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Plant-based composite fibre developed by Covestro and Toyota
by Nizam Shaikh
Written by Nizam Shaikh
One of the World’s leading polymer material suppliers Covestro has announced that the brand has been chosen by Toyota Boshoku Corporation, a car component manufacturer for the Toyota Group and both Covestro and Toyota Group will be jointly developing a lightweight and sustainable material for the new electric concept car developed by Toyota Motor Corporation called the Toyota LQ.
The new polyurethane composite material will be jointly developed based on the Toyota Boshoku Corporation’s expertise in Kenaf fibres and the Covestro’s advanced Baypreg F NF technology. The lightweight and sustainable composite material will be used on the door trim of the Toyota LQ concept.
The bast fibre obtained from the Kenaf plant is a plant-based fibre from the hibiscus family that grows in India, South-East Asia, Africa and Bangladesh. The new material is not only cost-effective but also claims to have good mechanical properties. The Kenaf fibre reinforced polyurethane composite has a low density but has high strength making the door trim 30% lighter as compared to conventional materials while also keeping it cost-effective and sustainable. The material has an area density of less than 1kg/m2 and hence the lightweight material allows the vehicle to have better fuel efficiency or in the case of the Toyota LQ a better range from its electric powertrain.
The Toyota LQ concept which will use this material is a futuristic electric car which is SAE level 4 autonomy ready and has a unique onboard artificial intelligence system called ‘YUI’. The LQ will have advanced cloud connectivity and the Human-Machine interface is designed to work hand-in-hand with the human driver, based on the brands “Jidoka” concept which translates to Automation with a Human touch. The artificial intelligence system will learn the patterns and over time make a close connection with the driver and also interact with the driver and prompt the driver in a Human-Machine dialogue.
The LQ has a futuristic closed front end design with an aerodynamic glasshouse, L-Shaped layered front bumper, glass doors, enclosed rear wheels, a unique rear with integrated taillights, and a sloping glass back. On the interior, the design has a minimalist approach and features bright white materials with large digital drivers’s information display and round YUI display in the centre. The central tunnel has a touchpad and a rotary controller.
The Toyota LQ will demonstrate the Toyota Research Institute’s progress with level 4 automation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where the concept car will be put on the congested streets of the metropolitan city.
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Small-Sized Aircraft Went Down Near The Doorstep Of A House
December 30, 2014 By Jack M. Robinson Leave a Comment
A small-sized aircraft went down in front of a home yard, barely 5 minutes after the flight start from Centennial Airport, killing the pilot, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. The accident occurred around 4:33 a.m. in South Billings Way, close East Arapahoe Road and South Jordan Road, that is 2 miles northeast of Centennial Airport.
The accident will be investigated by The National Transportation Safety Board. Experts with the Board have already been called in to examine the scene of the crash. As a result, the perimeter of the collision is off limits for the time being.
Authorities say the plane landed about 10 feet from the home’s front entryway. A photograph from the scene revealed a distorted, blazing shipwreck. Becky O’Guinn, a representative for South Metro declared that the airplane hit the ground only several feet from a few houses.
According to O’Guinn, the small aircraft, a Cessna 404, was surrounded by flames when the rescue team arrived to the place of the accident. Firemen doused the blast within ten to fifteen minutes.
A resident of one of the nearby houses, Julie Pfannenstein said she was scared as she heard the plane passing by because it seemed to be coming at a very low altitude. She added that even if she lives close to an airplane terminal and sees aircrafts passing all the time this one was approaching so low that she had to hold her breath in fear. In fact, Pfannenstein was awoken by the noise made by the plane and she was convinced the airplane was going to crash into her home. She felt at ease when her house was spared.
Flightaware.com, a flight tracking website got the whole incident on tape and showed a Cessna 404 which took off from Centennial Airport at 4:27 a.m. heading to Denver International Airport. The online platform’s recording displays the airship as it was falling from radar close to the accident site. Additional footage was released by an anonymous resident of the neighborhood.
Flightaware registered the airplane as being part of the Key Lime Air fleet, a freight and passenger transport organization, headquartered at Centennial Airport. The company rents airships for cargo and travelers transport in the Caribbean, North and South America. Key Lime Air representatives declined make any remarks on Tuesday morning’s event.
According to the company’s website, Key Lime is committed to safety as a top priority when it comes to aircrafts, pilot preparation and operational and upkeep programs.
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Lawmakers release digital equity principles aimed at closing digital divide
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is the ranking member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. (Flickr / Internet Education Association)
Jun 22, 2020 | STATESCOOP
Two Republican members of Congress released a set of principles for future federal broadband legislation last week, recommending that the federal government establish COVID-19 connectivity programs, authorize funding for the Federal Communications Commission to collect more accurate coverage data and relieve regulations that slow down the buildout of broadband infrastructure.
The “Broadband Connectivity and Digital Equity Framework,” from Senate Commerce Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., the ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, is a list of nine broadband policies designed to help families, businesses and telecommunications companies survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
To close the digital divide, Wicker and Walden recommended that Congress appropriate more funding to the FCC to allow for more accurate coverage data. Their list of policies also suggested streamlining permitting processes for internet service providers that have lowered prices or extended service to underserved communities during the health crisis. While Wicker and Walden didn’t outline the specifics of how these policies will be accomplished, a Senate Commerce staffer said it does not need to be intricate to be effective.
“The framework outlines broadband priorities intended to close the digital divide and expand access to digital opportunities for all Americans,” a spokesperson for the panel told StateScoop. “It will serve as a foundation for legislative efforts related to the COVID-19 economic recovery and infrastructure modernization.”
The framework was endorsed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who has asked Congress to fund the agency’s new granular data-collection method, which will replace the current system of dividing coverage areas by census blocks. The change was mandated by the Broadband DATA Act that President Donald Trump signed into law in March, but has not been funded. Wicker and Walden’s framework also calls for the FCC to carry out infrastructure improvements in emergency communications and telehealth infrastructure that has been strained during the pandemic.
“Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 21 million Americans did not have access to broadband services,” Walden said in a press release. “The need to deploy broadband, bridge the digital divide, and close the homework gap have been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic as Americans work, learn, and receive health care from their homes.”
The policies listed in the framework largely apply to the House Democrats’ infrastructure stimulus package, which would establish an “Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth” within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to identify communities that are in dire need of broadband infrastructure. The package would also invest $100 billion in promoting “competition” to increase broadband service in currently underserved areas while tracking how each federal dollar spent toward broadband service is used.
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We continue our celebration of Easter as we observe the Fourth Sunday of Easter today. This Sunday is traditionally known as “Good Shepherd Sunday.” This came to be because in all three cycles of the Lectionary, the Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter gives us one of the Good Shepherd sayings from John’s Gospel. “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” Besides being a very comforting and reassuring saying, it also helps us to continue our Easter reflection on the gift of the Eucharist.
A normal feature of the Easter Season is that the Scripture readings guide us in a reflection on the Sacraments of Initiation that were celebrated at the Easter Vigil. The Gospel readings of the daily Masses of the past week all came from the great Bread of Life discourse found in John, Chapter 6. “I myself am the bread of life. No one who comes t me shall ever be hungry, no one who believes in me shall ever thirst”(John 6:35). The Good Shepherd is really a continuation of our reflection on the Eucharist. The Good Shepherd cares for, nurtures and feeds his sheep. Our Shepherd not only feeds us, but feeds us with his body and his blood. Our Shepherd nourishes the life we received in Baptism with his very body and blood.
Good Shepherd Sunday also gives us a chance to observe the 53rd Annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations. We join with the church throughout the world in praying for vocations. The Joliet Diocesan Vocation Office web pages (www.vocations.com) are a good way to learn more about priesthood, religious life, and other church vocations. Information is also available by seeing one of our parish priests or calling the vocation office at 815-221-6100. It was recently reported that 2/3rds of the world’s 1.1 billion Roman Catholics live in developing countries and see a priest for only a few days once a year. Fortunately, our situation in our country is much different. Still, we are ordaining only four new priests for our diocese next month. For the present, we join with the church in observing today’s World Day of Prayer for Vocations and ask the Lord to bless us with good and dedicated priests to faithfully serve the church.
Since Easter is the primary season of initiation into the church community, we intentionally schedule our special celebrations of the Sacraments of Initiation (First Communion and Confirmation) during the Easter Season. We will hold our parish celebrations of First Communion on May 7th and May 14th with two First Communion Masses each day. Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday, May 28, 2016, with two separate celebrations at 10:00am and 1:30pm. Abbot Dismas Kalcic, OSB, of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle will be our celebrant. As we prayed throughout Lent for those entering the church at the Easter Vigil, so now we pray for our young people who will be celebrating Sacraments of Initiation in May.
Thank you to all who responded to our “In-pew Follow-up Weekend” last weekend and pledged to the 2016 Joliet Diocesan Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal. , and especially to those who responded to Bishop Conlon’s homily and pledged during the in-pew “Commitment Weekend” last February. Our pledges support the work of the diocese, our larger church. Our CMAA goal this year is $171,242. Before our Follow-up Weekend was held, 771 households have pledged $139,723 towards our 2016 goal. The Campaign’s primary objective is participation. We are looking for 100% participation in the Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal, even if a family’s participation is “I do not wish to contribute at this time.” We were able to meet and surpass our 2015 parish goal with 1,111 households participating. If you haven’t had a chance to respond to the 2016 Joliet Diocesan Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal, please join me and your fellow parishioners in responding to the 2016 Appeal as soon as possible. Together, we can reach our 2016 goal. Your generosity is deeply appreciated.
One of the six parish goals in our current 5-Year Plan is to deepen our prayer experiences. These goals were discerned by our Parish Pastoral Council a few summers ago. Since then, we have been suggesting different ways for growing in our experience of prayer, both as individuals and as a community. A number of people have responded by intentionally arriving at Sunday Mass early so that they can read the Scripture readings of the day before Mass and to personally prepare for Mass. And that is to be commended! Over the past few weeks we have received a number of complaints about the noise and chatter inside the church prior to Mass. Those who intentionally arrive early in order to prayerfully prepare for Mass are finding it difficult to do that. I know that there are times when we are very happy to see each other. And I believe that the people who want to come early to church and prepare for our prayer together should have the opportunity to do just that. Out of respect for those who seek to prepare themselves before Mass and those who desire to offer a thanksgiving after Mass, please limit your conversations to the Narthex area. We have a large space in the Narthex where we can easily visit and catch up with each other. Please reserve the space inside the church for quiet, personal prayer. The Narthex is a perfect place to share everyday conversations and catch up with each other. The church should be a perfect place for personal preparation before Mass and thanksgiving after Mass. Let’s all try to be more attentive to what we do inside our church space.
Last weekend’s rain has transformed our lawns, trees and bushes with new life. Let us take time to enjoy this beautiful season of the year. May God continue to bless us with everything that we need, and more.
Father Jim Murphy
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4 edition of Three nuns found in the catalog.
an intimate story
by Sara Harris
Published 1976 by McKay in New York .
Statement by Sara Harris.
LC Classifications PZ4.H316 Th, PS3558.A6555 Th
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At 8:22pm on August 10, 2019, Eric Walters said…
Indeed, I am a Marine--retired after 29 years in 2010 and am now a professor of strategy and operational art for the U.S. Army at their Command and General Staff College, working at the Fort Lee Satellite Campus. Great place to be for quality of life and in the thick of Civil War battlefields! Tons of wargame opponents and opportunities here as well.
At 6:14pm on August 8, 2019, Eric Walters said…
Your favorites sure are classics--I recall with great fondness the SPI Divisional Series, particularly those Eastern Front titles. Also played the heck out of Nap's Last Battles, Caesar: Alesia, and the Russian Campaign (still have all of those!) Am looking forward to retiring from DoD myself in about 3-5 years! I'll have more time for wargaming!
Ah, an old guard wargamer! Welcome aboard, Wayne! Lots of wargamers up in your neck of the woods--(friend of mine and I play up in Columbia where he lives when I can get up there!)
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Dan Snyder calls Washington Post report a 'hit job' after new allegations of misconduct
Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder has denied the accusations of sexual misconduct within the organization during his time as the team's owner. The accusations were published in a lengthy investigative story by the Washington Post on Wednesday.
"The Washington Post article reads like a ‘hit job' relying on unnamed sources and allegations that are largely ten to twenty years old," Snyder said in a statement obtained by ESPN's Adam Schefter. "We attempted to engage with the Washington Post to provide them with the facts, but those facts clearly didn't align with their narrative."
Statement from Dan Snyder in response to the allegations in today's Washington Post: pic.twitter.com/vuvfUAO4q0
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 26, 2020
In the Post story, former cheerleader Tiffany Bacon Scourby alleged that Snyder approached her during a 2004 charitable event and asked her to go join his longtime friend in a hotel room to "get to know each other better."
Additionally, long-time radio play-by-play voice Larry Michael was accused of asking his staff to produce explicit versions of 2008 and 2010 cheerleader calendar shoot videos as "a special project" for Snyder.
Snyder addressed both those incidents in his statement.
"I want to unequivocally state that this never happened," Snyder said. "Ms. Scourby did not report this alleged incident to anyone at the team in 2004, in her 8 years as a cheerleader, or at any time in the past 16 years."
The story from the Washington Post was the second investigative piece published by the newspaper this summer that chronicled sexual harassment within the organization. In July, the Washington Post published a story that contained numerous sexual harassment allegations from 15 former team employees as well as two reporters.
All the executives accused in the July story are no longer with the organization, as Michael abruptly retired the day before the initial Washington Post story came out this summer, while personnel men Alex Santos and Richard Mann II were let go earlier that week.
Since the initial story, Snyder has taken multiple steps to make changes in his organization. The owner hired an independent law firm to take a deep dive into the organization's culture in an effort to improve it.
Snyder also hired former NBC Sports Washington anchor Julie Donaldson to replace Michael. In her new role of Senior VP of Media and Content, Donaldson is the first female to hold an executive position in the NFL. Earlier this month, Snyder hired Jason Wright, who is the first Black team president in the NFL.
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The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association estimates 83% of all the fuel sold in the state currently is E-10, the mixture of 90% gas and 10% ethanol that is priced cheapest at the pump. But a consistent minority of buyers want regular gasoline without added ethanol for various reasons. And a switch by Magellan Midstream Partners, operators of Iowa's largest pipeline system, will make that a more difficult or more expensive option by mid-September. Magellan has notified Iowa retailers that the 87 octane unleaded regular gasoline, which is the most popular alternative to ethanol-blended fuels, won't be sent through the pipeline after September 15.
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Iowa motorists prefer ethanol-blended fuels by a vast majority. The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association estimates 83 percent of all the fuel sold in the state currently is E-10, the mixture of 90 percent gas and 10 percent ethanol that is priced cheapest at the pump. But a consistent minority of buyers want regular gasoline without added ethanol for various reasons. And a switch by Magellan Midstream Partners, operators of Iowa’s largest pipeline system, will make that a more difficult or more expensive option by mid-September. Magellan has notified Iowa retailers that the 87 octane unleaded regular gasoline, which is the most popular alternative to ethanol-blended fuels, won’t be sent through the pipeline after September 15.
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There is also no chance of rescheduling the match because Jordan next plays Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
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Few of India's key players reached late on Friday night, with less than 24 hours before the kick-off time. - H. Vibhu
India's preparation for the AFC Asian Cup could face a stumbling block as its international friendly against Jordan on Saturday risks cancellation.
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Their luggage which includes their kit and playing equipment is yet to reach and is expected to arrive only late on Saturday.
Another batch of players had reached on Thursday, but after an unscheduled diversion to Doha.
The 15-member team is without Sunil Chhetri who pulled out of the friendly due to an ankle injury. Moreover, there is no chance of rescheduling the match because Jordan next plays Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
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Country girl Tara is whisked off to '60s London to become a star, there she is dressed, she is shown off at Chelsea parties, photographed by the best. She meets songwriters, singers, designers, and records her song. And she falls in love - with two men. Behind the buzz and excitement of her success, the bitterness between her elder sister Lucy and her friend Matilda haunts Tara. Their past friendship is broken and among the secrets and the strangeness of both their marriages, the past keeps on reappearing.… (mer)
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I really loved this book. I can't believe how long I had to wait for it after Eva Rice's last book, [b:The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets|259912|The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets|Eva Rice|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388349897s/259912.jpg|870019]. I'm really hungry for more. Rice creates characters that I would like to know myself. When I read her books I feel like I've been pulled into the pages. ( )
sscarllet | Nov 20, 2014 |
There should be a government health warning on the cover of this book, for people with diabetes. The whole thing is just so fantastically saccharine and tied up neatly with little pink bows that I can only pray the author was being ironic. And the London scene of the 1960s is so scantily evoked - limited to a boutique on the King's Road, a Victorian house in Chelsea and Brian Jones at the Marquee Club - that I didn't even get that satisfaction, pardon the pun. About the only part I did enjoy was Lucy's love of old buildings, and even that felt tacked on.
The first few chapters were pleasant enough, sort of Mary Wesley does Pride and Prejudice, but then when the eponymous Tara Jupp is 'discovered' by the record-producing new husband of her sister's friend and catapulted down to London to transformed into 'Cherry Merrywell' (I kid you not), the rot set in. All the sickly-sweet coincidences and nauseating dialogues of self-discovery started me speed-reading through the rest of the book before my teeth started to decay. 'I didn't think people actually said that sort of thing in real life', Tara comments at one point, leading me to suspect that Eva Rice was being intentionally melodramatic. A suspicion reinforced when another character tells her, 'You can't go through life sorting everything out like that. Life isn't sweet like that'. Aha! I thought, this must be a parody of exactly those type of lightweight 'airport' novels, where the teenage girl gets to sing on stage at the Palladium, the traumatized young wife who can't have children helps save the life of her friend's baby, and yes, 'everyone ends up dancing in the arms of their one and only intended love'. Sounds harsh, but those final chapters of vomit-inducing HEAs tipped me over the edge.
Literally the only saving grace is the author's love for old houses, which is bestowed upon Tara's incredibly beautiful sister Lucy to give her an ounce of personality. 'You can see past tomorrow and past yesterday, and you know that one day someone's going to step inside this house and thank God it stayed how it was'. Sadly, about the only plausible ending in the book is that the Chelsea townhouse is demolished, despite Lucy's Photographic Memory for Houses (Trademark) and great personal beauty.
The characters are paper thin, the plodding plot is glued together with a series of unlikely events, and the author's favourite word seems to be 'gulp'. If you can put up with all that for a lot of nudge-nudge references to the Rolling Stones and four completely predictable romances, then you're a braver reader than I (with more time on your hands)! ( )
AdonisGuilfoyle | Oct 11, 2013 |
Take one big happy family; add some horses, a big country manor in Cornwall, plus doses of first love which doesn’t go easily. Shake it up and relocate to London; mix with rock’n’roll and serve with love again. This is the essential recipe for Eva Rice’s new novel, a thick and satisfying feel-good read.
It’s the story of Lucy and Tara, third and sixth of eight children in the Jupp family. Pa is a country vicar, Ma died some years ago. Lucy is a beauty who loves old buildings (Pevsner is her bible), whereas Tara can sing but prefers horses. Sneaking a ride on their neighbour’s steeds and becoming friends with poor little rich girl Matilda, the daughter of the Manor, will change Tara and Lucy’s lives forever, ending up with Tara becoming a pop star at seventeen in the ready-to-swing London of the early 1960s.
Lucy and Tara are strong young women who want to experience life in full. Lucy’s relationship with her husband may be troubled, but Tara’s coming of age and first real romance with photographer Digby, (obviously based on David Bailey) is fun. Matilda continues to feature too, becoming a mainstay in their lives.
This is a big-hearted novel about achieving your dreams, and while it may not spring any big surprises, the characters are rounded and compelling to read about. My only quibble was that it ended just as the 60s were about to really take off, and I’d have loved to read more.
gaskella | Apr 6, 2013 |
I adore Eva Rice's The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, so I was rather excited when I discovered she had finally written another novel.
Something I would have liked to know before I read this: it 's a companion novel, an almost-sequel to The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets.
I was expecting characters from The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets to make subtle cameos, but not for one character to make a substantial appearance, nor for major events from the end of The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets to be discussed at such length. It's not a problem, because I've read The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, I know what happens, but the unexpectedness of it was ... distracting. Once I got over that, I enjoyed this very much.
Ostensibly, The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp is about a vicar's youngest daughter who is heard singing at a wedding and offered an opportunity to make a record in London under the name Cherry Merrywell. She's "plunged" into a 1960s world of "fashion, music and heartache, all in a city were skirts are being hitched as fast as the past is being pulled down", to quote the blurb. And that's a good summary for part of the story.
But it begins in the 1950s. This seems like a slow, meandering beginning if you're expecting 17 year old Tara singing in London. Except this isn't just a prelude to the main event. Tara's experiences growing up are interesting and important, because this story is really about Tara and her oldest sister, how they are affected by their mother's death, and how Tara's obsession with horses and Lucy's obsession with stately homes lead to them befriending Matilda, who lives at Trellanack House. That's the heart of this book, perhaps more than Tara's love of music: Tara's relationship with her sister, Lucy's passion for "Grand Houses", and Lucy's friendship with Matilda.
It's not quite as charming nor as poignant as The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. Tara's London is a bit wilder and less comfortable than Penelope's - and Tara's faced with people who want to rebrand her, turn her into someone else.
Occasionally the story threatens to become melodramatic - but it never does. Despite potential soap opera material, despite the mistakes and misunderstandings and conflict, it presents a positive view of the relationships between sisters and friends and lovers - and a positive view of the characters who make those mistakes. I really liked that.
Tara has seven siblings in total, and I love how she's always talking about them, because they're such an important part of her life. The Jupps are family of strong personalities. Although the trip to London is important for both Tara and Lucy in working out what they want from life, my favourite parts were when they were in Cornwall with the rest of their family, sitting around the kitchen in the Rectory.
I also love Lucy's passion for beautiful old buildings, because it's a passion I share (even if I am much less knowledgeable than Lucy is).
Lucy had a way of talking about these places that made them come alive in blazing colour. "That place won't be standing in two years' time," she predicted. "And we just sit back and watch it all disappear. All that work. All that time spent building something that should last forever."
I thought she was going to cry. ( )
Herenya | Mar 15, 2013 |
This book – set in the 1950s and 1960s, is a charming coming-of-age story. It tells the story of (and is narrated by) Tara Jupp, a young girl who grows up in the shadow of her older sister Lucy’s beauty. However, Tara has one thing that Lucy doesn’t have, and that is a fabulous singing voice. When she is discovered by the record making husband of an old friend, Tara is spirited from her home in Cornwall, to the bright lights of London, where she is transformed into Cherry Merrywell, the city’s latest singing sensation. Tara attends glamorous parties, meets exciting men (falling in love with two of them), and experiences the effect of fame…but will she be able to keep hold of who she really is, or will Tara Jupp be lost forever to Cherry Merrywell?
I was looking forward to reading this book, as I had thoroughly enjoyed Eva Rice’s previous novel, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. In fact, some of the characters from that book are also in this one (but this novel is not a sequel, and you do not have to have read the previous book prior to reading this one). I was glad that I read it – I enjoyed the story a lot.
Tara was an endearing and loveable narrator, and I felt that the author really captured all the pain, pleasure and confusion of being a teenager. I also liked the frustrating but impossible-not-to-like Lucy; and Clover, Tara’s mentor in London.
The feel of the 1960s came through well, and there was a lovely nod to the Rolling Stones, who of course broke onto the scene in spectacular fashion in 1962.
The story flowed beautifully, and although the book came in at over 500 pages, it did not feel like a particularly long novel (and there was no sense of ploughing through it, which I sometimes get with books of that length, if they don’t hold my attention). There were a couple of places where I felt it could have done with a bit of editing – Tara’s age in relation to Lucy seemed to jump about a bit (unless it was me getting confused), and at one point a character was telling a story from his childhood which he said happened when he was three, but in the very next paragraph, it was happening when he was five! However, I should perhaps mention that my copy of the book was a proof copy, and it may well be that these slight errors are not in the finished copy.
Overall, this was a delightful and sweet story of a young girl’s adolescence, lived in extraordinary circumstances. I would recommend it, and I look forward to reading more of Eva Rice’s novels in the future. ( )
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New York officials say a search and rescue aircraft carrying 15 airmen from the 106th Rescue Wing was headed to Fort Hood in Texas on Tuesday. A regional medical plans officer will head to Texas on Thursday to help with the evacuation and transportation of patients from local hospitals. This is in addition to the 104 Airmen already dispatched to the area along with rescue helicopters and watercraft.
The city of Houston has set a new single-storm rainfall record for the continental U-S with more than 50 inches of rain due to Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey.
That's a lot more than the heaviest rainfall amounts ever recorded in Western New York. That from Forecaster Jon Hitchcock with the National Weather Service in Buffalo who says the wettest 5-day period in Western New York resulted from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
Hitchcock says some locations including Olean and Wellsville had upwards of 13-inches of rain. He says Wellsville had a record 13.9-inches from Agnes.
Hitchcock says 50 inches of rainfall in such a short-time in Western New York is not likely because we are not in a tropical environment right off the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Still, the remnants of Agnes caused some of the worst flooding in recorded history across parts of the Southern Tier including Olean, Elmira and Corning.
We are expected to get some rain from the remnants of Harvey by late next weekend.
The price of gasoline in the Jamestown-area has risen sharply late yesterday at some gasoline stations with a number of refineries in southeastern Texas shut-down due to Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey.
While the price had stayed steady the past few days it's gone up 9 to 10 cents a gallon since yesterday morning at some service stations.
The AAA's Fuel Gauge Report said the average price yesterday was still about $2.44 cents a gallon. During the lunch hour we had a chance to check some prices in the area and, some had already gone up to $2.53 and $2.54 a gallon while a few others were still at $2.44 a gallon for regular, unleaded.
Nationally the price was up four-cents to $2.37 a gallon as of late Monday.
Local Congressman Tom Reed has signed-on as a co-sponsor of legislation proposed by another member of the House from western New Yorker he says would guarantee American's second-amendment rights.
The Corning Republican adds that the Second Amendement Guarantee Act would also make New York's controverial SAFE Act null-and-void.
The Corning Republican said Tuesday that he has signed onto the legislation authored by Clarence Republican Chris Collins.
Reed says he believes the issue of gun violence can be addressed in other ways than restricting gun rights and, the focus needs to be on mental health and, violent criminal activity. He has often discussed the need to deal with Mental Illness issues better as opposed to limiting access to guns. He calls this a protective measure and feels that an attack against citizen's Second-Amendment is "not the right way" to go.
The SAFE Act otherwise known as the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act was proposed by Governor Cuomo in 2013 in the wake of the mass shooting deaths of more than two-dozen people, mostly young children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. So far it has withstood court challenges.
Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan has now held the first two of three public hearings on a county-wide shared services plan.
Horrigan held the first hearing at the Fredonia Technology Incubator in Dunkirk and, the second was last night at the county's EMS Office in Mayville. He says turnout was light for the first one but there was generally positive feedback about a proposal to look at the consolidation of the County's court system from those involved. He says people want some more information though.
Horrigan says he is outlining the current proposals they have and, the final hearing will be tonight in Jamestown at the BWB Building on West Third Street. Horrigan says it'll begin in the second-floor conference room at 6:30 p.m.
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Local Congressman Tom Reed says he supports President Trump's decision to go to Texas while rescue and relief efforts are still on-going.
The president was in both Austin and the Corpus Christi area yesterday where he called Hurricane, now Tropical Storm Harvey a storm of "epic proportion."
Congressman Reed earlier Tuesday said his "thoughts, prayers, and support" go to the people of Houston and, surrounding area.
Reed says he doesn't believe it's "too early" for the president to be in Texas adding that knowing the president, "he wants to be hands-on and, on the ground." Preliminarily the recovery effort was expected to cost at least $3-billion. However, the Corning Republican says this has been an "unprecidented storm" and, he believes Congress will provide the needed emergency funding once members return from their August break.
The president received an update from Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others Tuesday. Reed made his comments for his weekly telephone conference call with Southern Tier Media.
While prices shot up across parts of the country in the wake of Hurricane Harvey blasting the southeast Texas coast the cost for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline in the Jamestown-area is holding steady this week.
The AAA's Fuel Gauge Report says today that the average, local price was down. slightly to $2.43.9 this week.
AAA says it's the sixth-straight week that prices have held steady in the region. The Fuel Gauge reports that prices are relatively stable throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.
Nationally the price is up to $2.37 a gallon this week which is four-cents more than last week.
Sinclairville woman being treated for injuries following head-on accident in Kiantone.
A Sinclairville woman escaped serious injury yesterday morning when she swerved to avoid a deer in the town of Kiantone and, her car went off the road and struck a utility pole head-on.
Sheriff's officers say 55 year-old Lori Swift was northbound on Peck-Settlement Road about 7:30 a.m. when her car went off the road, and hit the National Grid pole.
Deputies say Swift was treated at the scene by an Allstar Ambulance crew and, was taken to UPMC Chautauqua WCA Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. No charges were filed.
A 21.5% increase in student enrollment at the State University of New York College at Fredonia has left college officials pleased with the results of new recruitment efforts.
College Council Chair Frank Pagano says he is thrilled with the efforts and says they are picking up more students from the downstate area.
Pagano says they hired a recruiter to get more students from the New York Metro-area as well as Long Island. He says SUNY at Fredonia is also responding more quickly to student applications.
At one point he says it was nearly two-weeks before university got back to prospective students. He says that's now been cut to five-days from the time the college receives the application to the student being notified of acceptance.
A former mayor of Fredonia, Pagano says the increase in enrollment is bringing new excitement to the campus. The university is the largest employer in the Dunkirk-Fredonia and remains a key player in the region's economy.
Criticism of the city of Jamestown's plan to annex the Dow Street Substation continued during Monday night's privledge of the floor at the city council's voting session.
City resident Chris Gardner continued to ask who pushed for the annexation in the beginning and, who supported it. Gardner says the move will have a significant tax impact on the village of Falconer town of Ellicott and Falconer School District.
While the BPU voted to petition city council for the annexation he insisted that BPU staff he's talked to said they didn't "push for it." Gardner adds that he feels it's "politically motivated."
Another resident Ravin Mason of Lovell Avenue had a dozen questions she felt city council should answer in their own minds before voting one was what kind of financial straits would the loss of $7.5-milion in assessment have on these smaller municipalities?
She adds that this would add to the loss of taxable property due to the major apartment, commercial building fire in downtown Falconer late last Winter.
Members of the Jamestown City Council and Mayor Sam Teresi celebrated the more than 30-year career of retiring Director of Finance and City Clerk James Olson at the end of Monday night's Council meeting.
Teresi was joined by lawmakers in presenting a special plaque to Olson. Olson returned to city government after a short hiatus when Teresi began his tenure as Mayor in 2000.
However Teresi says their friendship dates back to when Teresi interned at City Hall with former Mayor Steven Carlson and, Olson was Carlson's Executive Assistant at the time.
The mayor says he understood that Olson had a hard decision to make in retiring because his head was telling him he needed to take his new opportunity, but, his heart wanted to be with city government.
That opportunity is the chance to work full-time with a local accounting and tax preparation firm. Olson's final day will be Thursday, Aug. 31. He'll be replaced by Jamestown-area attorney Todd Thomas who will become the city's new Director of Administrative Services and City Clerk on Sept. 1.
City officials in Jamestown are pleased to see the state's Department of Environmental Conservation approve the city council as lead agency for the final process of annexing four-acres of land in the village of Falconer and, town of Ellicott.
With that city council last night gave final approval to the annexation of land the Board of Public Utilities' Dow Street Substation is located on. The DEC issued it's ruling late last week and, notified the city late last Friday.
With that, lawmakers approved three measures accepting the DEC's approval as well as the final two phases of an Environmental Assessment Form stating that the annexation would have no "negative impact" on the environment.
Mayor Sam Teresi says the DEC ruling can't be challenged but, he says the city's environmental assessment could be in the state's Appellate Division. Teresi says once they got e-mail confirmation of the approval by the DEC last Friday they began drafting resolutions for last night's meeting.
The city had been waiting for the DEC Commissioner to sign-off on the measure so lawmakers could vote on approving the annexation of land. The annexation must now must be voted on by the Falconer village and, Ellicott town boards.
Teresi says if either one rejects the annexation the matter will go to court.
Jamestown city leaders last night celebrated a more than 30-year career in the city and, said a fond farewell to retiring Director of Finance and City Clerk James Olson.
Mayor Sam Teresi was joined by council members in presenting a special plaque to Olson at the end of last night's meeting.
Olson returned to city government after a short hiatus when Teresi began his tenure as Mayor in 2000. However Teresi says their friendship dates back to when Teresi interned at City Hall with former Mayor Steven Carlson and, Olson was Carlson's Executive Assistant at the time.
Teresi adds that Olson will remain a member of two boards and commissions that he is a member of, as he becomes a full-time employee of a local accounting firm. He also acknowledged that Olson was having a fight between his head and his heart over the decision to retire especially over the past month.
Olson will be replaced by Jamestown-area attorney Todd Thomas who will become the city's new Director of Administrative Services and City Clerk on September 1st.
The New York State Department of Transportation has reportedly rescinded approvals for the massive roundabout project that's been planned for the Route 20 and Route 60 intersection in the town of Pomfret.
That's the word from an area business that filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court.
McDonald's restaurant Owner/Operator Enrico Francani challenged the DOT's determination that the roundabout project is not subject to an environmental impact review in state law. As a result the State DOT has agreed to undertake the required environmental review.
Attorney Adam Walters represents Francani and believed more review is needed and that the initial decision was "a mistake." With that, they filed the lawsuit, and the DOT rescinded all the approvals.
Walters says the lawsuit also highlighted changes that would adversely impact the franchise. He says both of their entrances would be cut off by medians for the roundabout which he says will have a "significant impact on the business."
We have also reached out to the State DOT's Regional Office in Buffalo for comment but, have not received a response at this time.
The American Red Cross is again on the scene of a major, national disaster this time the Houston, Texas region that's been devastated by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey.
That from Western and Central New York Red Cross Disaster Officer Ken Turner who says their hearts go out to the millions of victims in the region.
Turner says the western part of the region alone has sent 33 volunteers to help staff shelters, and assist people with emergency provisions. He says five are from Western New York and, one is Silver Creek's Ron Chwojdak.
Turner says the Red Cross effort is truly "Americans helping Americans." He says the number of volunteers is by no means final because the Red Cross is likely to be in the Houston area for the next several weeks providing assistance.
Turner says if people would like to help the effort you can mail a check to the American Red Cross. You can also text to "Harvey at #90999". You can also call the Red Cross at 1800-RED CROSS.
Investigators in the north county are continuing to look into why a Dunkirk man was sitting between the rails of the CSX Rail line last Friday when he was struck by an eastbound train.
That from City Police Chief David Ortolano who released the name of the victim late yesterday morning. Ortolano says 27 year-old John Sharp was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident which occured about 8:30 p.m. above the South Roberts Road overpass.
Ortolano says they didn't release Sharp's name immediately because they had difficulty reaching relatives and, notifying them. The Chautauqua County Coroner's Office has also been involved in the investigation.
New York has 31 new environmental conservation officers and nine new forest rangers.
The Department of Environmental Conservation says they all graduated from the agency's 21st Basic School for Uniformed Officers and received diplomas Friday in Pulaski.
The academy ran for 28 weeks with training and coursework in environmental conservation law, physical conditioning, firearms, wildlife identification, search and rescue, wildfire suppression and other skills.
Across the state in 2016, environmental conservation officers responded to over 26,000 calls and issued 22,000 tickets for crimes ranging from deer poaching to corporate toxic dumping and illegal mining.
The investigation is continuing into a train/pedestrian accident that claimed a life in the city of Dunkirk Friday night.
Dunkirk Police Chief David Ortolano says a Dunkirk man lost is life after being hit by a CSX freight train above the South Roberts Road overpass shortly before 8:30 p.m. Ortolano says they have notified next of kin and can released the name.
The man is identified as 27 year-old John Sharp of Dunkirk. He says they are still trying to find out why Sharp was on the tracks.
Ortolano was sitting between the rails when he was struck by the eastbound train. He says Dunkirk Police are continuing the investigation with the Chautauqua County Coroner's Office and CSX Police.
The American Red Cross is again on the scene of a major, national disaster this time the Houston, Texas region that's been devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
That from Regional Red Cross Disaster Office Ken Turner who says their hearts go out to the millions of victims in the region.
Turner says the western and central New York Region alone has sent 33 volunteers to help staff shelters, and assist people with emergency provisions. He says five are from the western part of the region including Ron Chwojdak of Silver Creek.
Turner says they are helping in "mass care" sheltering. He says the number of volunteers is by no means final because the Red Cross is likely to be in the Houston area for the next several weeks providing assistance.
The American Red Cross and officials from Chautauqua County are urging people to know and understand the need to have working smoke detectors in your home as well as a disaster escape plan.
Red Cross Regional Disaster Officer Ken Turner was at the Jamestown Chapter House Monday morning to announce their "Sound the Alarm" campaign begins on Sept. 23 and runs through Oct. 15.
Turner says there have been 35 such instances in Western New York this past year and, he says the Red Cross is ready to help residents put in working smoke detectors and develop and evacuation plan. He says if the alarms are not operable they will replace them at no cost to the homeowner. He says they will also have people to help with creating home evacuation plans.
Turner pointed out that the local Red Cross prevention efforts since 2014 have saved, directly and indirectly some 270 lives in Western New York. That's included 19 over the past year.
One was where a woman living in an apartment house was awakened by a working smoke detector in her apartment and, she managed to wake up her fellow tenants so they could get out safely. For more information call 1-800-RED CROSS or go to their website.
A city man is jailed without bail for allegedly being a fugitive from justice and, for being in possession of illegal narcotics during a traffic stop early Sunday morning in Jamestown.
City police say a patrol stopped the vehicle at the corner of North Main and First Streets about 1:30 a.m. for a violation. However, officers say the front seat passenger, 29 year-old David Talyor, was found to be wanted on a warrant in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
Police say they found a quantity of marijuana in Taylor's possession when he was taken into custody. They say they also found some crushed prescription pills on the back seat and floor of the patrol car.
Taylor faces charges including Felony fugitive from justice tampering with physical evidence and, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was arraigned... and, sent to the county lock-up pending extradiction.
Chautauqua Institution's new President, Michael Hill, brought his first season to a close Sunday night.
Saying it was a 'remarkable' summer he charged Chautauquans to 'take it home.' He says the power of Chautauqua is bringing all that's at Chautauqua "home with us."
Hill also talked about his focus to make Chautauqua a more diverse place in the future including a new diversity program and officer... and, advisory council on diversity and inclusion. He also promised more opportunity for local residents particularly young people in the off-season, and pledged to develop a 'business center' at Chautauqua by next summer.
That center would assist people who need to bring their work with them when they come during Chautauqua's nine-week program.
Hill made his 'three taps' closing address to around 700 people in attendance at the final Sacred Song Service of the summer Sunday night.
A new study shows that the 25 million people who live among the Appalachian mountains have struggled to keep up with the health gains of the rest of the country, falling behind in nearly every major public health indicator.
The report released late last week shows the 13-state region lags the rest of the country in 33 out of 41 public health indicators, including seven of the leading 10 causes of death in the United States.
Deaths by poisoning, which include drug overdoses, were 37% higher than the rest of the country, a testament to the opioid addiction crisis.
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Ortolano says person hit by train dies on CSX tracks in Dunkirk Friday night...
There's been another fatal train accident in along the Lake Erie Shoreline in Chautauqua County. One person was killed after getting struck by a train in the city of Dunkirk Friday night. Dunkirk Police Chief Dave Ortolano says Dunkirk Police and Fire responded to the CSX rail line above the South Roberts Road overpass a little before 8:30 p.m. Ortolano says patrols and fire crews were called to the area above the CSX overpass. He says the male victim was reportedly sitting between the rails and was struck by an eastbound CSX freight train... and, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are withholding the name of the victim pending notification of family. This is the second time in as many days that a person died in a train accident in Chautauqua County. State Police say 58-year-old Marilyn Triana died after her Sports Utility Vehicle got hit by a train in Ripley on Thursday.
Jamestown man arrested in West Ellicott for allegedly trafficking narcotics...
A city man is jailed without bail for allegedly being found in possession of a significant amount of illegal drugs, and a loaded hand-gun that was reported stolen, during a traffic stop this past Thursday night. Sheriff's deputies say they and members of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force located and arrested 29 year-old Allen Yarbrough while he was driving in a parking lot at 945 Fairmount Ave. in West Ellicott. Officers say Yarbrough was sought on one count of Felony criminal contempt. During the investigation... Task Force members got a search warrant... and, found him with about 12 grams of uncut heroin... a half-an ounce of Methamphetamine... 100 hydrocodone tablets... and, 21 dosage units of Suboxone. They also found the stolen hand-gun... and, packaging materials and scales. With that... Yarbrough will be arraigned at a later date on charges including five counts of third-degree criminal possession of a Controlled Substance... fourth-degree criminal possession... and, second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon. Yarbrough was sent to the county lock-up... and, deputies add additional charges are pending.
Reed announces reintroducting HELP Act to help prosecute those involved in dealing Heroin laced with other substances...
A law that would stiffen penalties for drug dealers who sell -- or cut Heroin and other drugs with other deadly substances -- has been re-introduced in Congress. That from Local Representative Tom Reed... who has again filed the Help Ensure Lives are Protected -- or HELP -- Act in Washington, D-C. The Corning Republican says the law would allow prosecutors to seek life in prison... or the death penalty... if someone knowingly sells Heroin laced with Fentanyl... and it results in an overdose death. Reed has met the family of several people who died from overdose... including Kim Carlson of Jamestown, whose son, Alex Foulk, died of an overdose of Heroin laced with Fentanyl... nearly two years ago. He says he wants to see the legislation taken up in September. Reed says he is looking for someone to co-sponsor the Help Ensure Lives are Protected Act in the U-S Senate. He made his comments during his weekly telephone conference call with Southern Tier Media.
Teresi appoints Todd Thomas to replace Olson in new position...
Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi has named a practicing attorney from Chautauqua County as his new Director of Administrative Services -- and City Clerk -- beginning September 1st. Teresi says his appointment of Todd Thomas to replace the retiring Jim Olson will take place at next Monday night's City Council voting session. Olson will step down as the current Director of Financial Services/City Clerk next Thursday, Aug. 31. Teresi says he's looking forward to having Thomas joined their administrative team. He says Thomas has "very large foot prints" to fill... but, adds he's confident that "given his background, skill set and past experience, Todd will be up to the challenge." Thomas and his wife, Lana, live in Jamestown. Due to the change in title to reflect the new bredth and scope of the position... Teresi says there will also have to be a charter change voted on by the city council.
City woman arrested for allegedly leaving 1-year-old alone to wander outside...
A Jamestown woman is jailed after her one-year-old child was found -- alone -- chasing a small dog on the city's eastside Friday afternoon. City police were called to the scene at 86 Falconer Street shortly before 3 p.m., where they found an uninvolved person holding the child. The woman told police the child was alone... and, was running towards the street. Police began talking with neighbors... and, located the child's mother -- 20 year-old Katlin DiDomenico -- inside her house. Officers learned DiDomenico hadn't noticed that the toddler had wandered off for at least 5-minutes. Police went to arrested her for endangering the welfare of a child. However... once handcuffed... DiDomenico tried to pull away... and, was additionally charged with resisting arrest. The one-year-old child was turned over to a family member.
Young announces $5-Million in funding for new passing landes on Route 60 between Cassadaga and Gerry...
There will be new passing lanes along a busy and dangerous stretch of Route 60 between Gerry and Cassadaga... thanks to the efforts of State Senator Cathy Young. Young was at the Chautauqua County Public Facilties headquarters in Falconer yesterday to announce that she was able to obtain $5-million in capital funding for the effort. The Olean Republican says she's "very, very pleased" that the Senate could negotiate the funding to improve that important 12-mile stretch of roadway. Young adds that Route 60 is "very, very important" to the local economy as well. Young adds that the state Department of Transporation will do a study to find where the best places are to put in passing lanes. State Assemblyman Andy Goodell the project will improve traffic flow.
A Ripley woman was killed late yesterday afternoon when her Sports Utility Vehicle was struck by a CSX train at the Goodrich Street crossing in the town of Ripley.
State Police in Fredonia say the accident occured around 4 p.m. when the southbound SUV driven by 58 year-old Marillyn Triana, drove into the path of the train and, was struck.
Troopers say the train was westbound at the time of the crash. State Police say Triana was prounnced dead at the scene. The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
A Jamestown man will spend 10 years in federal prison for trying to traffic 500 grams or more of cocaine from his residence in Ashville and, two vehicles he owned.
Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy, Junior announced Thursday afternoon that 32 year-old Taylor Larson received the sentence from U-S District Court Judge Lawrence Vilardo.
The Assisant U-S Attorney who prosecuted the case says Jamestown police and members of the U-S Drug Enforcement Administration raided Laron's residence on Keller Road in Ashville and, searched his 2015 Saab-sedan and Jeep Liberty.
During the search of the residence, officers found about 21 grams of cocaine in an upstairs bedroom, material to package the drug. They say another 36 grams of cocaine was found inside the Saab, and approximately 286 grams of cocaine was found inside the Jeep. They also found another 300 grams of cocaine inside and vacant apartment behind the home.
Two Jamestown-area high schools have merged programs to create a new and very unique marching band for the Fall Season. Falconer and Frewsburg have combined to form the new F2CS the "Blue and Gold Vanguard" band.
Former Frewsburg Band Director Alicia Laska says their band folded about 10 years ago due to lack of interest. However, Laska says she was recently contacted by administrators about establishing a combined band. She says it's been a lot of work and, the kids now seem to be forming bonds.
Last week during band camp, one of the Frewsburg kids was doing "something dorky" and one of the student leaders from Falconer yelled at him. With that she said to herself, "we're where we're supposed to be."
It's not been unusual to see local high school football teams combine forces to put out a team. However it may take some time for a cohesive team to form.
Laska says their program this year is called "Time and Space" and, includes music from the original "Star Trek" series and, the follow-up Star Trek: Next Generation."
Three public hearings will be held next week around Chautauqua County on a proposed shared services plan that was outlined by County Executive Vince Horrigan during Wednesday night's legislature meeting.
Horrigan says the plan includes many of the projects included in the county's application for the 20-million dollar Municipal Consolidation and Government Efficiency Competition.
After the meeting Horrigan spoke about the plan that contained a new proposal a study on the county's court system, and whether that can be better consolidated.
Horrigan also spoke about the competition for the $20 million dollars in state assistance. He doesn't believe that one winner will take all and, adds that state officials made a recent visit.
Horrigan says they wanted to know more about the projects and, what level of funding is available for them. As for the Shared Services Plan Horrigan says the hearings will be held at the University Incubator in Dunkirk on Tuesday evening, August 29th the county's EMS Building in Mayville on Wednesday, August 30th and, at the BWB Building in Jamestown on Thursday, August 31st. All three hearings will begin at 6:30 p.m.
A Chautauqua County man is under arrest in Warren County, Pennsylvania for allegedly stealing several items including credit cards that he used at local stores from a pick-up truck in Sheffield Township.
State Police in Warren say they wrapped up a lengthy investigation with the arrest of 34 year-old Jacob Keys of Mayville.
Keys is accused of stealing the credit cards cash and, a 40-calibur hand-gun during the overnight hours of May 29 of this year.
Troopers say Keys is also accused of using the stolen credit cards at two stores in Warren County. He's being held on theft charges pending further court action.
Final preparations are being made for the 38th annual Labor Day Festival at Jamestown's Bergman Park.
The festival committee met for the final time Thursday afternoon at the park to go over details and, finalize plans for the city's annual "End of Summer" Bash.
City Parks and Recreation Coordinator Julia Ciesla-Hanley says they're excited about the chance to provide a big celebration that starts shortly before Noon and, runs until 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3. She says it's a day of food, fun, activities, and fireworks.
Ciesla-Hanley says the day will actually start with the annual Dan Feather 5K Run/Walk at 9:30 a.m. on Baker Street with registration beginning at 8 a.m. She adds that more than 20 craft's vendors from across the area will take part along with several food vendors.
Ciesla-Hanley says there will again be two music stages for the Labor Day Festival with Two for Flinching again closing out the day on the Main Stage from 7 to 8:30 when the fireworks show begins.
Chautauqua County will be joining several others across New York state in a lawsuit against major drug manufacturers seeking the recovery of damages from the opioid epidemic.
County legislators last night approved a resolution authorizing the litigation by a 19-nothing vote. County Executive Vince Horrigan compares this legal action to the lawsuits that led to a settlement with tobacco companies in the 1990s especially when you look at the magnitude of the health issued caused and the number of people affected.
Horrigan says that County Attorney Steve Abdella has selected a downstate law firm that is handling similar lawsuits with other counties. He says they looked at three different law firms, and adds it won't cost anything for the county to join with 11 to 12 others who have filed suit.
Information included in the resolution that cleared the County Legislature indicated that there were 21 confirmed overdose deaths in the county last year.
Five people are jailed for allegedly being in possession of small quantities of Crystal Methamphetime during a raid at an apartment on Jamestown's eastside Wednesday.
JPD Captain Bob Samuelson says members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force and state Police C-NET Team executed a search warrant on the basement apartment at 20 Bush Street about 1:45 p.m.
Samuelson says police suspected the residence was being used for drug trafficking. He says task force members spotted one person, 50 year-old Delbert Clark flee the scene.
Samuelson says Clark was caught following a several-block long foot chase and found him with a small amount of Meth and, a CO2 Pistol. He says police arrested four others inside the apartment, including Heather Diaz and Jeffrey Rigerman both 33, 24 year-old Cassandra Cole, and an unidentified 18 year-old.
Samuelson says all five face charges including aeventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child because two small children were found inside the apartment. Rigerman is jailed on $12,000 cash bail, Cole on $6,000, and Diaz on $2,500 bail.
About 60 people turned out for a community forum on poverty that was held in Dunkirk Wednesday afternoon.
Local Congressman Tom Reed was among the panelists who took part during the forum held by Chautauqua Opportunities, Incorporated. The Corning Republican believes there is a need to change the way the nation is fighting poverty, giving local organizations such as COI more flexibility.
Reed says the U.S. has a history of spending trillions of dollars on the "War on Poverty" but, haven't gotten the results they should. He says the added flexibility will help organizations, like COI, put resources towards what works.
Reed spoke about legislation he reintroduced earlier this year, the Help Americans in Need Develop their Ultimate Potential or HAND-Up Act. The proposal would give states the flexibility to change how agencies administer social welfare programs. He also spoke about tax reform and the work of the Problem Solvers Caucus, which he co-chairs.
COI Executive Roberta Keller believes the forum has an important purpose because "so many things are changing" and most have a big impact on people living in poverty.
A North East, Pennsylvania area man who allegedly broke into a Ripley home last weekend has been arrested in Franklin, Pennsylvania after police there found his abandoned vehicle nearby.
Sheriff's deputies say a "Be on the Look-Out" alert was put out to all area agencies regarding the arrest warrant issued for 59 year-old Joseph Leone.
Officers say Leone allegedly burglarized the localtion at 10-550 Route 20 last Saturday. His vehicle was found along a road in Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania late Tuesday and, a short time later he was found in Franklin, and, arrested.
Leone is currently awaiting extradition back to Chautauqua County on charges of third-degree grand larceny and, criminal mischief.
Gasoline prices in Chautauqua County are holding steady again for the fifth-consecutive week dropping 3/10ths a cent this week over last.
That from the AAA's Fuel Gauge Report which says the price is still $2.44 a gallon for regular, unleaded fuel. Gas prices are cheaper in all states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on the week with the exception of New York, where gas prices remained stable.
The price drop goes hand-in-hand with the region's latest gasoline inventory trend where there's been a 'sizeable' build. Nationally AAA says the average price is down two cents to $2.33 a gallon.
There are several coffee shops across the Greater Jamestown-area but, one in the downtown area not only serves different kinds but, also roasts the bean right there on the premesis.
City officials and leaders with the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation joined with owners Michael and Sarah Bigney to cut the ribbon Wednesday on the Crown Street Roasting Company at 16 West Third Street.
New JRC Executive Director Lisa Hatch said she was "excited" about the official opening because coffee houses are usually good economic indicators.
Sarah Bigney says Michael has roasted his own coffee for several years and, that led to opening the new business. She says they've been open since August 1st and, adds they've been well-received by the community.
Mayor Sam Teresi says having Crown Street open helps make downtown a "really, really cool place" to be with so many young, entrepreneurs coming into the downtown area. The Bigney's say they are open Mondays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and, Saturday's 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. They can be found on-line and, on Facebook and Instagram.
The Jamestown man who admitted to killing his wife and step-son in early December of 2015 has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison on two counts of first-degree manslaughter.
That from Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson who says 53 year-old Allen Witruke received the concurrent sentences from Acting County Court Judge James Bargnesi Tuesday morning.
Swanson says Witruke pled guilty to both counts back on May 4th. Swanson says "today, with the family of Eric Washburn and Catherine Witruke present, closure in the matter came in the form of concurrent 20 year sentences."
In addition Swanson says the judge also sentenced Witruke to five-years of supervised released. He also praised the police and investigators involved in the case.
Swanson says Sheriff's Department deputies went to 235 Barrows St. in Jamestown the morning of Dec. 8, 2015 to perform an eviction and discovered the bodies of Catherine Witruke and her son.
Allen Witruke had beaten and stabbed Eric Washburn to death and stabbed Catherine to death. He then fled to Olean where other family members lived before being located by Olean Police.
Local Congressman Tom Reed is among those applauding President Donald Trump's speech Monday night focusing on needs and conditions instead of an arbitrary timeline in Afghanistan.
Reed is reacting to the president's address in which he reassured the government in Afghanistan of U-S support in dealing with terrorism and the Taliban.
The war and conflict in the Middle Eastern nation has been going on for 16 years now and, Reed says it's refreshing to see the president listening to his military advisors. He says "we need to respect the advice of our generals and advisors" and, it's important to get us out of the "quagmire of the last 16 years."
Reed says he knew what the president was going to say before Monday night's prime-time speech because the Corning Republican received a call from the White House telling him what the president was doing to address. He believes that's important to keeping lawmakers unified on this policy. Reed made his comments during his weekly telephone conference call with Southern Tier Media.
Prosecutors in western New York say they're investigating allegations that representatives of the Indian tribe that runs three casinos in the region eavesdropped on employees of the state Gaming Commission.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office in Buffalo confirms Tuesday that it's investigating allegations by commission workers who say they were eavesdropped by the Seneca Gaming Authority.
The Senecas operate casinos in downtown Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca.
Spectrum News in Buffalo first reported Monday that a listening device was found last year by commission officials in an office the agency leases from the Senecas at the tribe's Buffalo casino.
Seneca officials say the investigation involves a Seneca employee but provided no details.
The allegations come amid testy relations between the Cuomo administration and the Senecas over the tribe's halting of payments of millions of dollars in casino revenue to the state.
City officials in Jamestown are still awaiting word from the state Department of Environmental Conservation on whether it will name the city as lead agency for the process of annexing about four-acres of land in the village of Falconer.
The City Council was updated on the process of trying to obtain the property the Board of Public Utilities' Dow Street Substation is located on by Mayor Sam Teresi during Monday night's work session.
Teresi says the Falconer Village and, Ellicott Town Boards have objected to the city being lead agency but, adds all three parties could hear back from the DEC "any day now." He says the DEC's decision needs to be rendered shortly because all three boards have to vote on the proposed annexation within 90-days of the June 12 public hearing held at Falconer Middle-High School. He says the city is already preparing for the second phase of an environmental assessment which he says should be fairly "straight-forward."
The city began looking into the annexation after the BPU requested it back in January. City officials say the move would save about $325,000 in taxes paid out. But the village, town and Falconer School District will lose significant tax payments.
Interim Jamestown School Superintendent Sylvia Root says she's enjoyed her work and, the people in the district but, it's time to turn the reigns over to the new, permanent superintendent.
Root attended her final school board meeting last night at Washington Middle School and is wraping up a six-month stay in the district.
New superintendent Bret Apthorpe begins work in the district a week from Friday, Sept. 1. Root expressed her appreciation to the board and administrators for their help in doing what she needed to during her short tenure. She did admit to one surprise during her time as interim superintendent that being the incredible support the district gets from the community at-large and, various organizations such as the Chautauqua Striders. She says there are also individuals that provide a lot of help and support.
Root says she has been working closely with Apthorpe to make sure he's up to date on what's happening in the district. She says classes start in the Jamestown district on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
Authorities say a 4-year-old boy who plunged off a cliff into a western New York gorge with his parents has internal injuries, multiple fractures and a head injury.
Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard said Monday that Alexander Green is listed in guarded condition in the intensive care unit at Women's and Children's Hospital in Buffalo.
That's an improvement from the day before, when he was listed in critical condition. His parents, William and Amanda Green, of Buffalo, were found dead Sunday in the Zoar Valley Gorge.
Alexander was found with them. Rescuers discovered a discarded sneaker that was too big for the 4-year-old.
A couple of hours later, they found the couple's 7-year-old Jacob wandering around. The sheriff says Jacob has a broken right arm and ankle and is in good condition.
Western New York was not in the direct path of yesterday's total solar eclipse that was viewed by millions of people from the west to the east coast yesterday.
However, that didn't bother nearly 2,000 people who attended a viewing party held at the SUNY College at Fredonia Monday afternoon. Those turning out saw about 73% of the sun covered.
College Council Chairman Frank Pagano, a former mayor of Fredonia, was among those taking in the view and was pleased with the turnout. SUNY at Fredonia President Virginia Horvath also attended the event and, called it "historic" for the college and the community.
Dr. Michael Dunham, Assistant Professor with the University's Physics Department, says you don't see a partial solar eclipse every day. He also had some good news about another viewing opportunity coming up in a few years.
A total eclipse is expected in early April of 2024 that will pass over Western New York.
The viewing party was held in the field behind the Science Center. Mostly clear skies allowed attendees to get a good view of the eclipse.
State leaders have now signed off on a local law that would allow the city of Jamestown to provide an 11-year property tax exemption on owner-occupied homes that have been rehabilitated or newly-built in the city.
Mayor Sam Teresi announced the approval during last night's city council work session adding that the measure was originally developed by City Councilwoman Marie Carubba.
Teresi says Carubba patterned the program after one in her hometown of Batavia and, would exempt rehabilitated one or two-family homes or new ones on existing building lots. He emphasized this only applied to city taxes, not county nor school taxes.
Teresi says that was done for those taxes several years ago for new owner-occupied properties. He says the measure has been approved by both the state Senate and Assembly and, was recently signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Teresi says the local law would only be for small cities in New York state that have a population of 31,000 to 32,000 residents. He says the program would exempt 100-percent of the taxes in each of the first three years... then 80-percent for the next two years. Teresi says it would drop to 20-percent in years 10 and 11... and, the exemption would be gone by the 12th-year.
A preliminary hearing is set for this Friday morning for a Jamestown man accused of murdering a neighbor in their eastside apartment house early last Saturday morning.
Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson says he was called to the scene at 508-to-512 East Sixth Street shortly before 5 AM Saturday in connection with the incident. However while they were neighbors Swanson says the relationship between 51 year-old Michael Korzeniewski and victim Michael Bull is not yet fully known. He also says Bull died at the scene from blunt-force trauma to the head.
Otherwise Swanson declined to discuss many specifics about the murder case. He did praise the work of city police for their quick arrest in the case. Police say Bull was found laying face down in a driveway between two cars when they arrived.
A Brocton man is jailed on $2,000 cash bail for allegedly manufacturing Methamphetamine at a location where he was found on two active police warrants.
Sheriff's deputies say they were looking for 26 year-old Steven Seavy when they found him at a home on East Main Street last weekend.
Officers say during the course of Seavy's arrest they found precursors for making Methamphetamine as well as various drug paraphernalia.
Seavy was detained on a new arrest warrant issued in Brocton Village Court. He's been arraigned on charges of third-degree unlawful manufacture of Methamphetamine criminally using drug parapherenalia resisting arrest, and others. He was sent to the county lock-up.
The first year president at Chautauqua Institution says his first Summer Season in the top post has been a "whirlwind" experience.
Those are the feelings of Michael Hill who was installed as the institution's 18th President at the beginning of the year. During our Chautauqua Now broadcast yesterday, Hill told our Dennis Webster it's "one of the most unique jobs in the world." He talked about the high-lights to the season noting the institution had it's third-largest number of visitors on record during the week-six theme on "Comedy and the Human Condition" where they partnered with the National Comedy Center during the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.
Hill spoke as Week-Nine on "our changing relationship with Food" began. He says it's a job that is part-time small town mayor, part-time university president, preacher, and teacher. Hill says it's great to have such a strong team in place at Chautauqua which helps the nine-week season go as smoothly as possible.
Chautauqua President Michael Hill's first season coincides with the first-season for the new Chautauqua Amphitheater and, so far there have been few if an problems with the new, larger facility.
That from Hill Monday morning during our Chautauqua Now broadcast. He says it's been an incredible transformation for the amp which was nothing more than a "dirt pit and organ chamber" when he first arrived last Fall.
Hill praised the institution staff and, project manager Ciminelli Construction for all the work they did to get the project completed. He adds they're still on site to conclude finishing work.
A city man is jailed without bail for allegedly killing another man who was found laying face down in a driveway on Jamestown's eastside early last Saturday morning.
City Police Lieutenant Fred DeGolier says officers were called to the area of 508 to 512 East Sixth Street about 4:45 a.m., and, found the victim, Michael Bull laying between two cars.
DeGolier says their investigation found that Bull had died from blunt force trauma. He says officers arrested 51 year-old Micheal Korzeniewski for second-degree murder.
Korzeniewski was arraigned and, sent to the county jail without bail. The Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office and the county's Forensic Investigation Team are also involved in the investigation.
One person has died, while two others were hurt in a one-car rollover crash on Route 242 in the Cattaraugus County Town of Little Valley early last weekend.
Sheriff's deputies in Little Valley say they were called to the scene shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday and, found one person, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers say the county coroner was called to the scene and, the other two victims were taken to a local hospital for treatment. No names are being released pending notification of relatives. The accident remains under investigation.
Expect to see stepped up enforcement of the use of crosswalks in downtown Fredonia once the state Department of Transporation finishes work on the "Complete Streets" program in the village.
Police Chief Brad Meyers says more cross-walks have been added after repaving Route 20 through the village and, he says the department will be stepping up enforcement.
Meyers say bike lanes and the crosswalks have been added, and with that they will also be enforcing people crossing in the cross-walks as well. He says that signs will be added to crosswalks that are not located at intersections where traffic lights are in operation, although drivers will have to keep an eye out for the signs once they are installed. He says those without traffic lights will have signage leading up to them, then right at the crosswalk itself.
Meyers expects the State DOT to complete the work within the next one to two weeks. New York State law requires motorists to stop for pedestrians using crosswalks.
Police in western New York say two adult hikers from Buffalo died and one of their children was hurt after falling from a cliff.
Authorities say the bodies of 35-year-old Amanda Green and 33-year-old William Green were discovered along with their injured 4-year-old son in Zoar Valley shortly before 1 PM Sunday.
Rescuers found the couple's 7-year-old son unharmed.
Erie County Sheriff's Department Spokesman Scott Zylka, the 4-year-old boy was airlifted to Women and Children's Hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The 7-year-old boy is being evaluated.
There have been a few national media entities that have drawn the direct ire of President Donald Trump and his administration and, they include the Washington Post. But covering the president of the United State is always challenging.
At the same, the lead editor at the Post says Donald Trump has been especially challenging.
Executive Editor Marty Baron of the Washington Post was featured lecturer at Chautauqua Insitution last Friday and, says they're part of what Trump calls "fake news."
Baron admits it's a "little hard not to be upset about those kinds of comments" but, he adds they keep coming into do their work, the best they can. He was interviewed on the Chautauqua Stage by University of Arizona Journalism and Mass Communication Department chief Eric Newton. He spoke earlier with our Dennis Webster and Matt Warren on our "Chautauqua Now" program.
Baron adds their editing work is always rigorous especally on their most "sensative stories." Baron appeared to wrap up "Media and the News: Ethics in the Digital Age" week at Chautauqua.
In New York state government news, lawmakers are using the summer to connect with constituents back home, and a Senate task force takes aim at tick-borne illness in the face of what experts say is an especially bad year for the blood-sucking creatures.
A Senate task force plans to meet Aug. 29 in Albany to hear from medical authorities, tick experts and others involved in trying to prevent infections and fight the illnesses.
Republican Senator Sue Serino chairs the task force. The Hudson Valley lawmaker noted that while tick-borne illness is nothing new downstate, it's now clear illnesses like Lyme disease is a statewide concern.
A 74-year-old man died this summer in Saratoga County after contracting Powassan virus.
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A Cattaraugus County woman is being treated for serious injuries after the Sports Utility vehicle she was riding in crashed after the driver fell asleep on Route 219 in the town of Ashford Tuesday night.
Sheriff's deputies in Little Valley say 29 year-old Rochelle Dunkleman of Little Valley was northbound shortly after 7 p.m. when she apparently fell asleep and, the SUV slammed into a culvert.
Dunkleman was treated at the scene for abrasions and released. However her passenger, 31 year-old Dana Lichy of Salamanca, was flown to the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo for treatment of internal injuries. Her condition was not released. No charges have been filed.
One child leaving a door unsecured allowed a 4-year-old girl to get out of her house on Jamestown's eastside and, wander alone in in the street until police were called.
City police say they responded to the 800-block of East Second Street about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. On arrival officers found the child but, she was unable to say her name, or give any other information to them.
Police say she was taken to JPD Headquarters for safety reasons and, a Reverse 9-1-1 call was put out and police conducted a neighborhood canvas in an attempt to find her parents.
About Noon time police say the child's mother came to the police department. Officers say an investigation revealed that there was miscommunication between the parents before the child ran off that resulted in both believing the child was with the other parent.
With that no criminal charges are being filed.
Authorities say an 8-month-old girl who survived being abandoned in a plastic bag left in an upstate New York yard has been released from a hospital.
Police in Elmira say Wednesday that the baby recently was released from Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Sergeant William Solt says the infant has been placed in foster care.
Official say the child's 17-year-old mother placed the girl in a white garbage bag and left her in bushes in the backyard of a home in Elmira on August 5th.
The baby wasn't discovered until three days later when neighbors checking out animal-like sounds found her. Authorities have charged the mother, Harriette Hoyt, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, with attempted murder.
She remains in the Chemung County Jail. Her attorney, John Brennan, says he's not commenting.
Jamestown police arrested seven people on a number of charges including drug possesion following a raid early Tuesday night on the city's southside.
Jamestown police say they responded to numerous neighbor complaints regarding 248 Forest Avenue and, executed a search warrant just before 6:30 p.m.
Officers say they arrested 55 year-old Edgar Gregory for seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and, on a warrant for criminal possession of a weapon.
Police say they also arrested 36 year-old Matthew Haskins of Kennedy for fifth and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police also arrested 32 year-old Jacqueline Delo and 24 year-old Shawn Beardsley both of Jamestown, 37 year-old Brian Haskins of Kennedy and, 47 year-old Alisha Scinta of Fredonia. All three were taken to the city jail pending arraignment.
Police again urge residents who see any suspicous activity to call the JPD Tips line at 483-TIPS that's 483-8477. You can also contact the JPD Tips 4-1-1 app.
Local Congressman Tom Reed is working on a bi-partisan measure that would make a provision of the U-S Tax Code added in 1996 permanent.
Reed has announced that he and New York Democrat Joe Crowley are co-sponsoring the "Work Opportunity Tax Credit" act which would make the provision permanent after 2019.
The Corning Republican says the measure would allow employers to hire people that otherwise would not be "employable." They are lower-income people who are dealing with issues such as being a convicted Felon.
Reed says it allows the private sector the change to partner with the federal government to get more people into the workforce.
In addition to Felons he says the measure also helps unemployed veterans and "cash welfare" and food stamp recipients. He made his comments during his weekly telephone conference call with Southern Tier Media.
JPD Alert for Wed., Aug. 16, 2017
From Jamestown Police...
...This is an ACTUAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ALERT... Issued By: Chautauqua County Emergency Management
Jurisdictions: New York
Headline: JPD FOUND APPROX 2 YR OLD HISPANIC FEMALE CHILD WALKING IN THE 800 BLOCK OF E 2ND ST. CHILD IS CURRENTLY AT THE JPD
JPD FOUND APPROX 2 YR OLD HISPANIC FEMALE CHILD WALKING IN THE 800 BLOCK OF E 2ND ST. CHILD IS NON VERBAL, WEARING A BLUE MINECRAFT TSHIRT, BLUE JEANS AND PINK CROCKS. CHILD IS CURRENTLY AT THE JAMESTOWN POLICE STATION.
Instructions: Contact Jamestown Police at 716-483-7522 if you have any information.
The former New York State Police superintendent who headed up the agency during the massive manhunt for an escaped inmate who killed a trooper and wounded two others has died.
Wayne Bennett was 71. City officials in Schenectady, where Bennett was public safety commissioner, say he died Tuesday. Local media report he had been undergoing cancer treatments.
Bennett led the state police when career criminal Ralph "Bucky" Phillips escaped from a county jail just outside of Buffalo in 2006. While on the loose Phillips shot and wounded two troopers and fatally shot a third. He was captured in a field across the border in Warren County, Pennsylvania, ending what was up to then the largest manhunt in state history.
Bennett retired in 2007 after 38 years with the state police and became Schenectady's fire and police commissioner.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing changes to the state's hate crimes law following the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Democratic Governor announced Tuesday that he'll introduce legislation making it a hate crime to riot or incite a riot that targets a specific class of people protected by anti-discrimination laws.
If approved by state lawmakers, Cuomo's proposal would enhance criminal penalties for rioting that targets people because of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation.
Cuomo says that while peaceful protests must be allowed, New York will not tolerate violence and discrimination.
Local Assemblyman Andy Goodell says he believes current laws would cover any incident should they arise in New York State.
That's the Ellery Republican's reaction to the proposed legislation who says there is a tradition in state government dating back to the beginning where First Amendment rights are recognized but, there is no tolerance for inciting violence, or engaging in violence against anyone else.
Goodell says he doesn't think violence against one group should result in a higher penalty than another group. He believes that all groups are entitled to protection under the same laws.
There's no indication whether Cuomo will seek a special legislative session to take action on the proposed legislation.
Local Congressman Tom Reed says he believes it's "appropriate" to take a look at current Hate Crimes statutes to see if there needs to be more teeth when it comes to dealing with rioting and violence.
The Corning Republican made his comments after Governor Cuomo released his proposal for the legislature to consider. Reed says it's important to look at what's happened historically and, he says violence is "never the answer." He says there needs to be "dialogue" and "tolerance."
Reed says there are other examples of where rioting and violence took place during President Obama's presidency namely Ferguson, Missouri. He feels that a meaningful dialogue is the best way to put away racial and other violence. He says that could make racism and hate become more of a "footnote" in our history.
Reed says he's always concerned about political grandstanding and, proposing legislation that's already on the books. He says it the legislation will "substantively advance the ball to bring peace," he's all for it.
Reed made his comments during his weekly telephone conference call with Southern Tier Media.
Many rural parts of New York state don't have the manpower or ability to seek grant funding for worthwhile projects that don't otherwise get done.
However the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council is trying to remedy that through it's "Technical Assistance" program for an underdeveloped beach along Lake Erie. Ripley Beach is one of the most scenic locations on the lake.
However Council Co-Chairman Jeff Belt says what infrastructure is there is in disrepair it's hard to get to and, there are safety issues.
Belt says the need for a project to upgrade the park has been there for a while it's just now getting the attention is needs to move it forward. He says Empire State Development the state's economic development arm first brought these issues forward and, proposed the assistance program. He says a plan is in the works to provide two new access points to the beach along with parking for cars, motorcycles and bicycles. He says motorcycle and biking is popular in that area because it's part of the St. Lawrence Seaway Trail.
In addition to Ripley Beach the Council is also looking at a program to help the village of Wellsville in Allegheny County.
Gas prices in the Jamestown-area are again steady and basically unchanged from last week.
That from the AAA's Fuel Gauge Report which says the price for a gallon of regular, unleaded gas is just over $2.44 a gallon. At the same time AAA says regional inventories are building at this point as the Summer driving season winds down.
However AAA says the price is still about 15-cents a gallon more than the same time period last year. The Fuel Gauge reports that, on average consumers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states are paying $2.36 a gallon which is flat compared to last week. Nationally the average price is now gasoline is $2.35 cents per gallon.
A town of Chautauqua man has been arrested for allegedly trafficking cocaine and other narcotic drugs following a raid at his home on Nettle Hill Road.
Members of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force say they executed a search warrant about 11:30 Mondaymorning and, found cocaine, opioids, a sawed-off 12 gauge shotgun and paraphernalia used to weigh and process controlled substances.
They also arrested 60 year-old Dana Erhard on the warrant which charged him with several counts including third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
The FBI was also involved in the investigation. Erhard was arraigned, and sent to the county jail without bail pending further court action.
Two Dunkirk residents were sent to the Chautauqua County Jail after being arraigned on drug charges after city police responded to a vehicle lockout that was anything but routine.
Dunkirk Police were called to the area of the car wash behind the Crosby Mart on Central Avenue. After opening the vehicle's door, Police Chief David Ortolano says the officers detected a strong odor of marijuana, and they called in their K-9 officer, and new K-9 "gunny to search the vehicle... and, they found heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and prescription drugs.
Ortolano says 29-year-old Rafael Gonzalez-Rivera was allegedly in possession of a quantity of heroin and cocaine while 37-year-old Onix Lopez-Ortiz was allegedly found to be in possession of marijuana, as well as prescription medication which was not properly packaged.
A regional panel met in Jamestown Monday for the first time and was updated on a number of projects they have funded and learned more about new projects proposed for the next round of state funding.
The Western New York Regional Economic Development Council met at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Monday afternoon and, Co-Chairman Jeff Belt from West Valley says the panel is very interested in Jamestown and several projects here led the by National Comedy Center.
Belt says they believe that Jamestown can be a role model for turning around a small, upstate community and, they're very excited about further possibilities through the $10-million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award the city has received. Belt says they also began looking at the many projects several western New York communities have submitted for funding in Round-Seven of the Consolidated Funding Application process.
In their six-years of existance the Belt, who is Chief Executive Officer at SolEpoxy in Cattaraugus County says the Regional Councils have helped keep "consistancy" in the funding process. Belt says their final ranking of projects will take place next month and, then the results will go to the state Oct. 2. Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, who is honorary chair of the 10 regional councils, spoke to open the meeting.
Co-Council Chairwoman, SUNY College at Fredonia President, Virginia Horvath was also on hand as were Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi, Dunkirk Mayor Willie Rosas, and County Executive Vince Horrigan.
The erosion of trust in the Mainstream Media has been developing for the past 48 years but, has become an even bigger issue with the advent of the digital age.
That from Monday's featured lecturer at Chautauqua Institution. New York University Journalism Professor Jay Rosen addressed the amphitheater audience to begin "Media and the News: Ethics in the Digital Age."
On our "Chautauqua Now" program Rosen said that the media is in the "worst shape it's ever been" due mainly to what's called the "echo chamber" effect where people view or listen to news and opinion that "confirms" their beliefs.
Rosen equated the problem with what's been happening in the medical profession, and the availability of "on-line" resources. He says with all the sources of information now doctors have to adjust to that.
Rosen says people have more information with which to question their doctors than ever before. At the same time he says there is still very much a need for a free and independent press.
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has unleashed a torrent of litigation they argue is necessary to protect their citizens from a Trump administration that too often ignores the law.
State attorneys from Massachusetts to California have brought more than 40 legal actions against the administration so far. The pace, which both parties describe as unprecedented, has produced an average of one lawsuit or legal motion every five days since Trump's inauguration, not including many more letters, legal threats and formal comments to federal agencies.
But the frequency and variety of the legal challenges from cases involving immigration and health care to gender reassignment surgeries at the Veteran's Administration have sparked criticism that Democrats may be playing politics with their states' legal resources.
A leader with a local conservative organization that supported Donald Trump in his presidential campaign is "catagorically condemning" this past weekend's racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Frewsburg's Mel McGinness has been a long-time leader and spokesman for the Southern Tier TEA Party Patriots, which meets monthly in Lakewood. McGinness this morning specifically called out several "alt-right" and white supremicists who are condoning their actions. He says they are "totally opposed" to any form of demonstrations like that.
McGinness also rejected and renounced the KKK, neo-Nazi and White Supremicist groups. McGinness who is also the pastor at the Kiantone Congregational Church, says the images of last Friday night's rally and, Saturday's violent confrontations were "horrifying." He was especially troubled by the "torch-light" march the White Nationalists and Supremicists used in a march last Friday night.
McGinness says he strongly supports the White House's most recent statement condemining the groups involved in last weekend's protests and violence.
Before specifically announcing that the FBI and other federal agencies would investigating federal crimes in the weekend incidents in Virginia, Governor Andrew Cuomo called on President Trump to denounce the white supremacist rally that spiraled into a deadly day of violence.
The Democratic governor of Trump's home state launched the on-line petition Sunday, a day after a woman was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting the racist rally. Cuomo is calling it "a terror attack by white supremacists."
This afternoon Mr. Trump said that "racism is evil" as he condemed the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists as "criminals and thugs." He is speaking at the White House after meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI director Christopher Wray about the race-fueled violence Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Trump has come under fire for his comments Saturday that "many sides" are to blame for the violence and did not single out white supremacist groups.
Local Congressman Tom Reed is condemning last week's violence in Charlottesville, Virgina.
The Corning Republican issued a statement last weekend, saying that he's "outraged by the violence and senseless deaths that occurred in Charlottesville and condemn those who would abuse our freedoms and divide us with bigotry."
Reed also said that "hatred will never have a place in the true American spirit." He expressed his condolences to the families of the three victims in Saturday's violence.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law new penalties for those who make bomb threats.
The Democratic governor approved the legislation on Monday. It was passed by the state Legislature earlier this year in response to a string of bomb threats called into Jewish Community Centers in New York and elsewhere in the country.
Citing those bomb threats and recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Cuomo says that "now, more than ever" it's vital for New Yorkers to stand united against "bias and hate." Specifically, the new law changes criminal statute to ensure that suspects accused of making bomb threats against a community center can, at minimum, face a sentence of up to a year in jail.
Cuomo says the new law will help authorities prosecute those who seek to "spread fear and terror."
In New York state government news this week the first official candidate for a vacant Senate seat is promising to work to clean up Albany, and there's a renewed push to provide free feminine hygiene products in schools and emergency shelters.
Democrat Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh announced his candidacy for the seat representing portions of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan shortly after Democrat Daniel Squadron announced his plans to resign to take a job working on national political reform. Kavanagh pledged to work to support ethics and campaign finance reforms, one of Squadron's own long-time goals.
Meanwhile, the state now requires local police detention facilities to provide free tampons to female prisoners. Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal says the state should go further by requiring free tampons at schools and emergency shelters statewide.
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Schumer and Gillibrand announce $4.1-million dollars in Head Start funding in Chautauqua County...
Early childhood programs in Chautauqua County are getting a $4.1-million boost from the federal government to support child care services for low-income families in the area. U-S Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand jointly announced Friday that Chautauqua Opportunities, Incorporated.. is getting $2.8-million for it's Head Start and Early Head Start programs... while it's Early Head Start Expansion-Child Care partrnership program is receiving $1.3-million. Schumer says study after study shows that "the better we prepare our young children through programs like Head Start and Head Start the better they perform in school later in life." Gillibrand says Head Start programs "help our children start out strong at critical early learning stages." Schumer says he believes the funding will bring "real results" to the region.
Man from Bemus Point arrested on Felony drug charges following traffic stop in Sherman...
A Bemus Point man is jailed without bail for allegedly being found in possession of a large amount of two illegal drugs after his motorcycle was stopped early early last Friday morning on Park Street in Sherman. Sheriff Joe Gerace says one of his deputies spotted the motorcycle... operated by 41 year-old Gary Hannold II... about 1:30 a.m. Gerace says the officer saw Hannold riding without a helmet and a loud exhaust... and, pulled him over. At that point.. he says the suspect tossed a backpack into some weeds. It was later found with a large amount of methamphetime and marijuana inside... and, he's been charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... a Class-A-2 Felony. Gerace commended the officer for making "good observations..." and adds that it's no longer a surprise to pulled over someone, and find drugs these days. He says they're pleased with being able to get that amount of Meth off the street. Gerace says the amounts being found everywhere these days is "troubling." Gerace says Hannold was arrested on several other charges... including third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned In Sherman Town Court and sent to the county jail.
Congressman Reed condemns violence, deaths in Charlottesville, Virginia...
Chautauqua County's Congressman today issued a statement condemning the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Corning Republican Tom Reed says he is "outraged by the violence and senseless deaths that occurred in Charlottesville and condemn those who would abuse our freedoms and divide us with bigotry. Reed adds that "hatred will never have a place in the true American spirit. Our condolences are with the families of all three of today's victims."
Horrigan pleased with first-half Sales Tax revenues...
County Executive Vince Horrigan says he is pleased that Chautauqua County's sales tax revenues are doing better than a lot of counties across New York State. A new report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli shows that the county's sales tax revenues for the first half of 2017 are up by 5.1-percent compared to last year. Horrigan says that's a result of work in economic development paying off... and, he adds the county is slightly ahead of the state's overall average. Horrigan says the increase in the county sales tax rate from 7.5 to 8-percent is part of the strategy for local economic growth. He says he's tried to work to take pressure off the property tax payers... and, grow the tax base and economy at the same time. Horrigan... a Bemus Point Republican... adds that he's optimistic about seeing continued growth with a "strong summer" season.
Mayville man faces charges following high-speed pursuit...
A Mayville man is jailed without bail for allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase on Beajean Road in the town of Chautauqua Friday morning. Sheriff's officers say a patrol spotted 41 year-old Michael Hannold operating the vehicle about 9:30 a.m., and, knew that he was wanted for parole violation and on a misdemeanor warrant from State Police. Deputies say they tried to stop Hannold... but, he fled the scene and a pursuit ensued... with speeds reaching nearly 100 miles an hour. Officers say he pulled the vehicle into a driveway... and, fled on foot. However... deputies later found and arrested him. Hannold was charged with third-degree unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle... reckless driving... second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation.. and, speed over 55 mph. Hannold was arraigned in Chautauqua Town Court on the new charges... and, sent to the County Jail on the parole violation.
Jammer's Manager Anthony Barone named PGCBL Coach of Year...
Post-season honors are starting to roll in for the Jamestown Jammers... who just this past week were edged out in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League champioship series by Mohawk Valley. Jamestown Manager and Coach Anthony Barone was named Friday afternoon as 2017 Perfect Game League Coach of the Year. The Jammers announced the news on their Facebook Page.
A Bemus Point man has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of a large amount of methamphetime and marijuana after his motorcycle was stopped for a traffic infraction in the town of Sherman.
Sheriff's officers say they spotted the westbound motorcycle, operated by 41 year-old Gary Hannold of 4933 Ellery-Centralia Road, about 1:30 a.m. Friday commit the infraction. Deputies say Hannold got off the motorcycle and, allegedly threw a backpack into the weeds.
Officers say they recovered the bag and found that Hannold had been in possession of the meth and marijuana and, they also allegedly found Hannold in possession of drug paraphernalia.
Hannold was arrested on several charges including second-degree criminal possession of controlled substance third-degree criminal possession and, two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned In Sherman Town Court and was remanded to the county jail without bail.
Several hundred police officers from many area agencies were in Dunkirk yesterday for the funeral of a police officer who died last Sunday following a lengthy illness.
A Police procession went through the north county city for Dunkirk Police K-9 Officer Matthew Hazelton. Dunkirk Police Chief Dave Ortolano says "it was an amazing sight" to see the "sea" of officers in blue come out in support of Hazelton, and his surviving family.
Ortolano says Hazelton's wife is an "amazing young lady" and, they've been doing all they can to support her and their daughter during this difficult time. Ortolano says police agencies involved in the procession included Dunkirk, Fredonia, Jamestown, New York State Police, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, and others from Cattaraugus and Erie counties.
The Jamestown Police Department provided the color guard for yesterday's service for Matt Hazelton. The 39 year-old officer was with the Dunkirk Police Department for 14 years.
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is again warning of a scam involving someone calling a BPU customer and telling them they had to immediately pay a bill or have their service shut-off.
BPU Communications Coordinator Becky Robbins says a customer contacted them Thursday and, told them they had received such a call and, that the caller told him that if he did not pay his bill by a certain time yesterday his service would be turned off.
Robbins says the customer was given an 800 number to call for payment. However she says such calls do NOT come from the Board of Public Utilities. Robbins says anyone in danger of utility service shut-off receives notice from the BPU by mail and, well in advance of such an action.
In addition she says BPU payments are accepted in their Customer Service Office, online and on our own phone payment system which requires customers to call the board's own number not an 800 number.
A Clymer man is being treated for serious injuries following an all-terrain vehicle accident on Potter Road in Mayville earlier this week.
Sheriff's officers say 23 year-old Kyle Hannold was riding the ATV shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday when the vehicle struck a tree. Deputies say Hannold was taken by Starflght Helicopter to UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pennsylvania for treatment.
The investigation is continuing.
President Donald Trump yesterday clarified his stand on the need to deal with the national Heroin and Opioid Addiction Crisis in America two days after offering a simplistic view of the matter.
Those are the feelings of Rick Huber with the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County. Huber has been on the front-lines of the local fight against addition. He says it's great to make a push to prevent young people from getting hooked on drugs to begin with. He says we're losing hundreds of people a week nationally but, adds there are other issues related to drug addiction including jobs.
Huber says he was taking to a businessman who says he's having trouble filling positions because many looking can't pass a drug test. Earlier in the week the president basically said that you need to tell youth not to start taking drugs and, beef up law enforcement and penalties for drug offenders.
New York state has taken steps to limit the amount of Opioid medication that a person can receive and, there is federal legislation pending. In many cases Huber adds that there are underlying Mental Health issues there as well as the overprescribing of pain killers.
The Jamestown Public Works Department has closed North Main Street between Second and Third Streets to begin a cold milling and repaving project today through next Wednesday.
That from Public Works Director Jeff Lehman who says the project will involve reconstruction of the northbound lane which had been damaged from the nearly two-year-old water main leak in that area of the highway.
The southbound lanes were closed for work last year.
The former head of England's intelligence service says she has never see a more "difficult, dangerous and disturbing time" as there is now in the world.
That from former Director General of MI-5, Stella Rimington, on the war of words between the United States and North Korea. Rimington was Wednesday morning's featured lecturer at Chautauqua Institution and, makes her comments one day after the president warned North Korea it could face "fire and fury" if it theatens the United States or it's allies. She says it was already disconcerting to learn that North Korea is now able to fix a small nuclear device to the end of one of it's ballistic missiles and, you have the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. effectively "threatening each other."
Rimington says there is no "sure" way to deal with the possiblity of a Nuclear North Korea. However she believed that the nation's top diplomat, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had previously done a good job of trying to ease some of that tension by saying the US was not trying for a "regime change."
A lack of trust will eventually erode the ability of intelligence services in the federal government no matter what country you're talking about.
Wednesday's featured lecturer at Chautauqua Insitution warned of that danger as part of the week-seven theme of "The Nature of Fear." Former MI-5 Director General Stella Rimington who says the intelligence business is already complicated by the new "digital age" where various forms of communication are used.
At the beginning of the year President Trump got off to a rocky start with his intelligence agencies on the issue of possible Russian meddling in last November's US Presidential Election. It has led to some distrust between those agencies, such as the FBI and CIA and the administration.
On our "Chautauqua Now" program Rimington said that erodes the morale of those serving and, consequently lessens the ability to do their job.
A Jamestown woman faces a child endangerment charge after allegedly leaving her infant child inside her car unattended, on the city's eastside.
Officers were called to the scene in front of the Taco Hut restaurant on East Third Street about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a child locked inside a vehicle. Police say witnesses allegedly saw 20 year-old Alexia Taylor placing a car seat with the child in it inside the vehicle locking it, and walking away.
A Jamestown Parking Enforcement Officer the notified JPD who then found Taylor. She unlocked the car so police could check on the child's well-being.
The child was plased in protective custody, and Taylor was arrested and taken to the city lock-up pending arraignment.
Authorities say a 17-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been charged with attempted murder after a baby was found alive in a plastic bag outside an upstate New York home.
Police in the city of Elmira say neighbors checking out a noise Tuesday found a 12- to 16-month-old girl whose feet were sticking out of the bag. They called 911 and tended to the child until police and emergency crews arrived.
Officials tell WENY-TV the baby was taken to a hospital, where she's in stable condition. Later Tuesday, police charged Harriette Hoyt with attempted murder.
Officials say she's from Sayre, Pennsylvania, on the New York border about 20 miles southeast of Elmira. She's being held in the Chemung County Jail.
City officials say they hope to find other ways to fund the purchase of a new paving machine for Jamestown.
Still, the City Council will vote later this month on issuing bonds to pay the $420,000 cost. That from Mayor Sam Teresi while council members discussed the matter earlier this week.
The Finance Committee agreed to issue a Bond Anticipation Note for the purchase from a Batavia firm on state contract. City Comptroller Joe Bellitto explained the procedure saying they'll be issuing the bonds once the county approves the move, and, pay it back over a 5-year period.
Bellitto says he expects no problems with moving ahead on the borrowing adding it's a relatively small amount of funding.
Teresi says the new Paver has already been used for a number of jobs several to get downtown streets ready for last weekend's Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. He says there is still another round of milling off old, crumbling pavement in spots and, repaving those streets before Winter weather sets in.
Thousands of migrants are fleeing the United States for Canada via a remote back road in upstate New York.
The Canadians arrest the migrants as soon as they step across the border. But the migrants prefer to take a chance by seeking asylum in Canada rather than risk being deported from the United States.
Canadian police have set up a reception center on their side of the border. It includes tents where migrants are processed before they are turned over to the government agency that handles their applications for refuge.
Officials estimate that 400 people crossed the border at the site on Sunday alone. Canada said last week it planned to house some migrants in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. It could hold thousands, but current plans only call for only 450.
The Jamestown Jammers lost the championship in the Perfect Game League Tuesday night, 8 to 4 to Mohawk Valley at Russell E. Diethrick Park.
Mohawk Valley wins the series 2-games to 1. You can hear the disappointment in Jammers Coach and Manager Anthony Barone's voice who says Mohawk Valley "played better than us, and a couple of things didn't go our way."
Jamestown trailed Mohawk Valley by one run most of the game. The Jammers got two runners on base in the bottom of the eighth, but a failed bunt and double play ended the chance for a rally. As he walked off the field, Barone was disconsolate left to hope for next year.
Barone says he'll start work shortly to replace the core of players he's had the past couple of years that produced this year's championship run. The coach was grateful to the community for its broad support for the Jammers this year and to the fans for attending the games.
Over 1,100 people watched last night's game at the stadium. Mohawk Valley was presented the trophy at the conclusion of the game.
A Jamestown woman faces a child endangerment charge after allegedly leaving her infant child inside her car, unattended on the city's eastside.
Officers were called to the scene in front of the Taco Hut restaurant on East Third Street about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a child locked inside a vehicle. Police say witnesses allegedly saw 20 year-old Alexia Taylor placing a car seat with the child in it inside the vehicle, locking it and walking away.
A regional panel that has made decisions that have helped drive several economic development projects in the Greater Jamestown Area will meet in Jamestown for the first time next Monday.
Mayor Sam Teresi has announced that the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council will be here for a 1 PM meeting at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts but, will also be on hand to tour some of the projects they have supported at 11 a.m.
Teresi says that'll take place weather permitting. He says they want to see some of the projects that are being planned, as well as the projects receiving Downtown Revitalization Initiative or DRI funding.
The city got word late last year that it was one of the 10 winners of $10-million in DRI funding to back about a dozen public-private projects to help revitalize the downtown area.
Teresi says a luncheon will be provided through the county's Industrial Development Agency followed by the meeting on the Reg stage. He says Council members are interested in seeing what's taking place in Jamestown and southern Chautauqua County.
A long-time Jamestown city official will be retiring at the end of August after about 30 years of service in the city in several capacities.
Mayor Sam Teresi says his long-time Director of Financial Services, James Olson, will conclude his career on Thursday, Aug. 31. Teresi says Olson, "has been and continues to be a close, trusted advisor and valued friend, "family member." The Mayor adds that Olson "is the quintessential example of what public service can be and should be all about." He wished Olson the best in his retirement.
Olson began his career as Executive Assistant to former Mayor Steven Carlson in 1981 and, left city government in January of 1994 and, returned in 2000 to be Teresi's Director of Financial Services.
Chautauqua County officials are moving ahead with developing a county-wide plan for sharing services with local municipalties even as the county awaits word on its application for the $20-million Municipal Consolidation and Government Efficiency Competition grant.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal to have counties work with local governments to develop plans for shared services and, consolidation became part of the state budget in April.
County Executive Vince Horrigan says they are making progress in developing a final plan and, adds that they have several elements of the application that are in the county-wide plan.
Horrigan says more and more local governments are becoming involved in the process, especially with the momentum being made after successful dissolution votes in the villages of Forestville and Cherry Creek. He says there needs to be more of a "regional focus" that allows services to continue.
Horrigan says he expects to present an update on the plan during the next County Legislature meeting later this month with a vote on a final plan expected at the September meeting.
As for the county's application for the $20 million competition, Horrigan expects to hear something in September.
Gas prices in the Jamestown area are holding steady while the price across the United States is continuing to rise.
The AAA's Fuel Gauge Report says locally the price is just over $2.44 a gallon for regular, unleaded fuel. AAA also says pump prices in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions moved higher on the week, with New York state now at $2.45 a gallon putting it in the top 15 of most expensive markets. That price is about 10 cents more than a year ago.
Nationally the average price is up 3-cents a gallon this week to $2.35 a gallon.
A Jamestownn woman is jailed without bail for alleedly trafficking methamphetamine and suboxone on the city's southside.
Jamestown police say members of the Metro Drug Task Force, and JPD SWAT Team raided an apartment at 248 Broadhead Avenue shortly after NoonMonday after receiving several neighborhood complaints.
Officers say they found the suspect identified as 35 year-old Tracey Wynn inside and searched the apartment. Police say they found just over 43-grams of Meth and, several doses of suboxone. They add they also found several items of drug paraphernalia and, a quantity of cash.
Task Force members say Wynn was arrested on charges including third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia. She was arraigned and sent to the county jail.
Anyone with information on illegal drug-activity in Jamestown is asked to call the JPD Tips-line at 483-TIPS, that's 483-8477. You can also contact the department's Tips 4-1-1 app.
The city of Jamestown did well in one of it's key revenue lines during the second-quarter of the year and, is lending optimism to making budget for 2017.
City Council members last night received sales tax figures for April through June of this year and, learned there was a more than 7-percent increase over the second-quarter of last year.
City Comptroller Joe Bellitto reviewed the numbers with Finance Committee members first and, Committee Chairman Tony Dolce says the city received $1.54-million-dollars for the quarter.
Dolce says that's about $111,000 more than was budgeted adding the city is now "in relatively good shape." Bellitto says, for the first two quarters of the year the city has received just over 2.9-million dollars which is about 48.5% of budget. He says the city needs to receive about 99.5% of what they budgeted in the third and fourth-quarters to make budget for the year.
That total is $6-million dollars which is $10,000 more than last year. Last year Bellitto says the city had received just over 5% LESS than the 2017 figure for the first two quarters. He says the city budgeted conservatively in 2017 because they fell 1.38% under budget last year.
Ex-New York Senate leader Dean Skelos is asking an appeals court for a new trial, citing the precedent set when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was granted a new trial.
Attorney Alexandra Shapiro wrote in papers filed Monday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Republican Skelos, like the Democrat Silver, is entitled to a new trial because public corruption laws were recently freshly defined by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Skelos was convicted in 2015 on extortion, bribery and conspiracy charges. He was sentenced last year to five years in prison. He has remained free on appeal. That's in part because it was unclear what effect, if any, a Supreme Court ruling reversing the conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell would have on the Skelos case.
Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to set a spring retrial date for ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
The government asked the judge in Manhattan to schedule a trial for March, April or May. The request comes a day after an appeals court agreed to let Silver's lawyers ask the U.S. Supreme Court to look at the case. The Supreme Court turns down most requests.
Prosecutors have said a defense request of the Supreme Court should not delay any retrial, especially since a key witness is over age 80. Silver, who's 73, was sentenced last year to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption charges. The conviction was overturned last month by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Chautauqua County's top elected official was in Dunkirk early Monday afternoon for his latest announcement regarding his "100 Days of Summer Safety" Campaign.
County Executive Vince Horrigan yesterday focused on sun safety at Wright Park Beach. Horrigan says times have changed when it comes to sun safety and, Shelly Wells of the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services indicated that you have to think about it all year long.
Well says the U-V rays are still getting to the ground, even with cloud cover, so you should apply sunscreen whenever you go outside for any length of time.
Mike Porpiglia of the American Cancer Society says you can sum up the sun safety rules with four words: slip slop slap and wrap. He says slip on a shirt, Slop on the sunscreen, wrap on sunglasses and, slap on your "wide-brimed" hat.
Horrigan was also joined by Dunkirk Mayor Willie Rosas who supports the message to practice sun safety tips.
Quick work by Jamestown firefighters prevented serious fire damage to a two story apartment house on the city's southside late yesterday afternoon.
City Fire Battalion Chief Sam Salemme says crews were called to the scene at 191 Barrett Avenue about 4:45 p.m., and, he says there was lots of fire on one side of the structure where downstairs and upstairs porches were located. Salemme says it took about 10 minutes to bring the blaze under control. He says the owner smelled the smoke, and was able to get out of the downstairs apartment quickly.
Salemme says no one else was inside. He says several windows were knocked out of the second-floor because of the heavy amout of smoke inside. Fire crews were at the scene until about 6:30 p.m.
Salemme says an off-duty shift of nine firefighters and a shift commander were called in. No firefighters were hurt. The cause has now been released as accidental with hot coals too close to combustables.
A Jamestown woman accused of pulling a knife on two people early last Friday morning and, robbing both is jailed on $100,000 bail on first and second-degree robbery charges.
City police say they were flagged down by one of the victim's about 3 a.m., and, told that 21 year-old Jillian Matthews had put a knife to her throat, and robbed her. Officers say they previously had talked to another victim who said they were robbed by Matthews inside a home on Clinton Street.
Police say their investigation led them to 10 West Sixth Street where they found Matthews on the back stairwell. She was arrested on the two robbery counts and, several others including second-degree robbery and, burglary.
A prosecutor says a shooting by a police officer near Warren, Pennsylvania in the parking lot of an ice cream stand that killed an armed driver following a traffic stop appears to have been justified.
State police in Erie say 54-year-old Joseph Miller of Clarendon was killed in the confrontation at 7:15 p.m. last Friday in the Dairy Delite parking lot in Mead Township. District Attorney Rob Greene said the shooting is under investigation but, adds it appears to have been justified.
A new, county-supported "Fly-Car" emergency medical services program begins operations today in Chautauqua County.
The new service which will operate out of Ashville, Gerry, Arkwright and Mayville will be available to cover the gaps in local EMS fire service.
County Emergency Services Director Julius Leone announced the start of the Medical Services Team made up of 11 people last Friday afternoon. He says their hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays were determined through a study done a few years ago of where they had the least amount of manpower.
Medical Services Team Project Coodinator Kevin Peebles and Senior Paramedic Mike Volpe will staff the car at the Emergency Services Office in Mayville.
Volpe says they'll have the latest equipment and medications needed for any emergency including cardiac monitoring, air-way management equipment and, pharmacutials such as pain medications. Medical Service Team members will also have Narcan available for opioid overdose victims.
County officials say they are providing the program to suppliment what the fire services are able to perform along with professional services. A state Department of Health officials says state officials will be watching what happens due to a lack of volunteers in the fire services.
Long-time Dunkirk City Judge Walter Drag has announced that he will be laying aside his gavel and hanging up his robe for the last time on December 31st.
Judge Drag is retiring after nearly 32 years on the bench in the north city's courtroom. He is also wrapping up a 40-year career as an attorney.
In a statement released late last week Judge Drag said, "I have been very fortunate to have the trust and confidence of the people of Dunkirk who have elected me four times to be their judge and to preside over cases that personally touch them, their families and neighbors and this community." He also commented that, "As judge, you also try to set a tone of dedication and concern for the community and reach out to try to help our neighbors as much as possible."
The Chautauqua County Board of Elections says many Dunkirk city voters will have the opportunity to participate in next month's primary.
Five candidates will be in the running for City Court Judge according to County Elections Commissioner Norm Green... who says there's been "a lot of interest" by most people who have a legal background.
Those in the running include James Scott Dimmer, John Kuzdale, Joseph Price, Rachel Roberts and former County Legislator Ronald Szot. Voting during the Sept. 12 primary will run from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Nationally known comedians performed before sell-out crowds this past weekend at the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival in Jamestown where the late comedy legend was born.
Among this year's highlights were a celebration of what would have been her husband Desi Arnaz's 100th birthday, and performances by Jim Gaffigan, Kevin James, Robert Klein and Lisa Lampanelli.
Visitors were also able to see late comedian George Carlin's handwritten notes and jokes. They're showcased at the site of the future National Comedy Center, where they will have a permanent home when the museum opens next year.
News Update for Sat., Aug. 5, 2017
(**Update)State Police identify man killed in officer-involved shooting in Warren Co., PA...
A prosecutor says a shooting by a police officer just south of Warren, Pennsylvania in the parking lot of an ice cream stand that killed an armed driver following a traffic stop appears to have been justified. State police in Erie say 54-year-old Joseph Miller of Clarendon was killed in the 7:15 p.m. Friday confrontation in Mead Township. Officials said a Warren City officer pulled Miller over for erratic driving in the area of the Dairy Delite at the junction of Routes 6 and 59. However... while he was talking to the officer in the parking lot... Miller became agitated and began loading an AK-47 rifle. Authorities said the officer backed away and ordered him to stop, but Miller continued to load the weapon and was shot and killed as he exited the vehicle. Warren County District Attorney Rob Greene said the shooting is under investigation... but, appears to have been justified.
News Headlines for Sat., Aug. 5, 2017
Man shot and killed during officer-involved shooting at drive-in ice cream shop near Warren, Pa...
A 54 year-old man was shot and killed early last evening during an officer-involved shooting that occured during a traffic stop just south of Warren, Pennsylania. State Police in Erie say a Warren City Police Patrol pulled over a car in the parking lot of the Dairy Delight store at the intersection of Routes 6 and 59 in Mead Township about 7:15 p.m. Officials say the unidentified man got out of his car with a firearm in his hand... and, that led to shots being fired. State Police say there were several patrons at the drive-in ice cream shop at the time of the incident... but, none of them were hurt. The man died from his wounds at the scene. The Warren City officer was not hurt. State Police are investigating the incident... along with Warren County District Attorney Rob Greene... Warren City Police and the Warren County Sheriff's office.
Cooler, breezy conditions in Jamestown-area today...
Much cooler... but, calmer weather is expected today after two waves of severe thunderstorms caused some scattered damage across Chautauqua County yesterday afternoon. The Sheriff's office and Jamestown Police report some downed trees and some high water in spots... but, no major problems. One of the downed trees in the immediate Jamestown-area was here on the driveway to our Media One Group stations. Forecaster Dan Kelly with the National Weather Service in Buffalo says there were two waves of storms... the first one came with a cold front... and dropped the temperature by 15-degrees. He says it'll remain cool today... with highs of only 65 to 68 degrees. Kelly says we'll rebound into the 70s by Sunday afternoon.
Chautauqua County rolls out new "Fly-Car" EMS Service to begin Monday...
A much-studied and heralded "Fly-Car" ambulance service will begin operating in Chautauqua County during the day-time hours starting next Monday morning. That from county Emergency Services Director Julius Leone... who announced the new, Emergency Medical Services Team during a press conference this (Friday) afternoon. Project Coodinator Kevin Peebles says there has been a decline in the number of firefighters, and EMTs across the county... and, he thanked county lawmakers for their support of the program because they had to develop their plans and budget fairly quickly. Leone emphasized that program is not intended to replace EMT service provided by the county's fire departments... but, to augment them. He says there will be three levels of service. One will be provided by the fire services... the next will be their paramedic service.. and, then there'll be the professional service that will provide care on "a timely basis." Peebles says there will be four stations for each of their fly-cars during the week. One will be there in Mayville... while the others will be in Ashville... Gerry... and, Arkwright. Again... the office will officially begin the new, Fly-car service in Chautauqua County at 6 a.m. Monday.
City man and woman face trespass and drug possession charges...
An alleged trespassing at an apartment house on Jamestown's eastside early last Thursday night has led to the arrest of two people -- one for alleged drug possession. City police were called to the scene at 207 Spring Street shortly before 6 p.m., and, found the suspects... identified as 40 year-old Wilfredo Castrillo and 38 year-old Jennifer Aldrich. Officers say the pair did not have permission to be inside the apartment. In the course of identifying both... Aldrich allegedly gave a false name. She was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of Methamphetime, cocaine and marijuana. Police say both were charged with second-degree criminal trespassing... while Aldrich was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possesion of marijuana.
City man arrested for alleged possession of unregistered gun...
A Jamestown man has been jailed for allegedly being found in possession of an unregistered revolver. City police say they pulled over a car operated by 26 year-old Andrew McFalls in the area of Chandler and Winsor Streets about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for numerous alleged traffic violations. During the investigation... officers say they found the gun. Police say they arrested McFalls for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon... and, traffic violations including failure to signal a turn. He was taken to the city jail pending arraignment.
Two men involved in "History of Comedy" Series on CNN speak at Chautauqua Amphitheater....
Two men involved in producing the CNN T-V Series "The History of Comedy" are also heavily-involved in the creation of the new National Comedy Center in Jamestown. Executive Producer Steven Morrison, and Kliph Nesteroff were yesterday's featured lecturer's at Chautauqua Institution as part of the week on "Comedy and the Human Condition." On our "Chautauqua Now" show... Morrison... who is now producing media for the center... says they first came to Jamestown last year for the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival because there were so many comedians here... including Lewis Black, Mark Russell, and Rain Pryor... daughter of the late Richard Pryor. He says they were also introduced to Comedy Center Executive Director, Journey Gunderson. Both men agree that the new Comedy Center has great potential. Nesteroff... who will be curator for the National Comedy Center... says needs to be the most "unique" attraction possible -- one that people are willing to travel to. He says the Comedy Center is starting to fullfil a lot of that with Kelly Carlin turning over her late father, George's, artifacts to the center for exhibits. Kelly Carlin interviewed both Morrison and Nesteroff as the final 10:45 a.m. lecture of the week Friday at Chautauqua.
You'll want to keep an eye on the sky today.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has all of Western New York including Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties under a slight risk for severe weather. Forecaster Dan Kelly with the weather service's Buffalo office says there are two rounds of storms on the way one is moving through during this time period, and the other will bring a cold front through the area around mid-afternoon.
Thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening may become severe, with damaging winds and possible some hail being the primary severe weather threat.
An alleged trespassing at an apartment house on Jamestown's eastside early last evening has led to the arrest of two people one for alleged drug possession.
City police were called to the scene at 207 Spring Street shortly before 6 p.m., and, found the suspects identified as 40 year-old Wilfredo Castrillo and 38 year-old Jennifer Aldrich. Officers say the pair did not have permission to be inside the apartment.
In the course of identifying both Aldrich allegedly gave a false name. She was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of Methamphetime, cocaine and marijuana.
Police say both were charged with second-degree criminal trespassing while Aldrich was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possesion of marijuana.
New York state has committed about $14-million towards building the new National Comedy Center in downtown Jamestown and, it will now also help spread the word about the new attraction through the state's tourism promotion arm.
Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke before a standing-room only crowd early Thursday afternoon at the center to announce the $500,000 program which will be run through the "I Love NY" program.
Cuomo says backing the National Comedy Center's construction has been part of his three-part strategy to get the entire state's economy going. He says it's part of their program to create and boost "national attractions" in the upstate region that have been devastated by the loss of people and manufacturing jobs.
Cuomo was introduced by Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi who praised the governor for making the upstate economy a priority of his administration. Teresi says he's worked with five governors during his time in public service, and says none of them was more "zeroed in" on boosting the upstate economy than Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo was joined by the head of his economic development office Empire State Development Executive Director Howard Zemsky. Zemsky says Cuomo turned economic development "180-degrees" a few years ago by having the state's 10 regions compete for funding for projects they develop.
They were also joined by State Senator Cathy Young, Assemblyman Andy Goodell and, County Executive Vince Horrigan and, several dignitaries from the north county. The comedy center is to open in the late Spring or Summer of 2018.
A nearly three-year old conservative business organization is blasting Governor Cuomo's pledge of half-a-million dollars more for the National Comedy Center.
In a statement released late Thursday Reclaim New York's Doug Kellogg said the center would be "a better fit at the State Capitol, it’s the perfect punchline to Albany’s complete joke of an economic strategy."
The group which claims to be non-partisan says Cuomo can't claim with a straight face this is "a good use of tax dollars" and a model for repairing the region's economy.
The New York state Board of Elections says it will hand over some voter information to President Donald Trump's commission investigating voter fraud, becoming the first state to largely comply with the request after initially balking.
The Board voted late Wednesday to provide data like voter names, birthdates, addresses and voting history after determining it had no lawful reason to deny the request.
Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo said in June the state would not comply. The commission then filed an open records request for voter data already available to members of the public who file such requests.
The state will not provide voters' Social Security numbers because of state voter privacy laws. Thirteen states and Washington, D.C., still say they won't comply with the information request. Three others are reconsidering their denials.
Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case rather than go straight to a retrial.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that the Democrat can ask the high court to review his case. The Second-Circuit tossed out his public corruption conviction in July, citing a recent Supreme Court decision. But it also said there is sufficient evidence to conduct a retrial. A government spokesman says prosecutors still plan to retry the case as soon as possible.
Prosecutors had opposed Silver's request for the Second-Circuit to suspend the effect of its decision long enough for a Supreme Court review. The 73 year-old Silver originally was convicted in a $5 million scheme and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Two days after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joked that millions in additional funding would be available for struggling cities, the Democrat is set to appear at the future home of the National Comedy Center.
The governor's office says he'll make an announcement Thursday afternoon at the National Comedy Center construction site in Jamestown. Cuomo's appearance comes during the start of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival in Jamestown, where the late television and film actress was born in 1911.
The governor's visit also comes two days after he said there would be second-, third- and fourth-place winners in a state program funneling millions of dollars to communities seeking to revitalize their downtowns. Cuomo's office afterward said he was joking about rewarding the also-rans.
Local Congressman Tom Reed says he understands the point President Donald Trump was trying to make last week when Trump said in an interview that people living in upstate New York should move elsewhere to find jobs.
Trump made the controversial statements in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that appeared on July 26th. He said that people in New York and some other states are going to have to move to Wisconsin, Iowa and Colorado where many new manufacturing jobs are going.
Reed, a Republican from Corning, says he loves the region and isn't going anywhere. He says he's going to continue to fight for the region, and says it's recognition that the "rust belt" has had it's struggles. Reed agrees that the upstate region needs a significant economic boost and, the loss of jobs and people can clearly be seen by the loss of 4 to 5 members of Congress over the past few decades.
Trump said new plants in some parts of the country are going to need people to work and, places like "upper New York" are getting "very badly hurt." An official with the Buffalo-Niagara Partnership told The Buffalo News that Trump's asserstion is wrong adding that Buffalo is "doing better than we've done in decades."
A Dunkirk woman accused of shooting and killing her boyfriend last month has been indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury.
Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson says 28-year-old Rebecca Ruiz was indicted Wednesday in county court on one count of second-degree murder as well as two other charges, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with evidence.
Swanson says Ruiz was returned to the county jail in Mayville on $1-million cash bail, and $2-million property bond. Ruiz is accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Julian Duman at her home at 141 Lake Shore Drive East back on July 6th.
Swanson says additional evidence was developed that allowed the grand jury to indict Ruiz on the two additional charges. He says the case will continue in October for motions in front of Judge David Foley. A trial date will then be set.
No one was hurt but, an apartment building in Dunkirk sustained extensive damage during a late morning fire Wednesday in the area of Maple Avenue, Route 60 and King Street.
That from Dunkirk Fire Captain Gary Latta who says they were called to the scene of the large structure that housed several apartments about 10:30 a.m. Latta says they checked twice to make sure that everyone was out of the burning structure and, then moved to knock down the fire and bring it under control before checking inside again.
Katta says crews hussled to the scene after receiving reports of smoke in the area. He says three of the apartments were occupied and, they checked those when they first arrived. He says they received mutual aid from nearby Fredonia and an engine from East Dunkirk.
The Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team was called to the scene. A portion of Route 60 was closed late Wednesday morning through early afternoon due to the fire, and subsequent clean-up.
Two witnesses report seeing shots fired yesterday morning on Jamestown's northside but, no one was hurt.
City Police Chief Harry Snellings confirms that officers were called to the scene at Prendergast Avenue and Regent Street about 7:15 a.m. Snellings says two people were allegedly involved in a disagreement and, wound up apparently firing shots at each other.
However both ran off before police arrived. He says police interviewed the two witnesses there. Snellings says no shell casings have been found yet and, no buildings were hit. The investigation is continuing.
Gas prices in the Jamestown-area are holding steady this week while on the national scene they have increased over the past week.
The AAA's Fuel Gauge Report says the price locally is just over $2.44 a gallon this week. It's actually about about 2-10ths of a penny higher than it was last week.
AAA adds that the price across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions continue to join the pack of most expensive states in the country. Nationally, the price is up to $2.32 a gallon this week and, is at its highest price since June 15th.
Three people from Jamestown escaped serious injury after the driver of the car they were traveling in fell asleep at the wheel and crashed on Foote Avenue Extension in the town of Kiantone.
Sheriff's officers were called to the scene shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, and found that the northbound vehicle, driven by 42 year-old David Philbrick, left the roadway and struck a large billboard. Deputies say Philbrick's car then overturned some 4 to 6 times before traveling about 150-yards through several fields before striking some trees and shrubs and, then hitting a play set in a business lot.
Officers say Philbrick and his two passengers were sent to UPMC Chautauqua WCA Hospital for treatment. He was charged with failure to keep right.
Jamestown police say they seized a quantity of marijuana from a woman who was stopped fo several traffic and vehicle violations on the city's southside Monday night.
City police say officers spotted a vehicle in the area of McKinley Avenue and Park Street about 9:20 p.m., and, stopped 31 year-old Peggysue Reese Goldsmith in the mid-block of Linden Avenue.
Following a short investigation officers found the marijuana in Goldsmith's possession. She was arrested for fourth-degree criminal possesion of marijuana unnecessary noice failure to signal a turn and, having the driver's view obstructed.
There were more questions posed to Jamestown city lawmakers Monday night about the possible benefits of the proposed annexation by the city of property in Falconer owned by the Board of Public Utilities.
However this time it was two city women asking about how the move would impact both the city and, the village. If approved the four-acres of land where the Dow Street Substation sits in Falconer would become part of the city.
Council President Greg Rabb says he was happy to have residents come and ask questions and make comments. He says a vote by council should be taken in about a month once the state Department of Environmental Conservation makes a final determination of lead agency status.
One of the women, Melinda Stoller asked if the annexation would provide any benefit to Falconer. Rabb declined to comment on the impact on the village saying that Falconer officials are best able to speak to that and he should not speak for them.
Lovell Avenue resident, Ravin Mason, also owns property in Falconer. She asked how annexing the property will benefit the city. Councilman Tony Dolce says the move would save the BPU thousands of dollars a year in taxes and provide payments in lieu of tax payments to the city and Jamestown School District.
New York state has announced a new round of funding for a program aimed at keeping students from dropping out of school.
The state Education Department on Monday said 44 colleges and universities will receive a total of $17 million as part of the Liberty Partnerships Program.
Under the program, colleges partner with struggling schools and community-based organizations to help middle and high school students who are at risk of dropping out complete school and go on to college.
Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says the program gives students access to skills assessment, tutoring, counseling and mentoring. The program was started in 1988.
The week of Comedy at Chautauqua Institutiion is well-underway and, yesterday featured a comedic legend, and the daughter of a legend.
Long-time comedian and T-V Director David Steinberg was on the amphitheater stage with Kelly Carlin daughter of George Carlin to discuss political satire and other comedy.
Kelly Carlin spoke on our "Chautauqua Now" show with Dennis Webster prior to the appearance and, discussed her father's career. She says her father's comedy actually came in three stages the first being individual relationships, then the langauge, and the final 25-years dealing with the culture in America.
Carlin wrote a book about her father's career called, "A Carlin Home Companion" a take-off on the name of Garrison Keillor's radio program. She says it's been part of the process of going through his artifacts including scrapbooks since Carlin passed away nine years ago.
Kelly Carlin will also be on stage at the Amphitheater this Thursday morning with W. Kamau Bell host of CNN's "United Shades of America" at 10:45 a.m.
While the daughter of George Carlin says she enjoyed being able to have a relationship with her father's comedic artifacts... her father's "stuff" also belongs to his fans and, future generations.
That's why Kelly Carlin has turned-over her father's materials to the new National Comedy Center in Jamestown. Carlin says she's already talked with Director Journey Gunderson about the exhibit of her dad's artifacts including a lot of hand-written notes where patrons can "walk into my father's brain."
She adds that scholars and students will also have a chance to study his work for years and decades to come. Kelly Carlin says work on the exhibit is already underway at the Gateway Train Station which will be part of the new National Comedy Center on Jamestown's westside.
Funding for the final parts of the comedy center is now in place and, a Spring or Summer 2018 opening is expected.
A bi-partisan group of Congress members in Washington, DC including Chautauqua County's representative have reached consensus agreement on a proposal to stabilize the Affordable Care Act markets.
That from Congressman Tom Reed who co-chairs the Problem Solvers Caucus that reached the agreement over the past weekend and, in the wake of the Health Care defeat in the U-S Senate.
Reed says the move would take effect for heatlh insurance plans offered in 2018 and, would include three basic reforms: Eliminating the employer mandate up to 500 employees, recognize a 40-hour work week for health insurance being provided versus a 30-hour week originally in the ACA, and eliminating the medical device tax.
Reed says a stablization fund would be set up to help stabilize the markets in those areas of the county where the ACA also known as ObamaCare are collapsing. The Corning Republican says they're also working on cost-sharing reductions.
He says he's already been attacked by "the right" on the proposal and, adds that his co-chair New Jersey Democrat Josh Gottheimer has also been attacked for the proposal. Reed adds that he has not "abandoned his position" on Repeal and Replacing the ACA. However he say this is a step in the right direction for the people.
A major bio-pharmacutical company planning to put a new anti-cancer drug production facility in the Dunkirk-area is now a publically-traded entity.
With that, excitement is continuing to grow towards Athenex which celebrated it's Initial Public Offering or IPO Sunday during a dinner event in Buffalo.
Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan was among the local officials involved and, he says company officials from Taiwan, Chicago and Buffalo all took part in the dinner and teleconference there. He says they're now looking at a 2 to 3-week period to a ground-breaking.
Horrigan says all the financing is in place for the project on Route 5 near the Dunkirk City line. He says the final piece was a 20 year Payment in Lieu of Tax agreement with the county's Industrial Development Agency that was approved last week.
In addition to the more than $1-billion investment Horrigan says they'll have an estimated payroll of $50-million. He says Athenex's President and Chief Executive Officer is also talking about other opportunities once their western New York facilities are on-line. Officials say they are hoping the intial offering of stock in the company will raise about $100-million at $11 a share.
The Jamestown City Council has tabled action on a proposal to abandon a portion of Osborne Street on the city's southside to look into drainage and tree issues.
The decison was made during last night's Council voting session, following a public hearing in which several neighbors spoke. One Steve Muscarella of Sampson Street, said he believed the neighbor's would like a letter from the city to clarify what they would be responsible for if the abandonment took place.
Muscarella says they would hope the city would improve drainage there, as well as get rid of old and dying trees. One of those people who didn't want to deal with the tree issue was Jim Fusco of Colfax Street. He says he took down some pine trees that he thought he owned but, later learned they were on city property. He says he gets high water in that part of the property now.
Steve Atwater of Colfax Street says he's not opposed to the abandonment but, says he'd also like to have more clarity on drainage and, property tax issues.
Public Works Committee Chairman George Spitale urged lawmakers to table the matter until his committee could look further into the matter.
New York state now considers an inmate's age at the time of the crime to ensure that offenders receiving long sentences as juveniles have a legitimate chance at release.
Corrections officials say the Board of Parole made the change immediately after a 2016 ruling that juveniles must be granted a meaningful chance at release during parole proceedings.
Though New York has never sentenced juveniles to life without parole, groups including the New York Civil Liberties Union had criticized officials for looking only at crimes, and not youth, in parole determinations.
The town of Gerry becomes "Rodeo City" later this week as the 73rd annual Gerry Fire Department's PRCA Rodeo gets underway Wednesday evening.
Spokesman Paul Cooley with the rodeo says this year's event will have a record number of competitors for all four nights 256 cowboys and cowgirls from 34 states. Cooley says they'll be vying for about $45,000 in prize money each night, Wednesdaythrough Saturday.
He adds that word getting around about the success of the rodeo and the fact is drawing some top names in the sport. He says one of the top saddle-bronc riders, Cody DiMass, who has won over $2-million in the professional ranks will be here again this year.
Among the fan favorites at the rodeo is the delicious beef barbecue dinners which are served from 5 to 8 p.m. each day during the rodeo. Cooley says you can get more information about this year's rodeo on-line at www.gerryrodeo.org.
The Trump administration says a Pennsylvania-based coal company has won a contract to supply coal used for heating to Ukraine's state-owned power company.
The deal announced Monday calls for X-coal Energy and Resources to ship 700,000 tons of thermal coal to the Ukraine to heat homes and businesses. The first shipment is expected to leave the Port of Baltimore next month at a cost of $113 per metric ton.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry hailed the deal with state-owned Centrenergo, saying such partnerships "are crucial to the path forward to achieve energy dominance" for the U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to revive the struggling coal industry.
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A visit to the Arab- Jewish school
( The late Rabbi Menachem Froman with the Dali Lama )
This afternoon i had scheduled a meeting with the principal at an Arab-Jewish school , i was looking forward to this interview because i wanted to work with children of diverse backgrounds and exactly this combination, Arab and jewish, and i also was told that with an incompleted teaching certificate ( due to one course and twenty years when i had lived abroad) rejected with my much invested thesis my labor of love and my much completed and ignored by the Israeli ministry of Education M.A. in Education from Lesley in Boston, USA; i could not work at a regular school anyhow, which was fine by me as long as i get to work in a school where teachers were motivated to teach more than to prepare for exams but to teach how to live a life of meaningful knowledge and for me the most important meaningful knowledge in the middle east is striving for peace, on all levels,personal and political.
The bus driver was very helpful and recommended the local ice cream and a pretty young teenage girl had spoken about a recent murder of two young women that she knows from the area . horrified.I had heard a news item this morning on the radio ; the two women were murdered while driving in a car, the motive is still being investigated. The young teenager had said her father was a Moslem Arab and her mother Jewish . She was happy with that and lived in both world well, she said. The Israeli bus driver chatted with her and realized from talking to her that he knew her father and had liked him . The energy was upbeat despite the news of this morning.
A woman dressed in typical modest Moslem black dress and veil had overheard me asking the bus driver where the school was and had kindly pointed out the school to me .
At the entrance to the school stood a guard who refused to let me in since he said there was no one there . I called the principal , an Israeli, and she had apologized , she had an unexpected meeting and had to cancel, i insisted on meeting this week since these are the last days of the school year , in two months start the summer vacation and i needed to secure a position till then or i will be forced to accept” left overs ” or the dreadful substitute positions no one wanted, and i took on last year having not had enough recent experience in the Israeli school system.
The principal had called me back while i was on a busy road so i had sought refuge in a peaceful air-conditioned middle eastern restaurant , welcomed by a friendly smiling Arab waiter .
The menu was Humous, which i dislike, but having not many choices, i went for a dish with special middle eastern beans and humous and had asked that the flat bread be warmed up.
The interior was very clean , i think this place was new or else renovated and very well kept, it felt like walking into a palace . I had a seat by a large window where i could look out at a beautiful intersection of old buildings with red roof tops and green middle eastern pine trees .
Two arabs sat at a table in front of me speaking words, of which i could pick up one or two, based on a very rudimentary knowledge of the language and i wondered why i knew so little, since my late father had been a fluent speaker of Arabic and very fond of the culture , at another table a middle aged man with silver hair spoke Israeli Hebrew to an elderly woman while they ordered a large assortment of various salates.
As i walked down the street afterwards on my way to the bus station and home, i recalled that my fondest family memories were of eating in an Arabic restaurant in Jaffa where my father received a warm welcome and would show off his fluent local Arabic .
My father had learned Arabic from having lived with Arabs in Israel before and after 1948. He had only good memories to tell, or perhaps would tell only the good memories and mentioned several figures , Zarifa, was one figure he had told stories about , inventing perhaps funny stories of her wit and ability to overcome obstacles with clever solutions . Another figure was a man called Abu Leban, i think he had made up , who would rule the village with wit as well.
Friday afternoons my father would settle down with small brown bags filled with oven warm variety of nuts , sunflower and pumpkin seeds he would place at a small table as he would turn on the T.V. to the Arab film of the week, and i would often watch with him . He would point out the main characters and the plot with great joy and this was a special time i had enjoyed spending with my father who had not lived very long past my childhood.
All those joyous memories of sitting at the restaurant with my father had flooded my mind as i watched young teenage Arab boys with their heads shaven riding bicycles on the busy road .
A thin middle aged woman with dyed very light blond hair had sat next to me hugging a plastic bag . A conversation had started, i dont recall who initiated but i think i had asked her whether she lived there and she had answered , ” no but my mother unfortunately lives here”..”to which i had answered “why unfortunately?” and she had said , “because there are many Arabs here” she added that when there was a difficult time with them, they had blocked the roads and shook the bus, she showed with her hands, and said “it was frightening..”
Her facial experssion was one of fear and i thought to myself “primitive ” …but did not say anything ..”i interviewed for a teaching position here”, i had told her , unable to contain my excitement at the idea of working with children of a different culture and yet a culture that was the majority of the middle east after all, and where we were all living .
The woman with the bleached yellow hair had rushed to catch a bus, not saying anything and i did not regret her departure, in fact i had felt a deep relief .
Just as she had left a tourist bus with the banner “Taglit-birthright ” ( “Taglit means “Discovery” in Hebrew) had appeared and i thought to myself “birthright”, what does that exactly mean?
The program “Taglit” took young Jewish youth who lived abroad to Israel for a two week trip showing them Israel and educating them about Israel , history, Geography, politically no doubt too, in an effort to attract more newcomers.
As a returning citizen i viewed this program in a bitter cynical disappointment, disappointed that my country had spent so much money on people who did not live here while struggling to help holocaust survivors who were already living here for several decades or other people in need..i struggled with the support that young Jewish people of well to do countries such as the USA, Canada or European countries had to visit Israel and to emigrate while locals , both Jewish and Arabs did not have enough support , in my humble opinion anyway..
The news of a Hamas rocket attack
The Israeli air force struck over 30 targets in Gaza in response to two rocket barrages fired toward southern Israeli communities Tuesday. The first barrage consisted of 28 mortars, with one shell falling in the yard of a kindergarten. Hours later, several projectiles were launched from Gaza and parts of a rocket fell near a school in Sderot.
Most of the projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. Five Israelis were wounded.
Over the past few days, Israel has been bracing for a response from Islamic Jihad after the Israeli military killed three of its militants and a Hamas member in strikes on the coastal enclave.
6:14 P.M. Israeli military shells observation post in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian reports say
5:45 P.M. Israel Navy stops Palestinian flotilla attempting to sail From Gaza
The Israel Navy stopped a flotilla of Palestinian activists who set sail from Gaza Tuesday to protest years of a naval blockade by Israel and Egypt on the Gaza Strip
After having heard the news and while reading a book on the bus about a brutal murder of a 13 year old Jewish teenager who had been stoned to death along with his friend while hiking in caves near his home back in 2001. The book is called “The blessing of a broken heart ” by Sheri Mandell , the mother who tells about the life and murder of her son, Yaakov Nathan, (blessed memory) in great courage and so I end with a quote she had written at the beginning of her incredibly brave soul full voyage of recovery ;
“Who prepares nourishment for the raven, when its children cry out to God, confused without food?”
-Job, Chapter 38, verse 41.
I know this sounds incredibly naive and out of touch with reality, but i am thinking that to teach Arab and Jews learning together in an elementary school is peace work , and i think of a quote in the new testament which is
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God”
I think about a great Rabbi Menachem Froman who had come from the same settlement in the west bank as the murdered boy.
I will end with quotes by the Rabbi who had remained naive in his faith and belief in peace no matter what
” For many years, I have said that I have two proofs for God. The first is that media fills the void of the world with so much nonsense and despite this a person keeps a little reason – this is a sign that there is a God.
[Second:] is that the religious community appears the way it does and speaks about God the way it does. Despite this there remains people in the world who believe [in God] – this is a sign that in truth there is a God.
The purpose of the Zohar is to reveal the answer to “know… to where you are heading” (Avot3:1) then you wont fear death, on the contrary you are strengthened from it.
In truth, the world is filled with tragedy; existence is laden with many inner contradictions. The difference between me and Rav Kook is that Rav Kook triumphed over them with a harmonistic approach an I triumph over them with humor. (115)
The Zohar is not the Torah of the righteous but for the masters of return. Why? Because someone who has not fallen – who has not “glanced and been stricken”, one who has not “cut down some of the shoots”, one who has not tasted the taste of heresy – does not learn Zohar. Only someone who visits the abyss can reach the secret (sod).
Who is permitted to enter the empty void? One who does not wait for answers, one who does not wait for decisions of halakhah that decide what he is to do. Only one whose religiosity is built on silence. One whose emotions of cleaving to God are at times such that he does not know what is incumbent upon him to do. A person like this becomes a stronger believer from the times that he calls out the question of “where is the place of His glory?”
One whose faith is built on emotions of grace in which he only experiences that “there is a God” – that his cleaving to God comes from an answer to questions, then it is forbidden for him to enter the empty void, his religious world would collapse there.
164) The uniqueness of the Zohar as opposed to other works of kabbalah is that the Zohar deals entirely with the left, the side of the other side (sitra ahara). It does not remain in the sublime mercy of the right side. Rather it seeks embodiment by partnership with the forces of evil, only in this way can something be whole. This is exactly the opposite of Maimonides. The entire purpose of Maimonides was to negate corporeality, while the Zohar is the book of corporeality and partnership with evil.
Therefore, the Zohar really loves sacrifices. Today in synagogue we do all sorts of spiritual activities such as praying and intention – but where is the meat? Where is the corporeality? The Zohar says that a sacrifice is peace and there is not peace without the left [side]. We make peace with enemies otherwise it is one sided as when there is only the right side. The [right side] is the essential part but without the accompanying [left] part there is no wholeness. So too with a sacrifice- there is confession, which is perhaps the essential part of sacrifice but without the meat and blood it is not a sacrifice. The Zohar is the opposite of Maimonides.
It is customary to say that it is forbidden to study the Zohar before one marries, but how is it possible to get married without learning Zohar?
When I learned in Merkaz Harav, we continuously returned to the divine grasp of Nahmanides who said that to live in the land of Eertz Yisrael (land of Israel) was a mitzvah, in contrast to Maimonides who did not count this as a mitzvah. The entire settlement movement is based on this position of Nahmanides. But perhaps, Maimonides is correct.
Anyone who reads “And it shall come to pass that if you keep the mitzvot” (“Vehaya im shamoa tishmeu mitzvosai asher…”) sees that living in the land is a gift of God, the land is a reward for keeping other mitzvot. There is no other command placed on people.
What can brokenness create? It can produce a revelation of the shekhinah that fills the thankful heart.
The principle power of a person is to acknowledge his weaknesses and to turn to God. This is the great power of a person.
The Rambam [probably he meant Maharal or Ramhal] said that the truth is grasped by contradictions because I live a life of everything and its opposite. I am wide but also narrow. I am required to be focused and grounded but to have a rich world, scattered but to have fear of God. It is impossible to know consequences: Does wealth brings fear of God or the opposite? Every mitzvah and every action need two wings of love and fear. Between these two poles is formed the electric tension of life.
Rabbi Menachem Froman “my follwers will laugh from this”
And i will end by a quote by Rabbi Shlomo Carlibach, the dancing singing Rabbi whose wonderful daughter Neshama, i had had the pleasure of meeting one winter at a yoga ashram where she preformed at an inter religious forum and this is what she says about accusations about her father and about life in general;
“I can only watch and assess our broken world. As my father himself said, we have to laugh with one side of our heart and cry with the other. That his life, music and actions prompt both laughter and tears will likely not cease in our lifetimes.
We, as human beings, try to strive for closure. That’s a natural inclination. But to try to find peace and closure with something that will never be clear nor closed has been – and will likely remain – painful and confusing. My choice is to stand here. To not run away.
And this is why we need to sing and hope even more than before. Finding songs to propel us is essential, now more than ever. If there were no songs, we would sing anyway. We’d find a way. My father’s music has been a salve for many and a trigger for others. In the end, those who feel healed by the music I bring – my own and my father’s – will be blessed by that. In the end those who feel that they did not want to include it in their repertoire will not include it”
-Neshama Carlibach
For all those victims of violence on both sides we need to acknowledge the pain of all people who are victims of violence and to nonetheless never ever give up the struggle for co existence even amongst the hateful violence of those who wish to end co existence and to end diversity in the middle east and the possibility of Arabs and Jews living side by side in peace as the bible predicts will happen one day and that day can be any day but can only happen through peaceful intentions and actions that will serve as a balancing force to the violence.
We owe it to all those hurt in violence of the conflict to do everything possible to live in peace together , we need to prove to the haters that we will have the upper hand, because we were not created to fight kill or die but to live in peace!
After all is said and done, more is said than done.. lets do good, lets bring peace in our life time !
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‘Path to Prosperity’ Honored for Economic Impact in Southeast Alaska
by Bethany Goodrich | Oct 21, 2015 | Economic Self-reliance
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) recognizes the Path to Prosperity Competition for regional impact
Innovative competition rewards Alaska entrepreneurs with startup funds
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — The Haa Aaní Community Development Fund and The Nature Conservancy in Alaska have received the 2015 International Economic Development Council Silver Award in recognition of their innovative Path to Prosperity business development competition. The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is the world’s largest economic development organization. Each year, IEDC recognizes innovative, successful economic development programs that are having material impacts in their communities and region.
The annual award recognizes Path to Prosperity for its outstanding success in retaining businesses and helping expand economic opportunity since its founding in Southeast Alaska three years ago. The International Economic Development Council presented the award earlier this month at its annual convention, held this year in Anchorage.
“According to the State of Alaska, 19 out of 32 Southeast communities lost a cumulative of 750 jobs during the last ten years,” said Haa Aaní LLC Director Ed Davis. “During the first three years of P2P, we have seen a total 105 applications, so we know the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Southeast Alaska. With help from programs like ours, these entrepreneurs can have a significant impact on the economy of Southeast.”
The business contest targets the communities of Southeast Alaska, where there’s considerable knowhow and an array of valuable natural resources – but often less access to the expertise necessary to launch a successful business. Providing expertise for aspiring entrepreneurs is an important step as the region’s natural resource-based economy transitions away from boom-and-bust cycles of the past.
“The sustainable use of the wealth of natural resources in Southeast Alaska is important to The Nature Conservancy,” said Norm Cohen, Southeast Alaska Program Director. “In fact, we believe it’s an essential foundation for entrepreneurs to succeed financially. This is why The Nature Conservancy believes in Path to Prosperity: the future of our communities is inextricably linked to the sustainable use of our natural resources.”
Each year, the Path to Prosperity contest selects 12 semifinalists from among dozens of entries to attend a Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. This three-day intensive event provides professional advice to participants from a wide array of academics, business owners, and consultants in key fields such as marketing, accounting and financial decision making. With assistance from boot camp experts, each of the 12 competition finalists has an opportunity to hone their business plans before submitting them for final judging at year’s end. Ultimately, two winning businesses will be awarded prizes of $40,000 in business startup services. Since launching three years ago, Path to Prosperity has awarded $280,000 prizes to seven winning entrepreneurs from across Southeast Alaska.
While Path to Prosperity aims to launch successful businesses in a region that’s in the midst of an economic transition, the contest sponsors, Haa Aaní and The Nature Conservancy, envision a clear long-term goal for Southeast Alaska. The competition aims to launch companies that will increase local employment, have a positive social and economic impact on their communities, promote sustainable use of local resources, and increase entrepreneurial know-how and business leadership in Southeast Alaska.
The 2015 Finalists are…
Columbine Farm (Spencer Douthit / Haines)
AlaskaSmart Biodiesel (Jeff Hastings / Hoonah)
Micki’s House (Micki O’Neil / Hydaburg)
Adapt North (Lindsay Hallvik / Juneau)
Norther Edge Craftworks (Reid Harris / Juneau)
Skya’ana Coffee Co. (Tina Steffen / Klawock)
Sandbar Bed and Breakfast (Karen Thompson / Metlakatla)
Petersburg Indian Association Sealife Compost (Marco Banda / Petersburg)
The Salty Pantry Market and Deli (Mindy Anderson / Petersburg)
Sitka Seedling Farms (Mathew Jackson / Sitka)
The Sawmill Farm (Bobbi Daniels / Sitka)
Wrangell Coop. Assoc. Shakes Island Tours (Aaron Angerman / Wrangell)
Click here to read an in-depth review of the 2014 Path to Prosperity finalists: Haines’ Port Chilkoot Distillery and Fairweather Ski Works.
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Unsuccessful Thug One Comedian's Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown
Autor: Mike Epps
Narrador: J.D. Jackson
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From Naptown to Tinseltown—legendary stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps finally tells all in this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.
Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo—before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard Pryor in a biopic—there was Indianapolis. And not the good part. Mike Epps is one of America's favorite and funniest people, but the path to fame was paved with opportunities to mess it up. And mess it up he did.
Growing up in "Naptown"—what people who live there really call rough-around-the-edges Indianapolis—Epps found himself forced to hustle from an early age. Despite his mother's best efforts, and the love of his well-behaved brother, "Chaney," and his beloved sister, Julie, Epps was drawn to a life of crime, but as he quickly discovered, stealing and dealing didn't really fit his sweet sensibilities. Not to mention he wasn't very good at it—take, for example, the day he had to call the cops on himself when a dog wouldn't let him leave a house he was burgling. After several arrests and more than a few months in jail, Epps finally realized that he was an unsuccessful thug, and instead turned to the next most obvious career path: stand-up comedy.
Heading first to New York, then all over the country, and finally to Hollywood, Mike Epps carved out a unique place in American comedy, combining hysterical tales of his family and friends with a mordant take on life in the Naptowns of America. Comedy saved Mike Epps, and here he reveals exactly how he finally grew up and got out, barely. And when describing how he survived when so many of his friends didn't, Epps makes clear what he's thankful for and sorry about. Unsuccessful Thug is about growing up black in America, facing down racism in Hollywood, and ultimately how it feels to fail at thugdom, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and end up selling out arenas and starring in movies across the country.
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Tada Hozumi
Open Letter to Mark Walsh and The Embodiment Conference
UPDATE: A new open letter, principally written by Dare Sohei, has been published that calls for the embodiment community to publicly deplatform Mark Wlash and The Embodiment Conferece.
NOTE: To better share the context of this open letter, below is a voice memo Mark Walsh sent to someone (not me) in 2019, who asked Mark questions about the dominance of white male presenters in The EmbodimentConference 2019, and then was invited to present at the same conference in 2020.
https://clyp.it/pvlfo3ig
A lot of my choice to participate by writing an open letter has come from hearing this recording and feeling that Mark has to answer the questions I have posed himself and the team at TEC needs to hold him accountable.
Hi Mark Walsh and The Embodiment Conference,
My name is Tada. I’m a somatics practitioner who works in a field we sometimes referred to as cultural somatics, an emerging approach to ‘embodiment’ that is distinctly concerned with the relationship between individual and collective change.
I’ve been invited by your team to speak at the conference and have been tracking your work to discern whether I should take TEC up on that offer.
My conclusion is that I’ve been invited to participate, there’s something important in the winds about that, so I would like to take the TEC up on that offer, but on my own terms. That is to decline the invitation to speak in the Trauma and Social Change channel, and instead offer this public letter that contains the bulk of what I would have to say in the first place.
A big part of this is that I do not want the ideas that I and my colleagues churn ourselves over to be tucked away in a channel that can be avoided — I believe matters of social justice, or whatever you want to call it, are foundational to what the conference is marketing as ‘embodiment’.
From this place, the first thing I would like to share with you (Mark), and the TEC community as a whole, is that ‘embodiment’ as a modern idea and industry has been directly born out of collective disembodiment, a result of historical traumas from inter-European imperialism (which also includes invasions from and of so-called Asia), followed by what we now recognize as modern colonialism, which can be mostly attributed to pale-skinned European descendants who we now refer to as ‘white‘ people’.
This history of white disembodiment is why the current embodiment industry is dominated by white people, and especially white men, who have acted as founder-discoverers, while the bulk of their actual practice has and continues to come from marginalized communities of color. Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi Method, Continuum, Strozzi Institute & Generative Somatics, Dance Movement Therapy … you name it, the core inspiration of these modalities comes from cultural practices such as yoga, qigong/energy work, indigenous ritual, internal martial arts, Afro-diasporic dance, and so on — all of which arise from communities that have been in opposition to Western/white Imperialism.
Simply put: there are no modern ‘Western’ modalities that we know of that do not find their origins in the white elite’s fascination with the cultures of the mystical other.
(Edited to add: with some guidance from people who have enthusiastically supported this letter, I also want to recognize that this isn’t just about race. The ‘mystical other’ also includes those marginalized because of gender and class in European society. The work of birth workers, herbalists, expressive artists, and so on, have been similarly extracted by dominant ruling groups that reflected the white supremacist central elite. Given the post-colonial world we live in today, I think it makes sense to center a strong racial-cultural analysis, but that doesn’t mean we should negate other underlying dynamics that even point further to the origin of how the embodiment industry internalizes oppressive dynamics. It’s also important to recognize that European doesn’t automatically mean white or only white and there are various people within European society that have been marginalized because of their distance from central white elite power.)
I have found the 2020 TEC conference’s Diversity and Inclusion statement and policy to be deeply dissatisfactory in this regard and I am certain I am not alone. While it recognizes the need for diversity, what it does not do is take ownership for the lack of balance in the embodiment industry and the imperial history it reflects, as a conference that is:
Led by a white man
Mostly staffed by white people
Mostly featuring white people, and particularly, white men as major expert speakers
The result is a statement and policy that ends up deflecting the collective responsibility of embodiment practitioners, to tell the truth about the embodiment industry - that it was and still is a marketplace that has been formed by white/Western people importing foreign cultural goods, which has become majorly available to them via imperialism, into starving white/Western communities.
The lack of understanding of this has been apparent in how the conference seems to be marketed: by getting big-name speakers of the embodiment and related industries, most of whom are white and male, to attract a large audience, which including speakers with smaller followings, without critically thinking about why these people have such an audience in the first place — because they are not just practitioners and innovators but also tradesmen selling magical wares from foreign lands they know through the conquest and war of their ancestors.
In light of this, I want to let you know I am from Aizu, a small rural region of North-Eastern Japan. My family line goes back many generations in Aizu and my four grandparents as well as both my parents have all grown up there. We consider ourselves Aizu people.
As an Aikidoka you (Mark) would know Aizu to be the place where one of Morihei Ueshiba’s major teachers, Sokaku Takeda, founder of Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujitsu, and his mentor, Tanomo Saigo (later Chikanori Hoshina), a Shinto priest who was originally a high-posted local samurai official before the dissolution of the samurai class through the modern Japanese civil war which he fought in and lost his whole family to, both come from. (There are some discrepancies to what the relationship was between Takeda and Saigo truly was in terms of technical teaching.)
This is to say, the people of my ancestral lands are keepers and founders of a lineage of practice your work derives direct benefit from in both material and social capital. That is how close to the bone these matters are. They are not at all abstract and distant, as popular social justice keywords like ‘cultural appropriation’ may sometimes make them seem.
Having said all of this, I would like to, on behalf of all people whose ancestral cultural practices have been adopted into the so-called embodiment industry, call you and The 2020 Embodiment Conference, by which I mean all staff, presenters, and participants, to reckon with the true history of the embodiment industry, tell its whole story, and think much deeper about how to address matters of racism and other ills that plague modern Western embodiment because of its very nature.
Thank you for your invitation to offer this to you and the larger embodiment community.
Tadaaki Hozumi
(Edited to add: Because I bring up the subject of ancestral lineage, authorship, and attribution, I want to make a special note that I do not see submitting, in a collapsed way, to anyone’s ancestral authority on a particular cultural practice to be a legitimate solution to these matters. This is important because the various arts we now benefit from for our healing often have contradictory and complex historical contexts of their own that involve classism, racism, misogyny, and so on. Particularly, it is important to remember that Asia is a unique cultural region that has seen various folk traditions survive alongside imperialism for many centuries and that this means many cultural practices of Asia reflect this historical reality in how they are structured.)
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Home \ Talk Show News \ Piers Morgan Won’t Name McCartney Hacked Voicemail Source
Piers Morgan Won’t Name McCartney Hacked Voicemail Source
CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan refused to disclose details Tuesday about his most damning link to Britain’s phone hacking scandal — his acknowledgment that he once listened to a phone message left by Paul McCartney for his then-wife Heather Mills.
In an eagerly awaited appearance before the U.K.’s media ethics committee, Morgan, who replaced Larry King on CNN, was visibly tense, sometimes hostile and often rejected characterizations of his actions made by inquiry lawyers as “nonsense.”
His testimony Tuesday was given under oath, and Morgan could be subject to criminal proceedings if he was found to have violated any British laws.
Before his U.S. television career, Morgan ran two British tabloids — first Murdoch’s News of the World and then the Daily Mirror, owned by Murdoch competitor Trinity Mirror.
A key line of questioning centered on comments Morgan made in a 2006 article in the Daily Mail tabloid. In it, Morgan said he was played a phone message left by the former Beatle on Mills’ answering machine, describing it in detail and noting that McCartney “even sang ‘We Can Work It Out’ into the answerphone.”
Mills, who went on to divorce McCartney in one of most expensive separations in British history, has said there’s no way Morgan could have obtained the message honestly.
Morgan on Tuesday stubbornly refused to answer almost any questions about how he came to hear the message, saying: “I’m not going to start any trail that leads to the identification of a source.”
But when asked by inquiry chief Lord Justice Brian Leveson whether he could supply any information to back the assertion that he had heard the recording legally, the 46-year-old journalist said he couldn’t.
Earlier, Morgan said he “doesn’t believe” he had ever listened to hacked voicemail messages — and dismissed earlier interviews in which he’d discussed phone hacking at length as having been based on rumor and hearsay.
He also refused to say who had filled him in about the practice.
“My memory’s not great about this. It was a long time ago,” he said.
Morgan was giving evidence to Britain’s media ethics inquiry by video link Tuesday from the United States — one of dozens of phone hacking victims, journalists and tabloid executives to face the inquiry, set up in the wake of the uproar over phone hacking and other unethical newsgathering methods at the News of the World.
The atmosphere turned tense within minutes of Morgan taking his oath. He was quizzed about his relationship to private investigators and freelancers such as “Benji the Binman,” who specialized in raking though celebrities’ trash to look for scoops.
Morgan said he never dealt with private investigators but he did acknowledge buying information from Benji — and said he’d had some qualms about it.
“Did I think he was doing anything illegal? No. Did I think he was doing anything on the cusp of unethical? Yes,” Morgan said.
Witnesses at the inquiry have exposed the seamy side of British journalism, with reporters accused of cooking up stories, blackmailing subjects, hacking phones and paying bribes to police officers to secure tips.
Murdoch himself may testify before the inquiry, according to an offhand comment made by inquiry lawyer Robert Jay. At one point Jay told Morgan to stop speculating about what Murdoch might have remembered about a particular incident in which the two of them clashed.
“We can ask him for his recollection of events when we get there,” Jay said.
The inquiry declined to comment further, and News Corp. did not immediately return an email seeking confirmation. Murdoch earlier in the year testified before Parliament on the subject of phone hacking and shut down the 168-year-old News of the World in July after the full hacking scandal broke.
CNN, meanwhile, broadcast its star’s testimony live Tuesday, but only to its international subscribers.
(Source: Yahoo.com)
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Home » Tennis » Bouchard's slump continues as she fails to qualify for Australian Open
Bouchard's slump continues as she fails to qualify for Australian Open
01/13/2021 Tennis
Eugenie Bouchard’s miserable slump continues as the former Wimbledon finalist fails to qualify for the Australian Open and is now ranked 141 in the world
Eugenie Bouchard was defeated in Australian Open qualifying by Yue Yuan
Bouchard, now ranked 141st, lost 6-2 6-4 by China’s world No 230 in Dubai
Canadian’s miserable slump has continued following her incredible rise to fame
In 2014, she became one of the biggest stars around, reaching Wimbledon final
She also progressed to the Australian Open and French Open semis in 2014
Former world No 4 Eugenie Bouchard has failed to seal her place in the Australian Open for the second year running after going down in qualifying.
Bouchard, who rose to fame in 2014 after reaching the final of Wimbledon and semi-finals of both the Australian Open and French Open, was defeated in her second-round qualifying match against Yue Yuan.
The 26-year-old, who is now ranked 141st in the world, was beaten in straight sets 6-2 6-4 by China’s world No 230 in Dubai.
Eugenie Bouchard crashed out of Australian Open qualifying after losing to China’s Yue Yuan
Due to her lowly ranking, the Canadian did not make the main draw for the Melbourne tournament, and was forced once again to battle her way through qualifying.
Despite coming through her first match comfortably against Abbie Myers, she did not have enough to beat Yan in her second qualifying contest, which has continued her miserable decline in the women’s game.
When she was ranked inside the world’s top five in 2014 after sealing her spot in the Wimbledon final as a 20-year-old, Bouchard had the world at her feet.
She claimed the gong for the WTA’s Most Improved Player in 2014 after her impressive surge to the top of the women’s game, but things have slowly unravelled since.
The Canadian rose to fame in style in 2014 in the women’s game, reaching the Wimbledon final
Bouchard also progressed to the Australian Open and French Open semi-finals in 2014
Not only was her tennis doing the talking, but off court she was becoming one of the sport’s biggest stars thanks to her personality and appearance – and has often modelled for Sports Illustrated.
But just under a year on, Bouchard slipped to 49th in the rankings before dropping all the way down to 194th in the world in 2018 after struggling to find consistency on court.
Bouchard had enjoyed an improvement in recent times, winning 26 of her 36 matches since the resumption of tennis in August last year.
However, that rise in form hit a bump in the road on Tuesday when she went down against Yuan.
Bouchard had become one of the biggest names in the sport after bursting onto the scene
The 26-year-old still remains a huge presence thanks to her social media platforms
Yuan claimed an early break of serve in the opening set of the Australian Open qualifying contest before going on to take it 6-2.
Bouchard immediately fought back in the second, taking an early break of serve herself before holding her own to consolidate her lead.
After some strong returns, she took another break and raced into a 4-1 lead in the second set.
But Bouchard couldn’t hold onto her dominance as Yuan immediately broke back twice to level the set up at 4-4.
And Bouchard struggled to turn momentum in her favour when she needed it, before being broken again and losing 6-4 to ensure Yuan progressed.
The Canadian’s rise in form coincided with her presence growing off the tennis court
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Quantum Review Dice In Space
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It’s the kind of thing where you play it, and then wonder why no one had thought of it before. Quantum, above all else, is novel and elegant in its main conceit–essentially using dice for every task. Your dice act as ships set in a vague, uninteresting sci-fi universe. Your task? Drop off some cubes on some planets. Cubes are basically naked dice, right? There are some cards too, which wreck the purity of the whole dice thing, though they also add a lot to the game.
Quantum occupies a strange space in between an abstract game and a space combat dudes-on-a-map style game. The map is constructed, usually, of nine planet tiles. The tiles have square spaces surrounding the planets, so together they form a grid. Each player, on their turn, gets three actions, which they can spend to move their dice-ships, re-roll a ship, bring one onto the board from their reserve supply, place a quantum cube on a planet (which takes 2 actions), or invest in research.
Research is, of course, tracked on a die, and when you hit 6 you get to take one of the cards from the display to either gain a one-time ability or a permanent upgrade. You also get one of these cards whenever you place a quantum cube. They’re decently interesting, and if you get the right combinations, you can become a real juggernaut in combat. All of the cards seem helpful, even if none of them are particularly exciting. This is a hard thing to explain, but there’s a difference you can feel between choosing from well-balanced fine options and well-balanced excellent options. I don’t even think it’s necessarily about the severity of the upgrade, either. These can be compared to the upgrades in Kemet, I think, but for some reason I feel much more excited to get an upgrade in Kemet than I do in Quantum. Perhaps it’s because I can see all of the options in Kemet, while in Quantum I’m stuck with a rotating display of three of both kinds of cards. Sometimes that can be a bit of a downer when you don’t particularly want any of the cards, while the player before you snagged the one you were eyeing.
In fact, the comparison to Kemet might not be so far off, on many levels. Both games heartily encourage combat, with Quantum breaking ties towards the winner and also providing a “dominance” point to the winner, which is tracked with another die on your player board and turned into a free quantum cube placement when you acquire six. This is difficult, though, because every time you lose a battle you lose a dominance point. The game does a great job, then, of both incentivizing and rewarding combat, providing an option to strategize around a combat-heavy build, while keeping that a fairly risky path.
If you don’t want to get your cubes through violence, you can instead place them by surrounding planets. See, each of the planets in the play area will have a number associated with it. In order to drop off your precious cube there you need to have dice orthogonally adjacent to the planet totaling exactly that number.
Clever Dice
And this is just the first of many clever things Quantum does with dice. The die face also determines the type, speed, and power of the ship. Each of the six types has their own special power that can be activated once per turn. For example, the 5 ship can move diagonally, the 2 ship can carry other ships, and the 4 can turn itself into either a 3 or 5 ship. They all have names, but like the thematic backstory to the game, they weren’t particularly interesting or integrated into the game, so I forgot.
Combat is initiated by simply moving onto the space of an opponent’s die-ship, and is resolved by each player rolling a die, adding that value to the value of the die-ship, with the lower number winning. I have no idea how I’ve never seen this before, but making the unit’s strength and speed inversely proportional is painfully clever. Why hadn’t I thought of it?
Anyways, the loser of combat, in addition to losing a dominance point, also loses the die-ship itself. Losing combat is therefore very painful and to be avoided at all costs. This creates a neat tension in the game where you kind of want those 4’s and 5’s in there to move quickly and try to race everyone out to dropping the first cube, while at the same time fearing anything with a lower value slowly coming your way. Even more devious is the fact that you can spend an action point to re-roll a die, so you can dart over to a spot with a high value ship, then suddenly transform it into a deadly behemoth. Of course, you can’t move the same ship twice on the same turn, so your opponent then has a chance to run away.
This is the heart of the game–figuring out how to utilize your ship’s attributes to make clever plays and outwit your opponents. It has kind of a freeform chess feel to it–that abstract game core seeping into the experience–but with more varied pieces and a bizarre goal.
Unfortunately, while this game sounds so good on paper the actual experience leaves a bit to be desired. One of the joys of playing many abstract games is in the specifically zero-sum 2-player experience. Each move that takes from your opponent benefits you equally, and vice versa. I feel like 2-player games, because of this, can often be tighter, more grindy experiences. Quantum wants to be that kind of experience, I think, but there’s too much variability with the cards and too many kingmaking opportunities. Because the game is more granular than many multiplayer games, those kingmaking situations stick out like sore thumb. I mean, each game is played to 5 cubes. If one player has a clearly advantageous attack on one of two other players, and they’re both at 3 points, whoever they don’t attack gets a massive tempo boost.
The game’s also not interesting enough thematically or varied enough to be interesting outside of the abstract tactical play. It’s easy to learn and simple, yes, but there’s no scope to the game. The objective is straightforward and the combat is perfunctory. There’s no sense of progression at all–indeed you often feel the opposite as your ships are beaten, forcing you to slowly incorporate them back into the game. And being able to drop a single cube doesn’t feel like enough of an accomplishment to overcome that general feeling of defeat.
These are problems with the multiplayer game, but what about with 2-players? Abstract games thrive here, and there’s obviously no kingmaking problem. Unfortunately, while some parts of the 2-player game are good, because each player starts on opposite sides of the map, the first couple of cubes are always more or less freebies with no interaction. Why dart across the map trying to attack your opponent when you can spend that time advancing your own win condition while letting them come to you? This makes for a very underwhelming start that annoys me greatly. A deliberately tiny map construction can help this a bit, but not entirely.
On top of that the runaway leader problem becomes an issue in the 2 player game when there aren’t others to help balance through combat. Since this is essentially a race, trying to score quickly and efficiently is a priority. But if you fall behind, you need to try to slow your opponent down while also getting into position to score yourself. Unfortunately the person in the lead also has a lead in upgrades, so winning combat against them is going to be tough. And every time you lose combat you also help them get to that free domination cube, which sets you even further behind. Very skilled play can overcome this, but not easily.
What Quantum does do well is occasionally make you feel exceptionally clever. In these moments the clever bits of the game and your own ingenuity seem to align and you do things you didn’t think you could given the restraints of the rules. The ship abilities in particular provide for a number of mind-bending interactions. When you first start playing the game you feel a hair restricted by only three actions per turn. Individual turns frequently don’t feel complete or satisfying. But this limitation has the hidden benefit of making turns where you are able to combo multiple abilities into a virtuoso attack or cube drop or defense feel great.
And I say that sincerely. There are few things more satisfying in gaming than looking at your options, pondering, working through the possibilities, and then suddenly finding a solution you didn’t previously think possible. It’s one of the reasons I adore Mage Knight so much. Quantum contains those moments, but rarely and with much difficulty. If you play the game a lot, like with Chess your knowledge will expand the play space you know is possible, and those great moves will become more frequent. Me? I get a couple per game that bring that feeling of accomplishment. Sometimes that’s enough.
Does this excuse the criticisms? No, but it certainly helps Quantum become a decently enjoyable experience. I think even very experienced players will find the randomness of combat and the upgrade deck to be tiresome, and there are too many obvious problems elsewhere for everyone else to ignore. Deep down there’s an excellent abstract game here, but with all of the trappings it doesn’t give you that feeling of having played a classic game, merely a moderately clever one. And really, don’t abstract games uniquely need to feel like a classic to succeed?
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Score: 6.5/10
+Easy to learn and teach
+Some very clever systems
+Potential for some very satisfying tactical plays
-Kingmaking issues
-Snowballing issues in 2-player game
-Feels uncertain–not quite an abstract and not quite a thematic game
Length: 30-60 minutes
Learning Curve: 2/5
Brain Burn: 3/5
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A short history of Brazilian currencies for foreign collectors
Coronation Coin, the most valuable brazilian coin. This gold coin was minted to celebrate the coronation of the first emperor of Brazil
Until the year 1500, Brazil was a aboriginal country, with no economy and no currency. With the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century, the occupation of the territory of Brazil by a civilized people began, however, the introduction of coins as a means of payment would still take some time to happen.
It is important to know that the first Brazilian currency, the “mil-réis”, existed until 1942, in the 20th century. There were centuries of existence of the same currency unit. Interestingly, from 1942 to 1994, in just 52 years, Brazil had seven other currencies. This was due to the high inflation rates in the period. From 1994 until today, the monetary standard is the “real”.
It is very difficult for foreign collectors to obtain mil-reis banknotes. Even for Brazilians it is not easy. The banknotes and coins of brazilian currencies instituted after 1942, are much easier to obtain and collect.
See below the brazilian banknotes from 1942:
The first and the second Cruzeiro family.
The “indian” banknote. A especial banknote.
“Novo Cruzeiro” banknotes. In 1967, the brazilian government changed the currency name and stamped Cruzeiro’s old bills with the new values.
In 1970, Brazilian money was again called Cruzeiro – and no longer Novo Cruzeiro. As of this year, the banknotes started to be manufactured in Brazil. Before, they were imported from the USA and England.
In 1986, inflation forced the government to change the name of brazilian money again. It came to be called Cruzado.
Just three years later, the name of the Brazilian currency was changed again. The “Cruzado Novo” emerged.
With the highest inflation in the world, in the following year, 1990, Brazil again changed the name of its money. The old name Cruzeiro came back.
In 1993, another change. Cruzeiro Real was born.
In 1994, the last change. Brazil overcame hyperinflation and since then its currency has been the Real. This is the first Real family.
From 2010, the banknotes of the second Real family began to circulate.
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Tag Archives: Tommy Lasorda
Posted on January 8, 2021 by Jeff Kallman
Tommy Lasorda (right) shares a handshake with Sandy Koufax near the Dodger clubhouse. “It took a Hall of Famer to get rid of me,” Lasorda loved to boast about Koufax’s bonus signing leading to Lasorda’s spring 1955 cut from the major league roster. (Los Angeles Dodgers photo.)
Last year’s losses of seven Hall of Fame players (eight, if Dick Allen is elected by the Modern Era Committee this year) were bad enough. Please, Lord, let Tommy Lasorda not begin a 2021 trend of Hall of Fame managers departing our island earth.
The odds may not be very good there. There are only four living Hall of Fame managers now that Lasorda is gone at 93: Bobby Cox, Whitey Herzog, Tony La Russa, and Joe Torre. Cox, Herzog, and Torre remain elder statesmen of a sort. La Russa has returned to the game to manage the White Sox, hardly without controversy.
Lasorda took the Dodgers’ bridge from Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston in 1976. Twenty-two years later, he retired as an eight-time division winner, four-time pennant winner and two-time World Series winner. It didn’t exactly come the easy way for a man whose major league life began as the marginal relief pitcher cut for a bonus baby.
Under the 1950s bonus rule mandating players kept on big-league rosters two full seasons if their bonuses were higher than $4,000, the Dodgers had to keep such a green lad after signing him for 1955. The man they cut was Lasorda, who’s said to have taken one look at the kid and said, “He’ll never make it.”
It might have taken six seasons for the kid to come into his own and beyond, but the kid was Sandy Koufax. It wouldn’t be the last time Lasorda gave himself the chance to dine out on an old mistake in judgment.
“I did not have a lot of ability, but I’ll guarantee you one thing,” Lasorda said in 1997 when recalling his own pitching days. “When I stood on that hill of thrills, I didn’t believe that there was any man alive who could hit me. And if they did hit me, which they did, I thought it was an accident.” That from the man who dined out further on Koufax, saying, “It took a Hall of Famer to get rid of me.”
Lasorda’s three major league seasons—eight games with 1954-55 with the Dodgers, then eighteen with the 1956 Kansas City Athletics—show 53 accidents while facing 253 batters and posting a lifetime 6.48 earned run average.
Maybe it depended upon whom you asked. To Dodger fans Lasorda was the second-closest thing to a franchise face behind Koufax himself. To non-Dodger fans, Lasorda was either loved, tolerated, or waved away. Dodger fans loved Lasorda’s “Big Dodger in the Sky” schpritzing. Non-Dodger fans thought it was either sacrilege or malarkey.
Come to think of it, not all Lasorda’s players bought into it, either. “I believe in God,” said Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton, “not the Big Dodger in the Sky.”
Lasorda was nothing if not both content to be a Dodger for the rest of his life, after his playing career ended in the minors in 1960, and to be Tommy Lasorda. He wasn’t exactly one of the most modest of men, and he rarely apologised for it.
When Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully asked about the pressure of following Alston—who’d won the only Brooklyn Dodgers World Series and three more to follow in Los Angeles—the reply was almost classic Lasorda: “I’m not worried about the guy I am following. I’m worried about the guy that is going to have to follow me.”
Well, it isn’t bragging if you can kinda sorta do it.
That’s not to say Lasorda couldn’t be humbled when humility was the mandate. Maybe no manager this side of John McNamara was as humilitated in the 1980s as Lasorda was with the Dodgers one out from forcing a seventh National League Championship Series game in 1985.
With two Cardinals on and first base open, Lasorda decided it was absolutely safe to let Tom Niedenfuer pitch to Jack Clark instead of putting Clark aboard to pitch to Andy Van Slyke. And Jack the Ripper decided it was perfectly safe to hit Niedenfuer’s first pitch three quarters of the way up the left field bleachers.
“Lasorda wept in the clubhouse,” wrote Thomas Boswell in the Washington Post several years later, “went to the players to apologise, then went on with his life. At the moment he manages the [1988] world champions. Maybe Lasorda coped so well because he’d already gone to three Series and won one.”
The skipper who looked more like he’d be coming out to chat with you in his neighbourly Italian restaurant (“Two World Series Rings. Ate everything he wanted. Drank everything he wanted. 70 Years in the same work uniform. Lived For 93 Years. Absolute Legend,” tweeted sports business analyst Darren Rovell) loved being Tommy Lasorda almost as much as he loved the Dodgers.
He brought Hollywood back to the Dodgers once he realised the celebrities got as much of a kick out of him as he got out of them, and he wasn’t exactly a shrinking violet when it came to being an occasional pitchman. The problem—particularly remembering his once-familiar spots for Slim-Fast diet drink—was that he didn’t always shrink.
Of course, Lasorda’s celebrity provoked a little friendly mischief aimed his way by players who couldn’t resist tweaking him. His late utility outfielder Jay Johnstone often conspired with teammates Don (Stan the Man Unusual) Stanhouse and Jerry Reuss to swipe Lasorda’s wall of photos with him and various celebrities and substitute photos of themselves in their stead. And those were the more benign pranks at the skipper’s expense.
Which didn’t stop Lasorda from writing the introduction to Johnstone’s first book, Temporary Insanity: “[He] wrote a book? What with, a fire extinguisher? . . . What’s that they say about marching to a different drummer? Johnstone must hear a symphony out there . . . That’s some book title. But I’m not so sure about the temporary part.”
The skipper’s outsize personality sometimes masked that he was as inclusive and unprejudiced as the week was long. It didn’t matter if you were white, black, brown, beige, yellow, or paisley, whether you came from flyover America, urban America, outback Mexico, downtown Tokyo, or the penguins of Antarctica. (Which may be where some people thought the Dodgers found 1970s third base mainstay Ron [The Penguin] Cey.) If you could play to the standard the Dodgers prescribed, Lasorda wanted you in the worst way possible.
He preferred positive reinforcement with his players, which didn’t necessarily keep him from reading the proverbial riot act when necessary. There were times when those players perceived as Lasorda pets enjoyed less than consistently friendly relationships with others in the Dodger clubhouse. Sutton and longtime first baseman Steve Garvey didn’t have a clubhouse brawl once upon a time because Lasorda could make them bosom buddies.
“I made guys believe; I made them believe they could win,” he said in a 2013 interview. “I did it by motivating them. I was asked all the time, ‘You mean baseball players that make $5 million, $8 million, $10 million a year need to be motivated?’ They do. That’s what I did.”
It’s not unreasonable to suggest Lasorda’s presence at last fall’s World Series had even a little hand in pushing the Dodgers back to the Promised Land they hadn’t seen since Lasorda himself managed Orel Hershiser, Kirk Gibson, and company in 1988.
“He was a fellow with limited ability and he pushed himself to be a very good Triple-A pitcher,” Scully said in a statement upon Lasorda’s death. “He never quite had that something extra that makes a major leaguer, but it wasn’t because he didn’t try. Those are some of the things: his competitive spirit, his determination and above all, this boundless energy and self-belief. His heart was bigger than his talent, and there were no foul lines for his enthusiasm.”
There were if someone went nuclear against his Dodgers with bombs that didn’t sail foul. Lasorda’s wild postgame rant after then-Cubs outfielder Dave Kingman destroyed the Dodgers with three mammoth home runs starting in the sixth inning of a fifteen-inning marathon in 1979—the Cubs won in the fifteenth after Kingman hit a three-run shot—is considered one of the greatest managerial fly acts in baseball history:
What’s my opinion of Kingman’s performance? What the [fornicate] do you think is my opinion of it? I think it was [fornicating] horseshit. Put that in. I don’t [fornicating] . . . opinion of his performance? Jesus Christ, he beat us with three [fornicating] home runs. What the [fornicate] do you mean what is my opinion of his performance? How can you ask me a question like that? What is my opinion of his p – of his p-p-performance? Jesus Christ he hit three home runs. Jesus Christ. I’m [fornicating urinated] off to lose the [fornicating] game, and you ask me my opinion of his performance. Jesus Christ. I mean that’s a tough question to ask me, isn’t it? What is my opinion of his performance?
Lasorda probably survived only because a) he was the defending National League champions’ manager, b) he had his Dodgers in the thick of the National League West race at the time, and c) he was Tommy Lasorda, liable to go from celebrity pennant winning skipper to everybody’s crazy uncle on the terrazza in the proverbial New York minute.
The hapless Los Angeles radio reporter who asked Lasorda the fateful question was Paul Olden. When Lasorda ran into Olden at a subsequent charity dinner, Lasorda apologised to Olden, even as the reporter admitted it wasn’t a brilliant question in the first place. In due course, Lasorda expanded upon it:
You know Paul said to me he was sorry he did that, I said “Hey, you did your job Paul. Don’t worry about it”. He asked me, ‘What is your opinion of Kingman’s performance?’ Nobody asked me about an opinion. They’ve always asked me, ‘Well, Kingman hit three home runs’, ‘What did he hit’, ‘What did it do to you’, so and so. This guy says, ‘What is your opinion’. So I proceeded to give him what was my opinion of Kingman’s performance. I’d like to have the rights on that, on that tape, because what happened, uh . . . was when it was first played on the Jim Healy show, I guess Gene Autry heard it and he wanted a copy of the real tape. And then all of a sudden, within a two week period, that tape had gone from the west coast to the east coast. Everybody had that tape. Within a month’s time, I couldn’t go anywhere without somebody telling me they had the tape—the real tape of that, uh, opinion. I think it was finally translated into Japanese.
That tells you something right there. Tommy Lasorda may have been one of baseball’s most unforgettable managers, but he had a sense of humour about it, even delayed, if you weren’t always inclined to agree with him.
Which is why he now steps through the gates to the Elysian Fields with the Lord in whom he devoutly believes saying, “For you, I’ll be the Big Dodger in the Sky. Better that than a bum.”
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He can’t rant with the masters, either
Posted on June 24, 2019 by Jeff Kallman
As postgame ranters go, Mickey Callaway won’t make anyone forget Tommy Lasorda or Lee Elia.
If the Mets do what seemingly three quarters of the Internet thinks has to be done and fire embattled manager Mickey Callaway after Sunday’s postgame profanities, so be it. But they may want to know that Callaway’s isn’t even close to the absolute worst outburst major league baseball people have been known to release after harsh losses.
After the Mets lost to the Cubs 5-3, Callaway—himself a former pitcher and pitching coach presumed to understand such things—should have expected the number one postgame question would be why he left not-so-strong reliever Seth Lugo in for a second inning after over-labouring a first one, long enough for the Cubs’ Javier Baez to drill a three-run homer that overthrew a Met lead and held up for a Cub win.
Just about everyone watching the game, including Mets broadcasters Gary Cohen and Ron Darling (himself a Mets pitcher on their 1986 World Series winner), knew Lugo barely got through his scoreless first inning’s work. Callaway warmed up Robert Gsellman but didn’t bring him in until after Baez’s blast.
And closer Edwin Diaz, who might have been asked for a five-out or even a two-inning save, since he’d only pitched a single inning Friday night (for a save) after five days without a game appearance, wasn’t even a topic. Until Callaway was asked about it postgame and insisted, a little snappishly, that five-out save opportunities weren’t a topic, either.
No matter how much pressure Callaway’s been under, reporters shouldn’t have had to expect him to throw down a couple of [maternal fornicators], or order his people to get another [maternal fornicator] out of the clubhouse. Or, when Mets pitcher Jason Vargas was asked in all innocence by reporter Tim Healey if he had something to say, as Healey swore Vargas appeared, Healey shouldn’t have had to have Vargas threaten to knock him the [fornicate] out, bro.
With Mets first-season general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said to be en route Philadelphia, where the Mets open a set with the teetering Phillies Monday, it might not be a shock if he greets Callaway by putting the manager’s head on a plate. As of this writing, nothing from inside the Mets yet appears to indicate its likelihood.
But if so, Sunday’s postgame behaviour was only the wick that ignited the powder keg. All season long it’s been a question of when, not whether Callaway would meet the guillotine. And wags could suggest plausibly that one reason to execute Callaway could be that, when it comes to postgame tirades, he can’t cut the mustard in Lee Elia’s or Tommy Lasorda’s parlours.
About the only thing Callaway has in common with those two is that their still-legendary, still-heard expletives-undeleted rants had something to do with the Cubs, too.
Elia was the Cubs’ manager on 29 April 1983, when the Cubs lost a one-run game to the Dodgers in Wrigley Field. The Cubs’ Hall of Fame closer Lee Smith threw an eighth-inning wild pitch to Pedro Guerrero with Ken Landreaux on third, allowing Landreaux to score what proved the winning run.
Aside from the season’s early losing—the game dropped the Cubs to 5-14 and dead last in the National League East—the sparse Wrigley audience, and a fan dropping a beer on Cubs outfielder Keith Moreland, left Elia in no mood to play nice, never mind accommodating, after the game. And never mind most of the press corps going to the Dodgers’ clubhouse because first baseman Mike Marshall played in Wrigley for the first time and homered in the fifth.
The unwitting provocateur was radio reporter Les Grobstein, who asked Elia about the Cubs’ fan support. Elia delivered a tirade in which he tried defending his players but ripped the boo birds, unloading 41 profanities before unloading the money quote: They oughta go out and get a [fornicating] job and find out what it’s like to go out and earn a [fornicating] living. Eighty-five percent of the [fornicating] world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. (The Cubs still played strictly day games then.)
Elia by all accounts was lucky his [fornicating derriere] wasn’t fired almost on the spot; he happened to return to his Wrigley Field office to retrieve a set of keys when then-general manager Dallas Green, who’d just heard the recording of Elia’s rant, called the skipper’s office.
The mortified Elia apologised to the GM. He probably survived because, near the end of his bellowing, he did urge people to rip him and not his players if they were unhappy with the Cubs’ play. Unfortunately, Elia would be fired later in the season as the Cubs fell fifteen games under .500.
In due course he’d sell for a cancer charity autographed baseballs displayed in specially-made cases that included specially-made players that delivered a cleaned-up version of the infamous schpritz. He’d also manage the Phillies for a short period and eventually work in the Braves’ front office.
Five years earlier, the Cubs inadvertently seeded a postgame jewel by Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, after a fifteen-inning win in Dodger Stadium on 14 May 1978. The inadvertent provocateurs were Cubs slugger Dave Kingman—whose home runs were typically conversation pieces that approached earth orbit no matter the venue in which he swung at the plate—and Los Angeles radio station KLAC reporter Paul Olden.
Kingman was 1-for-2 when he batted in the sixth against Doug Rau and smashed a two-run homer to pull the Cubs back to within a run. An inning later, Kingman grounded into a run-scoring force out, but in the ninth he hit Dodger reliever Mike Garman for another two-run homer to tie the game at seven. In the fifteenth, though, Kingman squared off against Rick Rhoden and hit a three-run homer that proved the game winner.
Like just about everyone else in the stadium and among the press corps following that 10-7 Dodger loss, the number one subject on Olden’s mind when he met Lasorda was Kingman’s particular destruction that day. Olden might have had a simpler time asking Emperor Hirohito what he thought of the atomic bomb destruction of Hiroshima.
Some thought Lasorda still seethed over Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson’s three-bomb demolition of the Dodgers in Game Six of the previous fall’s World Series. Whether that was true or false only Lasorda knows for certain. Lasorda knew only that the last thing he wanted to talk about was Kingman’s mayhem:
It’s entirely possible that Lasorda survived that rant because he’d just taken his Dodgers to a World Series and had his team in the thick of the National League West hunt they’d win in due course en route a second consecutive Series. (And, a second straight Series loss to the Bronx Zoo edition of the Yankees.)
Lasorda cooled down little by little, especially after Olden admitted he hadn’t necessarily asked a brilliant question. But the outburst was on tape, and in short order a copy fell into the hands of a rival radio station whose owner just so happened to be Angels owner Gene Autry.
Lasorda shook off his mood enough to attend a charity dinner for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Either at the dinner or before it, Lasorda apologised to Olden. And in due course Lasorda was asked once to look back upon what was known as the Kingman Rant:
Both the Elia and the Lasorda explosions have survived to get major play around the Internet. And Paul Olden ended up having a surrealistic last laugh: since 2009, Olden has been the once-removed successor to the legendary Bob Sheppard as Yankee Stadium’s public address announcer.
Jackson tagged Sheppard as “The Voice of God.” Lasorda can say the day he went Dodger blue on Olden sent Olden on his way to God’s perch. I’m pretty certain Callaway won’t be able to make the same claim. Whether he’s fired Monday or in time enough.
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Due to the current situation with the Covid -19 pandemic and government regulations, Destroy All Lines wishes to advise that the Black Veil Brides Australian tour scheduled for June 2020 will be postponed to 2021. We are presently working on new dates for 2021 and will share these in the coming weeks.
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ANNOUNCE THEIR
AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR
Destroy All Lines are thrilled to announce the return of BLACK VEIL BRIDES for their Australian headline tour which sees them performing in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide in June. Their long-awaited return is the band’s first Australian shows in 6 years.
BLACK VEIL BRIDES have championed the isolated, the dismissed, and the forgotten since the band’s early inception. That ethos and spirit persists in the fully realized incarnation of the band whose image is the object of devotion and obsession, and whose anthems are sung in unison by an international audience, a diverse legion who refuse to surrender.
In an era when rock music is regularly declared “dead,” BLACK VEIL BRIDES music videos have been viewed over a half a billion times. The band (and its members including vocalist, Andy Biersack, who was named as one of the 100 Greatest Living Rock Stars by Revolver) Instagram and Twitter accounts command close to 10 million followers between them.
In late November 2019, BLACK VEIL BRIDES released two brand new songs, The Vengeance + Saints Of The Blood = The Night, on the band’s brand new label, Sumerian Records. “They came, they went, they’re back again–Black Veil Brides exude far more heavy metal tones than they ever did before, and we like it.” said Hysteria Magazine
BLACK VEIL BRIDES have an impressive stack of awards and accolades under their belt with multiple Kerrang! Awards, Revolver Golden Gods Awards and Alternative Press Music Awards. Vale, the group’s most recent full-length album, went to No. 1 on the US Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums chart.
The band’s tour history reads like a textbook of subcultural mile markers in the modern heavy music scene. An initial hardscrabble headlining outing in 2009 has been followed by multiple mainstage runs on the Vans Warped Tour; tours with Slash, Motley Crue, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine; the massive Resurrection Tour, co-headlined by new labelmates Asking Alexandria; multiple US festivals, including Rock on the Range and Aftershock; and several appearances at the UK’s acclaimed Download Festival.
With a rightful reverence for the pop cultural icons of the past, the young outfit has nevertheless fashioned their own collective future, with relentless fury. In the hearts and minds of their fans, Black Veil Brides represents an unwillingness to compromise and a resistance to critics (personal and professional), fueled by the same fire as the group’s own heroes, the iconoclasts whose creative output, once dismissed, is now canonized.
Be sure to pick up your ticket for one of the hottest tours of the year.
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CNN Experience Showcases Premium Advertising Offerings, Live Content, Purpose-Driven Storytelling, Original Series and Innovation in Election Year, Beyond
Experience Touts Upcoming CNN Original Series Featuring Ravi Patel and Stanley Tucci,
Courageous Studios and Xandr Collaboration for Addressable Advertising and CNN Business’ Foreseeable Future Event Series
Event photos for press use can be found here.
Thursday, March 5, 2020 – CNN, a division of WarnerMedia, brought together marketers, agencies, media and industry influencers Thursday night to highlight the brand’s storytelling and advertising capabilities during a pre-Upfront designated event titled the CNN Experience. Multi-platform content reigned supreme as the publisher presented how partners can engage with desired audiences across CNN, CNN International, CNN.com, CNN Original Series, CNN Business, CNN’s branded content studio Courageous Studios, CNN Audio and CNN Politics for the 2020 Presidential Election and 2021.
Joe Hogan, EVP of Sales and Marketing, who welcomed the crowd, spoke to the holistic nature of the CNN brand and noted the importance of connecting consumers and advertisers to what matters most. “With one of the most important elections of our lifetimes ahead, it’s critical that our partners’messages are surrounded by trust. CNN’s newsroom coverage has always been rooted in integrity and truth, and that will remain true as the future of the news and advertising marketplace unfolds,” said Hogan.
Jeff Zucker, Chairman, WarnerMedia News and Sports & President, CNN Worldwide joined CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper in conversation about the power of live storytelling and facts-first, trusted journalism. Zucker shared insights into the current news environment, noting more than 93% of CNN’s viewership watches live programming. “News matters to the consumers CNN reaches across the world, and we see attentive audiences tuning in and engaging in real-time across a multitude of platforms. CNN offers advertisers a unique opportunity to share in a trusted environment during key cultural milestones,” said Zucker.
Additional highlights from the event included:
Courageous Studios – CNN’s branded content studio – launched nearly five years ago and, in 2019 alone, created more than 500+ award-winning branded content campaigns. Today the studio announced the ability to deliver branded content on the largest addressable TV footprint in the U.S. in partnership with sister company Xandr. Courageous Studios can now use its creative resources to develop various iterations of content for advertisers for distribution across Xandr’s addressable TV footprint. Courageous shared partnership opportunities for attendees interested in executing boldly, taking a stand, leaning into live and inspiring action.
Sarita Rao, AT&T Business SVP, Business Marketing, Analytics & Alliances and Abhi Ingle, AT&T Business SVP and WarnerMedia Go-to-Market Strategy participated in a panel discussion with CNN Anchor Christine Romans about the future of 5G and advertising, giving buyers a glimpse of what’s to come from CNN Business’ Foreseeable Future roundtable live event series launching this year.
CNN Original Series debuted teasers of the upcoming premieres from Ravi Patel and Stanley Tucci.
Searching for Italy with Stanley Tucci is a four-part CNN Original Series, produced by Raw (Three Identical Strangers), that follows Academy Award-nominated actor Stanley Tucci on a culinary journey throughout Italy. Tucci travels to Rome, Tuscany, Sicily and Milan to learn about the people and stories behind the most irresistible food on the planet.
Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness is a four-part CNN Original Series, produced by Cream, that follows actor Ravi Patel as he travels the world to get answers to universal questions like how to best raise a child or manage a hectic lifestyle. Patel takes a friend or family member along with him to Japan, Mexico, South Korea and Denmark to explore the traditional customs of the people they meet and experience their unique approaches to life’s most pressing matters.
CNN Digital outlined its success in investing in a diversity of content and new content formats, recording its largest digital audience in history in January 2020, with a record 148 million unique U.S. visitors and a record 128 million mobile unique visitors according to data from Comscore. CNN vowed to continue delivering best-in-class user experiences designed to inform, engage and empower audiences, such as:
CNN Audio – CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joined Jeff Zucker and Anderson Cooper to discuss the new podcast Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction, launched earlier this week in an effort to keep audiences safe, healthy and informed. Within the first week of launch, it was in the top five of all podcasts on Apple. Released each weekday, episodes are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you listen.
The CNN Election Center – A digital version of John King’s ‘Magic Wall’ with real-time election results, a candidate tracker for an in-depth look at the democratic field and the Facts-First Database with fact-checks from the campaign trail – were showcased as examples of enhanced product experiences to engage users.
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Chimney Rock State Park Cabin Rentals History of Rutherford Nearby Scenic Drives
Fun Recreation & Adventure in the Blue Ridge Foothills
Adventure has been a part of Rutherford County since the arrival of the first settlers in Western North Carolina. There is still plenty of adventure here with two new companions to boot, fun and recreation. Fishing, boating, hiking, mountain and tower wall climbing, repelling, horseback riding, biking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, golf, wildlife fun and so much more have made Rutherford County one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Southeastern United States.
None of these activities came as simple and natural as they appear. It took discovery, vision, risk, investment and development to make the mountain's natural wonders, lake and foothills country of Rutherford County an experience unique in itself for over 100 years. The result of that vision has developed into two resort towns accenting Lake Lure and Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park.
Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock Park, one of the oldest parks in Western North Carolina was purchased in 2008 by the State of North Carolina from the Morse family to be preserved and to expand the parklands throughout the Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure region. The Park has been re-titled Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park.
In the year 1900 a Chicago physician, Lucius B. Morse paid 25¢ to ride a mule to the top of Chimney Rock. The 75-mile view from the rocky chimney summit was so inspiring that it became his life long obsession. For the next couple of decades, Morse along with his brother and investors bought up thousands of acres around Chimney Rock in order to develop the region into a park site, a world-class resort and a 720-acre man-made lake with a shore line that stretches 27-miles.
It was all coming together, a natural geological wonder towering high above, rugged mountains to the north, south and west, with an eastern view that seemed almost endless with foothills rolling out to meet the piedmont's vast horizon. Below the towering chimney in the narrow depths of Hickory Nut Gorge flowed the ancient white waters of the wild "Rocky" Broad River, from there the wild river was converted by a dam into the gentle waters of the man-made Lake Lure. The historical Lake Lure Inn and Spa along the southern shoreline of Lake Lure opened in 1927, and quickly became a popular resort that drew renowned figures like Franklin D. Roosevelt, F. Scott Fitzgerald along with other famous guests.
The Great Depression put major setbacks in developer Morse's plans for his inspired vision. Though times were tough Doctor Morse held onto to his inspiration by focusing on Chimney Rock itself as a premier park and outdoor adventure destination. Though the Depression did slow down progress for a while, this unique area continued to grow in popularity just the same.
Four generations of the Morse family kept his vision alive, making user-friendly and informative improvements to the park's trails, visitors' facilities and services year after year. For visitors convenience a 258-foot shaft was blasted through solid mountain rock between the years 1946 to 1948, creating a 26-story elevator lift for quick easy access to the summit of Chimney Rock. The shaft was not only bored vertically up through the mountain, a tunnel nearly equal in length had to be blasted horizontally in order to reach the elevator shaft for visitor access to the top.
For foot traffic up to the chimney's summit there are trails, which are often covered with wooden staircases, to make the trip up to the top more convenient. The foot trail, and easy to access staircases to the top, will lead you past many interesting features in the park along the chimney's towering base.
At the beginning of the trail along the lower end, there's an old moon shiner's cave with an actual still inside, other interesting rock outcrops line the journey with additional easy to access small caves along the way, be sure to watch out for your head. There are many other themed trails and unusual rock features in the park yet it is the view from the summit of the chimney itself that draws the majority of visitors to the park.
In true Rutherford County style, you will find numerous, exact in detail murals of Chimney Rock scenes painted by local artist Clive Haynes in some of the most unusual places in Chimney Rock State Park, we'll let you discover their locations on your own, they're not hard to find.
The standing giant monolith column of Chimney Rock rises independently, separated by erosion from the bare mountain cliffs. The chimney tower itself rises 315-feet to an elevation of 2,280 feet. From the summit a magnificent view puts you right at the edge of the foothills to the east and the breathtaking views of Blue Ridge Mountains and the dramatic sight of Hickory Nut Gorge to the north and west. The park's elevations range from 1,100 feet to 2,800 feet offering a diverse ecosystem and wildlife sanctuary.
One of the largest waterfalls in the east, Hickory Nut Falls has a 404-foot straight drop (no cascades on this waterfall) into an ancient pool below, an inspiring sight to behold. This waterfall and cliff trail were featured in the successful remake of the "Last of the Mohicans," filmed in the mid-1990's and is one of the Highlander's personal favorite films.
The numerous hiking trails throughout the park offer a variety of atmospheres to enjoy. From woodlands to rocky trails bordered by steep rock walls; informative signs along the trails enlighten visitors as they hike through this pristine mountain wonderland. Chimney Rock Park's Out Reach Programs, like the Great Woodland Adventure is an educational woodland trail experience offering fun for children in a tree covered fantasy world depicting wildlife in an artistic symbolic fashion along with a small wildlife exhibit at the end of the tour. Chimney Rock offers both rock climbing and repelling along its sheer rocky cliffs. There is also a climbing tower in the park in the open meadows below the towering Chimney Rock for beginners or those who just love climbing towers. Bird watcher's find the open cliffs at Chimney Rock State Park a favorite for spotting various regional and migrating birds.
There's so much to do at Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park that you'll need to set a whole day aside and possibly more to explore its wonders. Chimney Rock State Park has a restaurant near the park entrance; a gift shop at the elevator entrance and trailhead, and the Sky Lounge Gift Shop and Deli awaits you at the top of the elevator shaft near the summit of the Chimney Rock itself. Guided tours fill the needs of enthusiastic visitors and an official Park Ranger is on duty in the park. Most visitors generally use the handy trail guides for their own private tours.
Chimney Rock and the surrounding areas are not only an awe-inspiring sight to see, it's a world full of exciting adventure.
This once family owned park is today one of the latest North Carolina State Parks with plans of expanding its parklands into the Hickory Nut Gorge region to include some 5,000-acres, to preserve and protect these natural wonders for the sake of posterity, a real mountain treasure all for the enjoyment of generations to come. What was once known as Chimney Rock Park is now formally and rightfully titled "Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park" offering personal experiences, guide tours, group outings, special events and more, maintaining a commitment of service to its guest and visitors.
The resort towns of Lake Lure, Hickory Nut Gorge and Chimney Rock have found life here due to the popularity of Chimney Rock State Park, making this region a one of a kind mountain experience.
Other Links to Places of Interest in Rutherford County North Carolina
Overview of Rutherford County North Carolina
Fun, Recreation and Adventure in the Blue Ridge Foothills
Lake Lure North Carolina
Chimney Rock Village North Carolina
Golden Valley, North Carolina
Rutherfordton North Carolina
Forest City, North Carolina
Spindale, North Carolina
Cherry Bounce Trail
Drover's Trail
South Mountain Scenery By-Way
History of Rutherford County North Carolina
Award Winning North Carolina State Park
Come for the views discover infinite possibilities - is the natural fulfillment of your trip to the North Carolina mountains. Take a deep breath of refreshing mountain air, become invigorated by our hiking trails, and let your cares fade away in the cool mist of Hickory Nut Falls.
The perfect place to reconnect with nature and spend time with family and friends. Only minutes from Lake Lure, Chimney Rock offers the best of the mountains in one place – spectacular 75-mile views, hiking trails for all ages, a 404-foot waterfall and signature special events.
9431 Main St • Chimney Rock NC 28720 • 1-800-277-9611 • www.ChimneyRockPark.com
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Horizons Cabin Rental
Horizons on Yellowtop Mountain is a quiet, private and secluded luxury cabin in a Golden Valley North Carolina gated community. When visiting Horizons you will find a peaceful community in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with nature's beauty at every turn, and no neighbors in sight. You will enjoy this luxury mountain getaway, with all their the modern amenities. Because of its high elevations, you will experience cooler summer climates with a breathtaking scenic view of Golden Valley and Sunshine, North Carolina.
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Sunset Breeze Cabin Rental
Sunset Breeze Cabin on Yellowtop Mountain, provides luxury log cabin living with all the modern conveniences. Upon arrival you are welcomed by the breathtaking mountain view. Sunset Breeze is located in the charming township of Golden Valley in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. At a 2,200-foot elevation this wonderful cabin provides cooler summer climates and a scenic view of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
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Photos, Weather
Unprepared, Minor Storm Creates Traffic Armageddon
November 21, 2018 1:09 PM·
by David Greene
Its funny how havoc breaks out just after an election.
The unexpected Nor’easter that struck the area Thursday, November 15, is going to have people singing the Judas Priest song, “Some Heads are Gonna Roll,” after the 6 inches of snow caught many drivers unprepared– and virtually the entire city was locked-down with gridlock traffic that sent the normal rush hour commute into double overtime.
Broxites cross East Fordham Road as the storm intensifies.–Photo by David Greene
Bronixtes get a prolonged wait for buses at Fordham Plaza, many were spotted walking across Pelham Parkway.–Photo by David Greene
A private plow removes snow from the Marriott Hotel at the Metro Center, where many drivers were stuck in gridlock traffic for up to two hours.–Photo by David Greene
A man on a scooter makes his way past gridlock traffic along East Fordham Road.–Photo by David Greene
The snow began to fall in the Bronx at just after 2 p.m., but the trouble began shortly after the Bayonne Bridge were shut at just after 3 p.m., and the upper level of the George Washington Bridge was shut an hour later, when a 25-car accident was reported on the Manhattan side of the bridge.
Buses across the city were unprepared for the weather as many lacked the chains on the tires needed to travel in the snow, a fact confirmed by City Hall spokesman Eric Phillips.
By late evening, many of the buses had their flashing signs, stating, “No passengers,” or “out of service,” which left many waiting, many more walking.
The Port Authority Bus Terminal was shutdown to buses and commuters, and the icing on this cake was the icing condition that shutdown the N/B Harlem River Drive.
Two traffic agents normally directing traffic around a construction project at Eastchester Road and Morris Park Avenue, were caught keeping dry under the awning of the Sahara Hookah Bar.
During the height of the storm, many buses were taken out of service and were not picking up passengers.–Photo by David Greene
This driver is all smiles as she gets assistance after her car broke down on East Fordham Road.–Photo by David Greene
One problem apparently was the MTA was caught off guard by the storm and most buses lacked the chains they needed to drive in the snow.–Photo by David Greene
A homeless veteran takes advantage of the traffic nightmare as he asked stranded motorists for change.–Photo by David Greene
One driver reported, “I was stuck on the ice for two hours outside of Stop & Shop. Got it free and brought it home and I got stuck on the ice again and blocked traffic for another two hours.”
Another driver, now stuck behind an ambulance along Mosholu Parkway North, reported his trip from Lower Manhattan had taken six hours.
That same driver watched in disbelief as one 4 X 4 drove up the embankment and in between two parked cars, he told the driver, “You were better off where you were,” pointing to the stopped ambulance in front and now another vehicle was stuck in the slush behind them.
One police officer risking life and limb as he directed traffic as best he could at the intersection of Webster Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard. Problem being too many vehicles and not enough road.
Later in the evening, police shutdown the Van Cortlandt Park Exit of the Major Degan due to multiple stalled or broken down vehicles. A sea of tractor-trailers at West 230 Street we’re still at a standstill after midnight.
Throw in the accidents, more than 100 fallen trees and manholes fires that had to have pushed the NYPD’s call level to near-record levels.
One person was killed in a fire on Edgecomb Avenue and one transit commuter was struck and killed by a train at the Halsey Station in Brooklyn at 1 a.m. Friday morning. Three men who were being chased by police were forced to abandon their vehicle in stalled traffic on the Williamsburg Bridge. The trio were quickly apprehended.
Bronxites hope for a bus during the height of the storm.–Photo by David Greene
Traffic is at a standstill at East Fordham Road and Webster Avenue, where it took drivers an hour to get around Fordham University.–Photo by David Greene
Traffic is at a standstill at Webster Avenue and East Bedford Park Boulevard.–Photo by David Greene
A patrolman from the 52nd Precinct risks life and limb directing traffic at Webster Avenue and East Bedford Park Boulevard.–Photo by David Greene
Too many cars and not enough road as traffic grinds to a halt at Webster Avenue and East Bedford Park Boulevard.–Photo by David Greene
The Department of Sanitation initially deployed 700 salt spreaders and later added 300 additional trucks.
Sanitation spokesman Vito Turso deferred blame, telling reporters, “This afternoon’s snowfall was much heavier than had been forecast by all weather outlets.”
New York City Controller Scott Stringer was unsympathetic, Tweeting, “The city clearly didn’t properly prepare for tonight’s snowstorm– its a mess.” Stringer added, “My office will be following up with the Department of Sanitation to demand answers.”
Congressman Adriano Espaillat also Tweeted, “Moms are stranded with their kids, people are running out of gas. We demand answers.”
Officials numbers were not yet available, but the Department of Sanitation had sent out 700 salt spreaders and later deployed 300 additional pieces of equipment, including plows.
Alternate side parking was suspended the next day, but there’s hope– spring is just 124 days away.
Nothing yet!
Author: David Greene
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Act 1: On Demand
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Claire McColgan MBE, Director of Culture Liverpool and Executive Director of The Good Business Festival, shares her hopes for our home city as Act One launches.
So, it’s the day of Act One of The Good Business Festival and I’m listening to the radio and there is the constant cloud of full lockdown looming and the desperation of businesses not knowing where to turn or who to turn to.
I have been isolating with my family – my daughter is a new student and has joined the thousands of others who have contracted the virus while embarking on a new chapter in her education.
When I came to Liverpool for freshers week in 1989, I fell in love with this city which felt like the most exciting place in the world, and it has been my home ever since. The late 1980s was a time when the city was economically at its lowest ebb. The city centre was half shut down, buildings lay empty and derelict and unemployment was rife – but as a 19-year-old, my eyes were blown away by it.
The biggest regeneration programme in Europe brought Liverpool together in a citywide conversation for eight years
And then there came the saviour initiatives: the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund which saw millions of pounds of investment spent to fix something that never should have been broken in the first place.
And finally there came the light that was European Capital of Culture in 2008. It was an end game to work towards, and a scholarship to coalesce around.
It was the biggest regeneration programme in Europe – major capital schemes saw the birth of Liverpool ONE and the arena, the Big Dig took over the streets and caused a city conversation for eight years. It was a deadline we had to meet and for the first time in a long time there was a reason for investors to take a chance on the city…and it worked.
Now, in the dark tunnel of COVID-19, we need a new light to walk towards to reignite the city. Two years ago we were walking with giants on The Strand, students were arriving who thought – like I did all those years ago – that this is still the most exciting city in the world.
If we have learnt anything it’s that this region can pull together and make things happen. The Good Business Festival is exactly that. This incredible virtual gathering of some of the most impressive business leaders across the world kick starts a conversation that will enable change to happen and help us to not only look differently at the way we work, but also at how we treat each other in a way in which we can all build back stronger and better. Today, change will be at the forefront of everyone’s conversations and those values of good and hope will be a common thread that binds us all.
As always, when our backs are against the wall, this region will come together for the greater good. We will not let coronavirus stop our conversation, or our ambitions for the future.
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Business & Economy Property In an oligopolistic property market buyers should be better protected
In an oligopolistic property market buyers should be better protected
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The Government has to do more to ensure buyers’ interest for purchasing new properties.
A writer to the Straits Times (ST) in pointing out that Singapore property market is an oligopoly with just a few big players offering similar products, said that there were no real choices when it comes to purchasing new properties.
The letter-writer, Hong Chee Meng, said that developers have compromised on the sizes of flats in order to make good profits while keeping overall apartment prices affordable. She noted that sizes of flats have suffered, shrinking drastically from just 10 years ago.
“Three-bedroom apartments have shrank from an average of 1,200 sq ft to just 900 sq ft now, while two-bedroom apartments have declined from 800 sq ft to 600 sq ft or less,” Hong added.
Hong echoed similar sentiments of other letter writers to ST who asked the Government to intervene to better protect buyers purchasing new properties Another writer, Paul Chan Poh Hoi, said that it is important for the Government to “mandate that 70 sq m be the minimum size of a unit, and that such units should not make up more than 35 per cent of the units in a development.”
He added:“half of the 309 units in the Margaret Ville condominium are around 65 sq m or smaller,” and that in “The Tapestry, over 500 of the 861 units are 65 sq m or smaller.”
One more letter writer to the same newspaper agreed with Paul’s call for better protection for buyers purchasing new properties and said that housing is the biggest advantage Singapore has over Hong Kong.
This letter-writer, Kwok So Ha, had lived in Hong Kong for 20 years, in a 42 sq m flat. Kwok said that the tiny flat hardly provided any free space for family members to move around, and that the cramped space made one feel stressed.
Kwok bought a 103 sq m resale HDB flat in Singapore with her husband in 2016 for less than $350,000, and said that she was “terrified at the idea of having shoebox units in Singapore.”
She added: “I do not want my children to live in shoebox units or units less than 70 sq m. The trend does not bode well for our city. We should not shrink our living spaces further.”
Hong Kong has been faulted for not protecting the rights of its people to have better options for affordable housing, and has instead protected the interests of profit-driven property developers.
Hong too agreed that the “way of Hong Kong, with its pigeonhole houses, is definitely not where we want to go.” He strongly urged the “Urban Redevelopment Authority to look into addressing this undesirable situation urgently,” for buyers purchasing new properties.
The URA has mandated a minimum average size of 70 sq m per unit in a development for projects outside of the Central area. URA’s guideline does not prescribe the minimum unit size, but instead proposes that the building gross floor area divided by 70 sq m to compute the maximum number of units allowed per development. URA’s rule is meant to prevent overcrowding in a development, particularly those made up of a large number of shoebox units.
Members of the public have pointed out that URA’s formula “emphasises only the “average” of an aggregate of sizes per development, but fails to mandate 70 sq m as the size for a shoebox unit or to restrict the number of such units allowed,” and that “smart developers can circumvent the formula and maximise profits by designing apartments of various sizes, which will then meet the “average” requirement.”
Enbloc Sales – Huge Property supply coming
Members of the public have advocated that shrinking apartments and shoebox units benefit no one except property developers, who stand to make more money.
A prominent finance commentator, Ryan Ong, suggested that shoebox units are”just a plot by psychiatrists to drum up business for claustrophobia treatment.”
He added: “Some of these units, such as The Ebony (Lorong Marican) and Royce Residences (Geylang), are in the range of 300 to 400 square feet.”
Apart from being tiny, the other distinguishing trait of a shoebox is a stupidly high price per square foot. For example, City Suites at Balestier Road has shoebox units which range between $1,600 to $1,700 psf. 26 Newton has units that go for upward of $2,500 psf. This means that at around 474 square feet, you can end up paying $1.2 million for purchasing new properties which is smaller than a 3-room flat.
And shoebox units are not really rare. In 2013, there were about 9,600 shoebox units in Singapore. In 2015, analysts were predicting a bumper crop of shoebox units (an estimated 1,985 units) to hit the market. One only needs to do a cursory search on listings site to see how many such units are available for sale.
But not all banks like shoebox units and may not provide home loans for purchasing new properties. But this has not stopped developers from building even smaller units at higher psf, which in turn leads to a lot of premature investing in shoebox units.
Some experts have however suggested that with disruptive technology like Food Panda and Deliveroo, the younger generation may not find a need to cook, making way for tiny shoebox units. The changing demographic trends of smaller family units, more singles and an ageing population, may also pave the way for shoebox units to find more acceptance here.
But as of now, the consensus seems to be that our living spaces should not shrink further and that the trend of shoebox units does not bode well for our city.
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Aerotech Connector gets EA approval
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A map showing the Aerotech Connector. (Submitted photo)
Delay in approval to push back Aerotech
Connector completion to late 2022
WELLINGTON: The delay in the Environmental Assessment (EA) approval for the Aerotech Connector will mean the estimated completion date for the project will be delayed by a few months.
Earlier this week, the provincial Environment department announced quietly that the Highway 102/Aerotech Connector in Wellington had its Environmental Assessment approved, with conditions.
The approval can be found here: https://novascotia.ca/nse/ea/Highway.102.Aerotech.Connector.Road.Project/
On March 2, 2017, Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook Liberal MP Darrell Samson, along with Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank Liberal MLA Bill Horne, announced the two governments have partnered to fund the construction of the five-kilometre stretch of road. The price tag for the project is $21 million, with the feds providing $10 million and the province chipping in $11.2 million.
The Connector is designed as a four-lane road but will be built with two main travel lanes with an additional climbing lane in some road segments, an active transportation trail offset from the road. There will also be access to each parcel of land between Highway 102 and the old Holland Road (total of three intersections), roundabouts at the ramp terminal at Exit 5A Aerotech exit, and at the intersection with Highway 2 near Sunylea.
Environment Minister Gordon Wilson said he knows how important the Connector is to the communities in the Fall River area.
He spoke to The Laker News on Cabinet day on Jan. 7 about the length of time the EA took into the project.
“That’s the beauty of the Environmental Assessment process, it gives the opportunity to have the extra eyes on it,” said Wilson. “Our staff saw some things that we needed more clarification, more information on. That was the only thing that held it up.”
Among those concerns were the Sulphide Bearing rock and some of the [potential for contamination of the wells.
“We just wanted to make sure that everything was suitable, and everybody was protected,” he said. “We asked for more information from TIR, received it which was suitable. That’s the only reason for the delay.”
Wilson explained the process a bit in making the decision to approve once all the information was gathered.
“Every application that we have is different, so our staff go through a whole series of check lists,” said Wilson. “This one here, we had some information that showed the geology of the route that was being proposed did have some Sulphide Bearing rock in it, combined with hat there was a close proximity to some wells and watercourses.
“Those in combination, the topography of the land, showed we needed more information from the department to ensure there wasn’t going to be any leeching and that Sulphide bearing material wasn’t going to be contaminating.”
Wilson said there was a bit of back and forth with information and questions between TIR and NSE staff.
“Those questions were asked from NSE to TIR, and they would answer them to our satisfaction and so we approved the project,” he said.
He said he knows residents are eager to see the project gets going.
“It’s a great project for the community out there,” said Wilson. “I know there’s some real concern with the bottleneck in traffic there.”
TIR Minister Lloyd Hines said his department is reviewing the terms and conditions in the NSE approval to ensure they can comply with them all.
“It is our expectation we will have tenders out in the spring for the sub-grade work for the Connector road and the paving will be completed in 2022,” said Hines during a question asked by The Laker News during Cabinet Outs.
In previous stories, an early Fall 2022 opening for the Aerotech Connector had been estimated by TIR. With the EA delay, that has been pushed back.
“As part of the process with building roads, like any other projects,” Hines said. “We were asked to revise our plans, which essentially held us a back a full season for construction.
“We’re expecting this to be in place and done by late 2022.”
He also said the area will benefit from the Connector.
“It will really benefit the connectivity of the highway network in that area.”
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This Agreement is a Free Software license agreement that is the result of discussions between its authors in order to ensure compliance with the two main principles guiding its drafting:
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This Agreement may apply to any or all software for which the holder of the economic rights decides to submit the use thereof to its provisions.
Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
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Agreement: means this license agreement, and its possible subsequent versions and annexes.
Software: means the software in its Object Code and/or Source Code form and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when the Licensee accepts the Agreement.
Initial Software: means the Software in its Source Code and possibly its Object Code form and, where applicable, its documentation, "as is" when it is first distributed under the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
Modified Software: means the Software modified by at least one Contribution.
Source Code: means all the Software's instructions and program lines to which access is required so as to modify the Software.
Object Code: means the binary files originating from the compilation of the Source Code.
Holder: means the holder(s) of the economic rights over the Initial Software.
Licensee: means the Software user(s) having accepted the Agreement.
Contributor: means a Licensee having made at least one Contribution.
Licensor: means the Holder, or any other individual or legal entity,who distributes the Software under the Agreement.
Contribution: means any or all modifications, corrections, translations, adaptations and/or new functions integrated into the Software by any or all Contributors, as well as any or all Internal Modules.
Module: means a set of sources files including their documentation that enables supplementary functions or services in addition to those offered by the Software.
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Parties: mean both the Licensee and the Licensor.
These expressions may be used both in singular and plural form.
Article 2 - PURPOSE
The purpose of the Agreement is the grant by the Licensor to the Licensee of a non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide license for the Software as set forth in Article 5 hereinafter for the whole term of the protection granted by the rights over said Software.
Article 3 - ACCEPTANCE
3.1 The Licensee shall be deemed as having accepted the terms and conditions of this Agreement upon the occurrence of the first of the following events:
(i) loading the Software by any or all means, notably, by downloading from a remote server, or by loading from a physical medium;
(ii) the first time the Licensee exercises any of the rights granted hereunder.
3.2 One copy of the Agreement, containing a notice relating to the characteristics of the Software, to the limited warranty, and to the fact that its use is restricted to experienced users has been provided to the Licensee prior to its acceptance as set forth in Article 3.1 hereinabove, and the Licensee hereby acknowledges that it has read and understood it.
Article 4 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE
The Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is accepted by the Licensee as set forth in Article 3.1.
4.2 TERM
The Agreement shall remain in force for the entire legal term of protection of the economic rights over the Software.
Article 5 - SCOPE OF RIGHTS GRANTED
The Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee, who accepts, the following rights over the Software for any or all use, and for the term of the Agreement, on the basis of the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.
Besides, if the Licensor owns or comes to own one or more patents protecting all or part of the functions of the Software or of its components, the Licensor undertakes not to enforce the rights granted by these patents against successive Licensees using, exploiting or modifying the Software. If these patents are transferred, the Licensor undertakes to have the transferees subscribe to the obligations set forth in this paragraph.
5.1 RIGHT OF USE
The Licensee is authorized to use the Software, without any limitation as to its fields of application, with it being hereinafter specified that this comprises:
permanent or temporary reproduction of all or part of the Software by any or all means and in any or all form.
loading, displaying, running, or storing the Software on any or all medium.
entitlement to observe, study or test its operation so as to determine the ideas and principles behind any or all constituent elements of said Software. This shall apply when the Licensee carries out any or all loading, displaying, running, transmission or storage operation as regards the Software, that it is entitled to carry out hereunder.
5.2 ENTITLEMENT TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
The right to make Contributions includes the right to translate, adapt, arrange, or make any or all modifications to the Software, and the right to reproduce the resulting software.
The Licensee is authorized to make any or all Contributions to the Software provided that it includes an explicit notice that it is the author of said Contribution and indicates the date of the creation thereof.
5.3 RIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION
In particular, the right of distribution includes the right to publish, transmit and communicate the Software to the general public on any or all medium, and by any or all means, and the right to market, either in consideration of a fee, or free of charge, one or more copies of the Software by any means.
The Licensee is further authorized to distribute copies of the modified or unmodified Software to third parties according to the terms and conditions set forth hereinafter.
5.3.1 DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE WITHOUT MODIFICATION
The Licensee is authorized to distribute true copies of the Software in Source Code or Object Code form, provided that said distribution complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
a copy of the Agreement,
a notice relating to the limitation of both the Licensor's warranty and liability as set forth in Articles 8 and 9,
and that, in the event that only the Object Code of the Software is redistributed, the Licensee allows future Licensees unhindered access to the full Source Code of the Software by indicating how to access it, it being understood that the additional cost of acquiring the Source Code shall not exceed the cost of transferring the data.
5.3.2 DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED SOFTWARE
When the Licensee makes a Contribution to the Software, the terms and conditions for the distribution of the resulting Modified Software become subject to all the provisions of this Agreement.
The Licensee is authorized to distribute the Modified Software, in source code or object code form, provided that said distribution complies with all the provisions of the Agreement and is accompanied by:
and that, in the event that only the object code of the Modified Software is redistributed, the Licensee allows future Licensees unhindered access to the full source code of the Modified Software by indicating how to access it, it being understood that the additional cost of acquiring the source code shall not exceed the cost of transferring the data.
5.3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF EXTERNAL MODULES
When the Licensee has developed an External Module, the terms and conditions of this Agreement do not apply to said External Module, that may be distributed under a separate license agreement.
5.3.4 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GNU GPL
The Licensee can include a code that is subject to the provisions of one of the versions of the GNU GPL in the Modified or unmodified Software, and distribute that entire code under the terms of the same version of the GNU GPL.
The Licensee can include the Modified or unmodified Software in a code that is subject to the provisions of one of the versions of the GNU GPL, and distribute that entire code under the terms of the same version of the GNU GPL.
Article 6 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
6.1 OVER THE INITIAL SOFTWARE
The Holder owns the economic rights over the Initial Software. Any or all use of the Initial Software is subject to compliance with the terms and conditions under which the Holder has elected to distribute its work and no one shall be entitled to modify the terms and conditions for the distribution of said Initial Software.
The Holder undertakes that the Initial Software will remain ruled at least by this Agreement, for the duration set forth in Article 4.2.
6.2 OVER THE CONTRIBUTIONS
The Licensee who develops a Contribution is the owner of the intellectual property rights over this Contribution as defined by applicable law.
6.3 OVER THE EXTERNAL MODULES
The Licensee who develops an External Module is the owner of the intellectual property rights over this External Module as defined by applicable law and is free tochoose the type of agreement that shall govern its distribution.
6.4 JOINT PROVISIONS
The Licensee expressly undertakes:
not to remove, or modify, in any manner, the intellectual property notices attached to the Software;
to reproduce said notices, in an identical manner, in the copies of the Software modified or not.
The Licensee undertakes not to directly or indirectly infringe the intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors on the Software and to take, where applicable, vis-à-vis its staff, any and all measures required to ensure respect of said intellectual property rights of the Holder and/or Contributors.
Article 7 - RELATED SERVICES
7.1 Under no circumstances shall the Agreement oblige the Licensor to provide technical assistance or maintenance services for the Software.
However, the Licensor is entitled to offer this type of services. The terms and conditions of such technical assistance, and/or such maintenance, shall be set forth in a separate instrument. Only the Licensor offering said maintenance and/or technical assistance services shall incur liability therefor.
7.2 Similarly, any Licensor is entitled to offer to its licensees, under its sole responsibility, a warranty, that shall only be binding upon itself, for the redistribution of the Software and/or the Modified Software, under terms and conditions that it is free to decide. Said warranty, and the financial terms and conditions of its application, shall be subject of a separate instrument executed between the Licensor and the Licensee.
Article 8 - LIABILITY
8.1 Subject to the provisions of Article 8.2, the Licensee shall be entitled to claim compensation for any direct loss it may have suffered from the Software as a result of a fault on the part of the relevant Licensor, subject to providing evidence thereof.
8.2 The Licensor's liability is limited to the commitments made under this Agreement and shall not be incurred as a result of in particular: (i) loss due the Licensee's total or partial failure to fulfill its obligations, (ii) direct or consequential loss that is suffered by the Licensee due to the use or performance of the Software, and (iii) more generally, any consequential loss. In particular the Parties expressly agree that any or all pecuniary or business loss (i.e. loss of data, loss of profits, operating loss, loss of customers or orders, opportunity cost, any disturbance to business activities) or any or all legal proceedings instituted against the Licensee by a third party, shall constitute consequential loss and shall not provide entitlement to any or all compensation from the Licensor.
Article 9 - WARRANTY
9.1 The Licensee acknowledges that the scientific and technical state-of-the-art when the Software was distributed did not enable all possible uses to be tested and verified, nor for the presence of possible defects to be detected. In this respect, the Licensee's attention has been drawn to the risks associated with loading, using, modifying and/or developing and reproducing the Software which are reserved for experienced users.
The Licensee shall be responsible for verifying, by any or all means, the suitability of the product for its requirements, its good working order, and for ensuring that it shall not cause damage to either persons or properties.
9.2 The Licensor hereby represents, in good faith, that it is entitled to grant all the rights over the Software (including in particular the rights set forth in Article 5).
9.3 The Licensee acknowledges that the Software is supplied "as is" by the Licensor without any other express or tacit warranty, other than that provided for in Article 9.2 and, in particular, without any warranty as to its commercial value, its secured, safe, innovative or relevant nature.
Specifically, the Licensor does not warrant that the Software is free from any error, that it will operate without interruption, that it will be compatible with the Licensee's own equipment and software configuration, nor that it will meet the Licensee's requirements.
9.4 The Licensor does not either expressly or tacitly warrant that the Software does not infringe any third party intellectual property right relating to a patent, software or any other property right. Therefore, the Licensor disclaims any and all liability towards the Licensee arising out of any or all proceedings for infringement that may be instituted in respect of the use, modification and redistribution of the Software. Nevertheless, should such proceedings be instituted against the Licensee, the Licensor shall provide it with technical and legal assistance for its defense. Such technical and legal assistance shall be decided on a case-by-case basis between the relevant Licensor and the Licensee pursuant to a memorandum of understanding. The Licensor disclaims any and all liability as regards the Licensee's use of the name of the Software. No warranty is given as regards the existence of prior rights over the name of the Software or as regards the existence of a trademark.
Article 10 - TERMINATION
10.1 In the event of a breach by the Licensee of its obligations hereunder, the Licensor may automatically terminate this Agreement thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the Licensee and has remained ineffective.
10.2 A Licensee whose Agreement is terminated shall no longer be authorized to use, modify or distribute the Software. However, any licenses that it may have granted prior to termination of the Agreement shall remain valid subject to their having been granted in compliance with the terms and conditions hereof.
Article 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 EXCUSABLE EVENTS
Neither Party shall be liable for any or all delay, or failure to perform the Agreement, that may be attributable to an event of force majeure, an act of God or an outside cause, such as defective functioning or interruptions of the electricity or telecommunications networks, network paralysis following a virus attack, intervention by government authorities,natural disasters, water damage, earthquakes, fire, explosions, strikes and labor unrest, war, etc.
11.2 Any failure by either Party, on one or more occasions, to invoke one or more of the provisions hereof, shall under no circumstances be interpreted as being a waiver by the interested Party of its right to invoke said provision(s) subsequently.
11.3 The Agreement cancels and replaces any or all previous agreements, whether written or oral, between the Parties and having the same purpose, and constitutes the entirety of the agreement between said Parties concerning said purpose. No supplement or modification to the terms and conditions hereof shall be effective as between the Parties unless it is made in writing and signed by their duly authorized representatives.
11.4 In the event that one or more of the provisions hereof were to conflict with a current or future applicable act or legislative text, said act or legislative text shall prevail, and the Parties shall make the necessary amendments so as to comply with said act or legislative text. All other provisions shall remain effective. Similarly, invalidity of a provision of the Agreement, for any reason whatsoever, shall not cause the Agreement as a whole to be invalid.
The Agreement is drafted in both French and English and both versions are deemed authentic.
Article 12 - NEW VERSIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
12.1 Any person is authorized to duplicate and distribute copies of this Agreement.
12.2 So as to ensure coherence, the wording of this Agreement is protected and may only be modified by the authors of the License, who reserve the right to periodically publish updates or new versions of the Agreement, each with a separate number. These subsequent versions may address new issues encountered by Free Software.
12.3 Any Software distributed under a given version of the Agreement may only be subsequently distributed under the same version of the Agreement or a subsequent version, subject to the provisions of Article 5.3.4.
Article 13 - GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
13.1 The Agreement is governed by French law. The Parties agree to endeavor to seek an amicable solution to any disagreements or disputes that may arise during the performance of the Agreement.
13.2 Failing an amicable solution within two (2) months as from their occurrence, and unless emergency proceedings are necessary, the disagreements or disputes shall be referred to the Paris Courts having jurisdiction, by the more diligent Party.
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The Fitbit Charge 3 can be worn in the pool or shower, and now holds a charge for up to seven days. There are a number of new features and enhancements from the previous model. But it still has a sleek profile and remains user-friendly. (Download)
If you want to get a jump on New Year’s resolutions or seek a great health and tracking gift, check out the Fitbit Charge 3.
This reboot of the tried and true offers a number of new features and enhancements, the biggest being that it’s now waterproof. You can wear it 24/7 except for when charging, even into the shower or pool (and track your laps in water up to 50 metres deep).
It also has virtually all the features of its predecessor, the Fitbit Charge 2.
The new version is slightly lighter and slimmer than its predecessor, while maintaining the look and feel of a traditional digital watch. The stainless steel casing has been replaced with aerospace-grade aluminum. And the slimmed connection to the watchband makes it a little less bulky. The display is slightly larger and more efficient, offering better handling and viewing. The new model also replaces the side button with a water-sealed touch sensor.
The basic tap surface and monochrome display has been replaced with a full greyscale OLED touchscreen. You just tap or swipe to get info. The enhanced resolution allows for crisp viewing of graphics, mini animations and smaller fonts.
The display is also now backlit. You can brighten or dim it, or have it automatically adjust to the ambient conditions. The screen is also more resistant to scratches – it’s made from the Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
Other enhancements include better accuracy for the heart rate monitor and calorie tracking. There’s now also a sensor that measures SPO2 oxygen levels in the blood, which doesn’t yet seem to be implemented and a new feature that specifically tracks Female Health.
Fitbit Charge 3 also automatically recognizes activity type, so it can tell if you’re cycling, swimming or walking.
Fitbit Charge 3 (L) Fitbit Charge 2 (R) (Download)
Like its predecessor, it doesn’t have built-in GPS but you can connect it to your phone’s GPS (it will consume data).
The new generation also includes enhanced tracking of your sleep stages to get a better handle on your sleep quality. And new Sleep Insights helps you analyze those sleep stats.
The updated interface allows you to do more from your wrist, including tracking 15-plus goal-based exercise modes. For example, while swimming, you can adjust the pool length; on the treadmill, you can adjust the time, calories and distance. You can also set timers, track alarm, adjust the intensity of the device’s vibration or turn notifications off when sleeping.
Charge 3 still offers calendar, enhanced text alerts and call notifications. You also get updated clock faces, including animations to choose from, but you still can’t customize them. My preferred Charge 2 selection which allows me to see the date, time, steps and heart rate on my main clock face is no longer available on the Charge 3. I would have to swipe up to get the additional information.
You can also now directly reject or accept an incoming call. But you’ll still need to grab your phone to talk. You can also now store alerts and read them later.
The Charge 3 still requires a proprietary charger rather than a standard USB cord. But it has two extra days of battery life, bringing it from four or five days to a whole week on a single charge.
The Charge 3 is a major step up from the Charge 2. It’s a simple, sleek and waterproof health tracker with features that match a smartwatch.
The Fitbit Charge 3 in Canada retails at $199.95, the same price as the previous model but you can find one right now for $159.95 It comes in different colour combos with two band sizes. You can find it at many retailers, including Amazon.
There’s also a Fitbit Charge 3 Special Edition. This model offers NFC support and Fitbit Pay, allowing you to pay for things directly from your watch – although, unlike Apple Pay, support from Canadian financial institutions appears to be extremely limited.
Troy Media columnist Greg Gazin, also known as the Gadget Guy and Gadget Greg, is a syndicated veteran tech columnist, communication, leadership and technology speaker, facilitator, blogger, podcaster and author. Reach him @gadgetgreg or at GadgetGuy.ca.
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Monica Lewinsky at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Monica Lewinsky Stuns ‘Vanity Fair’ Oscar Party
by Chelsea ReganMarch 1, 2016, 7:13 pmMarch 1, 2016, 7:13 pmMarch 1, 2016, 7:13 pmNews, News Feed >
Monica Lewinsky was one of the many attendees at the star-studded annual Vanity Fair Oscar party in Hollywood Sunday night.
Monica Lewinsky At Vanity Fair Party
Lewinsky opted to wear a simple black, strapless gown for the film industry fete. She complemented the number, which featured a ruffled skirt, with a pair of gold shoes, a black clutch and teardrop earrings. Lewinsky wore her hair in a tousled up-do and sported a red lip.
The Vanity Fair contributor posted a picture from the night of her place setting and menu, captioning it on Twitter, “(snuck a photo).”
(snuck a photo) #VFOscarParty pic.twitter.com/8T5d3x6cse
— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) February 29, 2016
Lewinsky, who has reemerged in the public eye as of late as a social activist, spoke at a TED talk last year about the psychological effects of being publicly shamed around the world after having an affair with then-president Bill Clinton in the 90s.
“I was Patient Zero of losing a personal reputation on a global scale almost instantaneously,” Lewinsky said during her talk. “I was branded as a tramp, tart, slut, whore, bimbo and, of course, ‘that woman.’ I was known by many, but actually known by few. I get it. It was easy to forget ‘that woman’ was dimensional and had a soul.”
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Physiology Faculty Publications
Stimulatory Effect of 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on Rat Capsaicin-Sensitive Lung Vagal Sensory Neurons via Activation of 5-HT3 Receptors
Chun-Chun Hsu, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Ting Ruan, University of Kentucky
Lu-Yuan Lee, University of KentuckyFollow
You Shuei Lin, University of KentuckyFollow
5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is an inflammatory mediator known to be released in lung. Capsaicin-sensitive lung vagal (CSLV) afferents function as a primary sensor for detecting chemical stimuli and produce consequent reflexes during lung inflammation. To characterize the effect of 5-HT on CSLV afferents, responses of cardiorespiratory reflexes and single-unit C-fiber afferents to right-atrial injections of 5-HT were investigated in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Bolus injection of 5-HT (8 μg/kg) caused an immediate augmented breath and apnea, accompanied by hypotension and bradycardia. These initial responses were then followed by a brief pressor response and a more sustained depressor response. After a perineural treatment of both cervical vagi with capsaicin to block the conduction of C fibers, 5-HT still triggered the augmented breath, but no longer evoked the apnea, bradycardia and hypotension, indicating an involvement of C-fiber activation. The remaining augmented breath induced by 5-HT after perineural capsaicin treatment was totally eliminated by vagotomy. To further study the effect of 5-HT on CSLV afferents, activities arising from these afferents were determined using the single-fiber recording technique. Right-atrial injection of 5-HT evoked an intense discharge in CSLV afferents in a dose-dependent manner. The highest dose of 5-HT (16 μg/kg) activated 79% (19/24) of CSLV afferents which were also sensitive to capsaicin (0.8 μg/kg). The pretreatment of tropisetron, a selective antagonist of the 5-HT3 receptor, completely blocked CSLV-afferents stimulation induced by 5-HT but did not affect that by capsaicin. Furthermore, a similar afferent response of CSLV afferents was mimicked by phenylbiguanide, a selective agonist of the 5-HT3 receptor. In isolated rat lung vagal C neurons, 5-HT induced intense calcium transients in a dose-dependent manner. The highest concentration (3 μM) of 5-HT activated 67% (18/27) of the CSLV neurons. The 5-HT-induced response was totally abolished by pretreatment of tropisetron. In conclusion, 5-HT exerts an intense stimulatory effect on lung C-fiber terminals mediated through an activation of the 5-HT3 receptor, which may contribute to the airway hypersensitivity under lung inflammation.
Published in Frontiers in Physiology, v. 10, article 642, p. 1-12.
Copyright © 2019 Hsu, Ruan, Lee and Lin.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00642
The study was supported in part by grants TMU105-AE1-B17 (C-CH), MOST105-2320-B-038-070-MY2 (C-CH), DP2-108-21121-01-T-01-03 (C-CH), MOST104-2320-B-038-029- (YSL), NIH HL96914 (L-YL), and NIH AI123832 (L-YL).
Hsu, Chun-Chun; Ruan, Ting; Lee, Lu-Yuan; and Lin, You Shuei, "Stimulatory Effect of 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on Rat Capsaicin-Sensitive Lung Vagal Sensory Neurons via Activation of 5-HT3 Receptors" (2019). Physiology Faculty Publications. 149.
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The NWPA ALF Convention is held every three years, the major function is to elect our officers and executive-board, it will convene at 12:00 noon on June 26, 2019, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Ambassador Inn and Conference Center located at 2225 downs Drive Erie, PA16509. The convention will be in session until all appropriate business is concluded. We anticipate the convention will conclude at 5 PM.
A block of rooms has been reserved at a reduced cost of $119 per night. Anyone staying must make their arrangements by calling 814-866-9999 or www.ambassadorerie.com.
We have a Program Book to offset the costs of the convention which will be union printed. The contract for advertising was sent out earlier, and it is available on our website.
All unions in good standing can assign/elect Delegates and Alternates to represent them at the convention. Credentials were mailed in bright blue envelopes. The cost is $35.00 per delegate or Alternate. Delegates Credentials MUST be mailed to the NWPA ALF at 1276 Liberty St. Ste 2, Franklin, PA 16323, NO LATER THAN, June 6th.
Delegate Registration is from 11-11:45AM.
Many things will happen in this jam-packed 5-hour convention which is why we have chosen to include a working lunch to keep things moving. In addition to the nominations and elections of our Officers and Executive-Board, we will;
¨ Be welcomed by our labor friend, PA Rep. Robert Merski Jr. HD 2,
¨ Irwin Aronson, General counsel of the PA AFL-CIO will be our keynote speaker,
¨ we will award our scholarships to our winners,
¨ Decisions concerning the direction of the Area Labor Federation and allotments to our CLCs will be made,
¨ Action Network training will be held, this program is free to all CLCs and ALFs and enables you to do blast emails, faxes and texts, and much more,
¨ an “Off the Table” Presentation and Discussion will be held, and
¨ throughout the convention a Silent Auction will be held to benefit the Education Fund; Prizes you can bid on will include; a 32” Smart TV, a unique and expensive set of dishes, a basket of items donated by Edinboro University, and the Comedy Package which includes [2 –1 year memberships to the National Comedy Central and Lucile Ball & Desi Arnaz Museum, a $50 Gift Certificate to Forte Rest, for Dinner (half of which was donated by them), a free nights stay at the brand new DoubleTree Hotel( donated by them), a $25 gift card for breakfast or Lunch at the Labyrinth Rest. All of which are in Jamestown NY. Note all of these places were either built union or are union friendly} Donated items will be added as they come in. We will keep a list on our website for your convenience.
We planned on honoring Joseph Cieply from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield as “Labor’s Friend of the Year”. He is unable to attend, thus it will be presented at our September meeting.
We will be in need of volunteers to:
¨ help with Registration,
¨ serve on the Election committee being chaired by J. Howard Thompson,
¨ help with the silent auction, and
¨ serve as an escort for our Keynote Speaker.
If you are not seeking to run for any office or position on our executive-board and would be willing to help, please contact Rosann at 814-360-8336.
In the interest of time, the CLCs are encouraged to submit a written report.
See you at the Convention!
For more information call 814-360-8336.
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Everything You Need To Know About Graduate Student Unions
Alyssa Walker on Wednesday, May 30 2018 - 10:48am
Graduate student unions are in the news again, with campuses across the US deciding to allow--and not to allow--graduate students to unionize.
In October 2016, we reported that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) would require private universities to bargain with graduate student labor unions on compensation and working conditions.
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At This Company, the CEO Makes 6,000 Times a Typical Worker's Pay
Aimee Picchi on Thursday, May 24 2018 - 11:50am
It's no secret that the financial divide between CEOs and average worker in the U.S. has been growing. But in one case, the pay gap between corporate chiefs and employees has reached almost 6,000-to-1: Weight Watchers, where CEO Mindy Grossman earned 5,908 times what the median worker took home last year.
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Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow
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Paywatch 2018
CEO pay for major companies in the United States rose nearly 6% in the past year, as income inequality and the outsourcing of good-paying American jobs have increased. According to the new AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, the average CEO of an S&P 500 Index company made $13.94 million in 2017—361 times more money than the average U.S. rank-and-file worker.
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Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration
Kenneth Quinnell on Tuesday, May 22 2018 - 10:55am
An ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that companies may require workers to settle employment disputes through individual arbitration rather than joining to press their complaints, a decision affecting as many as 25 million workers.
The court's conservative majority said that the 5-to-4 ruling was a logical reading of federal law, and Congress' preference for using arbitration to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation.
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Let’s Deliver the Mail, Not Myths
Mark Dimondstein on Tuesday, May 15 2018 - 10:55am
President Trump’s attention of late has been focused in part on the United States Postal Service and Amazon, resulting in a new executive order calling for an evaluation of USPS finances. This is a good opportunity to underscore some important facts regarding the Postal Service, a national treasure belonging to all the people of the United States.
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Rebuilding Schools, Bridges—and Lives
Richard Trumka & Marty Walsh on Tuesday, May 15 2018 - 10:45am
It only takes a moment talking to Emily Galvin, an apprentice with Ironworkers Local 7 in Boston, to grasp how her first year learning the skilled trades has transformed her life. For one, she has a fresh understanding of the anatomy of a city—of roads, bridges and buildings. She’s taking classes in structural steel, tension, rebar and labor history. “I love how we use mats of rebar,” Ms. Galvin says, “to make reinforced concrete for floors or knee-walls, like for a parking garage.”
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The Federal Election Commission on Thursday gave a woman candidate running for Congress the green light to use portions of her campaign funds to pay for child care.
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AFL-CIO Launches Study of State of Work and of Unions
Mark Gruenberg on Monday, May 7 2018 - 11:43am
Saying workers are buffeted by automation, globalization and robotics, which threaten high joblessness, and firms robbing them of bargaining power to fight back and get jobs in the looming new economy, the AFL-CIO launched a year-long study of the state of work and the state of U.S. unions.
Replying to a mandate from last year’s AFL-CIO convention, the new Commission on the Future of Work and Unions met at federation headquarters on May 3, first in a 3-hour morning public session, and then behind closed doors for the rest of the day.
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Shipping not included in prices. American basswood, American lime, American linden, Basswood, Beetree, Beetree linden, Carolina linden, Florida basswood, Florida linden, Limetree, Linden, Linn, White basswood. Native to regions in Canada, the Great Lakes, and the Appalachia, the Eastern White Pine is a large conifer, sometimes reaching heights well over 200 feet. I made a mock scrape and the only tree that gave me a decent shot was a little basswood tree that only let me get about 10 feet off the ground. This tree was a former national champ. Uses of Basswood . Basswood Lumber. Heâd wait until he had a group of people standing around a basswood, eagerly waiting for him to impart his wisdom. Known for its lightweight, softwood, basswood was used in Native Americans' carvings. Basswood Characteristics. With its wide canopy and large stature, the American Linden (sometimes referred to as basswood, white basswood, beetree linden or bee-tree) is most typically seen in large public areas than in private spaces. Tillia, a genus of over 30 species of trees from subfamily Tilioideae is a type of a tree that has originated from temperate parts of the western and northern hemisphere but has managed to achieve large diversity in the comparable territories of Asia where most of the variations of this tree can be found. I found lots of young basswood trees growing near the giant mother tree by the river. The crown is domed, the branches spreading, often pendulous. USES: Carving, drawing boards, pattern making, mallet heads, turning, picture framing, toys, constructional veneer and plywood, boxes, and crates. It is codominant in the sugar maple (Acer saccharum)-basswood cover type, and is a common component of many other mesophytic forests . In Britain and Ireland they are commonly called lime trees, or lime bushes, although they are not closely related to the tree that produces the lime fruit. Basswood - Characteristics, Benefits and Uses. Custom Exotic Lumber Orders: Our Basswood lumber is of the highest quality and kiln dried (unless otherwise noted.) Prices are per board foot and discounts are given at quantities of 10 board feet and 100 board feet. I have an old basswood tree that is obviously dying. If a tree is available in both sizes, it will be noted in the product descriptions. In the open it reproduces a large, dense crown, typically somewhat columnar to vaguely pyramidal. Basswood and other wood products do not fit within our normal shipping costs. Most authorities list four basswood species as native to the North American continent: American Linden) is a large forest tree found throughout most of Minnesota's rich forest areas, though most predominant in central and south eastern woodlands, and is an important member of the Maple-Basswood forests of the area. Because of the light weight of this hardwood tree and its clean, pale color, it is perfect for making great lightweight food containers - berry and fruit baskets. Itâs like it was designed to be carved. Basswood. A buck had come into that scrape right as it was about quitting time, and I made a great shot on him. Basswood is an ideal wood for woodcarvers and whittling. This fast-grower can sometimes grow as much as 24 inches a year and needs plenty of space to flourish. var. Options: Quantity NSLNSIL: SILVER LINDEN (Tilia tomentosa) Fast growing hardy tree with 6 inch heart shaped leaves. Basswood trees tend to be quite large and usually plays an ornamental role, though it is also functional, especially when shade is needed. The tree can produce seeds when as young as eight years and continue to 100. Ed Davidson . Habitat: Basswood is commonly found in mixed northern hardwood forests and prefers moist but slightly drained (mesic) fertile soils. A large tree with a long trunk. Feb 06, 2002, 05:40 ⦠They usually grow to be between 60 and 120 feet with trunks about 3 to 5 feet once theyâre fully grown. Lime trees are important in mythology, literature and folklore of many cultures. The American basswood tree excels in beauty almost all others, and it is well known that it furnishes a large amount of excellent nectar. Therefore we will email YOU to approve the cost before your order is processed or charged to your credit card. It has 3 trunks from the ground up. Mature Height: This is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree reaching a height of 60 to 120 ft (exceptionally 129 ft) with a trunk diameter of 3â4 ft at maturity. Standard trees are measured by their girth 1 metre above the ground, and young saplings are measured by height. The bark matures to a scaly and furrowed form with age. Location Lexington Cemetery, KY . And, like balsa wood, itâs best to glue it together. One guy told me to cut Trunk #1 down completely. It also sprouts from stumps, so is often found growing in clumps. We want to save it if possible. The leaves turn russet in the autumn. This champion American Basswood of Kentucky made its debut on the National Register of Champion Trees in 2017. (Reminds me of a joke the late great botanist Floyd Swink used to tell. Other names include linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. Well-named, the state tree representing Maine is the Eastern White Pine. The following sizes are ONLY EXAMPLES (for pricing purposes) â¦.we can cut just about any width and length to your request. The young leaves can be consumed as a salad, and trust me, itâs delicious. The bark was also collected and made into fiber for weaving ropes, baskets, and other objects. The Pine Tree State sits in the far northeastern corner of the United States, along the Canadian border. The Basswood variety of the linden tree offers a great yard addition for those looking to cultivate shade. It stains quite well and has fair resistance to splitting, allowing basswood millwork to take screws and nails well. The soft, light wood is especially useful for making food boxes, yardsticks, furniture, and pulpwood. For that Basswood is sometimes called the âBee Tree.â The tree also has a small nut, more like a seed. NOTE: we have basswood only in 1â³, 2â³, 3â³ and 4â³ thickness. 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RCMP seek driver after fatal island shooting; 4 dogs also found dead at scene
Published Monday, November 30, 2020 11:48AM PST
VICTORIA -- Police continue to investigate a fatal shooting in a rural area of Vancouver Island earlier this month, and are hoping to speak with a driver who may have picked up two people around the time of the incident.
On Nov. 1, three bodies were discovered in the Melrose Forest Service Road area of Qualicum Beach, as well as one person who was suffering from a gunshot wound.
The man was rushed to hospital while the other three victims were determined to have died at the scene.
Multiple burned structures and the remains of four dogs were also discovered, RCMP announced Monday.
The complex nature of the scene has caused the investigation to move forward slowly.
“Fire scenes bring a variety of challenges and are complex scenes to process,” said Cpl. Chris Manseau, media relations officer for the B.C. RCMP. “Investigators must pore over the scene, meticulously search through debris piece by piece and then examine collected items using specialized techniques.”
Mounties and the BC Coroners Service say they are still working to confirm the identifies of the victims.
Shortly after the shooting, sources told CTV News that two of the victims were identified as Shawn McGarth, 52, and his girlfriend Shanda Wilson, 38.
Investigators are hoping to speak with anyone who may have information on the shooting, particularly a driver who is believed to have picked up two hitchhikers on the morning of Nov. 1.
Police say the motorist was driving a light-coloured sedan and has yet to contact police, despite several appeals for information.
“The driver who picked up these individuals is being asked to reach out to police. They unknowingly may have information crucial to this investigation,” said Manseau in a release on Nov. 6.
Now, Mounties say the driver is being considered a witness.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit at 250-380-6211.
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After lighting up the stage at Germany’s Wetten, dass..?, Rihanna flew over to Manchester, England to perform on the final episode of the U.K. X Factor.
The Bajan pop star performed her smash hit singles “We Found Love” and “Stay.”
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Despite having an emotional weekend over her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown hooking up with Karrueche Tran, Rihanna manages to pull off both performances.
RiRi is currently enjoying huge success on the charts with her number one album Unapologetic still pulling in encouraging sales figures. She also scored a record 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles with her smash hit “Diamonds.”
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'Overwatch' League to develop a 'scouting' tool for team owners' roster-building
The 'Overwatch' League will soon have a tool for scouting pro players (via YouTube/PlayOverwatch)
One of the biggest league in the scene, 'Overwatch' League, will be giving team owners a means to scout pro players.
“Overwatch” League is perhaps one of the biggest things in the eSports scene now. Its success even continues to grow, as the game’s popularity blooms. Now, Blizzard just took a huge step in pushing the league to a whole new level.
The “Overwatch” League commissioner named Nate Nanzer recently announced a new process of scouting pro players. Interestingly, this was deemed an international structure, which was meant to involve various players from around the globe. The aforesaid process was meant for the owners of pro team to assemble their squads.
Introducing scouting report
Announced on the official site of the league, Nanzer revealed that the competitions under Blizzard should undergo a scouting process.
Here, reports of promising players (pros only) were involved. The owners of league teams were given such access in hopes to help them build their group. Enthusiasts believe that, in one way or another, this should bring a more concrete pool of pro players in the scene.
The basis of the report will be sent as an email survey, with “Overwatch” players being the recipients. But in order to participate, they will have to declare their inclusion in the league first. The option to do so, as the management declared, will be up to them. This will reportedly help the league relate “their experiences and preferences,” though the players still have the permission to allow the league to report the information to the team owners.
The criteria explained
The “Overwatch” League will be imposing a set of criteria to ensure the consistency of the reports.
This should also help them prevent any fraud information coming from the recipients if there was a fraud. For instance, the prospective players must be a top-500 finish in the game’s Competitive Play (Skill Rating) in either the third or fourth season for any region. Next, they must be a playoff finish in the most recent tournaments with high-caliber ratings, such as the APEX Season 2 and/or the Premier Series 2017 Spring.
If not, they must be at least recipient of the Pacific Champions 2017 Season 1 invitation.
Lastly, the prospective “Overwatch” League players must offer distinguishing and impressive qualifications, all of which should be indicative of top-tier talent. This could mean a membership from an already established team in the competition. Nanzer iterated that these should be enough to help them develop a reporting tool for roster-building strategy.
He, however, explained that, in one way or another, the report does not totally guarantee a spot in a pro team.
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'Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy’: Xbox One version the big Comic-Con surprise?
An Xbox One version or a new sequel could be possibly announced at Comic-Con this week. PlayStation/YouTube
Actvision is teasing a big announcement at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 - a sequel or Xbox One version?
by Matthew King (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
July 19, 2017 at 10:05 AM July 19, 2017 at 10:05 AM
The prestigious San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) kicks off this week and the publisher of the insanely popular “Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy,” Activision is prepping something big for the attendees. It’s inviting the fans to tune into its panel on July 20 for some surprising news - is it the most requested Xbox One version of the game?
SDCC appearance
In its most recent blog post, Activision confirmed that it will attend this year’s Comic-Con and added that it is so excited to share more during the panel and it has some big news that fans shouldn’t miss.
Xbox One version or a sequel
No one knows what it is that Activision is teasing fans about but the latest chatter making the rounds online suggests that the Xbox One version will possibly release later this year.
Another close possibility is that the remastered version’s explosive success has now called upon the development of a brand new "Crash Bandicoot” game. It is said that the fate of a fourth title solely depends on how the market responds to the release of the N Sane Trilogy remaster.
Previous leaks of an Xbox One version surfaced way even before the official launch of the game in late June, indicating that the exclusivity deal between Activision and Sony is timed exclusive. Thus, the remastered game collection will be also available on non-PS4 consoles and even on Windows PC at some point.
So, fans are just a day away from finding out what the big surprise really is, including the future plan of Activision for the popular franchise.
Difficulty level explained
Meanwhile, Vicarious Visions recently talked about the difficulty of “Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy” contrary to the first Crash game made available for the PlayStation 1.
Crash’s jump isn’t the same in the past game but Activision, in its most recent post, explained that the design was created with careful thought. That includes how the save and bonus rounds will work in order to offer an integrated and the best experience yet for players across the three games.
The game developer further went on by giving players some tips on how to handle the game and ease out the hard part. It said that the gamers’ starting point must be the second game, then the third, and save the first game for the last run.
San Diego Comic-Con will open on July 20 and end on July 23, 2017. It will take place at San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
“Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy” was released on June 30, 2017, for the PlayStation 4.
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CROSSNET Volleyball Game is the brand new four square meets volleyball game taking the USA by storm. Easy to set up, in your garden or at the beach, CROSSNET Outdoor is the perfect game for kids and adults to play.
CROSSNET comes with everything you need to start playing wherever you want with an adjustable height poles & net, a volleyball, hand pump and a backpack bag.
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What is CROSSNET Volleyball?
CROSSNET is the world’s first hybrid game that brings together the sports of volleyball and Four Square. With just a volleyball net, poles, and a ball any Four Square game can be transformed into a fast-paced game of CROSSNET – ideal for honing your skills at the volleyball net.
Four Square Volleyball Game
What is Four Square?
A regular game of Four Square takes place on a square court divided into four sections, or quadrants. Typically played on a hard surface, the object of Four Square is to bounce the ball into one of your three opponents’ quadrants in order to eliminate them.
To avoid elimination, a receiving player must bounce the ball into another quadrant before the ball has bounced twice in their area. The ball mustn’t touch any dividing line between quadrants. The squares are numbered 1 to 4, with 4 being the highest rank and 2 being the lowest and as players are eliminated, they vacate their square and remaining players move “up” to the next highest ranked square. The eliminated player is then replaced with a new player in square one and goes to the back of the queue of waiting players.
Once you are in Square 4, you are the highest ranked player and the server for each new point. You earn one serve point each time you serve and are not eliminated. New players automatically earn on entry point each team they re-enter the game. At the end of the game, your total serve points are divided by your entry points for your final score, with the highest being the winner.
How is CROSSNET Volleyball different from Four Square?
CROSSNET keeps the same scoring mechanism and has a few specific rules, which you can see in more detail by clicking on the “How to Play & Rules” tab. Essentially though, instead of the ball bouncing as with regular Four Square, you hit the ball over the special CROSSNET volleyball net, just as you would in volleyball. As you can see from the shape of the CROSSNET net, it separates each square from the others in a cross, hence the name!
How To Play CROSSNET
CROSSNET is the world’s first version of four square volleyball. Players compete in a four-way battle to eliminate one another and have the ball land in their opponent’s square. CROSSNET games are played to 11 points and you must win by 2.
To begin playing CROSSNET, players first designate the four quadrants and assign players a number 1-4. Rallies begin by the 4th square serving diagonally to the 2nd square and then the ball being returned to any other square.
Only on hit is allowed per return. Points are only accumulated in the 4th square and players keep their points when eliminated.
Players may hit the ball only once with their hands to return the ball over the net. We define “hands” as any area between a player’s wrists and fingertips, including the back of the hands. Players may not catch, carry or hold the ball at any time during play.
If your group decides, players can extend play by adding additional touches to each return such as bump, set, spike or our personal favorite: head, knees, and feet.
Each time a player is eliminated, that player leaves the court and all players advance to the highest number square. The lowest ranking square is then filled with a new player. All eliminated players leave the court and wait for their next turn to join in the 1 square.
These situations represent possible ways to be eliminated:
Failing to hit the ball into another square
Allowing the ball to hit the ground in their own square
Hitting the ball out of bounds
Hitting the ball incorrectly, such as holding, catching or carrying
Hitting the ball out of turn (poaching)
Violating any additional rules that players incorporate into their rallies
CROSSNET Guidelines
Squares are ranked highest to lowest, 4-1. There are two sets of lines on the court. Outside boundaries are the outermost edges of the entire court, while inside boundaries divide the individual squares.
If a player lands the ball on any outside boundary, it is considered in play, and the player in that square is eliminated.
Inside boundaries do not dictate if a ball is in or out. If a ball travels over the net and into a player’s square, they are responsible for returning and playing the ball.
If the ball travels over the net, into a player’s square, and then under the net into another player’s square, it is the responsibility of the first player to return the ball.
The ball is always served from the 4th square to the 2nd. The player recieving the serve in the 2nd square is prohibited from spiking when returning the serve. After the 2nd square returns the ball, spikes are allowed.
Each time the ball enters in a square, only the owner of the square must hit the ball into another square. Once the ball enters a square, only the owner of the square can touch the ball next. It the owner does not touch the ball, then he/she is out.
If the player hits poorly or out of bounds, the player is out. If another player hits the ball not in his/her square before the owner of the square does, that other player is out. Points are scored each time a player remains in the 4th square without a mistake.
If there is a dispute that cannot be settled by the players, then the only proper way to resolve the disagreement is through the Showdown.
The Showdown is a mini game of two-square with no custom rules and the loser is eliminated.
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By andrewlong7 on August 19, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )
During the D23 Expo this past week, there were many announcements regarding the many different changes, additions, and updates that are coming to Disney Parks – the most notable being the official announcement of Star Wars Land in both American Disney Resorts. However, during all of the announcements one park is going to remain basically untouched – Disney’s California Adventure.
Perhaps the only real change for California Adventure that was announced at this year’s D23 Expo was the changing of Soarin’ Over California, one of my park favorites, to Soarin’ Around the World. I know I am in disagreement with my fellow Wandering In Disney friend Andrew here as this is quite possibly the one piece of news that I am the LEAST excited for. I am a supporter of them changing the film in other Disney Parks with the ride, however, I think the original should stay in California Adventure. But, that’s a different argument for a different post. Due to the small amount of news regarding California Adventure Park, many Disney fans have been speculating what plans Disney may be hiding from us at the moment. Here are a few of the facts and rumors that seem to be floating around the internet regarding the future for this park.
Addition of rides currently located at Hollywood Studios (RUMOR): We all know that Hollywood Studios is going through a dramatic transformation that is going to make it an entirely different park than it has been in the past. Many are wondering how the changes will impact the rides that currently call Hollywood Studios home. It seems that certain rides (such as Tower of Terror and Rockin’ Rollercoaster) will no longer fit the general theme of what Hollywood studios will become. These same fans have pointed out that, even if Hollywood Studios can no longer house these rides due to a significant change in atmosphere, they would still be quite at home in the Hollywood Backlot section of California Adventure. We already have our own version of Tower of Terror and have buildings behind our TOT attraction that could be moved, much like those in Toontown, to make way for a ride like Rockin’ Rollercoaster to be added. Again, this is all rumor and speculation on the part of Disney fans, but I would be thrilled to have another E-ticket attraction in CA.
Room to expand (FACT): Regardless of what they decide to do, Disney does have room to expand their California Adventure Park. Currently, they are only using a fraction the land that they are zones for and do have some room to increase their boundaries. I find it highly unlikely that Disney will do this in the near future, especially with all of the major changes that are already coming, but it is a possibility. In order to expand, more office spaces and staging areas would need to be relocated and I am not sure that they currently have the room to move them. However, it is no secret that Disney has slowly bought up land from some of the neighboring hotels and businesses. Who knows what could happen?
An increased Marvel presence (RUMOR): Whether you are a fan of the Marvel Universe or not, the truth remains that there is a large fanbase who would come running to experience Marvel-based rides and attractions. Disney World is unable to provide this due to the legal implications regarding Universal Studio’s Marvel merchandise and parks in Orlando, so Disneyland Resort would have to be the place for a Marvel park or land to be created. Some fans are saying that with the competition that will come with Universal Studios bringing Harry Potter to the West Coast, Disney will have to respond in a big way. Though Star Wars Land most likely will take care of this, it makes sense from a business standpoint for Disney to utilize their acquisition of Marvel in a big way. Again, this is all based on rumor, so we will see.
An increased Pixar presence (RUMOR): Those who think Marvel won’t be coming to the parks seem to hold the belief that Disney may continue to increase the Pixar presence in California Adventure. This is the rumor in which I think Disney would run into the most problems. Though Pixar movies and franchises are popular, California Adventure is already home to a Bugs Life themed land, a Cars themed land, and a Toy Story ride. If they continue to add Pixar, which I would actually be thrilled with, then it seems that they will run into a Hollywood Studios type problem where they will have to re-brand their entire park. I find it hard to believe that they would gut California Adventure and take out attractions like California Screamin’ and Grizzly River Run, so then we have to ask how they would reformat a park that is becoming less of a “California Adventure” and more of a “Pixar Place”. Watching as changes are being made, I wouldn’t be entirely shocked if the name “California Adventure” is tossed anyway and replaced with another, but I have no idea as to what that change may be.
While Disney is quiet about any changes to California Adventure all we can really do is speculate and toss around different rumors that are popping up. However, I do believe that California Adventure is not done changing and growing. The park has already come a long way in the past several years and with it’s increasing popularity, I am sure that they will keep adding new and improved attractions.
Are there any California Adventure rumors that you’ve heard that I’ve left out? I’d love to hear them.
As always, have a magical day!
-Melissa H.
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UN Condemns Video Of Couple Reportedly Having S*x Inside Its Official Car
The United Nations (UN) says it has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a couple apparently having s.e.x in one of its official cars in Israel.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
Spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric, told UN correspondents in New York on Friday that the organisation was “shocked and deeply disturbed” by the footage.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
Dujarric confirmed that the video featured a 4×4 vehicle, containing personnel “likely assigned to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO)”.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
The short video shows a woman in a red dress straddling a man in the back seat of the white SUV bearing the “UN” inscription.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
With them in the moving vehicle are the driver and a bald-head man sitting on the passenger side in front.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
Media reports say the footage was recorded on HaYarkon Street, a major thoroughfare in Tel Aviv, the Israeli capital, although the UN said its authenticity had not been confirmed.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
Dujarric said: “We are shocked and deeply disturbed by what is seen on the video.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
“The behaviour seen in it is abhorrent and goes against everything that we stand for and have been working to achieve in terms of fighting misconduct by UN staff.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
“We became aware of the video a little bit more than two days ago and our colleagues in the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) were immediately activated.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
“Their investigation I know is moving very quickly. We know the location of the incident and the identification of individuals in the video, who are likely assigned to the UNTSO, is close to being completed.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
“As part of the UN’s commitment to transparency, the UN will provide updates on the conclusion of the investigation, and any further action.”
According to the organisation, UNTSO, headquartered in Jerusalem, is the first ever peacekeeping mission established by the UN in 1948.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
It says the mission comprises military observers to monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements and prevent military escalation.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
In a statement, UNTSO said it was committed to the UN’s zero-tolerance policy against any kind of misconduct, including s.e.x.u.a.l exploitation and abuse.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
It reminded its personnel of their obligations to the UN Code of Conduct.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
The BBC quoted Ms Heather Barr, Co-director of the women’s rights division of Human Rights Watch’s, as saying the video did not come to her as a surprise.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
Barr, who according to the news outlet had worked for the UN in Burundi and Afghanistan, said the UN had a bigger problem than the video.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
“That problem is about allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff members of the UN,’’ she told the medium.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
NAN recalls that the UN received and investigated 175 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its staff in 2019.(Wapbaze_Copyright)
Out of the total, 16 were substantiated, 15 were unsubstantiated and all others were still being investigated.
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Home » VR Games » PlatformaVR Launches Full-body Tracking VR Space
PlatformaVR Opens the Free Roam Full-body Tracking VR Space Based on SteamVR Tracking 2.0: End of the OptiTrack Era?
Starting August 10th, everyone who visits Moscow, Russia can plunge into a new free roam virtual reality experience created by Moscow-based PlatformaVR.
PlatformaVR is a startup, which is developing exclusive virtual reality entertainment content.
So far, the company has been known as the first free roam out-of-home experience in the world, which uses SteamVR Tracking 2.0 and allows the playing area to be over than 1,000 sqft. Every player is equipped with the following items: – HTC VIVE Pro headset; – Set of VIVE Trackers for full-body tracking; – VR backpack (version with Intel wireless adapter will be available later this year); – Various peripherals including a haptic strap, VR gloves, and a VR gun.
Currently, PlatformaVR is opening a fourth Moscow location in Winzavod Contemporary Art Center. The company has adapted its three most popular titles (The Arrival, MATCH, and the Poisoner) for the 10×10 meter area. The tracking solution is based on SteamVR Tracking 2.0 developed by Valve and utilizes full-body tracking technology.
SteamVR Tracking 2.0 has been announced at CES 2018 and is the most attractive large-scale tracking solution for location-based VR in terms of quality/price ratio.
Its arrival may be a potential killer for alternative technologies like OptiTrack or Vicon, at least in the most lucrative segment (up to 1,500 sqft areas).
The main feature of the PlatformaVR experience isits original AAA game content 100% developed in-house; support for up to four players and realistic graphics coupled with full-body tracking to deliver maximum immersion; three main titles aimed for a wide range of visitors, The Arrival (saga of space voyagers at an abandoned futuristic station).
MATCH (PvP shooter a-la Quake Arena), and the Poisoner (a detective story of two police officers investigating a series of mysterious murders). PlatformaVR plans to secure advantage with the help of frequent releases (a new title every four months) and collaborations with famous western movie franchises.
“We are excited to welcome PlatformaVR team in pioneering large-scale out-of-home VR segment with our solution,” said Andrey Kormiltsev, President of HTC Russia/CIS/Baltics/Israel. “Our brand-new HTC VIVE Pro headset and VIVE Trackers are a perfect match for location-based VR segment which we expect will be one of the key drivers of the whole VR industry in the near future.”
PlatformaVR was launched in December 2017 when the company’s first location using SteamVR Tracking 1.0 (small-scale VR rooms) was opened at its offices in Moscow. Since then, more than 5,000 people have visited the experience and five more venues have been added: three locations in Moscow (including one at one of Russia’s largest IMAX theatres), one in Riga (Latvia), and one in Orlando (USA) in collaboration with MindQuest Escape Games.
By promoting the cheapest solution in the hi-end location-based VR market PlatformaVR is keen to expand across the globe with a short-term goal to establish new locations in London (UK) and Los Angeles (USA). Apart from that, an exclusive European distributer has been recently signed to bring PlatformaVR content to Western Europe, Mexico, and China.
Total number of new PlatformaVR openings planned for the next 12 months amounts to 30 locations all around the world. In 2018, the company raised a seed round from FunCubator, an international VC specializing in FunTech (AR/VR, Media, Gaming). The raised funds will be used to support international expansion and development of new content.
About VIVE: VIVE is a first-of-its-kind virtual reality platform, built and optimized for true-to-life VR interactions. Delivering on the promise of VR with game-changing technology and best-in-class content, VIVE has created the strongest ecosystem for VR hardware and software, bringing VR to consumers, developers and enterprises alike.
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Towards smarter buidings: final report smart readiness indicator
With the Smart Readiness Indicator, the European Commission commits to Smart Buildings. EnergyVille/VITO supplied vital studies for the development of the Indicator.
Smart Buildings aren't just an empty marketing term. Integrating smart technologies in buildings can be a very effective way of getting us towards healthier and more comfortable buildings. It can also help to reduce the energy consumption and the CO2 emission. These technologies will be essential to integrate buildings in future energy systems with a high demand for renewable energy.
That is why the European Commission has launched the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), a method to determine how smart buildings are and whether or to what extent they're ready to interact with their users and their connected energy grids. EnergyVille/VITO coordinated two technical studies for the European Commission, which developed the SRI. More than 800 national and international stakeholders were closely involved with these studies. The first building that was used for testing the SRI, was the EnergyVille 1 building, whiched scored very well at 77%. In the meantime, the method has been tested on no less than 100 other buildings and Europe is getting ready to vote on legislation, officially letting the SRI come into effect.
Curious to find out more? The European Commission has recently shared the final rapport from EnergyVille/VITO about the Indicator on its website. You can still find the article below.
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Where Crouches the DA, ANC and EFF?
Mike Hampton Posted on 11th Feb 2014 by mikehampton 6th Jan 2021
Mamphela Ramphele and Helen Zille in political crouch of games
I enjoy the level-headed, liberal writings of RW Johnson. Today, he speaks about a troubled DA, Helen Zille in trouble, a decaying and corrupt ANC with increasing tribal complications, and the emergence of the EFF who will supplant the SACP. This is a fascinating read on the politics you didn’t want to know but have to know! Here are some excerpts:
[For Zille] to thrust the donors forward as the villains of the piece is to break an unspoken compact, particularly since two of them (the Oppenheimers and Natie Kirsh) have been named in the press. And, of course, the duty of a political leader is to tell the donors what is and what is not politically wise and possible: in this case, that an attempted deal with Ramphele was a non-starter. Zille has, to her credit, said that she bears personal responsibility for the debacle – but in practice she is now throwing as much of the blame as possible onto Ramphele and some more onto the donors. This can’t really work. After all, the worse Ramphele is made to look – and relations between the two women now sound very embittered – the more Zille has to face the question “How on earth could you try to hand the DA leadership to a woman that you now say is completely untrustworthy? After all, you worked with her, you knew her well.” Zille may seem to be shooting poisoned arrows at Ramphele but those aren’t arrows, they’re boomerangs…
The ANC is that familiar beast, a decaying and corrupt liberation movement. Other examples of the species can be seen in Algeria, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe. In all cases they cling to power and fill their pockets with a huge sense of self-righteousness. They tend only to believe in democracy if that is the same as themselves being re-elected. They benefit from the fact that internationally the Left supports them because it likes their socialist and anti-imperialist rhetoric – although a mere glance at their actual behaviour shows how fraudulent that rhetoric is. But the even greater – and more immediate – problem is tribalism. Late last year I conducted an opinion survey in KwaZulu-Natal. This suggested that the Zulu bloc was still consolidating behind Zuma and that the ANC would add at least another 10% to its vote there. At the same time anecdotal evidence reaches me from a variety of sources suggesting a rising tempo of anti-Zulu tribalism in workplace situations in Jo’burg and the Cape. The increased dominance of the Zulu bloc will produce more anti-Zulu feeling and on the Reef this could spell real trouble…
Malema’s great advantage is that he has made a clean break with the ANC and can thus oppose its leadership root and branch and present a real alternative programme. Moreover, he is an inventive and shrewd politician. He has insisted that the EFF alone really wishes to implement the Freedom Charter which has been betrayed by the ANC at large. At the same time he adopted the red berets of Hugo Chavez (which proved so popular that the ANC was forced to copy them), developed strong links with Robert Mugabe, and was even canny enough to court Buthelezi. True, he still has court cases pending against him but any attempt to jail him now will be viewed as political persecution. Early indications are that the EFF could win 25-30 seats in Parliament. This would be a complete disaster for the SACP, whose political space the EFF would then occupy, and whose militants would look back with anger at the Party’s failure to present its own election candidates from the start. But it would also have a de-stabilizing effect on the ANC which, for the first time, will be outflanked on the Left in every debate and accused of being sell-outs – an epithet the ANC finds hard to bear. Thus the EFF could easily push the whole ANC towards Left populism…
It has begun to look as if Helen Zille will go down as a calamitous leader. She was bequeathed a strong and growing party built on liberal principle but there is now a clear sense that all this is unravelling. This is only partly due to the Ramphele debacle. The real point is that Tony Leon had successfully put together a coalition of white English-speakers and Afrikaners, Coloureds, Indians and a growing African fringe so that even by 2004 the DA was easily the country’s most multi-racial party. All of this has now been greatly muddied. Under Zille the party has opted for racial preferences in both the labour market and business, to the utter consternation of the old Progs, Coloureds, the Solidarity trade union and Afrikaners in general. All these elements are increasingly restive, even mutinous. The Ramphele affair has Coloureds angrily demanding why an African should receive such preference when the DA owes both Cape Town and the Western Cape to Coloured voters? Once one starts to play the game of racial preferences and skin colour, such complications inevitably follow. When Ms Zille declared that the principle of “merit not race” was itself “almost racist” she not only revealed that she had lost all touch with the liberal tradition, but she was simply lost. A truly multi-racial party like the DA can only be run on liberal principles. Once you surrender those for favouritism towards any race, you face a Tower of Babel…
These excerpts are taken from ‘SA’s Political Parties: Twenty Years On’. It’s another masterpiece of sanity by RW Johnson. I highly recommend you read it.
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Bill on 11th Feb 2014 at 7:44 am said:
Cleverly put.
Mike Hampton a.k.a. Wicked Mike on 11th Feb 2014 at 7:56 am said:
Insightful and educative.
And worrying…
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Is Russia jeopardizing BRICS’ unity and future roles in global affairs?
The 4th Media on 2011-05-31
[Editorial]
“Russia offers to mediate ex-ally Gadhafi’s exit” is the news title from the AP last Friday, May 27. This is exactly the signal Russia is going to give in to US/NATO pressures, so that the former will also join the latter in their military aggression against another sovereign nation Libya.
The story Russia also joins the US-led NATO aggressions against Libya could be a devastating blow to the future power relations which is still in an unpredictable restructuring process of this new 21st Century.
If those BRICS nations fail to keep some sort of unity in its collective efforts to balance, counter or deter the unilateral US/NATO colonial practices around the whole globe, particularly this time in North Africa and Arab regions, yet fully unmeasured consequences of negativity from that breakup of newly formed BRICS could be immense.
Their roles and responsibilities in the future global affairs could be significantly diminished if the above-mentioned circumstances are going to be an unchangeable reality.
Still US/NATO powers unashamedly continue to employ those “false flags” such as “protection of civilians,” as French President Nicolas Sarkozy said again at G-8 summit meeting last Friday: “There is ‘great unanimity’ about an ‘intensification of the military intervention’ to protect civilians.”
The AP reports “Russia abandoned one-time ally Moammar Gadhafi and offered Friday to mediate a deal for the Libyan leader to leave the country he has ruled for more than 40 years.”
When Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said of Gadhafi in the following way, “He should leave,” or “I proposed our [Russian] mediation services to my partners [in NATO]. Everyone thinks that would be useful,” what a disgustingly shameful and overwhelmingly disappointing statement it is! It’s undoubtedly a cowardly sign of “giving-in” to US/NATO threats!
Another statement from Medvedev like this, as AP reports, “[i]f Gadhafi makes this decision, which will be beneficial for the country and the people of Libya, then it will be possible to discuss the form of his departure, what country may accept him and on what terms, and what he may keep and what he must lose,” could amply make anyone confused if it came from US, Britain or French president, instead Russia.
The AP story already reveals the West disparagingly treats Russia as in the following way: “With Gadhafi increasingly isolated and NATO jets intensifying their attacks, Russia may also be eyeing Libya’s oil and gas and preparing for the prospect that the lucrative Libyan market will fall into full rebel control.”
By giving in to US/NATO power, Russia made himself already a disrespected nation. The traditional colonial powers already disrespectfully describe the newly-joined junior patner who also “eyes Libya’s oil and gas” or is vying into (some sort of) an international robbery in terms who’d have how much or less shares from “the lucrative Libyan market.”
I wonder how many Russians would be ever proud, instead ashamed, of their nation’s president who seemed to have acted like a “sold-out guy” to the “big bad boys.”
By being sold out, it seems Russia is not only going to abandon its longtime ally Libya but also its newly grouped friends of BRICS who just agreed to work for a better, just and equal future of the humanity when they recently gathered in Sanya, China.
For the sake of the record, it’s important to note what the other partner in that newly built BRICS structure as one of the most important symbols in regard to a better future in this new 21st Century such as South Africa whose President Jacob Zuma went “to work out a peaceful outcome,” so that he was “heading to Libya on behalf of the African Union.”
Dr. Kiyul Chung who is Editor in chief at the 4th Media is also a Visiting Professor at School of Journalism and Communication, Tsignhua University.
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Reddit MGTOWs cheer divorced man who burned down his ex-wife’s house
92 Comments on Reddit MGTOWs cheer divorced man who burned down his ex-wife’s house
Arsonist Krste Kovacevski attacks a reporter covering his trial
An Australian man was just convicted of maliciously burning down the house he had handed over to his ex-wife in a divorce settlement. Naturally, the regulars on the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit are embracing him as a hero.
Last August, Krste Kovacevski poured kerosene throughout his ex’s house in Wollongong, near Sydney, before setting it on fire. The elderly arsonist, who quickly confessed to police, was arrested nearby watching the house burn. His excuse? He told police “I lost everything so I’ve got nothing to worry [about].”
Kovacevski seems to be quite the charmer indeed. In May, he was caught on tape attacking a reporter covering the trial, repeatedly punching and kicking the man and trying to put out a cigarette on his shirt. After the guilty verdict, he grabbed a microphone from another reporter and threw it on the ground.
In the MGTOW subreddit, the regulars saw his malicious act of arson as an attempt to symbolically even the score, as it were, for men “raped” by divorce. And as a blow against male homelessness, sort of.
“It’s a sad reality that there are more homeless men than women,” wrote the OP.
Fortunately this fellow tried to even the gender ratio. After being rendered homeless by divorce, he decided that his ex-wife should enjoy the same privilege. Because equality!
Most of the other commenters were similarly enthusiastic about the arson. Someone called DangZagnut wrote
I completely am on board with this. “If I can’t have it, no one can” Burning shit to the ground is completely justified when things you have are being taken away.
Slash and burn.
iamlikethewindbaby hoped that the arson would help men get better settlements in divorce cases.
The more often this happens, the less often unfair divorce settlements happens. Everyone wants to be part of a revolution, no one wants to start one.
Good for this guy. If I’m on the jury I’m not writing down anything other than not guilty.
newMGTOW was happy Kovacevski was able to put his ex-wife, from whom he had been separated since 1991, in her place.
Yep, if you’re 75 and just lost everything you worked your entire life for you’re gonna say fuck it, statistically he only has 5 more years of life left. I love what he did, it showed what a joke the system is and he showed that bitch who is really boss
For those itching to tell their own personal bitches who the boss is, but too timid to go the arson route, neutron_ had some other suggestions:
Try doing sneaky things like pest infestations, wood eating bugs to weaken the foundation, etc.
cheesymold suggested raising money for Kovacevski in hopes that this would encourage more men to burn down their ex’s homes.
Anybody want to start a kickstarter for this hero? We need to incentivize this kind of thing. Obviosuly not advocating violence but justice for men.
Dberp had a similar idea.
I’m thinking of starting something like a Divorced Men’s Relief Fund. A non-profit charity designed to swoop in and assist with special cases.
In this example, NOT giving him money (because the ex could turn around and sue him again for it) but perhaps renting out a nice place under the organization name for him to live his remaining few years stress free and rent free as a thank you for making an example that brings unfair divorces into public conversation.
Or at least makes it the subject of a Saturday circle-jerk amongst some of the worst human beings on planet earth.
Tags arson, australia, Krste Kovacevski, mgtow, misogyny, reddit, Wollongong
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Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
@Banananana dakry: Fat, Short-Haired, and Deranged
Thanks for that; I’d heard that California had similar conditions re fires. We don’t have tornadoes here, but we have cyclones which are basically the same from the receiving end 😐
Re homelessness figures: I’m only up to date on the Aust. ones but as far as that goes, it’s technically correct that more men are homeless. It’s actually measured by a few categories (sleeping rough; insecure accommodation; boarding houses, etc.) – but men in general make up around 56%, or just over half.
25% of homeless people here are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, despite only making up about 2% of the population. I don’t hear much about that from men’s rights people, even though a lot of these homeless are men.
Kids 12 and under make up 17% – which is heartbreaking. The majority of these are kids with mums escaping DV situations. These are all terribly inconvenient facts, though, so I do apologise. Sorry/not sorry.
Z&T
I watched a documentary about wildfires in Australia earlier today.
I think it was in regards to this –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires
This looks like the documentary I saw earlier –
http://schedule.wttw.com/episodes/397762/Wild/Out-of-the-Ashes/
It was fascinating and yet very disturbing at the same time. Horrifying really.
It seemed to me (I missed the first part of it) that much of these fires had to do with dry conditions. And can be a natural phenomenon that happens at certain times.
And that alone might be bad enough, but I suppose that would be something to point to, and it’s a natural occurrence at times, you could maybe process that.
If some asshole sparked such a thing? Out of some revenge plot? There are no words. I would be absolutely infuriated!
And “these guys” too – you know they be into APOPLECTIC RANGE MAD if so much as a fallen, burnt out, micrometer sized piece of ash from a cig or incense or outdoor candle – landed on their precious junk storage shed or fire trap garage. You can bank on that.
It’s very humid and wet here, we have the opposite problem. And at this time of year there’s the issue of storms and those with rotten old trees. Like one of my neighbor’s which should’ve been removed years ago, the thing finally fell apart during a recent bad storm, taking down several power lines and we were all without power for two days.
I wasn’t happy. But at least that was just laziness on the part of this asshole and not malice.
Do it on purpose? Either directed towards me or others and I’m subsequently harmed? You WILL answer to me, asshole, and I might not take the legal path, either.
Grew up and spent most of my life in the Midwest, and tornadoes are definitely something worth being scared of. One passed within a couple miles of my father’s and cousin’s houses a few years ago in Central Illinois. I still have nightmares of tornadoes sometimes.
I grew up in Tornado Alley and I too had recurring bad dreams about tornadoes – usually more suspense than horror, though. I only got sucked up like once. More often than not there’d be multiples and we’d be in a car trying to get away.
I’ve seen some really bad twisters. Never got my house, happily. One time we drove out of our perfectly preserved neighborhood (just a lot of wayward leaves) and everything was trashed and destroyed. National Guard was deployed (you couldn’t see the end of the line of vehicles). Looters getting arrested, streets blocked by thick telephone poles snapped like twigs… Pretty bizarre. The tornadoes usually occurred and moved along a certain path, so once we moved to the northwest side we only had to worry about hail and flooding. You can sometimes tell when it’s tornado-y outside: hot, humid, windy, thunderstorm clouds (namely low wall cloud, sometimes with whispy bits), and that yellowish or greenish “sick” looking sky.
Of course nowadays you get warned DAYS in advance instead of half an hour (sorcery!). Did you know they used to not inform anybody of impending tornadoes? Apparently in the 40s or somewhere in there the warning time was so short, tornadoes so little understood, and authorities were afraid of causing a panic, so they just didn’t tell people.
It’s my understanding that at least in the US, homeless individuals are counted separately from homeless families. If you look at homeless individuals, the large majority is male. But if you include homeless families, they’re usually headed by a single woman with children, so it evens out a bit.
Robert Walker-Smith
I am always troubled by incidents such as this. Destruction seems to be so tragically easy, compared to creation. A house represents a tremendous amount of labor and materials, carefully and professionally assembled, and serves such a valuable function.
And some toerag with a grudge and a jug of kerosene can reduce it to a pile of rubble.
Banananana dakry: Fat, Short-Haired, and Deranged
@Ooglyboggles
I remember the fall of 2007 well. My second autumn here, and I saw a patch of blue sky above me, to the north a wall of smoke going out to the ocean from near Irvine, and a wall of smoke to the south doing the same thing from all the fires in San Diego County. It was freaky.
The next day the wind shifted and all the crap fell on where I was living. Grey foul haze everywhere, they had to close the rollup door at the place where I worked early because the air was so bad, and spent the entire day with the smell of a fetid ashtray in my nose. Yecchh.
We kept some important supplies and the cat carrier out in the living room for a few days. Just in case.
Mindi
@steven Dutch
That made me LOL ❤️
So much destruction and hate . . . . Meanwhile, in my red state local gov painted the crosswalk rainbow for pride month. It will remain. Also my local gov is seriously working with the homeless and homelessness has dropped. Google Mayor Jim Gray. Good man. I need all the joy I can get.
Well, inspirobot figured these guys out. Computers: 1 MGTOWs: 0
http://generated.inspirobot.me/044/aXm5504xjU.jpg
Hu's On First
I wonder how long before some manosphere dude decides to record a gender-swapped cover of “Sunny Came Home” as a tribute to this guy.
Re: fire stories:
My mom tells me that very late one night, when I was maybe a year old, she found me crying and screaming uncontrollably in my crib, standing bolt upright and staring out the window…at a garage burning to the ground down the street. She couldn’t calm me down no matter how she tried, and I only stopped crying when I became too exhausted to keep it up.
I have no memories of it, but it took me the longest time to get my fear of fire under control. I was afraid even to light a match. Even now, long since over it, I’m leery of starting any fire that isn’t absolutely necessary. Even though I’m very good at controlled burns (eg. for long dry grass and weeds), I’m still reluctant.
These pyromaniacal fools really have no idea what they’re babbling about, they’re just trying to impress each other with how shit-awfully cruel they can be. I hope to the Gods that none of them ever find anyone sad, desperate or lonely enough to marry them.
misophistry
He’s lost everything so he’s nothing to worry about? What about his physical form? He still has that but now it will be existing at a nice prison I hope. I love a good comeuppance.
@ Banananana
I was across the ocean when the 2007 fires hit (literally learned about them while out shopping; the TVs in the Japanese department store were reporting them), but I was home in San Diego for the 2003 Cedar fire. That one came within a mile of my home; we evacuated just in case, but it was the first time I’d ever driven a car alone (we didn’t have much of an evac plan at the time, since rectified, though luckily the cats were young enough to adapt to a new temporary living space). I remember even after the fires were pretty much contained, the sun was almost completely blotted out for almost a week, and ash was everywhere.
@ Ooglyboggles
I don’t remember what Cracked article it was, just that the author made some mention of the “pile of oil-soaked rags that is Southern California.” Made a helluva lot of sense. I still tend to have small panic attacks when I smell smoke outdoors, until I can identify the source.
Funny thing is, I think I still prefer this to tornadoes. It’s irrational, I know there’s less chance of actually getting hit by a tornado, and the damage is usually not as widespread, but they just feel a lot more unstoppable than fires or earthquakes (which at least can be prevented and/or guarded against).
I understand that life in prison isn’t pleasant. He’s got everything to worry about.
Too bad, so sad.
Ooglyboggles
At least we don’t get seismic earthquakes that release gas pockets during a wildfire, all combining into earthquakes spewing fire tornadoes on a regular basis.
Sinkable John : Pansy Ass Pinko, Regicidal Beast-of-Burden
“I lost everything so I’ve got nothing to worry [about].”
Surely you must’ve had at least some remaining dignity, seeing how you promptly threw it out the window.
Look, I’m French, and burning shit up as an act of protest is kind of a national pastime for us. That means I also get to tell you that no, that ain’t justified, that ain’t protest, and you’re full of shit.
I uh… am at a loss for words here. So alfalfa tho.
making an example that brings unfair divorces into public conversation
This is the part where I’m reminded of my childhood and the unfair divorce between my parents. Yeah, shit needs to be brought into public conversation. Especially shit about the fuckers who will do anything to harm their divorced partner and often scar kids for life in the process. (Incidentally, arson is involved in this story too.) The only “conversation” there needs to be about assholes like you who defend those other assholes is easily summed up by a giant middle finger poking a hole in the sky.
Gijoel
Chances are Krste was a violent arsehole his entire life. A man who made the lives of all those around him miserable, especially his wife. I hope she gets a massive insurance payout and the miserable prick dies in prison, where he can’t hurt anyone else.
Nanny Ogg's Bosom (Formerly LostInLindsey)
Krste sounds like a spoilt brat who hasn’t got his own way at a birthday party pass the parcel game, so he’s making sure nobody else can have fun. There’s something so petty about this, the “If I can’t have it, nobody can.” attitude reeks of entitlement.
I hope the former Mrs. Krste has a fantastic life, with a massive insurance pay-out, surrounded by loving friends and family, and Krste spends his remaining days in prison, ignored by any children or family he might have and completely friendless. If he’s prepared to destroy a house he hasn’t lived in for 21 years because their marriage is legally over, then he’s probably always been a nasty shit.
KatieKitten420
@everyone, @Fran
I’m almost positive none of these stupid assholes have ever seen a really bad fire on a residential street. A few years ago, the deli on my corner caught fire so quickly and viciously, when the fire fighters got there(in only 10 mins)it was completely unsaveable. I thank god the wind was blowing east and not south because it burnt the next five buildings to the east to a crisp also.
If it had turned south, it it very well might have burned down my house and we honestly didn’t know whether it was going to or not for almost an hour. There was an absurd amount of wind and the firemen had told some people in the surrounding area to be ready to evacuate if necessary, but they eventually got it under control.
That was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I thought of all my keepsakes, my thousands of books, the clothes I can’t replace because they don’t make 90s style clothes anymore(not really)Almost nothing expensive, but so many things that made up my life and I can be sentimental almost to a fault. I was having like literal hysterics I was so scared but thank God everything turned out okay at least for me. I felt so sorry for the people it didn’t turn out okay for.
Like I can understand they’re wanting vengeance on the woman for essentially being a woman because that’s who they are but how can any human being not care that fire spreads almost entirely unpredictably and could very easily incinerate bunches of children in a kindergarten or any other defenseless group of people. That’s just acceptable to them? I know it’s ridiculous trying to apply logic to them but how can you believe something like this and even delude yourself into thinking you’re a good person.
@ Fran
Sorry for this rant but I’m really not doing well emotionally. I’m having issues with my boyfriend of 8 and half years who I love beyond reason. I am a complete and utter romantic and I’m not ashamed of it. But some stuff’s been happening lately that is making my depression and bipolar disorder worse. Since I don’t like psychiatric prescribed medication(I’m scared of it)so I did a bunch of talk therapy and behavioral therapy for a while(and I still go periodically)It helped me a lot but my mental issues still exist, obviously. I remember how you told me you could do some of that computer tech genius type stuff that you do so we could exchange cell phone numbers without exposing them to the rest of the web.
We can exchange emails first if you like but I’d really like to discuss this with you because you are very intelligent and have good advice and you’re also a fresh set of eyes. If you’re willing to talk to me I’d really appreciate it. I feel like I’m getting less and less stable and I could really use advice from a new angle. So please think about it.
If you decide you’re not comfortable talking on the phone I’ll do email I’m just not used to them as we discussed before. Or even Skype like you mentioned before (I like Skype it’s like magic to me😄) whichever medium you’d like to talk through is fine but if you are willing, please pick phone, Skype, email whichever you want and let me know how to contact you. Honestly I’d leave my throwaway email right here but I don’t know if that’s a bad idea for some reason I don’t understand so I’ll leave it up to you. Well I’m a day-sleeper as you know so I’m going to bed period I hope you have as beautiful and pleasant today as you can. That goes for everyone else too good morning/night and have a lovely day.
Angry Since 11/09/2016
I had a woman homeless person tell me that before she learned how to dress and act male, she got raped daily. She smelled like urine and was 65. This was on Oahu two years ago. She explained that Women simply can’t be visible homeless. It is too dangerous so they hide in areas they know they will be alone or surrounded by many and try to appear as male.
dreemr
OT but I just received a recommendation from my Amazon Prime video account to watch “The Red Pill” by Cassie Jaye.
First of all, ugh.
But, for those of you who might be interested – and have Amazon Prime – it’s available to watch for free.
I haven’t decided yet if I have the tolerance for it.
Aulma Frendzar Dèdd
@Angry that’s horrible. Can’t even trust people to leave you alone as a homeless woman.
@dreemr blergh. Not gonna watch that. But I AM going to start watching Jessica Jones tonight, with a nice bowl of pop-corn and a can of soda. Cheers!
@Aulma Frendzar Dedd – Jessica Jones is really, really good. Much deeper and more nuanced than your usual “superhero” show. I’ve always liked Krysten Ritter but she’s really superb in the JJ role.
And yeah, I don’t think I can handle “The Red Pill”. I would prefer to read or watch one a breakdown of it.
Wicked Witch Of Whatever
If she got the whole house in a court-mandated divorce settlement in Australia then she undoubtedly made a large contribution to the getting of the house or it was her house to begin with and she’s the one who has been generously letting him there for years. But in the MGTOW version of property where what’s mine is mine and my wife and children and everything they my own are mine it’s been translated to him losing HIS house.
@Aulma Frendzar Dèdd
Seconding the Jessica Jones commends.
Wicked Witch of Whatever,
You gotta love how they just assume that the house was bought with solely his money. They clearly live in some parallel universe where all women are a heartless and hypergamous version of June Cleaver or something. We’re all housewives but are only doing it in the hopes of cleaning up in a divorce.
Honestly, just working and buying my own stuff sounds a lot easier than going out and seducing a man, pretending to love him through several years of marriage, having kids with him and then when hoping he makes decent money so I can divorce him when the time is right and hope I get a judge who will award me everything. Do MGTOW really think any of that sounds easy?
IgnoreSandra
RE: Disasters
I grew up right in the traditional path of hurricanes along the American East Coast. I remember hiding in the basement for hours, and then coming upstairs and finding four trees had fallen in one room. And about forty others around the property, including squishing mom’s new car.
Also, falling trees, and wind and water damage had taken out the water, powerlines and all the routes in and out of our town. We had to subsist for two weeks. My family had a generator and a well, so we kind of became a community center. We had all the neighborhood kids over and people came by for hot soup and hot showers in the process of restoring the town.
Anyway, I can’t imagine intentionally inflicting that kind of thing on someone. Especially in a society where homelessness seems to be punished by death.
Yes, it’s highly unlikely she would’ve gotten the entire house if he paid for most of it. He would’ve had to have done something really extreme for the court to order that she gets the house in that case (or he gave her the house in a divorce settlement in lieu of alimony or some other payment).
The family court system in English-speaking countries is still fairly conservative compared to how criminal and civil courts deal with familial abuse. It’s often more likely for the woman to get more than 50% custody of the kids based on the belief that women are more nurturing. But courts are nowhere near the point of giving the woman the house the man paid for. MRA’s are just upset that the man has to pay her anything at all.
The “respectable” MRA’s tend to argue that abusers have anger problems and support anger management and prohibiting each parent from “name-calling” the other parent (i.e., the woman can’t tell the kids about the abuse). But that’s bullshit because abusive men will often manipulate psychologists so that it seems like they have anger control problems.
Hambeast, disorderly she-tornado and breaker of windows
PoM said
But MGTOW is only about self-improvement! It’s not about hating women! How dare anyone suggest that these guys hate women???
Austin Loomis – I’m waving to you (in your dream) from over here in the IE. I hope things get better whenever you wake up and I think I’ll probably be okay returning to age 26.
Banananana dakry and Oogly – *waves* Greetings from the IE! Earthquakes are the most survivable natural disaster even without the benefit of any warnings. Especially if you live where un-reinforced concrete buildings aren’t the norm.
@dreemr
Jessica Jones is really, really good. Much deeper and more nuanced than your usual “superhero” show. I’ve always liked Krysten Ritter but she’s really superb in the JJ role.
Watched episode 1, I really like it so far, love the protagonist. 💖
I could watch it but I know that the documetary is biased and that it doesn’t give a realistic picture of the MRA community. It’s not worth my attention or time.
@Ooglyboggles hehe, thanks.
@WWOW WWTH yup. Seriously how do they know he was the one owning everything? They don’t. They’re just assuming like they always do. Just like they assume that the law is trying to divorce-rape men. 🙄
Overly Long Name
Hey guys this is really off topic, but I’ve got some questions about pedophilia, grooming, the age of consent, rape, and power dynamics in relationships with these aspects. Does anyone know a good place to to discuss these? (And don’t worry they aren’t too stupid, though they are stupid)
show me some concrete things you’re doing to fight male homelessness.
I’m talking about it on the internet, isn’t that enough?
(/s)
We found out that one of the things most needed at the local homeless shelter was washing machines that didn’t break down due to overuse every week. Even high-end household washers aren’t meant for near continuous use. Local dry cleaners got together with church, and put some industrial washers in. No more “repair one or more washers every day”.
Or we could wait for the right-wing to help the less fortunate. How much has Spencer donated to actual charities I wonder?
@Overly Long Name try Quora. People on Quora are very polite and give a lot of info.
@dreemr and anyone else tempted to watch “The Red Pill” on Amazon Prime. Please don’t. They will get money from Amazon for each view, even though it’s “free with Prime” to you. And secondly, going by the entire rest of the mannequinosphere, it won’t be worth your time.
OT: Sounds intriguing
Trump won, and Amy Siskind started a list of changes. Now it’s a sensation.
The idea, she said, came from her post-election reading about how authoritarian governments take hold — often with incremental changes that seem shocking at first but quickly become normalized. Each post begins with: “Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-won-and-amy-siskind-started-a-list-of-changes-now-its-a-sensation/2017/06/23/cdba2b12-575e-11e7-b38e-35fd8e0c288f_story.html
bluecat
“It’s a sad reality that there are more homeless men than women”
Notes that people are homeless.
Thinks what’s wrong with it is that not enough of them are women.
MGTOW compassion for beginners.
Aulma, good suggestion. I’ve learned some fascinating things on Quora. They do a decent job of keeping the flaming garbage people from stinking up the place – like here, in fact.
Troubelle: Moonbeam Malcontent + Bard of the New Movement
@Robert Walker-Smith
Again, totally OT, but…what the HELL is your avatar? I and a couple of other folks on another thread need to know?
PeeVee the (Timber-Rattling Booger Slut, But Noice) Sarcastic
Troubelle, it’s a pie on a cooling rack.
@PeeVee
Good, but…what kind of pie? Inquiring minds want to know.
Troubelle – apple.
As I’ve mentioned before, our sixteen year old son has taken to using ‘apple pie’ as a multipurpose swear word. Fitting for the son of a baker.
Sailor LeadDragonite
Re: the fire thing.
Anyone happen to catch the six-part documentary series Perfect Disaster when it was on quite a while back? Because the main story is reminding me of the episode ‘Firestorm’ and it’s giving me the chills.
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Review – Fat Pig, Trafalgar Studios
Some things are clearly not meant to be.
The Whingers were fully expecting to be able to review their own West End stage debuts in Fat Pig.
Having missed out on making their Broadway debuts in both Xanadu and the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee they leapt at the chance to secure on-stage seating at the new Neil LaBute play at the Trafalgar Studios.
Andrew had got himself into a right old tizzy of excitement. He had spent weeks planning his “performance”, trying to pin down the nuances of his character (sadly elusive) and, most importantly, deciding what he should wear to draw most attention to himself. He eschewed Phil’s offer of his favourite fashion item of the moment: a Sarah Jessica Parker style fascinator, instead settling for his old favourite “Ignore Me. I’m Just Reviewing Your Performance” t-shirt.
But their plans were cruelly dashed.
Those cunning people at the Trafalgar Studios had obviously got wind of the Whingers’ plans for they were summarily stopped at the door and sent to the box office where a jolly woman explained that they had been “upgraded” from £25 to £45 seats. Had this been a long haul BA flight they might have been excited but Andrew was crushed.
Yes, the theatre had seemingly gone to the extraordinary length of reconfiguring the seating so that the Whingers’ seats actually no longer existed.
As it happens one of their second row stalls seat proved to be excellent, but the one next to it had a very restricted view of the stage as it had the tallest-person-in-the-front-row sitting directly in front of it. To add to the general disgruntlement, several scenes took place sitting or lying on the floor of the stage so it was a pretty poor state of affairs. And this was in the sharply raked (but unforgiving) Trafalgar Studio 1 auditorium. Don’t directors ever check sightlines?
The only silver lining was that the remaining on-stage seats weren’t really on stage at all, just at the side.
Anyhoo what of the play? Well, it stars a group of people off the telly (“the country’s hottest actor-comedians” according to the publicity).
Phil – who embraces such modern modes of entertainment – knew a couple of them but Andrew who famously (and rather loftily) claims not to “do telly” was a bit vague. But the theatre was packed out, so the clever producers’ plan had obviously worked. Judging by the difficulty many of the audience had in matching the letters and numbers on their tickets to the seats, these people were not – in the main – regular theatre-goers eager to catch the latest LaBute.
The story: Tom (Robert Webb as in Mitchell & Webb) meets Helen (Ella Smith) at lunch. They get on well and start dating. But Helen is the titular Fat Pig and Tom finds himself trying to conceal the burgeoning relationship from his work colleagues – mischievous plonker Carter (Kris Marshall) and jilted Jeannie (Joanna Page).
When they eventually find out, the viciousness of office jokes about Helen’s size take a typically LaButian turn. Think watered-down In the Company of Men replacing deafness with obesity.
The Whingers could identify with this. They are used to having insults thrown as them (Fram has produced the best of recent times: “technically closer to wanking than whinging”) and, indeed, throwing them at each other.
The opening scene is one of the funniest of the play, Webb, of course, has good comedy tics and timing. Smith is superb too and easily the most convincingly American English person on the London stage at the moment.
So convincing in fact that as the Whingers were collared by her in the pub afterwards another punter (who the Whingers deftly swatted away) came up to ask her if she really was from the States.
Anyway, as well as being very funny, Fat Pig is utterly engaging and even the cold hearts of the Whingers were touched by this tale of the tribulations of love, of how difficult honesty can be and of third eyes (Not literally, obviously. But that might make quite a good play too).
There were only a couple of whinges. Andrew spent each scene change with his fingers in his ears to shut out the very over-loud rock music, and Phil was unconvinced by the final beach scene in which Webb was wearing a pair of Next underpants beneath his shorts. Does Next have a presence in the US? Phil made a mental note to check but never got round to it.
Footnote 1: In Which The West End Turns The Corner
A few weeks ago the Whingers received one of their oddest requests to date: to recommend two musicals and two plays for a visiting diplomatic dignitary (who we have been asked not to name in order not to risk starting some terrible international incident). We managed to come up with Hairspray and Major Barbara and then got a bit stuck.
While drumming up a second musical recommendation might still be a bit of an effort (Marguerite at a push), this week has increased the list of recommended plays threefold: The Pitmen Painters and now Fat Pig.
The Whingers are clearly on a roll. What could possibly go wrong now?
Footnote 2: Interesting names found in programmes #2
Following on from the wonderfully named wardrobe mistress Traipsy Drake in God of Carnage the Whingers were beguiled to see that Fat Pig‘s Associate Director is Cat Totty.
This entry was posted on Thursday 22 May 2008 at 6:59 am and is filed under Ella Smith, entertainment, Fat Pig, Joanna Page, Katie Kerr, Kris Marshall, London, Neil LaBute, review, Robert Webb, theatre, Trafalgar Studios, TV, west end, West End Whingers.
Tags: Ella Smith, entertainment, Fat Pig, Joanna Page, Katie Kerr, Kris Marshall, London, Neil LaBute, review, Robert Webb, theatre, Trafalgar Studios, West End Whingers
38 Responses to “Review – Fat Pig, Trafalgar Studios”
Thursday 22 May 2008 at 11:07 am
On the subject of names: there was a Lex Shrapnel amongst the company for the RSC Histories.
As for the play, I’ve always been a bit wary of Neil LaBute, and thought he was overrated as a writer, but maybe I’ll give this a shot.
webcowgirl Says:
Thursday 22 May 2008 at 12:06 pm
I’d send the diplomat to see The 39 Stairs – it is really quite a good time. And, I don’t know, why not Pygmalion? It’s so very English!
Ack! I mean The 39 Steps!
Ian Shuttleworth Says:
Thursday 22 May 2008 at 1:53 pm
Lex Shrapnel – son of the magnificently craggy John Shrapnel – http://www.wildhunt.org/uploaded_images/schrapnel-755739.jpg
I’m rather looking forward to this when the press are let in next week, given that I’m so big I have my own postcode…
Interval drinks, don’t bother. If you didn’t like other LaBute, this is no different. Soap-opera dull writing, predictable storytelling, a couple of the usual LaBute villains. Can’t think why the usually perceptive whingers decided they liked it. Perhaps they got to the merlot before the show…
Saturday 24 May 2008 at 8:00 am
it’s so easy to bitch, betsy. even easier to be one. happily you’ve succeeded at both.
quit writing letters and write a play of your own. let me know when it’s on in the west end–i’ll look forward to seeing it and responding. can’t wait, in fact.
Andy from London Theatre Breaks Says:
Saturday 24 May 2008 at 1:56 pm
Apparently the painful loud music is a customary device from this writer/director. He doesn’t like audiences to be able to communicate with each other. Or at least that’s the inference from Times Online http://tinyurl.com/62l7os
“For his London production of The Shape of Things, he played deafening rock music between scenes so the audience would be isolated from each other”
So we were left not only with lighter wallets, sunken hearts and a bad taste in the mouth, but also ringing in the ears. Yeah, thanks for that.
As for the assertion here again as elsewhere, that only successfully published authors should be entitled to voice an opinion… Ah , that’s the same trait again isn’t it, hankering back to the days of broadcast-only media. If you want to deliver your ideas and wordstreams to a captured and compliant audience that’s inhibited from responding with their own opinions, then it’s simple. Stop writing for the entertainment industry and become a schoolteacher or a preacher.
Sunday 25 May 2008 at 8:47 am
already tried the schoolteacher route, thanks–i probably made less money than even you do. well, maybe not…
as for new media, go for it. it’s a bit of a beggar’s revolution but i’m game. have an opinion. write it down. that’s awesome. just don’t expect anybody to care.
Sunday 25 May 2008 at 2:34 pm
Neil (if this is in fact Neil),
Why would i want to bitch? i paid money to see your show. I wanted to be moved, to be entertained, to be made to think. In the end, for much of the play, i was bored. The characters weren’t particularly interesting. The story didn’t go to any unexpected places. There’s one interesting, complicated moment where you have a fat actor on stage in a bikini (something to do with the way she’s not acting fat, and there’s a lot of abuse in the play). Otherwise, there was nothing I couldn’t have imagined from reading a synopsis.
This is a place to share opinions. I’ve given mine. I do my job, in public, and it’s not so easy either . If I do it badly, I expect people to comment. If your job is putting up plays in th West End, then it’s up to you to make a decent fist of it, or to respect people’s opinions when they pay to see your work, and they find that they’re bored.
Betsy.
JKelly Says:
Sunday 25 May 2008 at 11:37 pm
Neil LaBute!?!
JohnnyFox Says:
Monday 26 May 2008 at 7:24 am
Interesting about the loud music as an audience-shushing device between scenes.
Clearly an idea shared by Martin Crimp as during the costume changes for ‘The City’ the Royal Court played the sound of, well, chattering audiences loudly enough to stop the real ones doing it.
Last Thursday it succeeded in shutting up both Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser, which deserves some sort of Olivier award in itself.
Betsy, you say ” I do my job, in public, and it’s not so easy either . If I do it badly, I expect people to comment. ”
Are you a hooker?
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 9:22 am
Haha! Too funny, Johnny Fox. too funny. I suspect Neil is getting what he wants in causing all this discussion and good for him. I loved the play. Very touching. Thanks for the recommendation Whingers!
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 12:55 pm
corporate whore 😦
Andrew Haydon Says:
Wednesday 28 May 2008 at 5:46 pm
Why can’t Neil be Betsy too? After all, he does specialise in writing dialogue. Surprised that he can be bothered to comment on comments left on blogs, but it’s a hell of a compliment to the Whingers.
Names? The best in London at the moment must surely be Darren Victory who is currently appearing in Dirty Dancing.
Wednesday 28 May 2008 at 11:33 pm
I think Betsy’s comments show a maturity and sense of perspective quite absent from those of the person who implies that he’s Neil LaBute. This is why I think he’s a fake: it’s the only charitable conclusion.
Thursday 29 May 2008 at 8:22 am
We feel it only fair to point out (and thank you to Mark Shenton for reading the Fat Pig programme notes on our behalf; we did mean to get round to it eventually) that the real NLB (whom this may or may not be) is not impressed by blogs:
“We’re a hugely narcissistic bunch – the internet and its many horrid little offshoots (blogs, facebook, youtube, etc) have proved that.”
Horrid little offshoot. Well, we’ve been called worse.
Of course the man pretending to be Neil LaBute is not really him! His idiom marks him as English, not American. No American even knows, let alone uses, the term “beggar’s revolution.” No, lowercase neil is a sad pathetic figure who’s trying to hijack the identity of a vastly more famous figure. Ignore him, that’s all he merits.
Incidentally, I saw Fat Pig when it was first staged four years ago off-Broadway with Jeremy Piven as Tom. I thought it was awful for the same reasons cited by betsy.
Monday 2 June 2008 at 11:43 pm
Bring the diplomats in and quick!
Wednesday 4 June 2008 at 10:30 am
Did ‘neil’ ever actually claim to be Neil LeBute? He might just be Neil Lawson or Neil Lewis or Neil Logan or Neil Sampson. I must say, my first thought wasn’t that it was the author responding to a blog comment..that would be preposterous!
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Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 8:25 pm
sorry gang, i’ve been absent–and yes it’s me, neil, the one american who apparently knows what a “beggar’s revolution” is and of course you can say what you want here–like it, don’t like it, find it boring, etc.–go on, have a field day. this is the one place that anybody might be bored or stupid enough to listen to you. sorry to have taken up a few hours of your lives, betsy and peter, i’d give them back if i could (not really, but it makes me sound good), but i can’t. so i won’t. tell you what, if you spot me in a lobby or on the street one day you can ask for your money back–i might even give it to you.
there? are we even? can we all get back to our little lives now? I’m sure you’ve got some other inane blogging to do–
i don’t want to be responsible for taking time away from photos of your company picnic or something important.
good luck in the future.
it’s good to see your understanding of your characters is matched by your love for your audience. it’s what makes you such a fascinating playwright, and saves you from meretricious mediocrity –
Usher 75 Says:
Saturday 14 June 2008 at 8:49 am
People are complaining the music is too loud. One guy refused to take his seat which was next to the speakers. I told him the levels were set and nothing could be done. Or can it?
Saturday 14 June 2008 at 2:03 pm
Usher – I fear the volume of the music may be what is termed an “artistic decision” and therefore the comfort, preferences and interests of patrons are entirely irrelevant.
Phil (a west end whinger) Says:
Betsy and Neil, you really should get down and dirty with each other, you’re
obviously falling in love through these pages.
Imagine the first West End Whingers wedding. We’re off to buy our hats.
Sunday 15 June 2008 at 1:34 am
I explained about the “artistic decision”, didn’t work i’m afraid.
Ed Avis Says:
The play was spoiled for me by the cringing awfulness of Robert Webb and Joanna Page’s accents. Apart from the fat one, the cast were so British-seeming in voice and mannerism that they should have just set the play on this side of the Atlantic – or shipped across actors who can do the job properly.
Friday 20 June 2008 at 5:04 pm
Betsy, it’s not the playwright, just a sad soul who continues to pretend he is. I do wonder about the mental condition of a man who, given the vast numbers of celebrities and public figures he could impersonate, chooses Neil LaBute. I mean, that’s not really a very effective pick-up line, is it: “Hi, I’m Neil LaBute.” I think someone should get in touch with the real playwright and warn him about a potential stalker. It is funny to see him write a blog post in which he ridicules other people for posting on blogs. I do have to say that the fake NL is vastly more entertaining than the real one’s plays so he gets points for that.
Oh, that’s LaBute alright, every sharp worded bit(e) of those replies. I’ve seen it before. Fat Pig is a decent show, well written, I think, and, obviously well defended by it’s creator, something you have to admire, that he cares enough about what the audiences think to read their comments.
Friday 27 June 2008 at 6:31 am
Ladies and Gents,
I am pleased to announce that the artistic decision concerning the music has been revised and the producers have agreed to turn down the volume.
Andrew, I agree. Artistic desisions shoulde be made to challenge an audience in a quest for originality. However in this case, I fear profitability is more important. Especially after such fine reviews in the press.
So what the audience wants might be irrelevant to writers/directors ect., but it is vital to the producers (and that might even explain the casting) who unfortunatly have the right to suppress artistic expression.
So there, we got what we wanted. Let’s see what else we can whinge about.
No mention of the food!
Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 6:16 pm
Harper,
I have to disagree with your characterization of NL’s response as “well defended.” Look at his posts; in response to criticism, he tells the writer she’s not entitled to say anything because she hasn’t staged her own West End play! Really, talk about a response that is besides the point. Then his posts descend into a personal attack into the poster’s occupation, coupled by a bizarre and apparently unironic blog rant about what a waste of time it is to blog, finished off with an offer to refund the ticket price, even though no one had suggested they wanted their money back! Those aren’t “well defended” counterpoints; those responses are thin-skinned and mentally unhinged.
Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 12:43 am
I think Peter is the real LaBute.
Sunday 13 July 2008 at 1:34 am
He gives his pov. Does it have to make sense? How many other blog posts fall into flame wars? I’ll bet you the contents of the Queen’s purse it’s LaBute, rant or not, ironic or not. Hell, I’d not refund anyone, either. As far as his feelings about people having a go at his work, I guess I’d be the same. When you have a string of hits on the West End, then you have the right to be righteous about my work.
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To Benefit UNM Hillel: Santa Fe's Temple Beth Shalom will be hosting Rabbi Andrew Hahn - aka the 'Kirtan Rabbi' - for a performance to benefit Hillel at the University of New Mexico.
Kirtan Rabbi Andrew Hahn
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To Benefit Hillel @ UNM
Saturday December 8 @ 7:00 pm
A Kirtan Rabbi event unites a celebration of Torah and music in a way that allows people of all ages (and faiths) to discover renewed energy within their Jewish or spiritual practice through singing, dancing, and exalted communal feeling.
A long time martial arts instructor with a doctorate in Jewish philosophy, Rabbi Hahn laces his simple, alluring chants with meditation techniques and traditional learning. Rabbi Hahn characterizes Hebrew Kirtan as, "fully participatory call-and-response chant where short, sacred phrases from the Jewish tradition are treated as powerful, universal meditations. It is at once contemplative, ecstatic, and simply fun."
Rabbi Hahn received rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion and earned a Ph.D. from the Jewish Theological Seminary, both in New York City. He has two musical CDs: Kirtan Rabbi: Live!, recorded at New York's fabled Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Manhattan's Upper West Side and the recently released, studio production, Achat Sha'alti (One Thing I Seek).
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OMNICANNA Completes Pioneering Acquisition of Thermic Coating Systems, Ltd., UK and Begins CSi-EDP Integration as it Confirms the Trailblazing Acquisition of Cannabis Science Inc., Targeting a Conglomerate Structured Group of Companies for all Shareholders to Participate
NASHVILLE, TN / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2020 / Omnicanna Health Solutions, Inc. (OTC:ENDO), a U.S. Company specializing in hemp formulation-based health and wellness solutions, is pleased to announce it has completed the pioneering acquisition of Thermic Coating Systems, Ltd, headquartered out of the United Kingdom with research and manufacturing arms in the France and the Netherlands. Compounding this success Omnicanna is very pleased to announce its newest surprise acquisition of Cannabis Science Inc., and all of its operating units.
Formally known for its predominant CBIS stock symbol and trading on the OTC markets. The Thermic and Cannabis Science Inc., acquisitions will be known the breakout transactions of the year, respectively! In an all-share exchange transaction that includes all Cannabis Science shareholders, this transaction enables everyone who has Cannabis Science shares to participate and receive shares on a one for one basis in Omnicanna.
Omnicanna is very excited about the immediate and future growth of Thermic Coating Systems, there are some very special expansions and integrations to be announced shortly! Anthony Spring will remain President & CEO of Thermic Coating Systems, UK., and the company will announce bringing him on the Board along with other key management team members and their responsibilities.
Omnicanna will undergo a share structure change, management changes, and name change to re-brand itself as the conglomerate that it has become. Somewhat similar to the Cannabis Science structure before it went private, all Cannabis Science shareholders will receive what Cannabis Science had been planning all along. All brokerage firms will receive formal instructions on how to complete the share exchange for their client shareholders during the first quarter of 2021. All private shares held in the shareholder name will be confirmed through the transfer agent handling the transaction to ensure speedy and accurate delivery of your Omnicanna shares. The complete transaction details and changes will all be announced in the first quarter of 2021.
The transaction paperwork is underway now with the following steps being completed:
*** Cannabis Science shareholder first rights shareholder offerings will close on December 31, 2020, contact Mr. Dabney immediately to ensure your position if requested.
All shareholders notices will be sent out in the first quarter of 2021.
All shareholder certificates will be confirmed through the transfer agent.
All proposed share changes will be reclassified under the following structure changes:
Preferred Shares (Voting Shares)
Common Shares (Current Trading Shares)
Common Class A (Cannabis Science New Shares)
Mr. Raymond C. Dabney, Chairman of the Board and majority shareholder of Cannabis Science and OMNICANNA, confirms, "This is it! All of our planning, our visions for the Future will include all of our shareholders just as we planned in the first place. We have been offered other situations; however, this is certainly the best fit for all our shareholders to prosper! No matter what and no matter how long it takes, we will get the job done! The remaining Team and Board members get ready! This is it!
We have had quite the year fighting off the wolves for our shareholder's benefit. This past year gave us some seriously needed insight to the true actions and motives of some of our closest partners. This has certainly been a year of attrition while fighting off the Wolves of Wallstreet!
We are ready! Our strengths are back and possibly even stronger by integrating all our assets into one powerful group through Omnicanna and the CSi-EDP, just like Berkshire Hathaway and Amazon are doing with their multi-national multi-industry ownership of so many different types of companies. It seems like a great lead to follow and seems like the perfect scenario for us, right now.
We will change the name of Omnicanna to brand ourselves accordingly. Of course, we will include all of our drug development programs, all our University Educational systems, and our Harvard Award Winning, CSi-EDP Entrepreneurial Economic Development programs for all to benefit immediately!
Leading the cannabinoid drug development pathway of course is the Cannabis Science CSi-EDP and our powerful Harvard Award winning track record for bridging the divides between patient medication access targeting many different critical ailments. We are enhancing critical patient access in the drug development industry at affordable price points. We are using God given plant-based resources to fight these critical ailments and provide palliative care for enhanced quality of life while educating and creating thousands of jobs worldwide. The Cannabis Science CSi-EDP "Bringing it ALL Together", concludes, President & CEO, Mr. Raymond C. Dabney, Harvard GHC Summit, Industry Leader Award Winner, 2018.
About Thermic Coating Systems
Revolutionary heating with the advanced technology, infrared thermic paint systems USA and CDN expansions through manufacturing and job opportunities pushes the CSi-EDP to continue to flourish! Creating jobs, educating the public on new heating advanced technologies and the implementation of such advanced technology worldwide. Not only a revolutionary key to the environment and heating industry, the profound affects in the agriculture industry, home heating and appliance applications are overwhelming. The business & medical applications are immense and with some infrastructure integration for large- and small-scale construction you are changing the environment to the favor of many. The individual unit applications target so many different industry applications; only your lack imagination will stop the flow of viable applications.
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Paint any wall, ceiling or floor into an infrared heating panel! Large seized Infrared heaters on low temperature on walls and ceilings are the future'! Thermic Paint highest infrared heat radiation lowest energy consumption!
Thermic coating systems begins with revolutionizing the painting and heating industries with the latest advanced technology, with some infrared thermic paint systems using only 24 volts. Such incomparable costs savings is revolutionizing the consumer cost basis for heating, with extraordinary savings. Thermic paint provides infrared heating on low voltage, now you can paint any wall, ceiling or floor into infrared heating panels or use the portable units, for pennies on the dollar!
In all infrared heating panel reviews, the major advantage over here is that you simply paint your wall into an infrared heating panel! Thermic Paint is Revolutionary technology the absolute TOP within all infrared heating panels. Our forecast: In less than 12 years there will be no more convection heaters. Thermic Paint has the highest infrared heat production and the lowest energy consumption costs.
Maintenance-free & future-oriented
With Thermic paint, you not only heat CO 2 -free, but above all absolutely maintenance-free. The heating output remains unrestricted and unimpaired even after years. The components of this heating system consist of the heating paint (adhesive and aluminum tapes, fleece, specialized thermic poles/electrodes paint), a control device, a digital thermostat, a floor sensor (for floor heating systems) as well as a cable set and transformers.
Inexpensive heating with electricity
The Thermic paint 24-volt low voltage technology is absolutely harmless and allows a risk-free, immediate placement of the heating coating on the wall, on ceilings and under floor coverings. At the same time, Thermic paint works absolutely noiselessly and without energy losses. The system is subsequently compatible with other energy sources. With green electricity or photovoltaics, you get a heating solution that already meets the needs of tomorrow today.
Heating with infrared technology
Thermic paint scores with future-oriented energy efficiency, as the energy introduced into the heating coating is converted directly into heat - without line losses and without CO 2 emissions. In addition, the heating coating is located directly on the wall or under the floor or ceiling covering, which enables very dynamic heating behavior with a very fast response time. This saves time and money.
Lowest Energy Consumption
Actually, Thermic paint holds a world record: It's the Infrared heating system with the lowest consumption needed to heat with a constant temperature. Large sized Infrared heaters on low temperature on walls and ceilings are the future' More than 50% of the required heat load can be saved with an efficient layout and intelligent control of the infrared heating system
About Omnicanna Health Solutions, Inc.
Omnicanna Health Solutions, Inc. is currently developing new natural hemp-based products based on innovative formulations to utilize the unique and potent benefits of the hemp plant. Medicinal properties of hemp have been known and applied for thousands of years. With the aid of scientific research, Omnicanna Health Solutions is translating such knowledge into development of effective hemp formulation-based health and wellness solutions as well as cosmeceutical, nutraceutical, and food brands throughout the world. The Company's health and wellness, nutritional, and cosmetics lines will address personal needs and will evolve with the introduction of new formulations and products, advancing the Company within the expanding multibillion-dollar global market.
About Cannabis Science Inc.
Cannabis Science is the first pioneer for publicly traded cannabinoid companies on the USA stockmarkets and is a certain leader in the research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines and associated delivery technologies. Cannabis Science and its research collaborators have completed and are currently conducting pre-clinical research on cannabinoid-based medicines with plans to transition to clinical trials on a number of products in 2021. Targeted indications include Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Chronic Prostatitis, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Oro-bucco-lingual Dyskinesias, Oxidative Stress, Psychosis, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Cannabis Science is negotiating additional licensing the Company's U.S. patent number 9,763,991 for the Compositions of Cannabinol (CBN) for Treatment of Various Neurobehavioral Disorders, including Sleep Disorders. Cannabis Science announced its drug-development pipeline and the transition into clinical trials as well as other major company initiatives. Cannabis Science has presented at Harvard GHC Summit for four years in a row and its President & CEO Mr. Raymond C. Dabney was Awarded the prestigious Harvard GHC Summit Industry Leader Award in 2018 for the groundbreaking work he has accomplished with the Cannabis Science CSi-EDP themed "Bringing it All Together" and presented its Successes for years at Harvard for the World to use.
This Press Release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. A statement containing words such as "anticipate," "seek," intend," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "project," or similar phrases may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some or all of the events or results anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the future U.S. and global economies, the impact of competition, and the Company's reliance on existing regulations regarding the use and development of cannabis-based drugs and products. The Company does not undertake any duty, nor does it intend to update the results of these forward-looking statements.
Omnicanna Health Solutions, Inc.
www.Omnicanna.com
www.ihemp.omnicanna.com
Raymond C. Dabney
Thermic Coating Systems Ltd.
www.thermicpaint.com
Hans Johannes Schulte
Cannabis Science Inc.
www.cannabisscience.com
www.icannabinoid.com
http://edp.cannabisscience.com/
SOURCE: Omnicanna Health Solutions, Inc.
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US, Bangladesh Air Forces conclude exercise Cope South 2012
1 May 2012 (Last Updated May 1st, 2012 03:50)
The US and Bangladesh Air Forces have recently concluded the bilateral tactical airlift exercise, Cope South 2012, at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh.
The six-day exercise involved more than 65 US Air Force (USAF) airmen from the Kentucky and Georgia Air National Guard, Yokota, Kadena and Misawa Air Base, Japan, along with a Lockheed Martin-built C-130H Hercules and C-130B model, as well as Bangladesh air force members and one Antonov AN-32 aircraft.
Prior to the exercise’s conclusion, Cope South mission commander Kentucky Air National Guard major Matt Quenichet said, "Primarily, we will focus on increasing interoperability with our two teams. We’ll exchange airdrop techniques and demonstrate low-cost, low-altitude capabilities."
During the exercise, personnel from both forces conducted cooperative flight operations including aircraft generation and recovery, low-level navigation and subject-matter exchanges in operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines.
Aircrew also exchanged airlift, air-land, and airdrop delivery techniques and also worked towards the development and expansion of combined airlift capabilities with the Bangladesh Air Force.
As part of the exercise, flight engineers traded the USAF’s C-130H Hercules cockpit seats for a subject matter expert exchange.
During each flight, the C-130 flight engineer’s evaluated aircraft engine systems, determined the performance of the aircraft and also managed checklists.
Aimed at deepening military-to-military relationships between the two nations, the exercise was also conducted to enhance the wing’s ability to respond to regional disasters.
The Cope South 2012 exercise was held from 22-26 April 2012.
Image: Bangladesh Air Force Sgt. Mohammad Moniruzzaman, flight engineer, sits in the C-130H flight engineer seat during a flight in support of exercise Cope South 2012 at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh, April 25, 2012. Courtesy af.mil
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Seun Kuti, son of Fela, revives father’s Movement of the People political party
The short-lived Nigerian political party founded by legendary Afrobeats musician Fela Kuti, Movement of the People (MOP), will receive a new breath of life thanks to the younger son of the musician, Seun.
In an announcement at Tuesday’s press conference broadcast on social media, Seun, who is also an accomplished musician, said the MOP was founded as a “socialist, progressive” party set against the Nigerian political establishment in the late 1970s. Seun’s father was refused a slot on the ballot for Nigeria’s 1979 presidential election. The reinvigorated MOP will stay true to the founder’s original intentions, according to Seun. He added that reviving the MOP was connected to recent clamour within Nigeria about police brutality which devolved into popular protests and deadly clashes with Nigerian police and military. The #EndSARS protests which earned global attention was unceremoniously brought to an end after protesters were killed in Lekki, Lagos on October 20.“For this government to be able to say, whether we are angry today that somebody died in Lekki is because poor people are not recorded anywhere…it is these people that have completely left behind, ignored and silenced in this country that we are here to speak for,” said the Grammy nominee.“This is not a movement that wants to carry the people along. This is a movement that is built with the people…and will be run by the people,” he concluded. Fela Kuti, who died of complications of AIDS in 1993, was a thorn in the flesh of Nigeria’s military governments for decades owing to his popular pronouncements against corruption and economic mismanagement in the country. His sentiments were also put into popular songs such as Zombie, Authority Stealing and Coffin For Head of State which have become worldwide hits as well as protest songs.
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Home » MANŞET » Solıdarıty Event Wıth Grup Yorum In Greece
Solıdarıty Event Wıth Grup Yorum In Greece
The resistance against fascism from the past till today is alive!
A big concert in solidarity with the band Grup Yorum and with the death fast resistance in Turkey was held in Athens on 21st July, 2020, at the historical “shooting range Kaisariani, where 200 communist prisoners of the German occupation forces were executed in 1st May 1944, refusing capitulation till the last minute.
Grup Yorum took the stage at this historical place along with several Greek musicians last evening.
The music of Turkey’s popular revolutionary band Grup Yorum is listened by millions of people around the world and puts itself in the middle of resistance and struggles of all sections of society against oppression and injustice. The repression against band members is stronger than ever. 2 musicians of Grup Yorum in Turkey lost their lives in a death fast fighting repression and especially concert bans.
The important role of the band in the people’s struggle for independence and freedom is not only indicated by the attacks of the government in Turkey, which bans their concerts, arrests its members, several times raided and destroyed their cultural center and handles them as terrorists, but also by the partial cooperation of some imperialist countries with this criminalizing policy.
Before the concert a pannel was organized with speakers of the Antiimperialist Front, the People’s Front, Grup Yorum, the Greek Solidarity Committee with Grup Yorum and also with the well known Greek artist and actress, former KKE (Greek Communist Party) deputy Eleni Gerasimidou.
Eleni Gerasimidou spoke about the resistance of Grup Yorum in the context that artists, musicians, ahead of their artistic works should also be part of the societal struggle.
The event was marked with international solidarity by many of the Greek peoples and musicians, who supported Grup Yorum during the death fast resistance.
The solidarity concert was joined by the artists Ρωμιοσύνη (ROMİOSİNİ), Αλέξανδρος Κτιστάκης (Aleksandros Ktistakis), Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης ( Alkionas Yuannidis), Κώστας Φωτόπουλος (Κostas Fotopulos) and the traditional folk music people’s orchestra.
With their revolutionary songs, the musicians which are loved and known in Greece saluted Grup Yorum, as well as the death fast martyrs Helin, Mustafa and Ibrahim.
The Grup Yorum Choir of Greece also sang a Greek version of the group’s popular march song “Hakliyiz Kazanacagiz” (“We are right, We will win”)
Revolutionary poet Hasan Biber read a poem, which he wrote for the death fast resisters and the traditional folk dance “Zeybek” of the Aegean region was performed in the event.
While the most favorite song of the immortalized band member Ibrahim Gökcek -“Ugurlama” (Farewell) was played, he was Saluted with fireworks.
This event once again showed the power of solidarity, fraternity and resistance. Internationalism and Solidarity, from Turkey to Greece, was demonstrated with the participation in this event by around 4500 people.
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Going Online to Improve Student Achievement
Leveraging technology helped get students back into class and on track.
By: Mary Slaughter, Connie Shubert, Brenda Dix
In a perfect world, school districts would be able to purchase and implement as many resources and as much technology as necessary to help students achieve. However, factors such as budgets and staffing often get in the way.
When we looked at how we could improve student achievement and graduation rates at Walker County Board of Education in Jasper, Alabama, we faced some tough obstacles. Our district serves 7,800 students, 65% of whom are eligible for free and reduced-price lunch. We suffered from attendance and truancy issues. Our graduation rate for the 2010–2011 school year was 73%, which is only slightly ahead of the state average, and our dropout rate was 14%, which is 6% higher than the state average.
Although graduation and dropout rates do not directly apply to middle school students, it is an indicator that our students were struggling—and they were most likely struggling prior to entering high school.
So when the state's top education official urged districts to rethink school programming and initiatives to include more innovative approaches to supporting student achievement, our district officials knew we had to reinvigorate academic programming to help our struggling students.
Supporting Struggling Students
We began by transforming academics in our alternative school for middle and high school students whose behavioral issues prevent them from succeeding in a traditional classroom. The goal of the program was to provide additional supports for these students so they can overcome their behavioral issues and return to their original schools.
However, the alternative school was overcrowded and not working as effectively as we had hoped. Students entering the alternative program almost always had academic issues because their behavioral issues impeded their ability to learn. Students who were referred to the alternative school attended sporadically, usually three to five days; inadequate instruction and a lack of assignments and/or textbooks from their original schools caused them to fall even further behind academically during their short stay in the alternative program. When the home school sent assignments and textbooks to the alternative program, the distance and the time it
took to transport materials was also problematic.
This lack of instruction hindered students from successfully transitioning back to the original school and thus heightened their frustration level. Most students became repeat offenders and the cycle continued on a downward trend.
Students need to feel successful in order to change their behavior, but as students returned to their original schools, transferring grades and records was fraught with miscommunications and staffing issues.
We decided to implement academic support and instruction that relied on more accessible resources instead of paper assignments and textbooks. We believed that the faster students improved behaviorally and academically, the sooner they could return to their original schools, which would solve our overcrowding issue. Also, the transfer of students' records and grades would improve. The smoother we made reintegrating students into their original schools, the faster we could have them back in class and succeeding.
Turning Around the Alternative Program
For a fresh start, we changed the name of the alternative school to the "180 Program." Beginning with the 2011–2012 school year, the students who entered the alternative program had 20 days to "do a 180" so they could succeed in their original schools. To help students do this, we created a more positive school environment and improved academic support.
Students in the 180 Program immediatley start their coursework on the computers, catching up and sometimes accelerating.
Our first change was to switch from textbook-based instruction to an online blended learning instruction model to bypass the issue of students not having their textbooks or assignments. With this change, students now have access to a rigorous curriculum and quality instruction. The online instruction includes more than 160 courses, 5,600 lessons, 200,000 content pages, and 130,000 test items to measure student mastery of subjects in grades 1–12—all of which are aligned to state standards. In addition, the online instruction's built-in assessment tool gauges where students are academically and then automatically adapts the courses' learning paths to accommodate students' skill levels.
Students in the 180 Program immediately start their coursework on the computers. Catching up and even getting ahead in their courses while enrolled in the 180 Program is a reasonable expectation.
The online format also makes the transfer of grades and credits between schools easier, as everything is recorded and kept online. If there is ever a question about a student's grade, the original school can cross-reference it with the online records.
Going Online Everywhere
After seeing how successful online instruction was in the 180 Program, we decided to expand its use to other students.
In our elementary and middle schools, we use the online instruction in blended learning centers to help small groups or individual students who are struggling with particular concepts. We also use it to introduce new concepts to entire classes.
At the high school level, students can take full online courses for regular credit or recover credits they are missing. We even use the courses for grade repair to help struggling students raise their grades and to avoid failing. High school students also are required to take the built-in benchmark assessment three times a year in order to track their improvement.
Our summer school program, which serves about 35–45 students in grades 5–12, uses the online instruction and assessments to help students make up coursework they previously failed or to get ahead for the coming year.
During the 2014 school year, we also used the online instruction to fuel the creation of new programs for older at-risk and credit-deficient high school students: the Hope Academy and the Twilight Knight School. The 42 students enrolled in the two programs during the 2014–2015 school year earned or recovered a total of 199 credits.
Seeing Results
Since the changes to the alternative school and the districtwide changes that followed, our overall achievement has improved tremendously. We have seen significant increases in attendance, grades, and the number of students being promoted to the next grade level.
For the 2013–2014 school, we saw a 14% increase in our graduation rate— jumping from 73% to 87%—and our dropout rate fell below the state average to only 3%. After the 2014–2015 school year, our graduation rate increased to 90%. These major achievements have even sparked us to start an additional evening program for students in the 11th grade who want to take extra classes to graduate early.
We adopted a program we used to make school easier for a very specific student population—students in grades 6–12 with behavioral issues—and applied it to students in grades 1–12 and saw amazing results across the board.
Mary Slaughter is the assessment and accountability, guidance counseling, Title IV, and Community Education Coordinator for Walker County Public Schools in Jasper, Alabama.
slaughterm@wcslive.com
Connie Shubert and Brenda Dix are the federal programs financial coordinators for Walker County Public Schools in Jasper, Alabama.
shubertc@wcslive.com
dixb@wsclive.com
Published in AMLE Magazine, May 2016.
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Australian miners paid more than half their 2014-15 profits in taxes: Minerals Council
December 8, 2016 NewsBen Creagh Ben Creagh
Australia’s mining industry faced its highest effective tax rate in almost a decade in 2014-15, according to new research by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and Deloitte.
The MCA’s eighth minerals industry tax survey, which measures the combined effective tax rate of company tax and royalties, revealed that the tax ratio grew by eight per cent from 46.3 per cent to 54.3 per cent in the year to June 30 2015.
This is the third straight year the effective tax rate has increased and compares to an average rate of 44.4 per cent over eight years of survey data. It is also the highest tax ratio recorded since the survey started and the first time it has exceeded 50 per cent.
MCA deputy chief executive David Byers said the report should provide a ‘final nail in the coffin’ for WA Nationals’ leader Brendon Grylls’ proposal to increase tax on the state’s iron ore miners by as much as $8 billion over the next four years.
“If the WA Nationals want to retain any economic credibility in the lead up to the state election they must ditch the proposal,” Byers said.
“The cold, hard reality is that Australia risks taxing itself out of global markets. Our company tax rate has been frozen in stone for 15 years while our competitors have lowered their rates.”
Byers added that Australia’s company tax rate was now five percentage points above the developed country average and eight points higher than the Asian average.
“And state jurisdictions must also be cognisant of the need to keep the overall burden of mining taxation comparable with our international competitors,” Byers said.
“With profits low, royalties account for 60 per cent of tax collections in 2014-15. The high share of royalties reflect the fact that royalties do not take account of the profitability of the sector which endured tough conditions in 2014-15.”
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Struggles Only Shy Guys Understand
If You Understand These Struggles, You're Too Shy
Neal Stastny
7. They Don’t Hate Being Shy
Shy people don’t want to stop being shy. It’s who they are, and they’re fine with it. Still, they should know that they can’t act shy all the time. There are too many situations in life where shy people just need to get over it an socialize for a few hours. But as hard as it may be for some people to believe, shy people don’t want to make a fundamental change.
8. They Hate Social Media
In the old days, people were only expected to be social when they were around other people. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and other social media platforms that only high school kids know about have changed all that. Some shy people may embrace their online persona while neglecting their real-life persona. But others hate that some of their alone time needs to be spent socializing online.
9. But Not As Much As They Hate Karaoke
There is no social activity more feared by the shy person than karaoke. Talking is hard enough. But singing? Forget it. As if attending karaoke couldn’t be any more stressful, karaoke fans are incapable of understanding that some people just don't like waiting for hours to sing for strangers. Shy people will spend most karaoke nights trying to explain that they’re not trying to get people to stop liking karaoke, so can everyone please stop trying to get them to like it.
10. They Wait Too Long To Ask Someone Out
It takes most people a little while to work up the courage to ask someone out. It’s even longer for shy people. For every person a shy person asks out, there are probably twenty that they wanted to but changed their mind because they got caught staring nervously at them like a weirdo while they waited to make a move.
11. They Want To Dance But Won’t
Shy people want to dance as much as they next person. They’re not totally immune to the powers of Michael Jackson or Beyonce. But deep down there is an irrational thought that if they dance the music will stop and everyone will stare at them. At best they just have to wait until they’re drunk at a wedding and “Shout” comes on.
12. They Panic About Group Projects, But Get The Job Done
When a shy person is assigned a group project for work at school, there is an initial panic. Then they figure out what they need to do, go home and get the work done. Then they’ll probably take some of the other people’s work and do that alone while everyone else hangs out and wastes time. Someone else will present the work, but the shy person probably did most of it.
13. They’ve Eaten Lots Of Food They Didn’t Order
If a waiter brings a shy person a burger that’s cooked well done when they asked for it to be cooked medium, they’ll probably eat it anyway. If the bartender makes them a vodka soda when they wanted a gin and tonic, they’ll probably drank it. Asking someone politely to fix a mistake can seem too much like bothering someone.
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Best Dating & Sex News Of 2016
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Drum Roll, Please: Here Are The Most Fascinating Dating And Sex News Of 2016
Aly Walansky
Well, we made it. The history books will show 2016 as being a year of constant craziness. Celebrity deaths, memes, and the most grueling election ever -- what more could you ask for?
Well, luckily, 2016 was also a really big year for sex and dating studies. Yep, scientific progress isn't all just brainiacs in lab coats holding test tubes and beakers -- as they did in 2015, this year scientists also studied aspects of human interaction like what makes us attracted to people and what we do with them when the lights are off.
The fascinating sex and dating studies in 2016 taught us that TV kills more than brain cells and that women really like looking at naked women, revealed how often newlyweds will have sex and proved that magnetic attraction is real. Thank God for science -- allowing us to date better, have sex more often and overall be happier!
Of course, the fact that some of these studies, frankly, contradicted each other is a whole other story. Oh well, here’s to 2017 meaning a lot more sex for all of us, regardless of the psychology studied behind it!
1. Women Like Looking At Naked Women
Turns you on, doesn’t it? Us, too. Researchers found that women enjoyed looking at naked women as much as they enjoyed looking at naked men. Perhaps female sexuality is generally more fluid, but either way, looks like we have more in common than we realized!
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2. Beer Goggles Really Do Exist
Liquid courage is actually a thing, but it’s more than that: A study found that after drinking, we get more social, happier, and less shy about sex. Beer goggles, indeed.
3. Light Improves Men's Sexual Performance
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If you like having sex with the lights on, there’s science to it: Researchers found men perform better sexually and get more sexual satisfaction when they are in bright light, be it lights on or outdoors. May be time to play that beach vacation!
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4. Guys Like What They're Working With
Well, we’d hope so -- but a 2016 study discovered that there’s a reason guys are always trying to show off their penis in photos, to dates, or in locker rooms. When guys were asked by scientists to rate their penises as far as appearance, size, and even output, they were pretty happy with their own perceived results!
5. Newlyweds Really Are Doing It
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You would assume that newlyweds are having sex all.the.time -- and in some cases, yes, but not always. Researchers have found they can predict how often newlyweds will have sex based on personality traits -- openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism! -- and while overall, newlyweds averaged three to four sexual encounters over two weeks, those personality factors could cause it to dip big time... usually, on the wife’s part
6. Magnetic Attraction Is Real
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In a study, those who played with positively charged magnets before ‘connecting’ with partners were more attracted than those who had not! Talk about chemistry having an electric pull!
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7. Most People Have Done It In A Car
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It was true many years ago and it still is: people really like to have sex in cars. Doing it in the backseat may have been how we handled sex when we lived with our parents or in a dorm room back in the day, but it’s still how people do it says a study that revealed 61% of men and 59.5% of women reported having had sex in a parked car, most of them, in the later years of high school.
8. You'll Have Sex About 6,000 Times In Your Life
Lots of people wonder about life expectancy, but what about sex expectancy? A UK study found that people with a life expectancy of 83 will have sex around 6,000 times in their lifetime. And while we all hope to break this average rate, of course that means for those who do, there’ll be someone else falling way below the average. For instance, the person writing this article. Hi there.
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9. Relationships Are Worth The Effort
Working hard brings rewards, and the same is true in relationships. A study found that simply the belief that relationships take a lot of effort and hard work leads to greater, more successful relationships and better sex. If you believe it’ll just all work out on its own… good luck.
10. 40-Somethings Don't Get Lucky Enough
It’s fair to assume as you get older, you’ll have less sex, and it’s actually true. A study found that 18- to 29-year-olds have double the sex that people in their 40s have. Oh well, enjoy it while you can.
11. Happily Ever After Is Bad For Sex
The passion does die, eventually. A study out of Finland found that people in long-term relationships ultimately end up having less sexual satisfaction over time, compared to if they had traded in their mate for a new partner. How romantic.
12. That Being Said, Familiarity Is Sexy
Ever notice that the same person you are meh about at first starts to look a lot hotter over time? You are not alone. A study found that people become more drawn to each other after multiple encounters, even if there’s no initial attraction. So much for familiarity breeding contempt!
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13. TV Kills More Than Brain Cells
Did your mom ever tell you how too much TV was going to make your brain go numb? It’s not the only part of you suffering. A study out of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark found that men who binge-watch TV have much lower sperm counts than those who don’t -- by as much as 30%! Makes you wonder if it’s the TV watching, or the couch-potato lifestyle that comes with it.
14. Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last?
We always bemoan that the good ones always go for the assholes, but it’s actually not true. A study found that selfless (not selfish!) people ultimately do have more sex. People who are generous and good to others are more attractive to the opposite sex, and thus have more partners, and more sex. So, go ahead, see your neighbor struggling with luggage? Offer to help her!
15. Being Single Costs You
Literally. A British study found that single people spend a lot more money -- as in $8,000 a year more! -- than their coupled-off friends, on everything from drinking and going out to clothes. Why? Because we’re always going out and trying to look good when meeting people, while people in relationships simply don’t have to work so hard to impress anyone. They win there, too.
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16. Millennials Aren’t Getting Any
It’s pretty uncertain out there right now for younger adults: Everything from a sh*tty economy to job prospects, and maybe still living with their parents. Turns out, it’s worse than that: A study found they are also having less sex than their baby boomer parents did at their age. Is it that they don’t have the time or energy with everything else going on? Maybe. Or they are just too busy taking selfies for Instagram.
17. Drinking Together Brings Happiness
Go ahead -- share a bottle of wine at dinner tonight: A study found that couples who drink together stay happier longer. It has to do with being on the same page: So, both of you drink, or both of you don’t. But if one is, and one isn’t, that isn’t good. Cheers to that!
18. Men Also Have Daddy Issues
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If you find yourself having lots of one-night stands, it may be your dad’s fault. A study found that if you're having a lot of casual sex, it can be tied to an absentee father earlier in life. Psychologically, the study found, these men associate home life with stress, and that’s why they never call. Guess guys can have daddy issues too.
19. Our Jobs May Determine Who We Marry
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Well, not our job, but what we do: A study revealed that many of us tend to marry within our professional circles. Most people spend a lot of time at their jobs or doing work-related activities, so makes sense that it would strongly impact their personal lives -- even though most people say dating a coworker is a no-no.
20. Men Are Show-Offs
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We think that women are a calming influence, right? Wrong. A study found that when guys are around more women than men, they get promiscuous and more violent than when they are around more guys. It seems that when males outnumber women, they are on their best behavior because they want to make a better impression.
21. We Cannot Control Our Orgasms
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Sorry. You may blame yourself for not being able to orgasm when and how you want, but it’s actually about anatomy. A British study showed that difficulty orgasming is not just something women suffer from, and for men, it’s sometimes due to a “reflex loop” between your brain receiving stimuli and your penis reacting to that stimuli. It’s both psychological and physiological, and not your fault.
22. Attractiveness Is Relative
We may all have a type, but it’s not the same type, and thank god for that. Researchers in the UK discovered that a person’s “level of attractiveness” is determined by their surrounding environment. In other words, you may be a 10 only because the guy next to you is a 4 and he makes you look better! Interesting…
23. Eating Healthy Is Good For Your Sex Life
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We know eating healthy is good for our health and for our weight, but it’s also good for our sex life. Scientists have found that after people restricted their calories over a two-year period they didn’t only lose weight and get healthier, but they had way better sex. This included higher levels of arousal, but also quality and endurance. Nice.
24. It’s Not Your Fault She Doesn’t Climax From Penetration
And not yours. Turns out size and shape does matter, but not in the way we’d think. Scientists discovered a lot of the reason some women do not orgasm during penetrative sex is the structure of her own vagina. During development, sometimes the clitoris migrates away from the vagina opening, and if it migrates too far, orgasms from traditional sex become a lot more difficult.
25. Circumcised Penises Are Just As Sensitive
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Some guys think a positive of not getting circumcised is greater sensitivity, but it’s actually not true. Canadian researchers observed penis reactions to touch, heat, and pressure and found no significant difference between those who were circumcised and those who were not. So much for that old wives' tale!
26. Guys Are Orally Selfish
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Turned out selfish lovers are pretty common. A study discovered that men are more likely to receive oral sex than to give it... but it’s entirely their faults. While they are receiving more than they are giving, it’s because women sometimes nix it for themselves and would rather give than get, while men are all too happy to receive it, and definitely won't stand in their way.
27. Lots Of Sex Can Make Genitals Bigger
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Too much of a good thing gives you another good thing -- if you're a beetle. A study found that something called co-evolution is going on with this species: With increased mating, males develop larger penises (or, at least, the beetle equivalent of a penis). Talk about having all the luck!
28. We All Like To Get Kinky
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A lot of us like to hide our kinky side, but it’s actually very common to have “abnormal” interests. A study found that at least half of us are into something defined as kinky, or different than mainstream. Yep, pretty much all of us are getting wild, which means it’s a lot more normal than you’d think.
29. Yes, Oral Can Up Your Cancer Risk
Oral sex is super popular; many of us love giving and receiving it. But it also can dramatically increase your chances of getting mouth or throat cancer. You're 22 times more likely to get throat cancer if you have regular oral sex, says a study. But it's not due to the oral sex itself -- it's due to the potential for introducing HPV to your mouth and throat via an infected partner.
30. The Internet Is Sexier Than Sex Itself
While we really like being online, we didn’t realize just how strong that attraction was. We crave wi-fi more than sex, chocolate or even alcohol says a study that found that 40% of people rate wifi essential to their life while 37% felt that way about sex, and far less were passionate about chocolate or booze. However, given that part of our internet addiction includes looking at cooking videos or, uh, porn... we’re probably still really into that other stuff too.
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Profit Outlook Remains Strong for Now
Johanna Bennett
Sept. 28, 2006 11:59 pm ET
AS THIRD-QUARTER EARNINGS SEASON starts to unfold next week, the skinny is that U.S. corporate profits still look pretty fat, despite a flurry of warnings and decelerating growth.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expect that the third quarter will mark a record 13th straight quarter of double-digit earnings growth for the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
The double-digit earnings-growth streak should continue in the fourth quarter, but end in the first half of 2007, says Thomson Financial/Baseline.
For now, analysts predict 14.2% year-over-year gains in operating earnings in the third quarter, with outsize performances by the energy and financial sectors.
"Earnings growth has been unbelievably high for the last three years, and though earnings-growth rates are slowing, the S&P 500 will continue to earn more in absolute dollars than ever before," says Michael Thompson, director of research at Thomson Financial.
Growing confidence in corporate America's earnings prospects may be helping to propel stock indexes toward multiyear highs.
Up 9.4% since June 13, the S&P 500 closed Thursday at its highest level since February of 2001, despite mixed corporate and economic news.
And the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly surpassed its record closing high set in January of 2000 before falling back a bit.
Early data suggest more U.S. companies than anticipated could surprise on the upside when they announce third-quarter earnings results.
Of the 24 companies in the S&P 500 to report quarterly results so far, 75% beat expectations, Thomson Financial says.
The list includes Morgan Stanley, Walgreen and Goldman Sachs.
Starting in the fourth quarter, earnings from energy companies will drag on the S&P 500's earnings growth (see Weekday Trader, "Financial Earnings Shine, Energy Fades," July 3, 2006).
And next year, financial companies -- more than one-quarter of the S&P 500 -- face difficult comparisons to the 20% profit jump expected this year.
Still, earnings generated by the broader market should climb 10% in 2007, says Thomson Financial, down from year-over-year 14.6% growth expected in 2006.
Fueling those gains next year: double-digit earnings growth from technology, utilities and consumer-discretionary companies.
"In 2007, it won't be all about energy," says E. Keith Wirtz, chief investment officer for Fifth Third Asset Management.
Consensus earnings estimates appear to reflect growing confidence that the Federal Reserve's long string of interest-rate hikes managed to slow the economy enough to keep inflation under control without risking a recession.
If the consensus is proved correct, stocks could benefit from a so-called Goldilocks economy that is neither too hot nor too cold.
But there are pessimists who expect the economy could take a turn for the worse, thanks to a weak housing market, a drop in consumer spending and an end to expanding corporate profit margins.
Jon Brorson, head of growth equities for Lehman Brothers Asset Management, says profits should climb no more than 5% in 2007. He expects warnings for third-quarter earnings to "come in worse than usual."
In recent weeks, several companies including Yahoo, home-improvement retailer Lowe's, and home builder Lennar have cut expectations.
But some market pundits think that the economy, and stocks, could surprise on the upside.
Dan Chung, chief investment officer for Fred Alger Management, says economic expansion overseas is a key ingredient for a soft landing by the U.S. economy.
"We think corporate earnings can come in stronger next year than people expect," he says. "There's a lot of growth in China, Russia and Brazil."
The prospect of lower oil and raw-material costs could help boost corporate profitability, especially in the industrials and utilities, where profits could climb 14% next year, making it the second-fastest growing part of the S&P 500.
Corporate balance sheets have lots of cash companies can use to repurchase stock, boosting earnings per share.
"Ten percent growth is still a pretty amazing performance," says James Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Wells Capital Management.
The tech sector, which could be next year's lead horse according to Thomson Financial data, has been hit by new accounting rules requiring the expensing of options grants.
But tech profits could climb almost twice as fast in 2007 as they are expected to climb this year, to about 18%. This growth could be fueled by corporations investing in new technology and rising consumer-electronics sales, including flat-screen televisions and personal computers.
Consumers should also continue to spend money on travel and recreation, says Chung. So despite weak automobile and housing sales, profits from consumer-discretionary companies will climb 13% in 2007, tying with industrials as the third-fastest growing segment of the S&P 500.
"People are predicting the demise of the consumer. But these numbers do not show that at all," says Charles Rotblut, senior market analyst for Zacks Investment Research.
Of course, both inflation and recession remain threats. A war with Iran would send oil prices rising again and a harsh winter would mean higher energy costs for consumers.
Other risks: the housing market completely tanks or the Fed decides to return to rate hikes to fight a re-emergence of commodity inflation.
Investors always hope that stocks can benefit from an expansion in price-to-earnings multiples, in addition to earnings growth. But multiple expansion is usually dependent on an environment of rising earnings growth and falling interest rates -- both of which seem unlikely in the coming months. Besides, at 15.5 times projected earnings, the S&P 500 just isn't that cheap historically.
But even without an expansion in multiples, corporate earnings are growing strongly enough to keep stocks rising in the coming year at a respectable clip.
The Skinny on Profit Growth
Consensus earnings growth estimates from Wall Street analysts paint a picture of a slowdown.
S&P Contribution Sector 3Q '06 (Estimate) 4Q '06 (Estimate) 1Q '07 (Estimate) 2Q '07 (Estimate)
26% Financials 29% 30% 8% 4%
15% Energy 17% 0 16% 1%
11% Technology 6% 8% 13% 19%
10% Industrials 11% 17% 10% 16%
10% Health Care 1% 3% 3% 6%
8% Consumer Discretionary 9% 10% 9% 6%
9% Consumer Staples 4% 9% 12% 11%
3% Materials 46% 40% 12% 1%
3% Telecommunications 10% 8% 7% 4%
4% Utilities 9% 5% 7% 19%
Average Growth Rate 14.20% 13.10% 9.70% 7.40%
Source: Thomson Financial as of Sept. 28, 2006
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Vasser Sullivan Racing announced today Frankie Montecalvo and Zach Veach will campaign the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class as co-drivers of the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3.
Montecalvo, 30, from Highlands, New Jersey, will be contesting his third season in a Vasser Sullivan owned IMSA GTD class Lexus. He had a breakout season in 2020 capturing his first IMSA win (Road America) and first IMSA poles (Grand Prix of Sebring and Grand Prix at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta).
Veach, 26, a native of Stockdale, Ohio, is a newcomer to sports car racing having competed in four Indianapolis 500 events as part of contesting four full-seasons in the NTT IndyCar Series. During the 2020 IndyCar season, Veach had a best finish of fourth at Texas Motor Speedway competing in the Genesys 300 event. In his early career, Veach won the 2011 USF2000 Winterfest Championship, the 2012 Formula Car Championship, and spent three seasons in Indy Lights with a best championship finish of third.
The announcement of Montecalvo and Veach comes a few weeks after the announcement that Jack Hawksworth and Aaron Telitz will return to Vasser Sullivan as full-season co-drivers of the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3.
All four drivers will participate in the ROAR Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, January 21-24, 2021.
Vasser Sullivan Racing:
“We are excited to announce that we have signed Frankie Montecalvo and Zach Veach to drive the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 for the 2021 IMSA GTD class championship season. After two seasons with us, Frankie has now become a contender for a pole and/or a win every weekend. We expect you’ll see more of this from Frankie in the ’21 season.
The timing with Zach is perfect as he transitions to the next stage of his career in sports cars after a great run in IndyCar. Zach has already shown his commitment to winning by relocating to Charlotte to be closer to the team and cut down his time to get up to speed in sports cars. We look forward to seeing Frankie and Zach being extremely competitive this season.”
Frankie Montecalvo:
“The 2020 season was a crazy ride full of ups and downs. As a team we had multiple wins, podiums and pole positions. Each year I feel we improved, just getting better and better. So I can’t wait to make my third consecutive year with Vasser Sullivan a great one.”
Zach Veach:
“I am thrilled we were able to put this program together. Everyone from Vasser Sullivan has been a dream to work with. I can’t wait to get to Daytona in January to start what will be a great year with my teammate Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 car.”
About Vasser Sullivan Racing:
Vasser Sullivan Racing is owned by 1996 IndyCar Champion, Jimmy Vasser and sports marketer James “Sulli” Sullivan. Vasser Sullivan also co-own Dale Coyne Vasser Sullivan competing in the NTT IndyCar Championship Series.
Vasser and Sullivan were allied and partners from 2011-2016 with KVSH Racing in the IndyCar Series, winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500. In 2017, Vasser and Sullivan established Vasser-Sullivan Racing to compete in the IndyCar series. In 2018, they formed a partnership with Dale Coyne to establish Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan to compete full time in the IndyCar Series Championship. In its first year, the team earned multiple podiums including winning the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, and finished seventh in the 2018 championship standings. In 2019, the team scored two top-five finishes, a season high third at Barber and a fifth at COTA, and nine top-10 showings. During the 2020 season Coyne Vasser Sullivan finished a season-high fourth in the Indianapolis 500.
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Oct 9, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Barr tells Republicans Durham report won't be ready by election
Alayna Treene, author of Sneak Peek
Barr at the White House Sept. 26. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Attorney General Bill Barr has begun telling top Republicans that the Justice Department’s sweeping review into the origins of the Russia investigation will not be released before the election, a senior White House official and a congressional aide briefed on the conversations tell Axios.
Why it matters: Republicans had long hoped the report, led by U.S. Attorney John Durham, would be a bombshell containing revelations about what they allege were serious abuses by the Obama administration and intelligence community probing for connections between President Trump and Russia.
“This is the nightmare scenario. Essentially, the year and a half of arguably the number one issue for the Republican base is virtually meaningless if this doesn't happen before the election," a GOP congressional aide told Axios.
Barr has made clear that they should not expect any further indictments or a comprehensive report before Nov. 3, our sources say.
Politico first reported that Durham is not expected to release information related to the probe before Election Day and Senate Republicans running similar investigations were made aware within the last week.
The Justice Department declined to comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
What we're hearing: Barr is communicating that Durham is taking his investigation extremely seriously and is focused on winning prosecutions.
According to one of the sources briefed on the conversations Barr said Durham is working in a deliberate and calculated fashion, and they need to be patient.
The general sense of the talks, the source says, is that Durham is not preoccupied with completing his probe by a certain deadline for political purposes.
Behind the scenes: Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Barr and the Justice Department for not moving more quickly on the investigation.
One administration official said Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo's recent interview with Rep. Devin Nunes on Sunday caught Trump's eye, further fueling his exasperation with the lack of indictments from Durham.
In recent days, Trump has publicly criticized Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray for not moving fast enough.
"To be honest, Bill Barr is going to go down as either the greatest attorney general in the history of the country or he’s going to go down as, you know, a very sad situation," Trump said during a phone interview with Fox Business on Thursday.
"He’s got all the information he needs. They want to get more, more, more. They keep getting more. I said, 'you don’t need any more.'"
A Thursday report by the AP said Barr is also frustrated by Trump’s public pronouncements about the case.
The backstory: Trump's allies have long asserted that Durham's investigation will result in the arrests of top Obama administration officials. So far, Durham's probe has resulted in one criminal case: a former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering an email used to help obtain a surveillance warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
A former DOJ official told Axios that Durham "has a reputation for being thorough, but also somewhat slow, in part because of the big tasks he's undertaken."
The official pointed to Durham's Obama-era investigation into the CIA's use of torture, one that took years for him to complete.
"It comes with the territory of a sprawling investigation that every stone you turn over needs to be fully scrutinized," the former official said.
What's next: Top Republicans are planning to pressure Barr to get ahead of Durham and temper expectations for the timing of the report's release, as well declassify whatever remaining documents there are connected to the probe.
"Bill Barr should follow the instructions of the president to declassify and release all the documents the FBI are sitting on. There's no good reason for him to withhold this information," a senior White House official said.
Earlier this week, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe approved the release of a large binder full of documents to the DOJ to assist their review of the Durham probe.
Editor's note: This story has been updated and the headline changed to reflect Politico's reporting on the status of the investigation.
Mike Allen, Margaret Talev
Updated Jan 14, 2021 - Politics & Policy
It's still Trump's party
Data: Axios research, ProPublica. (Non-voting members excluded). Graphic: Michelle McGhee and Sara Wise/Axios
He lied about the election being fixed. He incited an attack that left five dead at the U.S Capitol. He got impeached. Twice. But polling indicates Republicans still have his back — and views — by vast majorities.
Why it matters: Anyone who thinks Trump is a politically dead man walking appears pointedly dead wrong.
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Ulster University: Strike-hit students may get marks increased
duration 13 June 2018
image captionThe strike was called in protest against changes to lecturers' pensions
Some Ulster University (UU) students could have exam marks increased if their courses were affected by strikes.
A number of classes at UU were cancelled earlier this year due to strike action by the University and College Union (UCU).
The university has analysed marks for affected courses to see if they are lower than in previous years.
If that is the case, it recommends that students taking those courses have their marks increased.
However, the UCU has criticised the university's plans as it said that lecturers had already ensured that students were not disadvantaged by the industrial action.
'Unacceptable'
In an email to members, seen by the BBC, the UCU called the university's plans "completely unacceptable".
"The university has taken unilateral action to adjust the marks in some courses to mitigate for the industrial action taken earlier in the year," it said.
The union said it questioned the fairness and equity in the methodology being used to increase marks.
"After the strike, we advised members to take local decisions on exam and coursework to ensure students were not disadvantaged by the industrial action," the email continued.
"We know that many of you rewrote exam papers, provided additional online material or extracted untaught elements of coursework from marking grids."
image captionThe strike also affected Queen's University in Belfast
The union said it was incredible that the university authorities thought it appropriate to impose a blanket solution on courses that had already been reviewed.
The email said staff could not be asked to "stand over this unilateral and completely unaccountable approach."
However, a spokesperson for the university said that it was committed to ensuring that students were not disadvantaged and that academic standards were protected.
'Lower than expected'
They also said that UU had conducted an analysis of course modules affected by the strike to see if marks were lower than expected.
"This process compared a module's mark average to the module mark averages from the previous three years, with appropriate controls in place," they said.
The university spokesperson declined to specify how many courses were involved.
However, the university said it would still be up to university exam boards, who meet to moderate and approve marks for each course, to decide on the final marks awarded to students.
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“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”
– Reid Hoffman, Co-founder of LinkedIn
These words have made quite an impact on the ever-growing entrepreneurial community to promote a philosophy of launching a product and iterate rather than perfect before launch.
Specifically, this mantra has been the inspiration of Trevor Seret, President and Co-founder of Sprout School Supplies, a company that simplifies back-to-school supply shopping for busy parents and gives back to local school communities.
From Analyst to the American Red Cross
An environmental science and economics major at the University of Virginia, Trevor graduated from college and started a laundry delivery service for college students with one of his friends, Cainon Coates.
He and his friend found a commercial laundromat that already provided wash and fold service, worked out the delivery routes and schedule requirements, then bought a large van and started small.
That early start was a recipe for success which led to a partnership with the university, and later established the blueprint for his future one, Sprout School Supplies.
Meanwhile, Trevor landed an operations analyst role at a private label baby food company with a mission to provide families with a less expensive baby formula option with the same quality as the expensive stuff.
There, he was lucky to have a wonderful mentor, Adam Burke, and learned a lot in terms of what it takes to run a larger business from how to manage the components and what financial metrics to evaluate, to doubling down on what worked and eliminating what did not.
A couple years in, though, and Trevor was looking for a more personal connection to his work. With a job offer in hand from the American Red Cross national headquarters, he moved to D.C. to help the non-profit help others.
Starting a business with a full-time job
Working at the American Red Cross provided him with more flexibility in his schedule, and Trevor was able to return to a personal passion of his from high school and college – volunteering as a tutor.
Non-profit and volunteer work aside, Trevor’s entrepreneurial spirit couldn’t be subdued.
At one of the PTA meetings he attended, a topic of conversation began around school supplies –– with the parents groaning in unison about what a nightmare it was to shop for over the summer.
Trevor’s light bulb turned on and he’d solve for this pain point.
After all, he had the logistical expertise from his laundry business to get goods from one place to the next. More importantly, he had been inspired since childhood by the Newman’s Own brand, and finally saw the opportunity to build a similar intersection between cause and commerce by giving back to educational communities through school supplies.
Sprout School Supplies business is planted
To begin, Trevor created a volunteer pilot program at the school and was able to successfully put together school supply kits and cross an important item off parents’ to-do list.
After his success, he began to think about seeing whether this side project had the potential to grow into something bigger. He soon teamed up Jeff Manthe, a teacher with a passion for helping schools beyond the classroom.
He did some market research and was surprised to find a couple of similar businesses already existed, including a subsidiary of Staples.
Nevertheless, he pressed forward with the attitude that “McDonald’s didn’t invent the hamburger.”
He knew his business wouldn’t start out with the scale of his competitors, but saw ways he could provide a better service to parents, and connect more with customers through a charitable component.
Trevor worked on bringing Sprout School Supplies to life, while still holding down his full-time job at the American Red Cross. After all, he had no outside capital to mention and needed to bootstrap all operations.
It was ten months until he put in his notice and began focusing full time on his fledgling business.
I caught up with him to talk through his experience with ecommerce platform, scaling his sales, his philanthropic component and so much more.
Trevor Seret, Co-founder, Sprout School Supplies
Shopify Payments Impact on Profit, switch to BigCommerce
In 2013, the Sprout School Supplies website launched on Shopify. In the beginning, Shopify had a lack of features but it didn’t really impact the business much at the start. We were able to work around or use third-party apps.
Eventually, as we scaled and grew, it became more of an issue. We needed to customize our website and in order to do so, we needed a developer that was fluent in Shopify’s coding language, called Liquid.
After getting some quotes that started at $50,000, it was completely out of our budget so we decided to assess our options.
One feature that was really important to us was the ability to create product options and collect product details specific to product options so customers could enter information associated with the individual supply kit.
That feature required customization and development on Shopify’s platform came standard with a BigCommerce plan.
When you’re collecting tens of thousands of orders, families that have more than one child, there was more than one student name or identifying information to be included with an order.
In Shopify, there was only one field for that information. It was impossible to correctly manage information this way.
Another reason we wanted to leave Shopify was because of Shopify Payments. Shopify’s payment processor is Stripe and that’s the only option you have when it comes to payment processing. When you’re a small business and your revenue is low, it’s not a significant factor.
However, as you grow, percentages, especially on a gross level, start to make more and more of an impact on your total profit. They become hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the ecommerce revenue of your site.
BigCommerce’s World Class Technical Support Team
What really attracted me to BigCommerce is the customer support team. The technical support team is incredible and fantastic. I’ve never had less than a completely positive experience and it’s available 24/7 and I’ve used that 24/7 support!
I think every entrepreneur at some point finds themselves awake at 3:00 AM, trying to figure out an issue with the website that needs to get fixed “immediately.”
There’s lot of great things about ecommerce, but one downside is that you have to be open for business at all times.
If there’s an issue, you feel that very quickly.
When customer emails start to flood in with, “I am having trouble with mobile checkout. My credit card was declined,” that pressure builds very rapidly. BigCommerce has always been there from a technical support aspect to help solve those questions immediately.
I’d say I’ve likely called the BigCommerce tech support line over 50 times and 95% of the time the person I spoke with was able to answer my question and solve my issue on the phone in 15 minutes or less. If not, they escalated the issue and put me in touch with someone who did know how to fix the issue. I think I’ve only experienced an issue that lasted more than 24 hours once. All other issues, someone with BigCommerce helped me fix.
Data Architecture Helps Streamline Inventory Management
We worked with Andrew Riggins at oBundle to design a website with easy navigation to ensure a great user experience. Andrew informed me they only do development for BigCommerce websites.
That endorsement and a much lower cost are why we decided to go with BigCommerce.
He added the functionality that requests a school code on the homepage. This one feature simplifies the process for our customers. The way we are able to manage data is very effective and it’s because of the way we’ve designed our data architecture to work, our school code is directly associated with our SKU codes and from an inventory management perspective, the two aspects are complementary to each other.
Advice to fellow entrepreneurs
Experiment constantly, but do it small. Always try to make mistakes when the stakes are low.
My 80/20 rule: Always prioritize your customers over growth.
It’s better to have 80% of your potential customers with 100% satisfaction, than 100% of your customers with 80% satisfaction. If you focus on 100% satisfaction, the growth will come.
You can’t learn to swim from a book. Get out there and start to try to sell your products immediately, then analyze that feedback very carefully.
Transitioning from a job to entrepreneurship is like a trapeze artist releasing one bar to grab the other – you know when you’re ready and at the right moment, you just have to let go.
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Justine is the Marketing Communications Specialist at BigCommerce where she frequently speaks to customers and shares their incredible success stories through case studies. She also serves as the central resource for all customer reference activity. Justine loves jogging at Zilker Park immediately followed by TacoDeli, FaceTiming with her nephew who is also her birthday twin, and using puns in as much content as possible.
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Hernandez single in 9th lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 3-2
by: JOE REEDY, Associated Press
Posted: Aug 23, 2019 / 05:23 AM GMT-0500 / Updated: Aug 23, 2019 / 10:55 AM GMT-0500
Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernandez throws out Toronto Blue Jays’ Derek Fisher at first during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kiké Hernandez came up with a big hit on his bobblehead night.
The Dodgers second baseman capped a three-run ninth inning by blooping a single to score Corey Seager with the winning run and Los Angeles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Thursday night after being one-hit through eight innings.
Shut down by rookie Jacob Waguespack, the Dodgers rallied with three straight hits against Derek Law (0-2) for their 12th walk-off victory of the season.
“Not how we scripted it, but it’s fitting that Kiké walks it off on his bobblehead night,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
Max Muncy led off the ninth with a walk and advanced to third when Cody Bellinger lined a one-out double to the right-field corner. Seager tied it with a double to right, and Hernandez provided the walk-off knock to complete a sweep of the Blue Jays.
“I was trying to stay short, trying to not really do too much,” Hernandez said. “In that situation, the pressure is on him. Just gave up a two-run lead and the winning run is at second base and still has to get two outs. I got it off the end a little bit, but got through it enough to where it got over the infield’s head.”
Casey Sadler (3-0) got the win with a scoreless inning as the Dodgers got the series sweep.
It was the first run that Law had allowed in 16 innings and 14 appearances, which was the second longest active scoreless streak by the majors. The last time he allowed a run was July 18 at Boston.
Law was in the closer’s role because Ken Giles was placed on the paternity list before the game.
The Dodgers have a five-game home winning streak going into this weekend’s big series against the New York Yankees. The three-game set could serve as a World Series preview as both are vying for best record in the majors. Los Angeles has a two-game lead on New York after the Yankees were swept in their three-game series at Oakland.
Waguespack allowed only one hit and struck out five over seven innings, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits, including a home run , for Toronto, which has dropped five straight and its last two on the final at-bat.
The only baserunners the 25-year old right-hander allowed were in the third when Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda lined a one-out single to left and A.J. Pollock walked. Waguespack got out of the jam by striking out Muncy and Justin Turner lining out to center on the 10th pitch of his at-bat.
“We didn’t take a whole lot of good swings tonight really, so you got to give credit to their guy,” Roberts said. “Without Kenta, they would have been talking about a potential no-hitter so that was good thing.”
Waguespack said he hung a curveball to Maeda but overall was pleased with his outing.
“I was just trying to get ahead of those guys, mix and keep them off balance,” Waguespack said. “I tried to stick to the script and attack.”
Guerrero drove Maeda’s curveball over the wall in center on the first pitch of his at-bat in the sixth inning for his 15th homer of the year to extend Toronto’s lead to two.
Randal Grichuk and Billy McKinney led off the inning with singles and advanced to second and third on Danny Jansen’s ground out to Maeda. Grichuck scored on Derek Fisher’s grounder to Hernandez at second.
“I’m not going to lie, this one hurts just because we are playing the best team in baseball,” Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoya said. “Waguespack pitched outstanding. He is commanding all of his pitches. That was a big test and he got an A-plus.”
Maeda surrendered singles to three of the first six Blue Jays’ hitters he faced before retiring 11 straight. The right-hander went six innings and allowed two runs on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts.
“Kenta really showed well tonight and it was good to see. Quality start,” Roberts said.
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Dodgers left fielder Joc Pederson made a pair of defensive plays to rob Toronto of hits. He made a nice running grab near the wall on Bo Bichette’s line drive in the third and then a diving catch on a bloop fly by Jansen in the seventh. … Guerrero made a diving catch on Russell Martin’s liner at third base in the eighth.
DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER
Muncy’s bid for a club record sixth straight game with a home run ended as he went 0 for 3. Muncy also had a nine-game hitting streak snapped where he went deep six times and drove in 12 runs.
Dodgers: INF David Freese (left hamstring strain) did some running before the game and is on target to return Sept. 1. … LHP Rich Hill (flexor tendon strain) will throw a bullpen session Saturday with a full mix of pitches.
Blue Jays: Open three-game series at Seattle on Friday. RHP Trent Thornton (4-8, 5.30) went six innings and allowed three earned runs against the Mariners on Aug. 17.
Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (12-3) leads the majors with a 1.64 ERA as he takes the hill for the series opener against the Yankees Friday.
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Tag: Domesticity
Infrastructural Domesticity
Because “it takes too long to come down to ground level each day to make it worthwhile,” a crane operator on the Burj Dubai – the world’s tallest building – is rumored to have “been up there for over a year,” the Daily Telegraph reports.
His name is Babu Sassi, and he is “a fearless young man from Kerala” who has become “the cult hero of Dubai’s army of construction workers.” He also lives several thousand feet above the ground.
[Image: The Burj Dubai, via Wikipedia].
Whether or not this is even true – after all, I never think truth is the point in stories like this – 1) the idea of appropriating a construction crane as a new form of domestic space — a kind of parasitic sub-structure attached to the very thing it’s helped to construct — is amazing; 2) further, the idea that crane operators are subject to these sorts of urban rumors and speculations brings me back to the idea that there might be a burgeoning comparative literature of mega-construction sites taking shape today, with this particular case representing a strong subgenre: mythic construction worker stories, John Henry-esque figures who single-handedly assemble whole floors of Dubai skyscrapers at midnight, with a cigarette in one hand and a hammer in the other (or so the myths go), as a kind of oral history of the global construction trade; and, finally, 3) there should be some kind of TV show – or a book, or a magazine interview series – similar to Dirty Jobs in which you go around visiting people who live in absurd places – like construction cranes atop the Burj Dubai, or extremely distant lighthouses, or remote drawbridge operation rooms on the south Chinese coast, or the janitorial supply chambers of inner London high-rises – in order to capture what could be called the new infrastructural domesticity: people who go to sleep at night, and brush their teeth, and shave, and change clothes, and shower, inside jungle radar towers for the French foreign legion, or up above the train tracks of Grand Central Station because their shift starts at 3am and they have to stay close to the job.
How do they decorate these spaces, or personalize them, or make them into recognizable homes? It’s like a willful misreading of Heidegger as applied to the question of building, dwelling inside, and thinking about modern infrastructure.
I’m reminded of a line from Paul Beaty’s new novel, Slumberland. Early in the book he writes, and my jaw dropped: “Sometimes just making yourself at home is revolutionary.”
In fact, consider this an official book proposal – to Penguin, say: a quick, 210-page look at strange inhabitations, like that guy who lived inside a bridge in Chicago, only not some mindless catalog of quirky stories – like, ahem, that guy who lived inside a bridge in Chicago – but profiles of people with amazingly strange jobs who have to sleep in places no one else would even imagine calling home. Down beneath the streets of Moscow in a subway switching HQ in a little bunkbed. Out on the Distant Early Warning Line of the U.S. Arctic military – where it’s just you, a toothbrush, and the Lord of the Rings on DVD. You dream about forests.
Or perhaps there is a suite of individual employee bedrooms in some South Pacific FedEx re-routing warehouse, where long-haul pilots are required by labor law to sleep for ten hours between flights; they come through twice a year, leaving Robert Ludlum paperbacks behind for themselves to read later.
The micro-tactics of dwelling inside strange but temporary homes.
In any case, while I’m working on that, the rest of the Daily Telegraph article is worth a quick read.
(Spotted on Archinect).
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on December 2, 2008 May 7, 2020 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Architecture, Babu Sassi, Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Cities, Construction, Domesticity, Dubai, Dwelling, Housing, Infrastructure, Urban Legends39 Comments on Infrastructural Domesticity
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The makers of ‘Chhalaang’ release a dialogue clip which will spike curiosity amongst those yet to watch
Home Bollywood News The makers of ‘Chhalaang’ release a dialogue clip which will spike curiosity amongst those yet to watch
The much-awaited film ‘Chhalaang’ finally released on Amazon Prime Video during the auspicious time of Diwali and certainly worked its magic as the film has not stopped receiving positive responses from the audience. The internet has been flooded with praises for the fun and inspirational Nushrratt Bharuccha and Rajkummar Rao starter.
The makers of ‘Chhalaang’ recently released a small dialogue clip from the film in which we can see that when asked to assist Singh Sir (Zeeshan Ayub), who is the new PTI of the School, Rajkummar Rao as Montu Sir gets in a fight with the new PTI by confronting him to not bully the students. What happens next is the question of many left curious by the clip below:
The story becomes the first to highlight the importance of PT teachers who are usually the first encounter of children with sports and fitness and also highlights the importance of sports as a part of a child’s curriculum. Packed in an interesting manner with elements of romance, ego, play and action, the film also delivers an important message.
The film starring Rajkummar Rao and Nushrratt Bharuccha has been directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Luv Films. The film is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video and available across 200 countries and territories including India.
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Since accepting delivery of our brand new Incident Control Vehicle on the late afternoon of Thursday 30th May, team members have spent Thursday night, most of Friday and all day Saturday, commissioning the various IT and communications systems on this new vehicle.
Today their work continued, assisted by our Treasurer Martin Banks, who was the Project Officer behind this vehicles specification and purchase by the team, and team member Phil Crook.
Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was also present today, arranging and co-ordinating the SAR equipment and incident control equipment to be fitted within this vehicle.
These works continued in to this evening, with tomorrows tasks (Monday 3rd June) being the fitment of all the numerous sundry equipment items this vehicle will carry in operational service.
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The Course of Love: A Novel
“An engrossing tale [that] provides plenty of food for thought” (People, Best New Books pick), this playful, wise, and profoundly moving second novel from the internationally bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life tracks the beautifully complicated arc of a romantic partnership. We all know the headiness and excitement of...
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The New York Times–bestselling author’s modern classic that “takes a conventional love story and textures it with philosophical ruminations” (Kirkus Reviews). A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a love story—from first kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and...
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The Art of Travel (Vintage International)
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados...
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Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Vintage International)
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important...
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How to Think More About Sex (The School of Life)
THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO STIMULATE, PROVOKE, AND CONSOLE. We don't...
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How Proust Can Change Your Life (Vintage International)
Alain de Botton combines two unlikely genres--literary biography and self-help manual--in the hilarious and unexpectedly practical How Proust Can Change Your Life.Who would have thought that Marcel Proust, one of the most important writers of our century, could provide us with such a rich source of insight into how best to live life?...
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The Consolations of Philosophy (Vintage International)
From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems.Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the...
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The Architecture of Happiness (Vintage International)
The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs...
Status Anxiety (Vintage International)
Anyone who’s ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor’s Lexus had better read Alain de Botton’s irresistibly clear-headed new book, immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for status, a quest that has less to do with...
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Banking in the backwaters
TCS finds a viable route to the unbanked Indian in the country's villages with the help of cloud computing.
Print Edition: May 30, 2010
For Tata Research Development and Design Centre, also known as Tata Innovation Labs, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), innovation entails meeting a critical need. It sometimes also means adapting a project for a totally different market than it was originally blueprinted for. For instance, how to adapt TCS' core banking solution and banking software, branded BaNCS, with customers across 80 countries, and take this solution directly to millions of unbanked Indians upcountry.
To take on the particularly hairy problem of rural banking, TCS used its robust innovation infrastructure— a combination of internal resources and strategic partners including Tata Group companies and other entities like emerging technology companies, academic institutions and others. It also looked carefully at the needs of the end users and leveraged those insights to design new solutions.
Key Challenge
To create a rural banking model that is viable against the backdrop of low-value transactions and a dispersed population.
Branchless banking via cloud computing, which enables sharing of resources, software and information.
For banks, reaching rural India through the traditional branch banking model isn't viable because of the low value of transaction per customer and a dispersed population. There is little experience in managing remote information technology (IT) infrastructure and guaranteeing security and services. From a consumer perspective, the time spent in banking transactions set off against the opportunity cost of lost employment posed challenges to adoption of banking services in rural areas, as also did the habit of storing money at home (typically stuffed into pillow covers or under mattresses).
Still, banks could ill-afford to ignore rural India as it increasingly became a hub of economic activity. Mobile phone and TV penetration is high and rising, has made a number of people "connected" and represented a major opportunity for TCS. But that's only if the IT services major was able to deliver a product or service that is designed specifically for rural banking needs within the cost parameters that would make business and social sense.
The solution: Branchless banking using cloud computing to take banking services to the unbanked. (Cloud computing refers to Internet-based computing where delivery of services is from servers, storage and other resources served from the Web rather than on-premise assets.) TCS' financial solutions business unit had pioneered banking automation and branchless banking in India. State Bank of India was its biggest success story.
The company had an understanding of the challenges and needs of Regional Rural Banks and cooperative banks. TCS recognised that the branchless banking solution could not just be technology-driven, but ecosystem-driven, by which the products and services offered are meaningful and addresses the needs and concerns of the customer segment. For example, how does one enable repayments on a micro loan whenever the consumer wants it rather than only when an agent of the bank visits?
TCS leveraged cloud computing to take on the challenge. Today, it has 60-70 rural banks using its offerings connecting more than a 1,000 branches. Typically, a bank would be able to connect 20-30 branches in a 200-mile radius. Shared resources, software and information were provided to computers and other devices on demand. A bank's operational data could be transferred to a cloud (a server that customers and branches can connect to through the net), enabling banks to offer basic banking facilities on mobile, Internet-enabled computers and other devices.
Ease of configuration and elimination of regular maintenance helped greatly reduce the IT overheads required to get onto the platform. Granular or payper-use pricing models enabled the banks to manage the capital expenditure to operating expenditure ratio of IT investments. Banks are able to integrate with this platform rapidly (within 2-3 weeks), thereby effectively overcoming their primary barrier to adoption—their limited exposure to technology.
In a recent white paper on cloud computing, TCS' Chief Technology Officer, K. Ananth Krishnan, Vice President of the TCS Innovation Labs, Harrick Vin, and leader of the cloud computing initiative, V. Srinivasa Raghavan, wrote: "Cloud computing will prove very attractive to the enterprise IT world and specifically to IT service providers. TCS firmly believes that the business models will prove to be potentially disruptive." It is already proving its words true in banking. Ananth Krishnan told Business Today that the company is pondering whether to extend the cloud route of roll out of services to mid-sized banks, too.
And, the rural customer—how is he served? The branchless solution has a smart card or a debit card given to the account holder, containing his personal information, and a biometric handheld device operated by the bank's agents. The handheld device is small enough to carry around and has the memory and battery power to capture a full day's work. This would enable electronic financial transactions as well as full integration and seamless experience of using the mobile phone as a device for business transactions.
TCS Innovation Labs is also testing banking via a television set-top box so that TV users (and penetration of TVs is significantly higher than of computers in rural India) will get the experience of Internet banking without access to computers, but with the help of a more familiar user interface that doesn't require Internet fluency.
MONITOR'S TEN TYPES OF INNOVATIONTM FRAMEWORK: TCS
1. Networking: Leveraging different innovation capabilities existing within Tata Group and TCS co-innovation partners.
2. Core Process: The core banking platform, which is built in a manner that allows "on-the-fly" configurability bringing down both time and effort, addresses the critical adoption constraints of these smaller banks. Another option is a handheld device, which enables banks to offer services in a remote environment without electricity and telecommunication links.
3. Product Performance: Changes the price/performance paradigm for a core banking solution. Will enable branchless banking in rural India with substantial lower capex or opex for Regional Rural Banks as compared to traditional offerings.
4. Service: Facilitates rapid integration of the platform with RRBs.
5. Customer Experience: Provides the bank a relatively simple and hassle-free experience in implementing an automated solution.
Organisations that achieve breakthrough innovation usually cover at least 3-4 types of innovation included in the framework. TCS fulfils five.
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22nd Aug 2020 5:00 AM | Updated: 10:39 AM
IN WHAT a Toowoomba barrister has labelled a "ridiculous" gap in legislation, an 86-year-old woman with no criminal history is languishing in custody over a neighbourhood dispute.
Barrister Shane MacDonald suspects his client may have the onset of dementia but due to holes in legislation he couldn't get her assessed in order to have her moved from the watch house to a more appropriate room at the hospital.
"The court has mental health nurses to assess people in the watch house who are thought to be suffering a mental health issue," he said.
"My client was assessed and recommended to be assessed by the hospital's mental health officers but (as of yesterday) the hospital had not done so.
"The hospital claims dementia is a medical issue and not a mental health issue and so it doesn't come under the Mental Health Act.
"We need a system that gets the person assessed and treated, not left languishing in jail.
"It's almost elder abuse by the government."
The 86-year-old woman has been involved in an ongoing dispute with her 62-year-old male neighbour.
Toowoomba barrister Shane MacDonald, Friday, August 21, 2020. Picture: Kevin Farmer Kevin Farmer
Police claim on Thursday the woman damaged some of her neighbour's property and during an ensuing argument she had struck him with a stick.
Police claim she spat at an officer on their arrival.
Remanded in custody, she remained in the watch house as Mr MacDonald appeared on her behalf in Toowoomba Magistrates Court.
She is charged with serious assault of a person over 60, serious assault of police, common assault, two counts of obstructing police and three of wilful damage.
Mr MacDonald said it was his understanding that the hospital would not assess his client unless she was remanded in custody.
It was unlikely his client would be granted bail to go home and she had no other family with whom to reside.
After discussions with Magistrate Damian Carroll, Mr MacDonald said it might be best if he made no application for bail at this stage and asked for a two-week adjournment in the hope that his client being held in custody might force the hand of medical authorities to assess her.
Mr Carroll acceded to the request and remanded the woman in custody and adjourned the case for mention on September 4.
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Secret Escapes secures £52m in investment funding
Secret Escapes has welcomed £52 million in investment from funds across Old Mutual Global Investors’ small- and mid-cap UK equities desk.
Having raised £104 million in capital since its 2011 launch and achieving significant full year group profitability in 2018, this latest partnership is a testament to Secret Escapes’ rapid growth and development.
The London-based international online marketplace for affordable travel deals will use this investment to continue its focus on delivering growth in its core business and to accelerate the ongoing integration of the Slevomat Group (Central and Eastern Europe’s leading travel deals and experiences company which it acquired in late 2017).
The brand will also use it to execute several strategic projects such as in-house hotel and flight packaging across its established markets.
Alex Saint, chief executive of Secret Escapes, said: “We’re delighted to be joining the likes of The Hut Group and TransferWise in Old Mutual Global Investors’ impressive UK small- and mid-cap equity portfolio, as we enter the next exciting stage of Secret Escapes’ growth.
“The support from Old Mutual Global Investors will help us to inspire the world to escape with amazing hand-picked, discounted travel deals and innovative product developments.”
Since launching in 2011, Secret Escapes has expanded into 21 territories in Europe, Asia and the US, grown its global membership base from four million in January 2014 to its current level of over 50 million worldwide and has enjoyed compound annual revenue growth of 156 per cent.
Dan Nickols and Richard Watts, UK small- and mid-cap portfolio managers at Old Mutual Global Investors said: “Since launch, Secret Escapes has become a clear leader in the travel sphere; building a database of loyal travellers and acting as a trusted and valuable partner for hotels and holiday suppliers across the globe.
“We’re proud to support Secret Escapes and its profitable business model on this next step, as the brand further develops its global leadership, develops new products and offers its members luxury travel for less.”
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Iggy Pop donates his song “Free” to help end cruel experimentation on monkeys
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Iggy Pop has lent his song "Free" to PETA to be used in the animal rights organization's new video that raises awareness on monkey experimentation. "Anyone can see the pain and terror in these monkeys' eyes. No one should have to suffer like this," says Iggy Pop. The atmospheric track is from his 2019 album, and has Pop solemnly saying "I want to be free" atop ambient trumpet, eerily underscore the disturbing footage in the video.
"As soon as PETA heard Iggy Pop's song 'Free,' we knew it was perfect for highlighting the suffering of monkeys held captive and tormented in laboratories," PETA spokesperson Moira Colley told Billboard. "Luckily, Iggy is as kind as he is charismatic, and he immediately agreed to let us use it after seeing our disturbing footage of traumatized monkeys."
You can watch the video, and learn more about it, below.
Iggy Pop is a longtime animal rights activist.
The new video features footage from PETA's investigations into National Institutes of Health (NIH) experimenter Elisabeth Murray's painful, invasive, and deadly "monkey fright" tests, in which she inflicts permanent and traumatic brain damage in monkeys and then terrorizes them with fake snakes and spiders.
University of Massachusetts–Amherst experimenter Melinda Novak's solitary confinement experiments and NIH experimenter Stephen Suomi's maternal deprivation experiments, in which distraught monkeys were driven insane inside small, barren cages and baby monkeys were torn away from their mothers, respectively, are also featured in the video, as are tests by notorious multibillion-dollar "laboratory-for-hire" Covance.
Numerous published studies have shown that animal experimentation wastes resources and lives, as more than 90% of highly promising results from basic scientific research—much of it involving animal testing—fail to lead to treatments for humans. And 95% of new medications that are found to be safe and effective in animals fail in human clinical trials.
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Do Animals Have Souls? Heck Yeah!
If your religion leads you to believe animals are just machines with a pulse, I think youÔÇÖre missing something.
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Even when I was a child, I remember looking into my cats’ eyes and seeing something in there. It was something numinous, something larger and greater than just the body in which the cat lived. It was the same kind of light and presence I saw in the eyes of the people in my life.
As I moved through my teenage years and began developing a more adult sense of spirituality, I came to understand that distinct quality as the presence of a soul. It was clear to me when I looked into the eyes of my cats and all the other animals who have graced my life that they had souls just as much as any human being did.
Thus, it boggled my mind when I found out that some religions don’t believe animals have souls. I know the Bible says that God gave humans dominion over the beasts of the Earth and all, but I never interpreted that to mean that animals are simply machines that eat, breathe, crap, and copulate.
And if animals don’t have souls, it more or less follows that they wouldn’t go to heaven when they died.
"Jeez," I thought. "What kind of heaven wouldn’t include animals?"
"It’s funny, if you asked whether a child has a soul, almost any Christian would say yes," said Eddie Current in a recent post on his blog. “Yet, an infant’s interaction with the environment is less coherent and engaged than, say, a squirrel’s. When a soldier and his dog are reunited, and the dog shows signs of incredible excitement and joy, we’re expected to believe that the dog has no soul. ÔǪ I don’t get it."
Yeah, I don’t get it, either.
The belief that animals have souls offered me the comfort of knowing that it’s possible I’ll see one of my beloved feline companions again -ÔÇô whether in heaven or the Summerland, at another time in my own life, or perhaps even in a future life. Like any spiritual belief, there’s no rational way to explain it; that’s why it’s called a belief and not a fact.
In most European pagan religions, animals are viewed as companions, and even helpers for practitioners when they do rituals. In some Native American practices, hunters thanked the animal they killed for sacrificing its life so that the tribe could eat. You don’t thank an animal and ask for its forgiveness if you don’t think it has a soul.
Many Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism teach a respect for all life, whether animal or human, which is one reason vegetarianism is, for some, a core tenet of these religions. In some Eastern traditions, animals are said to reincarnate, and even humans can reincarnate as animals if their karma so dictates. If this is the case, then by default, animals have souls.
If you’ve ever been present for the euthanasia of one of your beloved cat companions, or if you’ve been with an elderly cat as she draws her last breaths, you can tell the exact second when she dies. When I was with Dahlia at her euthanasia, I didn’t have to wait for the vet to check for a pulse to confirm that she was dead: I knew the moment her soul gratefully accepted its release from physical suffering and carried itself away on a whisper that I couldn’t hear but surely could perceive on some level. When I picked her up to hold her one last time, she felt heavier, as if her soul had given her living body a kind of buoyancy that was both more than and less than the sum of her physical parts.
Honestly, I think a lot of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or practitioners of any of the world’s numerous other religions — and even people who practice no religion at all — would agree that animals have a soul, or at the very least, a coherent consciousness that makes them much more than machines with a pulse ÔǪ whether or not their religious dogma agrees.
What about you? Do you believe animals have souls? What kind of evidence or anecdotes would you offer from your own experience? And if you don’t believe animals have souls, what kind of evidence or anecdotes would you offer to support your belief?
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BTS: 7 Best Suga Quotes to Keep You Inspired for a Lifetime
Connie Liou
On May 22, Suga of BTS dominated the music industry when he released D-2, the highly anticipated follow-up to his first solo mixtape, Agust D. The rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter quickly earned the No. 1 spot on the US iTunes Albums chart. This also comes merely two weeks after the impressive all-kill for the “Eight” collaboration with IU. Now, to celebrate Min Yoongi’s achievements, we wanted to share some of the best Suga quotes that will probably keep you going for a lifetime.
Suga of BTS | Steve Ferdman/Getty Images for Elvis Duran
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1. How to deal with change
It’s good to know that it’s fine when things go in an unintended direction, because you can always start over again. Keep calm, take the next-best option and move forward.
Time Magazine, May 2020
2. Suga thinks BTS was destined to meet
Just being there for each other is a source of strength, even if we don’t say anything. It’s not about picking one specific person. We know each other so well, even without words. Even if I had to put a team together myself, it wouldn’t have worked out this well.
When you travel, there are some people you travel with from the start and some you meet along the way. I think the reasons would all be different. Whether it was done voluntarily or not, we started our journey together.
As we continue, I can’t think of anything better than this. Rather than doing something on my own, the seven of us doing it together has a more synergistic effect. ‘Could there have been a better match? We must have been destined to meet.’ I think that a lot.
Break the Silence Episode 2, May 2020
누워있기 최고다!
아미 여러분도 오늘은 누워있어보세용 #BOTD #BTS_OF_THE_DAY pic.twitter.com/TN6abAYCWa
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) May 10, 2020
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3. When you feel like the world is collapsing around you
Even if it turns out you didn’t do too well on the exam, there’s no need to feel so defeated. It may feel like your world is collapsing — when you don’t get the results you want — but that’s not true. That’s not how our lives work. What’s important is that you get back up.
VLIVE, December 2019
4. Explaining “Interlude: Shadow” from Map of the Soul: 7
It’s important to really see your shadow and see where it is. Your shadow’s always going to be attached to you, it’s always going to be at your feet and it’s always going to follow you. So it’s a matter of accepting it or not … It’s not about facing your shadow or fighting your shadow, but just acknowledging the fact you have your shadow. And that really brings us comfort and peace.
Sometimes the shadow grows — sometimes it shortens and lengthens — but it’s always going to be attached to you. So acknowledging its presence and accepting it takes a lot of courage. So I think that is what allows us to keep going.
BTS Global Press Conference for Map of the Soul: 7, February 2020
하하핫 pic.twitter.com/KBhC8oigvG
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) April 30, 2020
5. What inspires Suga to create music
The messages in songs are what first got me into making music because I grew up listening to that kind of music. They say that the music you listen to in your teens and 20s has the greatest impact on you during the course of your life. I read that the music you listen to in your earlier years holds greater value. That’s how crucial music is in creating one’s value system. I don’t know about now. But it was like that then. Being able to leave a positive message in their minds would be incredible.
6. A heartfelt thank you to ARMY
We promised you to sing our music and prove who we are against suppression and prejudice. And after five years, we are finally… It took us five years to sing our music in front of the public. Thank you so much. And I believe it is you who made our dreams come true.
The Wings Tour: The Final, December 2017
아미들 오늘 투표하셨나요? 저는 멤버들과 사전투표를 했습니다 후후
얼른 투표 마치고 아미 여러분도 뒹굴뒹굴해보세요
행복해진답니다 #BOTD #BTS_OF_THE_DAY pic.twitter.com/qTir4pBkmg
7. What keeps Suga and BTS going
Our greatest influence, and where we draw our strength and our comfort and our joy is the fans. So we always have that in mind when we make our music. And I think our fans are also able to get that same strength or joy.
Entertainment Weekly, March 2019
We all understand the power behind Suga’s lyrics, but as these quotes illustrate, the artist is still able to touch the hearts of fans beyond music. Now here’s to moving forward and reaching new heights, because if anyone is resilient enough to achieve the impossible, it’s Min Yoongi.
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‘Game of Thrones’: The One Character Most Fans Can’t Stand
Greg Brian
All TV shows utilizing dozens of characters are going to have a few that are hated, sometimes not because they’re evil. Many times, characters are hated because they’re just annoying or don’t fit the narrative well. Or, an inexplicable audience grudge.
One thing we can say about Game of Thrones‘ cast of characters is all of them were there for a good reason. You can give credit to George R.R. Martin for always making characters necessary, whether or not you agreed with their actions.
Out of all the characters we’ve seen on GoT, who was the most hated of all? The top choice isn’t overly surprising, though you might find a few forgotten psychopaths.
5. Craster
Robert Pugh’s character, Craster in Game of Thrones was highly despicable. We were all horrified to realize that his sins are far more egregious. He was busy making a habit of loathsome incest with his daughter. https://t.co/Bx9rt8aXZA #SokoNews pic.twitter.com/RD4wKkZXXK
— Virginia Nyambura (@Vnyambura1) April 16, 2019
According to Ranker, the late character of Craster is the fifth most-hated GoT character. When you go back and refresh details on who he was, you can easily see why.
Known as a wilding from the Free Folk culture, who lived in opulent living conditions north of the Wall, you can create a massive list of Craster vices. Topping the list is his horrendous proclivity toward incest with his own daughters. Raising various daughters on his homestead, he had children with them all, giving a fictional warning on the horrors of inbreeding.
He had one famous meeting with Jon Snow that was more than a little tension-filled. Eventually, Craster was stabbed to death by Karl Tanner. Being an ally of the Night Watch clearly wasn’t the best move for this creepy and non-empathetic character (played by Robert Pugh).
4. Lysa Arryn
"Don't be afraid, my sweet baby. Mother's here, nothing will hurt you."
Lysa Arryn pic.twitter.com/iR2A8HsrMo
— GameofThrones Quotes (@ASOIAFQuotesGOT) April 4, 2019
Moving to the fourth position is Lysa Arryn, a character many have probably swept away in their memory. It’s been a while since her character died, five years ago. Nevertheless, actress Kate Dickie created a memorable baddie who was mostly more than a little mentally unstable.
Coming originally from the House of Tully, she married Jon Arryn and, as we found out later, poisoned him by the behest of Petyr Baelish. She marries the latter afterward, then falls to her death after being pushed by Baelish out the Moon Door at The Eyrie, the Arryn stronghold.
Many fans didn’t like Lysa because of her strong sense of envy against her sister, Catelyn Stark. She was still a psychologically complex character requiring a bit more careful analysis based on her still-mysterious backstory.
3. Viserys Targaryen
IT WORKED OUT: #HarryLloyd, who played Viserys Targaryen in season one of #GameofThrones, recalls wondering just how their ambitious, fantasy series would be perceived by the public. pic.twitter.com/L8fPeXouzp
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) April 17, 2019
One of the earliest characters has moved into the top three most hated is Viserys Targaryen, brother of Rhaegar Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen. Latter suffered horribly from her brother’s abuse, though, which gave a strong psychological backstory to how Daenerys persevered into who she is now. Viserys’s lack of morality and spoiled brat sense of entitlement is well-noted. Many fans weren’t sad he died in the first season. He dies by having molten gold poured on him by Khal Drogo.
2. Ramsay Bolton
Speaking of spoiled brats, you can add Ramsay Bolton as another near psychotic male figure who also met an ironic end. A bastard son of Roose Bolton, Ramsay marries Sansa Stark and treats her brutally.
Some of you may remember the horrific scene of Ramsay slaughtering his entire family because he worried he’d be disinherited from becoming Lord of Winterfell.
Once Jon Snow retakes Winterfell, Ramsay is executed once and for all for his family’s murders. Based on his rank, you can see executing these disturbed characters was almost cathartic for fans.
1. King Joffrey Baratheon
No doubt you’re not surprised King Joffrey ended up as the #1 most-hated GoT villain. Outside of being entertaining to watch through his slimy machinations, Joffrey’s infamous demise by poisoned food at a wedding feast is arguably the most famous character death in TV history.
British actor Jack Gleeson created a truly nefarious character for the ages and made him more in demand for other projects. What made King Joffrey so insidious is he hid his worst traits to ascend royally, making him a warning tale for similar, real-world people moving up ranks in high positions of leadership.
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Orangutans boosted by funds donated during the Chester Zoo Monsoon Forest fire
ORANGUTANS BOOSTED BY CHESTER ZOO FIRE FUNDS
HOW WE USED THE MONSOON FOREST FIRE DONATIONS
Five wildlife protection projects are being created by our conservationists, thanks to money donated by the public in the wake of a fire in our Monsoon Forest at the zoo last year!
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More than £260,000 was donated to the zoo after a fire broke out in our Monsoon Forest habitat, for rare South East Asian species in December 2018.
Now, conservationists at the zoo have released the first details of how these public donations will be used…
The monsoon forest fire funds will enable urgent South East Asian conservation work – both for rare species within the zoo and for wildlife on the edge of extinction in the wild. Critically endangered orangutans in Indonesia – threatened by natural forest fires that are intensified by human activities – will be the first to benefit.
By helping to fight forest fires and restore fire-damaged habitat in the Sebangau National Park, conservationists will help to safeguard the largest remaining protected population of Bornean orangutans in the world. The Monsoon Forest funds – and additional expertise from our conservation team – will support a project run in partnership with the Borneo Nature Foundation.
Dr Simon Dowell, Science Director, said:
“Every orangutan here in the zoo was safely led away from the fire we suffered last year, but there are orangutans in the wild that are not so fortunate.
“Natural forest fires, when combined with man-made changes to the habitat in Indonesia, are causing major problems for these incredible but critically endangered primates.
“As well as providing vital equipment to help tackle out of control forest fires, the zoo will support a scheme to block ditches that were dug to drain the forest, allowing them to fill with water and re-wet the peat soil that underlies the forest. This will prevent the forest from drying out and stop uncontrolled fires that destroy the habitat for orangutans and other wildlife.”
Preventing these fires also benefits human communities living in these areas. People lose their homes and lives to the fires, while thousands of people suffer damaging health consequences from exposure to toxic haze. Urgent action will benefit both people and wildlife.
Simon Dowell, Science Director
Meanwhile in Chester, the rebuilt Monsoon Forest, which is due to re-open to zoo visitors in 2020, will include enhanced habitat for critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, as well as threatened Indonesian hornbills. Specially designed adaptations will enrich the animals’ environment once they move back into their refurbished homes, boosting our conservation breeding efforts.
Our conservationists will also be delivering urgent new projects in South East Asia to prevent the extinction of the stunningly beautiful bleeding toad and one of the world’s rarest songbird species called the Barusan shama. Experts believe both of these species are likely to go extinct soon without this intervention.
The critically endangered bleeding toad is now restricted to a few tiny areas of western Java and is thought to be in imminent danger of extinction. The Monsoon Forest Conservation Fund has provided an opportunity for our conservationists and Indonesian partners to prevent this extinction. By urgently assessing the toad’s remaining population size and better understanding the threats it faces, teams can protect its remaining habitat and, if required, establish a conservation breeding programme for the species.
The critically endangered Barusan shama is a songbird found only on the Barusan islands off the western coast of Sumatra. Its population has declined severely due to habitat loss and the illegal bird trade. It is now perilously close to extinction. We will begin a conservation breeding programme, with field partners in Indonesia, to attempt to bring the species back from the brink.
Botanical conservationists at the zoo will also step up efforts to conserve some of the world’s rarest carnivorous plants. Our experts already care for a highly significant collection of the world’s rarest pitcher plants, Nepenthes, including a number of highly threatened species from South East Asia. Through the creation of new facilities for conservation research and propagation, both at the zoo and for our partners in Indonesia, the funds will enable experts to boost disappearing populations.
Julie Platt, Fundraising Manager, said:
“Our Monsoon Forest habitat was the largest zoological building in the UK when it opened in 2016, home to a huge range of rare, threatened South East Asian wildlife. It is very fitting therefore, that as we rebuild Monsoon Forest we will also be able to deliver even more conservation work in the field; protecting species that would almost certainly go extinct without emergency intervention.
“All this is because of the generosity of the zoo’s incredible, passionate supporters. More than 8,000 people donated to the Monsoon Forest Conservation Fund last December, raising more than £260,000 for our work as a conservation charity.”
Thank you to each and every one of you; this will have a remarkable impact on wildlife conservation. Everyone who supported us is now a conservationist. Together, we can act for wildlife and prevent extinction.
Julie Platt, Fundraising Manager
Because ACT FOR WILDLIFE is supported by Chester Zoo, 100% OF YOUR DONATIONS go straight to OUR CONSERVATION WORK! That’s pretty special. We couldn’t PREVENT EXTINCTION without YOU!
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Police chief named parking violations hearing examiner
Toria Barnhart
Chillicothe Gazette
CHILLICOTHE - Police Chief Keith Washburn has been appointed as hearing examiner for the parking violations bureau — an important step in getting the delayed parking enforcement up and running.
During the Monday meeting, City Council approved legislation to re-enact parking enforcement throughout the city. It was halted last year due to the incorrect process and lack of appeals available. The language of the legislation has been debated since last October but it was approved Monday, without emergency language which means it will be effective in 30 days.
The city has been searching to appoint a violations clerk and hearing examiner who must be either an attorney or former law enforcement officer as it's required by Ohio Revised Code
There was speculation that former Chillicothe Post commander with the Ohio Highway Patrol and Director of Safety Services Jeff Carman would take over the role but because law enforcement experience isn't a requirement of that position, the police chief is a more consistent, long term solution, according to Mayor Luke Feeney.
Municipal Court Clerk Lisa Large will take on the role of clerk for parking violations appeals.
Carman said that nothing will change in terms of the initial appeals process and that all payments will still go through the Chillicothe Municipal Court.
Parking is enforced throughout the city of Chillicothe based on rules of the road. Cars can be ticketed if they violate 2-hour street time limits, 48-hour zones in neighborhoods, parking in fire lanes or in front of fire hydrants, parking in handicap spots without a permit and others.
At present, there is one official parking enforcement officer but police officers are also able to enforce parking rules, according to Carman.
Fines are dependent on the violation received and some carry a heftier fine than others.
The city's parking enforcement ordinance has been in and out of Chillicothe City Council and the law director's office since October 2018 due to necessary changes in the language of the legislation.
Enforcement was halted last year because it was discovered that the city lacked an appeals process for parking violations and that necessary information was missing on the parking tickets.
Public notices will go out with an exact date when active parking enforcement is resumed.
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School’s Relationships Education encourages 6-year-olds to masturbate
Naomi and Matthew Seymour
Children as young as six are being taught explicit sex education in schools, including sections encouraging children to masturbate.
The All About Me teaching programme was drawn up by Warwickshire County Council ahead of the Government’s new Relationships Education curriculum which becomes compulsory in September 2020.
The council is rolling out the programme across 241 primary schools, but critics say it goes well beyond the Government’s guidelines for Relationships Education.
Self-touching
In a section entitled ‘Touching Myself’, All About Me suggests that masturbating in the bath, shower or bed would be most appropriate for children.
Parents at a primary school in Warwick raised concerns with Jonny Hunt, the sex education consultant who helped to draw up All About Me, and asked why the section was not in the non-compulsory sex education part of the programme.
He claimed: “This is not sex education but actually information around safe and appropriate touching.”
Sexualising children
Naomi and Matthew Seymour, who have two sons attending the primary, removed their children from school for the week the lessons took place.
Mr Seymour said: “This sexualisation of our children is just totally inappropriate.”
“We don’t want to start picket lines and wave banners. We’re just an ordinary family. I think many families who had seen these lesson plans would feel the same way we did.”
‘Completely inappropriate’
The Christian Institute’s Simon Calvert said: “It looks like Warwickshire has paid more attention to a controversial sex education consultancy than to what parents understand to be in the best interests of their children.”
David Davies MP said: “I and many other parents would be furious at completely inappropriate sexual matters being taught to children as young as six.
He added that the classes “go way beyond the guidance the Government is producing and are effectively sexualising very young children”.
Duty to consult
The Christian Institute’s Education Officer John Denning said: “If schools are teaching about sexual activity or sexual relationships, then it is sex education, whatever the school calls it. Parents have a right to request their children are withdrawn from sex education, a request which primary schools must always grant.
“And it is the school’s duty to consult with parents and provide relationships education which is appropriate to children’s age and religious background.”
Relationships and Sex Education: Exploring the issue
Parents matter when it comes to implementing Relationships Education
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CI Podcast: Relationships and Sex Education
Children as young as SIX are to be given compulsory self-touching lessons that critics say are sexualising youngsters (dailymail.co.uk, 23 September 2019)
CI Podcast: Relationships and Sex Education (13 September 2019)
Education Secretary: ‘School children must learn about gay relationships’ (27 June 2019)
Ofsted chief dismissive of parental school opt-out (7 June 2019)
Parents, not politicians, know what’s best for kids
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Updates and Commentary on Civil Procedure, by Gordon Exall, Barrister, Kings Chambers, Leeds, Manchester & Birmingham.
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COVID REPEATS 26: YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU HAVE SUFFERED DAMAGES: FOOTBALL CLUB PITCHES THEIR CASE TOO HIGHLY
May 19, 2020 · by gexall · in Appeals, Civil evidence, Damages
The next few posts in this series are going to highlight those cases where parties simply failed to prove things at trial (and there are quite a few of these). Today we are looking at the Court of Appeal decision in Gartell & Son (a firm) -v- Yeovil Town Football & Athletic Club Limited [2016] EWCA Civ 62. It is another case that reflects a failure to prove damages on a counterclaim. Indeed it was conceded that there was no evidence to prove some of the damages that the judge had awarded.
A person who had carried out work which was totally ineffective was not entitled to be paid for those works.
The judge had erred in awarding the defendant damages on the counterclaim. The defendant was only entitled to the losses that arose as a result of the breach of contract.
There was no evidence that the breach had led to any additional losses.
The claimant did work improving the pitch for the defendant. The defendant said the work was useless and counter-claimed for the costs of someone else doing the work.
The judge held that there was a total failure of consideration by the claimant, he dismissed the claim and awarded £21,494 (including vat) on the counterclaim with an additional £5,000 for overtime.
ON APPEAL
The Court of Appeal upheld the finding of a total failure of consideration. However the counterclaim was dismissed.
NO EVIDENCE AT ALL TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE DAMAGES AWARDED
The defendant conceded that there was no evidence to support part of the damages claim for which the judge had awarded damages on the counterclaim.
“The grounds of appeal
There are (or were) seven grounds of appeal. These were:
1. the judge was wrong to dismiss the claim on the basis of a total failure of consideration;
2. in the alternative, in dismissing the claim, the judge was wrong to allow the counterclaim for a sum in excess of that required to restore Yeovil to the position it would have been in absent performance of the contract;
3. the judge was wrong to allow Yeovil, which is registered for VAT, to recover compensation for the VAT element of the cost of remedial works;
4. the judge was wrong to treat works carried out for Yeovil by Ecosolve as remedial works. He should have disallowed the claim for the cost of remedial works to the extent that they were not shown to be reasonably necessary in consequence of Gartell’s breach;
5. the judge erred in failing to acknowledge that the so-called remedial works, or works similar thereto, would have been carried out in any event such that Yeovil was not put to any, or any equivalent, additional expense;
6. the judge’s finding that £5000 had been incurred in overtime payments to Yeovil employees was unsupported by the evidence;
7. in awarding the costs of the proceedings to Yeovil, the judge was wrong to decline to make any adjustment to reflect the fact that the counterclaim was amended one month before trial.
Yeovil now accepts that the judge was wrong in the respects identified in grounds 3 and 6. In my judgment it was entirely right to do so. The point raised by ground 3 is simply a recognition of the fact that a party who claims lost expenditure with a VAT element does not suffer a loss of the VAT when he is able to reclaim that VAT from the Revenue. The claim for overtime which is the subject of ground 6 suffered from the disadvantage, which the judge recognised, that there was simply no evidence on which it could be quantified. The fact that employees of Yeovil had done work rectifying the state of the pitch did not mean that they had earned overtime in doing so. If it was overtime, it was necessary for Yeovil to produce some evidence from which it could be quantified. There was none.”
NO EVIDENCE AT ALL TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM THAT THE BREACH HAD LED TO ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE
“Damages on the counterclaim
The significance of the finding of total failure of consideration was that Yeovil was discharged from its obligation to pay the price. On a different analysis one might say that there had been a breach of a condition, or of an intermediate term where the breach was so serious as to deprive Yeovil of substantially the whole benefit of the contract. Either way, Yeovil was not, in addition, then entitled to insist that Gartell pay for the full cost of renovation works. Gartell’s primary obligations under the contract were replaced by an obligation to compensate Yeovil for the loss sustained as a result of their non-performance of the contract. Those damages could be assessed by reference to the additional cost to Yeovil of arranging for the work contracted for to be done by someone else, but Gartell cannot be denied payment and then rendered liable for the entire cost of obtaining a substitute performance. The situation is analogous to the case of non-delivery of goods. The purchaser is not liable for the price, and has suffered damage in the additional amount he reasonably has to pay for the goods from another supplier. The purchaser does not get the substitute goods for nothing.
The judge did not subject the Ecosolve invoice to this type of scrutiny, because he concluded that he was entitled to award the amounts claimed for the main and training pitch in full, in addition to holding that Yeovil did not have to pay Gartell the price. For the reasons I have given that conclusion was wrong.
Mr Sampson submitted that the Ecosolve works were merely those made necessary by Gartell’s failure to perform, i.e. there was no element of renovation, and the works merely restored the pitches to the condition they would be in had there been no intervention. He relied on the fact that Mr Hillier, the stadium manager of Yeovil, had produced the quotations and invoices and described them as “relevant to the remedial work in relation to the work previously completed by Gartells”. If he was right about the nature of the work, the judge’s award was not inconsistent with the finding of a total failure of consideration.
I cannot accept these submissions. The Ecosolve works plainly went further than restoring the pitches to the condition they would have been in had Gartell done nothing. One need look no further than the fact that the works included Koro treatment and scarifying. Koro treatment was described by Yeovil’s expert Mr Jaaback as “the ideal treatment”, although expensive. Scarifying was less costly, and would not remove 100% of the meadow grass. The combined costs of Koro treatment on the main pitch and scarifying the training pitch was £4950 (£3250 on the main pitch and £1700 on the training pitch). This was a significant part of the sums claimed in the counterclaim. In addition, Yeovil would have had to carry out annual maintenance even if Gartell had carried out the works correctly. No credit has been given for the cost of maintenance, which it should have been.
Mr Sampson frankly acknowledged that Yeovil was in considerable difficulty in adducing evidence of the necessary work given the restrictions which had been placed on the scope of its expert evidence by the order of DJ White. In my judgment, there was as a result no basis for holding that the Ecosolve works were those necessary to leave the ground in the unsatisfactory condition it was in before the Gartell work started.
It is clear that the Ecosolve works were in reality an alternative treatment of the pitches, aimed at achieving an improvement in the pitches. Approaching the matter in this way, the most that Yeovil could recover on the counterclaim was the amount by which the cost of Ecosolve works reasonably exceeded the contract price. That would be the proper measure of the damage which Yeovil had suffered by reason of Gartell’s failure to perform the contract. The judge’s award of damages on the counterclaim in the full amount of the Ecosolve invoice cannot stand. It over-compensated Yeovil by awarding them the costs of a substitute performance of the contract when they were relieved altogether of their obligation to pay.
Although a respondent’s notice was served, it does not ask, in the event that the appeal succeeded on this ground, that we substitute a judgment for the amount by which the cost of the Ecosolve works reasonably exceeded the contract price. There would be obvious difficulties in the way of this court undertaking such an exercise, not least that the “face value” of the Ecosolve works was only some £335 more than Gartell’s price (on a VAT inclusive basis). This relatively modest sum must therefore represent the maximum recoverable on this basis, before any analysis of whether the works were equivalent to those which Gartell should have supplied. However, as the matter is not before us, Yeovil having only sought to uphold the judge’s award of the whole invoiced sum, I need not consider it further. It follows that the counterclaim will be dismissed.
I would therefore allow the appeal, set aside the judge’s order and substitute an order dismissing both claim and counterclaim.”
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RICS urges agents and landlords to keep up with MEES energy rules
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date on the effects of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 which are now in force.
From April 1 tenants living in private rental sector property with F and G rated homes have been able to request improvements, such as more insulation. The landlord is then legally bound to bring the property up to at least an E rating, although not (for the moment at least) if it requires upfront costs.
Now on the RICS website the institution quotes Amanda Stubbs from law firm Trowers and Hamblins, who sets out the longer-term effects of the new regulations and the consequence of non-compliance.
“The regulations provide that properties with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of F or G are to be classified as 'sub-standard'. Landlords must not grant a lease of sub-standard property after April 1 2018. Furthermore, from April 1 2020, residential landlords must not continue to let out sub-standard property. This is a two-year lead in time to allow residential landlords to take action†she says.
She says landlords or agents acting on their behalf may qualify for limited exemption of up to five years where finance for the works is not available through the Green Deal or grant funding.
Stubbs also says that breaches may attract a £2,000 - rising if non-compliance continues for three months or more - as welll as “reputational sanctions in the form of 'naming and shaming' of non-compliant landlords.â€
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"Thankfully Mississippi has not started to enforce that ban yet," attorney Justin Pearson said at a press conference Tuesday. "But we have filed that lawsuit to hopefully prevent that from ever happening."
See the list:New laws took effect July 1 in Mississippi
Supporters said it doesn't stop anyone from making or selling meat-like vegan foods; it only makes them tell the truth about what they're selling.
Opponents said the meat industry got the bill passed to stifle competition. They say the ban on selling "veggie burgers" violates their First Amendment right to free speech.
The lawsuit names Gov. Phil Bryant and Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson as defendants.
New law will create confusion, plaintiff says
Standing on the steps of the federal courthouse in Jackson, Pearson said he hopes a judge will issue a preliminary injunction, temporarily halting the law from being enforced.
"People understand that foods labeled as 'meatless' do not contain meat. Customers seek out these foods specifically because they are vegan," Pearson said. "However, for sellers of vegan foods it is extremely helpful to explain to customers the characteristics of the foods using meat-product terms."
Dan Staackmann, found of Upton's Naturals, said there's never been any confusion about his company's products.
"We have not had a single complaint from any consumers about any kind of misconception about what our products are," he said.
Staackmann said his company's foods are in major retailers such as Whole Foods and Target as well as independent stores, though he's not sure how the ban will play out in Mississippi.
"Let's face it, there are not a lot of outlets for our types of products in the state," he said.
According to the lawsuit, the 2019 law forbids sellers of plant-based foods from using the following phrases: "vegan burgers," "meatless hot dogs," "vegan bacon," "meatless meatballs," "vegan chorizo" and "meatless steaks."
The lawsuit said that Upton's Naturals has been selling a variety of plant- and fruit-based foods since 2006 and its products have become popular throughout the country
Upton's "proudly" marks its products as vegan, the lawsuit said, and no reasonable customer would be misled by the term "vegan bacon."
The lawsuit said the new law will force Utpon's and other companies to change their packaging and will create consumer confusion.
The law gives authority to the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, to order a person or company to change its labeling if she or he believes a product is falsely claiming to be meat.
The lawsuit was filed by the Institute for Justice, a national group, and the Mississippi Justice Institute, which is the legal arm of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank that pushes for free markets and limited government.
Lawmakers in Missouri passed a similar measure in 2018 and also led to a lawsuit. The Associated Press reported in June that settlement talks were ongoing.
Contact Giacomo "Jack" Bologna at 601-961-7282 or gbologna@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @gbolognaCL.
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