle traffic as she attempted to cross Church mid-block. However, I learned that on the block of Church in front of the library, the bike lane is not parking-protected but is simply a curbside buffered lane, as shown in the above photo. Therefore, parked cars were not to blame for obscuring Galich’s view.
That’s an important point, because Evanston is currently in the process of expanding its bike network, with new PBLs planned for sections of Dodge Avenue, Davis Street, Chicago Avenue and Sheridan Road. It would be very unfortunate if this tragic case were used as an argument to derail these projects.
Protected lanes are great for encouraging less confident bike riders to try on-street cycling. Evanston officials have said they’ve seen a significant increase in bike traffic on Church since the lane was installed. After the city of Chicago installed PBLs on Kinzie Street in 2011, morning ridership increased by fifty-five percent, and after Dearborn Street got a two-way protected lane in 2012, the number of cyclists rose by a whopping 171 percent.
Furthermore, data from New York City, which has been installing PBLs since 2007, shows that protected lanes have a very positive overall effect on safety for cyclists, as well as pedestrians and drivers. For example, after protected lanes were installed on Manhattan’s 9th Avenue, there was a fifty-six percent drop in injuries to all road users, according to a study by the local transportation department.
It turns out that Galich had something to say about PBLs and safety. Last winter, on the public input webpage for the city of Evanston’s new bike plan, cyclist Lori Scott commented about the sightline issue. “Yikes!” she wrote. “On the Church Street protected lane, right-turning cars are often not aware of bikers going straight.”
“One way to remedy this would be to put in bicycle-only traffic lights such as those used in Europe,” Galich responded. “Cycle lights go green before auto lights, and cyclists are less likely to be hit by turning traffic.” That’s basically the situation on Dearborn, and it would be great if dedicated bike signals were added to more Chicago and Evanston protected lanes.
It appears that, in addition to being a talented and beloved librarian, Galich was well informed about bike infrastructure. Tragically, she died from a type of crash that perhaps couldn’t have been prevented by any kind of bike lane. That’s a huge loss for the children of Evanston.
Filed Under: Bicycling, Chicago Suburbs, Design, Infrastructure, News, Evanston, Evanston bike plan, Gigi Galich, Motorcycle Crashes
Eyes on the Street: New 2-Way Protected Bike Lane on Evanston’s Chicago Avenue
By Jeff Zoline | Jun 26, 2017
The bike lane is part of a larger project to improve multi-modal usage of both Chicago Avenue and Sheridan Road.
What’s Up With Evanston’s Unusual Divvy Station Location Pattern?
By John Greenfield | Jul 21, 2016
As I pointed out back in early June when the new Divvy expansion map was released, which included the system’s first suburban docking stations in Evanston and Oak Park, the locations of the ten Evanston stations seemed a little odd. When Chicago originally launched the bike-share system in 2013, a high number of stations were concentrated […]
Evanston City Council Advances Key Projects From Bike Plan
By Justin Haugens | Oct 1, 2014
On Monday night, Evanston’s City Council held a special meeting solely to address four bike infrastructure or policy measures, all of which will implement pieces of the city’s recently adopted Bike Plan. The council advanced new protected bike lanes along Sheridan Road and along Dodge Avenue, in spite of considerable opposition over the latter, while deferring […]
Evanston Protected Lanes Face Backlash While Making Dodge Ave. Safer
By Steven Vance | Jul 28, 2016
Evanston installed new protected bike lanes on Dodge Avenue from Howard Street to Lake Street last month, and already some residents are complaining that the lanes have made it unsafe to park their cars. But these fears are unfounded because Chicago has had protected lanes with a nearly identical design for five years. The new Dodge protected […]
There’s Still Time for Evanston Residents to Voice Support for Safer Biking
The Evanston City Council passed an update to the suburb’s bike plan, including plans for a network of protected lanes, on July 28. However, some of these bikeway projects have hit a roadblock, in the form of opposition from two aldermen and a handful of residents. On Tuesday, the Active Transportation Alliance launched an online […]
Evanston Catches Residents Off Guard by Suggesting Bike Bans
By Steven Vance | May 21, 2014
A survey to collect resident feedback about the draft Evanston Bike Plan launched yesterday, and some of the questions have alarmed residents and advocates. The survey has several odd questions, beginning with a requirement that respondents complete a quiz about bicycling laws. What truly alarmed respondents like Wheel & Sprocket store manager Eric Krzystofiak, though, is […]
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Human DNA in Vaccines Linked to Autism
Posted on July 17, 2011 by ChildHealthSafety
CHS brings you another site to consider subscribing to, that of Dr Mercola in the USA which carries many articles of a broad interest in medical matters challenging what appears to be the medical professions’ mindless following of a herd approach to “consensus” in medicine: Dr Mercola.com.
Here is an extract from an example of a Mercola.com article worth reading:
One of the Most Inexcusable Vaccine Revelations of All… Posted By Dr. Mercola | July 10 2011
Former drug company scientist Helen Ratajczak recently created a firestorm of debate from all sides of the vaccine-autism issue when she published her comprehensive review of autism research. This is a massively important study, for more than one reason. One element brought to light that has managed to stay well below the radar is the use of aborted embryonic cells in vaccine production.
CBS News recently reported:
“Ratajczak reports that about the same time vaccine makers took most thimerosal out of most vaccines (with the exception of flu shots which still widely contain thimerosal), they began making some vaccines using human tissue.
Ratajczak says human tissue is currently used in 23 vaccines. She discusses the increase in autism incidences corresponding with the introduction of human DNA to MMR vaccine, and suggests the two could be linked.”
Read on here for more, including Dr Mercola’s commentary:-
Filed under: ADHD, Aspergers, autism, Child Health Safety, Disease Statistics, MMR, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine court, Vaccine Damage, Vaccines | Tagged: ADHD, Andrew Wakefield, Anti-vaccine Safety, Aspergers, autism, genetically modified organisms, GM food, GMO, GMOs, HPV vaccine, mercury, MMR, swine flu, thimerosal, thiomersal, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine court, Vaccine Damage, Vaccines | Leave a comment »
No UK Compulsory MMR [Government U-Turns Amid Drug Industry Links]
Posted on June 24, 2009 by principled
After overwhelming public pressure and at risk of losing more voters the socialist British Government Health Minister Edwina Hart has been forced to announce there will be no compulsory MMR in Wales – a proposal described last year by British Medical Association Chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum as “stalinist“: UK No compulsory MMR, minister says BBC News Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Whilst this news means compulsion for the rest of the UK is out for the moment and public pressure has succeeded this time, questions need to be asked of British politicians.
ChildHealthSafety’s investigations here reveal concerning links between the drug industry, GlaxoSmithKline in particular and those pushing for compulsory vaccination. And what is revealed here is a “tip of an iceberg“.
How it is those with close and substantial ties to the drug industry are given positions of influence in government over policy which favours the commercial interests of the drug industry. Everyone concerned about this matter should urgently contact their MP, whose address can be found here http://tinyurl.com/ljxtgv.
The issue of compulsion strikes at the very heart of social democracy; the connections and affiliations of those who claim necessity need scrutiny. Compulsion of any medical product contravenes human rights; it fails to acknowledge humanity’s right to lawful informed consent; it fails to acknowledge the right to decide for oneself one’s own fate in the face of potential death or debility. It resides within the spirit of the abuse of an individual and is more fittingly prescribed by a fascist regime; it has no place in a civilised democracy.
Hart’s decision was claimed to be based on compulsion causing distrust of nurses and doctors. However, after unprecedented press coverage readers’ comments on UK national news blogs were overwhelming against with some saying they would not vote for the current government [with national elections to be held within the next 12 months]: Should the MMR jab be compulsory? BBC News Have Your Say June 2009.
The Minister made no mention of the UK Government’s failure to persuade voters MMR is safe. It is not. MMR has insufficient scientific evidence, let alone proof, of effectiveness or safety according to the most comprehensive Cochrane Collaboration systematic review ever undertaken. In addition mumps and rubella vaccinations are unnecessary for children according to sources already cited on CHS including JCVI, MoD, BMA and RPSGB.
British Medical Association Chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum described the proposals as “Stalinist” and said forcing parents to have their children inoculated was “morally and ethically dubious“: No jabs, no school says Labour MP BBC News 11 May 2008
In May 2008 Labour MP for Wakefield Mary Creagh, head of Labour’s Manifesto Group on Public Health, and Sir Sandy Macara, ex-Chairman of the British Medical Association, the UK doctor’s trades union, wrote in the magazine of the UK socialist Government’s Fabian Society, the Fabian Review, that the United Kingdom should use the same sanctions as the United States to make vaccines compulsory, that schools should be required to verify that all children enrolled have been vaccinated, and that children should not be allowed to receive health benefits unless they are vaccinated.
The Chair of the BMA, the Government, and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics line was clearly ignored by health minister for Wales Edwina Hart who announced that “she had been considering MMR as an entry requirement for school” since Wales was experiencing 302 cases of measles; “the rising number of measles cases necessitated a fresh look at compulsory MMR vaccination and this has been undertaken” she said, then concluded that “compulsion would adversely affect the trust that most parents have in local health professionals” …. and she would “concentrate on providing reassurance based on sound advice to parents”: UK No compulsory MMR, minister says BBC News Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Not to be outdone “after a debate in Cardiff Bay, Sir Sandy Macara a former Chairman of the BMA, backed a compulsory MMR vaccine saying he believed children should not be able to go to school unless they have first been vaccinated”; and in turn not to be outdone by Macara the Strategic Health Authority for London, NHS London, “has asked the Department of Health if it could introduce compulsory vaccinations and the right to insist on an immunisation certificate”.
But who is behind NHS London?
The coincidental significance of MMR vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline [GSK] having the potential to influence compulsion is not lost when one considers that ex GSK CEO Professor Sir Richard Sykes is Chair of NHS London since 1st December 2008.
GSK is the main British corporation standing to make substantial gains from compulsion of MMR vaccine.
Sykes was employed by GSK for 30 years and became Chairman and Chief Executive before in 2002 taking over as Rector of Imperial College Oxford until June 2008. He became Chair of NHS London on 1st December 2008.
“NHS London is the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) for the whole of the Greater London area. That means we are responsible for making sure that all the NHS healthcare services provided in London are world-class.” (http://www.london.nhs.uk/who-we-are).
Sykes is probably the most widely known figure associated with GSK. [Fellow of Imperial College London, Oxford University and of King’s College London, Fleming Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford and the University of Central Lancashire.]
Sykes is also an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Cardiff where Sandy Macara recently argued for compulsion as well as in the UK’s Labour Party’s Fabian Review in May 2008.
Yorkshire Labour child health MP Mary Creagh’s calls for compulsion were coincident with Richard Sykes’ brother Hugh Sykes’ 3 year term as Chair of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust coming to the end. Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust covers Creagh’s Parliamentary constituency.
The comprehensive Demicheli, Jefferson et al 2005 Systematic Review (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Oct 19;(4): CD004407. “Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children”) involving more than 5000 published studies stated:
..We could not identify studies assessing the effectiveness of MMR that fulfilled our inclusion criteria…. The design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies, both pre- and post-marketing, are largely inadequate…”.
When the science does not support MMR, how can compulsion be anything other than a cynical marketing strategy promoted solely in the interests of profit-making corporations?
GSK faced one of its most powerful challenges to dominance of the UK MMR market when Dr Wakefield’s research was published in 1998. GSKs reputation described above suggests that Wakefield and his excellent team would inevitably suffer and have suffered vigorous attempts against them and their work: British Government & Establishment’s Efforts to Deny Compensation to MMR Vaccine Child Victims.
Sykes position at Imperial was taken by another ex GSK director Roy Anderson who previously left Oxford University after a unanimous vote of no confidence in him by the Department of Zoology.
GSK Board Director Sir Crispin Davis presided over The Lancet as CEO owners Reed Elsevier when The Royal Free London Hospital Team’s 1998 Lancet paper suggesting a possible link between MMR and autism and bowel disease was attacked by Lancet Editor Dr Richard Horton.
Davis’ brother Justice Nigel Davis presided over the appeal hearing and turned down legal aid for many vaccine-injured children.
Their other brother Ian Davis managed McKinsey – advisor to New labour on NHS matters, and the company whose senior personnel like John Birt were afforded numerous advisory appointments by Prime Minister Blair subordinating elected officials. Blair and then Health Secretary Reed made press statements supporting MMR despite the scientific and widespread public protestations against MMR.
Clearly GSK has valuable friends in essential places.
There is no excuse for the public health MP Creagh or public health professional Macara to be other than fully aware of any dangers posed to a population such as Britains’ young children from compulsory mass vaccination.
Before embarking on their simplistic arguments for compulsion they should have done essential research into published and widely available other sources of information on vaccinations. Despite the probable addition of three new vaccines untested in Britain Creagh and Macara promote compulsion of an
“NHS programme which immunises toddlers against MMR, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, meningitis and pneumonia” to include “expanding that scheme by adding chicken pox, flu and winter vomiting virus to the list of jabs for under twos”: No MMR jab, no school under new plans The Telegraph 10 May 2008 Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent
In 1998 GSK, Government and academic scientists should have been aware that the MMR had little if any published peer reviewed scientific credibility. Parents and clinicians had been alleging serious damage from MMR for almost 10 years by then including that MMR caused autistic spectrum disorders [ASD], the frequency and rate of which skyrocketed since vaccination programmes were heavily expanded from 1988.
Wakefield found that the vaccine virus in the gut of sufferers coincident with a newly defined type of gut disorder and suggested that measles vaccination should be investigated as potential for causation. This was the first clinical evidence of a possible association between a new gut disease and MMR vaccine virus; a disease that in the small sample was also associated with regression into autism. GSK would know that such information might impact negatively on sales of a very lucrative product and possibly other products.
One of GSKs most lucrative but problematic products, the MMR vaccine, may become accepted to be one of the causes of ASD after ASD rates skyrocketed and US Courts have begun associating ASD conditions with MMR vaccination: AUTISM – US Court Decisions and Other Recent Developments – It’s Not Just MMR.
Compulsion of vaccinations, particularly MMR, despite there being no reasonable scientific evidence for efficacy or safety is an expressed aim. The strategy depends on how soon the significance of the recent developments in MMR litigation and research is understood; and is possibly why they wish to force a debate as quickly as possible; laws are quick to be passed but slow to revoke with our governments.
Reputations might be enveloped in litigation from the global attrition rate of neurological damage, death and debilities that may one day be accepted are caused by the vaccines they wish to mandate.
Hannah Poling’s US Federal Court case demonstrated ilinkage of mitochondrial dysfunction, autism and vaccination including MMR vaccine. Bailey Banks in June 2007 was found in Court to have an autistic spectrum disorder caused by MMR: AUTISM – US Court Decisions and Other Recent Developments – It’s Not Just MMR
Enquiries in the US found that vaccination damage cases involving children with ASDs are being represented in the courts without mention of autism as success depends on not mentioning autism. CBS news found that since 1988 the vaccine court has awarded money judgments, often in millions of dollars, to 1322 families whose children suffered brain damage to vaccines; in many of these cases the government paid out awards following a judicial finding that vaccine injury lead to the child’s autism spectrum disorder: MMR Causes Autism – Another Win In US Federal Court
Vaccines can never be declared free from the threat of disaster therefore compulsion should never be considered. “Questions over vaccine safety ” By Steve Connor, Science Editor The Independent illustrates this perfectly:-
Health officials have been forced to withdraw 21,000 doses of the meningitis C vaccine from GP clinics around the UK after it emerged that some doses may have been contaminated with a blood-poisoning bacterium. More than 60,000 doses of the vaccine, which is offered to all four-month-old babies, could be contaminated with the hospital-acquired infection – the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium – and a third of these had already been sent to vaccination clinics before officials became aware of the problem. Officials within the Department of Health and the vaccine’s manufacturers are believed to have known of the problem since Tuesday but only issued an emergency recall last night after being contacted about the potential contamination by The Independent”
Questions over vaccine safety Steve Connor, Science Editor The Independent Thursday, 26 February 2009
The UK Measles/Rubella vaccination campaign in 1994/5 demonstrated the public accepted as true DoH stories of impending epidemics which never happened to clear damaged and end of life stocks before renewing them with an update product, then MMR II.
The 1999-2000 process, when children were made to ingest live oral polio virus vaccines alongside their BCG jabs at school without fully informed parental or child consent further demonstrated the ignorance and indifference towards British children of medical professionals who helped the industry clear “to be withdrawn” stocks of OPV suspected of contamination with NvCJD – no concern for the health or welfare of those children. was shown.
Now people are more aware compulsion may be the only tactic left for the pharmaceutical industry.
History tells that any compulsion in our so-called democratic free societies could result in mass public outcry, perhaps rebellion, and eventual retribution against those who conspired to defy public decency for so many years. So compulsion may be pressed, as privatization in the NHS through PFI processes, by the back door.
Politicians test the water, academics and media sponsored by the drugs giants whose supporters develop the theme after securing essential positions in political, academic, and scientific circles, at the heart of the British establishment.
Before drug companies came up with the triple MMR vaccine rubella vaccine was of no benefit to a child especially boys and especially compared to the risks. Mumps vaccine was expressly not recommended for children.
So why are we giving them? It is time all parents started asking the simple questions – like that one.
And who said so?
The British Medical Association, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and the UK’s Ministry of Defence:
“Since mumps and its complications are very rarely serious there is little indication for the routine use of mumps vaccine”: British National Formulary (’BNF’) 1985 and 1986
The BNF is a joint publication of the BMA and RPSGB.
Freedom of Information documents show the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and Ministry of Defence agreed as early as 1974 that:-
“there was no need to introduce routine vaccination against mumps” because “complications from the disease were rare” JCVI minutes 11 Dec 1974.
It is unethical to give a child unnecessary medical treatment and can be a criminal offence: Appleton v Garrett (1995) 34 BMLR 23.
The Fabian Society has an interesting history.
“Leon Trotsky, an influential 20th century revolutionary socialist, wrote that Fabianism was an attempt to save capitalism from the working class. He wrote that “throughout the whole history of the British Labour movement there has been pressure by the bourgeoisie upon the proletariat through the agency of radicals, intellectuals, drawing-room and church socialists and Owenites who reject the class struggle and advocate the principle of social solidarity, preach collaboration with the bourgeoisie, bridle, enfeeble and politically debase the proletariat.”..”In an article published in The Guardian on 14 February 2008, following the apology offered by Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd to the “stolen generations”, Geoffrey Robertson criticises Fabian socialists for providing the intellectual justification for the eugenics policy that led to the stolen generations scandal.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Society ).
This headline in today’s UK Daily Mail explains it all with just one quote:-
I helped my son beat autism by making him give up Weetabix
By Sally Beck – 23rd June 2009
“It frightened me, because I thought if people were asking me, then there really wasn’t any help out there.” Polley Tommey, The Autism File & The Autism Trust
A few weeks ago, a one-woman campaign culminated in Polly Tommey meeting the Prime Minister to improve support for the families of children with autism.
She was fighting for the sake of thousands of other parents around the country, having become an unofficial ‘Good Samaritan’ for the desperate parents of autistic children.
Here, Polly, 42, the mother of an autistic child, tells her extraordinary story.
Polly Tommey with her autistic son Billy
Any normal child would have been taken to A&E at some point and given a battery of tests, but with autistic children doctors say it’s just part of their autism.
Billy stopped eating most things, and eventually all that was left in his diet was cow’s milk and Weetabix. He was so skinny his hair started falling out, and he had sores all over his lips and up his arms.
Then, one day, a leaflet dropped through my door explaining how a wheat and dairy-free diet could help autistic children. Jon was sceptical, but I thought it was worth a try.
I replaced cow’s milk with rice milk and began baking gluten-free biscuits, which I gave him instead of Weetabix. Billy starved himself for a few days then began eating the biscuits – and, amazingly, his gut problems started to get better.
That really woke Jon up, because he thought if Billy could improve just by making a change to his diet, what else could be done? He found an organisation called Allergy Induced Autism, and through them we met other people who were doing things to help autistic children.
Jon flew to the States for a Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) conference and learned how biomedical intervention could help. He threw himself into finding help for Billy and re-trained as a clinical nutritionist.
At the time, Jon was David Liddiment’s personal trainer. David was head of LWT (London Weekend Television) then, and during a run one day, Jon told him that we were going to try treating Billy with the hormone secretin, which stimulates the pancreas.
Billy still suffered terrible constipation, and we thought it would help regulate his gut. It worked and Billy’s behaviour improved.
That was ten years ago and as Billy was the first British child to try secretin, David suggested that Trevor McDonald follow his progress on the Trevor McDonald Tonight show.
We set up a website for anyone who wanted to know more about secretin. It got 150,000 hits, the computer crashed and LWT couldn’t cope with all the inquiries.
We’d thought that by doing the programme, we’d find other people who knew of other treatments that could help Billy. Instead, we were inundated with people asking us for help.
It frightened me, because I thought if people were asking me, then there really wasn’t any help out there.
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CHS Ed’s Comment:
At least the Weetabix Company have done something about this and produced “Oatibix” – which is a whole lot more than some docs seem to have done.
Here is an example of a nonsense waste of money which would be better spent on clinical investigations of what ails these children:-
University of Louisville researchers have been awarded a grant of nearly one million dollars by the National Institutes of Health to fund a clinical trial related to autism.The treatment combines magnetic stimulation with behavior therapy to ease the symptoms of autism, and researchers believe the treatment will help participants focus on therapy to improve social interactions, according to a news release.
National Institutes of Health to fund University of Louisville autism study – Business First of Louisville – Monday, June 22, 2009
And who says Wakefield was wrong about autistic kids having gut problems? Only most of the doctors who are also the ones failing the kids and failing to do what doctors are meant to – help heal. Today one too many are too busy selling drugs for drug companies to worry about that and then there are the few of them who publish fake data in medical journals to sell more drugs like the harmful psychiatric drugs now being given to autistic children instead of simple cures – like the ones described above: AHRP Reveals Corrupt Practices. It’s the century of “Do-It-Yourself” medicine – because doctors are not doing it for you – what a waste of space. And are you going to trust them over vaccines for your kids too when many have insufficient knowledge and soak up what they are fed?
Here you can see debunked the Philadelphia Inquirer news story put out by Dr Paul Offit’s Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [‘CHOP’] implying your kids may die in the much hyped “just around the corner” “coming to your town soon” non-existent worldwide “swine ‘flu” non-pandemic: [Children’s Hospital study links deaths to post-flu issues] 16th June 2009 Mark Roth.
Below are edited email exchanges between “Philly” reporter Mark Roth [who wrote the CHOP “death is coming soon” story] and UK pro bono lawyer and trained scientist Clifford Miller.
See the record set straight and the facts CHOP left out to scare parents.
“Death is coming” as the latest marketing tool for ‘flu vaccines beats George Lucas’ 1970’s “Star Wars is Coming” style campaign to promote his excellent films.
But to use it to blackmail parents to put their children at risk from experimental vaccines is unacceptable. And the more so because there is no way pneumonia will kill vast numbers ever again [even if maybe one of the many ‘flu vaccines incubates a new strain in some hapless recipient]. Pneumonia and other disease mortality rates have plummetted since 1918 and not because of medical intervention: Vaccines Did Not Save Us – 2 Centuries of Official Statistics.
And here is something else you were not told:-
Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests – ScienceDaily (May 20, 2009).
A CHOP colleague of Dr Paul Offit [who made US$29 million from his rotavirus vaccine patent] Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, chief of allergy and immunology at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, is quoted extensively about her new paper all about the new killer plagues. These seem to have replaced other threats of world extinction.
The “world asteroid threat” was promoted widely after the “communists nukes threat” pretty well ended with the cold war – [“killer asteroids” was not likely to last – a tough thing to merchandise – even in the US].
The CHOP story stated:-
….. most people have now heard of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed nearly 50 million people around the world.
…… very few of those victims died of the flu itself.
Many historians now believe 95 percent of those deaths were caused by secondary bacterial pneumonia, which swept in after people’s bodies had been weakened by the flu virus.
…. bacterial pneumonia is not as big a killer in today’s flu epidemics …. it is still a major threat.
….. the World Health Organization has formally declared the new H1N1 swine flu as a global pandemic, with 29,000 cases and at least 144 deaths in 74 countries, ….. the medical community and the public need to remain alert to the dangers …. particularly from strep pneumoniae.
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan … published a study ….. showing that in many children who die from flu complications …
….. one-third of the children … die after flu infections …..
A common pattern ….. is that they seem to be recovering from the flu. Then …. they suddenly get much sicker and rapidly weaken — a sign of the bacterial onslaught.”
STOP PRESS: – Breaking News – Yet another win – 9 year old Hannah Poling – 21 Sept 2010 – US Government In US$20 million Legal Settlement For Vaccine Caused Autism Case
STOP PRESS: – The 4 year old girl this story is about has now been formally diagnosed with an autistic spectrum condition: See PDD-NOS – Friday, August 27, 2010
Julia a three year old US citizen has just won substantial compensation in the US Federal Court for autism caused by MMR vaccine – says her mother.
What is different about this case? They kept the “autism” word out of the case. Many parents in other US cases have been advised to do this:-
CBS News has found that since 1988, the vaccine court has awarded money judgments, often in the millions of dollars, to thirteen hundred and twenty two families whose children suffered brain damage from vaccines. In many … cases, the government paid out awards following a judicial finding that vaccine injury lead to the child’s autism spectrum disorder. In each of these cases, the plaintiffs’ attorneys made the same tactical decision made by Bailey Bank’s lawyer, electing to opt out of the highly charged Omnibus Autism Proceedings and argue their autism cases in the regular vaccine court. In many other successful cases, attorneys elected to steer clear of the hot button autism issue altogether and seek recovery instead for the underlying brain damage that caused their client’s autism.”: [Vaccine Court: Autism Debate Continues – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby Huffington Post 24 Feb 2009]
Julia’s Mom emphasises Julia has no formal diagnosis of autism and says:-
after Julia’s last neuro appointment when her dr said she had signs of autism. I didn’t want that “word” in her records until Julia’s case was decided.
Julia’s diagnosis was “Encephalitis (inflammation of her brain) most likely attributed to the MMR-V (measles, mumps, reubella, chicken pox) vaccine she had received nine days previously.
I do not want this to be misunderstood. She was never formally diagnosed. Do I think that there is a link between vaccines and Autism, absolutely. Is Julia Autistic? I’m not sure.“
Data from formal peer refereed medical papers show vaccines caused autism in Japanese children. The number developing autism rose and fell in direct proportion to the number of children vaccinated each year: [click here for full details Japanese Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism]
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Data from the UK’s General Practice Research Database supports the Japanese data and shows that with each major change in the UK childhood vaccination programme the rates of childhood autism has increased significantly: British & Japanese Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism
The current UK rate of children with autistic conditions is 1 in 64. The rate in boys is 1 in 40. Prior to 1988 which saw the first of several major changes to the UK childhood vaccination programmes the rate of childhood autism was running at between 1 and 4 in 10,000. Childhood autism is also known as “typical” or “Kanner” autism.
Research showing Autistic Spectrum Conditions can result from brain injury caused by encephalopathy (a degenerative disease of the brain) can be found HERE. Encephalopathies are normally caused by an infection (90% of the time), and most often we will expect a viral infection. MMR contains three live viruses. [See also Explaining Vaccines Autism & Mitochondrial Dysfunction/Disorder]
Julia’s Mom says she was:
accepting the loss of the world as i knew it before she got sick, before my divorce, before i lost my house.
This is such a huge, huge, huge help for Julia and my family”
If this is what compensation means for Julia’s Mom think of all the families and children who should never have got sick in the first place and will never get compensation just because they used the “autism” word.
Does it help to think your child is “just a little bit” autistic but still injured and in need of financial help with medical care for life? Autism Spectrum Conditions are a spectrum from very mild to incapacitating.
Not only does it not end like this for other families – some children die as this 2005 Federal Court decision in a case very similar to Julia’s shows [and which took 9 years to achieve a decision]:-
Eric Fernandez Cusati v Secretary for Health and Human Services
How many cases are like these ones? Who knows the exact number – the majority of decisions are never published – kept in secret. And then there are all the cases the US Secretary of Health and Human Services settles – also kept in secret. And how many cases are just not filed? No one publicly knows for sure.
And with 1 in 38 British boys with an autistic condition [and the problem is not just autism] the question must be asked – how many children who would otherwise have grown up healthy are going to continue to be sacrificed and claimed to be for the very few but in reality for drug company profits in their move to a new business model based on “vaccines for all”. [Autism Rates Rocket – 1 in 38 British Boys – Cambridge Study See also: Government Risks Male Sterility As Mumps Vaccine Fails]
Today it is your kid. Tomorrow it is you.
New Report Forecasts More Than Doubling of Vaccine Sales by 2013 – MarketWatch Jun 11, 2009 – Kalorama News Release
Kids’ vaccine market set to quadruple – Drug Researcher – By Anna Lewcock 20-Nov-2007
Julia’s Story
[by her Mom]
Julia was born a healthy baby on 12-28-05. She was a delight to her family and friends.
On January 5th, 2007, one week after her 1st birthday, our family’s lives changed forever. Julia (unknowingly to her family) had been seizing in her crib most of the night, was transported to the nearest ER for stabilization, and then airlifted to Miami Children’s hospital, where she stayed in PICU and the neurology ward for close to one month.
Her diagnosis? Encephalitis (inflammation of her brain) most likely attributed to the MMR-V (measles, mumps, reubella, chicken pox) vaccine she had received nine days previously. When Julia left the hospital, she was functioning at a two month level. She was (and in some respects still is) globally delayed and with significant left sided hemiplegia.
It has been over two years since her MMR-V induced encephalitis, and Julia has come a long way, but has a very long way to go. Julia lives with her brother, Jack who is six and so understanding of her. She also lives with her mom, Susan. Her father recently moved out of state following her parent’s divorce. Julia and her family are hanging in there and hope you enjoy her blog! Go Julia!
AMAZING DAY! A MIRACLE HAS HAPPENED!
[Posted by Julia’s Mom – 12 June 2009]
JULIA WON HER LAWSUIT WITH THE VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM! THE GOVERNMENT CONCEDED!
This means that they agreed that the MMR vaccine caused her encephalitis and resultant brain damage (I mean Marvelous Mind – right Howard!!).
This is such a huge, huge, huge help for Julia and my family. The government will reimburse all of her past medical expenses (to her, not to us, which I find a little odd, but OK!) and will pay for all future medical expenses that she incurs from her vaccine injury. I will update as I find out more.
Her attorney (Ron Homer and/or Kevin Conway) will be flying out here this summer to evaluate her and her needs with a “life planner” to try to determine what her needs will be. This is HUGE! HUGE! The VICP rarely concedes…..almost never……but they did for her! AMAZING!
Another funny thing to go along with this…..I had just the day before changed my ringtone on my phone to “Its the end of the world as we know it….and I feel fine” trying to find a positive ringtone – accepting the loss of the world as i knew it before she got sick, before my divorce, before i lost my house, and moving forward – and being fine with it….AND NOW – ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS I KNOW IT – AND I REALLY FEEL FINE! SHE has HELP!!!!! Our struggle is going to be lessened!!!!
Posted on June 3, 2009 by ChildHealthSafety
Just months following the US Court of Federal Claims rejection of the claim that the MMR vaccine causes autism, here you will see data from formal peer refereed medical papers showing that vaccines caused autism in British and in Japanese children and will be doing the same to children around the world. The number of Japanese children developing autism rose and fell in direct proportion to the number of children vaccinated each year:-
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Click here on Contents for full details of the Japanese data [after our short section below on “British Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism”].
[See end of page for the above graph by annual % of children receiving MMR vaccination – still showing the same correspondence.]
For confirmation of four ways autistic conditions are caused see evidence in statements from pharmaceutical giant Merck’s Vaccines Division current President, by a US Government agency, by the US Federal Court and in formally published academic journal papers – details found here: Vaccination Causes Autism – Say US Government & Merck’s Director of Vaccines
If you read nothing else we strongly recommend you read this: PDF Download – Text of email from US HRSA to Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News]. In it the US Health Resources Services Administration [HRSA] state to CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkission
I – British Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism
Information from formal peer reviewed papers including data from the UK’s General Practice Research Database shows that with each major change in the UK childhood vaccination programme the rates of childhood autism have increased significantly.
[Article updated 27 April 2010 to include British data]
The graph above is adapted from a 2001 paper by Jick et al. The authors claimed [emphasis added]:-
“... the data provide evidence that no correlation exists between the prevalence of MMR vaccination and the rapid increase in the risk of autism over time. The explanation for the marked increase in risk of the diagnosis of autism in the past decade remains uncertain. ….. The increase ….. could be due to …… environmental factors not yet identified.”
“Mumps, measles, and rubella vaccine and the incidence of autism recorded by general practitioners: a time trend analysis” BMJ 2001;322:460-463 24 February.
The data shows something different and when correlated with major changes in the UK childhood vaccination programme shows what are the most likely “environmental factors not yet identified“. With each major change to the UK’s childhood vaccination programme cases of childhood autism increased substantially.
The childhood autism risk increased three-fold for children born in 1988 and 1989 from the previous rate of between 1 and 4 in 10,000 to 12 in 10,000.
The major change: the MMR vaccine was introduced in October 1988. Routine administration was at around 15 months.
The childhood autism risk increased five-fold for children born in 1990 and 1991 to 20 in 10,000 from the pre 1988 rate of 1 to 4 in 10,000.
The major change: in May 1990 the accelerated DTP vaccine programme was introduced. British babies were given the DTP vaccine substantially earlier at 2, 3 and 4 months instead of the previous 3, 5 and 10 months: [Persistence of antibody after accelerated immunisation with diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis vaccine: 1489 BMJ VOLUME 302 22 JUNE 1991]
The childhood autism risk increased nearly eight-fold for children born in 1993 to 29 in 10,000 from the pre 1988 rate of 1 to 4 in 10,000.
The major change: the Haemophilus Influenzae b vaccine was introduced in October 1992. Routine administration was three doses at 2, 3 and 4 months. [Routine Hib Vaccine: 438 BMJ VOLUME 305 22 AUGUST 1992, Hib immunisation catch up programme in North East Thames: R17 Communicable Disease Report Vol 4 Review Number 2 4 February 1994]
It appears it was only from 1993 that most infants were vaccinated at 2, 3 and 4 months with those born earlier being vaccinated at later ages in “catch-up campaigns”. This data suggests that to reduce the risk of autism from vaccines parents should delay the age at which their children are vaccinated.
One study shows that average vaccine coverage by November 1993 was 34% for 1989 births, 77% for 1990 births, 87% for 1991 births, and 89% for 1992 births: [“Haemophilus influenzae: the efficiency of reporting invasive disease in England and Wales” Communicable Disease Report R13 4:2 4 February 1994].
The current UK rate of children with autistic conditions is 1 in 64 [or 157 per 10,000 children]: “Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions: UK school-based population study” Baron-Cohen S, Scott FJ, Allison C, Williams J, Bolton P, Matthews FE and Brayne C (2009) British Journal of Psychiatry, 194: 500-509.
The rate in boys is 1 in 40. Prior to 1988 which saw the first of several major changes to the UK childhood vaccination programmes the rate of childhood autism was running at between 1 and 4 in 10,000. Childhood autism is also known as “typical” or “Kanner” autism.
In addition to vaccines being a biologically plausible cause of the worldwide increases in autistic conditions in children we have also seen legal cases in the USA confirming vaccines have caused autism in US children: AUTISM – US Court Decisions and Other Recent Developments – It’s Not Just MMR
The data presented here provides further evidence of the unscientific approach of medical researchers when publishing papers purporting to support the claim there is no association between vaccines and autism.
[Further details in our related article: British Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism]
II – Japanese Data Show Vaccines Cause Autism
Introduction & Peer Review
Flawed “Science” By Doctors Not Scientists
The Invalid Claims of Honda and Rutter
The Vaccination Data Honda/Rutter Omitted
Japanese Autism Numbers Rose & Fell With Vaccinations
The Power of Rechallenge
Professor Sir Michael Rutter & The Drug Industry Connections
To Contents
The “science” from medical journals presented to courts is not reliable. The medical “science” evidence-base has become institutionally and systemically corrupt since US President Ronald Reagan introduced the Bayh-Dole Act in the 1980’s : [“Doctors Without Borders – Why you can’t trust medical journals anymore” by Shannon Brownlee, Washington Monthly].
Mainstream medical journals live off drug company advertising. Government health officials, drug company lobbyists and medical professionals tell us: it is “science” and “proof” when it is not.
Covert lobbying is endemic:-
Court evidence now available on-line at the University of California library shows drug giant Merck systematically targetted “hit-lists” of doctors to discredit, neutralise or destroy critics of the safety and effectiveness of Merck’s drugs, : Drug Giant Merck – “Destroy” Critical Doctors “Where They Live”. Other examples include Merck paying medical journal publisher company Elsevier [whose CEO Sir Crispin Davis sits on GlaxoSmithKline’s board] to publish a fake medical journal with articles favourable to Merck’s drugs: [Merck published fake journal – Bob Grant – The Scientist – 30th April 2009]. Drug maker Wyeth flooded medical journals with some 40 ghostwritten articles penned by prominent physicians who sold their name for cash, in an all-out effort to offset the scientific evidence linking its female hormone replacement drug, Prempro, to breast cancer: [Judge orders Wyeth papers unsealed – Associated Press – July 25, 2009].
The US Justice Department publicised a US$650 million fraud settlement agreed to by pharmaceutical giant Merck for a fraud on patients and the US government healthcare system involving a conspiracy with US hospitals to give the elderly cheaper drugs but charging them for the more expensive product prescribed by the patients’ doctors. More Fraud By Drug Giant Merck – US$650 Million
And governments expect the public to trust the health and safety of their children to products from companies like that.
Peer Review of Data
The data and analysis shown here has been through a process of peer review. Publication is responsible to bring it to public attention.
The peer review process included presenting this information to:-
Professor Sir Michael Rutter, author of the main paper which this analysis critiques. Result: – no comment, rebuttal or answer [although correspondence sent was received] – Main paper “No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total population study.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2005)]
Hideo Honda correspondent author of the main paper. Result – no comment, rebuttal or answer [correspondence twice sent to address for correspondence on the paper];
Professor Tony Charman, Editor of the publishing journal. Result:- refusal to comment, rebut, answer or publish a correction or retraction [although correspondence sent was received];
UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Chairman Professor Andy Hall. Result: no comment, rebuttal or answer [although correspondence sent was received];
Head of UK Health Protection Agency. Result: no comment rebuttal or answer [although correspondence sent was received];
the publishers Blackwell Publishing. Result: no comment, rebuttal or answer [although correspondence sent was received].
It has also been presented to others including an expert in the assessment of adverse drug reactions who confirmed data showing such a close correspondence is remarkable in post marketing surveillance and rarely if ever seen – probably unique.
In 2005 a paper by two Japanese psychiatrists, Hideo Honda and Yasuo Shimizu, was published in an English psychiatric journal with English psychiatrist Professor Sir Michael Rutter also named as an author. The paper was claimed to be proof MMR vaccine could not cause autistic spectrum disorders: [“No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total population study.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2005)].
The scientific reality is that the only thing Honda/Rutter teaches us is that MMR vaccine cannot be the only vaccine to cause autistic spectrum disorders – and not that it is not a cause of autism.
These three psychiatrists failed to provide the full picture. They made invalid claims [See more below The Invalid Claims]. Those claims were based on inadequate research containing basic flaws. Psychiatrists are not usually also trained scientists and normally lack scientific qualifications. When the flaws in their paper are identified and corrected, the paper provides unusually strong evidence, not normally seen, showing vaccines as a cause of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
The paper shows, when corrected with the missing data, Autistic Spectrum Disorder numbers increased and decreased in direct proportion to the total number of children vaccinated. We see here not just evidence of dechallenges and rechallenges but a “dose-response” relationship on a population level.
A dose-response relationship on a population level is rare if not unprecedented. The close numerical correspondence seen here is usually not found. This is conclusive evidence of a causal association.
The Honda/Rutter paper claimed that new cases of autism in Japan fell for children born in 1991-92 (as the confidence of Japanese parents fell in the dangerous Japanese MMR vaccine withdrawn on safety grounds in 1992) but then rose sharply again and especially for children who were born in 1993-94. Here is the graph from the Honda/Rutter paper:-
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The authors summarised their results (emphasis added):-
The MMR vaccination rate in the city of Yokohama declined significantly in the birth cohorts of years 1988 through 1992, and not a single vaccination was administered in 1993 or thereafter. In contrast, cumulative incidence of ASD up to age seven increased significantly in the birth cohorts of years 1988 through 1996 and most notably rose dramatically beginning with the birth cohort of 1993.”
The authors wrongly claimed this meant it was unlikely MMR vaccine caused autism spectrum disorders. They made this claim without any “control” – a scientific fundamental – something to compare against MMR – a scientific benchmark or yardstick to see if there was any difference compared with something else.
As can be seen from the above Honda/Rutter graph, in 93-94 and after, the autism rate was double that in the period up to 1992 [when the MMR vaccine was withdrawn]. The authors were duty bound to consider this before going into print. Their data put them on notice that withdrawing the proven dangerous Japanese MMR vaccine was associated with a marked drop in new cases of autism. That is clear from their graphs. Autism cases fell for those born in 1991-92 as uptake of the Japanese MMR vaccine fell and was withdrawn in 1992.
The authors failed to do what any scientist would have done. They failed to ask themselves “why?“. Why did autism rapidly increase for children born in 1993-94 and thereafter?
And there was something to compare against the MMR. Honda/Rutter did not use it.
The MMR was replaced with single measles and single rubella vaccines. These were given at or about at the same time. And also at the same time the overall vaccination rate in Japan was increased by 150%.
When this happened the autism rate increased in step.
Professor Rutter has close associations with the drug industry including GlaxoSmithKline. He was a paid expert witness on their behalf in the UK MMR vaccine damage litigation. That was not declared in the Honda/Rutter paper nor were any other potential conflicts of interest or statements of funding (about which see more below).
Professor Rutter is also one of the main prosecution witnesses in the witchhunt in the British General Medical Council against medical doctors Andrew Wakefield, Simon Murch and Professor Walker-Smith.
The Invalid Claims
The Honda/Rutter paper when corrected provides not only strong evidence that MMR and single measles vaccines are causes of ASD but it also implicates as causes of ASD the rubella vaccine and JE (Japanese Encephalitis) vaccine containing Thiomersal [Thimerosal in the USA]. Thiomersal is a known toxic mercury containing neurotoxin and also causes allergies. It is toxic in parts per billion.
Japanese Encephalitis vaccine was given in three separate vaccinations and each one contained the poisonous mercury based neurotoxin thiomersal. So JE vaccine is just like DTP given to children in the USA and UK up until very recently in that it contained that neurotoxin and was given in three jabs to infants or toddlers.
That the practice in Japan was to give the measles and rubella vaccines at the same time was the boast of The British Department of Health. That was to bolster official claims that whistle blower medical doctor Andrew Wakefield’s concerns about the MMR vaccine were wrong. The Honda/Rutter paper was announced in the usual blaze of publicity. And as usual, the truth has not been. No one can argue validly that scientifically the Honda/Rutter paper is not deeply flawed.
In Japan when MMR was introduced, single measles vaccine was still being used side-by-side with MMR. Professor Rutter and his colleagues failed to take that into account. They also failed to look to two peer refereed papers published only three years earlier in 2002 which provide some of the missing data:-
the “Nakatani paper” after the lead author, Hiroki Nakatani: Development of Vaccination Policy in Japan: Current Issues and Policy Directions, Hiroki Nakatani,Tadashi Sanoand Tsutomu Iuchi Jpn J Infect Dis 55 101-111 2002.
the “Terada paper“, after the lead author Kihei Terada: Alterations in epidemics and vaccination for measles during a 20 year period and a strategy for elimination in Kurashiki City, Japan: Terada K, Niizuma T, Ogita S, Kataoka N. Kansenshogaku Zasshi: Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School 2002 Mar;76(3):180-4
The Nakatani and Terada papers provide a more complete picture. The Terada paper sets out the annual Japanese vaccination data for the annual numbers of vaccinations for measles and MMR vaccines combined in Kurashiki City, Japan. The Nakatani paper sets out the overall national Japanese vaccination data for all regions including Yokohama. Its data includes vaccine uptake in Japan for measles, rubella and the mercury containing Japanese Encephalitis vaccine.
In addition Honda/Rutter missed another Japanese paper from 2003 – Takahashi – claiming the risk of autism could be between 5 and 9 times greater from single measles and rubella vaccines, so Honda/Rutter have no excuses for not considering this possibility and including the single vaccines as a control or comparison group:
An Epidemiological Study on Japanese Autism concerning Routine Childhood Immunization History – Hiroshi Takahashi*, Syunsuke Suzumura, Fumiko Shirakizawa, Noriyuki Wada, Keiko Tanaka-Taya, Satoru Arai, Nobuhiko Okabe, Hironobu Ichikawa and Taizo Sato
Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 56, 114-117, 2003
The Takahashi paper is further direct evidence of a link between vaccines and autism – despite repeated denials by health officials, “expert” panels, medical professionals and journalists that there is no evidence of such a causal link. The confidence intervals for the Takahashi data are large which brings the results of the study into doubt and the authors called for a nationwide study. However, its existence and conclusions would have put the Honda/Rutter paper’s authors on notice that they needed also to consider the causal association with single vaccines. This is in addition to it being well-known and accepted since at least 1966 that rubella virus is a cause of autism. Thus making it biologically plausible for a vaccine virus and particularly one containing rubella virus to cause autism.
A study post dating Honda/Rutter compared Japanese children who received the MMR vaccine with “unvaccinated” Japanese children and found no difference in regressive autism rates: MMR-Vaccine and Regression in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Tokio Uchiyama, Michiko Kurosawa, Yutaka Inaba J Autism Dev Disord (2007) 37:210–217.
However, the “unvaccinated” children were not. These were children who had received the single measles and rubella vaccines. So that study also goes to support the findings presented here that it is the vaccines and/or the combinations of vaccines which are causally associated with autistic conditions.
Grateful thanks for generously making his library facilities available pro bono publico without condition or hesitation, and especially so for enabling the key Terada paper to be located are due to Professor Jeff Bradstreet MD, MD(H) FAAFP, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, International Child Development Research Centre, Melbourne, FL 32934, USA. It is certain some children and their families could be saved from a lifetime of autism if the information here becomes more widely available to parents, independently minded physicians and other medical practitioners.
When Honda/Rutter is compared to Terada it can be seen that ASD numbers rose and fell in direct proportion to the total number of children vaccinated in any year. In other words, the number of Japanese children who developed autism was directly related to the number who received MMR, single measles, rubella and Japanese Encephalitis vaccines. Here is a combined graph showing this:-
This is a dose-response relationship – the extent of the effect of a drug is related to the amount of the drug administered. Unusually, we see a dose-response relationship on a “population level” in a large sample of the child population of Japan, a biological gradient, and as such, this is conclusive evidence of a causal association between vaccination and Autistic Spectrum Disorders in children.
Immediately below is the data from the Terada and Honda/Rutter papers shown separately in the graphs, from the original papers as published:-
[larger Terada graph in new window]
[larger Honda/Rutter graph in new window]
Terada Paper: Fig. 4 Numbers of measles vaccinations and births in Kurashiki City from 1980 to 2000
Red Line joins tops of bars. It shows the total of MMR and Measles vaccinations each year in Kurashiki City from 1980 to 2000.
Honda/Rutter Fig. 1: Numbers of ASD diagnoses in children up to 7 years of age by year of birth
These graphs compare data for children born in two different areas: Kurashiki City with Kohoku Ward, Yokohama. The correspondence is remarkable. [Note when comparing the first graph, Japanese children were vaccinated when 15-18 months old – so the comparison of ASD rates by year of birth is with the vaccination rates approximately two years later. The first graph is 15-18 months “ahead” of the second.]
Further, the Nakatani paper indicates this similarity in the data is unlikely to be coincidence: [Development of Vaccination Policy in Japan: Current Issues and Policy Directions, Hiroki Nakatani,Tadashi Sanoand Tsutomu Iuchi Jpn J Infect Dis 55 101-111 2002]. The Nakatani paper shows the national vaccination rates in Japan. These are closely similar in profile to that shown for Kurashiki City. It is also reasonable to expect that the national vaccination rates would be similar for Kohoku Ward (data in the Honda/Rutter paper).
To put this correspondence mathematically, the correlation co-efficient shows a high, 79% correlation between the Honda/Rutter paper’s autism data and the measles and MMR vaccine uptake nationally in Japan [Nakatani data].
It is however the Nakatani paper which implicates rubella vaccine and the thiomersal/thimerosal mercury containing JE (Japanese Encephalitis) vaccines along with MMR. The Nakatani paper shows that in 1995 there was a sharp rise (150%) in single measles and single rubella vaccinations. Many of the children getting those vaccines in 1995 would have been those born in 1993-4. This rise was also coupled with a doubling in Japanese Encephalitis vaccinations (200%) between 1993 and 1995.
Here is the graph from the Nakatani paper showing the increases in single measles, rubella and JE vaccine vaccination rates by 1995 in Japan – the vertical blue line has been added to highlight the year and the legend ringed in blue to pick out the measles, rubella and JE vaccine lines of the graph:-
[larger Nakatani graph in new window]
And after the 150% increase in measles and rubella vaccinations and the doubling in the JE vaccine uptake, the graph shows that autism incidence doubled.
Incidence rose from 60 in 10,000 (1991-92 births) to 120 in 10,000 (1995-96 births). The same applies to the peaks in the graph in 1990 and 1994. The 1990 peak was 80 in 10,000 and the 1994 peak was double that at 160 in 10,000.
Grateful thanks to to Dr F E Yazbak of Boston Massachusetts, USA for drawing attention to the Nakatani paper and so assisting to identify this population level rechallenge proof of autism causation of the MMR and mercury containing vaccines.
This shows that not only did the authors of the Honda/Rutter paper have before them evidence of a “population level” dechallenge, they also had evidence of a “population level” rechallenge. Had they carried out their researches properly, they would also have had the evidence of the Nakatani and Terada papers to show the powerful evidence of a dose-response relationship on a population level.
How Comparable Are These Two Cities?
The graph below demonstrates how comparable Kurashiki City and Yokohama are for MMR vaccination uptake. This is in addition to the national figures for Japan from the Nakatani paper which apply to both cities. The Nakatani figures show [for the second autism peak in the Honda/Rutter paper for children born in 1994] there was 150% increase in single vaccine uptake throughout Japan and a 200% increase for Thiomersal containing Japanese Encephalitis vaccine. [These increases followed the change in the national Japanese vaccination law in 1994. Children born that year would have been vaccinated 15-18 months later with MMR and 12-24 months later with JE vaccine].
[Click graph for larger version in new window].
Just one well documented spontaneous report of a rechallenge is sufficient to prove a drug causes a harmful adverse drug reaction. Only three well documented cases of dechallenge are sufficient proof.
But here we see these numerous dechallenges and rechallenges combining into a continuous dose-response relationship on a population level. This is unusual and powerful proof of a causal association.
“Dechallenge” is the withdrawal of the administration of a drug from a person after they have been taking it. If adverse symptoms suffered by the person diminish with withdrawal of the drug, that is evidence the reaction is caused by the drug. “Rechallenge” is where the same drug is reintroduced and the adverse reactions start again. This is standard well-known and well-accepted pharmacological science. “Spontaneous” means you do not have to carry out a drug trial. If it happens to an ordinary patient at any time anywhere but is well documented, that can be sufficient proof.
Here, we see the Honda/Rutter paper in conjunction with the Nakatani paper providing us with a large number of examples of dechallenges and rechallenges. This is not in a few individuals but in large samples of the child population of Japan. And the dechallenges and rechallenges are well documented in published peer refereed papers.
The Terada paper also shows us that in this sample Japanese population (hence the term “population level”) the dechallenges and rechallenges combine to show us a population level dose-response relationship. That means we see the adverse effects increasing and decreasing in proportion to the quantity of the pharmaceutical (here vaccines) administered to the sample population. That is powerful as proof of a causal association between the vaccines and autistic spectrum disorders. You can read further about the power of dechallenge and rechallenge evidence in this peer refereed medico-legal paper by Professor Donald Miller MD, professor of surgery at the University of Washington and published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons:-
On Evidence, Medical and Legal
The Honda/Rutter graph shows that autism incidence was rising over the entire period from 1988 to 1996. Thus this is more evidence to confirm the world autism pandemic, and which is other evidence the Honda/Rutter authors had before them which they did not deal with.
It is appropriate to ask:
Addendum – Additional Graphs
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Notes on terminology:-
In the US the official diagnostic definition of what we call “Autism Spectrum Disorders” or ASD are instead called “Pervasive Development Disorders” or PDD for short. That is under the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edn)” or “DSM IV” for short.
“Autistic Spectrum Disorder” is the term applied internationally under the “ICD” or “International Classification of Disease”
Many refer to ASD and PDD as “autism” but “autism” is a subset of the spectrum and is often referred to also as “childhood autism”, “typical autism” and “Kanner autism”. [The common behaviours like hand flapping, loss of eye contact and suchlike in young children are unmistakable, whereas other spectrum disorders like mild Aspergers Syndrome can be more difficult to diagnose.]
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Compulsory Vaccination for Wales
A Welsh politician is reported to be calling for a debate in the Welsh Assembly on making the MMR vaccination compulsory in Wales. BBC news reports that Torfaen Assembly Member Lynn Neagle believes Wales should follow the example of the US, where children who are not vaccinated cannot start state school.: Call for debate on compulsory MMR BBC News 1st June 2009.
This follows within days of the news of moves for compulsory vaccination for all in England – UK Compulsory Vaccination Imminent. The difference in Wales is that there is a call for a debate. In England that has not happened. If the model for England is extended to the rest of the UK then a debate in Wales could be academic.
It has long been recognised mumps and rubella vaccination are not necessary and of little or no clinical benefit to children whilst putting them at risk of adverse reactions to the vaccines. In contrast children who develop the natural disease gain lifelong immunity.
When a child suffers a serious vaccination injury the parents are left to cope alone with the Government, health officials and the medical professions denying the problem. Parents should retain responsibility for their children’s upbringing and not have it taken over by the State.
Parents who vaccinate their children against mumps need to be warned of the risk. The mumps vaccine is failing with vaccinated individuals catching mumps after puberty [references below]. Mumps after puberty can result in one in four cases of adolescent and adult males suffering an atrophied [shrivelled] testicle and possible sterility: Government Risks Male Sterility As Mumps Vaccine Fails. Recent research indicates the weaker vaccine immunity wanes but unvaccinated individuals are not catching mumps [references below].
With the absence of choice over single vaccines the UK’s New Labour Government has created the situation in which they claim children will die if not vaccinated [a grossly exaggerated claim] yet deny worried parents who do not trust the government or health officials the option of single vaccines. This is irresponsible. Government must make single vaccines available now compulsion is proposed.
The push for expanding vaccine programmes like the questionable HPV vaccine for schoolgirls [HPV Vaccine Questioned Internationally] is not driven by public health need but by the drug industry changing its business model from the one the financial markets have long known was failing – of blockbuster patented drugs – to others including one like that which made Bill Gates billions – pretty much everyone must have Microsoft’s Windows software on their computer and everyone must be vax’ed. The financial lure for the drug industry is substantial.
Parents who are concerned should know that vaccination of children against mumps and rubella is medically unethical and can amount to a criminal offence if performed without fully informed consent.
Mumps vaccination was not recommended by the British Medical Association, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Ministry of Defence and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain from at least 1974. According to The British Medical Association (‘BMA’) and The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB):-
Since mumps and its complications are very rarely serious there is little indication for the routine use of mumps vaccine”: British National Formulary (‘BNF’) 1985 and 1986
UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and Ministry of Defence agreed as early as 1974 that:-
A reason unvaccinated individuals are not developing mumps as adults is that they are likely to have caught natural mumps as children asymptomatically [ie. they showed no symptoms]. It is also known that infection by “horizontal” transmission of the vaccine strain virus does occur. Asymptomatic infection is a known phenomenon and will have become more common in modern times as the infectious disease wanes and ceases to be a threat: Vaccines Did Not Save Us – 2 Centuries of Official Statistics
In contrast, the hypothesis put by the authors of the paper cited below makes little sense – they suggest the unvaccinated are not catching mumps as adults [when the vaccinated are] because of high vaccination uptake rates. If that were the case then the vaccinated would not be catching mumps as adults either.
VACCINATION NOT WORKING
The vaccination is not working as shown by peer reviewed paper attached from the Journal “Vaccine”:-
“Early waning of immunity in children after the second dose may contribute to reduced vaccine effectiveness for mumps prevention.” Effectiveness of Jeryl Lynn-containing vaccine in Spanish children – Vaccine (2009)
UNVACCINATED NOT DEVELOPING MUMPS
“The lack of cases among unvaccinated individuals may reflect the high uptake of vaccine, and an investigation is ongoing to determine coverage rates for the birth cohorts involved.”
Mumps outbreak on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, December 2008-January 2009 C Roberts1 , G Porter-Jones1 , J Crocker1 , J Hart 1 – Eurosurveillance [Volume 14, Issue 5, 05 February 2009]
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Asthma is not the only example of the problem nor are adjuvants the only cause of allergy in vaccines.
The overarching issue is public and child health safety on a rational scientific and medical expert analysis and no other kind. Instead we see label-libel of critics as “anti-vaccine” [but see “There Is No “Anti-Vaccine” Movement“].
And all this is for a ‘flu pandemic which does not exist and which official disease statistics show [unlike now] when one did occur in 1918 it was at a time when all disease mortality was high and which indicates strongly will never happen again: Vaccines Did Not Save Us – 2 Centuries of Official Statistics.
W.H.O. says there is a ‘flu pandemic?
The British Government has been caught lying this week in news reports in two British Sunday newspapers about a proposal to give 8 week old British babies Hepatitis B vaccinations.
A Department of Health spokesman was quoted claiming:-
The safety of children is always paramount whenever decisions are taken regarding what vaccines are included as part of the child vaccination programme.“: New vaccination fears over plan to give hepatitis jabs at eight weeks old Mail on Sunday 12th April 2009, Vaccination fears over plan for Hepatitis B jabs for babies : Sunday Telegraph 12 Apr 2009.
Only cost and not safety is legally permitted to be an objection under the UK New Labour Government’s new law in effect from April 1 this year [full details below]. Whilst 8 week old babies are not at risk from Hepatitis B, they are from the vaccine [full details below]. And six five EU Hepatitis B vaccines have lost their marketing authorisations since 2000, the latest being last week – GlaxoSmithKline’s Hepatitis B Energix B vaccine [full details below].
Hepatitis B vaccine has been shown in many peer reviewed research papers [including from Harvard University – detailed references at end] to be associated with numerous infant deaths in the USA and Europe, multiple sclerosis and numerous chronic auto-immune disorders. These latter include Guillain-Barre syndrome, lupus, rheumatism, blood disorders and chronic fatigue. The only potential claimed infant risk group is alleged to be babies born in the UK to mothers from countries with claimed-to-have high rates of infection. Around 2000 British born infants are already being vaccinated annually in the UK. At risk groups are intravenous “recreational” drug abusers and those who practice unsafe sex – which rules out 8 week old babies.
There has been a criminal judicial investigation in France into the adverse effects of this vaccine. France was the first country to introduce universal Hepatitis B vaccination and saw effects which included the first ever seen and harrowing cases of childhood multiple sclerosis in France.
Research also shows that the prevalence of Hepatitis B is low in the UK, consistent with previous estimates and suggesting that many infections were acquired outside the UK. This all suggests Government should concentrate its efforts on effective treatment rather than vaccination of infants against a disease which does not affect them. Proponents of the vaccination claim rates of Hepatitis B infection are “spiralling” but based on “estimates”. Regrettably “estimates” can be “pulled” in one direction or another depending on which direction those responsible for the “estimates” are more interested in seeing them move. And in these circumstances, they can never be justification for vaccinating all babies to protect adult drug abusers and practitioners of unsafe sex.
Additionally, UK and EU authorities have withdrawn marketing licences for 6 5 Hepatitis vaccines claiming a lack of efficacy in some cases, voluntary withdrawal by the applicant in others and denying in one case [Hexavac] any association with 6 infant deaths in Germany. The deaths were reported in a 2005 research paper as possibly caused by the vaccine: “Unexplained cases of sudden infant death shortly after hexavalent vaccination.” Zinka B, Rauch E, Buettner A, Rueff F, Penning R. – Vaccine. 2005 May 18.
The most recent vaccine to lose its authorisation was last Last week the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products regulatory Agency withdrew required recall of a batch of GlaxoSmithKline’s Hepatitis B Engerix B vaccine marketing authorisation with Professor Kent Woods, chief executive of the MHRA stating:-
The safety of the vaccine is not in question, but it is suspected to be ineffective.” MHRA recalls GSK’s Hepatitis B vaccine – 07 Apr 2009 – Regulatory Affairs – Hays Pharma News
The other most recent vaccine to lose its European marketing authorisation was Quintanrix [also from GSK] in August last year. The other vaccines are: Infanrix [GSK], Hepacare [Celltech] and Primavax [Aventis Pasteur].
So if ‘The safety of children is always paramount’ why the British Department of Health is even contemplating such a vaccine for 8 week old babies is beyond comprehension.”
But there is worse to come and it shows the UK’s New Labour Government has been irresponsible handing recently from 1st April 2009 legal power to dictate vaccination policy exclusively to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: UK Government Hands Drug Industry Control of Childhood Vaccination. The JCVI regrettably has a demonstrable track-record of recklessness on safety up to and including the present day, as shown in FOI documents: British Government’s Reckless Disregard for Child Health Safety and UK Government Hands Drug Industry Control of Childhood Vaccination.
The DoH statement published in The Mail on Sunday is also untrue because:-
Under the new law The Health Protection (Vaccination) Regulations 2009 which came into effect on 1st April for England only, the Secretary of State has no power on the grounds of safety to refuse to implement or reverse any Joint Committe on Vaccination and Immunisation recommendation
the JCVI expressly has no remit to take safety into account in its decision-making
[that role is supposedly the MHRA’s but regrettably they seem to rubber stamp a great deal of what the drug industry come up with – as has been shown time and again and not just with vaccines, but drugs like Seroxat – the “anti-depressant” shown not to work compared to placebo in some trials and which causes adolescents to be 3 times more likely to commit suicide in others.]
the only consideration the Secretary of State can take into account in rejecting JCVI recommendations is cost-effectiveness – not safety
contrary to the UK Department of Health claims, no childhood vaccines used on British children have ever been tested according to the gold standard of evidence – randomised placebo controlled clinical trials.
health officials refuse to ensure large scale studies of total health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals are carried out. These should show differences in overall health between these groups and some medical professionals believe this is because the studies would reveal the unvaccinated are healthier overall and high levels of chronic diseases in vaccinated individuals.
there is no clinical benefit to infants from Hepatitis B vaccine but infants are put at risk of the known and unknown adverse effects
this also means doctors and nurses are being expected to behave unethically and possibly criminally – because no caring parent will consent to a vaccine administered to an 8 week old baby on being told there are risks but no benefits
The main reason for the new drive to more and more vaccines – and this is well published in the trade press – is that the drug industry has been changing its business model. The financial markets have known for many years the old model would fail – that of patented “blockbuster” drugs:-
the drug industry have made vaccines the new growth area because they are highly lucrative
they are drugs everyone gets – it is the same business model of Bill Gates’ Microsoft – pretty much everyone has to have Windows software – pretty much everyone gets vax’d
and the drug industry has been working hard behind-the-scenes to pursuade everyone – especially legislators – that they are vital when they are not and lobbying for changes in law just like this new law – which was introduced without Parliamentary debate and appears to be unlawful per se: UK Government Hands Drug Industry Control of Childhood Vaccination
Dr Marc Girard, a specialist in the side effects of drugs and commissioned as a medical expert by French courts in the French criminal investigation into the introduction of universal Hepatitis B vaccination in France, suggests that even in high-endemic countries, the risk/benefit ratio of what he describes as “this unusually toxic vaccine” must be carefully re-assessed.
Regarding the health situation in the UK Dr Girard says the conclusion not to vaccinate is obvious. France was the first country to implement universal hepatitis B vaccination in 1994.
Whilst other evidence is embargoed by the French Courts, Dr. Marc Girard has also been able to publish a scientific review of the unembargoed evidence of the vaccine’s hazards (Autoimmun Rev 2005; 4: 96-100). Dr Girard shows that French health authorities suppress studies demonstrating serious risks.
Dr Girard has previously said:
Whilst the risk factors for babies have changed little, there is now impressive evidence that for a preventive measure, hepatitis B vaccine is remarkable for the frequency, variety and severity of complications from its use. The toxicity of this vaccine is so unusual that, even if crucial data are regrettably concealed or covered by Court order, scientific evidence is already far higher than normally needed to justify severe restrictive measures.“
UK & EU MARKETING AUTHORISATION WITHDRAWALS
MHRA recalls GSK’s Hepatitis B vaccine – 07 Apr 2009 – Regulatory Affairs – Hays Pharma News
Public Statement on Quintanrix (Common name: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine) Withdrawal of the Marketing Authorisation in the European Union – 29/08/08 – EMEA/424484/08
EMEA announces recommendation for suspension of the marketing authorisation for Hexavac – EMEA/297369/2005
EMEA Questions and Answers on the suspension of Hexavac – EMEA/304888/2005
EMEA Withdrawal of the Marketing Authorisation for the Medicinal Product Hepacare (Triple hepatitis B recombinant vaccine)EMEA/32933/02– 20/12/02
Public Statement on Hepacare (Triple hepatitis B recombinant vaccine)17/12/02 – EMEA/32933/02
Withdrawal of the Marketing Authorisation for the Medicinal Product Primavax (Diptheria, Tetanus, and Hepatitis B vaccine) – 04/12/00 – EMEA/H/2681/00
DEATHS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS
“Unexplained cases of sudden infant death shortly after hexavalent vaccination.” Zinka B, Rauch E, Buettner A, Rueff F, Penning R. – Vaccine. 2005 May 18
Vaccinations are considered to be the most effective and safe method preventing infectious diseases. Although hexavalent vaccines like Hexavac((R)) and Infanrix Hexa((R)) are assumed to be well tolerated and safe regarding the rate of immunity [Liese JG, Stojanov S, Berut F, Minini P, Harzer E, Jow S, et al. Large scale safety study of a liquid hexavalent vaccine (D-T-acP-IPV-PRP-T-HBs) administered at 2, 4, 6 and 12-14 months of age. Vaccine 2002;20:448-54; Mallet E, Fabre P, Pines E, Salomon H, Staub T, Schodel F, et al. Immunogenicity and safety of a new liquid hexavalent combines vaccine compared with separate administration of reference licensed vaccines in infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000;19:1119-27], it was noticed that several cases of death occurred shortly after the vaccination. We report six cases of sudden infant death that occurred within 48h after hexavalent vaccination. At post-mortal examination, those cases showed unusual findings, especially in the brain and in laboratory tests. Crude calculations of local epidemiology are compatible with an association between hexavalent vaccination and unusual cases of sudden infant death. If confirmed in systematic studies, our findings would have potentially serious clinical implications.
Neonatal Deaths After Hepatitis B Vaccine – The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1991-1998 – Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:1279-1282
Results: Of 1771 neonatal reports, there were 18 deaths in 8 boys and 9 girls (1 patient unclassified). The mean age at vaccination for these 18 cases was 12 days(range, 1-27 days); median time from vaccination to onset of symptoms was 2 days (range, 0-20 days); and median time from symptoms to death was 0 days (range, 0-15 days). The mean birth weight of the neonates (n = 15) was 3034 g (range, 1828-4678 g). The causes of death for the 17 autopsied cases were sudden infant death syndrome for 12, infection for 3, and 1 case each of intracerebral hemorrhage, accidental suffocation, and congenital heart disease. Conclusion: Few neonatal deaths following HepB vaccination have been reported, despite the use of at least 86 million doses of pediatric vaccine given in the United States since 1991. While the limitations of passive surveillance systems do not permit definitive inference, these data suggest that HepB immunization is not causing a clear increase in neonatal deaths.
Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis
NEUROLOGY 2004;63:838-842
A prospective study
Miguel A. Hernán, MD, DrPH, Susan S. Jick, DSc, Michael J. Olek, DO and Hershel Jick, MD
From the Department of Epidemiology (Dr. Hernán), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program (Drs. Susan S. Jick and Hershel Jick), Boston University, Lexington, MA; and Department of Neurology (Dr. Olek), College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine.
Background: A potential link between the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been evaluated in several studies, but some of them have substantial methodologic limitations.
Methods: The authors conducted a nested case-control study within the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) in the United Kingdom. The authors identified patients who had a first MS diagnosis recorded in the GPRD between January 1993 and December 2000. Cases were patients with a diagnosis of MS confirmed through examination of medical records, and with at least 3 years of continuous recording in the GPRD before their date of first symptoms (index date). Up to 10 controls per case were randomly selected, matched on age, sex, practice, and date of joining the practice. Information on receipt of immunizations was obtained from the computer records.
Results: The analyses include 163 cases of MS and 1,604 controls. The OR of MS for vaccination within 3 years before the index date compared to no vaccination was 3.1 (95% CI 1.5, 6.3). No increased risk of MS was associated with tetanus and influenza vaccinations.
Conclusions: These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that immunization with the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine is associated with an increased risk of MS, and challenge the idea that the relation between hepatitis B vaccination and risk of MS is well understood.
Received March 31, 2004. Accepted in final form May 8, 2004.
“Multiple sclerosis and hepatitis B vaccination: Adding the credibility of molecular biology to an unusual level of clinical and epidemiological evidence” Comenge Y; Girard M (Med Hypotheses, doi 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.08.012)
“Autoimmune hazards of hepatitis B vaccine” Girard M (Autoimmun Rev 2005; 4:96-100) (Text available in electronic form on request.)
Low Prevalence in The UK of Hepatitis B and Infections acquired abroad
The prevalence of hepatitis B infection in adults in England and Wales – Epidemiology and Infection (1999), 122:133-138 Cambridge University Press
Cost effectiveness analyses of alternative hepatitis B vaccination programmes in England and Wales require a robust estimate of the lifetime risk of carriage. To this end, we report the prevalence of infection in 3781 anonymized individuals aged 15–44 years whose sera were submitted in 1996 to 16 microbiology laboratories in England and Wales. One hundred and forty-six individuals (3·9%) were confirmed as anti HBc positive, including 14 chronic carriers (0·37%). The prevalence of infection and carriage was higher in samples collected in London and increased with age. No increased risk of infection was seen in sera from genito-urinary (GUM) clinics. Only 15 sera positive for hepatitis B were also positive for hepatitis C. Our results confirm the low prevalence of hepatitis B in England and Wales, are consistent with previous estimates of carriage and suggest that many infections were acquired while resident outside the UK. Future prevalence studies should determine the country of birth and other risk factors for each individual in order to confirm these findings. (Accepted September 14 1998)
Two new medical papers in Vaccine and Eurosurveillance respectively show this 10th April 2009 Daily Mail story – Students suffering as cases of mumps treble – is wrong about the reasons for adult mumps outbreaks.
The new medical papers show:-
the mumps vaccine is failing – with vaccinated individuals catching mumps as adults
but unvaccinated individuals are not
Mumps in adults but not children can cause an atrophied testicle and (rarely) male sterility. Mumps outbreaks in older individuals is a known effect of introducing vaccination. It pushes childhood diseases into the adult population. [A known concern with chickenpox vaccine is serious shingles outbreaks in the older population.]
Children who catch mumps naturally gain lifelong immunity but are at no risk of atrophy or sterility. Mumps vaccination was not recommended by the British Medical Association, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Ministry of Defence and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain from at least 1974 and prior to the 1988 introduction of the MMR [see below].
A reason unvaccinated individuals are not developing mumps as adults is that they caught natural mumps as children and this may have been asymptomatic [ie. they showed no symptoms]. Asymptomatic infection is a known phenomenon and becomes more common as the severity of infectious diseases wanes in the population over time.
MUMPS VACCINATION NOT RECOMMENDED – BMA, JCVI & RPSGB
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Initiative (Year Two)
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Written by David 2016-10-21 2017-01-08
Dust: Part 51
“Wow, I really do glow…” Keegan said as they viewed both pieces of footage side by side on Rick’s laptop…
“So I was just fine all day, other than a headache I had around noon, but I think that was just a bit of dehydration…” Keegan said over chat after work…
Day 19: Subject has escaped containment by blocking the sedative and triggering an activation…
When he finished his moment of staring blankly into space, Keegan gave a little victory shout and raised his fists in the air.
“Let’s see…” Keegan said to himself as he began planning his escape…
For Keegan, life became like a constant bad night when you can’t stay asleep. Repeatedly he would wake up to the dark room, lie still for what seemed like hours, then the burning headache would return and ravage him until the machine kicked in and returned his sleep…
“So what do we do tomorrow morning when he is supposed to be at work?” Rick asked over chat on Sunday afternoon…
Tamaya ran back to Keegan’s place as fast as she could while trying to remain as inconspicuous as possible. As she reached the door she bumped into Rick.
Keegan wandered aimlessly, his brain burning in his skull…
“So you’re saying that the experiment is behaving differently than it is supposed to?” Keegan asked as Tamaya finished explaining her theory…
By the time Keegan made it back to his house it was a bit late for messaging, but he sent one anyway…
As much as he wanted to deny it, Keegan was getting quite concerned…
The part numbered 39 in the story titled Dust.
As Keegan lay down to sleep, he deliberated over whether or not he should say anything about the flashbacks he was getting…
Another installment of that one story called Dust.
In which stuff happens.
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Dough at 12:00 AM on 1/10/2021
Location: 911 N.E. 50th Street at Roosevelt
Website: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/seattle/seven-gables-theatre
Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean, Game of Thrones) and Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine) star in this hilarious new comedy that shows you don't have to be baked to make some Dough! An old Jewish baker (Pryce) takes on a young Muslim apprentice (Jerome Holder) to save his failing London kosher bakery. When his apprentice's marijuana stash accidentally falls in the mixing dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves! Dough is a warm-hearted and humorous story about overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in unexpected places. Opens April 29 at Seven Gables Theater http://www.landmarktheatres.com/seattle/seven-gables-theatre http://www.menemshafilms.com/dough
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How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change at 12:00 AM on 1/10/2021
Location: 4329 University Way NE
Website: http://www.howtoletgomovie.com/
In "How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change," Oscar Nominated director Josh Fox ("Gasland") continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change – the greatest threat our world has ever known. Traveling to 12 countries on six continents, the film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences and asks, what is it that climate change can’t destroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away? Director Josh Fox will be in attendance in Seattle on May 20. Please note: Viewing times may be subject to change. Check website for updated schedule.
Shen Yun World Tour 2018 at 12:00 AM on 1/10/2021
Location: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
321 Mercer Street
Email: sk.shenyun@gmail.com
Website: https://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/seattle/marion-oliver-mccaw-hall
Consisting of about 20 pieces, a Shen Yun performance takes you to a magic journey through 5,000 years. Breathtaking animated backdrops, exquisite hand-made costumes, high flying leaps, thunderous drums, and mesmerizing live orchestra music will transport you to another world.
In Context - A Seattle Art Fair Satellite exhibition at 10:00 AM on 1/10/2021
Location: 220 S. Jackson St.
End Time: 9:00 PM
Email: tecnos@gmail.com
Website: www.incontextseattle.com
In Context: A four day exhibition of site specific work by 14 Seattle based artists, an important new Seattle Art Fair Satellite Seattle, Washington, July 13, 2016 - In Context is a unique, four day exhibition of the work of 14 dynamic, established and popular Seattle based artists. This Seattle Art Fair satellite exhibition spans a variety of media including drawing, sculpture, installation, video, and performance that will take advantage of the exceptionally elegant, historic space in Pioneer Square at 220 S. Jackson Street at 3rd Ave just one block north of King Street Station. Curated by artists Barbara Robertson and Ann Marie Stillion, In Context is free and open to the public during the Seattle Art Fair weekend, beginning August 4th and ending on Sunday, August 7th with a closing reception and a performance by Mary Welch. The artists selected for this special exhibition are: Pat De Caro, Marita Dingus, Eva Isaksen, Etsuko Ichikawa, Anna McKee, Mary Ann Peters, Tracy Rector, Barbara Robertson, June Sekiguchi, Ann Marie Stillion, Kate Sweeney, Mary Welch, and the team of Amanda Knowles and Emily Gherard. Located at 220 S. Jackson Street at 3rd Avenue, Seattle, Washington Hours of operation: Thursday, August 4 through Sunday, August 7th, 10:00 am- 9:00 pm + Opening reception: Thursday, Aug. 4 from 5-8 pm. ?+ Nightly live performance tableau, "Say La Vie," from 7-8 pm (Aug. 4-7) by Mary Welch. ?+ Friday, Aug. 5 at 6 pm, selected exhibiting artists will present a panel discussion on the state of the women in the arts.?+ Closing night reception and special extended performance tableau of "Say La Vie," by Mary Welsh from 6-8 pm Supported in part by City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and Fell from the Sky, a non profit support organization for women artists. Also in collaboration with Sand Point Arts and Cultural Exchange, Alliance for Pioneer Square and Samis Land Co. and satelliteseattle.com, the official calendar for the Seattle Art Fair.
SPT’s Youth Program Presents Mary Zimmerman’s THE ARABIAN NIGHTS at 3:39 PM on 1/10/2021
Start Time: 3:39 PM
Location: 7312 W. Greenlake Dr. N
Email: pr@seattlepublictheater.org
Website: www.seattlepublictheater.org
SIX [free] performances: Friday, July 18 @ 7pm, Saturday, July 19 @ 7pm, and Sunday, July 20 @ 2pm, Friday July 25 @ 7pm, Saturday July 26 @ 2pm & 7pm. Admission to all youth performances are free to the community. Donations are encouraged to support SPT’s Theater Youth Program and to offer student tuition assistance. Experience tales of love, madness, comedy, and dreams in Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of the legendary Scheherazade’s storytelling marathon. To prevent her crazed husband, the cruel ruler Shahryar, from murdering her, Scheherazade stretches her tales for 1,001 nights. With singing, dancing, richly drawn characters, poetry and slapstick, this wonderful blend of the lesser-known tales from The Arabian Nights is all about how the magic of storytelling holds the power to change people.
Any Day: Artists on Death Artists’ Reception at 6:00 PM on 1/10/2021
Location: Seattle, WA 98102
Guest curated by artist and Kang-O’Higgins Atelier graduate Elana Winsberg, Any Day is a dialogue about death. The exhibition includes painting, fiber work, prints and installation by Mitch Albala, Josie Furchgott Sourdiffe, Sam Hamrick, Emma Jane Levitt, Kathy Liao, Greg Lundgren, Iskra Johnson, Memuco, Pamela Durga Robinson, Kurt Vance, Margaret Swanson Vance and Elana Winsberg. Any Day is dedicated to the sensitive exploration by artists who are compelled to make work illuminating the many facets of death, life before death and life after death. CONCURRENT ARTIST LECTURE: Greg Lundgren: Ritual, Legacy, Memorial and the Role of the Contemporary Artist – Thursday, September 18/7:00PM
SPT’s Youth Program Presents Anton Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD at 7:10 PM on 1/10/2021
Location: 7312 West Greenlake Drive N.,
Chekhov’s classic, THE CHERRY ORCHARD is a Russian DOWNTON ABBEY, a genuine and truthful comedy of the absurd, full of great poignancy and delicious ridiculousness, populated by characters who live at the brink of laughter and tears, in lives both great and inconsequential. Five [free] performances: Saturday, May 24 @ 2pm, Sunday, May 25 @ 7pm, Monday, May 26 @ 7pm, Saturday, May 31 @ 2pm, and Sunday, June 1 @ 7pm. Admission to all youth performances are free to the community.
Paraguayan Harpist Alfredo Rolando Ortiz in Concert at 7:30 PM on 1/10/2021
Location: 13th Church of Christ Scientist
3500 NE 125th St.
Seattle (Lake City), WA 98125
End Time: 10:00 PM
Email: cslakecity@gmail.com
Website: www.christiansciencelakecity.com
Alfredo Ortiz is an internationally acclaimed soloist on the Paraguayan harp: composer, author, educator and Gold Record-winning recording artist.
SPT’S Youth Program Presents Mary Zimmerman’s METAMORPHOSES at 8:56 PM on 1/10/2021
Seatle, WA 98103
Prepare to be transformed. Tony Award-winning Mary Zimmerman’s smash hit Metamorphoses is a play of such grace and beauty that the memory of it lingers long after the lights have gone down. Written to be performed in a pool of water, the staging of SPT’s Youth Program production makes ingenious use of all theatrical elements to conjure the force of Ovid’s myths into gorgeous imagery, provocative moments, and breathtaking storytelling. Experience magic and enchantment, bawdy humor and deep sincerity, told in a provocative mix of both contemporary and classic styles. “This is an intelligent, imaginative, kind, and creative ensemble,” says SPT Education Director, Shana Bestock. “They move with ease and confidence, and I happily step out of their way as they individually and collectively solve problems, make personal acting breakthroughs, triumph over the exhaustions and pressures of school, and achieve moments of great joy and beauty onstage.”
"First Ten Years of American Communism" Socialist Feminist Discussion Group at 12:00 AM on 1/11/2021
Location: 5018 Rainier Avenue South
Email: mitch.vega.fsp@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/238809930094129/
This collection of letters and articles by James P. Cannon, one of the founders of U.S. communism, focuses on the years 1918-1928. Cannon gives a personal overview of the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World) out of which he emerged, and goes on to describe the founding of the Communist Party, which was inspired by the 1917 Russian Revolution. In 1928 Cannon established the U.S. wing of the Trotskyist opposition movement, which split from Stalin’s bureaucratic and increasingly nationalist direction. This book addresses the questions: who popularized Marx, Trotsky, and Lenin’s ideas among working-class Americans and why didn’t a similar revolution happen here? How did these ideas influence Black liberation and other civil rights movements in their infancy? These questions and more are the subject of this weekly study group. Everyone welcome. Monday nights beginning August 13 from 7:00-8:30pm Snacks available at 6:30pm for a small donation. New Freeway Hall 5018 Rainier Ave S. Seattle On #7 bus line and near the Columbia City light rail station Copies of the text available for sale at each session. For info, call 206-722-2453 or email FSPseattle@mindspring.com | www.socialism.com Sponsored by Freedom Socialist Party
Alzheimer's Association West Seattle Caregiver Support Group - Daytime Offering at 2:54 PM on 1/11/2021
Location: Providence Mount St. Vincent, East Dining Room
4831 35th Ave. SW
Phone: 206-937-3701 x 28578
Website: http://www.alzwa.org
Caring for someone with memory loss? Need support and information? Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support groups provide a place for caregivers to learn and gain support from others caring for a person with memory loss. Support groups also serve as an opportunity for participants to receive information on care management, available services, and current research and treatment options. A free support group for unpaid care partners, family members and friends of individuals with memory loss is held the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at Providence Mount St. Vincent, East Dining Room, 4831 35th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98126. Contact facilitator Martha Smith at 206.937.3701 x 28578 for details.
Mindfulness Meditation at 7:00 PM on 1/14/2021
Location: 2910 W. Smith St.
Email: russell@russellregan.com
Website: mindfulnesspugetsound.,org
Every Thursday evening. 7-8:30pm. In tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Magnolia UCC. Use side entrance on Edgemont Way W. Web: mindfulnesspugetsound.org
New Podcast Series for U.S. Private Home Decision Makers-Saturdays 9PM (United States) at 9:00 PM on 1/15/2021
Location: 609 SW 150th St Unit 66144
Email: ministryofthehome@gmail.com
Website: http://rb-roberts.mycylex.com/
Hi. If you're a private home decision maker (person who owns, rents, or leases a private home, I've got a new podcast show online devoted specifically to you: "Private Home Decision Makers U.S.A." The title of this show "Private Home Decision Makers - U.S.A. - Road to the Future, Today" is a literal call to action for you to begin taking more informed steps today to ensure the success of your contract-related home projects presently, and far into the future. You're going to do this through learning more about how to identify and demolish traditional beliefs and practices in the realm of contract-related home maintenance and improvement which potentially set you up for failed projects. This and the podcasts to follow every Saturday evening at 9PM are very much in your favor towards making better decisions about and getting better results from the people you hire to assist with your special home projects. Podcast Series: Private Home Decision Makers - U.S.A. When: Saturdays Time: 9 PM Show Host: R.B. Roberts (Volunteer Home Projects Consultant - HGRBS) Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rbroberts-homeconsultant As always it's a pleasures and a great honor serving you! GOD BLESS YOU, YOUR FAMILY, & YOUR HOME! Prepared & Published by R.B. Roberts in association with HGRBS
Alzheimer's Association Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver Support Group at 11:42 AM on 1/16/2021
Location: Alzheimer's Association
100 W. Harrison St., North Tower, Suite N200
Website: www.alzwa.org
Caring for someone with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)? Need support and information? Alzheimer’s Association FTD caregiver support groups provide a place for FTD caregivers to learn and gain support from others caring for a person with FTD. Support groups also serve as an opportunity for participants to receive information on care management, available services, and current research and treatment options. A free support group for unpaid care partners, family members and friends of individuals with FTD is held the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:30am-12:00pm at the Alzheimer’s Association in Lower Queen Anne, 100 W. Harrison St, North Tower, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98119. Contact facilitator Karin Miller at 206.915.6682 for details.
New Podcast Series for Private Home Decision Makers at 9:00 PM on 1/16/2021
Website: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rbroberts-homeconsultant
The podcast is sponsored by Blog Talk Radio. It is aggressively home maintenance and improvement policy oriented, with special emphasis on private home decision makers arriving at better decision about and getting better results from the people hired to assist with special home maintenance and improvement projects.
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Since 2015, insurance and banking group Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) has been going through a process of managed separation, demerging into four stand alone companies. The separation from their parent company gave OMW the opportunity to consider, identify and define aspects of their new organisation such as their culture and organisational values.
To make the process truly representative, OMW wanted to engage as many of their colleagues as possible and give them the opportunity to offer their opinions in the discussion around the company values. Taking into consideration the identified value of innovation, OMW recognised that the methodology itself for collecting opinions should embody and be representative of a new forward way of thinking.
The project team had three weeks to recruit 250 participants, who were dispersed all over the world, collect their input into the values and summarise the responses into a final recommendation for the Executive Committee. The only solution, which also minimised disruption to the business, was to run the meetings virtually, with participants attending from their own desks.
We devised ‘Values Jams’ – a series of four online collaborative virtual meetings held over three weeks. Colleagues from across five businesses were divided into four random groups and attended the virtual meetings via conference calls. Using Crystal’s Collaborate App we captured and displayed participants opinions and inputs on their laptops and enabled voting throughout the process. Chris Elmitt, Crystal Interactive’s Managing Director, facilitated each virtual meeting. As well as ensuring that each participant understood the objectives for the meetings and how to use the app, Chris facilitated the discussion and guided interaction to maximise the outcomes of the sessions.
Over each of the four virtual meetings, the Collaborate App allowed each group to input suggestions, to simultaneously view those of other participants and ‘like’ content that they felt most closely achieved the activity objective. Through a series of activities and by voting on each input, the participants defined the organisations top ten descriptors, then narrowed these down to five and finally arrived at the top three.
Use of the Collaborate App in meticulously planned and orchestrated brainstorm sessions made an otherwise lengthy and complex process fast and easy. The recommendations generated by the consultation were accepted without amendment from a delighted Executive Committee two days inside of the three week deadline.
Old Mutual Wealth was previously part of Old Mutual plc, a FTSE 100 group that provides life assurance, asset management, banking and general insurance. As a leading investment business in the UK and internationally with over £100bn in investments for over 1 million customers, they exist to create prosperity for their customers.
It felt like an easy way to engage a lot of people quickly and efficiently.
Old Mutual Wealth Values Jam participant
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About Social Work Responds
The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the people and communities we serve.
Based on previous Social Work Responds e-mails and calls to action, our organizations want to share critical follow-up information.
ASWB has carefully considered offering the licensing exams online and determined that at this time it is not in the best interests of public protection, candidates, or the regulatory boards we serve. Read our full response.
CSWE joined with the American Council on Education and dozens of education associations in advocating for increased funding for colleges from congressional leaders. As students, faculty members, and colleges prepare for a new semester during the coronavirus pandemic, CSWE advocated for financial support from lawmakers in two letters on August 6, 2020. Read more about those letters and share your thoughts on CSWE Spark.
Leaders from multiple social work organizations including NASW, CSWE, the National Association of Black Social Workers, the Society for Social Work and Research, and others will co-host a Black Lives Matter town hall on Friday, August 14, at 2:00 (EDT) to discuss what the social work profession should be doing to advance antiracism. The event will be livestreamed via NASW Facebook Live.
We have discussed a variety of topics affecting the social work profession during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the social work profession has also spoken out about social justice and other challenges facing the diverse populations we serve. Despite challenges such as inadequate resources to meet exploding community needs, we serve clients and communities with the intrinsic belief that social work makes a difference. We have proven ourselves to be a profession of integrity, passion, and grit—and unapologetic champions for fairness and equity.
This is meaningful and enriching—but exhausting—work.
It’s no surprise that self-care remains one of the most popular conversations among social workers around the globe. We talk about it at our workplaces, in our professional development courses, and at our conferences. We take classes to learn new techniques for renewal and keeping job-related stress in check. And we encourage one another through our extensive social and professional networks.
Social workers have many different roles and positions in society, but one thing is consistent. The professionals who have committed themselves to serving people and communities most in need are at risk of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and ultimately burnout.
Social work students are feeling the stress of so much change, as well. Eighty percent of students reported in a recent CSWE survey that the pandemic negatively affected their mental health.
Numerous research studies have emphasized the individual social worker’s role in managing their own mental health and in balancing personal and professional boundaries. We know we need to attend to our mental, spiritual, emotional, physical, and social needs to be helpful to our clients, students, or constituents.
But all this focus on self-care may miss two equally critical and systemic elements in our plan to sustain well-being. One is the role our workplaces and employers play to ensure safety, inclusion, and growth, and the other is what our society owes its frontline and essential workers who risk their health and mental health during a crisis.
Specifically, it’s time to talk locally and nationally about what additional support is needed to ensure that social workers can function professionally at an optimal level while also living lives of fulfillment and joy. When social workers thrive, social work clients benefit the most.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)—In the early days of the pandemic, several NASW chapters sounded the alarm about the lack of PPE among social workers employed in health care and advanced care settings. Local governments took notice and passed legislation to ensure better protection for all frontline workers, due to their higher risks of COVID-19 exposure. Federal relief packages also allocate resources to keep workers safe. As we slowly move to reopen more sectors of civic life this fall, including schools and businesses, will we continue to prioritize the safety of our essential workforce?
Compensation—Congress is currently negotiating the next pandemic relief package, and hazard pay is among the potential provisions that may be included. NASW and CSWE continue to advocate for these supports. These packages are important in terms of the relief or support they provide and in shaping the national conversation about which work has what value based on who is providing the services. Further enhanced unemployment insurance provisions eased the early impact of a devastated consumer economy for many social workers. Will new calls for living wages and guaranteed incomes for social workers and the families they serve gain more traction as the nation braces for a possible resurgence of the virus in the fall?
Student Debt Relief—Social work students provide countless hours of community support through rigorous field practicum experiences and often continue that work into the first years of their careers. Will public service loan forgiveness programs encourage the best and brightest to stay in the most challenging areas of the profession after the pandemic, or will financial barriers limit who can pursue what types of social work?
Professional Development—There has been a welcome increase in the type and frequency of continuing education available on navigating COVID-19 and building a more antiracist society. This rich offering of online webinars, virtual conferences, town halls, and support groups gives social work professionals at every career stage new ways to engage with peers and cope with ongoing uncertainty. How can we sustain access to this exciting new level of scholarship and information sharing?
Telesocialwork—Emergency orders allowing telesocialwork in jurisdictions by social workers licensed in other jurisdictions have accomplished two objectives: ensuring client–social worker safety by limiting exposure to COVID-19 and providing greater client access to continued care, primarily when in-person sessions occur outside the jurisdiction where the client resides. When integrating telesocialwork services, practitioners may experience added work-related stress brought on by the need to develop the skills to use the new modality or challenges to address documentation requirements or client technology needs. Agencies and practitioners adopting this modality are encouraged to accomplish the integration in a way that supports a learning curve and meets regulatory and ethical requirements.
As a country, we have developed innovative responses to an unrelenting series of crises this year. We are giving ourselves permission to be kinder to one another and are more accepting of inevitable setbacks. We are also taking time to consider our own actions to address systemic inequality.
The rewards of practicing in our profession are significant. Achieving social work wellness requires a multifaceted approach with strategies employed at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. We have learned a lot since March, and we will continue to use those lessons to advocate for ourselves in service to others.
ASWB ACE has many approved providers that offer courses in recognizing burnout and secondary trauma for supervisors and administrators to support staff health and wellness.
As students, faculty members, and administrators prepare for the upcoming semester, CSWE will proactively address their needs as the educational landscape continues to shift in response to the spread of COVID-19. Visit CSWE's accreditation Web page for information on standards, compliance requirements, and options for fulfilling field education hours.
NASW’s new Affiliate Organization model aspires to engage more employers in providing direct professional support for their social work workforce. Interested organizations are asking NASW and its chapters to develop ethics training, advocacy education, and leadership enhancement opportunities for their social work employees. For more information, contact naswceo@socialworkers.org.
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Supporting our BAME staff membersCUHCOMMS2020-08-17T10:51:01+01:00
NHS England and Public Health England (PHE) have highlighted the disproportionate effects of the Covid-19 infection in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) population, including among health and social care workers.
David Wherrett, director of workforce, has written to members of CUH who have identified themselves as a member of the BAME community outlining our response and further areas of work that it taking place. The letter is available here: Impact of COVID-19 for colleagues from the BAME community.
Staff risk assessment
The latest risk assessment for staff is available here. The most recent version includes changes to the criteria within the orange risk group, including ethnicity.
In the first instance you and your line manager are asked to familiarise yourself with this tool. It is intended that all staff review the latest version, with particular focus on those staff with additional risk factors which may potentially lead them to a heightened level of risk (orange or yellow in the tool). This includes BAME staff, staff over the age of 55, who have pre-existing health conditions or a combination of these. It is essential for any staff with heightened level of risk to complete the assessment in full and follow the control measures as outlined plus additional controls agreed with your manager.
The OH team remain available to support and advise individuals and managers as helpful.
BAME staff health taskforce
We have established a Covid-19 BAME Staff Health Taskforce to review what we know about the position and the steps we can take here. The group includes infectious disease specialists, the Trust’s medical director and workforce director and representatives of the BAME staff network.
More information will be published next week, both locally and nationally. One of the immediate actions we are taking, in light of the emerging evidence relating to BAME staff, is to further understand our own data around infection rates, PPE training and COVID-19 testing. This data alongside the awaited national evidence and guidance will inform what further action we take to ensure the care and safety of all colleagues and patients which is our priority. This is a complex piece of work as the variables and all vulnerabilities are considered.
Bi-Weekly BAME Zoom – Wednesdays
Erica Chisanga, chair of our BAME network, along with Monica Jacot, equality, diversity and inclusion lead, have arranged bi-weekly Zoom meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. The next scheduled meeting is Wednesday 26 August, click here for details on how to join and notes from previous meetings.
The Trust’s Workforce Race Equality Standard
The Trust’s Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report and action plan is co-produced with our BAME staff network. It sets out actions to address and promote race equality at CUH, which include our BAME staff and director mentoring scheme.
Our latest WRES report and action plan are available on the Trust website.
Occupational Health support
We also invite you to link with the various support mechanisms we have for staff especially at this time. Please do call the occupational health helpline if you have any queries or concerns on 01223 216767 or ohschelpline@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.
1. NHS confederation BME leadership network member briefing April 2020.
The impact of COVID-19 on BME communities and health and care staff.
This briefing considers the evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on black and minority ethnic (BME) communities and health and care staff. It explores potential underlying factors, recommends areas for action and offers practical advice on how to mitigate risks. Intended for senior health and care leaders, it aims to inform decision making and influence change.
https://www.nhsconfed.org/-/media/Confederation/Files/Publications/Documents/BRIEFING_Impact-of-COVID-19-BME_communities-and-staff_FNL.pdf
2. BAME Covid-19 deaths – What do we know? Rapid data and evidence review. 05 May 2020.
https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/bame-covid-19-deaths-what-do-we-know-rapid-data-evidence-review/
The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) and University of Oxford
Authors: Abdul Razaq, Dominic Harrison, Sakthi Karunanithi, Ben Barr, Miqdad Asaria, Kamlesh Khunti. Edited by Prof Trish Greenhalgh
With data on COVID-19 in BAME populations emerging daily, this rapid review aimed to evaluate the evidence on plausible associations between ethnicity and COVID-19 incidence and adverse health outcomes in the general population and people working in health and social care.
3. Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others?
https://www.ifs.org.uk/inequality/chapter/are-some-ethnic-groups-more-vulnerable-to-covid-19-than-others/
Authors: Lucinda Platt, London School of Economics and Ross Warwick (IFS)
1 May 2020(IFS and Nuffield Foundation – IFS Deaton Review)
This report brings together evidence on the unequal health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on the UK’s minority ethnic groups, presenting information on risk factors for each of the largest minority groups in England and Wales: white other, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, black African and black Caribbean.
4. NHS Confederation
Guidance about use of PPE including cultural considerations
5. NHS Employers Risk assessments for staff
https://www.nhsemployers.org/covid19/health-safety-and-wellbeing/risk-assessments-for-staff
6. Faculty of Occupational Medicine
Risk Reduction Framework for NHS staff at risk of COVID -19 infection. 12 May 2020
https://www.fom.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Risk-Reduction-Framework-for-NHS-staff-at-risk-of-COVID-19-infection-12-05-20.pdf
Key HSJ articles:
https://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-deaths-of-nhs-staff-from-covid-19-analysed/7027471.article
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/trust-treating-all-bame-staff-as-vulnerable-and-at-risk/7027500.article Somerset Trust 27 April
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/bame-staff-should-be-risk-assessed-over-covid-concerns-says-nhse/7027531.article 29 April
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/revealed-the-nhs-plan-to-protect-bame-staff-from-covid-19/7027571.article 6 May 2020
https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/at-least-27-nationalities-among-nhs-staff-killed-by-covid/7027666.article
Analysis of data on 203 publicly reported deaths of health and social care workers from covid-19, shows a significant over-representation of BAME individuals. This is the third article in a series produced by Lesa Kearney, Simon Lennane, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Tim Cook
Partha Kar: “Covid-19 and ethnicity—why are all our angels white?”
Article by Omar Khan, Director of Runnymede Trust April 2020
“Coronavirus exposes how riddled Britain is with racial inequality”
Omar Khan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-racial-inequality-uk-housing-employment-health-bame-covid-19
7. Ethnic minority NHS staff share their stories
Kings Fund Report ‘A long way to go’:
https://features.kingsfund.org.uk/2020/07/ethnic-minority-nhs-staff-racism-discrimination/index.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=thekingsfund
8. New report: workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers
The NHS has one of the most ethnically diverse workforces in the public sector. However, year after year, staff from ethnic minority backgrounds report worse experiences in terms of their lives and careers, when compared with white staff. In addition, people from an ethnic minority background are under-represented in senior positions in the NHS.
The King’s Fund has published a new report, Workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers, looking at how NHS organisations are addressing race inequalities and inclusion in the workforce. The report is accompanied by the stories of 12 people from ethnic minority backgrounds who share their personal experience of working in the NHS.
9. Mental health and wellbeing support for our BAME communities
NHS England have commissioned Liberate Meditation to work with the NHS to provide staff free access to their meditation and mindfulness app. The app offers culturally sensitive and diverse meditations, curated for the BAME community, by the BAME community, aiming to reduce anxiety, alleviate stress and promote rest.
All NHS staff have access to this resource via the NHS People site: https://people.nhs.uk/help/support-apps/liberate-meditation/
10. King’s fund presentation
Prof David Willams Kings Fund presentation – COVID 19 Challenges for BME communities June 2019
Appraisal and Development Conversation in 2020
New NHS guidance for Ramadan
On call arrangements
Pay progression
Unsociable hours payments
Revised quarantine regulations, including if you need to make plans for travelling outside of Covid-19 travel corridors
Revised quarantine regulations – 14 August 2020
Shielding and red risk group staff members
Sickness absence, annual leave and carer’s leave
Agency use
Deployment pool – clinical and non-clinical staff
Frontline workers’ visas
Pay spending control panel
Registering on Bank – all staff
Black Lives Matter – What you can do as an ally
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Donate a Key
Custer Observatory Steinway Fund
Welcome to our fundraising site. Here is where you can select a key or case part to purchase and help us reach our goal of buying a Steinway Model A piano. Steinway makes the world’s finest piano, and we are excited to bring our community memorable musical experiences with the help of generous donors. Thanks for your help!
How it Works Donate a Key
The Custer Institute was founded in 1927 as a local astronomy group by Charles Elmer of the Perkin Elmer Corporation. The group built the Custer Observatory which has become a local historic community resource.
Custer Observatory, the largest and oldest public observatory on Long Island, has unique facilities including a new high-tech Zerochromat telescope, the largest of its kind in the US. Radio Observatory, museum, optical shop, lecture hall, library and cozy meeting room are some of the other features of the facility.
Custer is open year round to the public every Saturday night for observing the night sky through its many telescopes. Custer also offers public programs on many Saturday evenings prior to observing. Programs include concerts, lectures, art exhibits, classes, special events and more.
Our goal is to raise $80,000 for a Steinway Model A.
The Music Project at Custer Observatory is an arts and humanities program within the organization trusted with nurturing and embracing community diversity and uniqueness, with a special focus on musical and performing arts. Through a series of concerts and performances the Music Project provides a threefold educational purpose: 1) to provide firsthand experience of music, songs and dances of other cultures, 2) to explore the inextricable connection between music and science and 3) to offer a glimpse at the stars through the many telescopes on site with assistance from expert staff. The Music Project allows the entire community to join in the educational experience where culture, music and science meet.
We are seeking to add a high quality concert piano to the facility in order to expand the performances that the Music Project can offer to the public. Steinway pianos are known for their high standard of quality and are considered the world’s finest pianos by many concert artists. These fundraising efforts will help our facility to have one of the best available instruments for the community. Our goal is to raise the funding for the Steinway by the end of the 2018 year so that it will be available for the 2019 concert season.
Steinway & Sons Model A – Salon Grand Piano
At 6′ 2″ the Model A is known for delivering a “grand” sound in a medium-scale instrument. It offers power and warmth with a design that allows the solid spruce soundboard to freely and efficiently resonate, like its larger counterparts.
“Owing to its perfection, the Steinway gives the pianist, wherever he plays, absolute security.”
– Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Steinway Artist)
Please consider donating a key.
It only takes 3 easy steps to donate a key.
Select the key(s) you wish to donate on the Steinway model
Fill out the secure donation form with your donor & billing info
Your donation will be sent directly to the organization's administration. Thank you!
While any donation would be accepted and appreciated, we are looking to have donors purchase keys for a minimum donation $250 and/or a case part for $1,000. To purchase a key, please continue on below. To purchase a case part, please email Anne at anne.verticchio@gmail.com.
Step 1: Select Your Key(s)
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Connemara Coast Hotel
Due to new Covid-19 restrictions, we have closed our doors to normal business in line with the Government's announcement on Tuesday 22nd December. It is with a heavy heart that this has come to be however we stand united in playing our part towards keeping our staff and customers safe and well during these trying times.
The newest guidelines, announced on Wednesday 30th December have also closed gyms and leisure clubs, therefore the Coast Club Leisure Centre is now closed from Thursday 31st December.
We will keep you informed through our social media channels, namely Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with updates, news and information about the coastal retreat that is the Connemara Coast Hotel.
We look forward to reopening when it is safe to do so and on this note we would like to wish all our customers and friends a very Happy New Year and may 2021 bring relief and joy back into our world.
If you have a query, a future booking or a future event that you wish to plan and you need guidance, please contact our team on info@connemaracoast.ie or +353 91 592108.
Until then keep safe and well!
Is mise le meas,
Jonathan Kay – General Manager
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Second-hand cars: No warranty? No worries
Cars, Goods and Services
Victorians have been handed a huge win after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) confirmed that a car dealer can still be responsible for problems with a faulty car even where there is no warranty.[1]
Consumer Action’s client, Ehsan Talaeibarforous, issued legal proceedings against car dealer Kayenne Pty Ltd after the transmission in his car failed three weeks after purchase in April 2015.
VCAT found that Kayenne Pty Ltd had breached the Australian Consumer Law guarantee that the car be of ‘acceptable quality’ because the faulty transmission was significant, and its costs of repair, being between $4,000 and $10,000, were too high considering the car had been purchased for $9,700.
While the car was not covered by a statutory warranty under the Motor Car Traders Act 1986 (Vic), Deputy President Lulham confirmed that that ‘the absence of a statutory warranty does not remove the consumer guarantee’.
Deputy President Lulham stated that the Australian Consumer Law operates differently from the statutory warranty under the Motor Car Traders Act because ‘rather than merely requiring a trader to do a repair which will put the car “in a reasonable condition having regard to its age”, it may allow the purchaser to reject the car and obtain a refund’.
Mr Lulham found that ‘a “reasonable consumer” would not regard the car as “acceptable” even knowing that it had travelled almost 200,000 kilometres, it cost… a fair market price for a car with a durable transmission, it came with a free Integrity Warranty… but did not come with a statutory warranty. The defective transmission is too significant a defect, and its costs of repair are too high compared to the price of the car.’
Under the Australian Consumer Law, if goods are not of acceptable quality then regardless of whether the defect is major or minor, the supplier must carry out an effective repair. If the supplier refuses to carry out such a repair, the consumer has a right to reject the good and seek a refund.
Mr Talaeibarforous incurred in excess of $4,177.70 in costs after the transmission failed. The excessive cost and delay incurred by Mr Talaeibarforous highlights the need for a specialised dispute resolution forum for consumers grappling with motor car traders. The establishment of such a forum was a recommendation of the State Government’s Access to Justice review, released in October 2016.
This client is not available for comment.
[1] Talaeibarforous v Kayenne Pty Ltd (Civil Claims) [2016] VCAT 1523.
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Dune (2020)
Star Wars: The 15 Best Shots in The Force Awakens
By Patrick Cavanaugh - December 1, 2020 09:10 pm EST
The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens marked a pivotal entry in the galaxy far, far away, as it not only served as the first sequel to Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, but it also marked the first theatrical narrative that wasn't directly developed by series creator George Lucas, having sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012. While some fans were apprehensive about what this could mean for the series, others were immensely excited to see how J.J. Abrams would put a Star Wars film together, especially due to some fans being disappointed with Lucas' work on the prequel trilogy and their reliance upon boundary-pushing visual effects as opposed to the more practical approach to the original films.
Abrams was no stranger to intergalactic adventures, having already delivered audiences two Star Trek films, almost making his selection as a director seem like the most obvious choice to usher in a new generation of Star Wars stories. In this regard, some audiences were actually apprehensive about Abrams' perspective on the saga, leaving them worried that they would see him repeating too many of his familiar visual tricks.
Throughout the film, it's hard to deny the impact of seeing beloved characters grace the screen, making any shot featuring Leia, Han, or Chewbacca immediately engaging, though these sequences were only a taste of the visual riches the film has to offer. Regardless of any narrative directions the film explored, The Force Awakens struck the right balance of offering contemporary filmmaking sensibilities with familiar iconography, resulting in a number of shots that are just as striking when removed from the context of the narrative.
From depictions of the crumbled Galactic Empire to glimpses into a conflicted nature of a character, scroll down to see our picks for the 15 best shots from Star Wars: The Force Awakens!
Shadowed Presence
(Photo: Lucasfilm)
Bloody and Battered
Ruined Empire
Imposing Figure
Returning Pilot
Burned Relic
Brewing Storm
Growing Forces
TIE Sunset
Hatching a Plan
Tragic Ending
Snowy Showdown
Internal Conflict
Desperate Offer
What are your favorite shots in the film? Let us know in the comments below or contact Patrick Cavanaugh directly on Twitter to talk all things Star Wars and horror!
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2021 NHL Season Standings & Awards Predictions
January 13, 2021 Bradley Whitesell 0 Comments 2020-21 NHL Season, NHL, NHL Awards, Predictions, Stanley Cup Final
After over 100 days… the NHL’s return is here! The divisions, schedules and health & safety protocols have all been sorted out, and the NHL is set to return tonight! It’s time to take a look around the league, and give you my perspective on how this season will play out!
This division is intriguing, and very top heavy. The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Calgary Flames are locks for the top two spots in this division, and will be neck and neck as the season goes on. The final two playoff spots will be claimed by two of Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal and Winnipeg. I give the edge to Montreal and Edmonton to round out the top 4. Ottawa is moving away from their days as a basement team, but I don’t believe they’ll be competing for a playoff spot this season.
This division is arguably the strongest of them all. No matter what happens, a very good team will miss the playoffs. The Boston Bruins have taken quite the hit defensively this offseason, but I still think they’re far too good to be the odd team out. I have them finishing second this season. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington and Boston will be the four teams in. It wouldn’t surprise me to see any one of them finish first. Buffalo and New Jersey are the obvious bottom dwellers in this hard division. The New York Rangers are becoming a good team, but there’s a slim chance that they finish in the top four of this division.
The 2019-20 Western and Eastern Conference Champions are set to battle eight times this season, as the division alignments have set them together. The top three of this division are basically set in stone. Tampa Bay, Carolina, and Dallas are almost guaranteed to be the top 3. It gets tight after that, as I expect Columbus, Nashville, and Florida to have a tightly contested race for 4th until the final games of the season. Detroit is Detroit, good luck to them I guess.
Nathan MacKinnon has the potential to rack up an insane amount of points this season, especially since he faces the Horrific Trio of California teams so many times. Colorado will run away with this division easily. Los Angeles, Anaheim, and San Jose will be the clear bottom feeders of the division. The only thing I’m unsure of with this division, is the fourth spot. That will come down to Minnesota or Arizona, essentially a coin flip.
Awards Predictions
Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy
This race will be extremely tight. It will come down to Alex Ovechkin or Auston Matthews. It’s too bad David Pastrnak is missing time or else he’d be my pick. I’m going with The Great 8, Alex Ovechkin.
Art Ross Trophy
Playing against bad competition so many times will allow for this award to be won by Nathan MacKinnon. The lethal Edmonton duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will always contend for the Art Ross, but with the teams MacKinnon is going up against, I think he’ll take home the Art Ross.
Hart Memorial Trophy
Going off what I said for the Art Ross Trophy, I think Nathan MacKinnon will take the Hart as well.
Vezina Trophy
If Bruins’ goalie Tuukka Rask were to play enough games, I’d say he could have a strong chance of taking this trophy home, but with the best tandem in the league, the starts are probably gonna be too close to a split for him to win it. I think Carter Hart will snag this one.
James Norris Memorial Trophy
This is my one pick that’s out there. It’s a dark horse for sure, but I think Charlie McAvoy will take this. I just have that gut feeling he takes a tremendous leap and solidifies himself as one of the best in the game. His offensive production might not be enough to win it though, as this award is mainly the “Art Ross of defensemen award.”
Frank J. Selke Trophy
Patrice Bergeron, enough said. The new captain in Boston is primed to win his record setting 5th Selke Trophy. The man can do no wrong.
Calder Memorial Trophy
The first overall pick in the 2020 draft, Alexis Lafreniere will win this trophy. The Quebec native will face extremely tough competition in the East Division, but will fare well enough to take the trophy home.
The potential matchups for this season’s Stanley Cup Final are so exciting and weird. In a perfect world, we would get a Boston vs Montreal matchup. I’m predicting a Bruins-Avalanche Stanley Cup Final. This matchup would be one for the ages with so many story lines. The two top lines, Nazem Kadri vs Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy vs Cale Makar. I got the Boston Bruins winning it all, in seven games.
It feels so good to have hockey back. Let the games begin!
-Bradley Whitesell (@Bradiey98)
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November Rainfall Dubuque Regional Airport (0 miles) 2020 October November. Intense rainfall events drive a significant portion of nitrogen yields from agricultural fields. Well, not quite. Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea by Julia Izumi Live-Streaming November 6-7, 2020 Video-on-Demand rental November 13-19, 2020 Directed by Arpita Mukherjee What happens when a little rain cloud falls in love with a human? RELATED: Tropical Storm Eta dumps rain on an already flooded Florida At 10 p.m., the storm was centered about 65 miles (100 kilometers) east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. Meaghan Anderson (Region 7): “Central Iowa received anywhere from about 0.1 inch to small areas of over 4 inches of rain in the last week. Des Moines sunrise & sunset times for November 2020 Browse the sunrise & sunset times for Des Moines in November 2020. Rain may fall as snow in this month. On Sunday, the storm made landfall in the Florida Keys, where it doused parts of the state with rainfall. Highs look to stay in the 50s and 60s through next weekend. Most of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands received normal amounts of precipitation for the month. November Rainfall Ames, Ames Municipal Airport (0 miles) 2020 October November. In the wake of the system, some areas in the South may see temperatures exceed 20 degrees below average. Heavy rainfall drives a third of nitrogen runoff, according to new study. In 2019, Iowa got 41.9% of its energy from 5,590 wind turbines.. Those numbers are down this week, since Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy has shut down 46 of its 3,000+ giant Iowa windmills to investigate why Danish Vestas blades snapped off of two of its giant pinwheels in the past few weeks:. This rain was needed, but droughty areas are still <50% of normal rainfall for the last 60 days, so most areas got … You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Central and Western Iowa. Our high was 67 degrees, and the low was 31 degrees. ... Radar-estimated rainfall from June 9, 2020. There are usually 9 days with some rain in Des Moines, Iowa in December and the average monthly rainfall is 33mm. Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States, Volume 8.” Volume 8 of this publication covers the Midwestern States, including Iowa, and supersedes “Bulletin 71: Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the Midwest” (1992) as the most current precipitation data available. Soil moisture from the heavy rain year 2019 has been used up, … May 4-6, 2020 Forecast for Central Iowa By the end of the week, more rain is possible, especially Thursday into Friday. Find out during ISU Theatre’s “Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea,” a fast-moving, funny, whimsical play that grapples with what it means to be young, But eastern Midwest producers, after generally more favorable conditions in the 2020 spring, had a reminder of how the rain tendency in the Midwest is to a more frequent occurrence of heavy totals. The year is a little more than 50 percent over, and so far 2020 is stacking up to be a Top 3 year in terms of rainfall. Iowa sunrise & sunset times for December 2020 Central Iowa . With 29 named storms, 2020 … Rain may fall as snow in this month. Eastern Iowa 7-hour rain and snow forecast for Waterloo, IA with 24-hour rain accumulation, radar and satellite maps of precipitation by Weather Underground. Weather history for places in Iowa. 0122 pm tstm wnd gst burlington regional air 40.78n 91.12w 08/10/2020 m60 mph des moines ia asos 0200 pm tstm wnd gst clinton airport 41.83n 90.33w 08/10/2020 m74 mph clinton ia awos 0200 pm tstm wnd dmg 1 nne clinton 41.85n 90.23w 08/10/2020 clinton ia emergency mngr numerous reports of trees, limbs andpowerlines down in the county. KTIV Television 2929 Signal Hill Drive Sioux City, IA 51108 Switchboard: 712-239-4100 or 800-234-KTIV (5848) Email: ktivnews@ktiv.com New Snow in. JOHNSTON, Iowa — The National Weather Service released rainfall totals for the storms that passed through overnight. Map released on July 16, 2020. The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Results will be released to the public mid-2020. The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during May at cities, towns and lakes in Iowa. Source: U.S. Drought Monitor. Iowa Daily Precipitation Reports: Display Date: Showing 42 Records. *Station was down for maintenance. Central Iowa. (Radio Iowa) – While there have been scattered showers, parts of Iowa have had very little rain since mid-summer and the continued dry weather is drawing down soil moisture levels. In February and March 2020 – months that are part of the rainy season – precipitation dropped by more than 50% with respect to the climatology for those months. Parts of Iowa saw up to 9 inches of snow on Monday as a narrow band of frozen precipitation developed across the state. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Some farmers say our last few days of rain could actually hurt crops. Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. The Old Farmer's Almanac's extended forecasts can be used to make more informed decisions about future plans that depend on the weather, from vacations and weddings to gardening, hiking, and other outdoor activities. KTIV Television 2929 Signal Hill Drive Sioux City, IA 51108 Switchboard: 712-239-4100 or 800-234-KTIV (5848) Email: ktivnews@ktiv.com Posted Sep 18, 2020 11:55 am. during every decade of the 20th century. Most sites also have information on the number of days with wet weather. Across Iowa, the annual precipitation level averaged less than 33 in. Water resources managers on the West Coast need to know how this decrease in precipitation is related to the reduction of aerosols, given a potential second shutdown later this year. Sign up for our email newsletter by entering your email address. Results discovered through the survey will help communities make informed decisions about creating a new utility or for altering existing utilities. There are usually 8 days with some rain in Des Moines in November and the average monthly rainfall is 46mm. Total Snow in. Tropical Depression Cristobal brought heavy rain to much of eastern Iowa on Tuesday, June 9. Our interactive map allows you to see the local & national weather Meaghan Anderson (Region 7): “Most of central Iowa received anywhere from about 0.5″ to more than 3 inches in the last week. Meaghan Anderson, a field agronomist with … (KCRG) By Justin Gehrts. It had top sustained winds of 45 mph (17 kph) and was moving to the northeast at 17 mph (28 kph). The storm is part of an unprecedented hurricane season. See the latest Iowa Doppler radar weather map including areas of rain, snow and ice. All rain totals are measured in inches. *All weather data collected at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton may not reflect temperatures or rainfall amounts for other areas of east Texas. Posted on 10 November 2020 by KWBG From the Boone Water Environment Weather Station, Boone’s official rainfall from 8am yesterday to 8am today totals 1.44 inches. ISWEP completed surveying cities across Iowa in late 2019 and has published the results for member organizations. Again, the dry area seems to be missing all the rain, with Dallas and Boone County remaining particularly dry. An area of low pressure moving through the Appalachians will bring moderate to heavy rainfall, strong to severe thunderstorms, and snow for much of the eastern U.S. through Tuesday. Published: Jun. Date Time: Station Number: Station Name: Total Precip in. Updated: 12:28 PM CDT Jun 10, 2020 Metinka Slater Meteorologist Impressive rainfall totals in Iowa ... ACROSS EASTERN IOWA IN LINN COUNTY, THE HAVE RAIN TODAY ON TOP OF YESTERDAY’S RAIN. Rare remains of tropical storm to bring heavy rain to Iowa June 8, 2020 By Matt Kelley Remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal are expected to reach Iowa Tuesday morning, bringing heavy rain … Precipitation totals ranged from 150 to 300 percent of normal. This area of Iowa has had close to 4 inches below-normal precipitation since the first of June. See long range weather forecasts for the next 60 days for the Heartland Region. Indeed, Gainesville, GA (1891-2020) received 10.76 inches (273 mm) of precipitation, which was more than 6 inches (152 mm) above average, making this the 1st wettest October on record.
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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel: 'Bill Cassidy Lied To My Face'
Jimmy Kimmel tells the world what he thinks of Bill Cassidy's effort to screw up the healthcare system while claiming it passes the "Kimmel test"
3 years ago by Frances Langum
Jimmy Kimmel has come to the realization that Senator Bill Cassidy is a big fat liar, and that he was used by Cassidy to legitimize his current plan.
After showing Cassidy sincerely claiming he wants his bill to pass the "Jimmy Kimmel test," Kimmel agreed in principle that it might pass that.
"Your child with a pre-existing condition will get the care he needs, if and only if as his father is Jimmy Kimmel," he said. "Otherwise you might be screwed."
Kimmel then reviewed what Cassidy claimed he wants; namely, coverage for all, no discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, lower premiums for middle class families, and no lifetime caps.
"And guess what? The new bill does none of those things," Kimmel said.
After telling the audience that this bill is "worse than the one Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain torpedoed over the summer," he expressed his sincere desire for them to "have the good sense to do that with this one."
"They're trying to sneak this scam of a bill they cooked up...they don't even want you to see it," he observed.
Kimmel warned everyone that they're hoping no one pays attention, that they treat it like "an iTunes service agreement."
"And this guy, Bill Cassidy, just lied right to my face!"
For a guy who makes his living making people laugh every night, Kimmel sure did hit the nail on the head here. Cassidy is a liar, a cheat, and he used Kimmel and his infant son to try and pull the wool over everyone's eyes.
I'm glad he called it out.
Now there's a new Kimmel test for Senator Cassidy: It's called a "lie detector." Good luck, Senator Cassidy. You're going to need it.
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Mexican Summer US
ALLAH LAS
Lahs (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 2601. Rel: 31 Oct 19
Holding Pattern (4:12)
Keeping Dry (3:52)
In The Air (2:15)
Prazer Em Te Conhecer (3:06)
Roco Ono (4:01)
Star (4:10)
Royal Blues (2:33)
Electricity (3:00)
Light Yearly (4:00)
Polar Onion (2:50)
On Our Way (3:32)
Houston (2:12)
Pleasure (4:28)
Review: Sometimes bands just drip good vibes. Take Los Angeles' Allah-Las for example. We challenge anyone to find a groovier troupe, these guys boasting more infectious qualities than many viruses we know of. This, their self-referential latest album is like the culmination of all that has come before, not so much changing tact from the shimmering, delightfully loose and jangly strain of indie rock we have come to know them for but rather presenting the most finely tuned and honed interpretation of that sound to date. There are tones of Grateful Dead and Love peppered throughout this collection, which comes with moments such as the hands-held-aloft, sermon-like "Holding Pattern", the intensity of "Houston", and the journeyman instrumentation of Portuguese language country rocker "Prazer Em Te Conhecer". The result is something you're not going to forget in a hurry, as trippy and floaty as it is funky and dirty.
Lahs (CD)
Holding Pattern
Keeping Dry
Prazer Em Te Conhecer
Roco Ono
Light Yearly
Polar Onion
Scared Famous (2xLP)
Cat: MEX 2741. Rel: 29 Jan 21
Odditties Sodomies Vol 3 (LP)
Odditties Sodomies Vol 1 (2xLP)
Sit N' Spin (LP)
House Arrest (reissue) (2xLP + download code)
Cat: MEX 271. Rel: 24 Apr 20
Hardcore Pops Are Fun (4:25)
Interesting Results (2:45)
West Coast Calamites (3:50)
Flying Circles (4:07)
Gettin' High In The Morning (6:47)
Helen (4:16)
Every Night I Die At Miyagis (3:59)
House Arrest (5:05)
Alisa (2:57)
The People I'm Not (6:01)
Almost Waiting (4:54)
Oceans Of Weep (5:12)
Netherlands (9:11)
Higher & Higher (3:21)
Worn Copy (reissue) (2xLP)
Trepanated Earth (10:51)
Immune To Emotion (2:39)
Jules Lost His Jewels (3:51)
Artifact (4:49)
Bloody! (Bagonia's) (1:31)
Credit (3:24)
Life In LA (6:43)
The Drummer (5:01)
Cable Access Follies (2:15)
Creepshow (5:19)
One On One (3:06)
Oblivious Peninsula (4:20)
Somewhere In Europe/Hotpink! (4:31)
Thespian City (3:10)
Crybaby (3:23)
Foilly Foilbles/GOLD (8:08)
Jagged Carnival Tours (3:16)
Odditties Sodomies Vol 2 (reissue) (LP + insert + MP3 download code with obi-strip)
Cat: MEX 266. Rel: 23 Oct 19
Something About Michael Landon (2:39)
Stray Here With You (3:46)
Bolivian Soldier (3:30)
Gates Of Xiong (3:33)
Unwritten Law (4:08)
House Of Yesterday (4:50)
The World Is Yours (4:26)
This Night Has Opened My Eyes (3:09)
Go Go X2 (2:16)
Chart Beep (4:05)
The Law (1:14)
Driving To The Grave (4:03)
Party Zone World (3:09)
Underground (reissue) (2xLP + insert + MP3 download code with obi-strip)
My Molly (2:17)
Jack-Off (2:11)
Auto Vanity (1:33)
Spires In The Snow (2:04)
Crash Crash On The Drummer (1:41)
Bobby's On The Phone (2:39)
Ghost Town (2:58)
Rock Play (3:33)
Tractor Man (2:30)
Crusades (2:33)
I Love Her Still, I Always Will (3:19)
Underground (3:10)
Michelle (2:39)
Damage Done (1:55)
Something In Your Eye (2:42)
Don't Turn Back/2008 (5:07)
Nana (4:33)
Sensitive Man (3:49)
Depends On Everything (3:37)
Stop Grazing My Heart (1:33)
Let's Stay In The Past (2:41)
You're Too Late (4:22)
Another Weekend (7")
Cat: MEX 2407. Rel: 04 Aug 17
Another Weekend (4:10)
Ode To The Goat (Thank You) (2:41)
Dedicated To Bobby Jameson (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 2401. Rel: 14 Sep 17
Time To Meet Your God (2:42)
Feels Like Heaven (3:17)
Death Patrol (3:19)
Santa's In The Closet (3:04)
Dedicated To Bobby Jameson (3:51)
Time To Live (5:29)
I Wanna Be Young (2:37)
Bubblegum Dreams (3:13)
Dreamdate Narcissist (2:28)
Kitchen Witch (3:38)
Do Yourself A Favor (3:40)
Acting (feat Dam Funk) (4:32)
Review: Ariel Marcus Rosenberg's last album, 'Pom Pom' was a hyperactive hook-filled collage of nostalgic 80's lo-fi pop sounds and explorations of gender and sexuality against a backdrop of soft lysergic psychedelia. In comparison to this extroverted personality, 'Dedicated to Bobby Jameson' sees Pink take a more introspective turn, respectfully honouring the tragic story of cult musician Jameson's flash-in-the-pan career and descent into addiction. This album feels more controlled and considered than Pink's previous work, while dipping into the home-recording style that began his career. The pastiche of VHS psych, early-digital sampling, 80's rock'n'roll riffs and hypnotic lyricism are all present, and '...Bobby Jameson' is a cautionary tale that captivates and charms all at the same time.
Ensemble Live (12")
Cat: MEX 2771. Rel: 03 Dec 19
Eos (5:17)
Nzuku (6:37)
Kalimboid (5:18)
Reading A Wave (7:08)
Voices (4:48)
Ozu (2:29)
Autumn Piece (For Jiri Kovanda) (4:26)
Gespielt von: Blue Soul
Zebra (2xLP + MP3 download code)
Halflight Visions (4:57)
Fluorescences (5:48)
Folding Water (5:34)
Foam (0:21)
Parallelism (6:24)
Moving Target (4:48)
A Clearing (0:18)
Fiji (6:37)
Review: Alexis Georgopoulos, aka Arp, is based in Brooklyn, New York. Drawing on elevated kosmische atmospheres, minimalist classical composition, library, glam and leftfield disco influences, he has released music on RVNG, Beats In Space, Type, Opal Tapes and Emotional Response plus presented in galleries and like MoMA PS1 and the New Museum. A mutant offspring of diverse stylings, 2018's expansive Zebra LP is a post-everything symbiosis of ancient to future psychotropics. Using forward-looking production techniques, the album is a vast, shimmering prospect that emphasises points of connectivity, and pleasantly disrupts outdated boundaries between musical traditions, hierarchies and genre politics.
Gespielt von: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Crazy For You (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MXS 310053. Rel: 09 Aug 10
Our Deal
When The Sun Don't Shine
Bratty B
Each & Every Day
Jefre CANTU LEDESMA
A Year With 13 Moons (limited LP)
Cat: MEX 1981. Rel: 06 Feb 15
The Last Time I Saw Your Face
Mirror Of Past & Future
Pale Flower
The Twins/Shadows
Agate Beach
The Spree
A Portrait Of You At Nico's Grave, Grunewald, Berlin (For Bill K)
Gorlitzer Park
Along The Isar
At The End Of Spring
Review: San Fran-based multi-instrumentalist Jerfre-Cantu Ledesma pops up on Mexican Summer with an absolute peach of an LP! He's has been making music for no less than twenty years now, and has released on everything from Type to Last foundation and of course, his own excellent Root Strata label which has seen releases from the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never, Keith Fullerton Whitman and Grouper. A Year With 13 Moons is a 16-track journey into the depths of electronic gorgeousity, where mammoth-like waves of feedback splurge onto more docile soundscapes. Tracks like "Love After Love" or "Interiors", although dark and foreboding in places, retain an element of peace and tranquillity, something which Ledesma is just so damn good at. It's music for the open mind, an adventure into the most treacherous of calm waters.
Gespielt von: Juno Recommends Experimental, Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone
On The Echoing Green (LP)
Cat: MEX 212. Rel: 14 Jun 17
In A Copse (1:26)
A Song Of Summer (10:02)
Echoing Green (2:05)
The Faun (6:43)
Tenderness (4:57)
Vulgar Latin (2:57)
Autumn (1:22)
Dancers At The Spring (5:50)
Door To Night (1:58)
Review: Those with a passion for drone textures and off-kilter ambient recordings should already be familiar with the work of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. The New York-based Californian multi-instrumentalist has spent the last decade sauntering between labels, releasing a string of well-regarded albums in the process. On The Echoing Green is his second full-length for Mexican Summer. It sees him expertly blurring the boundaries between drone, ambient and dub techno, presenting a range of cuts that flit between clandestine moodiness, sparkling beauty and mood-enhancing bliss. Check, for example, the shoegaze-influenced brilliance of "Echoing Green" and "Tenderness", the distorted, intergalactic noise of "Vulgar Latin" and the layered field recordings of "Door To Night".
Tracing Back The Radiance (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 256. Rel: 23 Jul 19
Palace Of Time (20:28)
Joy (5:02)
Tracing Back The Radiance (15:01)
Review: Performed by an ensemble sporting an intriguing array of instruments (harp, bass clarinet, flute, violin, pedal steel, piano, synthesizer and vibraphone included), Jefre Cantu Ledesma's latest album is a wonderfully drowsy and evocative affair full of drifting ambient motifs, slowly shifting melodic movements and gentle, blink-and-you-miss-them solos. The scene is set magnificently by 21-minute opener "Palace of Time", where effects laden instrumental passages meander across the soundspace to the accompaniment of sporadic percussion and a lone, operatic voice. The aptly titled "Joy", with its haunting clarinet refrain and woozy vibraphone melodies, comes and goes all too quickly before "Tracing Back The Radiance" offers a triumphantly blissful conclusion to a brilliant and beguiling album.
Gespielt von: Juno Recommends Leftfield, Juno Recommends Ambient/Drone
Raw Honey (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 2481. Rel: 16 Apr 19
You've Got To Be Kidding (3:06)
Honey (4:29)
Lost In My Dream (4:59)
Fools (4:31)
If You Don't Know Now, You Never Will (4:49)
Wild Motion (4:52)
London Nightmare (4:07)
Ending On A Hi Note (1:36)
Raw Honey (CD)
You've Got To Be Kidding
Lost In My Dream
If You Don't Know Now, You Never Will
Wild Motion
London Nightmare
Ending On A Hi Note
Live (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 282. Rel: 10 Mar 20
Ain't So Hard To Do (2:46)
Track 10 (5:03)
Review: Swedish heavy psychedelic rockers Dungen are pretty incredible live on stage. Even if you've never seen them, the contents of this record are enough to assure you of that. There's palpable energy emitting from the speakers, a grungy but cosmic barrage of sounds that grab you almost from the off (aptly-titled opener "Track 1" introduces things via a gentile, bluesy warm up) before we're plunged into Led Zep-esque territories. To make that comparison would likely have the devout on both sides up in arms - it's lazy but nonetheless relevant. What's here is far from your average live-on-record offering; it's a true showcase of their famed and largely improvised shows, and real evidence of what they are capable of bestowing on us to keep if it weren't for the nature of studio albums themselves. A creative tour de force in action, laid down for all time.
Gespielt von: Juno Recommends Rock/Indie
Andras FOX
Vibrate On Silent (limited 12" + MP3 download code)
Ankle Snapper (feat Imhotep)
Driftwood Driftwood (feat 'The Preofessor' Gary Davis - instrumental)
So Glad
Mystic Beach
Review: Melbourne producer Andras Fox seems to be mellowing with age. While there's always been a breezy Balearic bent to much of his material, it used to come wrapped in the standard trappings of dancefloor-friendly deep house. This extended EP/mini-album for Mexican Summer sees him in full-on Balearic mode, layering delay-laden guitars, new age melodies and dreamy chords over a variety of shuffling, soft focus rhythms. It's an enjoyably fresh and melodious set, all told, with audible nods to the likes of Ron Trent and Larry Heard, as well as the new age ambient house sound of Cloudface, Confused House and DK. Highlights are naturally plentiful, from the chiming beauty of "So Glad", to the Vangelis-ish pulse of "Mystic Beach".
Gespielt von: Andrew Pirie (Melting Pot), Charles Maurice, Lexx, Ilija Rudman ( Imogen Recordings ), Sito / / Mischio Dischi Disco, Cedric Woo, Tarjei Nygard, Discomendments, Randy "Hotthobo" Ellis, Toby Tobias, Faze Action, Andy Bird, Marcelo Tavares(Deep Space Podcast), Juno Recommends Deep House, Nick The Record, Megadon Betamax, Steve Lee, Vorres (Vrrs), Jimini, Elie Eidelman, Untzz Twelve Inch, Moonboots, Kixnare, Roberto S, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Sasha Khizhnyakov, COYOTE is it balearic?, Nasty Boy, Michael Ozone, Bamboozle aka Eli Soul Clap, Shine Grooves
Reward (gatefold LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 2501. Rel: 24 May 19
Miami (5:18)
Daylight Matters (4:16)
Home To You (5:26)
Mother's Mother's Magazines (4:17)
Here It Comes Again (3:26)
Sad Nudes (2:54)
The Light (4:51)
Magnificient Gestures (5:01)
You Don't Love Me (3:06)
Meet The Man (3:57)
Review: It's been ticking on three years since Cate Le Bon gave us Crab Day, the Welsh singer-songwriter's third album before now. With horns very much a focal point in Le Bon's unique sound throughout the album, it's their fusion with synths that really accent their impact. Breezy, post-90s jazz numbers that nudge at memories of shoegaze and The Cranberries make their way into early sections of the album too, with playful French pop gestures finding their way through motifs of art rock and New Yorkian post punk and new wave. Given a slighty different slant as it's sung through a welsh guise, Le Bon's ability to carry celtic-like themes through her music furthermore adds to a subtle mysticism in her sound that's playful and bluesy with a folk touch.
MERING & ROSENBERG aka WEYES BLOOD/ARIEL PINK
Myths 002 (limited 12" + insert + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 230. Rel: 25 Jan 17
Tears On Fire (3:23)
Daddy, Please Give A Little Time To Me (1:41)
Morning After (3:55)
On Another Day (4:59)
Caramel (LP + insert)
Cat: MEX 179LP. Rel: 10 Dec 13
I'm The Man, That Will Find You
Do I Make You Feel Shy?
Why Are You Crying?
It's Your Body 1
I Wanna Roll With You
Gespielt von: Young Adults, Thomas wood
Magic Touch (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 2911. Rel: 20 Nov 20
Karolina (3:07)
A Moving On Blues (1:29)
Dudette (2:42)
Empty Nights (1:42)
Kick Around Johnny (2:07)
Sacred Place (3:48)
Do You Know Ida No? (3:20)
Having A Good Time (1:50)
I Came To Tell You In Plain English (4:17)
Losing My Way (4:20)
Spiritual Vegas (LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: MEX 2781. Rel: 10 Jul 20
Intro (Phor Phaedra) (1:07)
Strange World (2:27)
Grape St (2:34)
Lanolin (3:12)
Flying Fox (2:32)
Ta Fardah (2:41)
Why Not Tick Tock? (2:21)
Meet Me (In St Lucia) (2:50)
Land Man (3:31)
Tongue Tied (1:42)
Ballad Of Adelaide (2:46)
Well Of Memory/Odaat (5:38)
Impressions (5:03)
Outro (The Lines I Drew) (1:02)
Spiritual Vegas (CD)
Intro (Phor Phaedra)
Grape St
Ta Fardah
Why Not, Tick Tock?
Meet Me (In St Lucia)
Land Man
Tongue Tied
Ballad Of Adelaide
Well Of Memory/Odaat
Outro (The Lines I Drew)
PHOTAY
Waking Hours (LP + MP3 download code)
Existential Celebration (4:24)
Warmth In The Coldest Acre (4:34)
Is It Right? (4:27)
Fanfare For 7.83 Hz (5:27)
Change In Real Time (2:00)
The People (5:04)
Rhythm Research (5:21)
Pressure (5:18)
EST (4:35)
A Beautiful Silence Prevails (1:23)
Waking Hours (CD)
Existential Celebration
Warmth In The Coldest Acre
Is It Right?
Fanfare For 7.83 Hz
Change In Real Time
Rhythm Research
A Beautiful Silence Prevails
Review: Waking Hours is the sound of Photay searing for calm. In 2020, when the whole world has fallen apart and the future is uncertain, that has never been a more appealing MO. The New York City artists's second album is meditative and mindful - an invitation to just sit and do nothing and enjoy the moment. And you will, because the genre-blurring sounds are soothing and soft, with his own intimate vocals often drifting over gentle electronic compositions. "I really truly love so many different types of music," he says, "and for this album I opened things up and gave myself the freedom to go anywhere."
Soft Hell (LP + MP3 download code)
AIYM? (2:52)
Dark Glass (3:46)
Fruit (4:09)
HAHA (2:42)
Sin Compromiso (4:06)
Soft Hell (3:44)
Softer Side (2:51)
Double Think (4:37)
Midtown (4:37)
Plastic (1:35)
Power Abuser (3:06)
OK (2:23)
TONSTARTSSBANDHT
Sorcerer (LP + insert)
Cat: MEX 2361. Rel: 23 Mar 17
Breathe (11:36)
Sorcerer (9:32)
Opening (12:42)
Cardamom Times (12")
Cardamom Times (reissue) (12" + insert + MP3 download code)
Maybe Love (4:04)
Tke You There (7:37)
Cardamom (4:35)
In The Beginning (5:30)
Jess WILLIAMSON
Sorceress (CD)
As The Birds Are
Wind On Tin
Love's Not Hard To Find
How Ya Lonesome
Rosaries At The Border
Ponies In Town
Harm None
spiritual vegas
a year with 13 moons
another weekend
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Terrorist Threat Outlook in 2012
Counter-Terror Expo 2012 website
Counter Terror Expo 2012 delegates are set to discover how the momentous events that have occurred during the past year, will force us to reassess and realign counter terrorism strategies to meet potential new threats emerging from the turmoil we have witnessed.
Previously hard-line autocracies across a swathe of North Africa have been toppled in popular uprisings; significant civil unrest has occurred in Middle East countries where demand for change continues to be heard loudly, political turmoil in some South Asian nations has given rise to fears a period of dangerous instability may be looming, whilst insurgency in some Sub Saharan countries has led to jihadist inspired terrorist atrocities.
Escalating belligerence from Iran, a rapidly deepening political crisis in Pakistan, continuing instability in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, widespread civil unrest in Syria and Yemen and extremist sponsored violence in Nigeria, all combine to set the stage for an uncertain year ahead and have the potential to directly threaten stability elsewhere in the world.
These issues have emerged at a time of significant fiscal crisis amongst leading world economies; thus presenting a substantial challenge to industry professionals tasked with delivering effective countermeasures in constrained circumstance.
This is the fractious backdrop against which delegates from across the globe will gather in London in late April for Counter Terror Expo 2012.
Regional Instability
Al Qa’ida leader Osama bin Laden is dead; the remaining leadership is being successfully targeted and the terrorist organisation continues to fragment according to reports. Hard-line leaders Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak of Egypt have been removed from office, whilst Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi of Libya has been killed. Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has been forced to cede power to Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Had, whilst the increasingly beleaguered Bashar al-Assad of Syria may also be forced from office soon.
Western politicians have been happy to stress that these are the positive outcomes of the past year, but somewhat less than keen to discuss the possible challenges this period of regional upheaval may present us with.
Counter Terror Expo 2012 delegates will discover that the successful targeting of the Al Qa’ida leadership and the much welcomed regional regime change, has prompted significant concern behind the headlines as to the potential consequences stemming from a region that continues to be in flux.
Europe has particular concern regarding continuing instability in these neighboring regions; given the events have potential consequence for security along its fragile southern and eastern borders. Europe had a taste of the impact mass migration from conflict zones can have early last year and has no desire to see this issue reemerge at a time of deepening fiscal crisis in particular.
The geopolitical aspects of both terrorist group fragmentation and regime change form key elements of the high level Global Counter Terrorism conference.
Over a two-day period, many world-leading experts in their respective fields, will bring clarity to the issues faced and potential solutions to them.
The transatlantic relationship will also be a focus of the conference.
US President Barak Obama has recently announced a slimming of US military expenditure and a shift in focus to the Pacific borders.
Europe’s long reliance on transatlantic support could be in jeopardy as the US Administration turns its attention elsewhere at a critical moment. Obama declared that the tide of war is receding, called for a shrinking of Army and Marine forces, but identified Naval and Airborne assets as the means by which to address emerging threats from Iran and China. He outlined the shift in strategy during a rare appearance at the Pentagon and emphasised the White House desire to pivot away from domestically unpopular conflicts in an election year.
Europe could potentially face the fallout from elongated regional conflict; when it is least able to do so, without the long reach superpower support previously given.
Counter Terror Expo 2012 delegates will find themselves immersed in these geopolitical issues and possible regional solutions to them within the context of lead and supporting conference environments.
Potential Trajectories
Very many geopolitical issues task minds in the US, Europe and particular Middle Eastern states, as we prepare to gather for this year’s event.
Iran is of particular concern since it has threatened to close the strategic Straight of Hormuz to international shipping, should currently imposed sanctions limit or cut off its oil exports. This is the only passage to open ocean for a large proportion of oil exporting nations in the region. Iran’s continuing belligerence is at the top of the agenda, since some 35 percent of the world’s seaborne oil shipments and 20 percent of all oil traded worldwide passed through the Straight of Hormuz last year. The impact wrought from even a temporary closure of this strategic sea passage could be catastrophic given the economic woes faced by many nations.
Yemen is also of concern to the international community given political instability has enabled Al Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to gain a foothold from which to launch terrorist attacks against targets elsewhere. AQAP has been behind the attempted assassination of the Saudi Deputy Interior Minister, the failed suicide bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 and the very nearly successful plot to ship live and deadly explosive devices to targets in the US by air. Counter Terror Expo 2012 delegates will discover that AQAP remains a dangerous foe despite the fragmentation of its parent organisation.
North Africa: Regime change amongst several of the North African nations had been warmly welcomed, but the positive spin regarding their future political stability, is giving way to cautious optimism that all will be well. A particular concern is the potential for current instability to be exploited by militants including Al Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Central Africa: Pentagon officials have warned that links may be growing between AQIM and the fundamentalist Boko Haram in Nigeria. This group has been behind widespread terrorist activity across the country including the Christmas Day bombing of multiple churches. The rise of Boko Harem is understood to be a particular concern in the UK, with intelligence services said to be keeping a close watch for any connections within the large Nigerian community here.
Domestic Agenda
Counter Terror Expo 2012 not only focuses on the global threat from terrorism, but also examines the regional and domestic aspects as well. UK officials are gearing up to mount the biggest security operation since the Second World War during the forthcoming Olympic Games. A massive private security operation will be further bolstered by the deployment of over 13000 military personnel, naval and air assets as well as surface to air missile batteries.
Major events such as the Olympic Games are classed as trophy targets and every measure is therefore being taken to protect the principal venues, as delegates to the Protecting Crowded Places conference will discover.
This specialist two-day conference will give considerable insight into UK counter terrorism strategies specific to the forthcoming Olympic Games.
Counter Terror Expo 2012 will also address the issues of Cyber Security and Electronic Terrorism in a dedicated conference.
Increasing global interconnectivity brings huge benefits to the way we live and work, but conversely delivers with it many challenges that we must still overcome.
This digital phenomenon has become a playground for state actors, terrorists, criminals and hacktivists, bent on infiltrating computer networks and individual computer systems to steal information and disrupt operations.
UK officials say they are fighting a constant arms race in cyberspace and the government is investing heavily in protective measures.
The conference examines the magnitude of the threat and outlines how government agencies and corporate entities are putting in place effective counter-measures to appropriately protect restricted information, intellectual property and customer data.
The digital world is said to be the new frontier in the constant battle against those who wish to inflict harm for ideological, commercial or monetary gain and requires robust defences.
Counter Terror Expo 2012 will be held 25-26 April 2012 at London Olympia.
The event has brought clarity to the issues professionals in this demanding field face since its inception. The forthcoming event will once again deliver a secure setting in which to distil the key issues, identify the challenges and formulate solutions, within its range of high level conferences and specialist workshop environments. The event is supported by a world-class exhibition of software and hardware presented by global leaders in their respective fields.
Defense-Update is proud to be a sponsor of this year’s event.
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I love winning and that's what keeps me motivated. - Vani Kapoor
Tournaments can be won with physical agility, but Golf is game of mind, emotion & tremedous composure, and all of that in just a matter of 20 seconds.
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There is no substitute to the hard work and dedication. - Sai Praneeth
Now, it can't get bigger than this..
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Nothing else plays on my mind, other than the goal of winning - Chirag Shetty
Ranked #10 globally, Mumbai lad, Chirag Shetty became a household name after winning the Commonwealth Gold in 2018, Silver in France Open and Gold in Thailand Super Series 2019. Known for great finishes in last 3 years, Indian duo of Chirag & Satwik is a powerhouse of speed, strength and long term sight. Supported by Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Chirag is aiming high at the Olympics.
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Still have a long way to go - Anoushka Parikh
From music, to playing cricket, cycling and many more, Anoushka Parikh has done everything and found her first love in Badminton. The best player to represent India, from the state of Gujrat, believes that she still has long way to go and get many more laurels for the country.
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IFAB open roads to video refereeing
The International Football Association Board has opened the door to video refereeing by allowing experiments to start soon.
This is a big step forward for football has referees would be assisted in the future by a video referee.
There are four game-changing moments where the referee will be able to be helped by the video technology: goal scored (or not), penalty decisions, red cards incidents and mistaken identity. The online test will be starting for the season 2017/18, while offline testing will begin even earlier.
Goals: the role of the VARs is to assist the referee to determine if there was an infringement that means a goal should not be awarded. As the ball has crossed the line the play has already been interrupted so there is no direct impact on the game.
With goal-line technology already in place, this is not the most revolutionary upgrade on refereeing.
Goal-line technology has been introduced in the Premier League, so why not use a video official? (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
Penalty decisions: the role of the VARs is to ensure that no clearly wrong decisions are made in conjunction with the award or non-award of a penalty kick.
Important games are won or lost on extremely debatable penalty decisions like handball or dives, so any help by the video assistant will certainly be helpful and help to police and judge incidents in the penalty area.
Red card incidents: the role of the VARs is to ensure that no clearly wrong decisions are made in conjunction with the sending off of a player
This is an important step for off the ball incidents that are missed by the referees as they now will be punished if caught straight away rather than retrospectively. If a referee is unsure of a yellow or red card foul, he will also be allowed to ask for the Video Assistant Referee’s opinion.
Mistaken identity: the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player, or is unsure which player should be sanctioned. The VARs will inform the referee so that the correct player can be disciplined.
The mistake where Kieran Gibbs was sent off instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain won’t happen in the future. It will also help if there is a mass brawl to identify all the troublemakers as the referee cannot check on every player fighting on the pitch.
It could also help when a player retaliates after being hit as at the moment, the referees tend to penalise the players who react to an action but not the original player who made the first foul.
It is important to note there will be at least two years of testing before a decision is made to use the video technology or not. Football might become cleaner in the future, but it is not there yet.
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Wilkins: West Ham should sign Wilshere in January
Jamie Einchcomb
Ray Wilkins has urged West Ham to sign Jack Wilshere, believing the Arsenal midfielder needs regular playing time with a club willing to give him the minutes.
West Ham manager David Moyes has recently expressed an interest in signing Wilshere should he be available in the January transfer window.
Ray Wilkins feels that the midfielder needs to make a move to keep his 2018 World Cup hopes alive, and sees few better options than West Ham.
“I think 25 years of age, I don’t know how much you’d have to pay, but because Arsene doesn’t play him, he needs to move,” Wilkins said.
“I’d love to see him play, because I think he could get to the World Cup. I’d snap him up all day long, I really would.
“London guy, his family are West Ham supporters, why not go to West Ham? David Moyes has them rocking at the moment.”
Wilshere was linked with West Ham during the summer but no move materialised. He remained at Arsenal to fight for his place, and has said numerous times that he would like to stay at the club.
Arsene Wenger has given him regular game time in the Europa League and Carabao Cup, but has yet to start him in the Premier League. Part of that down is down to having a settled side in the top flight who only play once a week.
Wilshere still has hopes of returning to the England squad before the World Cup in Russia next summer, but needs more regular Premier League minutes to do so, according to England manager Gareth Southgate.
Hence, a move in January is possible if he doesn’t receive assurances that he’s going to get more chances at Arsenal. Wilshere has made five appearances off the bench in the league, and will be hopeful of a start during the busy winter period.
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ColorTrack Launches Realtime Color Analysis During the Roast
Howard Bryman | June 15, 2017
The ColorTrack Realtime device. All images courtesy of ColorTrack.
Roast color analysis technology company ColorTrack has launched a new hardware-based service that applies its near-infrared laser-based color analytics to an earlier point in the roasting process, extending its use from post-roast QA or QC settings back to an even more critical point impacting loss mitigation: The roast itself.
ColorTrack Realtime aims a lasers straight into the heart of production — inside the drum, measuring changes in bean color in real time as they roast. After one year of studying results from beta units in use in the field, the device and its associated service was formally launched at the SCA Expo in Seattle in April.
The new system applies the same technology found in ColorTrack bench units yet generates the beam from a much smaller device that can be mounted or otherwise positioned to direct its laser through a roasting machine’s sightglass to monitor changes in the tumbling bean mass. Data perceived by the unit is sent via wired USB or a wireless connection to a computer or tablet.
Realtime software integrates with Cropster or can stand alone on an iPad or iPhone to record the data and display it in real time, graphically and numerically. “It tells them the exact blanch point,” ColorTrack President Matthew Weisberg told Daily Coffee News. “That’s a very important thing, that’s when things start happening. Not much happens for the first couple of minutes of a roast; once it hits blanch point is when it starts cooking, and we can tell them that in the graph.”
Weisberg explained that after green coffee at first lightens in color in the roaster, reaches a certain peak lightness and then turns towards its first shade of darkness, it does so in an increment imperceptible to the human eye.
“The human eye can’t tell the difference between a 36 and a 34. They don’t know if it’s gotten there yet. There’s no way to tell, there’s no way to do it otherwise,” said Weisberg. “It’s entirely visual, and I guess a good roaster can get close, but we’ll give them the exact number. As soon as it starts rising from that, say, 32, and it goes to 33, we know it’s time to check the gas, time to check the air, let’s see if we’re on target.”
This is critical because even when a profile has proven reliable before and all other settings and readings are unfolding according to plan, some things can’t be controlled, and their effects may not be noticeable until it’s too late, contends Weisberg.
“The roaster can’t control ambient conditions like humidity and temperature, and those will throw a profile off,” said Weisberg. “Say you’re using Cropster, your log information can look perfect, but if you’re just going time and temperature and you cut that roast off and it just happens to be short, you’ll end up with a 60 when you wanted a 65, and that’s not going to cup right.”
Weisberg said that with the information provided by ColorTrack Realtime, a roaster can know the exact moment when vigilance becomes more critical in terms of gas, airflow and other controls to keep a profile exactly on track and to end it on time. This prevents more roasts from going awry, mitigating the occasional costly waste of materials and time. While the new equipment is too expensive to sell outright, the laser-emitting hardware can be obtained for a $1,500 deposit after which a ColorTrack Realtime service agreement is priced at a penny per pound of coffee roasted, with a minimum charge of $99 per month.
“If you lose one roast from over roasting or under roasting and it goes to the food bank or the garbage and it gets re-worked, that’s a lot more than a hundred dollars, I guarantee that,” said Weisberg, noting that the cost justification is by way of loss mitigation. The company is also waiving the deposit for users of ColorTrack bench units.
Weisberg recommends that roasters use both a Realtime and a bench unit for their distinct purposes: monitoring color development during the roast, and confirming final color after the roast, respectively.
“Coffee is quite fluid and volatile when it comes out of the roaster and while it’s roasting. It settles down,” he said. “The data that you’re getting on the Realtime is a guide. It’s a tool. It’s not something that you would use to confirm exact [finished] colors. It changes very dramatically in the first 20 minutes out of the roaster.”
Currently ColorTrack is collaborating with various roaster-makers on machine-specific compatibility designs for ColorTrack Realtime devices. So far that list includes Loring, Diedrich and Probat, with more to come. As the device itself is quite small and light — Weisberg said it weighs about 1.5 pounds and is roughly 4 inches by 6 inches — it could be hung from the ceiling or a boom mic stand or any number of other improvisational methods. The company has launched its redesigned website to feature its Realtime offering, and the device and service are available now.
“Roasters lose an average of 3 and 6 percent of their entire yield, and some lose a lot more,” Weisberg said, adding that some clients have been known to through out as much of 15 percent of their coffee in the quality control stage. “We don’t want you to over-roast or under-roast your coffee.”
Howard Bryman
Howard Bryman is the associate editor of Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
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Tags: color analysis, ColorTrack, ColorTrack Realtime, Cropster, Matthew Weisberg, quality control, roasting equipment
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College Students More Anxious, Depressed, Study Shows
February 17, 2011 - General Health
Depression and anxiety are growing at alarming rates
A lot of college students in the U.S. and Canada today are becoming more depressed. So much so, that it affects the way they think, study, and perform daily tasks.
According to new studies, the numbers of college students that seek counseling for their moderate to severe depression have increased from 1998 to 2009.
In addition to this, the American Health Association also conducted a study back in 2009 in various Canadian universities. The results showed that upwards of 60 percent of the examinees said that they feel hopeless for their condition and problems. An additional about 40 percent said that because of their depression, daily functionality was difficult. And the other almost 10 percent have already considered suicide for the last 12 months.
The growing numbers of college students that experience anxiety disorders may be affecting most of the students across U.S. and Canada.
The main six are: phobias, panic disorders, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), acute stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.
While different symptoms exist for any anxiety case, the most common of them all is difficulty or inability to cope with daily activities and stress-related tasks.
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Label: BACITRACIN ZINC AND POLYMYXIN B SULFATE ointment
Packager: E. FOUGERA & CO., A division of Nycomed US Inc.
Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment, USP, is a sterile antimicrobial ointment for ophthalmic use. Each gram contains: bacitracin zinc equivalent to 500 bacitracin units, polymyxin B sulfate equivalent to 10,000 polymyxin B units, mineral oil, and white petrolatum.
Bacitracin zinc is the zinc salt of bacitracin, a mixture of related cyclic polypeptides (mainly bacitracin A) produced by the growth of an organism of the licheniformis group of Bacillus subtilis var Tracy. It has a potency of not less than 40 bacitracin units per mg. The structural formula for bacitracin A is:
Polymyxin B sulfate is the sulfate salt of polymyxin B1 and B2 which are produced by the growth of Bacillus polymyxa (Prazmowski) Migula (Fam. Bacillaceae). It has a potency of not less than 6,000 polymyxin B units per mg, calculated on an anhydrous basis. The structural formulae are:
A wide range of antibacterial action is provided by the overlapping spectra of bacitracin and polymyxin B sulfate.
Bacitracin is bactericidal for a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. It interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis by inhibition of the regeneration of phospholipid receptors involved in peptidoglycan synthesis.
Polymyxin B is bactericidal for a variety of gram-negative organisms. It increases the permeability of the bacterial cell membrane by interacting with the phospholipid components of the membrane.
Microbiology: Bacitracin zinc and polymyxin B sulfate together are considered active against the following microorganisms: Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella/Enterobacter species, Neisseria species, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The product does not provide adequate coverage against Serratia marcescens.
Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment is indicated for the topical treatment of superficial infections of the external eye and its adnexa caused by susceptible bacteria. Such infections encompass conjunctivitis, keratitis and keratoconjunctivitis, blepharitis and blepharoconjunctivitis.
Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment is contraindicated in individuals who have shown hypersensitivity to any of its components.
NOT FOR INJECTION INTO THE EYE. Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment should never be directly introduced into the anterior chamber of the eye. Ophthalmic ointments may retard corneal wound healing.
Topical antibiotics may cause cutaneous sensitization. A precise incidence of hypersensitivity reactions (primarily skin rash) due to topical antibiotics is not known. The manifestations of sensitization to topical antibiotics are usually itching, reddening, and edema of the conjunctiva and eyelid. A sensitization reaction may manifest simply, as a failure to heal. During long-term use of topical antibiotic products, periodic examination for such signs is advisable, and the patient should be told to discontinue the product if they are observed. Symptoms usually subside quickly on withdrawing the medication. Application of products containing these ingredients should be avoided for the patient thereafter (see PRECAUTIONS: General).
General: As with other antibiotic preparations, prolonged use of Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment may result in overgrowth of nonsusceptible organisms including fungi. If superinfection occurs, appropriate measures should be initiated.
Bacterial resistance to Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment may also develop. If purulent discharge, inflammation, or pain become aggravated, the patient should discontinue use of the medication and consult a physician.
There have been reports of bacterial keratitis associated with the use of topical ophthalmic products in multiple-dose containers which have been inadvertently contaminated by patients, most of whom has a concurrent corneal disease or a disruption of the ocular epithelial surface (see PRECAUTIONS: Information for Patients).
Allergic cross-reactions may occur which could prevent the use of any or all of the following antibiotics for the treatment of future infections: kanamycin, paromomycin, streptomycin, and possibly gentamicin.
Information for Patients: Patients should be instructed to avoid allowing the tip of the dispensing container to contact the eye, eyelid, fingers, or any other surface. The use of this product by more than one person may spread infection.
Patients should also be instructed that ocular products, if handled improperly, can become contaminated by common bacteria known to cause ocular infections. Serious damage to the eye and subsequent loss of vision may result from using contaminated products (see PRECAUTIONS: General).
If the condition persists or gets worse, or if a rash or other allergic reaction develops, the patient should be advised to stop use and consult a physician. Do not use this product if you are allergic to any of the listed ingredients.
Keep tightly closed when not in use. Keep out of reach of children.
Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility: Long-term studies in animals to evaluate carcinogenic or mutagenic potential have not been conducted with polymyxin B sulfate or bacitracin. Polymyxin B has been reported to impair the motility of equine sperm, but its effects on male or female fertility are unknown. No adverse effects on male or female fertility, litter size, or survival were observed in rabbits given bacitracin zinc 100 gm/ton of diet.
Pregnancy:Teratogenic effects -Pregnancy Category C. Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with polymyxin B sulfate or bacitracin. It is also not known whether Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
Nursing Mothers: It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment is administered to a nursing woman.
Pediatric Use: Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.
Adverse reactions have occurred with the anti-infective components of Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment. The exact incidence is not known. Reactions occurring most often are allergic sensitization reactions including itching, swelling, and conjunctival erythema (see WARNINGS). More serious hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, have been reported rarely.
Local irritation on instillation has also been reported.
Apply the ointment every 3 or 4 hours for 7 to 10 days, depending on the severity of the infection.
Bacitracin Zinc and Polymyxin B Sulfate Ophthalmic Ointment, USP, is supplied as follows:
NDC 0168-0273-38 3.5 gram tubes
Store between 15° and 25°C (59° and 77°F).
E. FOUGERA & CO.
A division of Nycomed US Inc.
MELVILLE, NEW YORK 11747
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PACKAGE LABEL – PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL – 3.5g CONTAINER LABEL
FOUGERA®
BACITRACIN ZINC
AND POLYMYXIN B
SULFATE OPHTHALMIC
OINTMENT, USP
STERILE Rx only
Each gram contains: bacitracin zinc equivalent to 500 bacitracin units, polymyxin B sulfate equivalent to 10,000 polymyxin B units, mineral oil, and white petrolatum.
NET WT. 3.5 g (1/8 Oz)
PACKAGE LABEL – PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL – 3.5 g CARTON
BACITRACIN ZINC AND
POLYMYXIN B SULFATE OPHTHALMIC
BACITRACIN ZINC AND POLYMYXIN B SULFATE
bacitracin zinc and polymyxin b sulfate ointment
Route of Administration OPHTHALMIC
Bacitracin Zinc (UNII: 89Y4M234ES) (bacitracin - UNII:58H6RWO52I) Bacitracin Zinc 500 in 1 g
polymyxin B sulfate (UNII: 19371312D4) (polymyxin B - UNII:J2VZ07J96K) polymyxin B sulfate 10000 in 1 g
petrolatum (UNII: 4T6H12BN9U)
mineral oil (UNII: T5L8T28FGP)
NDC:0168-0273-38 3.5 g in 1 TUBE
Labeler - E. FOUGERA & CO., A division of Nycomed US Inc. (043838424)
Registrant - Nycomed US Inc. (043838424)
Nycomed US Inc. 174491316 MANUFACTURE
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3 308511 bacitracin (as bacitracin zinc) 500 UNT / polymyxin B (as polymyxin B sulfate) 10,000 UNT per GM Ophthalmic Ointment SY
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Label: OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE FOR ORAL SUSPENSION- oseltamivir phosphate powder, for suspension
Packager: Alvogen Inc.
These highlights do not include all the information needed to use OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE FOR ORAL SUSPENSION safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE FOR ORAL SUSPENSION.
OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE for oral suspension
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is an influenza neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) indicated for:
Treatment of acute, uncomplicated influenza A and B in patients 2 weeks of age and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours. (1.1)
Prophylaxis of influenza A and B in patients 1 year and older. (1.2)
Limitations of Use:
Not a substitute for annual influenza vaccination. (1.3)
Consider available information on influenza drug susceptibility patterns and treatment effects when deciding whether to use. (1.3)
Not recommended for patients with end-stage renal disease not undergoing dialysis. (1.3)
Treatment of influenza
Adults and adolescents (13 years and older): 75 mg twice daily for 5 days (2.2)
Pediatric patients 1 to 12 years of age: Based on weight twice daily for 5 days (2.2)
Pediatric patients 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age: 3 mg/kg twice daily for 5 days (2.2)
Renally impaired adult patients (creatinine clearance >30 to 60 mL/min): Reduce to 30 mg twice daily for 5 days (2.4)
Renally impaired adult patients (creatinine clearance >10 to 30 mL/min): Reduce to 30 mg once daily for 5 days (2.4)
ESRD patients on hemodialysis: Reduce to 30 mg immediately and then 30 mg after every hemodialysis cycle. Treatment duration not to exceed 5 days (2.4)
ESRD patients on CAPD: Reduce to a single 30 mg dose immediately (2.4)
Prophylaxis of influenza
Adults and adolescents (13 years and older): 75 mg once daily for at least 10 days (2.3)
Community outbreak: 75 mg once daily for up to 6 weeks (2.3)
Pediatric patients 1 to 12 years of age: Based on weight once daily for 10 days (2.3)
Community outbreak: Based on weight once daily for up to 6 weeks (2.3)
Renally impaired adult patients (creatinine clearance >30 to 60 mL/min): Reduce to 30 mg once daily (2.4)
Renally impaired adult patients (creatinine clearance >10 to 30 mL/min): Reduce to 30 mg once every other day (2.4)
ESRD patients on hemodialysis: Reduce to 30 mg immediately and then 30 mg after alternate hemodialysis cycles for the recommended duration of prophylaxis (2.4)
ESRD patients on CAPD: Reduce to 30 mg immediately and then 30 mg once weekly for the recommended duration of prophylaxis (2.4)
For oral suspension: 360 mg oseltamivir base supplied as powder (constituted to a final concentration of 6 mg/mL) (3)
Patients with known serious hypersensitivity to oseltamivir or any of the components of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension (4)
Serious skin/hypersensitivity reactions such as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis and erythema multiforme: Discontinue oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension and initiate appropriate treatment if allergic-like reactions occur or are suspected. (5.1)
Neuropsychiatric events: Patients with influenza, including those receiving oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension, particularly pediatric patients, may be at an increased risk of confusion or abnormal behavior early in their illness. Monitor for signs of abnormal behavior. (5.2)
Most common adverse reactions (>1% and more common than with placebo):
Treatment studies – Nausea, vomiting, headache. (6.1)
Prophylaxis studies – Nausea, vomiting, headache, pain. (6.1)
To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Alvogen, Inc. at 1-866-770-3024 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch
Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), intranasal: Avoid administration of LAIV within 2 weeks before or 48 hours after oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension use, unless medically indicated. (7)
1.1 Treatment of Influenza
1.2 Prophylaxis of Influenza
2.1 Dosage and Administration Overview
2.2 Recommended Dosage for Treatment of Influenza
2.3 Recommended Dosage for Prophylaxis of Influenza
2.4 Dosage in Patients with Renal Impairment
2.5 Preparation and Storage of Constituted Oseltamivir Phosphate for Oral Suspension
5.1 Serious Skin/Hypersensitivity Reactions
5.2 Neuropsychiatric Events
5.3 Risk of Bacterial Infections
5.4 Fructose Intolerance in Patients with Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
7.1 Influenza Vaccines
7.2 Drugs Without Clinically Significant Drug Interaction with Oseltamivir Phosphate for Oral Suspension
8.8 Use in Patients with Chronic Conditions
8.9 Immunocompromised Patients
14.1 Treatment of Influenza
14.2 Prophylaxis of Influenza
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is indicated for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated illness due to influenza A and B infection in patients 2 weeks of age and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours.
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is indicated for the prophylaxis of influenza A and B in patients 1 year and older.
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not a substitute for early influenza vaccination on an annual basis as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Influenza viruses change over time. Emergence of resistance substitutions could decrease drug effectiveness. Other factors (for example, changes in viral virulence) might also diminish clinical benefit of antiviral drugs. Prescribers should consider available information on influenza drug susceptibility patterns and treatment effects when deciding whether to use oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension [see Microbiology (12.4)].
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not recommended for patients with end-stage renal disease not undergoing dialysis [see Dosage and Administration (2.4) and Use in Specific Populations (8.6)].
Administer oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for the treatment of influenza in patients 2 weeks of age or older [see Dosage and Administration (2.2)] or for prophylaxis of influenza in patients 1 year and older [see Dosage and Administration (2.3)] using:
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension (supplied as a powder). This is the preferred formulation (6 mg per mL) for patients who cannot swallow capsules. Prior to use, the supplied oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension powder must be constituted with water by the pharmacist to produce the oral suspension [see Dosage and Administration (2.5)].
The oral suspension may be taken with or without food; however, tolerability may be enhanced if oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is taken with food.
Adjust the oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension dosage in patients with moderate or severe renal impairment [see Dosage and Administration (2.4)].
Initiate treatment with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension within 48 hours of influenza symptom onset.
Adults and Adolescents (13 years of age and older)
The recommended oral dosage of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for treatment of influenza in adults and adolescents 13 years and older is 75 mg twice daily (12.5 mL of oral suspension twice daily) for 5 days.
Pediatric Patients (2 weeks of age through 12 years of age)
Table 1 displays the recommended oral dosage of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for treatment of influenza in pediatric patients 2 weeks of age through 12 years of age and provides information about prescribing the formulation for oral suspension.
Initiate post-exposure prophylaxis with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension within 48 hours following close contact with an infected individual. Initiate seasonal prophylaxis with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension during a community outbreak.
The recommended dosage of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for prophylaxis of influenza in adults and adolescents 13 years and older is 75 mg orally once daily (12.5 mL of oral suspension once daily) for at least 10 days following close contact with an infected individual and up to 6 weeks during a community outbreak. In immunocompromised patients, oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension may be continued for up to 12 weeks [see Use in Specific Populations (8.9)]. The duration of protection lasts for as long as oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension dosing is continued.
Pediatric Patients (1 year to 12 years of age)
Table 1 displays the recommended oral dosage of oseltamivir phosphate for prophylaxis of influenza in pediatric patients 1 year to 12 years of age based on body weight and provides information about prescribing the formulation for oral suspension. Prophylaxis in pediatric patients is recommended for 10 days following close contact with an infected individual and up to 6 weeks during a community outbreak [see Use in Specific Populations (8.4) and Clinical Studies (14.2)].
Table 1 Oseltamivir Phosphate for Oral Suspension Dosage Recommendations in Pediatric Patients for Treatment and Prophylaxis of Influenza
Treatment Dosage for 5 days
Prophylaxis Dosage for 10 days*
Volume of Oral Suspension (6 mg/mL) for each Dose†
Number of Bottles of Oral Suspension to Dispense
*The recommended duration for post-exposure prophylaxis is 10 days and the recommended duration for community outbreak (seasonal/pre-exposure) prophylaxis is up to 6 weeks (or up to 12 weeks in immunocompromised patients). The amount supplied (e.g., number of bottles) for seasonal prophylaxis may be greater than for post-exposure prophylaxis.
†Use an oral dosing dispensing device that measures the appropriate volume in mL with the oral suspension.
‡For patients less than 1 year of age, provide an appropriate dosing device that can accurately measure and administer small volumes.
Patients from 2 Weeks to less than 1 Year of Age
Any weight 3 mg/kg twice daily Not applicable 0.5 mL/kg‡ 1 bottle
Patients 1 to 12 Years of Age Based on Body Weight
15 kg or less 30 mg twice daily 30 mg once daily 5 mL 1 bottle
15.1 kg to 23 kg 45 mg twice daily 45 mg once daily 7.5 mL 2 bottles
23.1 kg to 40 kg 60 mg twice daily 60 mg once daily 10 mL 2 bottles
40.1 kg or more 75 mg twice daily 75 mg once daily 12.5 mL 3 bottles
Table 2 displays the dosage recommendations for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in adults with various stages of renal impairment (estimated creatinine clearance of less than or equal to 90 mL per minute). Dosage modifications are recommended in adults with an estimated creatinine clearance less than or equal to 60 mL per minute [see Use in Specific Population (8.6) and Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Table 2 Recommended Dosage Modifications for Treatment and Prophylaxis of Influenza in Adults with Renal Impairment or End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on Dialysis
(Creatinine Clearance)
Recommended Treatment Regimen*
Recommended Prophylaxis Regimen†
*Oral suspension can be used for 30 mg dosing.
†The recommended duration for post-exposure prophylaxis is at least 10 days and the recommended duration for community outbreak (seasonal/pre-exposure) prophylaxis is up to 6 weeks (or up to 12 weeks in immunocompromised patients).
‡Data derived from studies in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.
(>60 to 90 mL/minute) 75 mg twice daily for 5 days 75 mg once daily
(>10 to 30 mL/minute) 30 mg once daily for 5 days 30 mg every other day
ESRD Patients on Hemodialysis
(≤10 mL/minute) 30 mg immediately and then 30 mg after every hemodialysis cycle (treatment duration not to exceed 5 days) 30 mg immediately and then 30 mg after alternate hemodialysis cycles
ESRD Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis‡
(≤10 mL/minute) A single 30 mg dose administered immediately 30 mg immediately and then 30 mg once weekly
ESRD Patients not on Dialysis Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not recommended Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not recommended
Prior to dispensing to the patient, constitute oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension (supplied as powder):
a) Tap the closed bottle containing the supplied oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension white to off-white powder several times to loosen the powder.
b) Measure 55 mL of water in a graduated cylinder.
c) Add the total amount of water for constitution to the bottle.
d) Close bottle with child-resistant cap tightly and shake the closed bottle well for 15 seconds.
e) Label the bottle with instructions to “Shake Well Before Use”.
f) The constituted oral suspension contains 360 mg of oseltamivir base per 60 mL of volume (6 mg per mL) and is white to off-white, tutti-frutti–flavored. Use the constituted oral suspension within 17 days of preparation when stored under refrigeration, 2º to 8ºC (36º to 46ºF), or within 10 days if stored at controlled room temperature, 25ºC (77ºF). Write the expiration date of the constituted oral suspension on the bottle label.
g) Ensure patients have an oral dosing dispenser that measures the appropriate volume in milliliters. Counsel patients on how to utilize the oral dosing dispenser and correctly measure the oral suspension as prescribed (see Tables 1 and 2).
For Oral Suspension: 6 mg per mL (final concentration when constituted)
White to off-white granular powder for constitution to a white to off-white tutti-frutti–flavored suspension. After constitution, each bottle delivers a usable volume of 60 mL of oral suspension equivalent to 360 mg oseltamivir base (6 mg/mL).
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is contraindicated in patients with known serious hypersensitivity to oseltamivir or any component of the product. Severe allergic reactions have included anaphylaxis and serious skin reactions including toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and erythema multiforme [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
Cases of anaphylaxis and serious skin reactions including toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and erythema multiforme have been reported in postmarketing experience with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension. Stop oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension and institute appropriate treatment if an allergic-like reaction occurs or is suspected. The use of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is contraindicated in patients with known serious hypersensitivity to oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension [see Contraindications (4) and Adverse Reactions (6.2)].
There have been postmarketing reports of delirium and abnormal behavior leading to injury, and in some cases resulting in fatal outcomes, in patients with influenza who were receiving oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension [see Adverse Reactions (6.2)]. Because these events were reported voluntarily during clinical practice, estimates of frequency cannot be made but they appear to be uncommon based on oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension usage data. These events were reported primarily among pediatric patients and often had an abrupt onset and rapid resolution. The contribution of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension to these events has not been established. Influenza can be associated with a variety of neurologic and behavioral symptoms that can include events such as hallucinations, delirium, and abnormal behavior, in some cases resulting in fatal outcomes. These events may occur in the setting of encephalitis or encephalopathy but can occur without obvious severe disease. Closely monitor oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension-treated patients with influenza for signs of abnormal behavior. If neuropsychiatric symptoms occur, evaluate the risks and benefits of continuing oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for each patient.
There is no evidence for efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension in any illness caused by pathogens other than influenza viruses. Serious bacterial infections may begin with influenza-like symptoms or may coexist with or occur as complications during the course of influenza. Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension has not been shown to prevent such complications. Prescribers should be alert to the potential for secondary bacterial infections and treat them as appropriate.
Fructose can be harmful to patients with hereditary fructose intolerance. One dose of 75 mg oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension delivers 2 grams of sorbitol. This is above the daily maximum limit of sorbitol for patients with hereditary fructose intolerance and may cause dyspepsia and diarrhea.
The following serious adverse reactions are discussed below and elsewhere in the labeling:
Serious skin and hypersensitivity reactions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)]
Neuropsychiatric events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
Adverse Reactions from Treatment and Prophylaxis Trials in Adult and Adolescent Subjects (13 years of age and older)
The overall safety profile of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is based on data from 2,646 adult and adolescent subjects that received the recommended dosage of 75 mg orally twice daily for 5 days for treatment of influenza and 1,943 adult and adolescent subjects that received the recommended dosage of 75 mg orally once daily for up to 6 weeks for prophylaxis of influenza in clinical trials.
The most common adverse reactions in the pooled treatment and pooled prophylaxis trials in adults and adolescents are displayed in Table 5. The majority of these adverse reactions were reported on a single occasion, occurred on either the first or second treatment day and resolved spontaneously within 1 to 2 days. This summary includes otherwise healthy adults/adolescents and subjects “at risk” (subjects at higher risk of developing complications associated with influenza, e.g., elderly patients and patients with chronic cardiac or respiratory disease). In general, the safety profile in the subjects “at risk” was qualitatively similar to that in otherwise healthy adults/adolescents.
Table 5 Adverse Reactions Occurring in ≥1% of Adults and Adolescents (13 years of age and older) in Treatment and Prophylaxis Trials*
* Adverse reactions that occurred in ≥1% of oseltamivir phosphate-treated adults and adolescents and ≥1% greater in oseltamivir phosphate-treated subjects compared to placebo-treated subjects in either the treatment or prophylaxis trials.
System Organ Class
Adverse Reaction Treatment Trials Prophylaxis Trials
75 mg twice daily
(n = 2,646) Placebo
(n = 1,977) Oseltamivir phosphate
75 mg once
(n = 1,586)
Nausea 10% 6% 8% 4%
Vomiting 8% 3% 2% 1%
Headache 2% 1% 17% 16%
General Disorders
Pain <1% <1% 4% 3%
Adverse Reactions from Treatment and Prophylaxis Trials in Pediatric Subjects (1 year to 12 years of age)
A total of 1,481 pediatric subjects (including otherwise healthy pediatric subjects aged 1 year to 12 years and asthmatic pediatric subjects aged 6 to 12 years) participated in clinical trials of oseltamivir phosphate for the treatment of influenza. A total of 859 pediatric subjects received treatment with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension either at a 2 mg per kg twice daily for 5 days or weight-band dosing. Vomiting was the only adverse reaction reported at a frequency of ≥1% in subjects receiving oseltamivir phosphate (16%) compared to placebo (8%).
Amongst the 148 pediatric subjects aged 1 year to 12 years who received oseltamivir phosphate at doses of 30 to 60 mg once daily for 10 days in a post-exposure prophylaxis study in household contacts (n = 99), and in a separate 6-week seasonal influenza prophylaxis safety study (n = 49), vomiting was the most frequent adverse reaction (8% on oseltamivir phosphate versus 2% in the no prophylaxis group).
Adverse Reactions from Treatment Trials in Pediatric Subjects (2 weeks to less than 1 year of age)
Assessment of adverse reactions in pediatric subjects 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age was based on two open-label studies that included safety data on 135 influenza-infected subjects 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age (including premature infants at least 36 weeks post conceptional age) exposed to oseltamivir phosphate at doses ranging from 2 to 3.5 mg per kg of the formulation for oral suspension twice daily orally for 5 days. The safety profile of oseltamivir phosphate was similar across the age range studied, with vomiting (9%), diarrhea (7%) and diaper rash (7%) being the most frequently reported adverse reactions, and was generally comparable to that observed in older pediatric and adult subjects.
Adverse Reactions from the Prophylaxis Trial in Immunocompromised Subjects
In a 12-week seasonal prophylaxis study in 475 immunocompromised subjects, including 18 pediatric subjects 1 year to 12 years of age, the safety profile in the 238 subjects receiving oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg once daily was consistent with that previously observed in other oseltamivir phosphate prophylaxis clinical trials [see Clinical Studies (14.2)].
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of oseltamivir phosphate. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to oseltamivir phosphate exposure.
General disorders and administration site conditions: Swelling of the face or tongue, allergy, anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions, hypothermia
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: Rash, dermatitis, urticaria, eczema, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, erythema multiforme [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)]
Cardiac Disorders: Arrhythmia
Hepatobiliary Disorders: Hepatitis, abnormal liver function tests
Nervous System Disorders: Seizure
Metabolism and Nutrition Disorders: Aggravation of diabetes
Psychiatric Disorders: Abnormal behavior, delirium, including symptoms such as hallucinations, agitation, anxiety, altered level of consciousness, confusion, nightmares, delusions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
The concurrent use of oseltamivir phosphate with live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) intranasal has not been evaluated. However, because of the potential for oseltamivir phosphate to inhibit replication of live vaccine virus and possibly reduce the efficacy of LAIV, avoid administration of LAIV within 2 weeks before or 48 hours after oseltamivir phosphate administration, unless medically indicated.
Inactivated Influenza Vaccine
Inactivated influenza vaccine can be administered at any time relative to use of oseltamivir phosphate.
No dose adjustments are needed for either oseltamivir or the concomitant drug when coadministering oseltamivir with amoxicillin, acetaminophen, aspirin, cimetidine, antacids (magnesium and aluminum hydroxides and calcium carbonates), rimantadine, amantadine, or warfarin [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
There are no adequate and well-controlled studies with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension in pregnant women to inform a drug‐associated risk of adverse developmental outcomes. Available published epidemiological data suggest that oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension, taken in any trimester, is not associated with an increased risk of birth defects. However, these studies individually are limited by small sample sizes, use of different comparison groups, and some lacked information on dose, which preclude a definitive assessment of the risk [see Data and Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)]. In animal reproduction studies with oseltamivir, no adverse developmental effects were observed at clinically relevant exposures (see Data).
The background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated populations is unknown. All pregnancies have a background risk of birth defect, loss, or other adverse outcomes. In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage is 2% to 4% and 15% to 20%, respectively.
Pregnant women are at higher risk of severe complications from influenza, which may lead to adverse pregnancy and/or fetal outcomes including maternal death, still births, birth defects, preterm delivery, low birth weight and small for gestational age.
Published prospective and retrospective observational studies of more than 5,000 women exposed to oseltamivir phosphate during pregnancy, including more than 1,000 women exposed in the first trimester, suggest that the observed rate of congenital malformations was not increased above the rate in the general comparison population, regardless of when therapy was administered during the gestational period. However, individually, none of these studies had adequate sample sizes and some lacked information on dose, which preclude a definitive assessment of the risk.
Oseltamivir was administered orally during organogenesis to pregnant rats (at 50 mg/kg/day, 250 mg/kg/day, or 1,500 mg/kg/day on gestation days 6 to 17) and rabbits (at 50 mg/kg/day, 150 mg/kg/day, or 500 mg/kg/day on gestation days 6 to 18). In rats, embryo‐fetal effects consisting of an increased incidence of minor skeletal malformations were observed at a maternally toxic dose (1,500 mg/kg/day), resulting in systemic drug exposures (based on AUC for oseltamivir carboxylate) 190 times human exposures at the maximum recommended human dose (MRHD) of oseltamivir (75 mg twice a day). In the rabbit study, embryo‐fetal effects consisting of an increased incidence of minor skeletal abnormalities and variants were observed at maternally toxic doses (≥150 mg/kg/day) resulting in systemic exposures (based on AUC for oseltamivir carboxylate) ≥8 times human exposures at the MRHD of oseltamivir. In prenatal and postnatal development studies in rats, oseltamivir was administered orally (at 50 mg/kg/day, 250 mg/kg/day, 500 mg/kg/day, or 1,500 mg/kg/day) from organogenesis through late gestation, delivery, and lactation (gestation day 6 to postpartum/lactation day 20). Prolonged parturition duration and reduced offspring viability were observed at a maternally toxic dose (1,500 mg/kg/day). No adverse maternal or offspring effects were observed at doses ≤500 mg/kg/day, resulting in systemic drug exposures (based on AUC for oseltamivir carboxylate) 44 times human exposures at the MRHD of oseltamivir.
Based on limited published data, oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate have been shown to be present in human milk at low levels considered unlikely to lead to toxicity in the breastfed infant. Postmarketing experience has not reported any information to suggest serious adverse effects of oseltamivir exposure via breast milk in infants. It is not known if oseltamivir affects human milk production. The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for oseltamivir and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed child from the drug or from the underlying maternal condition.
The safety and efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate for the treatment of influenza in pediatric patients 2 weeks old to 17 years of age has been established [see Dosage and Administration (2.2), Clinical Pharmacology (12.3), and Clinical Studies (14.1)] and is based on:
13 to 17 years of age: Safety and efficacy in adolescent patients 13 to 17 years of age was supported by adequate and well-controlled trials in adults and adolescents and younger pediatric patients and safety data in adolescents treated with oseltamivir phosphate in a study of treatment and prophylaxis.
1 year to 12 years of age: Safety and efficacy in pediatric patients 1 year to 12 years of age was supported by results of one double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 452 pediatric patients with influenza in whom oseltamivir phosphate 2 mg per kg twice daily or placebo was administered within 48 hours of symptom onset [see Clinical Studies (14.1)]. Additional safety information was provided in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in pediatric patients 6 to 12 years of age with known asthma. Efficacy could not be established in pediatric patients with asthma.
2 weeks to less than 1 year of age: Safety and efficacy in pediatric patients 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age is supported by adequate and well-controlled trials in adults and older pediatric patients and two open-label trials of oseltamivir phosphate (2 to 3.5 mg per kg twice daily for 5 days) in 136 pediatric subjects 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age. In these two trials, the oseltamivir plasma concentrations in these subjects were similar to or higher than the oseltamivir plasma concentrations observed in older pediatric subjects and adults [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) and Clinical Studies (14.1)].
The safety and efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate for treatment of influenza in pediatric patients less than 2 weeks of age have not been established.
The safety and efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate for the prophylaxis of influenza in pediatric patients 1 year to 17 years old has been established [see Dosage and Administration (2.3), Clinical Pharmacology (12.3), and Clinical Studies (14.2)] and is based on:
13 to 17 years of age: Prophylaxis in adolescent patients 13 to 17 years of age is supported by one randomized, placebo-controlled post-exposure household prophylaxis trial of oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg taken orally once daily for 7 days in household contacts including 207 adolescents [see Clinical Studies (14.2)].
1 year to 12 years of age: Oseltamivir phosphate for prophylaxis in pediatric patients 1 year to 12 years of age is supported by one randomized, open-label, post-exposure household prophylaxis trial including pediatric subjects 1 year to 12 years of age who received 30 to 60 mg of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension (supplied as powder) taken orally once daily for 10 days [see Clinical Studies (14.2)]. Additional safety information was provided in a 6-week seasonal prophylaxis (community outbreak) safety study in 49 patients 1 year to 12 years of age.
The safety and efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate for prophylaxis of influenza have not been established for pediatric patients less than 1 year of age.
Of the 4,765 adults in clinical trials of oseltamivir phosphate for the treatment of influenza, 948 (20%) were 65 years and older, while 329 (7%) were 75 years and older. In three double-blind, placebo-controlled trials in the treatment of influenza in patients at least 65 years old, that enrolled 741 subjects (374 received placebo and 362 received oseltamivir phosphate), no overall differences in safety or effectiveness were observed between these subjects and younger subjects, and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger subjects [see Clinical Studies (14.1)].
Of the 4,603 adults in clinical trials of oseltamivir phosphate for the prophylaxis of influenza, 1,046 (23%) were 65 years and older, while 719 (16%) were 75 years and older. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in elderly residents of nursing homes who took oseltamivir phosphate for up to 42 days for the prophylaxis of influenza (oseltamivir phosphate n=276, placebo n=272), no overall differences in safety or effectiveness were observed between these subjects and younger subjects, and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger subjects [see Clinical Studies (14.2)].
Patients with renal impairment had higher blood levels of oseltamivir carboxylate compared to patients with normal renal function which may increase the risk of oseltamivir phosphate-associated adverse reactions. Therefore, dosage adjustment is recommended for patients with a serum creatinine clearance between 10 mL/minute and 60 mL/minute and for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing routine hemodialysis or continuous peritoneal dialysis treatment [see Dosage and Administration (2.4)]. Oseltamivir phosphate is not recommended for patients with ESRD not undergoing dialysis [see Indications and Usage (1.3) and Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
No dosage adjustment is required in patients with mild to moderate hepatic impairment. The safety and pharmacokinetics in patients with severe hepatic impairment have not been evaluated [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate in the treatment of influenza in patients with chronic cardiac disease and/or respiratory disease was evaluated in one randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Efficacy in this population, as measured by time to alleviation of all symptoms, was not established, but no new safety signals were identified [see Clinical Studies (14.1)].
No clinical trial data are available regarding treatment of influenza in patients with any medical condition sufficiently severe or unstable to be considered at imminent risk of requiring hospitalization.
Efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza has not been established in immunocompromised patients [see Clinical Studies (14.2)]. Safety of oseltamivir phosphate has been demonstrated for up to 12 weeks for prophylaxis of influenza in immunocompromised patients [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)].
Reports of overdoses with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension have been received from clinical trials and during postmarketing experience. In the majority of cases reporting overdose, no adverse reactions were reported. Adverse reactions reported following overdose were similar in nature to those observed with therapeutic doses of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension [see Adverse Reactions (6)].
Oseltamivir phosphate, USP, an influenza neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI), is available as a powder for oral suspension, which when constituted with water as directed contains 6 mg per mL oseltamivir base. In addition to the active ingredient, the powder for oral suspension contains colloidal silicon dioxide, monosodium citrate, saccharin sodium, sodium benzoate, sorbitol, titanium dioxide, tutti-frutti flavoring and xanthan gum.
Oseltamivir phosphate, USP is a white to off-white powder with the chemical name (3R,4R,5S)-4-acetylamino-5-amino3(1-ethylpropoxy)-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, ethyl ester, phosphate (1:1). The chemical formula is C16H28N2O4 (free base). The molecular weight is 312.4 for oseltamivir free base and 410.4 for oseltamivir phosphate salt. The structural formula is as follows:
Oseltamivir is an antiviral drug with activity against influenza virus [see Microbiology (12.4)].
Absorption and Bioavailability
Oseltamivir is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract after oral administration of oseltamivir phosphate and is extensively converted predominantly by hepatic esterases to oseltamivir carboxylate. At least 75% of an oral dose reaches the systemic circulation as oseltamivir carboxylate and less than 5% of the oral dose reaches the systemic circulation as oseltamivir (see Table 6).
Table 6 Mean (% CV) Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Oseltamivir and Oseltamivir Carboxylate Following Multiple Dosing of 75 mg Capsules Twice Daily (n=20)
Carboxylate
Cmax (ng/mL) 65 (26) 348 (18)
AUC0-12h (ng∙h/mL) 112 (25) 2,719 (20)
Plasma concentrations of oseltamivir carboxylate are proportional to doses up to 500 mg given twice daily (about 6.7 times the maximum recommended oseltamivir phosphate dosage) [see Dosage and Administration (2)].
Coadministration with food had no significant effect on the peak plasma concentration (551 ng/mL under fasted conditions and 441 ng/mL under fed conditions) and the area under the plasma concentration time curve (6,218 ng·h/mL under fasted conditions and 6,069 ng·h/mL under fed conditions) of oseltamivir carboxylate.
The volume of distribution (Vss) of oseltamivir carboxylate, following intravenous administration in 24 subjects (oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not available as an intravenous formulation), ranged between 23 liters and 26 liters.
The binding of oseltamivir carboxylate to human plasma protein is low (3%). The binding of oseltamivir to human plasma protein is 42%, which is insufficient to cause significant displacement-based drug interactions.
Absorbed oseltamivir is primarily (>90%) eliminated by conversion to the active metabolite, oseltamivir carboxylate. Plasma concentrations of oseltamivir declined with a half-life of 1 hour to 3 hours in most subjects after oral administration. Oseltamivir carboxylate is not further metabolized and is eliminated unchanged in urine. Plasma concentrations of oseltamivir carboxylate declined with a half-life of 6 hours to 10 hours in most subjects after oral administration.
Oseltamivir is extensively converted to the active metabolite, oseltamivir carboxylate, by esterases located predominantly in the liver. Oseltamivir carboxylate is not further metabolized. Neither oseltamivir nor oseltamivir carboxylate is a substrate for, or inhibitor of, cytochrome P450 isoforms.
Oseltamivir carboxylate is eliminated entirely (>99%) by renal excretion. Renal clearance (18.8 L/h) exceeds glomerular filtration rate (7.5 L/h), indicating that tubular secretion (via organic anion transporter) occurs in addition to glomerular filtration. Less than 20% of an oral radiolabeled dose is eliminated in feces.
Administration of 100 mg of oseltamivir phosphate twice daily (about 1.3 times the maximum recommended dosage) for 5 days to subjects with various degrees of renal impairment showed that exposure to oseltamivir carboxylate is inversely proportional to declining renal function.
Population-derived pharmacokinetic parameters were determined for patients with varying degrees of renal function including ESRD patients on hemodialysis. Median simulated exposures of oseltamivir carboxylate for recommended treatment and prophylaxis regimens are provided in Table 7. The pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir have not been studied in ESRD patients not undergoing dialysis [see Indications and Usage (1.3), and Use in Specific Populations (8.6)].
Table 7 Simulated Median Treatment Exposure Metrics of Oseltamivir Carboxylate in Patients with Normal Renal Function, with Renal Impairment and ESRD Patients on Hemodialysis
Renal Function/
Normal Creatinine Clearance
90 to 140 mL/min (n=57)
Mild Creatinine Clearance
60 to 90 mL/min (n=45)
Moderate Creatinine Clearance
30 to 60 mL/min
Severe Creatinine Clearance 10 to 30 mL/min
ESRD Creatinine Clearance
<10 mL/min on Hemodialysis
* AUC normalized to 48 hours.
Recommended Treatment Regimens
PK exposure parameter 75 mg twice
daily 75 mg twice
daily 30 mg once
daily 30 mg every
HD cycle
Cmin (ng/mL) 145 253 180 219 221
Cmax (ng/mL) 298 464 306 477 1,170
AUC48 (ng∙h/mL)* 11,224 18,476 12,008 16,818 23,200
Recommended Prophylaxis Regimens
PK exposure parameter 75 mg once
other day 30 mg
alternate HD
Cmin (ng/mL) 39 62 57 70 42
Cmax (ng/mL) 213 311 209 377 903
AUC48 (ng∙hr/mL)* 5,294 8,336 6,262 9,317 11,200
In continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, the peak concentration of oseltamivir carboxylate following a single 30 mg dose of oseltamivir or once weekly oseltamivir was approximately 3-fold higher than in patients with normal renal function who received 75 mg twice daily. The plasma concentration of oseltamivir carboxylate on Day 5 (147 ng/mL) following a single 30 mg dose in CAPD patients is similar to the predicted Cmin (160 ng/mL) in patients with normal renal function following 75 mg twice daily. Administration of 30 mg once weekly to CAPD patients resulted in plasma concentrations of oseltamivir carboxylate at the 168-hour blood sample of 63 ng/mL, which were comparable to the Cmin in patients with normal renal function receiving the approved regimen of 75 mg once daily (40 ng/mL).
In clinical studies, oseltamivir carboxylate exposure was not altered in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment [see Use in Specific Populations (8.7)].
A pooled population pharmacokinetic analysis indicates that the oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension dosage regimen resulted in lower exposure to the active metabolite in pregnant women (n=59) compared to non-pregnant women (n=33). However, this predicted exposure is expected to have activity against susceptible influenza virus strains and there are insufficient pharmacokinetics and safety data to recommend a dose adjustment for pregnant women [see Use in Specific Populations (8.1)].
Pediatric Subjects (1 year to 12 years of age)
The pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate have been evaluated in a single-dose pharmacokinetic study in pediatric subjects aged 5 to 16 years (n=18) and in a small number of pediatric subjects aged 3 to 12 years (n=5) enrolled in a clinical trial. Younger pediatric subjects cleared both the prodrug and the active metabolite faster than adult subjects resulting in a lower exposure for a given mg/kg dose. For oseltamivir carboxylate, apparent total clearance decreases linearly with increasing age (up to 12 years). The pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir in pediatric subjects over 12 years of age are similar to those in adult subjects [see Use in Specific Populations (8.4)].
Pediatric Subjects (2 weeks to less than 1 year of age)
The pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate have been evaluated in two open-label studies of pediatric subjects less than one year of age (n=122) infected with influenza. Apparent clearance of the active metabolite decreases with decreasing age in subjects less than 1 year of age; however the oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate exposure following a 3 mg/kg dose in subjects under 1 year of age is expected to be within the observed exposures in adults and adolescents receiving 75 mg twice daily and 150 mg twice daily [see Use in Specific Populations (8.4)].
Exposure to oseltamivir carboxylate at steady-state was 25% to 35% higher in geriatric subjects (age range 65 to 78 years) compared to young adults given comparable doses of oseltamivir. Half-lives observed in the geriatric subjects were similar to those seen in young adults. Based on drug exposure and tolerability, dose adjustments are not required for geriatric patients for either treatment or prophylaxis [see Use in Specific Populations (8.5)].
Oseltamivir is extensively converted to oseltamivir carboxylate by esterases, located predominantly in the liver. Drug interactions involving competition for esterases have not been extensively reported in literature. Low protein binding of oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate suggests that the probability of drug displacement interactions is low.
In vitro studies demonstrate that neither oseltamivir nor oseltamivir carboxylate is a good substrate for P450 mixed-function oxidases or for glucuronyl transferases.
Coadministration of probenecid results in an approximate two-fold increase in exposure to oseltamivir carboxylate due to a decrease in active anionic tubular secretion in the kidney. However, due to the safety margin of oseltamivir carboxylate, no dose adjustments are required when coadministering with probenecid. No clinically relevant pharmacokinetic interactions have been observed when coadministering oseltamivir with amoxicillin, acetaminophen, aspirin, cimetidine, antacids (magnesium and aluminum hydroxides and calcium carbonates), rimantadine, amantadine, or warfarin.
Oseltamivir phosphate is an ethyl ester prodrug requiring ester hydrolysis for conversion to the active form, oseltamivir carboxylate. Oseltamivir carboxylate is an inhibitor of influenza virus neuraminidase affecting release of viral particles. The median IC50 values of oseltamivir against influenza A/H1N1, influenza A/H3N2, and influenza B clinical isolates were 2.5 nM (range 0.93 to 4.16 nM, N=74), 0.96 nM (range 0.13 to 7.95 nM, N=774), and 60 nM (20 to 285 nM, N=256), respectively, in a neuraminidase assay with a fluorescently labeled MUNANA substrate.
Antiviral Activity
The antiviral activity of oseltamivir carboxylate against laboratory strains and clinical isolates of influenza virus was determined in cell culture. The concentrations of oseltamivir carboxylate required for inhibition of influenza virus in cell culture were highly variable depending on the assay method used and the virus tested. The 50% and 90% effective concentrations (EC50 and EC90) were in the range of 0.0008 micromolar to greater than 35 micromolar and 0.004 micromolar to greater than 100 micromolar, respectively (1 micromolar=0.284 microgram per mL). The relationship between the antiviral activity in cell culture, inhibitory activity in the neuraminidase assay, and the inhibition of influenza virus replication in humans has not been established.
Cell culture studies: Influenza A virus isolates with reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir carboxylate have been recovered by serial passage of virus in cell culture in the presence of increasing concentrations of oseltamivir carboxylate. Reduced susceptibility of influenza virus to inhibition by oseltamivir carboxylate may be conferred by amino acid substitutions in the viral neuraminidase and/or hemagglutinin proteins.
Clinical studies: Reduced susceptibility isolates have been obtained during treatment with oseltamivir and from sampling during community surveillance studies. Changes in the viral neuraminidase that have been associated with reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir carboxylate are summarized in Table 8. The clinical impact of this reduced susceptibility is unknown.
Hemagglutinin (HA) substitutions selected in cell culture and associated with reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir include (influenza virus subtype-specific numbering) A11T, K173E, and R453M in H3N2; and H99Q in influenza B virus (Yamagata lineage). In some cases, HA substitutions were selected in conjunction with known NA resistance substitutions and may contribute to reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir; however, the impact of HA substitutions on antiviral activity of oseltamivir in humans is unknown and likely to be strain-dependent.
Table 8 Neuraminidase Amino Acid Substitutions Associated with Reduced Susceptibility to Oseltamivir
Amino Acid Substitution*
* All numbering is N2, except where indicated
Influenza A N1 (N1 numbering in brackets)
I117V (I117V), E119V (E119V), R152K (R152K), Y155H (Y155H), F173V (F174V), D198G/N (D199G/N), I222K/R/T/V (I223K/R/T/V), S246G/N (S247G/N), G248R+I266V (G249R+I267V), H274Y (H275Y), N294S (N295S), Q312R+I427T (Q313R+I427T), N325K (N325K), R371K (R368K)
Influenza A N2
E41G, E119I/V, D151V, I222L/V, Q226H, SASG245-248 deletion, S247P, R292K, N294S
Influenza B (B numbering in brackets)
E119A (E117A), P141S (P139S), G142R (G140R), R152K (R150K), D198E/N/Y (D197E/N/Y), I222L/T/V (I221L/T/V), A246D/S/T (A245D/S/T), H274Y (H273Y), N294S (N294S), R371K (R374K), G402S (G407S)
Selection of influenza A viruses resistant to oseltamivir can occur at higher frequencies in children. Oseltamivir treatment-associated resistance in pediatric treatment studies has been detected at frequencies of 27% to 37% and 3% to 18% (3/11 to 7/19 and 1/34 to 9/50 post-treatment isolates, respectively) for influenza A/H1N1 virus and influenza A/H3N2 virus, respectively.
In immunocompromised adults and pediatrics (1 year of age and older), selection of influenza viruses resistant to oseltamivir can occur at higher frequencies than in the otherwise healthy population. In a treatment study of immunocompromised subjects, treatment‐associated genotypic resistance was detected in 27% (8/30), 12% (6/52), and 0% (0/42) of influenza A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B virus infections, respectively. Treatment‐emergent resistance was observed at a higher frequency in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (32%; 6/19).
The frequency of resistance selection to oseltamivir and the prevalence of such resistant virus vary seasonally and geographically.
Circulating seasonal influenza strains expressing neuraminidase resistance-associated substitutions have been observed in individuals who have not received oseltamivir treatment. The oseltamivir resistance-associated substitution H275Y was found in more than 99% of US-circulating 2008 H1N1 influenza virus isolates. The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (“swine flu”) was almost uniformly susceptible to oseltamivir; however, the frequency of circulating resistant variants can change from season to season. Prescribers should consider available information from the CDC on influenza virus drug susceptibility patterns and treatment effects when deciding whether to use oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension.
Cross-resistance
Cross-resistance between oseltamivir and zanamivir has been observed in neuraminidase biochemical assays. The H275Y (N1 numbering) or N294S (N2 numbering) oseltamivir resistance-associated substitutions observed in the N1 neuraminidase subtype, and the E119V or N294S oseltamivir resistance-associated substitutions observed in the N2 subtype (N2 numbering), are associated with reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir but not zanamivir. The Q136K and K150T zanamivir resistance-associated substitutions observed in N1 neuraminidase, or the S250G zanamivir resistance-associated substitutions observed in influenza B virus neuraminidase, confer reduced susceptibility to zanamivir but not oseltamivir. The R292K oseltamivir resistance-associated substitution observed in N2, and the I222T, D198E/N, R371K, or G402S oseltamivir resistance-associated substitutions observed in influenza B virus neuraminidase, confer reduced susceptibility to both oseltamivir and zanamivir. These examples do not represent an exhaustive list of cross resistance-associated substitutions and prescribers should consider available information from the CDC on influenza drug susceptibility patterns and treatment effects when deciding whether to use oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension.
No single amino acid substitution has been identified that could confer cross-resistance between the neuraminidase inhibitor class (oseltamivir, zanamivir) and the M2 ion channel inhibitor class (amantadine, rimantadine). However, a virus may carry a neuraminidase inhibitor-associated substitution in neuraminidase and an M2 ion channel inhibitor-associated substitution in M2 and may therefore be resistant to both classes of inhibitors. The clinical relevance of phenotypic cross-resistance evaluations has not been established.
No influenza vaccine/oseltamivir interaction study has been conducted. In studies of naturally acquired and experimental influenza, treatment with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension did not impair normal humoral antibody response to infection.
In 2-year carcinogenicity studies in mice and rats given daily oral doses of the prodrug oseltamivir phosphate up to 400 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg, respectively, the prodrug and the active form oseltamivir carboxylate induced no statistically significant increases in tumors over controls. The mean maximum daily exposures to the prodrug in mice and rats were approximately 130- and 320-fold, respectively, greater than those in humans at the recommended clinical dose based on AUC comparisons. The respective safety margins of the exposures to the active oseltamivir carboxylate were 15- and 50-fold.
Oseltamivir was found to be non-mutagenic in the Ames test and the human lymphocyte chromosome assay with and without enzymatic activation and negative in the mouse micronucleus test. It was found to be positive in a Syrian Hamster Embryo (SHE) cell transformation test. Oseltamivir carboxylate was non-mutagenic in the Ames test and the L5178Y mouse lymphoma assay with and without enzymatic activation and negative in the SHE cell transformation test.
In a fertility and early embryonic development study in rats, doses of oseltamivir at 50 mg/kg/day, 250 mg/kg/day, and 1,500 mg/kg/day were administered to females for 2 weeks before mating, during mating and until day 6 of pregnancy. Males were dosed for 4 weeks before mating, during mating, and for 2 weeks after mating. There were no effects on fertility, mating performance or early embryonic development at any dose level. The highest dose in this study was approximately 115 times the human systemic exposure (AUC0-24h) of oseltamivir carboxylate that occurs after administration of the maximum recommended human dose.
Two randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials of oseltamivir phosphate were conducted in adults between 18 and 65 years old, one in the U.S. and one outside the U.S., for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza. Eligible subjects had fever of at least 100ºF, accompanied by at least one respiratory symptom (cough, nasal symptoms, or sore throat) and at least one systemic symptom (myalgia, chills/sweats, malaise, fatigue, or headache), and influenza virus was known to be circulating in the community. Subjects were randomized to receive oral oseltamivir phosphate or placebo for 5 days. All enrolled subjects were allowed to take fever-reducing medications.
Of 1,355 subjects enrolled in these two trials, 849 (63%) subjects were influenza-infected (median age 34 years; 52% male; 90% Caucasian; 31% smokers). Of the 849 influenza-infected subjects, 95% were infected with influenza A, 3% with influenza B, and 2% with influenza of unknown type.
Study medication was started within 40 hours of onset of symptoms and administered twice daily for 5 days. Subjects were required to self-assess the influenza-associated symptoms (nasal congestion, sore throat, cough, aches, fatigue, headaches, and chills/sweats) twice daily as “none,” “mild,” “moderate,” or “severe”. Time to improvement was calculated from the time of treatment initiation to the time when all symptoms were assessed as “none” or “mild”. In both trials, there was a 1.3-day reduction in the median time to improvement in influenza-infected subjects who received oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg twice a day for 5 days compared to subjects who received placebo. Subgroup analyses by gender showed no differences in the treatment effect of oseltamivir phosphate in men and women.
In the treatment of influenza, no increased efficacy was demonstrated in subjects who received higher doses of oseltamivir phosphate.
Adolescents and Adults with Chronic Cardiac or Respiratory Disease
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial was unable to demonstrate efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate (75 mg twice daily for 5 days) in the treatment of influenza in adult and adolescent subjects (13 years or older) with chronic cardiac (excluding chronic idiopathic hypertension) or respiratory diseases, as measured by time to alleviation of all symptoms. However, in patients treated with oseltamivir phosphate there was a more rapid cessation of febrile illness. No difference in the incidence of influenza complications was observed between the treatment and placebo groups in this population.
Geriatric Subjects
Three double-blind placebo-controlled treatment trials were conducted in subjects who were at least 65 years of age in three consecutive seasons. The enrollment criteria were similar to that of adult trials with the exception of fever being defined as higher than 97.5°F. Of 741 subjects enrolled, 476 (65%) subjects were influenza-infected; of these, 95% were infected with influenza type A and 5% with influenza type B.
In the pooled analysis, there was a 1-day reduction in the median time to improvement in influenza-infected subjects who received oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg twice daily for 5 days compared to those who received placebo (p=NS) [see Use in Specific Populations (8.5)]. Some seasonal variability was noted in the clinical efficacy outcomes.
One double-blind placebo-controlled treatment trial was conducted in pediatric subjects aged 1 year to 12 years (median age 5 years) who had fever (at least 100ºF) plus one respiratory symptom (cough or coryza) when influenza virus was known to be circulating in the community. Of 698 subjects enrolled in this trial, 452 (65%) were influenza-infected (50% male; 68% Caucasian). Of the 452 influenza-infected subjects, 67% were infected with influenza A and 33% with influenza B.
Efficacy in this trial was determined by the time to alleviation or resolution of influenza signs and symptoms, measured by a composite endpoint that required the following four individual conditions be met: i) alleviation of cough, ii) alleviation of coryza, iii) resolution of fever, and iv) parental opinion of a return to normal health and activity. Oseltamivir phosphate treatment of 2 mg per kg twice daily, started within 48 hours of onset of symptoms, reduced the total composite time to freedom from illness by 1.5 days compared to placebo. Subgroup analyses by gender showed no differences in the treatment effect of oseltamivir phosphate in male and female pediatric subjects.
Two open-label trials evaluated the safety and pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate in influenza-infected pediatric subjects 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age (including premature infants at least 36 weeks post conceptional age). Subjects received oseltamivir phosphate at doses ranging from 2 to 3.5 mg per kg twice daily for 5 days depending on subject age. These clinical trials were not designed to evaluate clinical efficacy or virologic response.
Of the 136 subjects under the age of 1 year enrolled and dosed in the trials, the majority of the subjects were male (55%), white (79%), non-Hispanic (74%), full term (76%) and infected with influenza A (80%). Pharmacokinetic data indicated that a dose of 3 mg per kg twice daily in pediatric subjects 2 weeks to less than 1 year of age provided oseltamivir phosphate concentrations similar to or higher than those observed in older pediatric subjects and adults receiving the approved dose and provided the basis for approval [see Adverse Reactions (6.1) and Use in Specific Populations (8.4)].
Adult and Adolescent Subjects (13 years of age and older)
The efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate in preventing naturally occurring influenza illness has been demonstrated in three seasonal prophylaxis (community outbreak) clinical trials and one post-exposure prophylaxis trial in household contacts. The efficacy endpoint for all of these trials was the incidence of laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza defined as meeting all the following criteria (all signs and symptoms must have been recorded within 24 hours):
oral temperature greater than or equal to 99.0ºF (37.2ºC),
at least one respiratory symptom (cough, sore throat, nasal congestion),
at least one constitutional symptom (aches and pain, fatigue, headache, chills/sweats), and
either a positive virus isolation or a four-fold increase in virus antibody titers from baseline.
In a pooled analysis of two seasonal prophylaxis trials in healthy unvaccinated adults (aged 18 to 65 years), oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg once daily taken for 42 days during a community outbreak reduced the incidence of laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza from 5% (25/519) for the placebo group to 1% (6/520) for the oseltamivir phosphate group.
In the seasonal (community outbreak) prophylaxis trial in elderly residents of skilled nursing homes, about 80%, 43%, and 14% of the subjects were vaccinated, had cardiac disorders, and had chronic airway obstructive disorders, respectively. In this trial, subjects were randomized to oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg once daily or placebo taken orally for 42 days. The incidence of laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza was 4% (12/272) in the placebo-treated subjects compared to less than 1% (1/276) in the oseltamivir phosphate-treated subjects.
In the post-exposure prophylaxis trial in household contacts (aged 13 years or older) of an index influenza case, oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg once daily or placebo taken orally was administered within 48 hours of onset of symptoms in the index case and continued for 7 days (index cases did not receive oseltamivir phosphate treatment). The incidence of laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza was 12% (24/200) in the placebo-treated subjects compared to 1% (2/205) in the oseltamivir phosphate-treated subjects.
The efficacy of oseltamivir phosphate in preventing naturally occurring influenza illness was demonstrated in a randomized, open-label post-exposure prophylaxis trial in household contacts that included pediatric subjects aged 1 year to 12 years, both as index cases and as family contacts. All index cases in this trial received oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension 30 mg to 60 mg taken orally once daily for 10 days. The efficacy parameter was the incidence of laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza in the household. Laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza was defined as meeting all of the following criteria:
oral temperature at least 100°F (37.8ºC),
cough and/or coryza recorded within 48 hours, and
either a positive virus isolation or a four-fold or greater increase in virus antibody titers from baseline or at illness visits.
Among household contacts 1 year to 12 years of age not already shedding virus at baseline, the incidence of laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza was lower in the group who received oseltamivir phosphate prophylaxis [3% (3/95)] compared to the group who did not receive oseltamivir phosphate prophylaxis [17% (18/106)].
Immunocompromised Subjects
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted for seasonal prophylaxis of influenza in 475 immunocompromised subjects (including 18 pediatric subjects 1 year to 12 years of age) who had received solid organ (n=388; liver, kidney, liver and kidney) or hematopoietic stem cell transplants (n=87). Median time since transplant for solid organ transplant recipients was 1,105 days for the placebo group and 1,379 days for the oseltamivir phosphate group. Median time since transplant for hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients was 424 days for the placebo group and 367 days for the oseltamivir phosphate group. Approximately 40% of subjects received influenza vaccine prior to entering the study. The primary efficacy endpoint was the incidence of confirmed clinical influenza, defined as oral temperature higher than 99.0°F (37.2°C) plus cough and/or coryza, all recorded within 24 hours, plus either a positive virus culture or a four-fold increase in virus antibody titers from baseline. Subjects received treatment with oseltamivir phosphate 75 mg or placebo once daily by mouth for 12 weeks. The incidence of confirmed clinical influenza was 3% (7/238) in the placebo group compared with 2% (5/237) in the oseltamivir phosphate group; this difference was not statistically significant. A secondary analysis was performed using the same clinical symptoms and RT-PCR for laboratory confirmation of influenza infection. Among subjects who were not already shedding virus at baseline, the incidence of RT-PCR-confirmed clinical influenza infection was 3% (7/231) in the placebo group and <1% (1/232) in the oseltamivir phosphate group.
Oseltamivir Phosphate for Oral Suspension (Supplied as Powder)
Supplied as a white to off-white granular powder in a glass bottle. After constitution, the powder blend produces a white to off-white tutti-frutti–flavored oral suspension. After constitution with 55 mL of water, each bottle delivers a usable volume of 60 mL of oral suspension equivalent to 360 mg oseltamivir base (6 mg/mL) [see Dosage and Administration (2.5)] (NDC 47781-384-26).
Store dry powder at 25ºC (77ºF); excursions permitted to 15º to 30ºC (59º to 86ºF) [See USP Controlled Room Temperature].
Store constituted oral suspension under refrigeration for up to 17 days at 2º to 8ºC (36º to 46ºF). Do not freeze. Alternatively, store constituted oral suspension for up to 10 days at 25ºC (77ºF); excursions permitted to 15º to 30ºC (59º to 86ºF) [See USP Controlled Room Temperature].
Advise the patient to read the FDA-approved patient labeling (Patient Information and Instructions for Use).
Serious Skin/Hypersensitivity Reactions
Advise patients and/or caregivers of the risk of severe allergic reactions (including anaphylaxis) or serious skin reactions. Instruct patients and/or caregiver to stop oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension and seek immediate medical attention if an allergic-like reaction occurs or is suspected [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
Neuropsychiatric Events
Advise patients and/or caregivers of the risk of neuropsychiatric events in oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension-treated patients with influenza and instruct patients to contact their physician if they experience signs of abnormal behavior while receiving oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
Important Dosing Information
Instruct patients to begin treatment with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension as soon as possible from the first appearance of flu symptoms, within 48 hours of onset of symptoms. Similarly, instruct patients to start taking oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for prevention as soon as possible after exposure [see Dosage and Administration (2)]. Instruct patients to take any missed doses as soon as they remember, except if it is near the next scheduled dose (within 2 hours), and then continue to take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension at the usual times.
Instruct patients that oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not a substitute for receiving an annual flu vaccination. Patients should continue receiving an annual flu vaccination according to guidelines on immunization practices. Because of the potential for oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension to inhibit replication of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and possibly reduce efficacy of LAIV, avoid administration of LAIV within 2 weeks or 48 hours after oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension administration, unless medically necessary [see Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Fructose Intolerance
Inform patients with hereditary fructose intolerance that one dose of 75 mg oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension (supplied as powder) delivers 2 grams of sorbitol. Inform patients with hereditary fructose intolerance that this is above the daily maximum limit of sorbitol and may cause dyspepsia and diarrhea [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4)].
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What is oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is a prescription medicine used to:
treat the flu (influenza) in people 2 weeks of age and older who have had flu symptoms for no more than two days.
prevent the flu in people who are 1 year of age and older.
It is not known if oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is:
effective in people who start treatment after 2 days of developing flu symptoms.
effective for the treatment of the flu in people with long-time (chronic) heart problems or breathing problems.
effective for the treatment or prevention of flu in people who have weakened immune systems (immunocompromised).
safe and effective for the treatment of the flu in children less than 2 weeks of age.
safe and effective in the prevention of the flu in children less than 1 year of age.
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension does not treat or prevent illness that is caused by infections other than the influenza virus.
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension does not prevent bacterial infections that may happen with the flu.
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension is not recommended for people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are not receiving dialysis.
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension does not take the place of receiving a flu vaccination. Talk to your healthcare provider about when you should receive an annual flu vaccination.
Who should not take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Do not take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension if you are allergic to oseltamivir phosphate or any of the ingredients in oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Before you take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension, tell your healthcare provider if you:
have a history of fructose (fruit sugar) intolerance. Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension contains sorbitol and may cause stomach upset and diarrhea in people who are fructose intolerant.
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Available information indicate that oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension does not increase the risk of birth defects.
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Oseltamivir phosphate can pass into breast milk in small amounts.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription or over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
How should I take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to.
Take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension with food or without food. There is less chance of stomach upset if you take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension with food.
If you miss a dose of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension, take it as soon as you remember. If it is 2 hours or less before your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Take your next dose of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension at your scheduled time. Do not take 2 doses at the same time.
If your healthcare provider or pharmacist has instructed you to take oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension, read the detailed Instructions for Use at the end of this leaflet. Ask your pharmacist if you have any questions.
What are the possible side effects of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension may cause serious side effects, including:
Serious skin and allergic reactions. Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension can cause serious skin and allergic reactions. Stop taking oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension and get medical help right away if you get any of the following symptoms:
skin rash or hives
your skin blisters and peels
blisters or sores in your mouth
chest pain or tightness
Change in behavior. People, especially children, who have the flu, can develop nervous system problems and abnormal behavior that can lead to death. During treatment with oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension, tell your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have confusion, speech problems, shaky movements, seizures, or start hearing voices or seeing things that are not really there (hallucinations).
The most common side effects of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension when used for treatment of the flu include nausea, vomiting, and headache.
The most common side effect of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension when used for prevention of the flu include nausea, vomiting, headache, and pain.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all of the possible side effects of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension.
How should I store oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Store oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension in the refrigerator for up to 17 days between 36ºF to 46ºF (2ºC to 8ºC). Do not freeze.
Store oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for up to 10 days at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C).
Safely throw away any unused oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension that is out of date or no longer needed.
Keep oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about the safe and effective use of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension that is written for health professionals. For more information, contact Alvogen, Inc. at 1-866-770-3024.
What are the ingredients in oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Active ingredient: oseltamivir phosphate, USP
Oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension: colloidal silicon dioxide, monosodium citrate, saccharin sodium, sodium benzoate, sorbitol, titanium dioxide, tutti-frutti flavoring and xanthan gum.
This Patient Information has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Revised: 05/2020
How do I give a dose of oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension?
Step 1. Shake the oseltamivir phosphate for oral suspension bottle well before each use.
Step 2. Open the bottle by pushing downward on the child resistant bottle cap and twisting it in the direction of the arrow.
Step 3. Measure the oral suspension with an appropriate oral dosing dispenser to be sure you get the correct dose. Contact your pharmacist if you do not have an appropriate oral dosing dispenser.
Step 4. Give the full contents of oral dosing dispenser directly into the mouth.
Step 5. Close the bottle with the child-resistant bottle cap after each use.
Step 6. Rinse oral dosing dispenser under running tap water and allow to air dry after each use.
PL384-04
This Instructions for Use has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Revised: 08/2019
Oseltamivir Phosphate
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Alvogen®
*Each mL contains
6 mg oseltamivir base
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oseltamivir phosphate powder, for suspension
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serves Fairfield & Southport
21-Year-Old Man Shot To Death In Bridgeport's First Homicide Of The Year
Jawuan Green Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police Department
CT Duo Charged After Shots Fired Following Altercation
Alleged Dealer Supplying Drugs In Fairfield County Nabbed On ...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 21-year-old Bridgeport man who was shot to death early Tuesday is the city's first homicide victim of the year, police said.
At 12:28 a.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired at The Snack Shop at 604 Newfield Ave., according to a police statement.
Before officers arrived, the victim had been transported to Bridgeport Hospital by private car, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The victim was identified as Jawuan Green, of 61 Read St., police said. He had turned 21 on Sunday.
A crime scene was located in and around The Snack Shop, police said.
There were 23 homicides in Bridgeport in 2017.
Anyone with information should call 203-576-TIPS.
CT Man Sentenced For Narcotics Distribution
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Journalism Effort Focuses on ‘Fixes’
<p>Minnesota Public Radio’s rural reporting project tells the stories of small communities that are working to solve vexing economic and social problems.</p>
by Dave Peters August 30, 2013 August 30, 2013
One affordable care solution: Dr. Susan Wasson says her practice in Osakis is a small example of how to make healthcare more affordable. Other stories in the journalism project have focused on topics such as technology, education, public safety, food and economic development.
[imgcontainer right][img:vogel1.jpg][source]Minnesota Public Radio/Jennifer Vogel[/source]One affordable-care solution: Dr. Susan Wasson says her practice in Osakis is a small example of how to make healthcare more affordable. Other stories in the journalism project have focused on topics such as technology, education, public safety, food and economic development. [/imgcontainer]
In 2010, when Minnesota Public Radio News launched a reporting project about community issues throughout the state, we had one overarching question: Who’s trying to fix things?
This approach assumed, of course, that there were problems to be fixed, a classic tack for journalists approaching a project. We thought, though, it was worth applying a different lens as we looked about rural Minnesota.
Yes, what are the challenges, we wanted to know. But we also sought to understand the ideas, the people and the conversations that might help communities confront every-day difficulties.
Most important, we started with the notion that journalism and storytelling could help communities make decisions. So we called our project Ground Level and set about asking more detailed questions.
Who’s trying to make broadband available in Grand Marais? Who’s trying to cut a better deal for Sandstone when it negotiates with a hospital conglomerate? Who’s making connections between Latino and Anglo communities? How does a small town under fiscal pressure make a choice between raising property taxes and eliminating the police department?
The result was a series of reports over three years that combined online text, on-air pieces, video, photos, graphics, Google chats and live forums to delve into myriad community challenges. To reach more people, we distributed the reports to several dozen newspapers around Minnesota.
This work shined light on challenges and people leading change. The journalism is produced by a reporter designated to the project, an editor, part of a web producer and radio reporters borrowed from the main MPR newsroom occasionally as stories fit their beats.
After some experimentation, we took a topical approach to the effort.
We might spend several weeks focusing on health care, for example, looking for ways residents in different communities were trying to resolve dilemmas. In Osakis, we produced a video of a doctor working “off the grid” of insurance companies, taking cash only and serving largely immigrant patients. In Sandstone, the story was on the negotiation between the city and Essentia, the large company running the small hospital.
At another point, the topic was public safety – how a fiscal squeeze was forcing small towns to re-evaluate how much law enforcement they needed or could afford. Coverage included a video of a man offering his rural neighbors crime-deterring “watch llamas” and how some counties in sparsely populated western Minnesota cobbled together a SWAT team to deal with drug crimes more efficiently.
The problems and challenges were broad, but the efforts to deal with them often reflected local politics, resources and imaginations. By treating them in concert with a statewide view, we were able to raise the level and the frequency of the conversations in Minnesota.
Here’s a collection page of those efforts, with topics ranging from local food to transportation. Our on-air presence has gotten more robust and our online traffic has grown.
But as we plowed this ground we came to see that we had a larger story to tell. We kept hearing about the same people; we kept running across the same non-profits and activists trying to lend a hand; we kept noticing that all our work was against a backdrop of inexorable demographic, economic and political forces that rural Minnesota residents were dealing with, knowingly or not.
[source]Minnesota Public Radio/Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber[/source]
The Ground Level project produced this video as a social-media tool to encourage reader contributions.
As a result, we wrote a book — “Fighting for an American Countryside.” It’s set in Minnesota but it tells a story that applies across much of rural America. Rather than compiling past stories, the book contains new reporting and evocative videos that let you see and hear the subjects in new ways.
One aim of the eBook was to push ourselves into new ways of telling stories, taking advantage of new platforms and trying to follow our audiences as they get their information in new ways. And because, after all, our primary goal is to get our journalism in front of as many people as possible, we made the eBook downloads free and we created a separate, mirror version for online viewing on our website. We’re hearing also from educators who want to take pieces of the project for use with students and community leaders.
Long term, we also think the eBook can lead Ground Level further into seeing journalism as a conversation. For example, we used a video called “My Town Is . . .” in the eBook to solicit contributions from readers via Facebook, Twitter and our Public Insight Network, and keep the topic alive. MPR’s Public Insight Network, in turn, wants to use that as a way to experiment more broadly with bringing together multiple streams of social media contributions.
And our hope is to learn more about using future Ground Level projects as jumping off points for community conversations. We’d like to learn better how to use the “knowledge networks” that exist in the state – collections of people who have gone through foundation or academic leadership training programs or who otherwise represent emerging community leaders. For journalists, these people represent contributors, sources and audience all in one.
Every state is different, but I think Ground Level can be a model because it tells an American story, not just a Minnesotan one. You can think of this as part of the growing interest in “solutions journalism.” We didn’t say that out loud at the beginning. In fact, we were quite emphatic about not trying to solve people’s problems or even deign to tell them what those problems were. We figured people already knew that and, if we listened, they would tell us and we could find a way to be useful.
And in the end, as journalists, we’re still not trying to solve communities’ problems for them. But if we can inject information and storytelling into a conversation, those communities can learn and find their way more readily than they otherwise might.
Dave Peters is editorial director of Minnesota Public Radio’s special projects.
Radically Rural: Journalists Help Guide Community in Search of Solutions
Speak Your Piece: Rural Oregon Provides Laboratory for Innovative Journalism
Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals
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Suarez: ‘I always clench my teeth when I ejaculate’
In an appeal to FIFA, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez asked that his four-month ban from soccer be lifted, saying he did not intentionally bite Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match last week.
“Like all Latin men with passionate natures, I always clench my teeth when I ejaculate,” Suarez said. “Italy was giving us everything they had, and to be quite frank, I got caught up in the excitement of it all.”
“When that Italian fellow thrusted his shoulder into my mouth, it was such an uncanny violation of my orifice that I fell into a state of wanton bliss, and I just lost it,” he said. “It’s not that I’m attracted to men or anything, but I guess you just needed to be in my shoes to understand.”
“Plus, like most Italian players, prior to the match he had scented himself with an arousing fragrance,” he added.
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke says that while the appeal is still under review, it is unlikely the ban will lifted. A similar appeal was denied in the 1994 World Cup after Italy’s Mauro Tassotti elbowed Luis Enrique of Spain, breaking his nose. Tassotti tried in vain to convince FIFA that he had temporarily lost control of his limbs due to a magnificent orgasm brought about by seeing himself on a giant screen.
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Phaeochromocytoma
Author: Dr Livia Francine Soriano BSc MBBS MRCP; Chief Editor: Dr Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, January 2016.
Phaeochromocytoma — codes and concepts
Chromaffin paraganglioma, Adrenal medullary paraganglioma
Systemic disorder, Tumour
Neuroendocrine tumour, Adrenal medulla tumour, Neural ganglia of head and neck, Genetic syndromes - von Hippel Lindau, NF1, MEN2, TMEM127, MAX, Benign phaeochromocytoma, Malignant phaeochromocytoma, Hyperhidrosis
D35.00, C74.10
5A75, 2F37.Y, 2D11.Y, 2D11.1
302835009, 30233002, 253032007, 21851000119103, 716857003
What is phaeochromocytoma?
Phaeochromocytoma (pheochromocytoma in American spelling) is a rare neuroendocrine tumour that secretes high amounts of the catecholamines noradrenaline and, to a lesser extent, adrenaline.
Phaeochromocytomas arise from the adrenal medulla (85%) or from neural ganglia in the head and neck (15%). The latter are also termed paragangliomas.
Who gets phaeochromocytoma?
Phaeochromocytomas are rare. It is estimated that 2–8 cases are diagnosed per year in a population of one million people. The tumours have a higher prevalence in patients with hypertension (about 1–6 per thousand).
The mean age at diagnosis is 40 years, although phaeochromocytoma can occur at any age.
What causes phaeochromocytoma?
75% of phaeochromocytomas are sporadic.
25% are due to inherited genetic mutations.
The associated hereditary syndromes and genetic mutations include the following:
Named disease
Affected gene
Clinical phenotype
Von Hippel-Lindau VHL gene on chromosome 3p25 Autosomal dominant Phaeochromocytomas (in 20% of cases), angiomatosis, renal clear cell carcinomas, renal cysts, primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNET), retinal haemangioblastomas, pancreatic tumours, endolymphatical tumours, epididymal cystadenomas
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 NF1 gene on chromosome 17q11 Autosomal dominant Phaeochromocytoma (in 1–3% of cases), neurofibromas, learning disabilities, scoliosis, kyphosis
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 RET gene on chromosome 10q11 Autosomal dominant Bilateral phaeochromocytomas (in 50–80% of cases), medullary thyroid carcinoma, parathyroid adenoma
Succinate Dehydrogenase Protein Complex Genes Germline Mutations SDHA gene on chromosome 5p15 Autosomal dominant Paraganglioma, dilated cardiomyopathy, Leigh syndrome
SDHAF2 on chromosome 11q12 Autosomal dominant Multifocal paraganglioma, no associated metastases
SDHB gene on chromosome 1p36 Autosomal dominant Phaeochromocytoma, paraganglioma, Cowden syndrome, renal–cell carcinomas, gastrointestinal stromal tumours
SDHD gene on chromosome 11q23 Autosomal dominant Phaeochromocytoma, paraganglioma, Carcinoid tumours, Cowden syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumours, deafness
TMEM127 TMEM127 gene on chromosome 2q11 Autosomal dominant Bilateral phaeochromocytomas, and malignancy is infrequent
MAX MAX gene on chromosome 14q23 Autosomal dominant Malignant phaeochromocytomas
10% of gene mutations are associated with malignancy (cancer).
What are the clinical features of phaeochromocytoma?
Symptoms of phaeochromocytoma are variable due to paroxysmal episodes of hormone release. They include:
Sweating (hyperhidrosis)
Paroxysmal hypertension
Malignant hypertension
Malignancy is defined by the presence of distant metastases. Metastatic rates are 10–15% for phaeochromocytomas and 20–50% for paragangliomas. The most common metastatic sites are the skeleton, lungs, liver, and lymph nodes.
How is phaeochromocytoma diagnosed?
Phaeochromocytoma may be suspected from typical history and presence of hypertension on examination. The following investigations are performed.
Plasma or 24-hour urinary catecholamines and metanephrines – if strongly elevated (> 3–4 times the normal range), the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma is likely
Chromogranin A – elevated in phaeochromocytoma
Clonidine suppression test
Genetic testing if there are multiple tumours or a family history of phaeochromocytoma. For solitary tumours in patients over 40 years of age without a family history, genetic testing is probably not necessary
Anatomical localisation:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast shows a hyperintense mass in T2 phase. Infiltration of local organs and vessels can be better evaluated with MRI than with CT.
Computed tomography (CT) with contrast. Benefits of CT are low cost, availability and high sensitivity (detection of lesion 0.5–1 cm). CT has low specificity for phaeochromocytoma.
Radionuclide imaging is used to determine functionality of the tumour and for follow-up.
Iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidinescan (I23I–MIBG SPECT) has excellent specificity, and sensitivity of 90–100% in detection of small tumours > 1–2 cm. It can be used for planning MIBG therapy in metastatic disease.
Positron emission tomography (PET) as PET-CT or PET-MRI with fluorine-18-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (18F-DOPA) has excellent specificity and sensitivity of 90–100% for 18F–DOPA in detection of small tumours > 1–2 cm. This has higher spatial resolution and a more selective, clearer radiotracer accumulation in phaeochromocytomas compared to 123I–MIBG SPECT. However, it is less widely available and is more expensive.
The criteria for malignancy are excessive hormone production and tumour size > 4–6 cm. Currently, there are no histological criteria for distinguishing benign and malignant tumours.
What is the treatment for phaeochromocytoma?
The management of patients with phaeochromocytoma should be performed by multidisciplinary teams of experienced endocrinologists, anesthesthetists and surgeons, to prevent perioperative complications and reduce morbidity.
Genetic counselling may be required.
Medical management of hypertension
Alpha-blockers, eg phenoxybenzamine (long-acting), doxazosin (short-acting)
B-blockers, eg atenolol – do not use without concurrent alpha-blockade due to risk of severe refractory hypertension
Localised phaeochromocytoma
Surgical excision is the only curative treatment modality. Effective management of perioperative hypertension improves outcomes.
Laparoscopic surgery is generally preferred to open surgery. Note:
Retroperitoneal “no touch technique” is better than transperitoneal approach
Benefits of laparoscopy compared to open surgery include shorter hospital stay, less blood loss, faster recovery, better cosmetic results
Risks: 5% are converted to open approach
Contraindications to laparoscopy include tumours > 8 cm, malignancy, extreme obesity (BMI > 45)
Metastatic phaeochromocytoma
Treatment of metastatic phaeochromocytoma is limited, with no curative treatment options.
Chemotherapy options for metastatic phaeochromocytoma include:
Cyclophosphamide, vincristin, dacarbazine: 5–year survival is 30–60%
Tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitors eg. sunitinib
mTOR inhibitor eg, everolimus
131I–MIBG
Other treatment options for metastatic phaeochromocytoma are:
Ablation procedures
De-bulking surgery
What is the outcome for phaeochromocytoma?
Negative prognostic factors for phaeochromocytoma include:
Older age
The prognosis is excellent for a completely resected sporadic phaeochromocytoma, which has a low risk of relapse or malignancy.
In inherited causes, one-third of patients with extra-adrenal disease experience recurrence.
Following treatment:
Annual follow-up is recommended for at least 10 years after surgery.
Lifelong follow-up is recommended for those with extra-adrenal or familial phaeochromocytoma.
Blood pressure and urinary catecholamines should be regularly monitored
Imaging with CT and/or MRI may be undertaken every 2 years or so.
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
Cowden syndrome
Medscape:
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Pheochromocytoma Imaging
MedlinePlus:
Pheochromocytoma – Health Topic
Pheochromocytoma – Encyclopedia
Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma – Genetics Home Reference
Pheochromocytoma – OMIM
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Animatrik Looks in New Directions for Performance Capture
CTO and president Brett Ineson and business development director Bruno Sargeant at Animatrik in Vancouver talked to us about some of the new directions in motion capture and uses for motion data, as illustrated by work they did recently with MPC on the military action film ‘American Sniper’. Brett and Bruno each have nearly 20 years of experience in research & development for the entertainment industry with companies like Weta Digital, Lightstorm Entertainment and Autodesk, in visual effects, production and post, and asset management – as well as in performance capture.
Fire Fight
Animatrik helped MPC finish one of their sequences depicting intense combat between insurgents and army rangers, involving heavy fire fights in which we see characters shooting at each other. After looking at the main unit footage in post, the production felt the scene needed more soldiers and more action to deliver their story effectively.
What Bruno finds interesting about the ‘American Sniper’ project is that MPC decided on motion capture as their approach. “When we look at our business objectively, what we can deliver to a VFX company in every situation is a high-level starting point for animation,” he said. “It means their team does not have to animate from scratch. They have the base realism of the fight moves – or any other kind of performance – and from there they can move on to more creative work, while every motion can be based on reality.
“It is an inexpensive way to reduce the animation man-hours, whether it is for post-vis or another scenario. Furthermore, no production wants the audience to be noticing or thinking about mocap, or CG, or animation, when they see the movie. High quality motion capture makes CG invisible.” Motion data is valuable information for speeding up and improving the quality of keyframe animation, or for understanding better how a character should move.
Because the shoot had wrapped and the whole project had moved into the post production and visual effects stages, Animatrik took a post-viz approach to the job. Their task was to capture the performances of the required moves and retarget the captured data onto MPC’s 3D digital doubles, ready for delivery and compositing into the sequence’s plates.
Using motions captured by an experienced crew gave MPC a chance to achieve a range of specific, lifelike motions for this sequence. Working with MPC’s animation director, Animatrik carried out the project in one of their volumes in Vancouver measuring 40ft x 60ft, capturing the moves of three stunt actors at a time. This volume contains a fixed installation of 56 Vicon T160 and MX40 cameras mounted in an array on a truss. Each actor wore 58 tracking markers.
“Part of our service is building out the physical environment in the plates to exact measurements and detail," Brett said. "For this movie, we built army trucks and props to the exact proportions of the ones in the film so that our actors could ride up, hop out and begin acting out fight moves – interacting with the set just like the live action actors in the plate.”
For real-time review, the actors were watching themselves performing on large flat screens positioned around the volume, seeing their actions not on the stage but placed into the digital context of the footage. This way, everyone – MPC’s animation team, Animatrik’s crew and the cast - saw immediately whether or not the performances are turning out as required.
Vicon Blade software was used for the initial actor solve, turning the captured positional data into rotational data that matches the actor’s size and shape, followed by Autodesk Motion Builder for the real-time retargeting work that maps the solved motion to the CG models. MPC then received a final solve done in Animatrik’s proprietary solving system, developed to avoid various solving challenges. Bruno said, “Almost all commercially available solvers rely on some kind of IK/FK switching, for instance, which is susceptible to errors such as markers moving on the suit. The work we do circumvents these pitfalls.”
Literal Representation
Brett said, “Although a precise match between our set pieces and the live action set was essential, otherwise this wasn’t an especially challenging project for us. Given the amount of work we do for video games companies, capturing moves of soldiers shooting at each other wasn’t new territory. Also, because we were capturing motions for photoreal digital doubles, the goal was to supply the most realistic, literal representation of each actor’s moves possible, without deviation or interpretation. Normally we might be working from previs or an animatic, but for post-vis like this, the actions MPC wanted were precise, so it became a technical job for us.”
Brett and Bruno explained some of the reasons why motion capture has become a useful option for scenarios like ‘American Sniper’. In this case, the footage shot for the scene wasn’t reading correctly and was inconsistent with the story, but in other situations, adding mocap animations in post can improve the realism of shots using animated CG, or accommodate a story change. “Once a movie has gone into visual effects, story changes and scene augmentation may only be feasible with high quality CG animation,” said Bruno. Specific moves for a production may also be captured and placed into a library.
Animatrik offers this kind of turnkey capture studio session as a straightforward professional service that worked well for MPC on this film. The stage, camera set-up, technicians and facility services are all in place - MPC and the cast could walk in, have everything ready for the shoot within a few minutes and afterwards walk out with the motions solved and animation re-targeted.
New Options
But in other situations when a project is still in production or pre-production, Animatrik can be very flexible. For example, if the talent can’t come to the studio in Vancouver, Animatrik can bring their kit to the talent. The company is now working on new options for production, including ways to work in unfavourable lighting, in much larger volumes and to capture performances outdoors.
The company has been working on a proprietary synchronised, wirelessly controlled system, powered with a battery. “Instead of strobing lights on the cameras, we strobe LED lights built into the markers on the actor,” Bruno said. “This allows us to work in unfavourable lighting conditions such as outdoors or on set by burning the LEDs very bright - so bright, in fact, that they would burn out if we left them on all the time. We therefore synchronise them to strobe in time with the camera shutters. This technique gives the client and crew a lot of flexibility for shooting in less than ideal conditions like rain, smoke or forest locations.” http://animatrik.com
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How to Dress Like The New Yorkville Modern Man
by Jeremy Freed
Jeremy Freed
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Sci-fi sneakers, harness bags, and skincare serums are the definition of cool for the new stylish, modern man in Yorkville.
The second floor of Prada’s Bloor street boutique is a paradise for a certain kind of man. With its minimalist modern lounge chairs, plush checkerboard rug and green velvet curtains, it’s designed to appeal to a man of sophisticated tastes and modern sensibilities, one who covets colourful sneakers and statement jewelry, and scours the internet for the latest runway looks.
Once a rarity in Canada, where men have lagged behind their European counterparts in embracing bold prints and tailored fits, fashionistas can now be found in abundance strolling the streets of Yorkville. Retailers have responded with enthusiasm, and now offer a huge range of adventurous clothes, accessories and beauty products for the man who wants to broadcast his contemporary good taste.
At Prada, bestsellers include Linea Rossa, a collection of jackets, pants, and vests in shiny technical nylon. While these pieces are designed to stand up to the rigours of America’s Cup yacht racing, they’re much more likely to make a splash on the street. Particularly popular, says the black-clad salesman, is the brand’s range of harness bags, which hold valuables strapped to the chest like a fashionable parachute, and belt bags. “People come in asking for them by their model number, 2VL977,” he says, clearly impressed by his customers’ dedication.
At the nearby Gucci store, the star of the show is a footwear collection, which takes up an entire wall. The classic horse-bit loafer remains, but it is dwarfed by a selection of sandals, slip-ons, and sneakers in a Willy Wonka-like array of colours, shapes, textures, and styles. Among these is the Flashtrek, a chunky-soled sneaker that looks like a cross between a hiking boot and something out of science fiction.
Away from the rich hunting grounds of Bloor Street, a smaller but equally fascinating ecosystem of fashion flourishes on Yorkville Avenue. At Off-White, wunderkind designer Virgil Abloh has decorated the store to look like a forest, complete with fake trees and moss, all the better to show off his oversized sweaters, paint-spattered jeans, and shiny vinyl baseball caps. One street over, DECIEM | The Abnormal Beauty Company specializes in a wide range of skin-care products that are noteworthy for being completely unisex. For the modern fashionable man, having the right skin serum and daily cleanser can be just as important as sporting the latest runway collection.
Inside the Yorkville Village shopping centre, Philip Zappacosta’s menswear boutique, philip, offers still more variety for the style-seeking man. “It’s about respect for tradition with a look towards the future,” says Zappacosta of his shop’s wide range of offerings, from Italian made-to-measure Corneliani suits to high-tech sportswear pieces from Paul & Shark. Zappacosta’s newest addition is Atelier & Repairs, an Italian label that takes well-worn vintage pieces like Levi’s 501s and elevates them with colourful patches and flourishes of decorative embroidery. “It borrows iconic pieces from around the world and turns them into fashionable staples. We really like what it stands for,” says Zappacosta of the brand, which offers its wearers sustainability and stylishness in equal measure.
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Despite the popularity of statement sneakers and nylon jackets among Yorkville’s menswear acolytes, the classic suit is not without its place in this brave new world, according to John Ferrigamo, a bespoke tailor with an atelier on Cumberland Street. “I find men are more daring now when it comes to suits,” he says. Like the neighbourhood’s other retailers, Ferrigamo is happy to cater to the new Yorkville man’s colourful tastes, cutting suits in big stripes and checks, in hues of lavender, plum, and bright blue. “Still,” he adds. “It’s not for everyone. Classic tailoring and styling will always be there.”
Indeed, while the pendulum of men’s fashion has swung to the extreme of late, the navy blue suit, the white shirt, and the polished black oxford wait patiently in the wings for their return to centre stage. After all, if recent decades tell us anything about the clothes we wear, it’s that nothing remains out of vogue forever.
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Jeremy Freed February 19, 2020
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“Behold the New Jerusalem.” ? solidsprite says:
[…] more post regarding the election: David Simon looks at what changed the moment the election was decided. “Normal” is […]
Matthew Wade says:
Although I think some of the language in this post is both dangerous and overly triumphant, I agree whole heartedly with its main thrust.
In a divided nation characterised by staggering economic inequality, it is of course the protection and promotion of minorities within the overall state which will be a primary consideration for those influenced by notions of social justice. Until a nation state seeks to promote the interests of the least fortunate, that nation cannot be said to be healthy or united. And focusing on minorities doesn’t have to be to the detriment of the majority.
I think the key point is, that the Republican party and any other conservative political movements need to recognise that seeking to retain an already outdated status quo, and protect a vision of a nation that year by year is disappearing into an partially racist, mysogenist, homophobic and theocratic past, is not sustainable.
The minute you restrict the rights of people based on prejudice of one form or another, it invalidates many of your arguments on the issues that affect everyone, like the economy, how ‘the state’ should be defined, and even areas of foreign policy.
Although I would consider myself left of centre, there are parts of what should be the Republican agenda that I would certainly consider worthy of exploration. But after issues of safety (internal or on the world stage) and the economy, human rights issues score very highly.
There has been a lot of talk about potential Republican soul searching after both this and the last Presidential election, and given the breadth of views within the Republican movement, that is entirely fitting. But retreating back into the more extreme areas of your core support is a one way ticket to failure, regardless of your political leaning. Despite the serious amounts of crazy, Ron Paul and the Tea-baggers do raise significant political and philosophical questions about what government should be and how it should work. But attempting to answer those questions from a position of alienating a majority of single women, non-whites, young people and non Christian religions in a the USA is spectacularly counter productive. They are the fastest growing voter demographics.
The new-younger generation of rising republican stars may get this. But there are many in the movement who still think, act and talk like the last 50 years didn’t happen. As the USA continues to diversify, only candidates who at least attempt to appeal to the broadest spectrum and address the concerns of the majority can be elected as representatives of their people. Which is exactly how democracy is supposed to work
The message is simple – Adapt or die.
Ted Stevens says:
Thanks for that, words of wisdom from the self hating rich white male contingent.
Tri Nguyen says:
And thanks for your cynicism. There needs to be less of that in this country.
You have no idea who the poster was, and yet you condescendingly stoop to sterotypes and name calling. New normal indeed.
I hate myself for a lot of notable and rational reasons. But race and wealth are not among them.
I’m not sure I like you very much either. And it has nothing to do with your race or your financial status, I’m quite sure. Regrettably, it has something to do with your demeanor on this website and your simplistic and snide way of hurling weak-ass rhetoric into an otherwise interesting discussion.
the death of normal // Hyperbolation says:
[…] linked to this great article by David Simon about the changing demographics and ways of thinking in the United States, and how irrelevant […]
Zac Y. says:
So what you’re saying is that Obama was reelected because he’s different, not because he did a good job the past 4 years?
You don’t give the President much credit do you?
No, that is not what I’m saying at all. Though it seems to be what you are saying.
Look, you said them. In your comments. Not mine.
Mine said something very, very different. Complicated even, by comparison. You might consider a reread or two. Bring a more open mind.
M. Forgues says:
Congratulations Americans!
You are now assured of trillion dollars deficits, increasing welfare rolls, higher and higher taxes, higher unemployment and a permanently sluggish economy. THAT is your new normal.
Welcome to socialism!
mmalc says:
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Thoughts like these get me really worried about this country. You’re a prime example of people being poisoned by our extremely partisan media.
This video might give you an alternative look at the deficit “problem”. If this troubled economic time, cutting down on government spending to reduce the deficit will only cause further problems down the road. It is akin to not spending money on health care when you’re sick because you don’t want to borrow money.
http://www.upworthy.com/a-6-minute-video-that-explains-the-us-economy-better-than-the-presidential-candi
As the video also explains, increasing economic performance will also help lowering the welfare burden as more tax revenues come in and less unemployed people.
Obama does not propose “higher and higher taxes”. He in fact proposes lower tax rate for many middle-income Americans while raising taxes for those at the top, as well as more taxes on capital gains, which will ultimately benefit more of the very wealthy (lots of equity in the stock market for eg.).
Romney’s tax plan might look like lower tax rate at first, but that is only to benefit the very wealthy, as middle- and lower-income Americans will end up paying more taxes in the form of fewer deductions.
And I suggest that you look up the real definition of socialism and what that means and where it is really practiced in the world. And then do a serious self-reflection to see other areas in this country that is more akin to socialism, before declaring anything as outrageous as “Welcome to socialism”.
nx6 says:
I’d rather be a bunch of money in debt than getting blown up halfway around the world fighting someone else’s war.
B. Wright says:
It’s funny, you people think that socialism is the devil but really its a prehistoric ideal from the cold war. Seriously the people who dislike socialism really don’t understand the facts. So here have a read. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063004199.html
Oh heavens no. We haven’t arrived at socialism yet, have we?
Why no. I just looked out the window and we are still well within the limits of free-market plutocracy. Go back to sleep, kiddo. I promise to wake you if this old hooptie gets us as far as the suburbs of a viable republic.
Ian Davies says:
Few things make me smile more than seeing the word “socialism” tossed into an argument by somebody who plainly has no idea what the word means.
From the outside looking in, it rather seems what the USA really needs is for the south-eastern stated to secede. As always, the problem is religion. Let them have it, and their own problems to deal with.
The problem is not simply just “religion”. The problem is a small number of people who think that their religion is superior and want to impose that on the rest. Religion is not a problem by itself.
Pam Henning says:
The above is what i have been thinking for years. Let the holy-rollers be imprisoned all together in one miserable climate….and they should exterminate each other in a few years……
I wouldn’t miss Florida. Every four years, they screw up an election.
But I would miss the Outer Banks. And Georgia. My wife’s people are from Georgia.
Yes. Just don’t let them take any nukes, please.
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Worth noting, as you delight in singling out white guys as a collective group of sheet-wearing Klansmen, that if white men as a voting bloc decided to fall in solely with Romney, he’d be in office come next year. Rise above the race baiting, even when it’s of a fashionable sort. It’s a cheap shot and cheap writing–and every bit as polemical as the divisive politics you profess to revile. Choose instead to acknowledge that enough Americans–including white men–heeded their convictions rather than merely huddled around the honkey candidate.
Sixty-three percent of white male voters went against Obama. That is a record for modern American presidential elections. It is an extraordinary number — a landslide by standards. And this is — by wide acclimation of political scientist and pollster both — the most racially polarized election in modern American history.
That is what this essay is about. That is the premise. It is a fact.
You can ignore it or think it unseemly, but it remains a fact. White males, as a group, stood in stark opposition to this presidency continuing. Yet it continues, because minorities and women were equally polarized. And white males, demographically, are a declining share of the electorate.
Ignore all of that in favor of your assumptions about what I “delight” in “singling out” if it serves your argument. After all, the Republican party is ignoring all of that as a matter of strategy. Me, I’m interested in what such racial polarization actually portends.
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“A man of color is president for the second time, and this happened despite a struggling economic climate and a national spirit of general discontent.”
This statement troubles me. It highlights the fact people are looking at race over substance.
But people are. This is the most racial polarized presidential election in modern American history. That is fact. That is the real political dynamic at work. We can either assess it for what it is and where it is taking us as a country — which is what this essay does — or we can pretend that race isn’t relevant to American voters, those who are white and those who are of color, when it so obviously is.
Jim Treacher says:
“I did not want to see dishonesty and divisiveness and raw political hackery rewarded.”
Too condescending.
You know, when I wrote that line, I knew for certain that at least one snide shitbag would reply exactly as you have. I wrote it anyway. Kind of like a ripe piece of cheese under a box, held up on one end by a stick. Never fails.
Considering the source, I accept your venom with pride.
Venom is a big word. I’m not that angry.
But to come here and offer a flippant negation of a disembodied sentence and have nothing to say — either pro or con — on the substance of the essay. What is the fucking point, brother? Wade in. Have a take, try not to suck. I am welcoming to an argument of ideas, to real point and counter point. Two words of snark and then you run away? Come on. You can do better. That kind of response is fit for a troll, and I’m not engaging as a troll here, am I? Reserve that shit for someone who’s truly bringing a troll’s game.
David, if you’re not engaging as a troll, then you’re engaging as a dishonest, divisive, raw political hack, which is what Treacher pithily pointed out.
You’re playing the Obama camp’s game of characterizing the bulk of opposition to him as rooted in white male animus toward racial / sexual “others” — rather than engaging or even acknowledging the philosophical grounds for the conservative objections to, e.g., ever-expanding government largesse funded by ever-increasing demands on the resources of an ever-shrinking productive class (which is made up of people of *all* races, sexes, and orientations — just like the underclass, the government worker class, the organized labor class, and the green-energy-boondoggle-investor class, who are the beneficiaries of many of the redistributive policies that conservatives oppose).
You are falsely imputing bad motive to nearly half the population of the United States in order to chill dissent, shut down debate, and distract from legitimate arguments. That sort of calumny pisses us off. So yeah, you shouldn’t be surprised at all when someone calls you on it.
He didn’t call anyone on anything regrettably.
Mr. Treacher, if that is his name, didn’t show up with a full-blooded argument. He showed up to be a third-grader on an adult website.
He literally, in two words, provided the equivalent of, “I know you are, but what am I?”
I didn’t call him out because he disagrees with me. I called him out because that kind of post is just fucking useless.
As to my characterization of white males, I am noting that it is the only cohort in the American electorate to support Mr. Romney and I am noting as well that the Republican platform itself, supported by the party and by its candidate, engages in affirmation for policies that have alienated voters who are black, Latino, female, homosexual en masse. I am, yes, noting the racial polarization in the electoral outcome and I am arguing that the GOP must become more moderate, more inclusive and more solicitous of other American realities beyond that of its predominantly white male base or it will be ever more marginalized.
And yes, are there white males who want to be inclusive and who don’t support every extremity of the GOP stance, and who voted for Mr. Romney because they thought he was the best candidate? Of course, there were people who voted for Obama who did so merely because he was black. But Mr. Obama and the Deomcratic platform carried more than African-Americans by a wide margin. They carried every other American cohort save for white males and, maybe, Cuban-Americans in Dade. Clearly, that variance is not merely the random result of a bunch of people, oblivious to their own racial or class standing, voting without such considerations on the man they think will make the best president. Other forces are clearly in play and they are adverse to the Republican future. Pretend otherwise, but it is so.
I voted for Obama and I am happy that he won, but I’m much happier that common fucking sense won. The polls that told us it really wasn’t that close, the stats guys who said Obama was winning swing states were all attacked, with zero evidence besides facts having a liberal bias and right wing zealots living in a different world. When math beats scare tactics, you know that that people will start to see the charlatans for what they are.
Also David I’m why no shout out to Colorado and Washington? That is a big fucking deal. Prohibition got a kick in the teeth, and I’m hoping that once the rest of the country doesn’t see them fall into anarchy other states will follow.
Also marriage equality wins in 3 states, and my state MN voted down both voter ID and changing the constitution for “one man and one woman”.
As long as Obama keeps his word on “decade of war ending” , yesterday will be one for the history books, at least for what I want to see for our countries future.
perfectly said.
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Great words, David. Thanks for sharing.
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Well, that’s a hopeful piece. Here’s something a bit more open about divisive special interest politics you brush off. http://frustratedhypocrite.com/?p=669
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Margo Hasselman says:
Mr. Simon,
This is eloquent and inspiring, and I enjoyed ALMOST every word. But then I was disappointed at the end, by a phrase that seems well intentioned but is troubling: When you list groups that you hope politicians will stop trying to frame as the “feared other,” you close with, “incredibly, in this election cycle, our very wives and lovers and daughters, fellow citizens who demand to control their own bodies.”
This is the phrasing of a male writer speaking to a male audience — by using “our” you define the “we” in that sentence as male (and possibly lesbian?), and the “they” as women. We might read it, but we’re not who you’re talking to. You didn’t switch to first-person pronouns till you started talking about women. The fact that a language framework like that can sneak into a piece like this tells me we’ve got a ways to go.
Keep up the good work and never stop improving.
Margo, that is an interesting interpretation. I read it and felt part of the collective audience, not outside. Women of this country are “our” wives and lovers and daughters, fellow citizens” of mine (and yours), without sexual orientation coming in to play. The same way that the husbands, sons and brothers are. They are mine and yours and ours (the “we”) in the name of humanity, but specifically because we are united as American citizens who demand in this great democracy to have control over over their/our own bodies.
Just so. See my reply elsewhere. My pronouns there speak to the issue of abortion, and those singularly male political leaders who feel equipped and justified in denying women control of their own bodies and choices. The pronouns were entirely purposeful.
Remy Veci says:
Margo, Thank you for pointing out David Simon’s poor choice of personal pronouns.Language has power, and I found myself all of a sudden on the outside looking in. He was no lnger speaking to me as an equal in the new normal. He was speaking about me, as I existed in relation to him: his very wives, lovers, daughters an all too familiar position
Respectfully, my choice of pronouns at that point is precise.
I am indeed writing a personal essay here. That is evident from the first paragraph with the use of the first person, and I very pointedly wanted to address that particular point not to the population as a whole, but to the array of right-wing males — some of them senatorial candidates — who are so quick to assert over the individual rights of women. The targeting was pointed at men specifically.
It may not have worked for you, but it was done in a considered fashion. I was trying to shame men who feel completely at ease seeking to deprive civil liberties to women as a class, pointing out that the individuals they do this to are not nameless, rootless others, but the very human beings with whom we share lives. I am speaking of course to the debate about abortion specifically.
Working back through comments this a.m.
I think I spoke to your concern below in a subsequent reply. My choice of pronouns was purposed, as explained below.
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No offend, but I, being european, don’t understand the obsession that you, the americans, have with the skin color. I don’t see this minorities/black/latino/homosexuals victory, I just see that the intelligent, honest guy (if that’s possible in a politician) won and the ignorant millionaire lost. Thank god!
sherri S says:
Yes! Indeed
Skin color shouldn’t matter and in most other countries it doesn’t. For some reason, here in the US, the conservatives have historically been white men who’s women followed along. Now things are changing. Color is becoming more beige. Women are more respected for their opinions and what they can do. Don’t get me wrong, there is a long way to go and the liberals are moving it along faster now than ever. I also speak as a gay man who is so happy that there are now 10 states or 20% of the United States of American where it is no longer acceptable to discriminate against one for their sexuality. I hope in my lifetime to see that number grow to 50! Obama won not only the Electoral College vote, he won the popular vote…Thank God indeed!
Joan, with all respect, spare me the no-racism-here-in-Europe thing. It’s not like your wonderful (and I mean that quite sincerely) continent is short of racism–see Le Pen and their ilk in a wide variety of countries, just for a start. And I don’t recall any black, Arab, or Turkish person ever being elected a president or prime minister, either.
I’m… sorry — Europeans somehow aren’t concerned about race? Is this post legitimate or faux naivete?
I totally forgot how open the Swiss People’s Party or Freedom Party of Austria are to immigration generally; the progressive view on Romani people in Bulgaria; how welcoming Finland is to Somalis; France’s open-arms policy with respect to Muslims; Germany… well, I could go on.
I love Europe, but I’m always amused by its citizenry pretending that racism is a distinctly American problem. Quite the contrary.
That wasn’t the point being raised. It was the point that people overly emphasis the fact that the president is of color rather than his politicizes, I’m from Australia one of the most racist peoples on this planet and for most looking in we are but a happy small population of Caucasians but in reality we have a large population of “Bogans” that really have no idea what they are badgering on about most of the time. Each society is as good and as bad as the other it’s just that America gets more attention.
J from Nj says:
Because we are a country that is more diverse than any other in the world.
By the way, have you watched a soccer game in Europe? I’d say they have a thing for skin color too.
PapaChach says:
yes, one would never see racial hatred and xenophobia (coughcough le pen coughcough national front coughcough golden dawn coughcough freedom party coughcough jobbik coughcough danish people’s party coughcough) in europe….
you may dismount your high horse now…
You’re missing most of the fun.
rhian says:
Seriously, you don’t see the big deal because you’re European? How many people of color does Europe have as presidents or prime ministers? No offense, but you, personally, don’t have an “obsession with skin color” because you have white privilege. Obama’s presidency is a victory for people of color in the US, and it will be a victory for European countries when you start electing non-white leaders too.
Ok, yes, there are racists in Europe and there is no black president in any European country. But there are women and gay presidents, and nobody (serious people, like Mr. Simon) writes articles about how great it is that fact for history.
I don’t know… I would say that there is no black president in any European country because there’s a lower ratio of black people in the population, but that would mean that people vote for candidates of their color…
PS: This is not an attack to American people or mr Simon, I admire both of them.
PS2: By the way, Merkel is evil, and it has nothing to do with being a woman.
ellen gordon says:
Thank you for this-eloquent in the extreme. I am so relieved that I don’t have to start looking for a new country to move to. George Bush just about did me in, Romney would have finished me off.
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Mark D says:
On a newspaper website here in New Zealand approximately 80% of voters said they were relieved that Obama was re-elected. Not that he enjoys uinversal support as some of his actions, like the inhumane use of drones, are very much mainstream US policy. So too are his economic team of ex Wall Street dinasours. But then again things would have been much much worse under Romney – no doubt about it. But with pundits like you David and the greatest of them all, Noam Chomsky, leading the US will be a bettere place eventually and so will the world.
On behalf of the rest of the world – thank you.
I’ve been following with amusement the construction here of Mr. Simon’s rhetorical ploy now completed by “Barack Obama’s great victory”: culture wars over, ruling elite can’t play that “weak-ass game” no more, socioeconomic issues back in play, the return of Keynsian New Deal paradise in offing. It’s just the sort of simplistic drivel one expects of the American pseudo-left. Those who prefer a more truthful account of yesterday’s happenings might want to look at the take of Counterpunch‘s Jeffrey St. Clair:
“Barack Obama is a technocrat and he just won a technocratic victory. His reelection campaign, lacking any kind of arching philosophy or defense of his own disturbing tenure as president, became a bland exercise in political calculus, targeting individual precincts, swing counties and fractionated demographic sectors.
Obama’s victory, at the cost of $2 billion, is about as thrilling as completing a game of Sudoku. Obama was propelled to his slender popular vote victory by those that the Republicans almost ritually abused: women, blacks, gays and Hispanics. Ironically, these are people that the Obama administration has also ruthlessly strafed for four years. But Obama smiled as he cut the lower-classes adrift in the midsts of a cratering economy, while Romney expressed only contempt for them.”
And what might say this description fits the Republican Party and mitt Romney, in particular, to a T. And it has for years. It is the empty rhetoric of the right-wing American political scene that causes the desperation and excess spending we now see in American politics. Gingrich and this cynicism of republicanism in the 90s pretty much has us where we are today. So next time you throw around words like pseudo left — so trendy, aren’t we? –you actually might want to take a close look at the Rio right.
” It’s just the sort of simplistic drivel one expects of the American pseudo-left. ”
I suppose you and your co-thinkers at Counterpunch are the “real” Left then? Perhaps one of the reasons why and you your ilk are on the road to irrelevancy (if indeed you haven’t arrived at that destination already) is because you pretend not to see the progressive (albeit agonizingly slow) reforms that are finally beginning to happen, in one the few countries in the world with a constitution that allows that fight to be fought in the first place.
How, exactly, is Mr. St.Clair’s account more truthful? It’s more bitter and vitriolic in that Fox News sort of way, (even if it is from the Left.) But I don’t see how that makes anything Mr.Simon says in his piece to be “simplistic drivel.” Any victory against political digression is worth celebrating. Even it we didn’t wake up in a whatever socialist paradise you and Mr. St.Clair still laughingly believe is is attainable or even desirable.
Yes, we’ve got a long way to go and a long, hard fight to get there. But your insistence, Raj, that small victories are worthless is just childish and simply serves to breed more apathy in the people who read and hear it. And apathy is what’s best for Wall St. and the Tea Party.
Great piece Mr. Simon. And I’m very much enjoying Treme again this season!
I am not the pseudo-left. I am the real left. I work so earnestly at my agitating, only to have a fellow like this come along and call me ersatz.
How frustrating.
There is nothing like Counterpunch, in which the philosophy holds that the more moderate enemy of enemy is still…my enemy!
Ideologues love an echo chamber. That never changes.
But the saving grace of the ideologically pure left is that it is not the ideologically pure right. The latter can do some real damage when they get to fulminating. The former just talk passionately and affect nothing whatsoever.
Obamney says:
A nice summing up of how America is changing.
I didn’t vote for the president this time because I’m certain that climate change is our biggest problem (and his record is pretty dismal). I am keeping my fingers crossed for a swing to the left for his second term, but do not for one minute expect a “socialist utopia”! This kind of thing is exactly why the republicans lost…..calling the guy who bailed out banks and the auto industry a socialist is so ludicrous, you just can’t take anything they say seriously.
I smiled for three days straight after 2008. I’m smiling today, but it has more to do with Akin, Mourdock, et al going down.
Am loving this season of Treme.
I’m hoping he uses the second term to ratchet down the drug war. Global warming would be a nice second act as well.
That’s the stuff that second terms are for, I suppose.
Regardless, we are assured that it will not be four more years of things getting worse faster.
Ford Kendrick says:
The drug war at home and abroad… the news networks constant attention given to the conficts in Syria and Benghazi yet complete ignorance of the massacre going on just 200 miles from where I type is partly due to the O’ adminstrations lack of aknowledgement of whats going on in mexico being a problem. We can all agree that taking down a political regime (ie syria, iran) is a strenuous propostion but how about bad guys murdering kids and dumping bags of heads in front of schools. I love obama for a multitude of things but his handling of the drug war– and for years we called what was going on in our ghettos a “drug war” when it really was some made up bs, but what is going on in mexico is a war and its over drugs
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christine in SF says:
Effing brilliant. Thank you.
Neil Kandalgaonkar says:
Thank you for this. I’m telling everyone I know to read it.
I’m sorry that you are being attacked for being self-hating. I guess some people cannot grasp the difference between writing the obituary for white cultural dominance and writing the obituary for whites. For instance, Bill O’Reilly.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/nov/07/election-2012-bill-oreilly-white-establishment-minority-video
He made almost exactly the same points as you, except he believes that when straight white male dominance goes, so goes the work ethic.
I wish there were some video form of this essay to reach a similar audience. Sorry, I know that’s a lot to ask, but maybe there’s some way it can happen.
I loath myself for any number of good sensible reasons. Race isn’t one of them.
Sad to see that the mouth-breathers have descended on this piece of thoughtful brilliance. Proud to inhabit the same cityscape – and country – as you, Mister Simon. Thank you.
OM says:
David, until you wrote this article, I never knew you were Jewish.
And trust me, I didn’t have to look it up.
I think you did a brilliant job on the Wire.
I think you are an idiot when it comes to politics.
This fantasy world of Obama and yourself, where everyone is “normal” and there is no “other” will never come to pass. You think that blacks and Latinos get along? You think that Asians have high opinions of either group? Its going to be about turns now. Soon, it will be the Latinos “turn” .
All you, Obama and the Democrats are doing are cheering the demise of white males. , because that’s been the liberal goal all along.
laner says:
OM, it’s not about everyone one day being some kind of ‘normal’. It’s about the fact that everyone is different and that being ok. It’s about putting up with each others’ differences, not about trying to make everyone the same.
It’s not about the demise of the white male either. It is about recognising the importance/value of the rest of us as well.
See? Someone gets it. Good on ya.
Until you wrote that post, I had no idea you were an anti-Semite.
Webmistress, to the kill file with this troll of trolls. And close the lid, thank you.
Carol Lindsey says:
Well put, Mr. Simon. You are a wonderful writer. I hope that this milestone will eventually change the demographics of the “ruling class” and that “they” remember the challenges they faced. The congress is richly rewarded for their dysfunction, and this positive reinforcement may delay the fundamental, structural changes that will be required to make that body more reflect “the people” they will represent.
Don’t put white and Christian and male together with straight as if white Christian men are the only normal creature in the world. It sounds like a zebra is thinking only zebra is the normal creature in the whole freaking world. Most people in nazi are white straight Christian males. I remembered a word, imbecile.
David Simon, forgive me for offering unsolicited advice, but you’re relatively new to blogging. I suggest that you not engage with any of the aggressive commenters here. This is one case where Just Say No is the appropriate policy.
There is an infinite amount of stupidity, and there is only one you, so taking them on individually is a bad idea. If you’re going to struggle against stupidity, use some medium where you have a force multiplier, like the blog itself or films or TV series.
At the very least, never offer five lines to refute one. I know that the worst of them can pack encyclopedias of ignorance into one line, but you have to resist it. Or delegate the work of approving comments to an assistant. Or even turn off comments entirely.
Feeling like you have to respond to idiotic comments has been the downfall of many interesting blogs, because the whole exercise becomes too draining for the author. I’d like to read more from you, so my motive here is actually selfish.
Thank you for your kind concern. I had time to kill on an airplane with wi-fi, so I limbered up and engaged. On occasion, doing so interests me if I tink it can provoke readers to additional commentary and discussion on the blog. More often, I don’t have the time.
When I do decide to kick in, as I have here, I recognize four forms of troll and near-troll.
1) Someone who seems plausibly sincere yet misses the point entirely or travels down preconceived arguments of cant and non-sequitur. To these, I sometimes venture additional commentary and see if it helps them remain on point.
2) Someone who seems to be baiting me or others. I generally ignore.
3) Someone who seems so passionate in their desire for righteous insult that I just want to play a bit:
“The arrogance and self-righteousness of the left is just amazing, with the solution to the countries (sic) problems being to vilify the white male. If only we could have purged this country of the man 200 years ago it might have turned out to be a decent place to live.”
“Well certainly we should have prevented them from dancing.”
I mean, life is short. How can one resist?
While I understand the point you were trying to make was that the “new Normal” has no place for bigotry, you sure made that fine point with a sledgehammer, painting in blood with broad brushstrokes.
You’re propagating this myth that all white men are racist by nature, and that somehow “the mass of white men” were beaten back by the FORCES OF GOOD (TM) made up wholly of women, homosexuals, and ethnic minorities.
Most white folks I know aren’t bigots. Most white folks I know adhere to the “content of their character” argument. You, however, are not. You seem to be claiming moral superiority while painting all white males as Neanderthals.
Who’s the bigot now? Seems to me you’ve managed to pretend not to be while painting white men as truly ignorant creatures.
The broad brush is actually in your hands.
The mass of white male voters rejected Mr. Obama by a dramatic margin. The percentage is disproportionate to the population as a whole. Clearly, about 36 percent of white males, or a little over a third, cast their vote for Mr. Obama, so no one would be so ridiculous as to allege that racial bias is a universal character flaw in white males. But it is a phenomenon that seems evidenced in the voting patterns of white males in particular. And given that Mr. Romney’s base of support was overwhelmingly white and male — given that even a gender bias within voters was evidenced — it is an entirely notable and relevant result.
And given that during this campaign, the GOP engaged in efforts to suppress minority voting in various states, that their candidates repeatedly asserted for legal dominion over the bodies of women, that their approach to immigration issues fully alienated Latino voters, that they are diametrically opposed to the political and social aspirations of homosexuals, my argument stands.
The Republican Party and its tea-stained companions can’t manufacture angry white men fast enough to replace the legions of others that they routinely alienate as voters. That some minority of white males won’t play the politics of exclusion in the first place, or have other political leanings, only adds to the demographic problem. But that the Republican stance is largely dictated by white males is simply beyond argument. This is the political party of their choosing by and large. It represents them as it represents no one else. Deal with that. Or not.
Avi Marranazo says:
What about the 90% + of African Americans who voted for Obama? Is that “racist” too?
Well, think about it.
African-Americans have a long history of voting for white men in America, often in a large majority. They’ve done so repeatedly.
A majorty of white males on the other hand have never voted for a national black candidate.
Brad Landers says:
I love the ideas you’ve expressed here, David. I’m a registered Republican in Florida who voted for Obama. Arguably, I’m right in the sweet spot of the votes that won this election for him. I voted for Obama because the Republicans are no longer proposing solutions. As you pointed out, they’re in denial. Your second paragraph has me a little worried though:
The election was won by the narrowest of margins. Yes, the electoral college was a landslide, but that landslide was generated by a confluence of winner-take-all policy in the electorate, and a very narrow win in some key states. Almost (very, very close to) half of the country still voted for Romney, even though he ran on one of the craziest and most extreme right-wing platforms I’ve seen in recent times. That is alarming to me, and I’m a “Republican”!
Let me preface my comments by saying I did not vote for Governor Romney. So I have no interest in defending him.
I must tell you, though, you must have been tracking a different election than I, based on”..this may be the last election in which anyone but a fool tries to play the cards of racial exclusion, of immigrant fear…” President Obama is constantly banging on about his (partially contrived) identity as a member of a racial victim class. I didn’t hear a word from Romney about excluding people because of race. He talked about economic opportunity, not about (government sponsored) equality of outcomes.
If White people had the racial and ethnic solidarity that Blacks, Latinos and Jews(!) have, the American nation wouldn’t be in the fix you describe above. You can gain some credibility by doing a similar posting extolling the virtues of diversity, disenfranchisement and displacement in Israel. Why is it that diversity is only desirable in White European nations?
Todd G. says:
Great article, but my fear is that the Republicans will come back in 4 years with a more moderate candidate and smarter strategy and draw in many from the groups you talk about to win the White House again. It wasn’t long ago that we brought W back for another term, a time when I was promising to move out of the country if that trend continued. The American people are, unfortunately, a fickle bunch. I don’t think it will take much for the Republicans to win the White House again, and spend 4 years moving us slowly backwards with a population that is less angry over the huge mistakes made in this campaign. Or, gasp, putting forth a minority candidate that the masses can identify with but who holds many of the beliefs of the conservatives.
If they come back with a more moderate that’s a good thing, right? I mean, I’d vote for Eisenhower.
And in Maryland, I voted for Mac Mathias repeatedly.
If the Republican party swings back toward the center some, that’s good for all Americans.
I agree with some of what you are writing, even though I am on the other side. I feel that your essay may have been more poignant in 2008 rather than yesterday. The 2012 campaign was not conducted in a vacuum, Obama’s campaign actively tried to separate people based on race, religion, gender, class, etc. For this, Obama received approx 8mil less votes than in 2008.
It is true that Republicans need to expand to a greater part of the electorate, rather than primarily the base voters. Bush carried 44% of hispanic/latino voters in 2004, can it just be that Romney or his campaign didn’t target those voters well enough? Could they like Obama more? Why does it have to be the ideas are wrong?
Drawing any long term conclusions based on tuesday is tricky and wrong headed. Where were you in 2004? Bush had been re-elected, had the house and senate, then in 2006 lost both and the groundwork for Obama’s rise had been laid.
Lastly, results still matter, if there is a new coalition the be built, let it be built upon success, not upon 7.9% unemployment, 16tril debt, and Obama’s electioneers.
And yet, 2008 was, I think, less telling.
Sure it was extraordinary to see a person of color elected president. But at that point, the Bush administration had fallen from favor with much of the country and there was at hand a certain momentum for changing parties. Witness the Congressional pickups that year as well.
I think Tuesday is notable because though I think Mr. Obama has done a creditable job of dealing with the financial collapse that he inherited and minimizing the damage, his election still comes with the economy in a vulnerable state, with unemployment lower than it was but still high, and with the country in considerable angst over economic issues. It reveals the fledgling coalition more than in the year of a transformational wave such as 2008.
Listen, Democratic administrations can falter and screw the pooch. And the Republicans may nominate a more popular candidate.
But the demographics are trending against them. And these are long term demographics. And the trend has to do not with what happened this month or last, but with whole electoral cohorts who at this point have been alienated from the GOP and who routinely vote en masse for the opposing party. That is a dynamic that belies any year-to-year comparisons.
foljs says:
A man of color is president for the second time, and this happened despite a struggling economic climate and a national spirit of general discontent. He has been returned to office over the specific objections of the mass of white men. He has instead been re-elected by women, by people of color, by homosexuals, by people of varying religions or no religion whatsoever. Behold the New Jerusalem. Not that there’s anything wrong with being a white man, of course. There’s nothing wrong with being anything. That’s the point. This election marks a moment in which the racial and social hierarchy of America is upended forever. No longer will it mean more politically to be a white male than to be anything else.
Actually, it’s the reverse.
The racial and social hierarchy of America will stay just as it was, because the underlying causes for it are not social but monetary inequalities, and those will only worsen.
At best, it means that in addition to being a wealthy WASP guy, now you can be accepted as an wealthy black guy. Which has been the case since the seventies, anyway: money has no color.
For the REAL divide between Americans, nothing has been done. The “black president” is just a show to appeal to the minorities, while ensuring that in every way that matters to the elites, everything stays exactly the same –or, in fact, worsens.
A black kid in Alabama, an Indian in SD, or a latino in California, won’t be any better for Obama’s term in office. Or any poor white kid, for that matter.
The kind of “analysis” and cheering for “change” done in this post, is the one that mainly privilege white males, such as the author, do. Not much rejoicing in the unemployed, the underprivileged, and the periphery of the American upper middle class circle jerk.
Do you spend much time in the other America? Because I spend a good deal of time in New Orleans and Baltimore and I have heard from folks in every economic and racial strata, and I can tell you that with little exception, there is a lot of rejoicing in the other America for Mr. Obama’s victory, as there was in 2008. The lines for early voting in those neighborhoods was damned impressive.
This post was careful to acknowledge the forces that remain arrayed against change — in Congress and in opposition to so much of our populist impulse. But it also acknowledged the changing demographic that has allowed Mr. Obama to retain the presidency and to continue to assert for an agenda that is better than the alternative, clearly.
I’m often accused of being a cynic and a pessimist. But you have me beat, brother.
Camus said to commit to a just cause with no seeming hope of success is an absurdity. But not to commit to a just but unlikely cause was equally absurd, and only one choice offered the chance for dignity.
Peter Birks says:
Hi David: I was brought up in London, England, in the 1960s. It was a time when the city was changing from light industry white working class to the cosmopolitan city it is today. In other words, London has “gone through” something of what you say America is going through at this very moment. And London has come out the other side, a very different place. As a white male born into the working class in the 1950s, who is now part of what I guess would be termed “the liberal elite” of London in the 21st century, I feel for both sides in the America debate. While I welcome the cosmopolitanism of London today, I also feel a sense of loss of what was. Sometimes I feel a stranger in my own hometown. because my hometown no longer exists. It has become something else.
It is this fear of losing that into which you were born that, I think, leads white working class middle America to support the likes of Romney rather than Obama. Not everyone is an intellectual and not everyone likes change. They know what they know and they want it to stay that way. Explaining to them the huge benefits brought by the waves of (white European) immigrants in the 19th century, and how what is happening to the US now is just another version of those waves, pointless. That was then and this is now. There has always been a fear off “the other” and the new coalition put together by Obama is, for them, very much “the other”. If I can identify with those feelings, despite my natural “liberal” leanings, then how much stronger must those feelings be for those who feel threatened on an economic as well as social and cultural level?
I guess my point is; saying to people like this “times have changed. Deal with it”, we have to attempt to show them that what they see as a threat is not really a threat at all. The problem here is that, although the new reality is not a threat, but an opportunity, for the USA as a whole, for some individuals it is a threat. For these people, their conservative reaction attempting to keep hold of their old way of life is all too rational.
Keep fighting the good fight. I have loved your stuff since I became addicted to Homicide in the early 1990s. “The Wire” is seen over here (in my own circles) as the televisual equivalent of Dickens at his best.
PS. If I can get a date with Melissa Leo before my eyesight fails, I will die happy.
PJ Birks
Henry Brick says:
Excellent comment to an excellent article. I’m also from London and really see the parallels you draw between the changes here and in the US. I agree that’s just saying “deal with it” probably wont work… I’m just not sure how one goes about educating people so set in their ways.
Mohammed Epstein says:
Mr. Simon — First off, I applaud that you are responding to your readers. And I found this a pretty good write up.
I generally agree that Republicans will have to start tailoring a more inclusive message if they want to compete in American democracy going forward. I would be happy if they did. I would like to believe I’m a centrist / independent, but I think that would mean voting for a Republican candidate roughly half the time, and I’ve voted solely democrat since I turned 18 in 2000, mostly out of fear of what Republicans want to do (or, in W’s case, what they did do).
Take Romney. His record in Massachusetts touted many pragmatist achievements. But he backpedaled on just about every reasonable policy position he had supported — apparently out of a need to kowtow to tea party crazies and other right-leaning fringe characters. So, while I was pretty conflicted over Obama (on balance, I’d say I was marginally positive, but I can count more than a couple missteps he’s made that have disappointed me), I was pretty frightened of the “empty suit” phenomenon that seemed to be going on with Romney. I ended up not really being able to countenance my vote for him.
Romney was also doing a lot of saber-rattling. I don’t understand why there’s such a strong appeal in a president saying to Americans “I will strengthen our military”. I get the sense that most people don’t actually know how much we spend on our war chest — and what we might get if we invested that elsewhere. The mere notion that there is (apparently) near universal appeal in the flexing our military muscle, makes me think there’s some inherent vulnerability in the American collective consciousness.
Anyway I’m rambling but I’ll say one more thing. Another reader tried to compare our current political climate to “The Wire” and set you off, so — sorry in advance, but — I have to say I’m fascinated with the Hamsterdams taking root in Washington and Colorado. Obviously it’s just a (pleasantly green) toe in the water of ending the drug war, but — I’m just as excited about this (and the other socially tolerant changes in the wind, like gay marriage) as I am about the current Republicans losing their grip on the electorate. I will lose a significant amount of respect for Obama if he sends in the feds to raid Washington and Colorado. Obviously, it can get a little troubling for him if these places turn into weed havens and that starts to eclipse the rest of their culture, but I hope he tries to approach this in a rational, balanced way — rather than just giving a nod that the drug war will continue while he’s in office.
Agree. I’m hoping the second term holds some promise for drug policy reform.
Your analysis is fundamentally flawed by accepting a liberal, left of center view of Conservatives spewed by liberal left of center main stream media and left of center blogs. Unless you move outside of the influence of those who hold similar views your argument carries little weight.
Barack Obama is a GREAT community organizer and a HORRIFIC leader, able to organize a coalition to get elected but unable to lead a nation. Welcome to America 2013-2016, 4 more years of divisive leadership, a shrinking economy, and staggering debt.
Do you at any point want to offer a lick of substance as to why the analysis is “fundamentally flawed”?
Say, an argument that the GOP actually has potential appeal to voter cohorts other than white males? Or that it is conceivable, given the demographic trends, to elect people to national office by carrying only the plurality of white males.
One of us is speaking to the numbers and to the demonstrated effect of GOP policy positions on the electorate. The other is resorting to ad homimem about who his opponent should associate with or talk to before venturing any opinion. You can do better, but it will require some fundamental rhetorical discipline. Thus far, nothing.
Do you have examples of Mitt Romney’s: “racial exclusion, immigrant fear, patronization of women and hegemony over their bodies, & self-righteous discrimination against homosexuals” or do you follow in the lock-step opinion of the left?
Your focus is on social division, the least among our issues in ’12, and exactly as the media has duped you into following, like a lemming. Unfortunate!
Did you not follow this election? Did you miss every headline? I spoke not of Mr. Romney specifically — though he let slip a few notable phrases — but of the Republican party. And yes, they were epic in pursuing that very line. If you can’t remember what transpired over the last wearying year, I can’t pause in my busy life to recount it all for you. But the voters remembered. Yes they did.
You just made my point! If read the headlines and the narrative from the main stream media so the election is about your social talking points. The reality is we elected, again, someone who is more comfortable with JayZ than the CEO of Intel. We elected someone based on like ability not the potential to solve the biggest issue of our lifetime–the debt and economy.
Actually pretty funny. Obama got the vote and endorsement from the the head of Intel in ’08. He rewards the guy by putting him on Obama’s economic task force. After 4 years of working with Obama (actually 2 1/2 as Obama hasn’t met with his own council in over a year) the head of Intel endorses Romney.
Sammy II says:
I do Steve:
Romney said he was for legal immigration and against legal immigration with caveats that educated illegal immigrants would receive a green card. This was considered “alienating Hispanics”.
Romney said he didn’t support the Ledbetter Act (an act that does nothing for anyone but lawyers) and didn’t agree on the liberal cult’s shrieking consensus on when life begins. So he alienated women.
Somehow Barack Obama’s “I support gay marriage, but I’m not going to do anything about it, now if you’ll excuse me I have some high profile LGBT fundraisers to attend” was distorted by the media into him actually doing something to endorse gay marriage, making Romney the awful homophobic candidate (despite Romney never getting into the issue at all).
Basically, David’s friends in the media swung this election as they try mightily to do by creating narratives that don’t exist and making anyone who doesn’t vote for Obama into a racist.
David, I’ve lost all respect for you.
I get it now.
You want policies that are dictated to each specific group.
Creating a better economic climate for all does not have the same ring as:
Immigration for Hispanics.
Welfare for Blacks.
Abortions for Women.
Student loan delays for the Youth.
Basically, you’ve revealed the Democratic strategy and why it works: Vote for us, we’ll give you stuff.
Did you really reduce the political aspirations of African-Americans to welfare? Did you reduce the political agenda of women — half the population of this nation — to abortions? Do you think Latinos aspirations begin and end with immigration? Do you think the hopes and dreams of youth can be encompassed in student loan delays?
And do you need believe that any cohort other than the one you belong to has aspirations for the American collective? Or are you worried that they’re all hanging around just to take shit that belongs to you and your buddies and other people who resemble yourself?
Of course you did. And you’ve revealed yourself to be an abject racist and misogynist. That will be your cue to say, “who. me? how dare you?” But it’s right on the page, right where you typed it: “Welfare for blacks, abortions for women…” Crawl bag into that keg and close your eyes and try to pretend its still 1951. But don’t bring that vile shit up into my house. Webmistress, the side door for this mouth-breather.
Justin Gomer says:
During CNN’s election coverage, Alex Castellanos said something to the effect of, “I was hoping the Silent Majority would show up; it didn’t.” As your post makes clear, in actuality Nixon’s Silent Majority did show up but the southern/”wedge issue” strategy of Kevin Phillips, Lee Atwater, etc. no longer offers a viable path to the White House. I’m curious if you think 2012 could be for the GOP what 1972 was for the Dems (perhaps ’08 was actually the moment but the recession allowed the hope for one last New Right hurrah). I don’t mean in any way to equate McGovern and Romney, but ’72 sent Dems chasing the Republican Party rightward for 30+ years. It seems that the changing American electorate could produce a similar tack to the left. Democrats got the votes of people of color, gays, and white women, but Republicans did a lot of the work for them. If the right comes back to the center to attract those groups, could it force Democrats to address racial and gender inequality, immigration, wages, etc. in far more progressive ways in order to win those votes? I sure hope so.
I’m happy obama got in again and I think he did a pretty good job the first 4 years. At the very least, it seemed to me he made a lot of smart decisions given the pressure that he was under. It’s easy for people like us to comment and say he didn’t do this or didn’t do that. It’s a lot different when you’re the one making the decisions.
As for the “death of normal”, I think you’ve kind of went a little too far there. I don’t believe the part about “There’s nothing wrong with being anything” anymore simply because people invent problems just so they can give themselves an ego boost for doing nothing. That’s all racism is. Just a cheap way to boost your ego. After all, if you’re poor and white, well, at least you’re not black or mexican. It will always be around in one way or another. As the country gets more “brown”, I kind of suspect racism will morph into, I don’t know, “educationism” where the amount of education you get or don’t get is the primary way people of all colors make themselves feel superior to other people. I think it will be education for the simple fact that people are lazy and that seems to be an easy dividing line now that race and gender are slowly not being used as much anymore. It’ll be: Did you go to college? Yes? Well, hey aren’t we better than those schmucks who didn’t? (I went to college, by the way)
Anyway, that’s my take. Who knows what “ism” it’ll actually be but people will invent the next version of racism simply because people are cheap and lazy. Who knows, maybe white guys like me will get the bitter end of it this time. At least there’d be some extremely delayed justice in that.
David – I enjoyed your comments and offer my own. I think the Republican Party is at a crossroad where they can reform as a party of common good or continue to be bogged down in anger and angst about their own failings. Look at the post-election analysis from Camp Elephant – who’s at fault for losing? What can be done to prevent a third apocalypse in 2016? It’s all introspective about the party’s failure to perform. Perhaps a party sized dose of Viagra is in order.
Where is the positive attitude needed to push past our economic doldrums and move our national attitude back to a positive plane? Where are the master plans for recovery promised by the Tea Party and Masters Romney, Boehner and Cantor? Or will these be held in secret only to be revealed when a Republican President takes office? I just don’t get it.
I’ve told friends, colleagues, and students that the time to bitch is over. You had four years, so make it go away and lets start over – AS A UNITED FRONT! Where’s the fear coming from now? Does one man really have that much power to deflate 310,000,000 citizens on his own? (or at least a significant portion thereof). The President serves as the nation’s head coach and his retirement is secured in 4 years. Why not make the best of that time beginning like right now.
As a white male, I feel SO relieved.
Thank you David Simon. THANK YOU.
There is no other, no inclusion anymore and you are right, its about DAMN time its gone.
So no more Affirmative Action. No more policies based exclusively on diversity. No more education dollars wasted on diversity problems. No more skewing test scores to favor certain groups. No more talk about the “lack of representation” of any group in media. No more designating crimes as “Hate Crimes”. No more careers ruined because of perceived racism.
We are all the other now! We are all Americans and we are all the same.
I’m so glad, that FINALLY, we will be able to judge a man by the content of his character and not the color of his skin.
WOW. Nicely done.
Yeah, it’s been so damn easy being black or Latino in America for so damn long. Thank goodness we’re past that nonsense.
I would love to know how any black or Hispanic person born in the last 30 years has had it worse than an immigrant arriving in the 1920s or 1860s? And why, David, do Indian, Asian and even African immigrants now succeed here in the United States, despite all the racism and white privilege and prejudice that you seem to think exists at such extraordinary levels, graduating college at rates higher than the white majority? And anyway, Hispanics immigrants who come here with nothing: Shouldn’t they expect it to be hard, but better than where they came from? And isn’t that what they are getting?
That’s the problem with liberals like you David: Its always 1959 when it comes to issues of race.
You (people in the public eye) making excuses for the failure of outcomes by certain groups is what keeps those failures in motion, over and over again.
Andrew Hacker, “Two Nations.”
Alex Kotlowitz, “There Are No Children Here.”
Simon & Burns, “The Corner”
Anything by Kozol, perhaps.
These are books. It is clear from your post that you live in one America and believe that what greets you every morning is a universal. But genuinely, there is another America. And it is devoid of the circumstances and resources that you take for granted as you maneuver through the confines of your environment.
I am not saying that someone needs to throw your entitled ass out of a car at Monroe and Fayette street and make you actually talk to other human beings and begin the honest process of acquiring the truth about what this other, actual America accords those who are born into it. That would be rude. But pick up a book or two before you stoop to as much foolishness as you just demonstrated.
Fact: Among all Western democracies, the United States now has the lowest level of mobility between social classes. In this country more than any other in the West, where you are born largely predetermines where you die. The American ideal of upward mobility and the reward of hard work is ever more a lie, stastically. Recounting a myth in ignorance of actual facts can’t make it any more true.
Lori White says:
I love it when you talk America to me, David Simon!
Chris Amor says:
Holy hell: “Evolve, or don’t. Swallow your resentments, or don’t. But the votes are going to be counted…”
It’s not arrogant to celebrate a victory of tolerance over intolerance, reason over hysteria, and hope over fear. As another commented, there is also nothing inherently wrong with being conservative. But this election was not about conservatism versus liberalism – it was about mainstream society rejecting a toxic mix of extreme viewpoints, big money, and we-win-when-you-fail. And that’s worth celebrating.
For a moment anyway. Then let’s get on with it.
Beautifully written. Not challenging you, but my curiosity seeks to become better informed. What are “the cards of racial exclusion” you refer to and why are republicans stigmatized as the party against blacks? Minorities indeed represent a disproportionate share of low-income neighborhoods, prison population, poor school systems, etc. To me, this systemic problem transcends party affiliation and is a byproduct of a “free” market, capitalist society. These harsh realities have persisted under both democratic and republican presidents, as well as both a democratic and republican controlled House. Maybe I am naïve but rather than being a racial exclusion or an opposition to minorities, I’d like to believe it’s a fundamentally different approach to solving poverty and related side effects. The conservative indirect approach of allowing small business to remedy these issues neglects the built in advantages and disadvantages within the “system”, or markets. And the liberal approach of directly providing handouts and entitlements is a step in the right direction but possibly promotes dependency without attacking the source of poverty. Again, maybe it’s my naïveté but I find fault in public opinion associating being against excess governmental assistance with opposing minorities.
Nonetheless, the republican party needs to figure out how they can rid themselves of this stigma, while keeping their fundamentals of small government. The opportunities are out there, including but not limited to promoting social businesses and social impact bonds. There are innovative ways to harness the entrepreneur, capitalist spirit into social good and helping to solve society’s most pressing issues. But in the end, it’s not up to the republicans or democrats to fix the society that transcends them, it is up to the people that sustain it.
I know all that scuffle about voter suppression in battleground states, and all of the legal wrangling to create new requirements by which voters would have to prove themselves to polling officials and could be challenged or expunged from voter rolls — I know all of that trifling stuff was just a blip on your radar screen. But in the lives of people of color it was an affront that is entirely without nuance. It is well understood.
Stand in someone else’s shoes for just a minute or two. Please.
The most natural thing in the world to me was handing over my ID before I could vote. It makes perfect sense that you should prove you are a citizen before doing something as important as voting.
Voter suppression was blown out of proportion by the left because that is what they do: create race and ethnic problems where they don’t exist to drive up interest.
You might want to read up on the seemingly benign methods by which voter suppression against minority citizens is actually practiced, up to and including using identification requirements to manufacture the most minute challenges to registered voters. This has been documented.
Voter suppression isn’t what’s been blown out of proportion. Voter fraud is a manufactured concept entirely. Widespread voter fraud hasn’t been documented anywhere in these United States. To the extent the GOP now has a problem with voters of color, well, you said it yourself: “That is what they do: Create race and ethnic problems where they don’t exist.”
Yup. And the blowback was a bitch, wasn’t it?
Understood. And I would not dare to call these issues trifling. The vehicle behind Jim Crow laws, photo id, felon disenfranchisement, etc are appalling and shameful. But my point was trying to understand and discuss possible remedies to the source underlying these acts. If the working class and minorities were divided amongst the parties, I would hope such monstrosities would be futile.
David in Georgia says:
What a nice load of duplicitous pablum. You at once extol the virtue of inclusiveness and the melting pot while celebrating the person who most effectively played on divisiveness and racism to get elected. The arrogance and hubris of the “winning” side in this election and the previous Presidential election is amazing to watch. It is indicative of all that is wrong with Liberalism today, a bunch of egalitarian, elitist snobs playing the masses against themselves with class warfare and racism under the guise of “taking care of people” because you have the arrogance to think you know best.
Good luck with that. I do hope the economy doesn’t collapse under the weight of wealth redistribution (taxes) to come. Now that it’s been 4 years of Obama rule, perhaps we can stop hearing “it’s Bush’s fault” though I doubt it.
Your reply to Brade above is also quite disingenuous.
they cannot help themselves, David. They’re Machiavellian by birth, narcissists by trade.
Captain Tragedy says:
“It is indicative of all that is wrong with Liberalism today, a bunch of egalitarian, elitist snobs playing the masses against themselves with class warfare and racism under the guise of “taking care of people” because you have the arrogance to think you know best.”
This isn’t liberalism, it’s exactly what the Koch Brothers, Karl Rove, and the rest who fund the Republican party do. *They* are the ones who prey on racist paranoia and fear. The guy playing on racial divisiveness is the one giving speeches to rooms full of white people that the other 47% are moochers. You are literally, 100%, 180 degrees wrong about this.
Anthony Aaron says:
Actually, Captain, I have never seen a group of people so totally intolerant of any viewpoint but their own as the current crop of liberals is. We’re being overrun by privileged, spoiled, narcissistic liberals — what I call socialist yuppies — who want all of the privileges and such for themselves, so long as they get to tell the rest of us how we’re supposed to live.
But, if you take these privileged ones out of their expensive houses, and take away their taxpayer-subsidized ‘trendy’ accoutrements — they will whine you to death.
They preach care for all of the minorities and disadvantaged and whatnot — but they want unborn children killed at will, they want an ever-growing federal government regulating us to death — but, like the mid-level Soviet Union party members that went to Israel after the fall of the USSR —- the suffering that they legislate IS NOT MEANT FOR THEM.
It’s a tragedy that in 2012 the citizens of these United States of America have such utter twits and dolts to be in high political office. Like a friend of mine said last night, quoting Mark Twain — if voting is so important, why do you think they’re giving it to us?
You may think that it is not right to kill unborn babies, it is your own right. But imposing that right on women who might not share your opinion by banning abortion is wrong. People who vote for abortion may not agree with the idea itself, but they want other people to be able to decide that for themselves.
And look at who’s whining…
You’re so oppressed. Poor little dear.
My, that is a sad state of affairs. I can see that you are being whined to death while you so manfully express your unhappiness in the boldest and most worthy phrases. If only Americans such as yourself could have more opportunity to tell us what you really feel about those who don’t think as you do. That would certainly not whine anyone to any degree at all, I’m sure.
Well said David in Georgia, I was thinking the same thing.
G Duk says:
“[…] the person who most effectively played on divisiveness and racism to get elected. The arrogance and hubris of the ‘winning’ side in this election and the previous Presidential election is amazing to watch.”
Do you have any specifics to back this up? How specifically has Obama played up divisiveness? Is it in his speeches? In private conversation that’s been recorded? Through legislation? What legislation? Which speeches? Last night Obama talked about how he was glad people voted, whether for him or Romney (sadly no mention of third party candidates). And what about the arrogance of the “winning” side? Just 24 hours ago online I saw many people saying “buhbye Obummer” and they had cute little memes like “Uninstalling Obama 99.99% complete” and it was all just a big joke to them. Obama has been called Odumbo and Ofailure. How does that help the political discourse? How specifically, either through words or legislation, has Obama proven himself to be an overall divisive president who actively seeks to split America apart? How is he specifically worse than Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, etc?
“I do hope the economy doesn’t collapse under the weight of wealth redistribution (taxes) to come.”
It always amazes me how minor percentage increases and decreases in taxes, like 35 to 40 percent, or 15 to 20 percent, somehow in the non-math world of partisan bickering equal intense class warfare that could doom us all. A bit overly dramatic, don’t you think? I believe we all need to accept that the tax argument is never going to go away. I’d at least like to see the argument shift away from the more vs. less battle and more into the effective vs. wasteful discussion. I’m happy to pay taxes if it’s helping my country and building infrastructure. But spending over a billion day on a foreign war with a country that never attacked us? That would go into the wasteful column for me. Where specifically tax money goes is of primary importance, and overall rates would come in second, especially since as a whole we’re at historically low individual rates. 90% or 70% taxes do not exist in America.
“Now that it’s been 4 years of Obama rule, perhaps we can stop hearing ‘it’s Bush’s fault’ though I doubt it.”
I personally haven’t heard anyone say this is all Bush’s fault in a long time. However, I’ve heard many people say this is all Obama’s fault. It’s a two way street, and you seem to miss the irony in decrying Obama’s presidency while also telling people to stop blaming Bush. You can’t say “stop pointing fingers” while your finger is firmly in the air and aimed at Obama. That makes you a hypocrite, or a partisan hack, or both. Please rethink your position here, or at least the phrasing of your words.
Also, it’s good to see you lump all liberals together into one single group who all believe the exact same thing and who are all at the same exact point in their lives. That kind of us vs. them mentality based on emotion rather than specific facts is just what America needs.
I don’t think it’s possible to be “egalitarian, elitist snobs.” Kinda contradictory, that’s all. I’m sure you’ll tell me that makes me an elitist snob, but so be it.
“I only want to hang out with everyone.”
Crompaany says:
Please elaborate on the divisiveness and racism of the Obama campaign, other than simply, you know, being against the other guy – which is what any kind of “election” is about… Or are you gonna whine that he played politics in.. politics? I’m curious to hear how you talk yourself out of that one.
Pray tell, how can one be egalitarian and an elitist snob at the same time?
…by speaking out of both sides of his mouth — something political figures and liberals seem to be very capable of doing.
Political liberals like to preach the equality card — but take them out of their expensive houses in their segregated neighborhoods and take away the other marks of their elitism — in other words, make them truly the equal of the underdogs they seem to champion — and they will whine you to death.
Agreed completely that class warfare helped put Obama in the White House, disagreed completely that it was only the liberals who engaged in class warfare. It just happened to blow up in the GOP’s face, which is why things will likely change next time. And I hope they do, because the less social issues matter, the more honest it will force every politician to become.
I’d be all for class warfare if the right class had a shot at winning. But as Warren Buffett aptly pointed out, class warfare has been underway in this country for quite a while now.
“And my class is winning.”
Anyone complaining about class warfare on the part of the poor has to explain the Gilded-Age concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent, the increasing rates of poverty and the declining buying power and economic instability of the middle class over the last couple decades.
Aaron Cohen says:
First time. long time. You will love Obama’s acceptance speech. I remain worried about the electorate’s ability to stay in the game through the coming battle over budgets and tough issues. Even Al Sharpton thinks we “should come to the middle and get something done.” I worry that the House still doesn’t get it.
john miller says:
Dear David, i have never agreed 100% with what anyone has written about this election on either side untill i read this ,Fantastic,
Marc Eisenberg says:
Well said, Mr. Simon. Power to the People.
Marc — the ‘power’ that you seek has long been taken from all of us. Even some of the 1% really are out of the loop — they just happen to have gotten really wealthy by other means than by being part of the true power structure in this country and this world.
Steve Jobs, for example, became wealthy by being the way he was, without any real connections to the power-source in America. He worked hard and he worked really smart — and he was gifted with a certain type of technological vision — and he got where he was before he passed in spite of the powers-that-be.
This is all well and good and I’m sure the “I’m proud to be and american today” ilk in your crowd will rally around the President in his 2nd term to further “the agenda” that is starkly different than what 48.5% of US Citizens want. Democracy after all is delivered by the barrel of a gun thru mob rule. But the folks on left don’t mind, as long as it’s “their guy” in power. They don’t mind about the wars anymore, the drone strikes killing innocent people of colored skin in other countries, presidential kill lists, the NDAA, the Patriot Act, etc….. nah, none of that matters to you folks anymore. You’ve got healthcare and gay marriage is on the horizon, so your world is a much better place today.
Bare with me, I’m gonna pee on your parade because the utopia you & folks like Jason Whitlock dream of and can taste because your getting so close to it, is nothing more then a mirage. It’s a mirage made up of false financial promises through counterfit money generated by central bankers who dangel carrots in front of the masses while they steal our wealth thru their ponzi schemes. It will eventually take down the entire financial system during Obama’s second term. Will he be at fault? Probably not, but he’ll be the guy who resides over the demise of the american dollar that is already well on it’s way to being destroyed. His answer will be to enlist his criminal friends at Goldman Sachs (who incidentially run the Federal Reserve as well). All the while our freedoms (personal & economic) will continue to be eroded and reduced to rubbell. They’ll tell us it’s in the name of national security & for the betterment of the country, but we should know they’re full of shit by now. I’m gonna make some predictions, not all will be right, but you’ll get my idea. In the next 4 years (in no particular order)-
1. the United States dollar will no longer be the worlds reserve currency. Our debts will far exceed what the creditors around the globe are willing to lend us. Russia & China will trade oil on something other then the petro dollar & all those dollars Helicopter Ben & Greenspan printed out of thin air for years will come back on our shores causing an economic panic. It will make 2008 look like a walk in the park
2. Entitelments will be drastically cut & people will resort to rioting in the streets (see our friends over in Greece today). Incidentially american citizens have 35% greater debt burden then greek citizens. .
3. When the economy sinks, the leaders will distract us with a war against Iran. They’ll tell us it was about Iran’s big bad nuke they’ve been developing for what, 20 years now? Amercian sheeple will buy and we’ll kill another million innocent colored people, because really when was the last time the US bombed a country with white people in it?
4. Gas will go well above $5 a gallon
5. The central bankers in the west will have a gloablly coordianted “big print” to the tune of $20 trillion dollars in order to save the world economy. Really all we’ll be saving is the big banks that have bought and paid for the politicians who can fool us with this. But Keynesians like Paul Krugman will cheer it as “progress” & “stimulus”.
6. Housing will plummet again. Because printing money and keeping interest rates at historic lows for what seems like eternity worked out so well last time. People will lose everything.
7. Inflation will be rampant. The cost of goods will go thru the roof in an attempt to keep the ponzi scheme going. The middle class and working class will be wiped out, any savings they may have had destroyed.
8. Student loans will be the next bubble burst. Millions won’t have the money to pay their loans back & will simply opt-out of doing so. That’s when the taxpayer will step in and subsidize the next big bailout.
Like most in our country today, it’s easy for wealthy folks like you and Jason Whitlock to be distracted. Distracted by the noise you want to hear and write about. It makes you important and your opinions sought after. But it really doesn’t matter anymore. It doesn’t matter that Obama won or that Romney took Florida & the dynamics of gerrymandering in Ohio might make not make it a swing state any more. It’s all political bullshit that the sheep buy into and the MSM peddle to a bunch of salivating dogs. It’s a charade that should be laughed at, like the people who proudly walk around with the “I voted today” sticker. It makes them feel important, like they have a say in the world. We don’t, it’s an illusion. It’s all bullshit… plain and simple.
TL says:
You must be fun at parties.
Cool story bro
Jason — you’ve spoken more truth in your response than the author and all of his sycophants combined — and they’ll kill you for it if they can.
Shhh there’s a black guy as President, that’s really all that matters.
Yes, that was what this essay was about. That only.
Now crawl back inside that beer keg and have another nice long nap. We’ll wake you when it’s over.
epistememe says:
Crack a window and let some sunlight into your basement fallout shelter. The air is getting a little stale and devoid of oxygen so please open a vent as well. Cheers
Thank you Mr. Simon. I agree totally. I was worried that 2008 was just a fluke and this year we’d revert to the mean. I believe what you say is correct — this election proves to me that change has come. I guess we can really only know if change is real in the rear view mirror. And yes, there will still be events and statements that make me shake my head, but I am more sure than ever that it’s the death rattle of a terminally ill patriarchy. Evolve or die.
I work with a group of men clinging to 1980 and I have to admit, it was hard to wipe the gloat off my face.
Thank you, again, for your eloquence, passion and dedication.
Katie Ford Hall
Detroit says:
“There is no normal” “There’s nothing wrong with anything”
These types of philosophies seem noble in theory, but are the basis for the downfall of a society. I’m all for the discussion to redifine what we consider normal or right. The WASP contingent that dominated for so long is no longer the dominant majority, but to replace that with no discussion on what is optimal for the whole, leads to disaster. We are doing ourselves harm, if we don’t use this opportunity we have, where old racist and sexist regimes have been toppled to discuss openly what is actually right for the whole. As a society, though it is hard unfortunately we must discuss what is best for the majority and not just the individual. Many view this as discrimination but it is not. Any law or regulation that is effective starts with what is optimal for the majority rather than just the exception. Even if it is something as simple as the speed limit. We must determine what is optimal for all rather than the exceptions or individuals that may need to drive faster or slower on given occassions. Yes, it seems noble to be happy that you personally are ok with anything people want to do or be, but that does not work for effecitve policy making in a government.
I think there’s a very big difference between passing policy that is optimal– which is, I believe, what David was referring to when he said “utilitarian”– and the idea that only one culture is “normal” and all others are outsiders to be regarded with suspicion or dismissed entierly.
brade,
i felt the same way during the Bush years. I felt that same smugness from the other side. It’s tough to feel like 50% of the people in the country that you live in and love feel very different than you, I get that. People voted last night and this is our world now. You’ll get over it.
Omar Little says:
As someone who works in a rich man’s white collar environment (and has for many years), I can tell you that the “us vs. them” mentality is unlike anything I’ve seen before. Not only was the idea of voting for Obama unheard of, but my coworkers seem to think the only people that voted for him are the poor minorities who had to be bused in.
Benjamin Krimmel says:
America is becoming more…American!
This is great article. My question is what happens when whites become the minority and will not be given preferential treatment the same way current minorities are? I fear a retribution of a historic magnitude.
Derek J says:
Not all “current minorities” receive “preferential treatment.” Asians don’t. Non-African American muslims don’t. That’s not to mention the fact that even in a country where whites aren’t the majority, they’ll continue being a plurality of the electorate for the foreseeable future, and are likely to control the bulk of the nation’s wealth in perpetuity. So there shouldn’t be immediate need for remedial action to redress the injustices that white folks imagine they will face when they become “minorities.”
Well, certainly in the matter of remedial action, I would strongly favor exposing you to a wider range of emotions than your own festering racial resentments. Who, other than you, is talking about remedial action, injustice, or preferential treatment? The essay was about voting and demographics and the time-bomb that the Republican party has created for itself.
I was making a bit of fun of Steve’s comment about whites not getting “preferential treatment,” not advocating for such action. Steve’s comment just seemed like an odd statement to me, despite the friendly “great article” at the beginning (a sentiment I share, by the way). I thought my response was absurd enough that everyone would get that it was sarcastic.
Apologies for inadvertently increasing your annoyance today.
No worries. My bad. Sarcasm doesn’t always convey on a quick scan and I was reading rapidly to dutifully get through all the comments and engage folks. I gotcha now.
Brade says:
The problem is that those who supported the winner in this election (such as you) come across as incredibly smug and unlikeable. So congratulations, I guess? But that’s why there will always be an opposition to people like you who are so certain that their way is the One True Way. Of course, this absurd brand of certainty exists on both sides.
I tend to watch elections like this from a slightly detached perspective (although I don’t mind admitting I voted for Romney because he has a proven record of working and compromising with different types of people–a true pragmatist like Clinton). And I’m never too surprised by the level of hatred that comes from either side, but especially the winners. You’d think this would be the other way around, but nope. I had to unfollow at least 5 people on Twitter just because their attitude about Obama’s victory was so unbelievably arrogant.
Obama gave a nice speech last night. That’s what he does well. If only his acolytes could communicate one-tenth as effectively as him, the political climate would be something approaching sane. But John Gruber said it worst: “I love the smell of a socialist utopia in the morning.” At least it’s nakedly honest, but it’s a frightening indication of how your side tends to think.
Tough morning for you. I understand. Sorry, if my opinions have added to your displeasure.
BMAC says:
“Nakedly honest”? Or maybe just comedic overstatement? C’mon. That’s right up there with Romney’s comprises with the Massachusetts legislature, where he vetoed over 800 bills (and had those vetoes overturned by a massive majority 99.6% of the time according to the Boston Globe).
You voted for Romney because he worked with Democrats in Mass. – which is 2/3 Democrat – while holding completely different positions on a whole range of issues? No offense, but you are a fucking idiot and I am glad your side lost. I take it you are some type of libertarian-type of thinks of yourself as a self-sufficient citizen or Galtian genius? Do you actually remember the Bush years? Terry Schaivo? Iraq? Katrina? Medicare Part D? ‘With us or against us”? The office of religious affairs? Political litmus tests for people in the Department of Justice? Creationism at public parks? Using homophobia as a political tool to gain votes? Yes, totally surprising that a great many people are happy that we don’t have to return to those years again. So congratulations, I guess? Because you came up with the most banal way of supporting a political candidate who changed hie position on virtually everything and is, deep down, a homophobic, ethnocentric, borderline racist individual who thinks anyone that is not a multi-millionaire is a lecherous piece of filth.
the rest of the world says:
Obama, and his policy track record, is considered right wing in many other modern democratic state e.g. most countries in northern Europe. He is no social democrat and a very far cry from a socialist, sadly.
sifr4 says:
It’s telling when you use phrases like “people like you”. Using such a phrase shows the compartmentalization of others (or “The Other”) to placate the fears that control you. I’m not writing this to cajole you or to sway any of your ideologies, merely to show how you are subverting your own efforts to communicate.
There are no sides. There is no us vs. them. Such antiquated binary applications of reality are not endemic to a particular ideology, but rather to an inability to communicate.
I’ve heard intelligent things come out of Republican mouths. I’ve heard stupid things come out of Democrat mouths. Ignorance and intelligence are not endemic to a single ideology. There are no sides.
Political parties have been a useful means of branding an agenda and building a community around that brand. But they’ve also been the primary means by which any electorate in any country becomes divided against itself, when the reliance upon the party brand overpowers the reliance upon the candidates’ agendas. And in this way, political parties are antithetical to democracy. They turn voters into shills.
E pluribus unum… Out of many, one. “Many” is the most important word in that motto. The greater the many, the greater the one out of that many.
Wow. Well said.
Brade – what happened to Our President, right or wrong? I remember hearing a lot of that circa 2002-2003, and leading up to the invasion of Iraq. And smug, do you remember the reaction after Bush won in 2004? It was brutal. Many people clearly cared more about “winning” than the fate of the country.
Also interesting to see many Republicans such as yourself now praise Clinton, re: “a true pragmatist like Clinton.” In 1998 I was told by many people that Clinton was the worst president this nation had. I remember one woman even telling me, “I actually don’t hate any of our past presidents, well except for Clinton, he’s a joke and a disgrace to all the others”. I can only imagine in 15-20 years when Republicans are praising Obama and denigrating whomever happens to be at the top of the Democrat and/or liberal ticket of the time.
Keith Uhlich says:
Grazzi, Mr. S. Terrific read.
I stayed out of the maelstrom of coverage yesterday, and went to bed right after watching the Mardi Gras episode of “Treme’s” third season. It was a great note to end the day on, whatever the results ended up being, (though I am happy they went the way they did). The series has always helped to right me whenever I’m feeling anxious and uncertain. It’s such a generous, pointed, and profound portrayal of humanity in all its colors, this most recent installment especially. I was happy to spend Election Eve with it.
Half Coyote says:
Yeah. Second that. The Mardi Gras episode was great. The scene with the Marine Band and the Middle School Band was absolutely beautiful. Also liked how the young trumpet player was quoting Charlie and challenging Antoine. I’m sure playing hard bop on the trombone is not easy. Something interesting will come of that.
Michael Bryan says:
Perfectly stated. Next we will elect a worthy woman to the Presidency and consign the boys club to the dustbin. How about a President Gabbard? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
John Payant says:
She sounds like she is on the path to greatness. Good for her!
Mr. Simon, I simply want to say thank you for the words I just had the pleasure and pride to read. I can only wish to be able to speak and write as succinctly and articulately as you have. This is the America I see. There are a lot of good people on all sides, even Conservatives. I see the main problem being that true Conservatism has been lost in the GOP. Barry Goldwater would be a moderate Democrat if he were with us today. Maybe the people who make up the extremes will realize they are going the way of the dinosaur, and logic and common decency, as well as common sense, can rule the day. I hope that there are tens, no hundreds, of thousands of young people who will see things through a similar lens as you do, and will lead our country to heights even greater than we currently can envision.
And thank you Jason Whitlock for guiding me here.
Matt Schabl says:
David, this is one of the most eloquent pieces of prose I’ve ever had the good fortune to read, and I thoroughly enjoyed every last word.
Jason Whitlock says:
David, you are my hero. Thank you for this. Thank you.
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Planned in partial secrecy, Washington lead a column of Continental Army Troops across the icy Delaware River in a logistically challenging and dangerous operation. Other planned crossings in support of the operation were either called off or ineffective, but this did not prevent Washington from surprising and defeating the troops of Johann Rall quartered in Trenton. The army crossed the river back to Pennsylvania, this time laden with prisoners and military stores took as a result of the battle.
If surprising your enemy on Christmas in a surprise attack to establish your fight for eventual freedom isn't operator, we don't know what is.
You're a dirty player, George. But then again, that's American battle policy even to this day. We come to win and strive to ensure that the fight is never fair. You truly are the original operator of this country. You showed what a deadly combination of surprise and bravery can accomplish in just a few hours.
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EU-Asia Free Trade Areas? Economic and Policy Considerations
Michael Plummer ()
Governance Working Papers from East Asian Bureau of Economic Research
Abstract: In this paper, we analyzed key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia, and explored the potential economic ramifications of deeper EU-Asian economic cooperation. We also investigated the possible costs to the EU of remaining “disengaged†from the Asian integration process and the likely impact of multi-nested EU-Asian trade agreements. Our empirical review of CGE models revealed trivial effects of several possible EU-Asian accords (e.g., EU-India, EU-ASEAN, EU-Republic of Korea). In part, this is a result of relatively small trade shares, open markets, and restrictions in the models, particularly in that they excluded behind-the-border effects. We also presented two CGE models that estimated the potential negative effects of Asian/Asia-Pacific regional accords on the EU, and likewise found small effects. Nevertheless, using a highly-disaggregated (partial-equilibrium) approach, we argued that high-quality FTAs in Asia could be quite detrimental to the EU, particularly in key sectors. The push toward a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific could be particularly worrisome to the EU. We therefore concluded that it makes sense for the EU to be more aggressive in pursuing prospective trade agreements with Asia.
Keywords: economic relationship; the European Union (EU) and Asia; Asian integration; EU-Asian trade agreements; CGE model; (partial-equilibrium approach; FTA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Posted on April 17, 2016 June 4, 2016 by ensj
We’re nearing the end of the school year. You know what that means? Tests! I might have to skip releases a few times because of this .-.
Chapter 86. The Destroyed Formation
The female monks of the Emei Sect were famous for never making a move in the outside world.
Along with the Shaolin Sect and the South Sea Putuo Sect, the Emei Sect formed the three holy buddhist grounds. Because of this, their buddhist aspects were very strong.
And because of that, they were extremely isolated.
Of course, they would take action once things started to happen within their grounds.
The things that happened in the Emei Sect were their responsibility.
Just like what was happening at the moment.
Shushushu-
The experts of the Emei Sect, who were running somewhere urgently, suddenly stopped.
They looked into their eyes, and spoke.
“Amitabha……. Their presence disappeared.”
“What shall we do?”
The head of the group, Junghwa Sate, took out a rosary, and thought as she rubbed the beads.
This place wasn’t that far from the main mountain of the Emei Sect.
It was definitely on the boundaries of their lands, but it wasn’t so much of a place where someone could do whatever they wanted.
Especially if the source of that clash of energy from before was involved.
If an external force had invaded, there was a need to chase them down.
That was their mission.
“We’ll need to check what happened.”
Shushushu-!
The experts of the Emei Sect moved even faster than before.
‘At least a peak expert.’
The clash of energy that shook the air itself.
It was definitely something that could only happen when two peak experts attacked each other at full force.
While Junghwa Sate looked calm on the outside, she was actually extremely nervous.
She tightened her grip on the rosary beads, and thought.
‘Hopefully it’s not the Heavenly Demon Church…….’
There was a chance that they might find evidence of the church at the battleground.
That was something that she really didn’t want.
Their mission was to track down the invaders and dispose of them, no matter who they were.
If the invaders were the Demon Church, the results from fighting with them would be obvious.
‘Even if we find evidence…….’
In the worst case, she was thinking of ignoring the evidence to pretend nothing happened.
They couldn’t afford to even come in contact with the church.
Even if the church provoked them.
Junghwa Sate prayed with a weak face.
‘Amitabha…… Amitabha…….’
Having no power in the martial world.
There was nothing worse than that.
[There.]
One of the monks pointed to a place.
Junghwa Sate bit her lips.
She needed to be the one to find the evidence.
She would be able to cover it up as long as she found it first.
After all, if it happened to be the Demon Church, there was a need to hide the evidence.
Right then, Junghwa Sate stopped moving.
She then tried to grab the monk at the very front with a pale face.
But…… She was too late.
The monk disappeared into thin air.
“Ah?”
“W, what is…….”
When all the experts simultaneously made a shocked face.
The experts of the Emei Sect moved back when they heard this.
Junghwa Sate looked around, and spoke quietly.
“…….This is a formation.”
“Formation?”
“Yes, a formation. Amitabha…….”
She experienced something like this back when she went to the Zhuge Clan.
She only experienced it once, but this really made a difference between heaven and earth.
She was able to see what was going on in an instant, because of her experience with formations in the past.
‘And…….’
Why couldn’t she see before?
The strange energy that was being emanated from the area in front of her.
Junghwa Sate cursed her idiocy, and bit her lips.
“Can’t you feel its power?”
Everyone focused at those words, but they were unable to feel anything.
Only first-rate experts could sense a formation.
‘This is bad.’
She patrolled this place frequently in the past.
It was a place that everyone in the sect passed by at least once or twice.
She was certain it didn’t have a formation in the past.
That would mean that the formation was created recently. That couldn’t be good news.
After thinking a bit, Junghwa Sate bit her lips and spoke.
“We’ll have to destroy it.”
Finding out who made the formation, and why he made it all came later.
The formation currently had one of her monks stuck in it.
Junghwa Sate took a deep breath, and put up her sleeves.
She then put out her hands forward.
Bddd-
With a sound of an old door opening, a load of pressurized air flew out of Junghwa Sate’s hands.
It was the signature technique of the sect, the Great Strength Palm Strike.
Bang-!
“Kuh!”
Junghwa Sate flew back with a giant sound.
“Martial Aunt!”
When the experts took Junghwa Sate by their arms.
Junghwa Sate’s face was extremely pale.
She took a deep breath, and waved them away as she stood back up.
“……Set up the Demon Sealing Formation. We’re going to destroy this in one go.”
The Demon Sealing formation.
It was the Emei Sect’s strongest formation.
It was a formation that required at least 5 people, and its power depended quite a bit on the strength of its users.
“Amitabha…….”
Kuuu-!
The energy of the ten members who created the formation condensed at the spot where Junghwa Sate was.
Junghwa Sate condensed the energy further into her hands.
She then proceeded to shape the energy into a bead-like form.
Her hands were beginning to emit a golden light.
When this golden light became immensely bright, Junghwa Sate widened her eyes.
When she stretched out her hands, the Emei Sect’s Great Strength Golden Palm Strike was unleashed.
Baang-!
With an ear-deafeningly loud noise, the area in front of the monks distorted greatly.
Junghwa Sate watched this with a pale face.
‘We failed.’
The attack just now had all their strength put into it.
But the formation was powerful enough to resist that.
It just shook a bit from the attack.
When Junghwa Sate let out a sigh of amazement.
The formation began to tremble.
“Move back.”
When she said this.
Kiii-!
“Kyaa!”
A sound that resembled having glass scratched appeared.
The experts of the Emei Sect shouted in pain.
At the same time, the formation in front of them shattered like glass.
Junghwa Sate became extremely confused at the sight.
The formation broke, even when their power was insufficient?
Something strange was going on.
[…….Damn kid.]
A small lifeform stumbled out of the dust cloud.
A rabbit.
It stared at the eleven dumbfounded monks in front of it, then smirked.
[What?]
A talking rabbit?
And the thing it was holding in its hands was the monk that fell into the formation earlier.
When she was about to make a move.
The rabbit let go of the monk it was dragging with its hands.
[Eh, it was hard enough trying to survive on my own. Why’d you have to drop in a useless baggage like that? Annoying.]
Junghwa Sate made her subordinates move back, and made a concerned face.
That obviously wasn’t a normal rabbit.
To think that much energy could come from a single rabbit…….
It’s power was inhumanely large.
Just looking at it made her nervous.
[I never would’ve thought that I’d actually be helped by some damn monks.]
The rabbit made an annoyed face, cracked its neck a few times, and stretched a bit.
It looked at Junghwa Sate, and spoke annoyedly.
[I’ll pay you back in the future. I’m just too busy at the moment…… See you later, damn monk.]
Junghwa Sate was unable to say anything until the rabbit disappeared abruptly from its spot.
When the rabbit disappeared, she dropped down on the ground like a doll.
“Amitabha……. Amitabha…….”
She was unable to say anything other than buddhist scriptures after what she had just seen.
[Damn, I feel so embarrassed.]
The rabbit was extremely ashamed at the moment.
It never thought it would be shamed to this degree by a mere human.
[Well, at least I wasn’t humiliated to the utmost, since it was a full moon…….]
Most monsters went through an increase in strength at full moon.
It was the same for the rabbit.
Since it was a moon rabbit, the full moon’s effects helped it even more.
If it wasn’t for that, it really would’ve died in the formation.
[Just what was that field…….]
The rabbit had never experienced such a terrifying thing.
The rabbit trembled a bit as it remembered the formation.
It looked down at its body, and nodded.
Its body was healing rapidly thanks to the moon.
[Tch, once I get my hands on that Dragon Pearl…….]
It should be able to recover half its strength with the pearl.
[But……. It’s quite regretful.]
It didn’t look like the pearl was the real thing.
Based on the tiny cracks on the pearl, it looked like the boy killed a random imugi and ate the pearl. But the pearl was still much too valuable for a human.
And the human wasn’t even using it right.
It was truly a waste.
The rabbit repeatedly used teleportation to catch up to the boy.
[Hehehe…… Just you wait.]
Although the pearl was incomplete, it would still help it recover.
It should give it enough power to fly.
[Well, I did manage to catch up…….]
The rabbit scratched its ears with a troubled face.
Following the kid was good.
There was no way it’d lose track of the boy, since it never could lose a person.
But the problem lay with the place where the boy was at.
[Looks like the mortal world really became a dangerous place while I was gone.]
The rabbit looked at the area the boy was at, and frowned.
Along with the guy who wore the mask from before, there was a new guy with a similar strength as the mask man.
[And…….]
The rabbit frowned even more.
No one in the house the boy was at was normal.
There were a lot of them in the first place, but each and every one of these people were quite strong.
[Damn…….]
That kid seemed to be an important person among the humans.
It couldn’t just charge in through the front, because these people were so strong.
To be honest, it wasn’t confident that it could survive in there with its current strength.
[What shall I do, then…….]
It needed to meet the child without having anyone notice.
What could it do to achieve that?
After a moment of thought, the rabbit’s eyes began to gleam.
It had thought of a pretty good plan.
[RoTL] Chapter 10. Salamander Creation (1)
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Damn! they release him!
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Well that was stupid of them
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Really? This rabbit now will help them against demon church, and acctualy they didn’t know that he was here. So it turn pretty well for them 😛
Florencie says:
It’s going to get itself cooked by a chef, and then scare the boy a heck of a lot when he goes to take a bite. Not that I believe anyone would eat rabbit after that.
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He’ll pretend to be an ordinary Rabbit 😂
Thanks for the chapter 😉
I don’t think his pride would allow that.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures 😂
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Good luck on your exams
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Ai… Not once have you thought it wasn’t keeping out out, but something in, have you monks…. Baka. Baka Baka!!!! You’re supposed to be wise!!!!
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Sooo, what are the odds that Ari will suddenly have a new cute pet?
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Posted on July 10, 2009 August 12, 2010 by erniebufflo
In the wake of the Sanford “crying in Argentina” affair and Sen. John Ensign’s ongoing saga of sex with a subordinate and payoffs and other favors to the subordinate’s family, much is being made about the secretive C-Street house/Bible study/organization that Sanford, John Ensign, and Sen. Ted Coburn (a major player in the Ensign scandal) belonged to. C-Street supposedly provides accountability, counseling, and Bible studies to powerful men in politics. Of course their credibility is somewhat in question now that it turns out that so many of their members have had such public moral failings, and as Jon said to me last night, “Maybe they need to re-think their mission.”
But what if it turns out that keeping flawed powerful men in power is exactly their mission? Not to help these men lead moral lives, but to help these men wield power? That’s the distinct impression I got watching last night’s Rachel Maddow show. You can see the clip I’m going to discuss here. All quotes are taken from the transcript.
On her show last night, Maddow interviewed Jeff Sharlet of Harper’s magazine, who has written a book on “The Family,” the “Christian” (you’ll understand those quotes in a second) organization behind C-Street, the house/Bible Study group which connects Sen. Ensign, Sen. Coburn, and Mark Sanford. From what Sharlet said of the organization, I’m terrified AND outraged. Sharlet first hand heard the leader of C-Street describing their goals and objectives:
He said it‘s sort of a totalitarian idea of Christianity and he gave his examples of men who he believed, understood the way power should wielded. He actually gave his examples, Hitler, Pol Pot, Osama bin Laden and Lenin.
Maddow summarized the ideas of The Family thusly:
Its role is promoting American power worldwide, unfettered capitalism, no unions, no programs to help poor people—all with this idea that godly, powerful rich men should get at many resources as possible personally and they should just privately help everyone else. That was the impression that I was left with. Was I close?
SHARLET: That‘s dead on the money.
HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN GET THIS FROM JESUS, I HAVE NO IDEA. THIS IS NOT THE JESUS I KNOW AND LOVE, THAT’S FOR SURE. And this “theology” goes back 70 years to the founder of The Family who
believed God came to him one night in April of 1935 and said, what Christianity should really be about is building more power for the already powerful and that these powerful men who are chosen by God can then—if they want to dispense blessings to the rest of us, through a kind of trickle down fundamentalism.
I know I’m quoting a lot here, but really, this is ghastly stuff and you have to read it. Sharlet says he was living with The Family when
one of the leaders in the Family was explaining why King David was important. And he says, it‘s not because he was good man, it‘s because he‘s a bad man. You know, seduced another man‘s wife. He actually had the husband murdered.
And he wants to explain why this was a model—and he says to one of the men in the group, he says, “Suppose I heard you raped three little girls. What would I think of you?” And this guy, being a human being, says, “You would think I was a monster.” Well, the leader of the Family says, “No, not at all, because you‘re chosen. You‘re chosen by God for leadership, and so the normal rules don‘t apply.”
I’d say this certainly makes clear why it seems only Democrats resign when caught in affairs. And perhaps even why these men are not ashamed by their hypocrisy: these are “family values” guys. Guys who flaunt their status as Promise Keepers, who called for the impeachment of Bill Clinton, who think that homosexuals are the moral problem of our society, and yet, when they engage in the very activities they condemn in others, they think they are above the consequences. They think they don’t have to resign. Because they think they are “chosen.”
This goes against everything I know and love about the gospel. The idea that Jesus came to save the least and the lost. The idea that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. The idea that we are all equal in the eyes of God, both equally culpable for our sins, and equally bestowed with crazy abounding grace. The idea that one of the worst things you can possibly be is a Pharisee– one who loudly proclaims his righteousness, without having the heart-condition to back it up. These men make me SICK, not just because of their actions, but because of the damage their witness does to the real, true gospel.
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NefariousNewt says:
Why should this group be any different than any other group that walks amongst the halls of power? Power corrupts — look what it has done to Popes throughout the ages. Money and power have always been the drivers — the church was always the richest place in town, relatively speaking, rich in money, rich in land, and rich in knowledge.
Groups like this merely want to return to the good old days, when the Church was powerful, commanded obedience, and manipulated governments (and Kings) behind the scenes. There’s no reason to suppose that Cardinal Richelieu wannabes of the world have faded away. There will always be those “pious” men who believe it is their duty to spread the “word of God” by power rather than by teaching.
It becomes plainer, as every year passes, that Jesus’ death upon the cross did nothing really to absolve Mankind of sin, nor to cleanse us and prepare us for greater glory. Instead, his death has been perverted into a means to an end, a way to enforce the covenant of God, rather than preach it.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I have no idea if this is PC to say or not, but reading about men like these who call themselves “Christians” gives me some idea how Muslims must feel reading about suicide bombers who call themselves “Muslims.”
DangerMouse says:
The loud, crazy Christians are the ones who make the rest of you look bad. It’d be great if they could use another term so that the rest of us would know who they were and automatically disregard them without accidentally smearing everyone else.
And yeah, many religious groups have similar crazies making them look bad. Sigh. Can we just put them on an island somewhere to duke it out?
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9 best things to do in Sydney: What you can't miss
Kate Springer, CNN • Updated 28th December 2018
(CNN) — Sitting on the edge of the world, Sydney is heralded as one of the world's greatest cities for a reason.
Located in southeastern Australia, the capital of New South Wales plays host to the photogenic Sydney Harbour (the world's largest natural harbor), the iconic Sydney Opera house, sun-soaked beaches, a vibrant art scene and some of the best restaurants on earth.
"Travelers often mistake Sydney as just a stopover city, thinking they only need a couple of days to see it all," Gwen Leung, a consultant at Charlotte Travel boutique travel agency, tells CNN Travel.
"There's much more to Sydney than just Bondi Beach and the Opera House. You can explore New South Wales, visit vineyards, stay on the islands and even go to the Blue Mountains (to the west) for hiking in the summer or skiing in the winter."
In other words: a weekend won't be enough. Need help narrowing down the itinerary? This shortlist of things to do and see in Sydney should point you in the right direction.
1. Explore Sydney's hottest neighborhoods
Discovering the many delights of Sydney takes more than just a weekend.
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Sydney is divided into distinct neighborhoods -- each with its own character.
Many of the big-ticket attractions can be found in or around the Circular Quay area, right by the harbor, in the city center.
Here, you can hop on ferries to outlying islands or go exploring on foot with the Sydney Opera House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Sydney all nearby.
A walk north along the water will lead travelers into The Rocks -- the first European settlement in Australia and now a historic cobbled village full of heritage buildings.
From this area, travelers can access the Sydney Harbour Bridge and stroll across -- it's about an hour each way (not including time for pictures).
2. Eat like a king
Bennelong is a fine dining restaurant inside the Sydney Opera House.
Bennelong
Whether you're here to devour Australia's best steaks or sample the super fresh seafood, Sydney is a gourmand's paradise.
"Sydney has a lot of migrants -- mostly from amazing food cities such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Italy and even Spain -- who have brought their culinary traditions to Sydney and mixed them up with local, seasonal produce," says Leung.
The cosmopolitan city is home to countless internationally acclaimed chefs.
In Circular Quay, Mr. Wong draws a crowd for its contemporary Cantonese cuisine and heritage setting.
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Nearby, hotspot Hubert for great cocktails and French cuisine in an underground lair.
Or splurge on a waterside fine dining experience, such as a classic beauty like Quay, or a newcomer such as Bennelong.
Helmed by acclaimed Australian chef Peter Gilmore, the restaurant serves the best of Australian produce and wine inside the domed ceilings of the Sydney Opera House.
While in central Sydney, it's practically a rite of passage to stop by the harbor-hugging Opera Bar for a Sydney Sling (sabre gin, pomegranate, mint, lime and bitters) or a glass of vino.
Devon Cafe, located in Surry Hills, is a brunch hotspot.
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Meanwhile, one of the best culinary destinations in the city is Surry Hills. The village is heaving with restaurants and cafes, from classics like Loluk Bistro for French and Argentine hotspot Porteño (order the eight-hour lamb).
The neighborhood has also become synonymous with long, lingering brunches. This is the place to go for amazing brunch cafes such as institutions like Four Ate Five, Reuben Hills, and Devon Café.
3. Hit the beaches
"I've seen a lot of crazy stuff," says lifeguard Andrew Reid, who appears in hit reality TV show "Bondi Rescue."
Everyone knows about Bondi beach and the Icebergs pool and restaurants -- after all, the crashing waves are the postcard image of Sydney.
Bondi is a great place to start. But after you've caught some sun or taken a surf lesson with Let's Go Surfing, we'd suggest taking the Coogee Coastal Walk.
Beginning at Bondi Icebergs swim club, the 3.7-mile walk affords stunning cliffside views of rock pools and bays.
If you happen to be visiting in late October to early November, you'll likely catch the annual Sculpture by the Sea -- an extensive outdoor area exhibition that peppers the coastline.
Craving a Bloody Mary? Hit up Sydney's Coogee Pavilion.
Coogee Pavilion
After about three hours, you'll find yourself at the stylish Coogee Pavilion where well-earned Bloody Marys and craft beer awaits.
Elsewhere around Sydney, beaches such as Redleaf Beach (in Double Bay to the east), Milk Beach (inside Sydney Harbour National Park) and Parsley Bay (northeast of Milk Beach), offer low-key experiences.
Looking for a cosmopolitan scene? Developed coastal villages like Manly Beach -- about an 18-minute ride north on the Fast Ferry from Circular Quay -- provide hipster coffee shops and waterfront bars, plus a pretty stretch of sand.
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4. Catch a show
There's more than just opera at the Sydney Opera House.
Sydney is buzzing with events and performances every night of the week.
The first place that jumps to mind is the iconic Sydney Opera House, designed by Jørn Utzon.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, this incredible piece of architecture doesn't just do opera. You'll also find stand-up comedy, theater, ballets, indie concerts and more.
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But it's not the only place in Sydney putting on a show. The 1920s State Theatre, in the central business district, is known to host international ballets, concerts and world-class orchestras -- all in a majestic setting.
"Each neighborhood has its own themed theaters and smaller venues that welcome all type of performers to Sydney," says Leung.
Travelers will find live music and comedy shows every night at Enmore Theatre, opened in Newton in 1908; The Metro in the CBD; and the Factory Theatre in Marrickville.
Meanwhile, in Surry Hills, the Belvoir Street Theatre puts on award-winning shows year after year.
And for movie buffs, there's the Ritz Cinema in the Randwick neighborhood, where travelers can catch the latest blockbusters in a gorgeous art deco setting.
5. Go out on the town
Inside Sydney's Stitch Bar.
Stitch Bar
If you like Sydney's food, you'll love the bars. Sydney boasts an eclectic collection of watering holes, from craft beer spots to speakeasies and casual wine bars.
"I always head to the chilled out vibe of the small bars and music venues in Surry Hills, Enmore and Newtown neighborhoods," says Leung.
"And if you like whiskey and craft beer bars, this city is perfect for you -- these types of establishments are gradually getting more and more common."
Whiskey lovers will appreciate the library-like environment at The Baxter Inn, where suspender-clad connoisseurs ride around on a sliding ladder to pluck the best bottles, from Glendronach 15 to Highland Park 24-year Signatory.
Meanwhile, in Darlinghurst, The Baxter Inn's big brother Shady Pines Saloon is one of the busiest bars in town.
Go for a whisky with green apple juice -- the drink is a staple in Sydney's drinking dens, but the fresh, frothy tipple tastes especially refreshing among the taxidermy and old-school rock.
The spread at Black Bottle.
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For craft cocktails, travelers may want to teeter over to Black Bottle, a French wine shop, restaurant and tapas bars that channels bon vivant vibes.
Along with cured meats, artisanal cheeses, and fresh seafood tapas, tipplers can sip boutique wines and cocktails -- like the bar's beloved Negroni.
Meanwhile, in the Central Business District, Stitch Bar does creative cocktails and upscale American diner-style food -- think sticky ribs and "Really Good" fried chicken.
And if you find yourself on Manly Beach, the two-story 4 Pines Brewing Company taproom serves its In Season IPA and a slew of fresh brews in a timber-clad setting.
6. Go to the zoo
Sydney's Taronga Zoo offers amazing views of the harbor.
From the skyline views to the lush grounds, there's a reason Sydney's Taronga Zoo lures more than 1 million visitors every year.
Just a 12-minute ferry across the harbor from the Central Business District, the expansive space plays host to more than 4,000 animals, including tigers, giraffes, kangaroos, platypus, koalas, Komodo dragons, elephants, lions, chimps and more.
Visitors will also stumble upon concerts, a ropes course, a lemur forest, hiking trails, rainforests and even several beaches.
Love it so much you never want to leave? Stay the night in one of its luxury safari tents.
7. Climb the bridge
Sydney's epic BridgeClimb.
BridgeClimb
Nicknamed "the coathanger," the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932.
Like the Sydney Opera House, it was an engineering masterpiece that was way ahead of its time.
Sure, you can walk or cycle across the bridge, but the best way to appreciate the architectural marvel is up close and personal.
That's where the BridgeClimb comes in -- the vertiginous experience affords views of the Sydney Harbour and beyond from atop the steel archways.
There are a few options, starting with the easy "Taster" tour, which takes 1.5 hours to trace the lower, inside arc.
More comprehensive expeditions include dawn and sunset climbs -- with musical serenades from local musicians at the summit, 440 feet above the harbor.
8. Take a side trip
A kangaroo in the Blue Mountains, two hours west of Sydney.
One of the best things about Sydney? The amazing side trips.
Popular among outdoorsy types, the rugged Blue Mountains -- about two hours by train west of the city -- promise winter skiing, excellent hiking and kangaroo sightings galore.
Walking through the national park, travelers will stumble upon forests and waterfalls, caves, small villages and rock formations.
Traveling with an oenophile? Just north of Sydney, the Hunter Valley is the place to go.
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The wine region is best known for its medium-bodied reds, such as shiraz, and crisp dry whites like the sémillon.
"Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine region," says Leung. "Most vineyards are family-owned and very innovative, mostly focusing on small production. Wine is more personal here."
Hot air balloon rides are a popular way to take in the Hunter Valley.
For a sampling of the valley's best grapes, Leung recommends visiting the decorated Tallavera Grove Wines to enjoy lunch at Bistro Molines and a diverse assortment of decorated varietals.
Meanwhile, at Gundog Hunter Cellar & Gourmet Pantry, cheese and charcuterie pair perfectly with the estate's award-winning shiraz.
Dubbed the "gateway to Hunter Valley," Peterson House is a must-visit thanks to its excellent sparkling wines and oyster bar.
If you're staying for a weekend, Leung recommends Chateau Elan at The Vintage -- the expansive resort is home to everything from luxury villas to a Greg Norman-designed 18-hole golf course.
9. Stay in style
The Langham Sydney offers easy access to the city's famous harborfront
The Langham
Sydney's hotels are among the best in the world, from downtown designer digs to rustic escapes.
The classic Langham Sydney is centrally located along the cobbled streets of The Rocks, just west of Circular Quay, offering easy access to the famous harborfront.
As you explore the posh corridors, look for contemporary artwork from around the world -- The Langham has one of the largest art collections (more than $1 million worth) in Australia.
A bedroom at Ovolo Woolloomooloo
Ovolo Sydney
For an edgy home base with no shortage of amenities, one of the best options is Ovolo Woolloomooloo, just east of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Sydney Opera House.
Built inside a heritage-listed building right on the Woolloomooloo Pier, the hotel promises colorful modern rooms and a social Lo Lounge with free snacks and happy hour.
Meanwhile, those seeking a more pared-back experience can go glamping on Cockatoo Island -- just a quick boat ride from Circular Quay.
Formerly home to a prison and shipyard, the UNESCO heritage-listed island has a fascinating history -- not to mention a few modern perks.
There are self-guided audio tours, barbecue pits, a handful of restaurants, an Australian cheese and wine experience and amazing views of Sydney's famous harbor.
Leung's travel tips
-- Use an Opal Card on the trains, buses and ferries -- fares are capped at $15.40 a day.
-- Leaving tips at the bar or for a cab isn't expected, but it's appreciated.
-- When riding in a taxi alone, it's customary to hop in the front seat.
-- Bring sunblock, sunglasses and hat -- no matter the season.
-- On Sundays, families enjoy discounted fares on Sydney's ferries and trains.
-- Beetroot is practically a mandatory ingredient in most Western dishes, so if you don't like it it's best to ask!
-- Get ready to BYOB: Most casual restaurants allow diners to bring their own wine for a few dollars.
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Ward Supports Through Delight, Distress
Rohene Ward is the first person to provide support to figure skaters who make a mistake.
He’s also the first to congratulate them if they nail their routine.
It’s Ward’s competitive support that sets him apart from other skaters at the Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships, which wrapped up at the Moorhead Sports Center Saturday.
“We’re all in this for the same reason,” Ward said. “Why not support one and other?”
The 21-year-old skater from Minneapolis finished sixth in the senior men’s free skate program Saturday.
Unfortunately for Ward, only the top four finishers in each division go to the United States Figure Skating Championships in January.
Although Ward will return home to the Twin Cities this week, his support for the skaters who are moving on to nationals won’t change.
It’s more than just his supportive nature that makes him cheer on his opponents; it’s the principles and respect he’s learned from figure skating.
Raised in an urban area of the Twin Cities, Ward’s introduction to figure skating came by accident.
When he was 8 years old, Ward met Gailene Norwood, who later became his first figure skating coach.
Norwood immediately noticed a connection between the young boy and skating.
“You could sense his talent right from the beginning,” said Norwood, who was in Moorhead to watch her former pupil compete.
Norwood senses were right. Ward’s jumps, spins and artistic dancing had spectators at sectionals buzzing, especially during the second mark of his free dance competition.
“It’s the way I interpret the music,” said Ward “(It’s) my flexibility and ability to have quick reaction.”
Ward’s hard-to-contain athletic ability on open ice has his current coach, Page Lipe, calling to the past 10 years in which she’s coached Ward a rollercoaster ride.
“He needs to focus (his talent) and get more confidence every time he goes out on the ice,” Lipe said.
Even though Ward’s road to nationals ended at Moorhead Saturday, Norwood still believes he can go as far as he wants.
She hopes one day he’ll go as far as the Olympics.
“Where Rohene has gone is because of his determination and dedication,” Norwood said. “He still makes me cry when he skates.”
Author Dustin MonkePosted on November 21, 2004 Categories SportsTags figure staking, rohene ward, Sports, sports features
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Employment lawyers to provide free advice to GM workers hit hardest by the pandemic
Employment advice available for all GM workers
The Growth Company has partnered with Citizens Advice Manchester and a network of experienced legal firms to ensure that Greater Manchester’s workers who have been hit hardest by the pandemic can access free legal advice.
During this period of uncertainty, many people across Greater Manchester are worried about their employment, from their employment rights, redundancy, pay cuts, to terms or disputes. Employment Legal Advice is a new service to help individuals across Greater Manchester to access free employment-related legal support. The service is designed to help individuals access the right advice at the right time as quickly as possible.
The service is completely free, with legal experts giving something back and donating their time on a Pro Bono basis. The following law firms are taking part:
Aaron and Partners
Davis Blank Furniss
Glaisyers
Hattons Solicitors
JMR Solicitors
Linder Myers
Peach Law
Wrigley Claydon
Enquiries to the service will be passed on to a dedicated triage advisor who will review the case and decide on the correct pathway for the user, including whether to refer them to an expert from the network of legal partners.
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, said: “One thing that the pandemic has taught us is that Greater Manchester is stronger when we all pull together. It’s absolutely vital that workers across our city region are aware of their employment rights in these uncertain times, so I fully endorse this free service and would encourage people to use it.”
The Growth Company is an award-winning social enterprise with a mission to enable growth, create jobs and improve lives. In April the Growth Company partnered with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to launch Employ GM to help individuals and employers who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The service supports individuals who have lost their jobs, while also promoting vacancies for local employers.
Mark Hughes MBE, Chief Executive of the Growth Company, said: “At a time of increased redundancy and unstable employment having a service like Employment Legal Advice available for the people of Greater Manchester is more important than ever.
“By working closely with Citizens Advice Manchester and legal firms we are able to offer free legal advice to those in need. This sits alongside EmployGM which is a gateway service to help individuals with support, training and advice on securing new employment.”
Andy Brown, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Manchester, added: “We’ve had a huge increase of enquiries during Covid-19 from people who need to know where they stand on employment law, whether that’s with issues relating to furlough, redundancy or cuts to their salary. Understandably, these queries lead to additional stress and worry about keeping up with crucial bills, feeding families and the security of homes, so we are delighted to be working with the Growth Company and legal partners to deliver this vital service and help to put the minds of Manchester residents at rest.”
People who think they might benefit from the help of the Employment Legal Advice service can provide details of their issue on the service’s website: https://employmentlegaladvice.org/. They can also email info@employmentlegaladvice.org, or call 0808 164 5541.
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female spouse; woman who is married
(Redirected from Wife)
A wife is a female spouse, or participant in a marriage.
1.1 Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
Use great prudence and circumspection, in choosing thy wife, for from thence will spring all thy future good or evil; and it is an action of life like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Certain Precepts Or Directions for the Well-Ordering and Carriage of a Man's Life (c. 1584, first published 1617).
Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:3 (First Letter of Saint Paul to Corinthians, 7:3).
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
The wife of thy bosom.
Deuteronomy, XIII. 6.
"George", says Mr. Baguet. "You Know me. It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained. Wait till the greens is off her mind. Thens we'll consult. Whatever the old girl says, do - do it!
Charles Dickens, Bleak House (1852-1853), Chapter XXVII. Page 272. Publisher London : Bradbury and Evans, 1853.
You know I met you,
Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
With all the tenderness of wifely love.
John Dryden, Amphitryon (1690), Act III, scene 1.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 (KJV).
A. You make sure: 1. That my clothes and laundry are kept in good order and repair; 2. that I receive my three meals regularly in my room; 3. that my bedroom and my office are always kept neat, in particular, that the desk is available to me alone.
B. You renounce all personal relations with me as far as maintaining them is not absolutely required for social reasons. Specifically, you do without: 1. my sitting at home with you; 2. my going out or traveling together with you.
C. In you relations with me you commit yourself explicitly to adhering to the following points: 1.You are neither to expect intimacy from me nor to reproach me in any way. 2. You must desist immediately from addressing me, if I request it. 3. You must leave my bedroom or office immediately without protest if I so request.
D. You commit yourself not to disparage me either in word or in deed in front of my children.
Albert Einstein, quoted in, Einstein: A Biography, 2007, Jürgen Neffe, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 0374146640 ISBN 978-0374146641, p. 101 [1]. Albert Einstein's estranged first wife, Mileva, arrived in Berlin in April 1914 with their two sons. As a condition of their living together, Albert imposed a set of rules on her which he expected to be strictly obeyed.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, La Semaine; ou, Création du monde (1578), Fourth Day, Book II.
Do you think it is so easy to get a divorce, when one does not have any proof of the guilt of the other party, when the latter is cunning and - I must say - mendacious? And I really don't even have proof that convinces me of the existence of facts that a court would regard as 'adultery'... On the other hand, I treat my wife like an employee which I cannot dismiss. I have my own bedroom, and I avoid being alone with her. … It is true that I committed adultery. I am living since about 41/2 years ago with my cousin, the widow Elsa Einstein, divorced Löwenthal, and have been in intimate relations with her continuously since then. My wife, the complainant, has known since summer 1914 that I am in intimate relations with my cousin. She has made me aware of her indignation about that.
Albert Einstein, Quoted in, Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius, 2009, Hans C. Ohanian, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393337685 ISBN 978-0393337686, pp. 207 - 208. [2].
There are three faithful friends,
an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1734)
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard (1752)
Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin in A. K. Adams, ed., The Home Book of Humorous Quotations (1969), p. 378. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Maxim VII, The Good Husband.
She commandeth her husband, in any equal matter, by constant obeying him.
Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), The Good Wife, Book I, Maxim I, Chapter I.
One wife is too much for most husbands to bear,
But two at a time there's no mortal can bear.
John Gay, Beggar's Opera (1728), Act II, scene 2.
Gentlemen, to the lady without whom I should never have survived for eighty, nor sixty, nor yet thirty years. Her smile has been my lyric, her understanding, the rhythm of the stanza. She has been the spring wherefrom I have drawn the power to write the words. She is the poem of my life.
Attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.. Not verified in works about him nor in Magnificent Yankee, the film about him. He expressed a similar sentiment in a letter to Sir Frederick Pollock (May 24, 1929): "For sixty years she made life poetry for me". Mark De Wolfe Howe, ed., Holmes-Pollock Letters (1941), vol. 2, p. 243.
I am a wife-made man.
Danny Kaye, referring to the contributions that his wife Sylvia Fine's songs made to his career
Halliwell, Leslie (2001). Who's Who in the Movies. HarperCollins Entertainment. pp. p. 242 (of 593). ISBN 0002572141.
I do not think it altogether inappropriate to introduce myself to this audience. I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.
John F. Kennedy, remarks at a press luncheon, Paris, France, June 2, 1961. The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 429.
Sail forth into the sea of life,
O gentle, loving, trusting wife,
And safe from all adversity
Upon the bosom of that sea
Thy comings and thy goings be!
For gentleness and love and trust
Prevail o'er angry wave and gust;
And in the wreck of noble lives
Something immortal still survives.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Building of the Ship (1849), line 368.
An incautious congressman playfully ran his hand over Nick's shiny scalp and commented, "It feels just like my wife's backside". Nick instantly repeated the gesture. "So it does", he replied.
Nicholas Longworth. This episode was recounted in James Brough, Princess Alice, p. 273 (1975). A slightly different version is repeated in an article by E. Raymond Lewis in Capitol Studies, fall 1975, p. 125, and still later in R. B. and L. V. Cheney, Kings of the Hill, p. 157 (1983).
O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound,
"Your lord will soon return," no pleasure brings.
Charles Maturin, Bertram (first staged May 9, 1816), Act II, scene 5.
What thou bidd'st
Unargu'd I obey, so God ordains;
God is thy law, thou mine; to know no more
Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book IV, line 635.
Awake,
My fairest, my espous'd, my latest found,
Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight!
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book V, line 17.
For nothing lovelier can be found
In woman, than to study household good,
And good works in her husband to promote.
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book IX, line 232.
For what thou art is mine:
Our state cannot be sever'd; we are one,
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
Letter of Saint Paul to Ephesians, extract from 5:28 .
Giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel.
I Peter, III. 7.
She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,
Or, if she rules him, never shews she rules;
Charms by accepting, by submitting sways,
Yet has her humour most when she obeys.
Alexander Pope, Moral Essays (1731-35), Epistle II, line 261.
The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs, XIX. 13.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs, XXXI. 27.
Regarding the treatment. of wives, the following verse in the Qur'an (Surah iv. 38) allows the husband absolute power to correct them: "Chide those whose refractoriness you have cause to fear. Remove them into sleeping chambers apart, and beat them. But if they are obedient to you, then seek not occasion against them."
quoted from T.P. Hughes: Dictionary of Islam.
"That is the moat perfect Muslim whose disposition is the best, and the best of you is he who behaves best to his wives."
Muhammad's teaching on wives, as given in the Traditions. Quoted from T.P. Hughes: Dictionary of Islam.
"When a man has two wives and does not treat them equally, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with half his body fallen off."
"When a man calls his wife, she must come, although she be at an oven."
"The Prophet used to divide his time equally amongst his wives, and he would say, 'O God, I divide impartially that which thou hast put in my power.'"
Admonish your wives with kindness, because woman were created from a crooked bone of the side; therefore, if you wish to straighten it, you will break it, and if you let it alone, it will always be crooked."
"Not one of you must whip his wife like whipping a slave."
"A Muslim must not hate his wife, for if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, thou let him he pleased with another that is good."
"A Muslim cannot obtain anything better than an amiable and beautiful wife, such a wife who, when ordered by her husband to do a thing, will obey, and if her husband looks at her will be happy; and if her husband swears by her, she will make him a swearer of truth; and if ha be absent from her, she will honour him with her own person and property."
It is related that on one occasion the Prophet said': "Beat not your wives." Then Umar came to the Prophet and said, "Our wives have got. the upper hand of the their husbands from hearing this." Then the Prophet permitted beating of wives. Then an immense number of women collected round the Prophet's family, and complained of their husbands beating them. And the Prophet said," Verily a great number of women are assembled in my home complaining of their husbands, and those men who beat their wives do not behave well. He is not of my way who teach a woman to go astray and who entices a slave from his master.
As for my wife,
I would you had her spirit in such another;
The third o' the world is yours; which with a snaffle
You may pace easy, but not such a wife.
William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act II, scene 2, line 61.
O ye gods,
Render me worthy of this noble wife!
William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar (1599), Act II, scene 1, line 303.
Happy in this, she is not yet so old
But she may learn; happier than this,
She is not bred so dull but she can learn;
Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit
Commits itself to yours to be directed.
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act III, scene 2, line 162.
A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act V, scene 1, line 130.
I will be master of what is mine own;
She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,
My household stuff, my field, my barn,
My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything;
And here she stands, touch her whoever dare.
William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act III, scene 2, line 231.
Why, man, she is mine own,
And I as rich in having such a jewel
As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl,
The water nectar and the rocks pure gold.
William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590s), Act II, scene 4, line 168.
Should all despair
That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind
Would hang themselves.
William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale (c. 1610-11), Act I, scene 2, line 198.
It is the duty of both men and women to honour their parents. However, a married woman, who owes devotion to her husband, is exempt from the precept of honouring her parents. Yet, she is obliged to do for the parents, all she can, if her husband does not object.
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 143:17
Look you, Amanda, you may build Castles in the Air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no Man worth having is true to his Wife, or can be true to his Wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.
Sir John Vanbrugh, "The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger" (1759), act III, scene ii, Plays, p. 56. Berinthia is speaking.
My own experience of mescalin is described in the appendix of Beyond the Outsider. My 'trip' was pleasant enough, although I experienced none of the visual effects described by Huxley; I was plunged into an agreeable but sluggish dreaminess. In this torpid state, I became aware of the problem mentioned by Huxley: 'How was this cleansed perception to be reconciled with a proper concern with human relations . . . ?' -- in my case, with my concern for my wife and three-year-old daughter? Although I personally felt nothing but a sense of relaxation and trustfulness, I was aware that, in practice, the world is full of dangers, and in this state, I was incapable of the necessary vigilance; it made me feel guilty. I was neglecting my job of looking after them. Moreover, my ability to think was impaired. Huxley remarks that he found his own ability to remember and 'think straight' to be little, if at all, reduced. I could 'think straight', but I could not think to any purpose. Even the feeling of universal love was not particularly pleasant; I compared it to having a large alsation dog who puts his paws on your shoulder and licks your face.
Colin Wilson in Frankenstein's Castle, p. 59-60 (1980)
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical QuotationsEdit
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 868-71.
She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's warling.
Harrison Ainsworth, Miser's Daughter, Book III, Chapter XV. Swift—Polite Conversation. Dialog. I. Also in Camden's Remaines, p. 293. (Ed. 5.) Ram Alley, Act II, scene 1. of Hazlitt's Dodsley.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.
Francis Bacon, Of Marriage and Single Life.
Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode:
Though the storm do beat down on my poll,
There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road,
An' her love, voe the jaÿ o' my soul.
William Barnes, Don't Ceare, Stanza 5.
And while the wicket falls behind
Her steps, I thought if I could find
A wife I need not blush to show
I've little further now to go.
William Barnes, Not Far to Go.
My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met!
And has that thought been shared by thee?
Ah, no! that smiling cheek
Proves more unchanging love for me
Than labor'd words could speak.
Thomas Haynes Bayly, To My Wife.
Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.
George Washington Bethune, To My Wife.
So bent on self-sanctifying,—
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.
Robert Buchanan, Fra Giacomo.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
Baron Christian von Bunsen, to his wife, when dying at Bonn (1860). Found in Life of Baron Bunsen, Volume II, p. 389.
Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.
Robert Burns, Henpecked Husband.
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.
Robert Burns, My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing.
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!
Lord Byron, The Bride of Abydos (1813), Canto II, Stanza 20.
Thy wife is a constellation of virtues; she's the moon, and thou art the man in the moon.
William Congreve, Love for Love, Act II, scene 1.
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?
William Cowper, Love Abused.
Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
To find such numbers who will serve instead:
And in whatever state a man be thrown,
'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.
George Crabbe, Tales, The Learned Boy.
The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.
George Crabbe, Tales, Struggles of Conscience.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
Charles Dibdin, Jack in his Element.
They'll tell thee, sailors, when away,
In every port a mistress find.
John Gay, Sweet William's Farewell.
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,
Wat ye how she cheated me
As I cam o'er the braes of Balloch.
Attributed to Mrs. Grant, of Carron, but claimed for a shoemaker in Cabrach (c. 1727).
Now die the dream, or come the wife,
The past is not in vain,
For wholly as it was your life
Can never be again, my dear,
Can never be again.
William Ernest Henley, Echoes, XIX.
Andromache! my soul's far better part.
Homer, The Iliad, Book VI, line 624. Pope's translation.
A wife, domestic, good, and pure,
Like snail, should keep within her door;
But not, like snail, with silver track,
Place all her wealth upon her back.
W. W. How, Good Wives.
Alas! another instance of the triumph of hope over experience.
Samuel Johnson. Referring to the second marriage of a friend who had been unfortunate in his first wife. Sir J. Hawkins's Collective Ed. of Johnson, 1787.
Being married to those sleepy-souled women is just like playing at cards for nothing: no passion is excited and the time is filled up. I do not, however, envy a fellow one of those honeysuckle wives for my part, as they are but creepers at best and commonly destroy the tree they so tenderly cling about.
Samuel Johnson, as Recorded by Mrs. Piozzi.
He knew whose gentle hand was at the latch,
Before the door had given her to his eyes.
John Keats, Isabella, Stanza 3.
But thou dost make the very night itself
Brighter than day.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus, The Divine Tragedy, The First Passover, Part III, line 133.
Le ciel me prive d'une épouse qui ne m'a jamais donné d'autre chagrin que celui de sa mort.
Heaven deprives me of a wife who never caused me any other grief than that of her death.
Louis XIV.
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, An Irregular Ode.
In the election of a wife, as in
A project of war, to err but once is
To be undone forever.
Thomas Middleton, Anything for a Quiet Life (1621), Act I, scene 1.
Here were we fallen in a greate question of ye lawe whyther ye grey mare may be the better horse or not.
Thomas More, The Dial, Book II, Chapter V. The saying, "the grey mare is the better horse," is found in Camden's Remains, Proverb concerning Britain. (1605, reprint of 7th ed. 1870.) Also in A Treatyse shewing and declaring the Pryde and Abuse of Women Now a Dayse. (1550).
The best among you are those who are best to their wives.
Muhammad narrated in Ibn Majah, #1978, and Al-Tirmizi, #3895.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife.
NMuhammad narrated Umar ibn al-KhattabBook 11, Number 2142
Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry.
Plautus, Asinaria, Act I, scene 1.
But what so pure, which envious tongues will spare?
Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair.
With matchless impudence they style a wife
The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life;
A bosom-serpent, a domestic evil,
A night-invasion and a mid-day-devil.
Let not the wife these sland'rous words regard,
But curse the bones of ev'ry living bard.
Alexander Pope, January and May, line 43.
All other goods by fortune's hand are given,
A wife is the peculiar gift of heaven.
Alexander Pope, January and May, From Chaucer, line 51.
Fat, fair and forty.
Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well, Chapter VII. Prince Regent's description of what a wife should be. Found in an old song, The One Horse Shay. Sung by Sam Cowell in the sixties.
It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.
Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman.
My dear, my better half.
Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia, Book III.
Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife;
A bad, the bitterest curse of human life.
Semonides Iambic frag. 6, quoting Hesiod, Works and Days, 702f. ]].
Light household duties, ever more inwrought
With placid fancies of one trusting heart
That lives but in her smile, and turns
From life's cold seeming and the busy mart,
With tenderness, that heavenward ever yearns
To be refreshed where one pure altar burns.
Shut out from hence the mockery of life;
Thus liveth she content, the meek, fond, trusting wife.
Elizabeth Oakes Smith, The Wife.
Thou art mine, thou hast given thy word,
Close, close in my arms thou art clinging;
Alone for my ear thou art singing
A song which no stranger hath heard:
But afar from me yet, like a bird,
Thy soul in some region unstirr'd
On its mystical circuit is winging.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, Stanzas far Music.
Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat.
A virtuous wife when she obeys her husband obtains the command over him.
Syrus, Maxims.
When choosing a wife look down the social scale; when selecting a friend, look upwards.
Talmud, Yebamoth. 63.
A love still burning upward, giving light
To read those laws; an accent very low
In blandishment, but a most silver flow
Of subtle-paced counsel in distress.
Right to the heart and brain, tho' undescried,
Winning its way with extreme gentleness
Thro' all the outworks of suspicious pride;
A courage to endure and to obey:
A hate of gossip parlance and of sway,
Crown'd Isabel, thro' all her placid life,
The queen of marriage, a most perfect wife.
Alfred Tennyson, Isabel.
A fat, fair and fifty card-playing resident of the Crescent.
Mrs. Trench, letter (Feb. 18, 1816).
The world well tried—the sweetest thing in life
Is the unclouded welcome of a wife.
Nathaniel Parker Willis, Lady Jane, Canto II, Stanza 11.
My winsome marrow.
William Wordsworth, Yarrow Revisited. Quoting from "Busk ye, busk ye, my winsome marrow," an old song, The Braes of Yarrow.
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Code Orange Announce New Album 'Underneath'
Watch a video for its title track
By Calum Slingerland
Just shy of three years on from releasing their Forever album, Code Orange have readied a follow-up effort. Titled Underneath, the Pittsburgh band's latest arrives March 13 through Roadrunner.
Underneath was produced by drummer Jami Morgan and Nick Raskulinecz, and was co-produced and co-mixed by Will Yip. Morgan elaborated on the 14-track album in a statement:
Underneath is about facing the duality in ourselves as individuals and as a society in an overcrowded, overexposed, all-consuming digital nirvana. Everyone has a voice and no one's seems to matter... plummet down the rabbit hole of your deepest fears, anxieties and regrets to confront the monster that has been building underneath.
down.we.go
Code Orange have shared the album's title track as part of the announcement, alongside a video directed by Max Moore. Watch that below.
Last year, the band released EP The Hurt Will Go On and mini-doc My World, as well as collaborated with JPEGMAFIA and Injury Reserve.
Underneath:
1. (Deeperthanbefore)
2. Swallowing the Rabbit Whole
3. In Fear
4. You and You Alone
5. Who I Am
6. Cold.Metal.Place
7. Sulfur Surrounding
8. The Easy Way
9. Erasure Scan
10. Last Ones Left
11. Autumn and Carbine
12. Back Inside the Glass
13. A Sliver
14. Underneath
METAL AND HARDCORE
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Exploring how and why we watch. by Jane Schoenbrun
Sundance: Exploring the Implications of Amazon’s New Distribution Play
by Jane Schoenbrun
in Distribution, Filmmaking
Amazon, Amazon Video Direct
Earlier this week, Amazon Video Direct (AVD, a department within Amazon focused on self-publishing distribution tools for filmmakers) announced an intriguing new opportunity available to Sundance 2017 feature filmmakers. Dubbed the “Film Festival Stars” program, AVD is offering, in exchange for a two-year worldwide SVOD (subscription VOD) contract (with one-year exclusive) an up-front “cash bonus” to Sundance titles on a sliding scale based on section ($100,000 for US Narrative Competition titles, $75,000 for US Documentary Competition Titles, and $25,000 for titles in the NEXT, Midnight, Kids, World, New Frontiers, and Spotlight sections). The deal also offers a preferential rate on Amazon’s standard payouts per stream.
Though AVD framed this announcement as a “self-distribution opportunity,” it was greeted with debate from a subset of influential independent producers on Facebook, who pointed out that it sounded less like “self-distribution” and more like a traditional, albeit standardized SVOD distribution deal. The point was raised that the initial exclusivity clause would all but rule out other distribution opportunities (as SVOD is the most lucrative revenue stream on most independent films in 2017), and that what was here being referred to as a “cash bonus” was simply a rebranded version of what other distributors referred to as an MG (or “minimum guarantee”). Further concern was raised over the fact that this standardized “cash bonus” publicly assigned an across-the-board standard price point to all Sundance films premiering in a given category. Would this devalue the market overall? $100k or $25k, after all, would hardly be considered “recouping” for most films premiering at Sundance.
This is a depressing fact, but to my eyes Amazon’s numbers are actually quite generous when you consider the fact that this is a deal aimed not at the major, star-driven films premiering at the festival, but rather at those films that won’t land a big sale. There are certainly plenty of Sundance films that will not be offered worldwide MGs for nearly as high an amount as those offered here.
So is there a downside to filmmakers and producers having this additional opportunity available to them?
Probably not, at least not in the immediate future. But in my opinion this announcement should worry one subsection of the industry: niche and micro-budget distributors. By naming a standardized price that many distributors can’t hope to match, Amazon wagers that there are filmmakers out there willing to choose upfront money over the less quantifiable benefits that a smaller distributor will offer in lieu of an MG (marketing, PR, P&A, theatrical bookings).
I queried AVD about their Film Festival Stars program via email, and tried to ask questions that I’d want to know more about if I was a filmmaker or producer considering this deal, or a distributor fretting about the future of my business. They replied with these responses attributed collectively to the AVD team.
Filmmaker: Can you clarify how Amazon Video Direct differs from Amazon Studios? Are the films participating in Amazon Video Direct also available to stream for free to all Amazon Prime members?
AVD: Amazon Original Movies is interested in films for acquisition purposes — they are looking to purchase, co-finance, pre-buy and invest in premium original content that will be theatrically released and can be viewed exclusively by Prime members. Amazon Video Direct is a service offered by Amazon Video that enables filmmakers and other content creators to make their titles available to Amazon customers worldwide, including millions of Amazon Prime customers, through a self-service publishing interface without the need for complex negotiations or contracts. The Film Festival Stars program, from Amazon Video Direct, is a program focused on filmmakers, beyond those targeted for direct acquisition by AOM and Prime Video teams at Sundance, who want to self-distribute their films by providing additional opportunities to make their films available to Amazon Prime members. The opt-in nature of Amazon Video Direct and Film Festival Stars is what makes it unique.
Filmmaker: Will similar offers (with upfront “publishing bonuses”) be made to filmmakers premiering at other US festivals like SXSW and Tribeca? Or is this deal unique to Sundance?
AVD: At this time, the Film Festival Stars program is only open to films chosen as official selections at Sundance 2017.
Filmmaker: Can you speak a bit about how you determined the pricing tiers offered in this deal? The numbers imply that you have generally determined that US Dramatic Competition films are 25% more valuable than US Documentaries, and four-times more valuable than films in the Foreign and Midnight sections. How did you arrive at these estimates?
AVD: As an opt-in program, we are not placing value on individual or classes of films. The non-recoupable up front bonus for filmmakers who opt-in to the program is intended to pay for a portion of the marketing and theatrical costs typically associated with films in these categories. Every title that is published in the program will earn double the per-hour royalty rate we pay with our standard terms.
Filmmaker: Why is exclusivity important to AVD’s business plan?
AVD: We require exclusivity to justify the substantial up-front cash bonus (non-recoupable) and elevated per-hour royalty rate. AVD is investing in the film with an up-front bonus (marketing dollars), and in exchange ask it to be exclusive to Prime members through SVOD for the first 12 months (starting after a 6-month window).
Filmmaker: Some producers have criticized the windowing of this deal (which requires films start streaming by September), arguing that smaller films considering self-distribution need more time to exhaust all distribution options, and to realistically plan and execute a theatrical release. How did you arrive at this deadline, and what is your response to those who say its in a filmmaker’s best interest to wait longer before choosing a VOD partner?
AVD: There are many high-quality films screened at major film festivals that are ultimately not acquired for full service distribution. The Film Festival Stars program is designed to provide a new distribution pathway alternative for a broader set of films screened during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Each film is unique and we believe expanding distribution options for filmmakers will result in more great films reaching a bigger audience. We also feel it is important to ensure filmmakers retain the flexibility to pursue additional distribution options outside of our SVOD exclusivity terms.
Filmmaker: I imagine many filmmakers will find themselves torn between this AVD offer and offers from smaller, niche distributors who are making lower monetary bids but with a more tailored, hands-on approach to things like P&A and theatrical. Taking into account that smaller distributors are still able to place films on major streaming platforms (including Amazon), and that self-distribution can be quite a time-consuming and costly endeavor, what would your argument be to a filmmaker to go with AVD outside of the money offered?
AVD: The “opt-in” nature of Film Festival Stars is what makes it unique. Filmmakers who do not choose to participate in the Film Festival Stars program are free to choose whether they want to license their SVOD rights on the standard program terms. With the Film Festival Stars program we are creating another option for filmmakers as they craft a holistic distribution strategy, which may include self-distribution or working with other distribution partners. The filmmaker is making the choice and in control.
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The Dow hitting 30,000 may just be the start, hints investing legend
·Editor-at-Large
The Dow hitting 30,000 on Tuesday may just be the start of bullish runs for the major equity indices over the next 12 months, hints Wall Street veteran Byron Wien.
“I hope the retail investor owns what he or she loves. I think that’s critical. And so my view is that since I don’t expect a major correction, and if there is a downturn in the market it’s going to be temporary, I think the retail investor should hang in there with the holdings that he or she feels confident about. I would not be an aggressive seller in this market environment,” Wien told Yahoo Finance Live.
Wien, 87, is vice chairman in the private wealth solutions of Wall Street giant Blackstone Group.
For Wien, his bullish take on the markets reflects a view that the economy and corporate earnings growth will be much improved in 2021 as a COVID-19 vaccine rolls outs globally. That potential occurrence is something that based on the future predictive power assets markets, would need to get priced in today.
Continued Wien, “I think that since March we have had a pretty optimistic attitude within the market and that has been reflected in prices. Prices may be ahead of themselves, but I think the chances of us having a significant correction are pretty small.”
To be sure, optimism remains rampant on Wall Street ahead of the year-end despite the coronavirus pandemic raging on across the country.
Investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 30,000 on Tuesday for the first time ever, on the back of expectations for a COVID-19 vaccine by year-end and the potential of former dovish Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen becoming Biden’s Treasury Secretary.
Trader Peter Tuchman wears a "Dow 30,000" cap as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
“It means liquidity, liquidity and liquidity,” managing director and head of U.S. large-cap bank research at Wells Fargo Securities Mike Mayo told Yahoo Finance Live on the market’s read on Yellen as a possible new Treasury secretary. As they say in markets, don’t fight the Fed — and strategists such as Mayo think it may be even harder for the bears to fight a dovish former Fed chair (Yellen) and a dovish current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
But there is more bullishness in the markets besides the glitzy Dow 30,000 milestone, suggesting a growing risk appetite by a larger swath of investors.
Tesla shares have surged 31% inside of a month following news of its S&P 500 inclusion. Bitcoin is on the verge of blowing by $20,000 after a remarkable one-month rally. And bank stocks — led by more than 15% gains each in Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo —have surged in the past month on hopes for an economic improvement due to a vaccine.
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Blankfein Called It, Now the Whole World Is Watching Commodities
(Bloomberg) -- It was mid-September when Lloyd Blankfein, the former chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., suggested investing in commodities was “not a bad thing.” Prices for most materials were just off pandemic lows and the asset class was still very much the ugly duckling.Fast forward four months and commodities are surging. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Corp. and Ospraie Management LLC have all called for a bull market as stimulus kicks in and vaccines help the world emerge from the coronavirus crisis. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has also joined the chorus, advising clients to boost their exposure to materials while reducing investments in bonds.Commodities haven’t been this sexy since the mid-2000s, when China was stockpiling everything from copper to cotton while crop failures and export bans around the world boosted food prices, eventually toppling governments during the Arab Spring. The backdrop is now starting to look similar, with a broad gauge of commodity prices hitting its highest in six years.“You have the whole world all of a sudden looking at commodity markets,” said Heber Cardoso, chief commercial officer at HedgePoint Global Markets, the structured commodities unit of ED&F Man Capital Markets that just got bought up by two investment firms. “You have low or negative interest rates fueling inflation, and there are zillions of dollars available looking for returns. There’s a structural change to the way we look at commodities.”Speculators are now piling in. Hedge fund bets on rising prices are near the highest since at least 2011 and are worth almost $120 billion, according to calculations that include 20 out of 23 materials in the Bloomberg Commodity Index.It took a while for Wall Street to notice that a commodities bull market was starting to take shape. Calls for a rally came mostly at the end of the year and beginning of 2021, but Blankfein had quietly called it at a Sept. 16 virtual event focused on metals and organized by CME Group Inc.“From an inflation point of view, as an investor, I think investing in material sectors while they’re under-appreciated is not a bad thing now,” he said at the event. “Everyone has decided that we’ll never have inflationary pressure again, oil prices will never go up again. I don’t think so.”Since then, the notional value of bullish bets on commodities has jumped by more than $30 billion. Until recently, it had been a corner of the financial markets left for the experts keen on analyzing supply and demand fundamentals.Agricultural markets have surged more than 30% over the same span, with corn recently hitting a seven-year high, while soybeans and wheat reached the highest since 2014. China is loading up on American crops and Russia, the world’s top wheat exporter, has introduced an export tax that’s double what it had previously planned. Even the beleaguered sugar market has seen prices surge to the highest since 2017.Copper has faced supply disruptions and the metal could still rally more than 20% and exceed $10,000 a metric tons, said Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities research at Bank of America.“Copper and some of the industrial metals are facing a different story,” Blanch said on Bloomberg TV Friday. “There’s a structural deficit that is going to be multi-year as we move on to de-carbonize the electricity sector, but also driving.”The oil market, which was battered by the pandemic that kept cars off the road and grounded planes across the globe, is also witnessing a recovery after vaccines were rolled out and Saudi Arabia decided to cut production for the next two months. Speculators are currently holding the biggest bullish bets on Brent crude in 11 months.“Oil markets are certainly seeing the most constructive backdrop, both fundamentally and sentiment-wise, in several years,” said Michael Tran, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets. “The vaccine rollout, the potential demand pickup, the Saudi floor in this market, those are all giving investors a degree of comfort.”A weakening dollar is bringing commodities back just as investors start to wonder how much more could equities surge. Even in emerging markets like Brazil, interest rates are very low and there’s more money available as investors get out of government bonds, said Cardoso of HedgePoint.“There’s a view that the dollar is going to be, on a long-term basis, quite weak and, with another round of stimulus coming, that we’re going to be in another circumstance in which the Fed is going to have to really work at controlling inflation,” said Tom Finlon of Brownsville GTR LLC, a trading and logistics firm based in Houston. “When the dollar gets cheap, you gotta buy something. That normally begets higher commodity prices.”For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
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How much has Mark Sanchez made per TD?
Posted by fantasyfurnace on March 11, 2012
Posted in: General. Tagged: BEST STAT, Entertainment, Football, Mark Sanchez, N.Y. Jets, NFL, Sports. 5 Comments
N.Y. Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez agreed on Friday to a two year extension worth $20.5 million which makes him between the sixth & seventh highest paid quarterback in the league! With this new extension, he will earn no less than $58.2 million in his NFL career. So far, in his 3 years in the league, Mark Sanchez has earned $431,591 per TD!
..."okay, let's see, with this new contract extension, if I throw just 5 touchdowns all season, that would come out to $723,348 per Td!"...not bad!" Photo:mediadailyla.com
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5 comments on “How much has Mark Sanchez made per TD?”
decollins1969 on March 11, 2012 at 1:10 pm said:
TDs are worth a lot of money, but he makes more per TD than Romney does in annual speaking fees? Wow!
bcapbk on March 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm said:
This extension wasn’t about the past, but about the future. It was actually a very smart deal. They’ve freed up significant salary cap money this year so they can go out and the receiver or o-lineman they need, and have given themselves the option to keep him for 4 more years at a fairly reasonable cost. If he turns out to be the QB they think he is/will be, he will be one of the best bargains in the NFL. If he totally flops, they will only be locked in for 2 years. This is the best and most unbiased analysis I’ve read on the deal: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/2012/03/analyzing-mark-sanchezs-three-year-contract-extension
fantasyfurnace on March 12, 2012 at 10:47 am said:
Sanchez’s popularity waned quite a bit last season as he regressed instead of imporved. The extension and $$ will pay off only if he goes back to the form and numbers he put up in 2010-2011 when the Jets went to the AFC Championship game.
Thanks for checking in and for the Daily News link.
N. Congo on March 12, 2012 at 1:40 pm said:
Sanchez is a BUM! Okay, well he’s not a bum, but he’s not getting them any rings. I wouldn’t waste my money on him.
I think this season will be key for Sanchez and Tannenbaum. This will be his fourth year with the Jets. The organization will be expecting nothing short of a vast improvemnt from their former number 1 pick or else his tenure with N.Y. will not be a long nor sucessful one…’Bum’ is a bit harsh N.C., as he did overachieve and excell in his first 2 years with them. The problem I have is that I’m not sure that he has the arm to chuck the ball downfield or if he’s just stymied by the Jets’ offensive coordinator.
The amount of money they gave him might be questioned as well as I’m not sure he’s the 6th best QB in the league, (which is where his salary extension put him) I still want to give him one more season at least to prove that last year was just a fluke…
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EPA makes invoice payments EASY
By Jennifer Jones
Federal agencies each year take a financial beating from private companies imposing steep interest charges on late invoice payments. Although the Environmental Protection Agency boasts an on-time invoice payment rate of better than 99 percent officials there now are installing an electronic invoice-approval system dubbed EASY to further ensure prompt payments.
The EPA's Financial Services Division is deploying the Electronic Approval System an in-house system that combines e-mail notification and desktop access to mainframe data into an application aimed at the least computer-literate of project officers. EASY will replace an EPA mainstay called "the bright pink envelope " which is stuffed into employee mailboxes to remind authorizing officers who must first approve invoices before payment can be made to send in the paperwork. The officers are then prompted by e-mails.
EPA officials predict EASY will shave several days off the approval process and the time saved can be used to lengthen deadlines for project officers.
The EPA is installing EASY despite having a 99.5 percent on-time payment rate. "For several years there has been a desire to have an electronic system but the technology was not good enough to beat the paper system " said Mitch Gray chief of the operations systems staff of the EPA's Financial Services Division which is part of the chief financial officers' comptroller office. "Some of the project officers are pretty wedded to those pink envelopes. [But] the envelopes take a couple of days to funnel around and then they may land on someone's desk and that person's alternates will not know it is there."
Because it is heavily reliant on e-mail EASY will alert any official authorized to make payment of a pending invoice. Here is how it works: A vendor submits either an electronic or paper invoice that is pre-validated by the central payment office which then generates an e-mail notice. The project officer then can click on an icon representing the EASY application and access extracted data identical to that traditionally presented on paper.
EASY represents the EPA's second stab at an electronic approval system which was attempted in the late 1980s but was abandoned because of security concerns. It was also unpopular because many project officers were not computer-savvy and had trouble accessing data from a mainframe. EASY uses security features inherent in the agency's local-area network operations and will require an additional password before an invoice approval can be finalized.
EASY was created in-house using Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Basic application development software.
-- Jones is a contributing writer based in Falls Church Va.
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Category: Extra-Biblical Literature
Approaching Antiquity: BYU Church History Symposium 2013
In case you haven’t seen it, take a break from Wheat and Tares Apologizing and attend the BYU Church History Symposium on Joseph Smith’s Study of the ancient world. Richard Bushman, Sam Brown, Matt Bowman, and many more! Looks to be, um, historic!
Israel’s Past Without the Bible
It may come as a surprise to some that there are texts from ancient Israel, Judah, and its environs that are not found in the Bible. There are also a number of texts from (especially) ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia that make reference to Biblical persons, places, and events. Such epigraphic texts are important for many reasons. I want to discuss some aspects of why these texts are important in what follows, and to give some basic information with respect to some of the more prominent epigraphic discoveries that date to the period before Judah’s fall in 586/7 B.C.E. This latter task will be spread out over several posts, and I will proceed in roughly chronological order in my presentation of the material. Continue reading “Israel’s Past Without the Bible”
Fundanibleists and Fauxpologetics
This comment by tom (#23) at Dave Banack’s challenging post over at T&S sums up why I think the Nibley approach to apologetics and its reception have, in part, had long term and still expanding negative effects on church members:
“Might not hurt to read a little Nibley along the way.. not exactly light reading, but take some time to examine the connections he makes with Enoch, Abraham, and ancient temple worship – through all the various non-biblical records that have come to light since the days of Joseph Smith. There really is a lot of evidence that Joseph was a prophet and that these restoration scriptures are really what they say they are.”
Here are some of the problems I see in these two sentences:
1. Nibley and his corpus of writings are assumed to be authoritative and can be wielded like a deceased General Authority and his conference talks.
2. Nibley’s work is dense and often impenetrable, and, therefore, just like Tallmadge’s Jesus the Christ, authoritative, irrefutable, irreplaceable, or un-updatable.
3. Obsession with finding ancient parallels and sources for modern LDS temple ritual revealing a basic assumption that ancient=genuine/divine
4. Strip-mining “non-biblical records that have come to light since the days of Joseph Smith” for the rare, usable nugget while disregarding everything else these texts offer or refuse to offer
5. Engaging in this strip-mining effort so that we can assertively and triumphantly ask: “How could Joseph have possibly known this?!”
6. Licensing every day members to make absolutist claims about the Book of Abraham, draw lines in the sand about its translation and provenance, make these criteria for heresy/orthodoxy and, to complete the circle, cite Nibley to prove one’s point about it.
7. Then drive by blog it to bash someone over the head
I value much of what Nibley wrote. His writings inspired a younger version of me and altered my life trajectory. But this continuing abuse of his work in the pursuit of faux-apologetics or chastisement is just plain bad. And all too common.
On Biblical Scripture
What makes Biblical Scripture, Scripture for LDS Christians?*
Historically one prominent model for the authority of Biblical Scripture in Christian history (including for some Latter-day Saint thinkers) is the Prophetic-Inspiration Model: the person who writes the text is divinely inspired by God to write the very words that are recorded. This model entails that the human being is a puppet of sorts for the divine will, a tool that can be used for the divine purpose, namely composing Sacred Scripture. In this view, any text so authored is worthy of the category Scripture because, in the end, its wording is really determined by God (even while still partaking in human language). This model therefore equates the words of the prophet figure with Revelation. However, although the prophet figure ultimately cannot be held responsible for the final text, the fact that it is composed, even if only instrumentally, by a prominent religious leader otherwise considered to have been commissioned of God, gives credence to the view that the text’s authority rests in the divine. Continue reading “On Biblical Scripture”
Edward Tullidge’s Miltonian “Gathering of the Grand Council of Hell”
In 1858 Edward Tullidge wrote to Brigham Young to volunteer himself as the epic chronicler of the Restoration. The off-and-on again British convert to Mormonism enthusiasticaly described his fifteen-thousand-line epic style biography of Joseph Smith, “The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century.” He compared his work to Homer and John Milton and promised more to come.1 Evidently, Tullidge never completed the project.2 Fortunately, however, one chapter was published in The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star in January 1858. I located a scanned image via Google Books,3 but since I couldn’t find a reliable transcription online I decided to furnish one for your reading, copying, and pasting enjoyment. I numbered the lines for easier reference. For this post I put together a quick comparison between Tullidge’s chapter and Milton’s Paradise Lost. Continue reading “Edward Tullidge’s Miltonian “Gathering of the Grand Council of Hell””
Guarding the Temple: Our Procession to a Better Understanding; a Response to David L.
David L., who recently joined M*, and I have been having a really wonderful conversation about methodologies of interpretation and comparison. My response got too long, and so I thought it would be better to put up as a full post of its own. At issue, I believe, is how LDS should understand themselves and their relationship to the ancient world, David and I representing two different approaches that are currently wrestling for primacy in LDS scholarship more generally. Let me summarize the main outline of the methodogical issues at stake.
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1 Enoch in Jude’s “Bible”: Issues of Canonicity and Scriptural Inspiration
Jude 1:5-7 (NRSV): Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, that the Lord, who once for all saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgement of the great day. Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
In the passage quoted above the author of Jude draws on past examples to show that God punishes sinners in order to demonstrate that God will eventually condemn his own contemporary opponents too: v.5 relies on Exodus and Numbers concerning Israelite rebellion and punishment in the wilderness; v.6 draws on 1 Enoch 6-16 about the “angels” who left their appointed sphere and who were thus condemned (cf. Gen. 6:1-4); and v.7 speaks of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah found in Genesis.[1] Continue reading “1 Enoch in Jude’s “Bible”: Issues of Canonicity and Scriptural Inspiration”
The Dumbing Down of Mormon Books, Made Easy!
A recent book review of Eric Shuster and Charles Sale’s The Biblical Roots of Mormonism describes the book as “a 258-page overview of about 350 Latter-day Saint beliefs referenced in the Old and New Testament.” On the face of it, the book sounds like an extended exercise in proof-texting. I’ve talked about a few potential problems with such easy “likening” elsewhere but I haven’t read this particular book myself, so I can’t comment on its quality. Instead, I want to focus on the rhetorical approach of the book as described in the review. The book is an example of a larger trend in the marketing of recent LDS books generally: the marketing of stuff “made easier.”
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Insights from Names of Deity
Rabbinic commentators have sought to better understand the nature of God by exploring the implications and origins of his name. Michael Fishbane writes in Rabbinic Myth and Mythmaking (Oxford University Press, 2003): In the context of an explanation of why the ‘dry land’ (yabashah) is called ‘eretz (‘earth’) in Gen 1:10, we are told that the primordial earth was an obedient creation of God’s, and ceased to extend when He ‘said’ so. This compliance is strikingly forumated by an exegetical play on the noun itself, since we read that ‘the dry land’ was called ‘eretz because ‘she wished to do His (God’s) will’ (she-ratzta la-‘asot retzono). One may suppose that our myth was one of several accounts telling how the land, sea, or sky acquired their limits — narratives that were supported by a mythic etymology of the divine name ‘El Shaddai, as meaning that God (El) is He who (she-) said dai (‘enough’) to His creations when they grew out of hand and threatened to overwhelm the world with their profusion. In the context of such tales, the letters of ‘eretz in Gen 1:10 provided welcome proof from Scripture… Continue reading “Insights from Names of Deity”
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What is "mue"
Mue \Mue\ (m[=u]), v. i. To mew; to molt. [Obs.]
--Quarles.
vb. (context obsolete English) To mew; to moult.
Mue is Émilie Simon's sixth studio album, released by Barclay Records on 17 March 2014.
Usage examples of "mue".
The field was rated at a thousand kilos and there was no way a man or mue, no matter how string, could break its grip.
Bork was of homomue stock, born of a heavy gravity world, and big by any man or mue standard.
He was a squat and thick mue with callused hands and knuckles, and he moved with a rolling gait that indicated more than a little training.
If he let the mue get in a few shots first, he could claim self-defense, but given his last encounter with local justice, he had a feeling that might not be wise.
Call the mue out, arrange a place where nobody would be watching, and do it.
The mue was a killer, Sleel could feel it in his bones, and the universe would be a better place without him.
AN HOUR before he was due to meet the mue in the exercise room, Sleel headed that way.
The mue might or might not think he could take Sleel, but if he had the slightest doubt and even a rudimentary brain, he would cover his bets.
He stepped into the exercise room well before the mue arrived, moved back far enough to give himself plenty of room, and waited.
The mue circled to his left, and Sleel automatically moved to keep the distance precise between them, circling to his left.
Sleel pulled one of the ferroplastic circles from his pocket and slung it at the mue, figuring him to be the more dangerous of the two.
The mue sailed past, swiped at him with the stik, but missed him by a meter.
The broken bone in his left arm grated and the throw was off, but the mue did a lazy half flip and slammed into the wall, head down.
He snapped his arm down, hard, and hit the mue squarely on top of the head.
Our kind of mue, we were originally designed for heavy-gravity work, our bones are denser than yours, our ligaments levered better, our blood richer.
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OPINION: Marsy’s Law ‘Rule of Emotion, Not Rule of Law’
On the ballot this November will be six proposed constitutional amendments for the people of North Carolina to approve, or reject. One of those amendments is ‘Marsy’s Law,’ which would enshrine a Victims’ Bill of Rights into the Old North State’s governing document. State Republican lawmakers proposed the amendment, and Democratic leaders have opposed it, along with the other five proposals, in their #Nixallsix campaign.
Beyond the partisan positions are much more nuanced and considered perspectives on Marsy’s Law becoming part of the N.C. Constitution. One such perspective comes from Patrick Petsche, a former Republican primary candidate for the N.C. House and a consummate defender of liberty as outlined in the U.S. Constitution. Patrick outlines below his concerns with Marsy’s Law achieving official constitutional amendment status, providing a fresh perspective we’ve not yet seen on the proposal.
The recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings brought to the forefront American justice traditions, such as the assumption of innocence and rights of the accused. The burden of proof is always on the accuser who cannot remain anonymous, and the accused has the right to face them in court and prepare a defense against the allegations. In North Carolina, we are having a similar conversation relevant to an important state constitutional amendment on the ballot in November: Marsy’s Law.
One of the six proposed state constitutional amendments is one most North Carolinians are not fully familiar with, yet is so important. This amendment would permanently engrave Marsy’s Law into the state constitution. What is Marsy’s Law? Marsy’s Law was passed in 2008 in California as Proposition 9 titled “The Victims’ Bill of Rights Act.” Just as the accused must be read their Miranda Rights, the victims must be read their Marsy’s Rights. This allows the victim to be heard at every step in legal criminal proceedings, be the first witness to testify so they may be present in the courtroom for the entire proceeding, and victims would have the right to legal counsel instead of relying on the prosecutor. The main impact of Marsy’s Law would dramatically increase the length of time between criminal parole hearings, and deeply restrict early release. The victim would also have a chance to speak at the parole hearing, and their testimony would be taken into consideration. In California since 2009, the length between parole hearings doubled. The defense of this was the safety of the victim and prevention of a personal vendetta on behalf of the guilty once released. Rather than taking this into account at sentencing, we would be nullifying our parole process, which is meant to determine whether a convict has reformed their ways, not re-prosecute their case. We would be turning our back on criminal justice reforms.
We all care for victims, their safety, legal protections, and right to justice and restitution. In North Carolina, we already adopted a Victims’ Bill of Rights, and we include protections for victims in state law. This amendment would expand victims’ rights to a point where the defendant’s rights are undermined, and include the victim being heard directly in the criminal proceedings, restrict early release of inmates, and greatly change parole procedures that would reduce the chance a reformed convict can return to society because of the re-litigating testimony victims can bring to the hearing. Marsy’s Law would assert that victims deserve rights equal to those being accused of a crime in court. Essentially pitting the victim against the accused is something we have always fought, to avoid the appeasement of vigilantism. The state, blind to everything except for the law, is the only legitimate seeker of justice. This intensely mischaracterizes how the American justice system operates. Victims deserve dignity, respect, and to know justice will be sought. They deserve to be informed about the status of their offender, notified and heard at criminal proceedings after a conviction. These protections are already in North Carolina Statutes. Marsy’s Law will hinder the equal rights and justice it claims to protect.
Marsy’s Law would jeopardize the justice system in terms of fairness, impartiality, and equality, destroy the concept of the rule of law, and upstage the 5th and 6th Amendments. Marsy’s Law would also make law enforcement’s jobs harder having more rules to follow which could lead to an appeal if done wrong, significantly add costs to the taxpayers, slow down the court process, and it would make mass incarceration in our country worse and disproportionately target the poor, black, and other minority communities. North Carolina prisons are already understaffed and overstocked with non-violent inmates. Now imagine the prison problems in our state after we have a restriction on early release. This amendment would worsen racial tensions and create more anti-police sentiments. The amendment is not for our country, not of our time, and does not follow the basic tenants of American jurisprudence.
In our American Republic, the purpose of the Constitution is to limit government power and instead protect the rights of the people. Marsy’s Law does something never proposed before. It grants the government power by helping the prosecution make convictions easier through influence of a victim using persuasive techniques before any conviction has been made, without any proof, to threaten the partiality of a jury and risk the integrity of the court. It would be rule of emotion, not rule of law. This amendment would also belittle the rights of the defendant, creating a dire consequence that the defendant may be judged before proof is laid before the court beyond a reasonable doubt, putting them in a situation where they may have to prove their innocence rather than the prosecution proving their guilt.
As a strict traditional conservative, I support the proposed amendments except this one because there is nothing conservative about it. From its unconstitutionality, anti-police consequences, racial discrimination, fiscal irresponsibility to the inequality, unfairness, and moral questions Marsy’s Law would present, this amendment violates American values. Big government liberals want Marsy’s Law to pass to undermine the presumption of innocence, in such as cases like Judge Kavanaugh’s, and undermine law enforcement. The statue of Lady Justice in Washington is blindfolded to symbolize the courts impartiality, and the principle that all are innocent in the eyes of justice until proven guilty. Make sure that justice remains blind by voting no for Marsy’s Law.
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New Flock of Ducks: A Hardy Welcome for Grad Transfer
Alex Nordstrand May 13, 2020 Recruiting
The Oregon Men’s Basketball team is bringing back plenty of returning talent for the upcoming season. However, if there is one thing we know about Dana Altman, it is that he is always looking for ways to improve his roster, particularly with experience, and this off season has been no different.
The Ducks once again will bring in a graduate transfer to help stem the tide from the loss of three seniors. The latest is 6’2 guard Amauri Hardy from UNLV. This brings the Oregon roster to three seniors in Hardy, Chris Duarte and Eugene Omoruyi (another transfer who I will have an article on in the coming weeks).
Hardy, who averaged 14.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists last season, will bring toughness, experience and ball handling for this Ducks squad. He will come in and compete for the starting spot vacated by outgoing senior Payton Pritchard. He will obviously not be able to match the production provided by Pritchard, but he will not be asked to. What Hardy can do is provide a strong secondary role which will open up other players to be primary scorers.
While Hardy doesn’t necessarily excel in any one area, he is more than capable of being successful in multiple facets of the game. Last season, Hardy made 63 threes while shooting 33.3% from behind the arc. While that percentage will certainly need to improve, it shows that he is capable of making those shots.
At UNLV, Hardy was asked to create most of his shots on his own, thus leading to more contested shots, and a lower percentage. At Oregon, he will have more talent around him, which will allow for more space, more catch and shoot threes and more consistency from behind the three point line.
Hardy is also solid in the pick-and-roll game. He is able to get to his spots, and from there he can create for himself or others. He is also a very crafty finisher around the rim, similar to Will Richardson, in that he can contort his body and use multiple different angles to finish around bigger defenders.
Amauri Hardy brings another experienced ball handler to the Ducks.
The addition of Hardy does seem slightly strange given the make up of the current roster. As it stands now, the Ducks already have Richardson, Duarte, Eric Williams Jr., Addison Patterson and Jalen Terry who can all play the wing and guard positions. I believe there are two main reasons for bringing in Hardy.
One, he can provide leadership to a relatively young team. The Ducks lose possibly their two most vocal leaders in Pritchard and Francis Okoro, who elected to transfer to Saint Louis earlier this Spring. And two, Hardy can be the secondary ball handler who can play point guard, so the Ducks will not always have to rely on a true freshman in Terry. This will allow players like Richardson to play off the ball and be more effective scorers.
I think a recent Oregon comparison could be Jason Calliste, a fellow grad transfer in the Dana Altman era. Calliste, who shot 36% from three the season before transferring to Oregon, shot over 50% from behind the arc for the Ducks. I can see Hardy making a similar jump.
Jason Calliste was a big time contributor during his one season with the Ducks.
With the addition of Hardy and the loss of Okoro, I would expect the Ducks to play a lot of small ball next season. With N’Faly Dante being the only true center on the roster, I would look for Altman to employ multiple different four guard lineups, which will allow them to exploit mismatches on the offensive end.
This is very similar to how the Ducks found success the 2016-2017 season when they played in the Final Four. The Ducks had found the most success when playing with one true post, either Jordan Bell or Chris Boucher, and letting the wings create around them. The current team certainly has a way to go to be Final Four caliber, but the roster make up is much of the same.
All in all, I believe Hardy will prove to be a solid and important addition for the Ducks. Teams can never have too much experience or depth, and he provides both. He won’t be expected to be the star of the team, just a consistent contributor on what very well could be another PAC-12 Championship team.
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Top Photo From Eugene Johnson
Chris Brouilette, the FishDuck.com Volunteer editor for this article, is a current student at the University of Oregon from Sterling, Illinois.
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Gilligans Backpacker Hostel and Resort in Cairns Australia - photo by Ian Harris
Have you ever thought of sleeping in a room in an entirely different country with a bunch of strangers? Hollis O’Brien has. In fact, the senior at Fitchburg State University has done it multiple times. Hostels have received a reputation amongst travelers as cheap, but creepy alternative to hotels. But according to O’Brien, hostels can be economical and enjoyable as well.
“I’ve stayed in a hostel four times,” Hollis says. “Usually I get a private room, but this time I didn’t,” she says, referring to her recent stay at Gilligan’s Backpackers Hotel and Resort in Cairns, Australia. O’Brien stayed in a 6-person room, with a private en suite bathroom, bunking with a friend and an acquaintance for three nights. In addition to that, they were sharing the room with a few strangers. “It was still a little nerve-wracking, but after the first night we realized that our roommates were pretty cool,” she says.
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One thing that O’Brien likes about hostels is a sociable atmosphere, as opposed to a hotel, where interaction with others is minimal. “Everyone was really friendly,” she says. “If we were in the common room preparing food we would usually strike up some sort of conversation with them. There was also a huge bar downstairs that all the hostel guests would go to. It was a lot of fun.”
It’s easy to find online, and even better, it was only $31 per night to stay in the 6-person deluxe suite that Hollis stayed in. “This is probably one of the best hostels I have stayed at,” she says. “I would definitely recommend it to anyone who plans on visiting that area.”
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DominicDecoco said:
ChewbaccaDefense said:
How do we know he was really doused with urine? Was he tested for traces of urine on his skin? This is all just a bunch of innuendo and people suggesting things based on nothing but one person's account. Until there is a positive test for urine on Froome, this is all just a bunch of unsubstantiated rumor and supposition.
I think this could be a cry for sympathy. He's blaming journalists for this phantom urine. Until there is actual proof of this supposed urine, I'm going to have to hold back on my condemnation.
The only place you'd see nonsense like this is in The Clinic. Absolute f'ucking bonkers place this.
Not all are like this. Some serious posters like Tonton or MI for example, actually contribute good posts. Unfortunately, those posts are hidden between spam "posts" like this.
Zam_Olyas
Classic fence sitting by Chewie.
SeriousSam
Well we just have Froome's word. I didn't see it, and I watched the stage. Some QC would tear down Froome's "evidence" in a British court. I mean, perhaps it happened. I'm not saying it didn't. We just shouldn't jump to conclusions when it has not yet been established in court beyond reasonable doubt. No proof has been given.
Good post, Chewie.
Surprised the chorale is fanning on it.
Afrank
Sky'sthelimit said:
Melo said:
Well, she's a nice woman. After she posted this she closed her twitter account.
She has every right to defend her husband. Those claims by sections of the French press are defamation of character. If it were not for Froome's grace and class off the bike those journalists would be in court. It's pure jealousy that a British team dare to win clean. Froome will have the last laugh.
There not defamations of character. And there is such a think as freedom of speech. And if one takes freedom of speech at face value, then a person doesn't have the right to be offended.
@DominicDecoco, I think that ChewbaccaDefense's post might have been satire.
saganftw
was the urine thrown at him clean tho?
Sky'sthelimit
I'm not sure if you are trolling or being serious?!
Serious, Michelle Froome does have the right to defend her husbands character. Just as we would,if anyone in our,family would if these sorts of accusations were being thrown about. Froome has already said he is willing to undergo independent testing, beyond current regulation. All through sections of the French press disputing his ability to the point of saying he is somehow cheating. That is in every sense of the law defamation. Journalists are not doing the core of their role in reporting facts, but rather pilling on conjecture.
Afrank said:
I'm afraid that is where you are wrong, as a independent sports writer myself. I cannot publish an article where I in effect write false statements based on unsound foundations. Leading to anyone's character being tarnished without fact. There is a line a fine one in law and common decency between freedom of speech and defamation. Sections of the French press are skirting very close to that borderline.
Serious, Michelle Froome does have the right to defend her husbands character. Just as we would,if anyone in our,family would if these sorts of accusations were being thrown about. Froome has already said he is willing to undergo independent testing, beyond current regulation. All through sections of the French press disputing his ability to the point of,saying he is,somehow cheating. That is in every sense of the law defamation. Journalists are not doing the core of their role in reporting facts, but rather pilling on conjecture.
I'm ok with her defending him, that's normal. But why the French media can't make its own point believing that Froome is somehow cheating? This question is asked by many cycling fans, and you can see it with your eyes live on tv. Something is not normal, I didn't see this kind of unreal attacks since Armstrong era. And it's not only Froome, the whole Sky team is suspiciously strong. Froome and Sky can sue them... but they don't and I wonder why. They learned from Armstrong, don't be the bad guy because you're gonna end up in a pile of ***.
difdauf
which sections ?
zalacain
SeriousSam said:
Well we just have Froome's word.
And Froome said the assailant called him a "dopeur" whereas the French word is "drogué" so it was probably an English speaker after all
Two questions come up here for me.
1. Are the statements made about Froome false? It's not proven yet whether he is doping or not, and there is plenty of evidence to suggest he is. Armstrong doped for years and it was only completely 100% proven (meaning no one could say he didn't dope anymore) when he admitted to it himself.
2. Are the statements that have been made really defamation, or are they criticism of Froome? Because if they are the latter, then Froome by being a public figure open himself up to a certain level of criticism by others.
As a 'independent sports writer', you would know that Mr Cound is out of line.
That the Froome's lawyers have not been sent in shows that the Froome's are not standing on solid ground. The discussions are whether Froome is performing legitimately or with PEDs. Lots of discussion point to a doped rider.
This is a forum, we can discuss pretty much anything, whether factual or not. If you were an 'independent sports writer' of pro cycling you would know Froome is standing on thin ice.
Not too many Tour De France winners won it on Bread and Water. Sky would have the world beleive that Froome who showed no GT podium ability, who they were trying to offload to other teams, magically transformed at 26.
'As a independent sports writer' who has makes a living from sport you would also know that the testing done by the federations is a joke.
Puhleease dont come in here trying to throw your weigh around 'as a independent sports writer' because there are plenty who will rip you a new one with their intimate knowledge of the sport.
I'm ok with her defending him, that's normal. But why the French media can't make its own point believing that Froome is somehow cheating? This question is asked by many cycling fans, and you can see it with your eyes live on tv. Something is not normal, I didn't see this kind of unreal attacks since Armstrong era. And it's not only Froome, the whole Sky team is suspiciously strong. Froome and Sky can sue them... but they don't and I wonder why. They learned from Armstrong, don't be the bad guy because you're gonna end up in a pile of ****.
They are strong for a reason it's because they actually train hard and have a real pedigree in the sport. Sky have not taken legal action out of respect for the sport. To not put the sport into further turmoil and in essence into a position of crisis. Trust has to be built not only within the sport, in its image and it's standing within its own supporter base. Professional cycling is at a crossroads, very much like a rider being put into difficulty on a climb. Venerable and susceptible to attack. It's very difficult to see a rider and a team go through this turmoil. Let alone the sport we clearly love.
For those who missed the brilliance of this, remove the word Urine and add PED and you have the skybot repsonse!
Froome never tested positive for thrown urine............
I'm afraid that is where you are wrong, as a independent sports writer myself. I cannot publish an article where I in effect write false statements based on unsound foundations.
Except there are very sound foundations. I'll name just one: Scientifcally he's over the edge of what is to be expected. There's absolutely no reason reporting this is in anyway off limits.
You might be a sportswriter writing fantasies about your sports-hero. A real journalist asks the hard questions. And the answers are crystal clear;it's extremely likely that Sky and Frooome are involved in doping. Not reporting about this... is bad journalism.
Leading to anyone's character being tarnished without fact. There is a line a fine one in law and common decency between freedom of speech and defamation. Sections of the French press are skirting very close to that borderline.
It's a good thing you know nothing of the law as you are also displaying a clear lack of the grasp of the facts . :
Sorry Sky, that you think it's actually okay not to report on clear suspicuous things is shocking. Censorship is horrible and that you support this shows how much your emotions cloud your judgement. As a real sportswriter you should be angry at people trying to muzzle the press.
MikeS369 said:
S2Sturges said:
lol that sprint at the end today. just too much raw energy
Plus he was just being a **** to show Quintana who's his daddy, real sportsmanship, that....
Yes indeed. Showed himself as the true POS he is.
So he's a POS for trying to beat a rival to the Tour crown? Where in the rules does it say you have to be nice? You win by having a quicker time than anyone else - every second counts, as it did in 1989.
Bernie's eyesore
I found it amusing too.
Irony is lost on people emotionally involved. It is nice to see the Muscular Christianity Gordonstoun crowd getting their knickers in a twist. Did they catch the culprit yet? It was probably Vayer...
Poursuivant
And the 13 seconds that cost him a Vuelta. POS? Get a grip of yourself you weapon
Lyon said:
You're beginning to sound like Blackcat with the Gordonstoun stuff. Massive chips on your shoulders ...
Well, if you believe this, you are pretty naive in my opinion. And it seems right now that the cycling is getting more hate than ever and Sky is the reason. The fact that you clearly believe that Sky is riding like this just with tap water and great training is pretty shocking. But it's your opinion, anyone it's entitled to one.
They didn't said he was cheating or criticized him. One of them, the always stupid Thierry Adam, asked the others to tell what they think about what Froome did and the 3 others awkwardly explaining that it was confusing to see Froome attacking that way while all the others were struggling.
Chaddy
Come on , if he was to start bringing the lawyers in you would claim he's just acting like Armstrong and flexing his and Skys financial muscle.
Froome could've avoided all this. He could have been completely transparent after his 2013 win and shown everyone his values from his time at Barloworld till his TdF 2013 win. But he hasn't. He races in what is known as the dirtiest sport in the world and he expects people to believe him when he says he is clean, yet is racing as fast as known dopers. That ship sailed long ago. Sky and Froome know all this hence the accusations and the shooting the messengers, rather than the transparency which could easily clear this all up.
Sorry, this sport still reeks from top to bottom. Urine in the face, i doubt it. More lies. Sky just happen to be the new top dogs in a dirty sport. If they are doing this clean, then this can easily be solved.
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Is Merrimack a Bellewether for NH? Dems Rule Fed Races GOP Owns Local Races
by Steve MacDonald / 4 November 2020 4 November 2020
I’m looking at the final totals for Tuesday for Merrimack. Biden, Shaheen, and Pappas got more votes in this supposedly Republican town. Downticket, Republicans cleaned up with few exceptions. What the bleep is that all about?
Related: Note to Elected NH Democrats Who Have Blocked People on Facebook and Twitter
Just under 17,000 registered voters form Merrimack participated yesterday, and nothing’s final until the Secretary of State gives his blessings, but it’s a weird election.
State Senator Gary Daniels got more votes (8162) – and appears likely to take back the seat from Democrat Shannon Chandley (7532), who has warmed it for the past two years.
But Deb Pignatelli got more votes (7253) than Republican Dave Wheeler (6467) in the Executive council race, which Dave also appears poised to take back. But only because the people who voted for Danials didn’t also vote for Wheeler, but they did not vote for Pignatelli because she got less than Chandley.
That’s probably part of the lack of interest or understanding in the Executive Councilor position. We try to explain it every election. They approve the governor’s appointments (or not) but mostly spend a lot of our money. Democrats spend more of it. Seems simple enough to me.
Sununu got the most votes in my town (11,474) because Democrats liked him more than Feltes.
Shaheen collected 9229, the most for any Democrat.
With the exception of Sununu, the Dems owned the top of the ticket in Merrimack. Scroll down a little, and it’s a different story. Of the eight available House seats in 2019 and 2020, Democrats held four with Republicans having four. That’s rare in this town, but Dems felt certain they could keep or add to that.
Didn’t happen.
Except for Democrat Rosemarie Rung, Dems lost big. The Water Warriors Carriers were washed out. Republicans took seven of eight, which is more typical of years past when now and again a Democrat would sneak in, but they were typically moderate. Rung is far from it.
And she barely hung on so there’s that.
But if we had to have one, Rung is a ringer. She says some crazy stuff – great for blogging.
Further down-ticket, more Republicans get the vote of Merrimack Residents. County Sheriff, Attorney, Treasurer, Probate, and County Commissioner, all Republican winners. Only the Register of Deeds went to a Democrat in my town and not by much.
This trend is not limited to my town. Looking at the statewide results, they sort of mirror what we see here. Federal Dems and Local Republicans.
Some of that has to do with the out-of-state vote. These college kids may not be voting down-ticket in New Hampshire the way their greedy Democrat masters would like. Or, maybe, it’s the Feltes effect. He’s not pretty, and he isn’t inspiring. He’s just there.
Whatever the deal, Merrimack is not a Reliable Republican town, and I do not believe we should expect that to change. Too many folks moving to get away from blue states but then voting the same way here.
Seriously. You are not the smarter political party.
Tagged: Democrats, Election, Merrimack, Republicans, Results
by Steve MacDonald
Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, taxpayer advocate, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the Editor at Large and a co-owner of GraniteGrok.com; a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire; and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.
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Newly Released Memo Advises DEA to Change Cannabis Research Regulations, Minnesota Lawmaker Introduces Adult-Use Legalization Bill: Week in Review
May 10, 2020 admin News
The Ohio Department of Agriculture received 198 applications for hemp production licenses for the 2020 growing season, the state’s first shot at a legal hemp market. It may be a lower number than industry stakeholders expected, but certain elements of the Ohio climate and the regulatory landscape may offer great promise.
Craig Schuttenhofer, research assistant professor at Central State University in Xenia, Ohio, says that the state’s glaciated soils will be nice for the crop. At the eastern edge of the Corn Belt, great swaths of Ohio’s landscape will be terrific for hemp. There are wet regions in the state, but, by and large, the long growing season should prove beneficial to the hemp crop.
“We do have a good amount of seasonal moisture, but at the same time it’s not an excess during the natural growing season,” he says.
Notably, Ohio will be operating under the federal guidance of the 2018 Farm Bill. Many states—including major players in the industry, like Kentucky, Oregon and Colorado—are continuing this year to work under 2014 Farm Bill pilot program auspices. The differences between those states’ pilot program oversight measures and the 2018 Farm Bill can be vast. This may give Ohio farmers a leg up on the competition, Schluttenhofer says.
Next year, before the 2021 growing season really gets under way, those other states will need to get in line with the 2018 Farm Bill. Schulettenhofer says that this first year may give Ohio an advantage; the switch to the new regulations will be a complex adjustment.
“All of those programs now have to re-educate their growers and re-adjust to how they’re doing things,” Schluttenhofer says. This adjustment involves “hot” crop testing (for THC content) and other processing issues.
With a bit of a regulatory advantage and a sort of cautious trial run in the works for 2020, Schluttenhofer says that the market will continue to dictate what Ohio growers do this year. He says that ongoing economics issues (oversupply in the CBD extraction market, mostly) may have kept the applications number low, but there’s great promise on the hemp grain and hemp fiber production side of the business. It’s just that the market infrastructure isn’t really available yet.
“We don’t want growers getting into something where they’re going to lose money,” he says. He advises anyone with a license this year to start small and make sure that they’ve got the necessary storage space for drying and the necessary contracts in place for processing. Right now, processing on the grain and fiber segments of the industry is few and far between. Most prospective hemp growers in Ohio seem to be poised for CBD extraction, Schluttenhofer says, but the supply curves in that market segment are tricky. But once consumer demand triggers developments in processing infrastructure, Schluttenhofer believes that opportunities will be plentiful.
It’s important to consider the different needs of crops grown for those different end markets: grain, fiber, cannabinoid extraction. Harvest time is critical, where there’s a fine balance between being too early and too late in harvesting for grain (or between being “hot” or not in CBD extraction compliance).
For the fiber segment, the genetics alone are difficult to source. Schluttenhofer says that good fiber genetics largely went extinct. What was grown in Kentucky decades ago is not available to modern hemp growers. “We have to re-develop all that,” he says. That in itself is looking like a promising trajectory in Ohio.
“In the long run, a lot of us think that fiber is going to the be the major crop, in terms of number of acres produced,” Schluttenhofer says.
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"Greg and Jim"
The Work of Greg Clark and Jimmie Frise
About Greg and Jim
The Green Parcel
In Greg-Jim Story
Just as the big guy flirtatiously closed his eyes in sniffing, I reached out smoothly and…
By Gregory Clark, Illustrated by James Frise, Janaury 11, 1947
“Well, of all the nerve!” murmured Jimmie Frise in my ear.
“Mmmm?” I inquired.
“Did you see that?” hissed Jim more sharply. “Did you see that guy calmly pick up my parcel?”
“Uh?” I said, removing my attention from the counter where Jim and I were inspecting fleece-lined gloves.
“My green parcel!” whispered Jim. “See? That big guy at the end of the counter….”
At the end of the counter, a big fellow was pausing casually to look at some merchandise. Along with another smaller parcel, he was carrying Jim’s green package containing a beautiful llama wool sport cap of the kind the Swiss hunters wear, a sort of round wool cap that can be pulled down around the neck and ears. Grand for rabbit hunting at this time of year.
“He was standing here beside us,” whispered Jim hurriedly. “I’d laid my parcel down. Just as he walked away, I noticed my parcel gone….”
“Go and ask him for it!” I commanded promptly. “Before he gets away.”
“Nix,” said Jim, “let’s follow the guy. Let’s watch him operate. It’ll be an education.”
“It’ll be a story,” I corrected. “Okay. Now don’t let him see we’re on to him.”
We went ahead examining gloves. Out of the corners of our eyes we watched the big guy stalling around. Obviously he was stalling. He was waiting to see if we would miss the green package and raise an outcry. In which case he could easily plead he had picked the parcel up with his other, by mistake.
“He’s waiting,” murmured Jim guardedly, “for a bunch of people to come by in the aisle and then he’ll just melt into the crowd.”
“Okay,” I agreed. “Don’t let’s lose him.”
“We can’t lose him,” said Jim. “Imagine a guy the size of that engaging in shoplifting! Why, he’s as conspicuous as a moose.”
“And intimidating,” I submitted. “Lots of people, even if they suspected him, would be a little leery of tackling a man that size.”
At which moment, just as we expected, a little crowd of people came down the wide aisle of the store. And as smooth as silk, the big fellow quietly swung in with them and started away.
“Heh, heh, heh,” I chuckled, as Jim and I, without hurry, calmly fell in pursuit.
“The nerve of him!” admired Jim. “Look, he doesn’t ever try to conceal the parcel. Look, he’s carrying it more conspicuously than the other.”
“Aplomb,” I said. “A shoplifter, or any other kind of crook for that matter, has to have aplomb.”
“What the heck is aplomb?’ inquired Jim.
We Study the Master
“It’s self-possession, sort of,” I explained, as we casually strolled along in the shopping crowd, our victim fair in view. “The word aplomb comes from the same root as plummet. It means perpendicular. Straight up and down. A hotel doorman has aplomb. A bishop has aplomb. This guy has aplomb. Look at the proud, self-possessed way he carries himself! A successful crook always has that air. An unsuccessful crook cringes, is bent over, looks anxious. You can see he is a crook. But this kind of smooth operator is always ready to carry off any accident with the greatest assurance. I bet he wiggles out of 100 per cent of the cases in which he is caught in the act.”
He had paused at the notions counter. He was slowly moving, a step at a time, along the counter, studying with rapt attention the cards of buttons, the cards of hooks and eyes, dome fasteners.
“See!” hissed Jimmie, as we too slowed along the opposite side of the aisle. “See that woman ahead of him? And that expensive-looking package she’s carrying? Well, wait till she lays it down!”
We watched covertly with bated breath.
“What art!” I breathed. “What technique! The guy is a master. He knows that in the notions counter women are always picking things up, and in order to pick things up, they’ve got to lay things down. How much do you bet he gets that expensive-looking package?”
“By the look of that package,” assessed Jim. “I figure she’s got a $15 bed-jacket. Or maybe one of those $20 cashmere cardigans …”
Slowly, the unsuspecting lady, with the parcel tucked under her arm, moved along the notions counter, peering at everything, the spools, the safety pins, the knitting needles. And slowly behind her, moving with the greatest indifference, lost in contemplation of the trivial things on the counter, drifted the big man.
She halted. The man halted. She picked up a large spool of colored elastic. She studied it intently. She made as if to take the package from under her arm. We stiffened.
But she suddenly changed her mind and tossed the elastic back and walked briskly on. The man followed. When the lady turned right at the end of the notions counter, the big fellow paused, and then turned left.
“He takes his time,” admired Jim, as we followed, at leisure. “No ordinary packages for him. He only chooses the best.”
“What a queer hobby!” I mused. “It’s sort of like gambling. He never knows what he’s getting until he gets home.”
We followed him up the main aisle, and then began a most fascinating chase. He went to the escalator and took it up. At a discreet distance, we followed.
“Do you think he’d recognize us following him?” I inquired.
“Not him,” said Jim. “He’s like a hound on the scent. He’s like a setter at point. Each job, once done, is forgotten in favor of a new victim…”
The Vulnerable Point
“But look here, Jim, how about your llama cap?” I demanded. “At what stage are you going to get that green parcel back? If by any chance he did see us, and recognize us as the two guys he stuck down there at the glove counter, he might make a sudden dive into an elevator or something … Or he might even chuck your green parcel out a window.”
“Hmmmm,” said Jim uneasily. “I don’t want to lose that $3 cap. Let’s keep a closer watch …”
So instead of following 30 feet behind, we moved up to about 15 feet.
He was marvellous. He got off the escalator at the third floor and wandered straight over to the ladies’ lingerie department. If there is any place the ladies lay their parcels down, it is in the lingerie department. No lady is ever satisfied merely to look at lingerie. She’s got to feel it, finger it, twiddle the silk between her fingers. And to do that, she’s got to put her parcels down on a counter.
“I wonder if he takes purses?” I suggested.
“I wouldn’t think so,” said Jim. “Purses are too easily identified, too immediately noticed if gone. Ladies don’t often lay down their purses, even when they set down all their packages. And besides, there is never very much in a woman’s purse. Maybe $3 or $4. No, it’s parcels this guy is after. They’re easily explained a mistake, madam, a mistake! I’m very sorry! With that aplomb …”
We followed the big fellow around the lingerie department. He was a superb actor. He paused here and there to examine various garments with that shy and slightly self-conscious air a man uses in the lingerie.
When the masterful salesladies of the lingerie department came and spoke to him, he just smiled, shook his head and wandered on.
Two or three times, we thought we were about to witness a snatch. Ladies did lay parcels down and wander a few feet away. The big guy DID pause, long enough to cast his practised eye over the packages. But apparently none of them were good enough to merit his attention.
“I guess an expert,” said Jim, “can tell at a glance what’s in a parcel.”
We followed him up to the fourth floor, then to the fifth. He went with unerring instinct to the departments where people set parcels down. The wool department. No lady can buy wool with other packages in her arms. She must feel the wool, fondle it.
The china department. Several people laid themselves open, became vulnerable here. To examine a tea cup or a cheese dish, you’ve got to lay your parcels down. The big fellow moved calmly about the china department, pausing here, pausing there; and we could see, in each instance, just which victim he was appraising.
In the china department, he startled us by actually buying something. He bought a green glass beer mug with a wooden handle.
“Hmmm,” said Jim, puzzled. “Do you suppose by any chance he has spotted us following him around? Do you think this little purchase is intended to throw us off the scent?”
“Jim,” I urged, as we retreated a little way in confusion, “let’s get it over with now. Either walk right up to him and demand the parcel back, or else get a floor-walker to act for us. The floor-walker can do it very nicely, no scene …”
“Are you afraid of that big lug?” Jim demanded meanly.
“Well, there’s no use getting punched on the nose,” I submitted.
One on Him!
“Listen, all we’ll do,” said Jim, covertly watching the rascal as he calmly awaited his parcel and change, “is walk up to him quietly and ask him what is in the green parcel. Tell him we saw him pick up our parcel and have followed him all over the store. That’ll frighten him. He’ll know we’re on to him. When we ask him what’s in the green parcel, of course he won’t know. Whatever he says, we’ll say it’s a llama wool cap. We’ll demand he open it, or we’ll call the store detectives…”
“Look!” I exclaimed. “I’ve got a better idea, Jim. Why not serve him his own trick? Why not US pinch your green parcel off HIM?”.
“Eh!” Jim checked.
“Let’s,” I said with increasing excitement, “beat him at his own game! Let’s tag on to him until he lays HIS parcels down and quietly snatch yours back.”
Jim looked speculatively over to where the big crook was standing with his back to us, awaiting his parcel. He had, for a fact, laid his other parcels down. Jim’s green one was on top.
“That,” chuckled Jim suddenly, “is an idea! Imagine his feelings when he finds the green parcel gone! He’ll be in a panic …”
At which moment, the salesgirl came back and gave him the beer mug which, after a moment, he stuffed into his overcoat pocket. Then he meandered over to the elevator and took it down to the main floor, us packed beside him in the car. It was breathtaking to be this close to the scoundrel. For there, just under my nose, and not a foot from Jim’s, was Jim’s green parcel brazenly exposed. Oh, it was exciting!
We let him off first. He led us to the perfume counter. He laid his two parcels down, green one on top. He spoke jokingly to a salesgirl, and she proceeded to let him sniff a variety of perfume bottles.
It was an odd sight. This big goof going through all the ecstasies, and refinements of selecting an itty-bitty bottle of perfume…
I cased the joint. Jim moved over to protect me from the off side. Just as the big guy flirtatiously closed his eyes in sniffing, I reached out smoothly and, all in one sweet swipe, picked the green package off the counter, moved on and handed the parcel to Jim. Without pause, we went straight out the main door and down Yonge St.
Our hearts were beating wildly. Our breath was coming fast. But it was with laughter we were bursting.
“What a joke!” bellowed Jim as we got out into the winter air. “Boy, I’d like to see that guy’s face right now…”
Who Robbed Who?
We went into a coffee shop for our 11 o’clock pot of tea and relaxed. Ah, it was delightful! There is nothing more enlivening to the humdrum life of modern society than a little excursion like this into the realm of the unusual, the bizarre…
I got my tea and sat back. From my coat pocket I took my own package and opened it to have a look at the muffler I had bought.
Jim, with doting fingers, undid his green parcel to try on the llama cap.
It WASN’T a llama cap!
It was a lady’s bright blue nightgown!
“Oh, my gosh…” gasped Jim, struggling to his feet. “Oh, OH, my gosh!”
We stood transfixed with horror.
“What do we do?” moaned Jim. “What do we DO!”
“The.. uh… who … aw …” I explained.
“Don’t you see!” wailed Jimmie. “We’ve ROBBED a guy, a poor, innocent big guy…”
“You saw him snatch the parcel … the green parcel…” I croaked.
Jim stood staring agonized into space.
“No,” he whispered. “No! Now that I come to think of it, I believe I left my green parcel on the fishing tackle counter, when we were talking to Jack Sutton …”
“You … you …” I accused.
So we left our tea and hastily wrapped the green package and ran back up the street to the big store.
We ran to the perfume counter. We hastily searched the aisles, but in the crowds we knew it was hopeless. We hastened to the tackle counter and, as soon as Jack Sutton saw us coming, he reached down under the counter and picked up a green parcel, which he waved reassuringly to Jim.
“Oh … oh … OH!” moaned Jim.
So this is what we did.
We went up to the lost and found office and turned the other green parcel over to the girl.
We said we had found it on Yonge St, and, on opening it, we had found the bill inside and knew it had come from this store.
“You are very kind,” the girl smiled, “and very HONEST.” (The capitals are mine.)
“Say, just for fun,” I said, “will you keep track of whoever calls for that parcel, if someone does I’d like to know what kind of person buys nightgowns that color?”
“Tee-hee-hee, I will,” assured the girl.
I telephoned the next day.
“It was a great big man,” the girl informed me. “He was a policeman on his day off. And he was so glad to get the parcel, because he was sure somebody had snatched it on him. Some shoplifter. And he said he was SO MAD…!”
Editor’s Note: This was the last Greg-Jim story published in the Toronto Star Weekly before they moved to the Montreal Standard. The microfilmed image is at the end, while the colour image is from an online auction.
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